Sturbridge Tea Party

How Many Smiley Faces Did You Get

2012-02-26T14:11:00.002-05:00

I admit I am terrible about opening my mail. I figure I can't pay the bills anyway so why even look at them. Okay that isn't entirely true, but when I know something isn't a bill I tend to put it away until later. Today was later. Yesterday I posted an article about Worcester signing on the "Smart Grid" technology program in Examiner.com, and talked about "Big Brother". Today as i opened the

For The Common Good

2012-02-25T10:18:00.000-05:00

How many of you remember the good old days, back in say, 2008 when the campaign was heating up and the Democratic contender called for a "Citizen's Army"? There wasn't much made of it in the mainstream media, but there were a few bloggers out there who recall the speech. One thing I have learned in my short time of watching the political process in action, and especially the progressive

Life in Idyllic Sturbridge

2012-02-21T16:38:00.000-05:00

Now I know I can sure be a pain in the you know where at times but having begun reading the Sturbridge Master Plan, Vision and Goals section, I was struck by a couple of things. Now I admit, this has been out since March 2011 and I am just reading it now, and it will become clear as to why I am reading it now by the end of this post. I debated exactly which of my blogs I should post this to, but

Guest Post: Letter to the Editor

2012-02-18T06:40:00.000-05:00

Here is a copy of a letter to the editor I was asked to post from the folks (in Sturbridge we call them folks, fits with the character of the town don't you know) who are trying to get a question on the town ballot regarding the CPA funds. As anyone who knows me knows, anything to halt to raising of my taxes I support. February 17, 2012 RE: Voters Can Decide! Dear Editor:

What Were They Thinking - Again

2012-02-13T17:22:00.003-05:00

First it was the brick sidewalks, then the front doors of the Town Hall no one could use and now it seems someone decided to out the old single pane windows back into both the Town Hall and Center School instead of energy efficient thermal pane windows. Why? According to the Telegram it has to do with historical preservation. Why someone even said it would be shameful to know that these historic

It Really is for the Grandchildren

2012-02-12T10:17:00.000-05:00

On a cold and windy Sunday, it seems the perfect time to once again remind everyone of what I (and many of my fellow tea party members) think about exactly what the tea party movement is all about. As the national campaign season heats up, slowly it seems the opponents of the tea party are beginning to ramp up the anti-tea party rhetoric. Many think we have gone away, but alas, we are still here

More Agenda 21

2012-02-11T09:12:00.001-05:00

I received this email from Dave Kopacz who is heavily involved in Agenda 21 and its assorted incarnations. He is looking for help with this, so I have attached hi email address below if you are interested. Howdy, As you already know, I’ve been quite adamant about protecting our property rights and core American principles against Agenda 21 institutions. What you may not be aware of is my

Sturbridge Ballot Question Information

2012-02-05T08:45:00.005-05:00

A couple of posts ago I received a comment on another post, the one about getting involved in local elections, regarding a ballot question on the Sturbridge ballot. The election is on April 9th. This is a subject which I totally agree with, and will be doing some more research on. Here is the comment: Interested in running?Order this fromAmazon here "I'm back; last time I requested

Tennessee Tea Party Rewriting History

2012-01-28T11:13:00.000-05:00

I have stated many times in the past that anytime one reads something these days you always have to consider the source. We all (yes, even me) have an agenda, and it can be hard to determine what is, to quote Fox News, "Fair and Balanced". I found this story in a rather convoluted way, Opposing Views, Salon.com, Huffington Post and finally "The Commercial Appeal" from Memphis Tennessee. It is no

Obama Doesn't Get The Economy

2012-01-25T18:44:00.000-05:00

In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama asked the question “But asking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary in taxes?” Wouldn’t a better idea be to lower the secretary’s taxes to pay the same as the billionaire? (Full transcript here) This is especially true when a few sentences later he also mentions how “We don’t begrudge financial success in this

Mitt Romney Releases Taxes - So What

2012-01-24T17:11:00.000-05:00

Republican presidential contender, Mitt Romney, released his tax returns for 2010 and it brings up the question: So what? Do these returns show us anything we didn’t already know? The answer is no. It has never been a secret that Romney has a boatload of money, which he has earned legitimately by investing wisely. Some might say when he worked at Bain Capital he made money off of these

Here's Your Chance

2012-01-17T14:20:00.000-05:00

Looking to make a difference in Sturbridge? Well then, how about running for one of the town positions which are open in town government? Nomination papers are now availablefrom the Town Clerk, and you only need 39 signatures from registered voters, preferably ones that are still living and you could have the chance of a lifetime. Here are the open positions: Board of Selectmen (two seats

New Hampshire Primary Reflections

2012-01-11T16:16:00.000-05:00

In a speech in South Carolina Wednesday, republican candidate Newt Gingrich made a comment basically telling people not to vote for any candidate just because the main stream media says they are going to win, instead vote for who you think is the best candidate to beat Barack Obama. Of course Gingrich thinks that would be him. Other than that the advice is good. In these days of 24 hour news

Is Maginn the right choice

2011-12-31T14:30:00.000-05:00

I am posting this letter written by Kevin Macomber about the new republican party chairman in Massachusetts, Robert Maginn. It seems he donated to Deval Patrick's campaign and has donated to the likes of Chuck Schumer. Now, for the record, when I write posts in this blog, they are nor necessarily the opinions of the Sturbridge Tea Party or the Tea Party movement, but are my own. What bothers me

Ball fields, wood turtles and government control

2011-12-06T16:13:00.001-05:00

Don't ever underestimate the power of a wood turtle, although with all apologies to those who like wood turtles, I am not sure it was the wood turtle who made the difference. Last night at the special town meeting in Sturbridge, Article 48 was defeated by ten votes. This was the article which was looking for clarification on whether or not athletic fields could be built on some land bought with

Update on Article 52

2011-12-04T14:29:00.001-05:00

I am going to share some link related to Article 52 sent to me by Linda Cocalis from the Sturbridge Board of health. Even though I am still not happy about the bag fees for the landfill, I guess I can forgive her now. Criteria 3 includes schools and must be applied to regioanl schools as well http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/doer/green-communities/pubs-reports/

Article 52: Vote No

2011-12-04T10:00:00.001-05:00

I have been receiving more information on Article 52 on the special town meeting warrant for tomorrow night (December 5, 2011, 7:00 PM at Tantasqua High School). I wish I had know about this earlier so we could mobilize the forces, heck if the four Sturbridge residents who read this blog vote "No" we might win. All kidding aside... If this article passes, (Article 52) it will cost anyone who

Sturbridge Voters: Be very, very afraid

2011-12-03T08:40:00.001-05:00

Yesterday I wrote a post about Article 48 on the warrant for Monday's special town meeting. Mr. or Mrs. Anonymous commented on it (thank you) and mentioned another, even more scary article that is also on the warrant, Article 52. What is Article 52 and why is it scary? Articles 52 deals with making Sturbridge a "Stretch Code" community. I won't post the whole article but it deals with requiring

Sturbridge and article 48

2011-12-02T16:49:00.001-05:00

The best part about reading the local paper (although if you only read it online is it still called reading the paper?) is reading the "Letters to the Editor" section. In my opinion, this is the still the best place to go to get what people really think about local issues. Why it was a letter to the editor which I worte which made me a legend in the tea party movement. Okay, for the record I am

Sturbridge voters: time to stand up

2011-11-28T10:36:00.001-05:00

Many of you who read the articles and posts I write regarding the Tea party movement, know that I believe that where the tea party movement will make a difference is at the local level. While we all realize there have to be changes made at the national and state levels, it is at the town and city level where we can make the biggest difference in the shortest amount of time. Here in Sturbridge we

Tea party principles are bottom up

2011-11-13T07:26:00.001-05:00

In my last post I talked about the leadership meeting we had with many of the regional tea parties attending. One of the things which was touched upon briefly, was getting local. I have talked about this in the past, although I am not sure I have on this blog, so I will reiterate mt views. The tea party movement is about principles. We have our core principles we believe in: Fiscal

Tea party movement and the press

2011-11-12T18:59:00.001-05:00

Earlier today I attended a meeting with representatives from most of the tea parties in Massachusetts. One of the things which wasn't discussed, but probably should have been (I know, I know, I could have said something) was how does the tea party movement counteract the negative publicity we continue to get? Almost everyday we see a negative story printed about the tea party movement with some

Tea Party Vs Occupy Movement

2011-11-07T08:42:00.001-05:00

A recent poll taken by Umass/Lowell shows the Tea party movement has a lower approval rating than the Occupy movement. For those of us involved in the Tea Party this is somewhat disturbing, but not so much of a surprise, at least not to this writer. The poll published in the Boston Herald shows that: Half of American adults say they have an unfavorable impression of the Tea Party, while just 29

Karl Marx would be proud

2011-10-04T17:26:00.001-04:00

Karl Marx sure would be proud of the "Occupy Wall Street" crowd. They have manged to come up with a modern day equivalent to his "Communist Manifesto". They have posted on their website a list of thirteen demands which I guess they are hoping to accomplish with their protests. Marx would love the fact they want the government to forgive everyone's debt, especially those college loans which they

Religious Freedom under attack

2011-10-02T10:48:00.000-04:00

Did you know today is ""Pulpit Freedom Sunday"? What is "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" you ask? Well it is a day which has been designated for pastors to preach their views on political candidates which is a violation of the "Johnson Amendment" which was added to the IRS code on 501(c)(3) corporations, i.e. non-profits. This brings up some interesting arguments regarding the First Amendment of the

Election season has officially begun

2011-09-24T09:24:00.001-04:00

Summer us officially over and it is time to start thinking seriously about 2012. In case you haven't heard there is a whole slew of elections coming our way that year. We have the chance to increase the unemployment ranks for some Democrats including the one who currently occupies the White House. While I am not an official Sturbridge Tea Party Spokesperson and we have decided not to endorse any

With all due respect, Mayor O'Brien is full of

2011-08-24T17:10:00.000-04:00

I’m thinking of picking up and moving to Worcester. Why would I want to leave my little house on the lake and move to a city? It isn’t for the noise, or the people, or the lure of living in a three decker, nope, it’s for one reason and one reason only, so I can vote the Mayor out of office. Today on the “WCRN morning News with Hank Stolz” the Mayor of Worcester once again graced the listening

Tea party movement needs to stay the course

2011-08-16T18:11:00.000-04:00

According to Barack Obama it is. And Harry Reid concurs. And Joe Biden thinks they are terrorists, which is interesting in and of itself since he won't call real terrorists, terrorists. I think come November 2012, they just might be in for a surprise. It seems as the campaign heats up, so is the anti-tea party rhetoric. BO was asked about Biden's comments and wouldn't give an answer. Mr. Reid,

Rhode Island tea party splits

2011-08-13T17:27:00.000-04:00

I came across an article today about a new group which has formed in Rhode Island, the Ocean State Tea Party in Action. Evidently this is some kind of splinter group from the Rhode Island Tea Party, and they want to focus at the state level. I am not surprised. I tend to think any group once it reaches a certain point is bound to split and go into different directions. I know in my case, I have

News Flash: Obama compliments the tea party

2011-08-10T16:38:00.000-04:00

Once again this week, we in the tea party movement have been called names and blamed for all the ills of the world. But this week, the President, Barack "It's not my fault" Obama, also praised the tea party, although unwittingly. Follow along with me and you will see how, it's simple algebra really. Think back to those problems we used to be given in algebra class, you know A + B = C, stuff like

Are we ready for Rick Perry

2011-08-07T12:18:00.000-04:00

Are we ready for a preacher president? Is this what we would get with Texas Governor Rick Perry? Yesterday he led a prayer event in Texas attended by about 30,000 people, which has been compared to a camp meeting. There were also the usual complaints on whether this event violated the first amendment and the "separation of church and state" which we all know isn't part of the first amendment or

Beyond our control or not

2011-08-05T16:41:00.000-04:00

On the WCRN Morning News with Hank Stolz this morning, a caller, Patrick, talked about how we worry too much about things like the stock market crashing, etc. and he is right, sort of. His point was there are more important things, more personal things to worry about. The thing he should have added was why worry about things we can’t control? Think about it, can anyone of us really control the

Every cause needs a victim

2011-07-27T14:49:00.000-04:00

Have you ever noticed the left always has to find a victim? Think about it, whenever anyone on the right opposes something they support, the first thing the left does is find a group who can be the victims. They can always find a group to be a victim, even if they have to invent one. Look at the Show Id to Vote initiative here in Massachusetts. This is an initiative to require all voters to

Sowing the seeds of liberty

2011-07-22T16:34:00.000-04:00

Once again I have been thinking about the tea party movement and the direction it is headed, and what better place to write about it than right here on the Sturbridge Tea Party blog. At our most recent meeting this very subject came up, and as these things tend to do, it has been swimming around in my head. And considering the fact there are not a lot of hair follicles to stop things from

Got some extra cash, we'll spend it

2011-07-19T17:09:00.001-04:00

It's good to see that the state has collected more taxes than they anticipated, $723 million more in fact, so how long do you think it will take them to find something to spend it on? After all you don't think "Spend it all" Deval would want to hold on to it for, say a "rainy day", do you? No, I am sure all those poor, underfunded, very important programs which had to be cut in the recent budget

You'll Eat Your Damn Peas And Like It

2011-07-13T15:52:00.000-04:00

First it was we would all have to make sacrifices, then it was those keeping our thermostats lower and who can forget making sure our tires were properly inflated. Now our fearless leader is telling us to eat our peas. Is this leadership or what? You got it, you can buy them here I suppose when you live in a world where you have never had to actually work for a living and have pretty much had

Sturbridge's Tea Party Dilemma

2011-07-06T19:39:00.000-04:00

So here is a tea party conundrum of sorts, if your town spends money to restore something after they remove it from a place where it was, but no one knows why it was removed in the first place, and now another group wants to put the restored item back to where it came from at the risk of damaging it and throwing away good money, and that group that wants to restore it are the town's veterans,

Operation Tree Party

2011-07-05T04:41:00.001-04:00

As I have written previously in this blog, on June 1, there was a tornado which went through the western and central part of Massachusetts, claiming three lives and causing extensive damage to several communities. Many groups and organizations have come together to provide assistance such as temporary housing, food and clothing and debris removal. These are all good and necessary things which

The Sky is Falling Let's Go Tell The King

2011-06-29T16:06:00.001-04:00

It’s been a month since the tornado hit our area causing three deaths and a tremendous amount of damage. I had a brief conversation regarding what has been done and what is not being done by various agencies, specifically in the town of Southbridge. We had two different opinions; you’ll be able to guess which one was mine. One opinion is the town should be doing more, after all there are people

Will They Ever Listen

2011-06-26T16:28:00.000-04:00

This is sort of a follow-up on a previous post, which seems to have generated some discussion in various forums. Somewhere on this blog site is a disclaimer which states the opinions expressed in this blog are those of the author and not necessarily those of the tea party movement or other members. Now that we got that out of the way... I mentioned that our opponents don't understand the tea

The Answer to Beacon Hill

2011-06-23T18:44:00.000-04:00

Last night at our monthly meeting we had the newly elected representative from the sixth Worcester district, Peter Durant as an honored guest. You know, some questions are better off left unasked. In this case the questions was "Peter, are things as bad as they say on Beacon Hill?" Now, if you have never met Peter, and I don't know him all that well myself, but he seems like the kind of guy who

One Tea Partiers Opinion

2011-06-17T15:34:00.000-04:00

I have written both here and elsewhere about what my opinion on exactly what the Tea Party is about and what I believe it stands for. I have also written how I feel the “Tea Party” name has been co-opted by others to forward their own agendas. Those of us who truly believe in what the tea party movement stands for, might be considered by some as eccentric or nut cases, we like to consider

Doing It Right The First Time

2011-06-14T18:15:00.000-04:00

The last post I wrote talked about the latest election related issue in Southbridge, that of the wrong information being printed on the absentee ballots. A local Southbridge blogger posted an update on the situation.In this post we learn how much it will cost Southbridge to reprint the ballots: $1,543. I admit I don't keep up with things in Southbridge as much as maybe I should, perhaps when the

Southbridge Election Officials Need to Pay Attention

2011-06-12T12:57:00.000-04:00

It seems tour friend the Town Clerk in Southbridge may have had another "oops" moment when she sent out the absentee ballots to our military personnel and others and wrote "Do Not Vote For More Than Two" for School Committee, when she really meant three. This brings up some interesting questions, especially if the school committee race is close. One question which was asked is would this

Send Us Your Poor, Your Criminals

2011-06-07T16:24:00.000-04:00

Isn’t it great to live in a state where criminals are treated better than tax payers? Of course I am talking about the latest move by our brilliant Governor “We want ‘em all” Deval Patrick to decide he isn’t going to follow his buddy Barack’s lead and he isn’t going to sign onto the “Secure Communities Act”. After all, Deval wouldn’t want to hurt anyone feelings by sending a poor, downtrodden,

Thoughts on the Sturbridge Town Meeting Warrant

2011-06-04T10:54:00.000-04:00

Monday, June 6 is the annual town meeting in Sturbridge. In the small towns of New England this is a tradition which goes back to the founding of our communities. Unlike towns like Southbridge as an example, who no longer hold "Town Meetings" in the same sense as Sturbridge does, this is the main way for voters to have a say on exactly how their money is spent, Read the history of New

Finding That One Lost Sheep

2011-05-26T17:08:00.000-04:00

There are some days when I am listening to talk radio or reading articles or other blogs, where I get pretty disheartened. We try to get out our message, but every day there is another assault of some kind on us and our tea party movement. We see examples of the progressive left screwing things up every day and it can be overwhelming. I recently mentioned this to someone and they asked me if I

All This Time I had It Wrong

2011-05-24T15:51:00.000-04:00

I admit I don’t watch a whole lot of MSNBC, not for any other reason that being a poor Conservative who receives no assistance from anyone, I can’t afford the extra fee for the extra package to which MSNBC belongs. However, last night I had the pleasure of spending some time at my son’s house and was blessed with the ability to peruse it for a short time. Now I admit I watch Fox News, because

One Byte At A Time

2011-05-16T17:12:00.000-04:00

Since I have become somewhat politically active, especially with the tea party movement, I have noticed one thing; there is no shortage of issues needing attention. I am constantly bombarded with e-mails from people and organizations needing help with this and that, all of which are going to ruin the country if they aren’t fixed immediately. And of course most of them can only be fixed with a

For our Sturbridge Members

2011-05-12T15:23:00.000-04:00

I received this from one of our members and it might be of interest to our Sturbridge Members. From: Selectman Thomas R. Creamer To: Selectman Thomas R. Creamer Sent: Fri, May 6, 2011 4:38 pm Subject: Public Service Announcement: Pre-Town Meeting Town Meeting The Town Moderator, Town Administrator, and Chairman of the Finance Committee invite any

It's A New World Out There

2011-05-11T17:20:00.000-04:00

Well, it's finally over and Peter Durant has officially won. I know, he hasn't been sworn in yet, and this is Massachusetts but it looks good. First I want to congratulate Peter on his win, he worked hard and through it all he kept smiling and stayed positive. Now let's hope he goes to Beacon Hill and makes a difference. So what does this election tell us anyway? I wrote one analysis already

Our First Guest Post - Quake

2011-05-10T17:32:00.000-04:00

Following is a guest post from one of our members, feel free to comment: In the summer of 1811, the great Shawnee Warrior-chief Tecumseh, in an effort to unite the various Indian tribes into a confederation to resist the advance of the United States, predicted that a great sign would come. He predicted a shaking of the Earth that would be felt by all and acknowledge his righteous cause with

New Tea Party Blog Roll

2011-05-08T10:43:00.000-04:00

blA few of us have started a new Tea party Blog Roll, called "Tea and Rolls" (yes I admit I came up with the cheesy name) where any Tea Party associated bloggers can list their blogs, and we can keep them all in one place. (Makes it easier to keep an eye on all these tea party nuts). So check it out http://teaandrolls.blogspot.com/ , feel free to pass this along, and comment on what others are

A Cold Day in Hall, Town Hall That is

2011-05-03T18:03:00.000-04:00

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, all you Sturbridge residents out there. I know you have all heard Jane and I expound on our extreme displeasure with our town spending money on those nice new brick sidewalks down on the Town Common. And perhaps you have even heard about the front door at our remodeled Town hall which the public can no longer access, and I believe I mentioned perhaps we could have used the money

Raising Taxes Could Lead You to Heaven

2011-04-30T10:34:00.000-04:00

There was a meeting on Thursday night in Marlboro, where State Representative, James Eldridge told those gathered, or tried anyway, why it would be a good idea to pay more taxes. I could not attend but I have heard from those who have and evidently members of the local tea party groups were there and represented themselves and the Tea Party movement well. Why do we always hear about raising taxes

The Devil Made me Do It

2011-04-25T18:43:00.000-04:00

We've been called all sorts of things. Racist. Bigots. Morons. Terrorists. Trailer Trash.And now......Satan Worshipers. Could I make this stuff up? It says so right here in the newspaper from jolly old England. You know the same place where are forefathers kicked some ass a couple hundred years ago. Order here from Amazon Now, I have read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand, in fact I credit that

April 20th Meeting

2011-04-21T16:21:00.000-04:00

We held our monthly meeting last night at our new venue, Art's Variety on South Street in Southbridge. Both Jane and I want to thank the Gaudreaus for volunteering the use of their business, it was a great venue for us. So if you are anywhere near there stop in and buy something damn it! As far as the meeting went, we had a good meeting. Peter Durant came in and briefed us on how his campaign is

Was This The Spark

2011-04-19T17:50:00.000-04:00

It seems that I may have started a little problem this week. You see I wrote a letter to the local paper about the whole "Showing ID to Vote" issue over in Southbridge and how it seems to have ruffled some feathers. this is all part of the whole Alicea - Durant special election where there are some who think there have been some funny things going on. Well, the group I belong to, the Sturbridge

Pig Roast

2011-04-19T04:16:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was the Worcester Patriot's Day rally and Pig Roast and it was a great event. It was nice to see everyone there. It was also nice to see some not there (Government union members). The Worcester Police did a great job keeping the small group of kids away from us and all the attendees also did a great job in not letting them get under their skin. (The louder sound system we had also

Voter Identification Issue

2011-04-16T15:00:00.000-04:00

As any of you who live in the Sturbridge, Sixth Worcester area know, the recent special primary and the evil Billboard erected by EmpowerMA and ShowIDtoVote has really caused quite a stir. The Telegram and the Southbridge Town Clerk and Town Manager are all claiming voters are being intimidated by this billboard. And of course the race card has been played. The Evil Billboard The interesting

Only the Guilty Get Nervous

2011-04-11T19:18:00.000-04:00

Only the guilty get nervous. This was something I learned back when I was a Regional Security Manager for a large company. In the course of talking to less than desirable characters I learned that when someone got nervous when they saw me coming there was usually a good reason. So reading the Sunday Worcester Telegram yesterday, I have to wonder what the Southbridge Town Clerk and the Southbridge

Sixth Worcester Non-endorsement

2011-04-08T05:17:00.000-04:00

I know I haven't been to active lately with either the Sturbridge or the Knox Trail groups, and I do want to apologize for that. I have a whole tea pot full of personal things going on here which need to be dealt with, but I am still as passionate about the movement as ever. So with that being said... As most of you who know me know, I don't endorse candidates on any of my "official" tea party

Union Economics

2011-04-05T12:43:00.000-04:00

It seems that in their infinite wisdom, the labor unions down there in New York City have initiated some legislation to raise the minimum wage in subsidized areas of the city in order to help with the unemployment problem. Now i don't normally agree with mayor Bloomberg, or should I say he usually doesn't agree with me, but he even thinks it's a bad idea. When will the left and the unions realize

Clarify, clarify, clarify

2011-03-28T16:59:00.000-04:00

Tonight we will finally hear what President Obama has to say about the action in Libya. You know the place we have been shooting missiles into and dropping bombs onto but we aren’t at war with. The same place where our leader told us the American people that we were volunteered by NATO to perform these actions. He has stated he will “clarify” our position. Order from Amazon here Of course when

And now a break from our writing

2011-03-24T16:27:00.002-04:00

I have had to take a few days off from writing, but don't worry, I am off all weekend so you know what that means? Lots of typing.

Can't win change the rules

2011-03-19T14:14:00.000-04:00

In the Sturbridge Villager issue of March 11, 2011, there was a letter to the editor written by Daphne Stevens entitled "We can make a difference". Unfortunately I can not link to the article so you will just have to trust me on this. Basically Ms. Stevens talks of the change in the term "Global Warming" to "Climate Change". Being a slow day and the fact I have no vehicle to go anywhere, I of

First Amendment threatened again

2011-03-16T16:44:00.002-04:00

According to a report in The Daily Caller the federal government is requiring school principals to instruct their teachers to spy on their students by monitoring the students Facebook pages, both while they are in school and when they are out of school. The governments reasoning? School bullying. All parents should be outraged at this invasion of privacy. But then this kind of action should not

A couple of notes

2011-03-14T17:06:00.000-04:00

Wednesday we are having our monthly meeting. It will be at the Southbridge Savings Bank on route 20 in Sturbridge. Park in the back and go in the glass doors, up the stairs or the elevator to the third floor conference room. Don't forget the Patriot's Day Rally in Worcester beginning at 4:00 PM at Lincoln Square. There will be several speakers and you can get tickets for the "Government Pig

What's in a name

2011-03-12T17:15:00.000-05:00

Lately, Jane and I, your almost fearless leaders, have been caught in a flurry of emails from the other leaders of groups here in Massachusetts. One of them asked a question about a candidate who is running a race here in central Massachusetts and whether he is truly a Republican or not. I'm not going to get into that debate, but it brings up an interesting debate, on labels and their definitions

One man's opinion on the local tea party movement

2011-03-10T05:19:00.000-05:00

Every once in awhile I feel the need to explain my opinion on what I feel the Tea Party movement is all about. I am also asked by many people that same question. Most people who are not involved in the tea party movement only know about it from what they read and hear about it in the mainstream media which is not always accurate. Obviously the latest is the clip being shown of Schiller from NPR

First Amendment Dilemma for Tea Party

2011-03-08T17:24:00.000-05:00

The recent Supreme Court decision regarding the Westboro Baptist Church and their freedom to protest at funerals of slain soldiers presents somewhat of a problem for tea party members like me. The decision protects the church’s first amendment rights, free speech and freedom to assemble, and as one who believes in as strict interpretation of the Constitution, it is hard to argue with that. But

One small freedom at a time

2011-03-07T16:25:00.000-05:00

Now let me start out by saying I am not a “gun nut”. I do not own guns, I do not use guns, but I do believe in the second amendment of our Constitution, you know the one that says:“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”And I suppose this story really isn’t about second amendment rights, but

Welcome to the Sturbridge Tea Party Blog

2011-03-06T15:06:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the new blog of the Sturbridge Tea Party. This will be a place where we will share Tea Party News and Views. This will include national, state and local. The Sturbridge Tea Party is a non-partisan group which welcomes all, no matter what your party affiliation. We cover the towns of Sturbridge, Southbridge, Charlton, Brimfield, Wales, Holland and Monson. Feel free to comment on any