Morristown - Independence Day Tea Party Announcement

We just heard from the organizers of the Morristown Tea Party event last week. They are planning another event to be held on or around July 4, 2009. We are also very pleased to hear that theme of the event involves the importance of our constitution, a document that apparently not many of our elected officials have bothered to read lately.

We will be posting further information as we get it. NJTaxRevolution led the way on getting the word out on the Tea Parties in our area and we will continue to do so for all of the organizers working so hard to get on country and state back on the right path.

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Trenton Tea Party Pics!

From citizen reporter Nicole:

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Morristown Tea Party Pics!

Citizen reporter Carl provided NJTaxRevolution with these pics:

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Tea Pictures Wanted!

Based on the emails we have been getting, a lot of you will be attending the tea parties around the state. I have a flight tomorrow afternoon but am going to try to get to the early part of the Trenton event to shoot pictures. If any of you bring your cameras to your local tea party and would like us to post them here at NJTaxRevolution.com, we would love to provide a forum to display them.

Send your photos to: njtaxrevolution@gmail.com

If you want to be a citizen reporter, we will include any commentary you would like to add so even if you don't have photos, let us know what you have seen and we will share it.

Also let us know if you would like attribution - First name and town is all we will share on the blog unless you wish to share more.

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Homeland security answer to the Tea Party Movement

The Federal government has an answer to the Tea Party movement - apparently they will try to marginalize it under the guise of ginning up the right-wing extremist bogeyman. From the Washington Times:

A footnote attached to the report by the Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines "right wing extremism in the United States" as including not just racist or hate groups, but also groups that reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority.

"It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration," the warning says.

This is an interesting analysis. From my definition, this would include virtually every group in the United States on both the left and right that does any kind of advocacy. But as usual, this administration misses a key point. From the United States constitution:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Notice that the 10th amendment to the Constitution does not say congress can do what it wants and force it on the states. It says that the states and their people retain rights not specifically excluded by the Constitution. Liberals have moaned about George Bush and his assault on the rights of fictitious victims that they never produced citing facts never written down. Apparently, this administration is more open and forthright. They have no problem placing wording in a government document citing their intended oppression of the people and in direct contradiction to the United States Constitution in plain sight. More change you can believe in.

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