Category: Tea Party Movement

Help Welcome Obama To Iowa

For those of you who live in Northeast Iowa (or those of you who don’t mind driving a little way) here is an email I received from the Dubuque Tea Party regarding President Obama’s upcoming visit to the state. 
As you probably know by now our job-killing president will be in Peosta, Iowa at Northeast Iowa Community College THIS TUESDAY for a Rural Economic Forum (another Agenda 21 initiative).
We are planning to protest this president during his visit. The information we have gathered shows that the Rural Economic Forum is scheduled to begin at 11:30 AM. We are planning to arrive in Peosta just before 10:00 AM. We will have to “play it by ear” as far as where we will be allowed by the Secret Service to park and protest.
Personally, I am going to try to park at the Red Roof Diner or at the Americinn which are very close to both the off ramp of Highway 20 and NICC. In my first email I mentioned that there is only one road in to NICC. I was wrong. There is also an entrance to NICC off Burds road to the north. Hopefully they will use the Enterprise Drive entrance.
I have got to believe the president’s bus will come in on Highway 20 and exit onto Sundown Road/Y-21/Peosta Street and pass by the Americinn Motel and Suites. That’s where I hope we can gather – along Peota Street in the grassy area in front of the Americainn.
For those who cannot make it in the morning there is another opportunity for you to protest. The Rural Economic Forum is scheduled to conclude at 2:30 PM. So, if you want you could gather at about 2:00 PM in the same above location to protest as the president departs.
Please spread the word. We would love a huge crowd to show the president and all the democrats in this area that we are still here in force, we are still very angry with this president’s job-killing Keynesian policies, we are NOT going away, and we will do whatever it takes to make him a one-term president.
Bring your signs and join us THIS TUESDAY, AUGUST 16TH at 10:00 AM.
Yours in Liberty,
Jeff Luecke for YOUR Dubuque Tea Party

http://www.teadbq.org/

P.S. I know most of us work. I am taking the morning off to do this. We need to resist this man’s incompetent manipulation and command/control of our economy. Let’s send him a strong message!!!

Update from Jeff Luecke (8-15-11):

It has come to our attention that the streets/roads in Peosta will be shut down at 9:45 AM tomorrow morning.

So, we need to get to Peosta and check things out no later than 9:30 AM to see where we can park.

If worst comes to worst we can park on the shoulder of Highway 20 and walk to wherever we want to stand as we await “The Destroyer in Chief.”

Hope to see you ALL there in FORCE to send a strong message to Mr. Obama that we do not want or need him and his oppressive policies in our lives.

Tea Party Supporters Protest Representative’s Comments

From Iowa Freedom Report:

Two women with ties to the Iowa Tea Party movement have mounted a letter-writing campaign recalling a state representative’s offensive comments earlier in the year. State Representative Ray Zirkelbach (D-Monticello) referred to the Tea Party movement as the “Tea (Bagger) Party” and the “KKK out of their costumes.” Jenn Jones of Anamosa and Liz Strang formerly of Monticello, but now residing in Ohio, have had letters published in several Northeast Iowa newspapers speaking out against Zirkelbach’s remarks. Jones is active in the Jones County 9.12 Project.

Zirkelbach’s comments were posted on his Facebook page in April. In one he refers to the movement as the “Tea (Bagger) Party” and points out the supposed hypocrisy of criticizing government spending while still utilizing public roads, schools, and snow removal. At that time, Strang posted a reply prudently pointing out that the Tea Party movement stands for “limited government,” not necessarily “no government.” After parrying several more online replies from Tea Party supporters, Zirkelbach declared, “I believe the Tea Party is the KKK out of their costumes!”

Read the full story at Iowa Freedom Report.

Obama-Hitler-Lenin Billboard, We Hardly Knew Ye

Between Two Rivers reports that a controversial “Tea Party” billboard in Mason City that was unveiled last week has now been covered up. 
Although the news articles I’ve read about this all allude to “complaints” about the sign, the only people I’ve seen quoted complaining about it are fellow Tea Partiers saying it’s counterproductive.  Everyone objected to linking Obama with Hitler.  Does that mean the comparison to Lenin is apt?
The billboard was originally sponsored by the North Iowa Tea Party.  Lest anyone forget what it looks like, I think I’ll put it at the bottom of my blog for a while.

Blog Update

My posts dealing with the Tax Day Tea Party and the Second Amendment March in Des Moines have been updated with magnificent full-color photographs from my piece of crap disposable camera. I just got them back from Walmart.

Report From The Tea Party

Thursday I attended my very first tax day tea party in my small town. A local business had hung a Gadsden flag and banner saying to gather there at noon on the 15th. By my count, there were about 20 of us down on Main Street carrying signs. That may not sound like many people, but the population of my town is only 3,600 and most folks were at work. (If I hadn’t taken the day off work, I wouldn’t have been there either.)

There were no major incidents, although one guy driving by did give us a “thumbs-down.” A few cars and trucks honked in support. Mostly people just drove by trying to avoid eye contact though.

There were no “infiltrators” as several news organizations had warned. One guy showed up in a purple SEIU tee shirt and I wondered if he was there to start trouble. To my surprise, he just stood there with his child, holding a sign that read, “I love my country, but fear the gov’t.”

One gal, I’d say in her sixties, tried to give everyone a copy of the U.S. Constitution. She said she had distributed about 600 copies so far (not just on that day). Good for her!

I saw no hatred, malice or racism toward anyone, just concern about excessive taxation and government spending. These are my people.

Next stop: The Second Amendment March in Des Moines on Monday.