This clip says it better than I do.

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JIM WEBB
We spoke to Linda in Sen. Webb’s office.  She said his scheduler is finalizing his plans for town hall meetings now.  She told us to sign up on his e-mail list and that the complete list of his meetings should be sent out soon.  We’ll let you know as soon as we receive it.

Unfortunately, it appears that Senator Webb left Sunday on a two-week, five-nation tour of Asia to “explore opportunities to advance U.S. interests in Burma and the region.” With Congress trying to spend more than half a billion dollars on luxury jets, we think this is really bad timing on Sen. Webb’s part. We wish that Sen. Webb would have finalized his meetings with constituents before he finalized meetings in Burma.

MARK WARNER
His schedule is still being finalized as well.  Once it is (and it should be soon according to his office) it will be posted on his website at:  http://warner.senate.gov/public/

TOM PERRIELLO
Our hat is off to Rep. Perriello for holding 21 public events in the district during the recess (in less of a town hall setting and more of an office hours format.)  He’s already done a few of them.  They are called “Tom In Your Town.”  The details are below:

Greene County
08/10/09
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Ruckersville Elementary School (Cafeteria)
105 Progress Place

Charlottesville
08/11/09
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Charlottesville High-MLK Performing Arts Center
1400 Melbourne Rd.

Fluvanna County
08/17/09
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Fluvanna County School Board Office
14455 James Madison Highway

Charlotte County
08/18/09
6:00 – 8:00 PM
250 LeGrande Avenue
Charlotte Court House

Lunenburg County
08/19/09
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Kenbridge Community Center Auditorium
511 E. 5th Ave., Kenbridge

Nelson County
08/20/09
5:30 – 7:30 PM
The Nelson Center
8445 Thomas Nelson Hwy., Lovingston

Mecklenburg County
08/21/09
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Mecklenburg County School Board Office
175 Mayfield Drive, Boydton

Brunswick County
08/22/09
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Tiger Express
137 W. Hicks St., Lawrenceville

Buckingham County
08/24/09
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Buckingham Middle School (Auditorium)
1184 High School Road

Prince Edward County
08/25/09
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Prince Edward Middle School (Cafeteria)
35 Eagle Drive, Farmville

Cumberland County
08/26/09
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Cumberland Restaurant
1465 Anderson Hwy

Albemarle County
08/27/09
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Victory Hall
401 Valley Street, Scottsville

Campbell County
08/28/09
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Campbell County Technical Center
194 Dennis Riddle Drive, Rustburg

Franklin County
08/29/09
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
The Franklin Center for Advanced Learning
50 Claiborne Avenue
Rocky Mount

Appomattox County
08/31/09
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Appomattox Community Center
220 Community Lane
* “Tom In Your Town” is a chance for constituents to meet one-on-one with Tom to discuss policy issues, give suggestions, or to get help with federal programs like Medicare, Social Security, or veterans’ benefits. Here’s how it works: come by anytime during the time period and sign in. Meetings are on a first-come, first-served basis. After the constituent meets with the congressman, one of the staff members will be there to follow up with any concerns. All are welcome.

RICK BOUCHER
He only has two Public Town Meetings on Health Care Reform. Please thank him for voting against Canadian-style health care in committee and urge him to do the same when it comes to the floor of the House after recess.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009
9:00 AM Edwards Hall
New River Valley Community College
Dublin, Virginia

Thursday, August 20, 2009
9:00 AM Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
Abingdon, Virginia

GLENN NYE
Glenn Nye’s office simply told us “he won’t be available next week, but there should be some planned in the future.”  Once the details are planned, they should be available on the Events Page of his site:  http://nye.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=55&sectiontree=23,55

Some pictures from July 4th. More to come.

Keep Up the pressure. The Senate delays Health Care Reform and Cap and Trade. They are feeling the heat!

Congressman Goodlatte has definitely been doing a good job over the past few weeks. He has been active on several key issues.  Gotta give props were props are due. Keep up the good work. We need it!

Let them know. Vote against Taxes, Vote Against Health Care Reform, Vote Against Cap and Trade Sen. Mark Warner (D)

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129B Salem Avenue, SW

Roanoke, VA 24011

Phone Number: 540-857-2676

The National Anthem Ed Trujillo delivers the Pledge

Sen. Jim Webb (D)

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3140 Chaparral Drive

Building C, Suite 101

Roanoke, VA 24018

Phone: 540-772-4236

The House Passes Cap And Trade. The largest tax increase and perhaps the  worst piece of legislation in the history of the US. Congressmen Periello and Boucher voted for this abomination. Congressman Goodlatte, despite some misinformation that came out on the Rush Limbaugh Show, voted against the bill.  Rush posted the facts later on his site. All Americans need to express their outrage! Any politician that voted for this has to be voted out when they are up for re-election. Join the Tea Party Movement today and help save America from committing national suicide.

Global Warming Myth Being revealed…at least outside of the state run media of the US Government. We are wrecking our economy on THIS!?! Plus CBS (yes, CBS!) reporting that the EPA suppressed reports critical of global warming.  Can’t let facts get in the way of ruining the economy.
A bill so damaging that you have to build in a wealth redistribution scheme to get it passed. The middle class will pay higher taxes and higher energy costs in the midst of a recession.

Here are the votes for each House District in Va. A vote for this bill is a vote to destroy this nation. If that sounds strong to you, then you need to read more on this bill. Bombard with phone calls the idiots who, like well trained dogs, only obey their masters voice. And if your masters voice is the Democratic Leadership…you need to go.

You can worry about Michael Jackson’s autopsy. I’m worried about the debt we can’t pay back to foreign countries.

The latest on Cap And Trade. Keep Fighting!!!

Your Right to Bear Arms… Stealth Attack. Fight now for your 2nd Amendment Rights!

Get Ready For this Fight. If Health Care “Reform” passes…you better get sick now. Get informed here.

From the liberal “if it doesn’t work the first time, try the same failed policy again anyway” file. Barney Frank is getting ready to hose up the housing market again. Unbelievable!

Thanks to the 400+ people who came out to our Organizational Meeting at the Civic Center On August 15. We appreciate the Support. There will be more protests, including the Sept 12 Rally In Washington DC. We will be putting information on the site about several options to get to DC on the cheap.  However, if you can get there…get there. This is history in the making.

Right now protests are a “rear guard action” until we can get leaders in DC that understand our principles. That is our long term goal. Keep asking questions like this…we have them on the run. My recent op-ed in the Roanoke Times. Not only are your wallets being emptied, your rights are under assault at every turn. Check out this video on gun control. We have to keep up the pressure on the idiots that are running our country until we can get real leaders back in DC. Here’s a great way to do this…a permanent link for this is available in the link section.

As an organization, we will soon be a Non-Profit. We have an Ad Hoc Board of Directors selected and we rolled out the 4 principles that we expect from elected officials.

1. Rule of Constitutional Law and National Sovereignty

2. Limited Government based on 10th Amendment Federalism

3. Private Property and Free Market Economics

4. Individual Liberties

We now have 5 Committees that are actively working to make a difference.

Accountability Committee: Compiling information on political activities and voting records of all candidates

Events Committee: Planning additional events including protests, rallies etc.

Outreach and Funds: We think our principles should appeal to all Americans. We plan on reaching out to all groups with this message. We also need money to further all of our causes. This group would focus on these issues.

Organizational Committee: Recruiting and building groups to affiliate with our movement. We have groups involved in the tea party who are concerned with specific issues. We hope to create a coalition of groups who support our principles so we can unite and create a huge group to further our principles.

Campaign Committee: To provide information and support to potential candidates who support our principles. To help impact elections through voter registration and other activities.

Nancy Pelosi and the Dems think that the movement that is derailing their agenda is coming from an organized group. We are not.  Imagine the power we will wield when we really are organized. That’s our goal. More to come once we complete our initial action items.

Please contact us (info on the tab above) if you want to help. Just because you weren’t there Saturday…doesn’t mean you can’t help.

Democrats can’t fathom the fact that this movement is truly organic. We have no sponsors. Everything that we do is funded by anonymous cash donations.  And we have to scrape together every thing we do from a $ perspective. Once we get non-profit status, some of that will be easier.

We’re not complaining. It’s good to be poor because we are beholden to no one. We are free to speak the truth. Join us now and make the powers that be pay for their ignorance. And the payment they owe us is simple. They need to be voted out of office and politicians who support We The People need to be elected.  That is our goal…that is our mission. For your sake, for your families sake, for this nation’s sake…..WE CANNOT FAIL! Recent footage of Dems bashing protesters. Nancy Pelosi just called me a Nazi. Obama telling you to shut up.

Obama talked about scare tactics and that he doesn’t “want to kill gramma.” OK…reconcile the rhetoric with this… or this…. Lies. Lies And more Lies….Obama said today he has never supported Single Payer (Socialized Medicine) Here is evidence where he flat out says he does Obama and other explain how the current bill is just a stepping stone to socialized medicine.

More Lies…and they wonder why we are mad! This recent column really says it all.

Here’s a good video showing what really happened at the Bedford Tea Party Rally

Info on additional Town Hall Meetings in the As The Kettle Boils Section Below.

The Democrat leadership in Washington is the single biggest reason we are in the mess we’re in today. The GOP played a role, banks played a role, others played a role….but Dems have the dirtiest hands of all.

Some people have expressed a concern about getting involved…people are getting scared. When the government fears the people we have liberty. When the people fear government we have tyranny.
Let the DNC know this is no astroturf movement….and that we are armed with the truth…and the Constitution…and common sense.   No matter how hard you “hit us” we will never give up!

Politicians generally have 2 goals.

Get Elected

Stay Elected.

We The People hold the success of those 2 goals in our hands. It’s time to make sure we are doing that. Make them fear us!

It’s time to teach Washington and Richmond about the power of We The People.

Tea Party members attended the town hall meeting with Rep. Periello. There were about 500 people jammed in the Bedford Elementary school. Probably 450 who were vocally opposing Periello’s liberal agenda. The crowd was  well behaved (I was probably the loudest person their…but that’s just me…I have a big mouth) Here’s the Channel 10 report…

A few take aways.

Periello pledged that he would not vote for the current Health Care Plan without changes. But said he did hope they could make the needed changes.

He said he would not vote for any health care bill that had funded abortions with public money (that should preclude his vote on any version since that piece will likely not come out….let’s see if he keeps that promise)

He said he wants more competition and (naively) thinks that the current bill won’t necessarily lead to true Socialized Medicine.

The crowd was very well versed in the bill and quoted chapter and verse. I almost felt bad for him a couple of times as person after person (there were probably 80 speakers politely and forcefully ripped to shreds any illusions about this monstrous piece of legislation.

The small contingent of ObamaCare supporters didn’t say much, waved their signs at the right times, and didn’t seem terribly surprised Periello wasn’t voting for the bill.  These poor people are just so clueless, as their representative kept agreeing with us on opposing specific pieces of the current bill they had come out to support. I still don’t know if they ever really got it.

Cap And Trade came up. The crowd booed loudly. Periello tried to dance around his vote. He looked ridiculous trying to defend the indefensible.

I’ve got some video….I’ll post tomorrow.

Shocking Video! Did the Union act stupidly Mr. Obama!!!!

To get you pumped up…here are some recent links on topics of the day that will just make your blood boil. Just when you think the Administration and Congress can’t get any worse…they find ways to top themselves.

Here’s your stimulus $ at work…. And people wonder why we don’t trust the government.

Oregon already has a government health care option. Here’s a preview of what’s to come if the bill passes. Don’t become Barbara Wanger.

Here’s the complete text of the Health Care bill in a searchable format…

YOU MUST VIEW THIS…funny and enlightening.

Great Questions…Nice to see AARP cares about the people who pay their salaries.

Obama’s own Dr. say the plan can’t work.

Imagine this…Now we are called angry mobs. Well if you are not angry…YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

Here, NBC lets you know what they really think of you. This is maddening.

Don’t let them fool you Socialized Health Care = Single Payer. Barney admits this is the goal.

Here’s more on the broken promises and the absolute insanity of the health care bill before Congress.

The party of the people. Arresting Senior Citizens for asking questions

The messiah does not even know what’s in his own bill he’s ramming down our throats. Must see video.

Health Care “reform” will likley at least be delayed. Way to get the word out peeps!

And even some in the MSM are starting to change their tune…I said some…

We are winning even the MSM is starting to pick out the Dems lies…

And last but not least…hypocrisy, thy name is Nancy Pelosi.

150 came out to 315 Church Avenue to meet the folks from Patients First, an affiliation of Americans for Prosperity,  discuss Health Care Reform!

Look for pictures soon!

Roanoke Tea Party in bristol to "educate" the president

Coordinating with a national effort, Patriots in the Roanoke Valley went by Senator Webb AND Warner’s Roanoke Offices starting at Noon  on Friday July 17th.

Coordinating with Franklin County Patriots, the Roanoke Tea Party paid a visit to both Senators’ Offices resulting in @ 50 people making their voices heard!

Erik Kritter from Virtual Franklin County was able to cover the event.

Some pics.

A bad day for the Webb/Warner Staff...defending the undefendable.

A cold day in hell…give this guy a medal!

Here’s a video clip of some of the protests.

Patriots!

The Roanoke Times also covered the event but unfortunately managed to miss the large groups that had gathered at both offices at picture time. We had planned on two different groups visiting the senators’ offices at different times!

It’s time to teach Washington and Richmond about the power of We The People.  Video from July 4th. We are getting powerful!

Plus hate crimes legislation…say goodbye to states rights and free speech in one fell swoop.

We created this flyer with all the details about the two bus trip options. If you know of a place where it might be appropriate to post a flyer – or someone who might be interested in this information – please download the flyer, print a few copies, and distribute them as may seem proper.

Download the Roanoke Tea Party 9/12 bus trip flyer

We also have a flyer that briefly outlines what The Roanoke Tea Party is all about. Again, if you can think of anyone who might be interested in joining our group, or perhaps a bulletin board where it could be posted, we invite you to download the flyer, and print as many copies as you need.

Download the Roanoke Tea Party informational flyer

Thanks for your help!

Here’s the video that “started it all,” first aired on CNBC on February 19, 2009.

We still have room for additional travelers on our overnight trip, leaving Friday afternoon and returning Saturday evening. Our block of rooms at Hilton Hotel in Springfield has expired, but you can contact them and see if they will still honor the rate they had offered our group ($99). If you can book a room, the bus trip alone will cost $40.

Please contact Michael Mixon (540-793-3277 michaelmixon1@cox.net) to reserve a space on the round trip bus.

If you would like to caravan up with the buses on Saturday, you can meet the group at Tanglewood Mall Saturday morning at 5:00 a.m. and follow them to DC.

It includes helpful information about Metro stops, meeting places, parking and several other important bits of data.

Here are a few that will be of interest as our Roanoke Tea Party group packs for the trip:

What to Bring to the March

• small umbrellas, hats, caps
• bottled water, bag lunch
• lawn chairs that you can carry in
• cameras
• blankets
• coolers
• backpacks
• Please don’t litter. We will have trash cans for your use
• Everything will be inspected by police

What Not to Bring

• tents, canopies
• nothing to stake in the ground
• nothing to sell

Where do we meet in the morning on September 12?

If you are physically able to walk in the March, we would like you to begin gathering at Freedom Plaza at 8:30 am.  We will march from Freedom Plaza to the West Lawn of the Capitol.  At Freedom Plaza (1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004, Metro Center Red, Blue and Orange lines, Federal Triangle (Blue and Orange lines), we will line up by state according to this list.  There will be speakers at Freedom Plaza, many of whom are Tea Party Patriots Local Coordinators, prior to marching.  The March ends and the Rally will officially begin at 1:00 at the West Lawn of the Capitol.  To accommodate as many speaker and musician requests as possible, there will also be speakers on the West Lawn before the official start time at 1:00 but the exact start time of these speakers and entertainers has not been determined.  It will be dependent on how quickly the staging and audio equipment will be setup.

Godspeed all you Tea Party marchers!

Here’s a YouTube video that shows time lapse images of the march from a traffic camera in downtown Washington.

Hats off to all of you!