Tell us about BEING SEEN ON THE GREEN!

We drove two hours to be seen on the green. We had a choice of 4 other tea parties to attend that were within that driving distance but chose Morristown because we wanted to hear the questions answered by those running for governor in 2010. I came with my teenage son, we’ve never protested before. I had left my younger children at home, not knowing what the environment would be like, plus it was a bit cold and raining. We had never been to Morristown before, but it wasn’t difficult to find and there was plenty of choices for parking and we were only a couple of blocks from the green. We paid a little over two dollars the two and a half hours we were there. Morristown appeared to be a family oriented town, safe and clean.

I didn’t have reason to worry about the environment, we didn’t experience any hostility and didn’t see any trouble makers in the crowd. It was a respectful and friendly group of citizens coming together to stand up to the reckless government spending of money we don’t have to spend and a tax burden we don’t want to see passed on to our children. The speakers were all engaging, from the teens to the mature, and the immigrants who had left communist countries were the most inspiring of all. The older gentleman who had come here from Cuba, brought tears to my eyes.

I was proud to stand with my fellow Americans and they gave me hope that together our voices will be heard, if not by the current leadership in Washington, then we will work to find new leadership that will. I was touched to see the many veterans in attendance. I’ve been disappointed in how the media has protrayed the tea parties. It’s hard to believe the new lows they set each day, but they certainly outdid themselves on this one. We were called all kinds of names and one paper said there was only 300 in attendance, another said 1,000 but we know there was at least 1,700 who signed the petition. The line was so long to sign the petition, we didn’t get a chance to sign it because we didn’t want to miss recording the speeches and getting pictures. I heard several people say they had come during their lunch break and they probably didn’t have time to wait in line either. There were a lot of people coming and going and the green was almost entirely filled with people the whole time we were there.

I’m not happy with the media’s abuse, they didn’t report, they ranted their bias shamelessly, but I take courage in knowing that our founding fathers shared that same experience. We’ll have to see how Washington responds, if there is a party that has a backbone left. If not, I only see this tea party growing in strength and resolve. Perhaps, we will need to start a new political party to represent we the people, we already have a name for it…The Tea Party. To the people who organized the tea party in Morristown, thank you! It was worth the two hour drive and an honor to stand with you all. I didn’t get in on the organizing side this time because it was already done by the time I found out about it…but next time, I want to do my share of that work, too. I’ll be in touch.

Much like Debbie, I was very proud to be a part of this event. I went with my 8 year old daughter and there were plenty of people there who brought dogs and she had plenty of dogs to pet to keep her busy while I listened and talked with fellow Americans. It was a bonding thing!

As a citizen speaker, I am humbled by the 2,000 or more fellow citizens who braved the miserable weather to be part of history on April 15, 2009 at our first Morristown TEA PARTY.

Thank you for STANDING UP in solidarity with reportedly 1,000,000 fellow citizens in all 50 states to defend our liberty and our freedom and say STOP THE OUT-OF-CONTROL SPENDING. Listen to us now!

Memo to Obama: You cannot tax and spend our way back to prosperity.

As Charles Dickens once wrote, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom; it was the age of foolishness” This can be characterized as the worst of times and age of foolishness because we DON’T TRUST OUR GOV’T; but more importantly the beat of times because of everyone who attended a TEA PARTY – standing shoulder-to-shoulder to say: STOP! ENOUGH! WE WON’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!

We heard Obama was “unaware” of the Tea Parties. Which is an interesting position for someone who campaigned on openness, understanding and hope; and who travels the world saying he wants to “listen” to Chavez, Akmadinajad and Vladimir Putin. And, here we are ONE MILLION American citizens who could not be heard, marginalized or ignored.

Memo to Robert Gibbs: The White House will have a “reaction” to the next round of TEA PARTIES. “You just can’t fool all the people all the time…”

Memo to Obama: We “ARE” the TEA Party! We are the silent majority no more! There is a ground-swell throughout this great Nation of ours that will only grow with you arrogance. We may be a grassroots network today, but we are permanent. We are here to stay. We will demand fiscal responsibility at every level of our gov’t starting with School Boards, City Counsels, Board of Supervisors, Trenton and the Federal Gov’t.

In closing: With all this bad news lately about our current fiscal crisis and out-of-control-gov’t-spending have seemed like a bad dream to me. I keep praying that I will just wake up.

We all seemed to be in some kind of a daze, as if at another famous tea party with Alice in her Wonderland. We all feel as if we are falling down this BIG GOV’T RABBIT HOLE asking ourselves HOW DID WE GET HERE? WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY COUNTRY?

Well – WAKE UP MORRISTOWN NEW JERSEY! WAKE UP AMERICA! This is reality! It is time to STAND UP for our country ‘tis of thee, sweet land of LIBERTY.

WE “ARE” THE TEA PARTY! WE HAVE JUST BEGUN! WE ARE SHOVEL READY! IT STARTS HERE TODAY.

God Bless each and everyone one of you. God Bless America.

Onward & Upward,

Fredy Lowe

Since Getting involved, I have put these thoughts together.

The greatness we have achieved as a nation has been based upon our system of government, our economic system and our values. Our system of Government was a representative democracy. Our economic system was free enterprise and capitalistic. Our values were based upon the belief that our creator endowed us with the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Where do we stand with regard to these foundations today?

We live in a system where people vote and legislators legislate. Then judges decide whether to count that vote and/or let that law stand based on their personal opinion rather than upon the constitution they have sworn to uphold. That is not a Representative Democracy.

We live in an economic system in which the government chooses which companies will survive and who will pay taxes, based on how the money was made. This is not economic liberty, free enterprise or capitalism.

The pursuit of life, liberty and happiness that has been endowed by our creator is no longer protected, but rather, rights are being allocated to protected groups, based upon things like age, gender, sexual orientation and other subdivisions that turn our justice system into a sexist, racist, ageist, classist system.

Remnants of the system that has spawned so much liberty and prosperity around the world still exist in our system, but they really are remnants. It is with the remnants that we must, once again, create a whole cloth.

These people, who believe they know better than the rest of us and know better than the system that created our great country, have been successful in gradually taking away our Money, Religion and Liberty. Religion diverts power from the state. Money gives people choice. Liberty allows people to think and speak different points of view. All of these things threaten the government’s power, which was the very purpose of the Constitution, to limit the government’s power.

Here is what we need to do to create our Representative Democracy, free enterprise system, based upon divinely granted liberties out of the remnants that remain:

• Elect People that understand the constitution and take their role as legislators seriously:
o Elect legislators that have the courage to deal legislatively with judicial activism.
o Elect Legislators that don’t leave tough decisions up to the courts by either shying away from tough legislation or grandstanding with legislation that they know will not stand up to constitutional review.
o Our educational system should require students to pass a test on civics – the workings of Government, not some one’s opinion.
o This same education should be part of the immigration process.
• Judicial action:
o Unwind the decisions that the Supreme Court has made without due connection to the Constitution. Use the same strategies that have been used against us: Create special standing to bring suit for decisions that the court has made with no constitutional basis that have created harm to the foundations of our nation.
o Limit and continually audit powers granted to bureaucrats.
• Elect a president that understands:
o America has been a great leader
o What principles have created that great leadership, and who wants America to live by those principles into the future.

Without judges to uphold the constitution, great legislators are useless. Without great legislators, the link between the people and the government is broken. Without a great leader we will be overwhelmed by our enemies.

We need good people to run for office. We need good lawyers that will be able to set the stage of unwinding decades of bad judicial decisions and we need an educated public that understands – regardless of each particular point of view – how this process protects all of us and provides each of us with a society in which we can enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I was proud to be with true Americans on April 15th on the Green. I have told every patient the truth of our intent as many were fooled by CNN,ABC,CBS and NBC. The Left response on Sirius Radio Left was the following. We were a few Republicans upset because we lost the election and now we don’t want to pay our taxes. We were able to attend because we were unemployed or retired and have nothing better to do but whine.The commentator harrassed a caller while he was driving to the Atlanta Tea Party and wanted to know if the Queen was coming for tea. I can only say that if we continue to allow this country to sit back and watch our socialization then we deserve the dark outcome. Every person that attended a Tea party shoud bring 10 people with them to the next event and maybe mainstream Media will have to report the truth. Get involved now before it,s too late.

I was in attendance for the TEA party rally and was so moved that I wrote a letter to the editor for the star Ledger after seeing that the only letter publised described all in attendance as clowns and “radical right wing extremists.” Please note that they only printed the portions in today’s paper that they decided were relevent. I have noted the published areas with astericks. I also sent this same letter to Joseph Cryan as well as the Chairman of the Morris County Democratic Committee.
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***I attended the peaceful Morristown TEA party on April 15. I’ve read accounts that Democratic State Committee Chairman, Joseph Cryan, called all involved “radical right wing extremists.” Funny, I don’t recall seeing him there to make this characterization of his own accord. In fact, this was a totally bipartisan gathering that did not allow any protests other than those involving the stimulus package, taxes and personal responsibility. There were elected Democrats in attendance as well as anyone else who wished to attend.*** And actually, I was saddened to see today that there weren’t any letters to the Editor in the Star Ledger addressing these protests that brought thousands to each rally in our country. I’m sure people wrote in and I find it inexcusable that they weren’t heard.

***The idea of myself as a radical right wing extremist is laughable. The last protest I attended was in 1971 to break the dress code at school. I was your child’s Brownie Leader and class mother. I have worked at least two jobs most of my life as well as volunteering for many community activities. I love my country. I am the average American. Is that extremist? I think not.***

What we seem to have in this country recently is a control that only allows the views that coincide with that of the current administration. That is not what America was founded on. We are all entitled to our opinions and beliefs. And we are also allowed to present those views to be discussed without the tyranny of a political party to demean and minimize what I believe to be the majority of Americans these days.

For 32 years my husband and I have saved, done without, not gone on vacations and are in the process of paying for our second child’s college. And because we did the right things for all those years, we thought our future was ours to decide. How wrong could we have been? Our children and their future children will be saddled with a debt that will strangle this great country. In 90 days our country has been compromised into an unknown state. It’s not the America that our forefather’s envisioned. It is not the America we were raised in and fought for.

The media has taken a stance in recent years of withholding any stories from the public that they don’t agree with. Growing up there was a belief that all news would be reported. As of late, it’s only the news that the media wishes to bring forth that is heard. And that has become liberal information with a slant towards squelching and villifying anything that raises a more conservative viewpoint. Why wasn’t there more of an outcry when the earmarks were passed? Personal agendas were pushed through that did not assist the average person in any way. One thing that Obama promised was the review and control of such things. But all was signed without change. Why didn’t the media make more of this travesty? Can you imagine what could have been done to stimulate the economy if that money had been passed on to the people? The mortgages that could have been paid? The cars bought? The food and clothing? Imagine that, if only the media and politicians had done their jobs and been on the side of the real America and her people.

It’a time for the average American to stand up and be counted. I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat. I vote for the candidate who will best serve our country. And now, I consider myself a member of the TEA party and I will continue to rally for change. For that was what we were promised in the last election, but this change will be that for the people, not against!

I challenge the Star Ledger to print this viewpoint to counter my above observations. Prove me wrong!

Kim Bonstein

Chester, New Jersey

Greetings fellow Patriots,

First off, thank you for attending the Morristown Tea Party and clearly demonstrating that the concerns and righteous anger you feel regarding the decisions made in Washington, that are compromising the America of our Founding Documents, are held by the highest quality of patriotic law-abiding down-to-earth Americans.

Since that day, I have followed the news coverage of the events held around our nation and pondered next steps.

For me, two come to mind.

It is imperative that we need to encourage each other and our neighbors to join our band and effect “real change”, that is, a restoration of our core American Values. To that end, I will be flying the Betsy Ross flag (13 stars in a circle) to demonstrate support for our traditional values as written and signed in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Additionally, inspired by those flying the Gadsden Flag on The Green, I searched and found a wonderful bumper sticker that includes both Gadsden and Culpeper elements (inclusion of the “Liberty or Death” rallying cry). I’ve ordered it in bulk, to display myself and for friends and neighbors who ask where they can get one ! Check it out at : http://www.zazzle.com/don_t_tread_on_me_bumper_sticker-128076614598969212

I have an additional concern which is a “Call to Action”. From my reading online (not the mainstream media), I have learned that it is uncertain whether Mr. Obama actually meets the clear qualifications for President of the United States as outlined in the US Constitution. Rather than deliver a long-winded description of my research, I encourage you to do some digging of your own. A good place to begin is at the World Net Daily site (www.wnd.com), starting with this article posted recently : http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=95460
Please be fair minded and patient in your research, and you may arrive at a place of amazement that this can be possible in today’s media. The potential ramifications of this are incredible, as it would call into question the validity of all decisions and laws since he assumed office. If we are serious in holding our elected officials to adhere to our Constitution, this would have to be the obvious first step. If we cannot rally behind this clear issue, I fear our cause is doomed to failure.

Again, thank you and Godspeed in your journey, our journey, to reclaim our wonderful and blessed nation,

Warren Andersen

a great day for an american loving human being….we arrived very early and were worried that the weather was going to keep people from participating. we wondered around and went back to the car and when we returned the people were streaming in. it filled our hearts. so many signs, so expressive, so inventive. i had asked many people to come and four did. next time there will be more. i laugh at the media who don’t get this movement. we who attended do and that is all that matters. the next event will be more of a threat to the obama administration. so many have now found a voice to say what they have been saying privately…i love my country and will peacefully fight for its right to survive.

I and all attendees were inspired by the pro America event inspired by the Morristown Tea Party. Mr. Obama snears sarcastically at this protest to save capitalism from socialism.

I suggest that the next Tea Party (july 4th??) organization begin planning now with greater wide spread and professional marketing. Each person who attended the April event should be asked to bring at least four friends (Rep,Dem,Ind,) to join in the event.

Contributions should be accepted to cover costs….we don’t have a George Soros or an Acorn to pay the bills! This could be our last chance to save the USA! The fight is on!