9/12 Protest Washington DC Time Lapse Footage 0800 - 1130

This shows time lapse photography of the crowd in DC on 9/12. When I arrived at about 1:00 I could hear the crowd from three blocks away and was impressed by the volume compared to what I've experienced at sporting events in the past.







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No Retreat Law in Montana and Florida

There has been a sudden interest in a post I have on the Arizona No Retreat Law. This is a law that allows an individual to defend himself without first having to expend all possibility of escape for those who would rob, injure or kill them.

For too long, jurisdictions have prosecuted citizens who defended their home by attacking an intruder because the law required the victim to reach a dead end in retreat from the criminal before lethal force could be justified. The result being some criminals wining lawsuits against their victims for causing the criminal injury while trying to protect their property from being carried off. So the people eventually found politicians who returned the law to a more common understanding of justice, i.e. that defense of one's self and property is a fundamental right.

This interest could be spurred by the state of Montana passing into law House Bill 228.

House Bill 228 is a broad piece of legislation that provides a number of specific protections for law-abiding citizens. This new law clarifies the ability of law-abiding citizens to carry a firearm in plain view and to present the firearm for defensive purposes when threatened. Additionally, the law puts clearly into statute existing Montana case law providing that, when threatened, a law-abiding citizen has no duty to retreat if the person is in any place he or she has a legal right to be. Other provisions include expanding existing law to allow the use of force in defense of an occupied structure and preventing landlords and hotel operators from restricting self-defense rights.

Or, it could be the report from Florida of a farmer killing one of two people who were engaged in stealing his land cruiser.

Tony Curtis Phillips, 29, didn't fire a single shot. He didn't even know his girlfriend, Nikki McCormick, was dead until police showed him an online news story.
Police said McCormick accompanied Phillips as he attempted to steal the SUV from a barn in an orange grove near Wahneta, Florida, before daylight Tuesday.
Grove owner Ladon "Jamie" Jones opened fire as the SUV approached him, according to an affidavit released by the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Phillips fled; McCormick was shot in the head and later died.
Authorities said Jones is protected by Florida's "no retreat" law, which gives him the right to use lethal force if he reasonably believes his life is in danger. Phillips, however, faces charges because police allege he was committing felony grand theft auto at the time of McCormick's death.
"Because his conduct caused her death, he gets charged with a felony," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.

This is as it should be. Unfortunate that someone had to lose her life for the main perpetrator to learn his lesson but it may serve as an example to others who would otherwise be inclined to do their neighbor ill. The real danger now however is against a thief from whom we have little defense.

Obama said Thursday that Chrysler was forced into bankruptcy because a small group of investors and hedge funds would not go along with a deal to save the iconic automaker.

He said the small group was "hoping that everybody else would make sacrifices and they would have to make none. Some demanded twice the returns that other investors were getting.

"I don't stand with them," he said.

The government in the person of Barack Obama seems to think that it is OK to demonize the bondholders in Chrysler because they refuse to be bullied into a plan to take the company away from the legitimate owners and transfer it to the unions and the government. There are clear laws regarding the order of distribution when a company seeks protection from it's debtors. Obama seems to believe that these laws need not be upheld simply because the government has "loaned" tax money to the company in a futile effort to save it. While the taxpayer's interest in the company has been lost, Obama has required the original investors to give up their rights so the government can justify it's poor decisions.

While states are passing self defense protection laws the citizens need some kind of protection from the looters of their future wealth. A common thief can only steal what one has. The government can steal not only what wealth we have but also that which we have yet to earn.








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The Richmond Tea Party, The Begining

The Big White Dog and I were at the Richmond Tea Party with my wife and a friend. The Patrick Henry Impersonator, one of the Patriots of Virginia did a fine job of performing that famous speech known by the statement spoken in unison by the crowd, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

The crowd was estimated by one of the mounted police officers at 3500. You can see by the pictures that the park was packed beyond capacity. I arrived at about 6:30 and passed a steady stream of people leaving who had come early. There was a tightly packed crowd with many more coming in when we joined in. Tucker and I walked the perimeter meeting many people. The crown was the same mixture one would find at any park on any sunny day. Older couples, to young families were all braving rainy cold weather to make a statement of frustration with those who are supposed to represent us but instead ignore our letters, phone calls and emails, the only acknowledgment being some boiler plate generated by computer. They no more read our correspondence that the laws they pass.

The politicians seem to wish we would all just disappear. They dismiss us as elitist , wealthy taxpayers and anti government right wing extremists. Only Fox News has made any attempt to report what we are doing. CNN just sent out a hit job reporter the try and bully people she interviewed. I say let them ignore us at their peril.

The first is the overflow on the street, then the back end of the crown, the new arrivals and the veiw to my left after I arrived. Finally the Patriots of Virginia.












































































More pictures at The Write Side of My Brain, Bearing Drift, Richmond Tea Party: The Blog and video at Richmond BizSense.













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The Anti Tea Party Campaign Has Begun

It appears someone of means is working to sabotage the Tea Party Movement. I got this message from Eric McGrane Of the Richmond Tea Party.

There is a robo-call telephone campaign being waged against the tea party event that is misinforming the public as to the correct date/time for the event.

Please be aware that the event is **STILL** being held on April 15th @ 6:00 at Kanawha Plaza in downtown Richmond.

Please check with any others that you know are attending to be sure that they still have the correct date/time.

I assume our event is being viewed as a threat, because we're now seeing dirty tricks being waged against our efforts. Fight on!

The powers that be would like nothing better than this movement to fizzle out and go away. What they fear most is an open discussion of what is happening and what the goal of those in government is. The nature of government is tyranny, the goal of politicians is power, the obstacle of these is an informed and engaged citizenry. These events are the beginning of our effort to bring our government back into the boundaries of our constitution. If this movement can be nipped in the bud the tyrants will have won. I for one will not go away.










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Video Invitation to Tax Day Tea Party

"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." - Samuel Adams

Here is your invitation to join us at the Richmond Tax Day tea Party.










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Tea Party Movement Growing

I may be hard to find any news about the Tea Parties that are springing up because the mainstream Media just want to ignore them in hopes they will go away. Today there is a large rally in Orlando Florida. The local news just had to cover it because there were just too many people there to pretend it wasn't happening. Police estimates are a crowd of 3000. One can see pictures of the event here.












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My Email to Rep Rob Wittman R-VA on the Bailout Bounuses

I am shocked that you would vote to tax the bonuses of the AIG exects. Congress gave to bailout money to the Treasury Dept with NO Stipulations on how the money was to be used. The stimulus bill protected those bonuses. No conservative could possibly justify a tax rate of 90% for any reason. There is ZERO Constitutional authority for such nonsense. I did not contact you about this issue because I thought you were clear thinking. I was sadly mistaken.

Here is his statement from his website on the bill to tax the bonuses at 90%

March 19, 2009: Congressman Wittman Statement on Return of Taxpayer Money from AIG Employees PDF Print E-mail
Washington - "I am pleased that Congress acted today to protect the American taxpayer and assure that bonuses to AIG executives will be returned. These bonuses are an absolute outrage."



"Unfortunately, in the rush to approve the stimulus package, taxpayer protections were removed that would have prevented AIG bonuses in the first place. When taxpayers are asked to bear the burden of reckless corporate behavior, the President and Congress have a moral obligation to make sure that money is spent wisely."

"I voted against the stimulus package and the bailout bills because I was deeply concerned that taxpayer money would be misused, as in the case of these bonuses. Congress has gone down a path of unprecedented spending these past few weeks that is deeply disturbing. I fear this is the first of many instances of taxpayer money being spent with no accountability or transparency."

Congressman Rob Wittman represents the First District of Virginia. He was elected to his first full term in November 2008 and serves on the Natural Resources Committee and the Armed Services Committee where he is the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.

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Richmond Tea Party April 15, 2009

Here is an opportunity to express one's opposition to the rapacious taxes we pay at all levels. Events such as this will do little to change things but are the first step to making an organized effort to do so. Along with the encouragement of joining with like minded people over an important issue it is the time to beginning the networking necessary for future action.

Go to these web sites for more information:

Richmond Tea Party
Facebook
Tea Party Blog








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The Oppression of Public Debt

For your edification I present this quote from Thomas Jefferson warning us of the danger of government debt.

"I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom. And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty
or profusion and servitude.

If we run into such debt, as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our calling and our creeds as the people of England are, our people, like them, must come to labor sixteen hours in the twenty-four, give the earnings of fifteen of these to the government for their debts and daily expenses; and the sixteenth being insufficient to afford us bread, we must live, as they now do, on oatmeal and potatoes; have no time to think, no means of calling our miss-managers to account but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers.

Our land-holders, too, like theirs, retaining indeed the title and stewardship of estates called theirs but held really in trust for the treasury, must wander, like theirs, in foreign countries,
and be contented with penury, obscurity, exile, and the glory of the nation.

This example reads to us the salutary lesson, that private fortunes are destroyed by public
as well as by private extravagances.

And this is the tendency of all human governments. A departure from principle in one instance
becomes a precedent for the second; that second for a third; and so on, till the bulk of society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering.

Then begins, indeed, the bellum omnium in omnia, which some philosophers observing to be so general in this world, have mistaken for the natural, instead of the abusive state of man.

And the fore-horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression."

We are so there. Everything is taxed. Even the property and homes we own are so heavily taxed one can easily claim we no longer own it but rent from our masters in the form of taxes. They never consider doing with less but only look for more ways to gather more. Even law enforcement is utilized not to make us safe but to extract more of our wealth through fines and fees. We vote for individuals to be our representatives yet they no sooner enter office than they become the agents of government and our adversaries. It is all the more vexing that we are forced to provide the means of our own oppression through the taxes they heap upon us from all directions.

On April 15, 2009 there will be Tea Parties held throughout the nation. Join one and take the first step toward returning our freedom.
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Tax Poem

Forwarded by a friend......




At first I thought this was funny....then I realized the

awful truth of it.

Be sure to read all the way to the end!

Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he's fed.

Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.

Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,

Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think..

Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers,
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He's good and sore..

Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid.

Put these words
Upon his tomb,
'Taxes drove me to my doom...'

When he's gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline At x (44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal,
State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our

nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had

absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class

in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What in the hell happened?
Can you spell 'politicians?'
And I still have to 'press 1' for English!?!?!?!?
I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!!!!
YOU can help it get there!!!!>
GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!!!!!!






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Don't Feed the Beast

What does government do for us? How many have suffered from frauds and cheats only to find the courts uninterested in helping bring justice. Even if one does hire a lawyer and prevail in court the court does not make them pay. One still has to, at one's own expense, seek to force the criminal to pay up.

Are there gangs in the neighborhood or drug dealers? Don't expect the police to help. They are too busy writing tickets to help bring in more revenue to the government.

Or what about the citizen who defends his home against criminal invasion. Isn't he then exposed to charges also?

Do we own our property? The tax levied against it says no. Try and not pay it and the government will take your property away. We are renting from the government, our land lord.

How many have sent their children to private school or are home schooling because the public schools are either useless or dangerous, yet one still must pay for the public school. One can send one's children to an out of state collage and pay dearly but illegal immigrants get in state discounts.

The hospitals are full of illegal immigrants who don't pay so the hospitals drive up the costs to the citizen who supports those hospitals and clinics with his tax dollars.

All the while government at all levels is going broke while it builds lavish offices, coddles surly bureaucrats, builds stadiums for sports teams whose ticket prices are too high for regular people to afford and the politicians seek new and elaborate means to tax every activity. They are now looking to legalize drugs and prostitution simply to have something new to tax.

There really is only one solution. Stop Feeding the Beast!

Money is the only language government speaks. It is a beast however; when it gets hungry it will get angry if its food is withheld. We must accept that we will suffer if we stop feeding the beast. We will suffer anyway whether we do so or not. If we were to just start with not paying our personal property taxes it would bring government to its knees. There is no level of government that is not bankrupt. If local government is choked out the others will falter. If local government is beaten people will be emboldened to take on the rest.

Stop Feeding the Beast!










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Live at the Washington Tea Party

We all gathered a Lafayette park in Washington D.C. There were speeches and chants of "I'm as mad as Hell!"


Don't Feed the Beast!




Michell Malkin is busy trying to blog while everyone is trying to get their picture taken with her. She has lots of other photos.

The crowd was no huge but when they sang the National Anthem it was touching.

The signs were home made and very expressive.





I really liked this family. They were pretty typical of the sort of people who were there.


It was short and sweet. The key to success is for everyone there to now go and bring the message to the politicians in a manner that gets their attention. I favor some form of tar and feathering or throwing rotten vegetables.






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Fauquier County Tire Tax

I don't know about your dump but here in Fauquier County, Virginia the cost of disposing tires has gone up considerably. One used to bring a tire to the dump and pay a dollar. The tire stores charged that so it was not a big deal. Then the cost went up to $2.00, now it's $3.00. Lately they raised the price of truck tires to $12.00. Give me a break! Oh, they whine that it cost the county to have the tires taken away yadda yadda yadda. That is true. It costs $70.00 a ton.

There are waste tire centers throughout the region. I called one in Appomattox, VA. The woman I talked to was very nice explaining when and how I could bring my tires to her facility. I did some figuring to see if it was to my advantage to haul my tire to one of these places. They came out as follows:

$70.00/ ton comes out as $0.035/ lb.. A 25 lb. tire would cost $0.875. A $12.00 tire would have to weight 342. 86 lb.. A large truck tire such as comes off a tractor trailer weighs about 75 - 100 lb. A 100 lb. tire would cost $3.50. At $12.00 the county is making a $8.50 profit for each truck tire and $2.10 per car tire. If a private company makes a profit it's no big deal, that's what they are supposed to do. When a government which is supposed to serve the citizens makes a profit it is a tax. We pay some pretty stiff taxes already in Fauquier Co. Yet our public servants seem to think any excuse to pick our pockets is justified. It won't take long before unscrupulous people begin leaving tires by the side of the road or just let them pile up somewhere. Then the county will have to have a tire amnesty day and take them free of charge.

My point is just skip the aggravation of going to the county landfill and take your tires to one of the waste tire centers and save yourself some money. Here is a list as of the writing of this post.

Amarjit Riat
Fairfax County (I-95 landfill)
9898 Furnace Road
Lorton, VA 22079
Permit # VA PBR 510
(703) 690-1703

Ron Kimble
RTOP/Frederick County
280 Landfill Rd.
Winchester, VA. 22602
Permit # VA 040
(540) 665-5658


Jeff Ford
SPSA Landfill
1 Bob Foeller Drive
Suffolk, VA 23431
-or-
P.O. Box 1346
Chesapeake, VA 23327-1346
Permit # VA PBR 072
(757) 539-9373, extension 302

Christopher Kuhn
Virginia Recycling Corp.
P.O. Box 359
Providence Forge, VA 23140
Permit # VA PBR 039
(804) 966-5159

Allen Morris
City of Bristol
2125 Shakesville Rd.
Bristol, VA. 24201
Permit # VA. 500 & 588
(540) 645-3791

Jackie Darter
Wise County
P.O. Box 570
Norton, VA 24293
Permit # VA 513
(540) 679-0515


William Strauss
Emanuel Tire of Virginia
3476 Atlantic Lane
Waverly, VA 23890
Permit #562
(804) 834-1130


Barbara Martin
Emanuel Tire of Virginia
State Rt. 632-Landfill Road
P.O. Box 2559
Appomattox, VA 24522
Permit #86
(434) 352-8889
Vanlue Morgan
Accomack County
P.O. Box 388
Accomac,VA. 23301
Permit # VA 91
(757) 787-1468


Larry McDorman
Tire Energy Corporation
499 Industrial Park Drive
Ridgeway, VA 24145 23301
(276) 638-3800


Or visit the website Virginia DEQ






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