4:15pm – Amy Kremer
-          Visiting the Gulf
-          How are people affected.
-          WHAT:  Gulfathon – Americans Helping Americans
-          WHEN:  Thursday, July 29^th, nationwide on talk radio all day and webcast Noon to Midnight
-          WEBSITE: www.Gulfathon.org

4:30pm – Michael Badnarik
-          Upcoming Constitution Class in Orlando.
-          What is it like teaching the constitution? 
-          What’s the first thing we must know?
-          WHAT: Constitution Class.
-          WHEN: 
-          WHERE: 

4:45pm – Marianne Moran
-          She’s with www.TeaPartyInAction.com.
-          Talk about Charlie’s Bailout of US Sugar Corp.
-          Pitch Rally on Wednesday, July 14^th in West Palm Beach
-          WHAT:  End Charlie’s Bailout Rally
-          WHEN:  Wednesday, July 14^th, Noon – 2pm
-          WHERE:  South Florida Water Management District – Monthly Meeting, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406
-          WEBSITE:  www.EndCharliesBailout.com

5:00pm – Sean Caranna
-          Florida Open Carry
-          WEBSITE:  National www.OpenCarry.org, Florida, www.Open-Carry.org 

5:15pm – Matthew Falconer – Orange County Mayor Candidate (in-studio)
-          Suing State because of Sunrail.

5:30pm – Ron McCoy – West Orlando Tea Party
-          Had a conversation this week about social Issues taking backseat this election.
-          WHAT:  Congressional District 8 Candidate Forum
-          WHEN:  Thursday, August 12^th at 7pm
-          WHERE:  Foundation Academy, 15204 Tilden Road, Winter Garden, FL, (The South Campus)
-          WEBSITE:  www.WestOrlandoTeaParty.com

Below are the remarks I made at the Press Conference on Thursday, June 24th at 10:00AM at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office in Orlando.

I have the unique and distinct honor of having been involved in the very first conference calls with patriots from around the country back in February of last year that kicked off the national tea party movement. On those calls, we planned the first round of protests in 50 cities nationwide on February 27th, 2009. Since that time, thousands of hours have been dedicated by volunteers across the state of Florida, as well as in every state of the union.

This morning, I have the privilege of speaking on behalf of a coalition of local tea party groups as we stand together with this very important message.

The CENTRAL FLORIDA TEA PARTY COUNCIL, an alliance of local tea party movement leaders, today calls for the immediate withdrawal of Florida TEA Party candidate Peg Dunmire from Florida’s District 8 Congressional race.

With this week’s unsettling disclosure, in numerous press accounts, of a financial connection between Democrat Congressman Alan Grayson’s campaign and the Florida TEA Party political party, the legitimacy of TEA Party candidates across Florida, including Peg Dunmire, can no longer be defended by any prudent observer.

Accordingly, we, as a fair representation of the actual tea party movement, appeal to the integrity of Ms. Dunmire and all other Florida TEA Party contenders to make the honorable decision and protect their individual character, and standing, by renouncing their TEA candidacies, effective immediately.

The recently formed Florida TEA Party political party, is a Tea Party in name only. They have been engaged in a litany of questionable actions since their formation and have never been connected to or found any support from the actual tea party movement. The key organizers of the tea party movement here in central Florida stand united with the leadership throughout the state of Florida. We do not support the Florida TEA Party political party.

At the core of the tea party movement is the concept that We The People will decide our candidates. We’re upset with political parties, the establishment, playing favorites and picking our candidates for us. What Doug Guetzloe and Fred O’Neal have done is hijacked a name we have been working thousands of hours volunteering for,…and all they have done is become a new establishment, with corrupt party bosses, where they pick candidates for us,…and now, we’re able to track sources of money.

As a result, we ask that Peg Dunmire and the rest of the TEA candidates, help us bring integrity back to Washington and Tallahassee,…help us bring integrity and ethics back to the political process,…disassociate yourself from the corrupt Florida TEA Party political party…. join with us in the real, true tea party movement as we work to bring back fiscal responsibility in government, to protect the Constitution, and to limit the size of our Federal government.

Thank you.

On Saturday, June 5th, ALIPAC will be hosting a rally followed by a rally on June 12th put on by ‘Tea Party Patriots Live’ and many other organizations.  We’ll be listing those organizations and setting up a website specifically for the event in the coming days. 

We’ll be arranging a bus from Orlando.

Tuesday Night, June 8th - Orlando Tea Party

Wednesday Night, June 9th - Houston Tea Party

Thursday Night, June 10th - Las Cruces Tea Party

Friday Night, June 11th - Diamondbacks Baseball Game in Phoenix

Saturday, June 12th – Rally at Bolin Memorial Park, across from the Arizona State Capitol.

Tea Party Patriots Live radio show hosts Jason Hoyt, Phil Russo are organizing a bus trip from Central Florida to Phoenix the week of the rally. There will be a send-off rally at Orlando City Hall on Tuesday, June 8th, at 6 p.m.  The bus will then make stops at Tea Party events in Houston and Las Cruces.  Tea Party organizers in those cities will be planning rallies and joining a caravan across Interstate 10 to the Arizona Capitol.  The bus will arrive on Friday, June 11th, in Phoenix where activists will have a chance to shop or go to a baseball game and spend an evening enjoying everything Phoenix has to offer, followed by a rally at noon on Saturday the 12th at Bolin Memorial Park across from the State Capitol.

More details to come!!

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I can already hear everyone I know bitching at me about this blog post.  This will, to me, prove who really stands for liberty and who is ready to sell out the Constitution when it suits their needs.  The phrases like “don’t tread on me” and “give me liberty or give me death” can only mean so much if, when called to defend the Constitution, we let fear come between us and liberty.

The guy they arrested for the attempted car-bombing in Times Square has a foreign sounding name but he is an American citizen. John Mccain is out there saying he shouldn’t have been given his Miranda rights and I’m sure many people reading this agree. He is, after all, a terrorist, right Weren’t Tim Mcveigh and the Unibomber?  I am sure they were read their Miranda rights. They were taken to civilian courts with a jury for sure.  And why wouldn’t they be? They are American citizens.

If they want to try this bastard for treason and have him drawn and quartered that is fine by me. But please don’t tell me that an American citizen arrested on the streets of one of our cities, shouldn’t be given Miranda rights.  I’ll bet if he were an illegal immigrant Mccain would have no problem with him.  If they can do it to this guy, they can do it to any of us.  If Obama decides that some tea party organizer is a “threat” to national security can he arrest them and not give the Miranda warnings and take them to a military court?  We are not talking about someone found fighting our soldiers in Iraq or some foreign national; this is an American citizen just like all of us.

I hope people understand that this is where the tea party folks need to stand up for the Constitution even though it is uncomfortable.  If they can take one of his rights away, they can take all of his rights away. If they can take away his rights, they can take away our rights.  People that are citizens of other countries do not need to be read Miranda rights.  People caught fighting us in Iraq should not be given Constituional rights.  American citizens, arrested in America deserve Constitutional rights. End of story.

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There is a vote scheduled to take place TODAY (Thursday, April 29th) in the U.S. House of Representatives on HR 2499, which would force Puerto Rico to become the 51st U.S. State.

Three times in the past 43 years Puerto Ricans have voted against becoming the 51st state in the Union. The last time was about 11 years ago. They enjoy their commonwealth status which allows them to enjoy the protection and freedoms and even financial benefits of the United States without paying federal income taxes.

HR 2499 would actually force a yes-or-no vote by Puerto Ricans on whether Puerto Rico should maintain the “current political status” of the island. This doesn’t seem so bad until the second part of the legislation comes into play; a second vote would take place, this one giving Puerto Ricans no option but statehood or full independence if the majority expresses dissatisfaction with the current political status. Even if there is no dissatisfaction and the “current political status” is favored, every eight years henceforth from the passage of HR 2499 Puerto Rico is forced to conduct another plebiscite on the matter at their own expense.

The problem of reassigning some seats in the U.S. House of Representatives is that by handing at least six or seven seats over to Puerto Rico, it would deprive six or seven existing states of one representative each because of the congressional mandated 435 seat cap. (This type of political maneuvering seems partisan because the seats in the Senate and the House would likely become Democratic ones, and electoral votes awarded Puerto Rico might outnumber those of 22 current states.)

Before American taxpayers have to absorb and bailout another financially failing institution – this time the island of Puerto Rico – both Americans and Puerto Ricans need to know and understand that this could just be a case of politicians using this very opaque legislation as a means to whatever ends they envision for not only Puerto Rico and the United States, but also for the political dynamics this situation might bring with it in the future.

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What would statehood for Puerto Rico mean – the need for facts!

Here are some quick facts:
• The Puerto Rico Democracy Act would allow a federally sanctioned referendum to be conducted in Puerto Rico. Voters would be asked whether they support the present form of commonwealth government, or if they want Puerto Rico to seek a different political status. If the majority selects that they want a different political status, then another referendum would be held giving voters three options: Independence, Sovereignty in Association with the United States, or Statehood.

• Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth. Residents of Puerto Rico lack voting representation. They do not participate in presidential elections. As U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans are subject to military service and most federal laws. In the present legislation, Commonwealth status is not an option.

• Puerto Rico has a Governor that is elected directly for a four-year term. There is a bicameral legislature. This consists of a 27-member Senate and a 51-member House of Representatives. Each of these is elected for four-year terms.

• Most Puerto Ricans do not consider English as their sole official language. No non-English speaking state has ever joined the union.

• If Puerto Rico were to become a state of the union, it would then be allowed 2 Senators and possibly 6 – 8 Congressional members.

If you do not agree with the passage of this bill, then contact your Congressman and send a message that you are unwilling to have them support such a bill until all the political, economic, and cultural details are out on the table for both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Urge them to oppose HR 2499 on the grounds that it is a very bad move in the present economic and financial climate.

Listed below are Representatives from both the Democrat and Republican parties. If you think this is bad legislation and is not what is good for our country, we ask that you contact these members and let them know that this bill is not what the American people want and that they must vote NO!

Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (TN)
Phone: 202-225-2811, 202-225-2811, 202-225-2811
Fax: 202-225-3004

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC)
Phone: (202) 225-2452, (202) 225-2452, (202) 225-2452
Fax: (202) 225-2455

Congressman Mike Pence (IN)
Phone: (202) 225-3021, (202) 225-3021, (202) 225-3021
Fax: (202) 225-3382

Congressman John Fleming (LA)
Phone: (202) 225-2777, (202) 225-2777, (202) 225-2777
Fax: (202) 225-8039

Congressman Bill Cassidy
Phone: (202) 225-3901, (202) 225-3901, (202) 225-3901
Fax: (202) 225-7313

Congressman Ron Paul (TX)
Phone: (202) 225-2831, (202) 225-2831, (202) 225-2831

Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV)
Phone: (202) 225-3252, (202) 225-3252, (202) 225-3252
Fax: (202) 225-2185

Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD)
Phone: (202) 225-4131, (202) 225-4131, (202) 225-4131
Fax: (202) 225-4300

Congressman Collin Peterson (MN)
Phone: (202) 225-2165, (202) 225-2165, (202) 225-2165
Fax: (202) 225-1593

Congressman Jason Altmire (PA)
Phone: (202) 225-2565, (202) 225-2565, (202) 225-2565
Fax: (202) 226-2274

Congressman Bobby Bright (AL)
Phone: (202) 225-2901, (202) 225-2901, (202) 225-2901
Fax: (202) 225-8913

Congressman Chris Carney (PA)
Phone: (202) 225-3731, (202) 225-3731, (202) 225-3731
Fax: (202) 225-9594

Congressman Travis Childers (MS)
Phone: (202) 225-4306, (202) 225-4306, (202) 225-4306
Fax: (202) 225-3549

Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (PA)
Phone: (202) 225-5406, (202) 225-5406, (202) 225-5406
Fax: (202) 225-3103

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (AZ)
Phone: (202) 225-2542, (202) 225-2542, (202) 225-2542
Fax: (202) 225-0378

Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (SD)
Phone: (202) 225-2801, (202) 225-2801, (202) 225-2801
Fax: (202) 225-5823

Congressman Glenn Nye (VA)
Phone: (202) 225-4215, (202) 225-4215, (202) 225-4215
Fax: (202) 225-4218

Congressman Harry Mitchell (AZ)
Phone: (202) 225-2190, (202) 225-2190, (202) 225-2190
Fax: (202) 225-3263

Congressman Walt Minnick (ID)
Phone: (202) 225-6611, (202) 225-6611, (202) 225-6611
Fax: (202) 225-3029

Congressman Jim Marshall (GA)
Phone: (202) 225-6531, (202) 225-6531, (202) 225-6531
Fax: (202) 225-3013

Congressman Frank Kratovil, Jr. (MD)
Phone: (202) 225-5311, (202) 225-5311, (202) 225-5311
Fax: (202) 225-0254

Congressman Mike Ross (AR)
Phone: (202) 225-3772, (202) 225-3772
Fax: (202) 225-1314

Congressman John Barrow (GA)
Phone: (202) 225-2823, (202) 225-2823, (202) 225-2823
Fax: (202) 225-3377

The North Lake Tea Party, however, has picked up the ball and is going to replay the DVD from the District 8 Candidate Forum held in Celebration a couple weeks ago.

To clear up confusion from a previous email that went out from the North Lake Tea Party, however, Dan Fanelli, Todd Long and Patricia Sullivan were the candidates that expressed interest in attending.

NOTE: Candidates are still welcome to attend, for no charge, and will be given time to speak.

The event will be held at 6PM at the Tavares Civic Center (map):
100 East Caroline Street
Tavares, FL 32778