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We the People Rally-Press Release

12/30/2010

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WV tea partiers rally to greet newly elected employees
Presence will remind elected officials of who’s the boss!

Who:               Tea Party Groups from across the state of West Virginia 

 What:             We The People Rally
                        http://www.wethepeoplerallywv.com/?alt_id=DV0VP-JA274-9J1&ts=1292905869709

 When:            January 12, 2011, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

 Where:           The West Virginia State Capitol, Charleston, WV 

Why:               To stand up for fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets, and to send a message to the legislators that we are here, we are informed, we will hold them accountable, and they are our employees! 

Background:

In 2010, West Virginia tea parties formed throughout the state.  Members attended meetings, organized rallies, attended local events, and became active in their communities to educate citizens on fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets.  We played an important role in the historic mid-term elections.

Tea Party members appeared on television and radio shows, wrote editorials and letters to the editor in newspapers around the state, and made local and national news.  We also worked with other local and national organizations to further our cause.  And we're just getting started!

On January 12, 2011, the first day of the Legislative Session, we are coming together to greet our newly elected officials and send a message to the legislators that we are here, we are informed, and we will hold them accountable for their words, their promises, and their actions.

Kandi Montini, leader of the Blue Ridge patriots in Berkeley County, is driving six hours to Charleston on January 12th.  She said, “If I’m starting a new job, my employer is sure to be there on my starting day.  That’s exactly what we want to do for our legislators.  They work for We the People of West Virginia.  We want to welcome them and be sure they understand what we expect of them.  That’s what a good employer should do.”  Montini, and other WV tea party activists,  will be available for interviews before and after the rally.  Some will be attending the state-of-the-state address in the evening of January 12th and will be available for comment on the morning of January 13th. 

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Defend the Republic-Dr. Richard Kerr at the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party

7/4/2010

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Dr. Richard Kerr is a retired physician and the former chair of the state Libertarian Party. At the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party, he inspired us all to defend our republic. He knows the value of the Constitution and knows value of freedom.

Progressives believe the principals of the Founding Fathers are irrelevant today. However, Dr. Kerr pointed out, “The same defects in human nature that inspired the Founding Fathers to protect us from government excesses. The lust for power still motivates some. Power still tends to corrupt and absolute power still tends to corrupt absolutely. Men still covet each other’s processions. Leisure is still more fun than work, and majority will still, when able, plunder the assets from minorities.” Dr. Kerr said that now, as our population grows, we need Local and State governments to deal with local and state issues.

He, also, pointed out that when you spend a dollar on one person you have to take that dollar from someone else. Where is the moral value in that and how do we expect our nation to survive when we take from the producers and give to the “loafers”? As Dr. Kerr said, “When you punish people through taxation for producing, and you pay people through entitlement programs for loafing, you will get more loafing and less production.”

Now is the time for us to save our republic. Dr. Kerr issued this challenge to us, “Speak boldly. Call thievery thievery. Call fascism fascism. Hound your congressman and senators until they are sick of hearing from you or until they do the right thing.” He said, “It is un-American for the government to exceed its Constitutional bounds.”He listed acts of our government that were un-American, including the bailouts. Most importantly he said, “It was despicable, it was unconscionable, and it’s absolutely un-American have accumulated such a mind boggling national debt and unfunded liabilities. This debt will doom our children and grandchildren to a crippling level of taxation and make them indenture servants to the government.” We need to vote out every “thieving incumbent” that got us into this mess!


By: Laura Kennedy

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Government Contro of Schools-Paul Howe at the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party

7/2/2010

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Paul Howe is the president of the Harrison County School Board. At the Tax Day Tea Party, he spoke about what happens when there is too much government control of the school system. When he ran for school board he had hopes to “make a difference in curriculum, way we teach, and help our children.” He soon discovered many of his ideas were turned down because they were not allowed to implement such ideas. He said, “The government is not necessarily the best organization to determine the education for our children.”

Howe spoke about with standardized tests in the school system. “Standardized tests mean the schools must focus the curriculum on what the government wants to the detriment of other areas that maybe important.”

The following are problems with standardized test that he has discovered by talking to people in the education field:

Teaching to the test is an increasing problem, because teachers are afraid of losing their jobs.

Teachers cannot create curriculum that is creative and personally relevant to their students.

Because of the extreme focus on reading and math, subject such as art, Physical Education, social studies and science are neglected.

It lessens the flexibility of teacher.

The bottom line is every student different. Standardized testing does not account for these differences. Standardizing our education does leave children behind. It leaves behind the children that do not fit into the government’s mold of a perfect child. As Howe said, “Each student and situation is different. We should leave the teacher with as much leeway as possible in designing curriculum.”

The problem is not just federal mandates; it is also state mandates. West Virginia is a state run school system. To give an idea of the way the state runs the schools Howe mentioned that there are 937 pages of personnel law that needs to be in hiring and firing people. Howe spoke of talking to people at church and the grocery store, who have serious concerns, and he gets tired of giving the same answer “that’s a state law or legislative rule and we have no control over it.” The most important aras of our lives should be left to the people close to us. When we elect people we trust from our local community to oversee our school system, we should be able to stop them in the grocery store and ask what can do our concerns. The state legislators do not know our children like the people from our communities, the teacher in our, and certainly not like we do as parents. There needs to be more local control of our schools.

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Fair Tax: Jay Wolf’s Speech from the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party

6/30/2010

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At the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party, former State Senator Jay Wolfe encouraged us to take sides. If we do not take sides we make way for the oppressors. The communists and socialist want to destroy capitalism. The second plank in the Communist Manifesto is a progressive income tax. We must attack the income tax, and according to Wolfe, “The best way to attack it (the income tax system) is through the Fair Tax.”

The Fair Tax would replace the income tax system with a retail sales tax. That means no more IRS. Wolfe said that this would replace 5 or 6 taxes. He mentioned specifically payroll taxes, income taxes, corporate income taxes, capital gains tax, and inheritance tax.

Workers would take home 100% of their pay.  That should stimulate the economy.

It would also bring back jobs from oversees by reducing production costs. It is cheaper to produce overseas because the wages are lower. We cannot lower wages and no one wants to do that. We can reduce production cost by eliminating embedded taxes. Wolfe used bread as an example. The production starts with the farmer who grows the wheat. The farmer would have employees so he would have payroll taxes, Medicare taxes, and social security taxes. He would also have corporate income tax. He has to raise the cost of the wheat to pay the taxes. Then the farmer ships the wheat to the mill. The trucker has employees. He has to pay payroll taxes, Medicare taxes, and social security taxes. He also pays cooperate income taxes. The trucker has to raise the cost of shipping to pay the taxes. Then the mill has employees, and it goes on through every step of production. If we remove the layers of taxes, it reduces the cost of the bread, and companies would come back to our country because of the reduced production cost.

According to Wolf, the income tax is “straggling us, enslaving us.” Is it too radical to abolish the income tax?  Learn more about the Fair Tax and find out where candidates stand on this issue.

To learn more about the Fair Tax visit http://www.fairtax.org and read The Fair Tax Book by Neal Boortz.

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Heath Frazier from Tax Day 2010

6/29/2010

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For the next few days, I will be posting summaries of the speeches for our Tax Day Tea Party.

The first speech is by Heath Frazier. If you don’t who Heath is, that is because he is an ordinary American, trying to provide for his family. I met Heath as I was starting to plan our first Tea Party. He also wanted to plan a Tea Party in Clarksburg, WV, so we joined forces. He has spoken at each of Tea Parties and will be speaking at the Independence Day Tea Party on July 5, 2010.

Heath offers encouragement listing some of the Tea Party victories. He points out, “It has taken the progressives in this country to organize in local communities for decades. Its only taken the Tea Party patriots about 12 months.”

Heath goes on to say that despite these victories we to continue to fight against expansions of government and the reckless spending of tax payer money. How do we do this? By electing people who abide by the Constitution instead of people who make their decisions according to back room deals and buyout. Heath says, “We need heroes not cowards. We need patriots not socialists.” We need to find candidates who stand for what we believe is good for our nation. They should be people who will stand for things such as, state’s rights, small businesses, and decreased government involvement in our lives. When find these candidates we need to do everything we can to get them elected.

Why is Heath involved in the Tea Party? So he can tell his 2 year old son that he did something to protect his son’s liberty. Why are you involved in the Tea Party? What are you doing to secure liberty for future generations?


By Laura Kennedy

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Update 6/28/10

6/28/2010

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Dear Patriots,

Independence Day Tea Party

July 5 at Noon
Amphitheater at VA Park in Clarksburg, WV
Speakers, Music, Children's Activities

Bring your family and come make your voice heard!!!

Speakers Include:
David McKinley-Candidate for  WV 1st Congressional Seat
Brock Oliverio-State Chairman for FairTax
Conrad Lucas-Primary candidate in WV 3rd Congressional District
Ed Burgess-Campaign for Liberty
Clark Barnes-State Senator
Ryan Kennedy-Co-Founder of North Central WV Tea Party
Heath Frazier-Regular Tea Party Speaker
Russell Gatian-Winner of the Next Great Grassroots Politician Competition


We are one week away from the Independence Day Tea Party. This will be a wonderful event with great speakers. We especially excited that David McKinley has agreed to speak. We invited both David McKinley and Mike Oliverio, so you could hear from both candidates. Mike Oliverio did not respond.

We need your help to spread the word. You can download the flyer at http://teapartyncwv.weebly.com/events.html. Please, tell everyone to attend this event and take a stand for liberTEA.

Contract From WV

Please, send us your ideas for what laws the WV State Legislators should pass by June 30. We will narrow these down through a vote at the July 5th event and write a Contract From WV to ask state legislators and candidates for the state legislature to endorse. For more information see http://teapartyncwv.weebly.com/contract-from-wv.html.

Monthly Meeting

Tuesday, July 13
7:00pm
Shoney's on Emily Drive in Clarksburg


We are happy to announce Fred Daily from Constitutional Advocates will be speaking to us about studying the Constitution. Please, come out this meeting to learn more about the Constitution and find out how to help us take our nation back.

Senator Byrd’s Death

Most of you probably know by now that Senator Byrd died this morning at the age of 92. Please, pray for his family and friends, as they mourn this lost.

 

See you on July 5th,

Ryan and Laura Kennedy
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Bus Trips to the 9/12 Mach on DC

6/12/2010

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For additional information, contact wvspirit101@gmail.com or wvkajo@gmail.com
Info on the 2 March on DC events can be found at
Sept 11 March -
http://marchondc.org/EventAgenda.aspx
 
Sept. 12 March -
http://www.freedomworks.org/912-taxpayer-march-on-washington-2010
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Pictures from Tax Tea Party 2010

5/14/2010

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The Tax Day Tea Party was a great success. We had about 250 people and some wonderful speakers. Congratulations to Russell Gatain, the winner of Next Great Grassroots Politician Competition. Thank you everyone who came out and everyone who made the event a success.

The Independence Day Tea Party will on July 5 at the amphitheater at the VA Park in Clarksburg, WV. If you would like more information or would like to help, email teaparty2009@live.com.
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Next Great Grassroots Politician Competition

3/15/2010

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The best way to fix the policies in the Nation and the State is to elect people who recognize the responsibility of elected officials to their constituents. We know there are great future candidates in our midst at the Tea Party events and would like find that talent. That is why we are introducing the Next Great Grassroots Politician Competition.

To enter:

Send us a 3 minute speech along with the following information:

Your Name
Phone Number
E-Mail Address
Are you 18 years or younger?
Are you older than 18 years?

The speech should be on one the following topics:

Spending
National Debt
Taxes
Limited Government
Constitutional Issues

Send the entries to
teaparty2009@live.com or mail to:
PO Box 1
Bridgeport, WV 26330

Finalist will be chosen by a panel. These finalists will deliver their three minute speeches at the Tax Day Tea Party. The audience will select a winner.

Prizes will be awarded.

Current candidates are not eligible.

Please, submit entries by April 8, 2010.
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The 9/12 March

9/16/2009

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Mountaineers are always free and will stand up for that freedom. I am glad report many West Virginias attend the 9/12 March. The media have tried to mineralize the event saying tens of thousands marched on the capital.  The police on site gave an unofficial estimate of 1.2 million before the peak of the rally. Where as I do not exact numbers, I can tell you a lot of patriots came to Washington to make their voices heard. You are not alone and our children will know someone stood up for their future. What was our message to congress? “Can you hear us, now?” If they do not hear us now, they will hear us at ballot box in 2010.

Here are some links to give you an idea what the rally was like.

C-Span’s 3 Hour Coverage

http://cspan.org/Watch/Media/2009/09/12/HP/A/23055/FreedomWorks+Rally+in+DC.aspx

From the Freedom Works blog:

http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/max/how-many-people-came-to-912-taxpayer-march-on-wash

From you tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sjvc6baor8 (Time Lapse video of the march.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UULBKgxRGk

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIbRzPH5Bg0 (Some of the overflow)
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