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Someone please tell me how it came to this:  We are currently less than two weeks away from a national default on our debts.  How exactly is this possible?  How is it that the nation with the world’s single largest economy is about to default on its debts? On second thought, don’t bother answering me; I’m tired of the same old talking points.  You know the ones: The President’s spending is out of control! He’s presided over the largest deficits in American history! We have the highest corporate tax rate on earth! The President won’t agree to a deficit reduction plan that involves cutting spending, he’s determined to soak the rich, who are the only people who can create the jobs to pull us out of the recession! Do I really need to go on?  Or is this as tiresome to everyone else as it is to me?  First off, the deficits in the Obama Administration have been record-setting, I will gladly admit to that, but why? Come on folks, Unemployment benefits aren’t... Read the rest of this entry »

This exchange between freshman Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and David Letterman tells you everything you need to know about snarky liberal comedians and Tea Party/Republicans. It’s Econ 101 for beginners in simple understandable, non-technical terms. The audience, however, applauds in all the wrong places: I’m not certain how long it’s going to take, but the liberal agenda is on full display here and those who are preaching small government and private sector are eventually going to prevail.  Why?  Because when Letterman and other liberals keep saying “tax the rich” to pay for everything under the sun there will come a day when the rich will no longer be able to afford the agenda. Free Counter  Read More →

Over the last three weeks I have faced many interesting propositions. This has caused me to pause, reflect and consider the direction my life has taken. I was born in 1963 in California. Through the next 18 years of my life we moved so much that I attended 24 elementary schools, 3 juniors highs during my 7th grade year and finally, once my mother divorced my biological father, we stopped and I attended one high school. In August of 1981, shortly after my high school graduation, I underwent open heart surgery under the skilled and inspired hands of Elder Russell M. Nelson, who was just Dr. Nelson to me then. What they thought was wrong and what was really wrong were two entirely different things. Fortunately for me, Dr. Nelson had seen this condition once before, 30 years prior, and he knew precisely what to do. He prayed and his hands were guided as he changed the course of the surgery in midstream. In October of 1981, I entered Ricks College. After finishing there I moved on to Brigham... Read the rest of this entry »

 Boston Harbor, 1773 Two hundred and thirty-seven years ago last night (can it really be just a “coincidence?”), a group of colonists disguised as Indians boarded British merchant ships and dumped an estimated £10,000 worth of tea into Boston Harbor. John Adams described that moment in our history as the “grandest event which has ever yet happened since the controversy with Britain opened.”  The struggle for independence from Britain would drag on for eight long and frustrating years before the American dream of freedom became reality as the British redcoats succumbed to the ragtag band of patriots and the Revolutionary War finally ended.  Many people believe the Boston Tea Party was just a protest about an unfair tax.  But it was infinitely more than that.  The 1773 Tea Party was a manifestation of the colonists’ protest against the process by which the British government taxed them.  It was the methods the... Read the rest of this entry »

I posted a note on Facebook about my answer to an elderly American with concerns about the directions our country is heading. From there, it continued to spread and Larry Jensen copied my response, duly credited it, as the hopes and aspirations of the Utah Tea Party. I wanted to share it with my Blogland friends as well. (This is a letter from Utah Tea Party activist Candace Salima to an elderly woman by the name of Dora. It’s a good summary of the aspirations of the movement). Dora, You do have every right to be concerned about America, no question. But two years ago an awakening began in America. On April 15, 2009 the first nationwide tea party, reminiscent of those patriots who threw the Boston tea party in 1773, was thrown. On that date, just shy of a million people showed up at different locations around America, including me. Over the course of those two years, people began reading again, studying the Constitution thoroughly. They began studying American history for themselves,... Read the rest of this entry »

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“Survey: Americans Don’t Know Much About Religion” – Rachel Zoll, Associated Press “The End of Men” – Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic “Proof that the Tea Party and the GOP Base are the Same Thing” – Steve Kornacki, Salon.com “What Islamophobia Really Threatens” – Mark Benjamin, Salon.com “Gliese 581g or Bust!” – Brian Palmer, Slate Magazine Filed under: Current Events, Politics, Religion, Worth a Read  Read More →

For those of you wondering if I’ve decided to give up on writing myself and just become some kind of omnivorous news-aggregator, have no fear.  The lack of original content over the past week is a symptom of the Carton family undergoing its yearly ordeal of moving out of one apartment and into another, in this case out of UCR’s student housing and back into the real world.  In any hope this will be the last journey into the land of cardboard boxes and U-Haul vans for a while for us (at least 2, perhaps 3 years if we’re truly lucky!) but in the mean time I apologize for the lack of new posts, as soon as I’m done unpacking, we will return to our regularly scheduled schlock. “The United States of Inequality, Part 10: Why We Can’t Ignore Growing Income Inequality” – Timothy Noah, Slate Magazine “Taxing my Patience : Five Points to Keep in Mind as Congress Debates the Bush Tax Cuts” – Daniel Gross, Slate Magazine “The... Read the rest of this entry »

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Repost from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) Thursday, July 29th at 4:24PM EDT Clearly, the Democrats think they have something here tying together the Republican Party and the Tea Party. However, it seems to me that this political miscalculation is exactly why Congress’ approval rating is at 11%. What the Democratic Leadership doesn’t seem to understand is that the Tea Party isn’t a political party; it’s a set of ideas shared by the overwhelming majority of Americans. The Tea Party is made up of Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, Constitution Party members, and apolitical Americans. They are mainstream folks who love our nation and who wish to see America return to policies of limited government, fiscal responsibility, and strictly adhere to our Constitution. After all, these are the fundamental principles of our founding and represent the character of America. For the Democrats to portray these fundamental principles as radical and a hindrance to public policy... Read the rest of this entry »

I attended the Glenn Beck American Revival last week in Salt Lake City. It was truly amazing at every level. There I heard Krista Branch for the first time. Her song “I am America” is an amazing song which pulled every thought and emotion from my heart and put it to music. She is a wonderful singer and this song is the new anthem for the tea party movement in my opinion. Listen and see if you do not agree: Copyright 2010. All rights reserved by Candace E. Salima. Copyright 2009 Candace E. Salima, All rights reserved  Read More →

In the category of patriots, none looms larger than the story of Patrick Henry in the struggle of freedom. Following the Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773, in which American colonists dumped 342 containers of tea into the Boston harbor, the British Parliament enacted a series of Acts in response to the rebellion in Massachusetts. In May of 1774, General Thomas Gage, commander of all British military forces in the colonies, arrived in Boston, followed by the arrival of four regiments of British troops. The First Continental Congress met in the fall of 1774 in Philadelphia with 56 American delegates, representing every colony, except Georgia. On September 17th, the Congress declared its opposition to the repressive Acts of Parliament, saying they are “not to be obeyed,” and also promoted the formation of local militia units. Thus economic and military tensions between the colonists and the British escalated. In February of 1775, a Provincial Congress was held in Massachusetts... Read the rest of this entry »