Reports of Our Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

In this morning's Worcester Telegram there was an article talking about the current state of the tea party movement in Massachusetts. For the record, the reports of it's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

Tea Party: It's up to us to make the changes

I'm glad to see there are others out there who feel the way that I do about what the tea party movement should be doing. A new party isn't the answer, but rather, changing the existing parties through removing the career politicians and running more conservative candidates, real conservatives.

Republicans Liability to Tea Party

Ever since the election, we have been reading and hearing how the tea party is all done, how we no longer are relevant and that we might as well go and well, make tea. needless to say I disagree.

Focus and Refocus

Maybe it's me. Maybe I just don't understand the world. But why is it that people with good ideals always seem to get corrupted by money and power?

The Next Big Thing

Last week I asked the question where do we go from here. I asked if the Tea Party movement is still relevant, do we need to change directions and what went wrong.

Trust Us We're With The Government

Here are some mostly random thought from my Tea Party perspective on what has been going on lately and where we go from here.

Never Give In

On this Veteran''s Day, I am thinking of my Dad. He served in WW2 and according to him he won it and who am I to argue? My Dad had a couple people he really admired, one of them was Winston Churchill.

I'm Resigning

from the Republican party. After having plenty of time over the past 24 hours to think about this, I have decided that I am officially changing my party status back to "unenrolled". I no longer consider myself part of the Republican party.

Tea party Thoughts Part 2

Earlier today I posted my thoughts on the election. As stated in the post, this was an email I sent out to the mailing list of the Sturbridge Tea Party. I received this reply from one of our members and she agreed to let me post it.

Some Tea Party Thoughts

Here is a copy of a letter I sent to the members of the Sturbridge Tea Party group and I think it could be applicable to other groups as well. This is my perspective from my limited view.

Now What

Where do we go from here? That is the question. We are in for four more years of division, bitterness and erosion of freedom. So what do we as tea partiers do?

Easy Choices Come November

Things are heating up in the political as we get closer to the November 6 elections. While here in Sturbridge there are no state races, right next door in Southbridge there is a contest for the Sixth Worcester District between incumbent Peter Durant (R-Spencer) and Kathleen Walker (D-Charlton).

It's Not Just About Obama/Romney

Many in the tea party movement have seemed to forgotten all about local races, whether state wide or national. In 2010, almost every US Congress seat in Massachusetts was contested. True, we didn't win, but we certainly came closer than anyone would have thought. Why wasn't there ANY challengers in some of the districts? Is anyone running against McGovern, Neal? And how much do we really hear about the races which are contested? We hear plenty on Brown/warren (more on this later) but do we hear about Bielat/Kennedy? Tierny/Tisei? Tsongas/ and whoever is running against her? 

As we inch closer and closer to election day, once again I feel the need to vent against some of my  tea party members, on both the state and local levels.

And The Lies Continue

I suppose I could go over my same old arguments about how the majority of people have absolutely no idea what the tea party really is, but then why bother since I am convinced that most people are like sheep who believe what they are told by the mainstream media.

No Choice But Brown

I have a question for my brothers and sisters in the tea party movement, the ones who refuse to back Scott Brown for the Senate: Is it better to back someone who has maybe voted against your views some of the time, or to vote for someone who will against your views all of the time?

Looking With Different Eyes

Here's a question for you: Who do your elected officials work for? Do they work for the people who elect them or special interests groups? When one is elected do they cease being an individual and have to check their own views and thoughts at the door?

A Step in the Right Direction

As much as I would like to think it was because of my last post, which I am sure it wasn't, I am glad to see that the Board of Selectmen decided not to go ahead with the $600,000 re-do of Walker Road. At Monday's meeting they voted 5 - 0 not to go forward with the plan. As mentioned during the meeting, this money could be better spent elsewhere.

The Common Good

Exactly what constitutes the "common good"? When it comes to government spending, who defines "common good"? Should there be some kind of ratio which would determine the amount of pain one group to help another group? 5 to 1? 100 to 1? 5,000 to 1?

Deval Patrick Does The Right Thing

Sorry I haven't been posting much, seems the notebook decided to take a little vacation, and since it would cost just as much to fix as to replace, I will eventually replace it. It is third in line after replacing one vehicle which also decided to take a dive and then another top secret project.

SCOTUS: Thank-you For Re-Energizing The Tea Party

While I have been trying to keep this particular blog on “local” tea party related topics, I thought I would write about yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court on Obamacare. Guess what? I personally think this is a great decision, especially for the tea party.