tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28490843142767009252011-07-07T20:34:07.124-07:00SML Tea Party '09This blog was created to promote activities
that protest the increasing size, spending
and power-grabbing of our government. We are
Taxed Enough Already and we want to keep our
rights and liberties!Marilynnoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849084314276700925.post-3738989612943985282010-06-26T08:36:00.000-07:002010-06-26T08:36:40.111-07:00SML TEA Party Alive and WellWe are - we just took a long break. We'll be posting information on a mid-October event - likely the same location as before - in the near future. It will be a TEA Party/GOTV event to begin the process of returning to some semblance fiscal responsibility by ousting our Stimulus/Cap and Trade/ObamaCare supporter Congressman, Tom Perriello. We cannot afford him for another two years!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849084314276700925-373898961294398528?l=smlteaparty09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849084314276700925.post-65009876527807196962009-09-11T18:46:00.000-07:002009-09-11T18:46:57.462-07:00TEA Party Express - The 9/12 projectI'm sitting here watching Sean Hannity and the TEA Party Express with Dick Armey, of all people! I'm so excited about tomorrow and all the buses converging on Washington, especially knowing there are THREE buses going from here! Hopefully, networks other than Fox will start to report this stuff. AND, also about things like the resignation of Van Jones . . . the firing of two Baltimore ACORN employees, the "reassignment" of a Whitehouse liaison to the NEA, the firing of two DC ACORN employees. Amazing, eh?<br /><br />May God continue to bless America, our Troops and their families.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849084314276700925-6500987652780719696?l=smlteaparty09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849084314276700925.post-17568524677276419482009-08-31T14:44:00.000-07:002009-08-31T14:48:54.992-07:00Spread the WordWe've had notices in the newspapers, we've asked to be posted on some Tea Party web sites and we'll be publicized on WSLK, but we need your help in spreading the word! <br /><a href="http://www.freesignartwork.com/tea-party.html"></a><br />A good website for signs - print them out or use their slogans - is<br /> <a href="http://www.freesignartwork.com/tea-party.html">http://www.freesignartwork.com/tea-party.html</a><br /><br />Hope to see you there!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849084314276700925-1756852467727641948?l=smlteaparty09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849084314276700925.post-4289615729158781332009-08-11T06:23:00.000-07:002009-08-11T06:29:20.243-07:00T.E.A. Party Now Scheduled!Our next event will be <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">Friday, September 4th, from 2:00 'til 4:00 p.m.</span> </strong> We'll have speakers on the Cap and Trade bill that has passed the House and the Health Care Reform bill that's currently being considered AND the tax - and other - implications to us all if they pass as written.<br /><br /><strong><em>More later. Do check back frequently!</em></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849084314276700925-428961572915878133?l=smlteaparty09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849084314276700925.post-25718270863723567532009-07-01T13:29:00.000-07:002009-07-01T13:32:52.486-07:00Local Tea PartiesWe're postponing our event until September - probably Labor Day - due to so many conflicts scheduled by the organizers, but there are lots more in the area. <br /><br /><a title="http://www.americansforprosperity.org/070109-july-4th-tea-party-rallies-virginia" href="http://www.americansforprosperity.org/070109-july-4th-tea-party-rallies-virginia">Click here: July 4th Tea Party Rallies in Virginia Americans for Prosperity</a><br /><br />Have fun and may God Bless America!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849084314276700925-2571827086372356753?l=smlteaparty09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849084314276700925.post-44260459294070444352009-04-29T14:42:00.000-07:002009-04-29T14:44:15.592-07:00ANOTHER TEA Party?!Check back here for information on our next event . . . July 4th . . . Independence Day!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849084314276700925-4426045929407044435?l=smlteaparty09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849084314276700925.post-27288676390047484052009-04-25T06:06:00.000-07:002009-05-25T08:05:54.611-07:00TEA Party a Success in SPITE of Weather!Approximately 250 people came - some in strollers and some using canes - in cold, drizzly (early) weather, walked through mud to get there, but enthusiasm was not lacking. (Oddly enough, none of them looked like right-wing extremists and all looked like the real deal - grass roots - not astro-turf types.) Signs of all types - see below - expressed the frustration of attendees with the way our government's spending has run amok. Anyone with pictures to share, please email to <a href="mailto:smlteaparty@aol.com">smlteaparty@aol.com</a>.<br /><br />Our eternal thanks to Floyd Enterprises, Inc., especially Gerry Hachmann, Bill Berry, Joe Byron, Don Winter, Olivia Tarvis, Kathie and Phil Floyd. Many thanks to Grand Furniture for allowing the use of their parking lot and to Lee Arnold (Smith Mountain Yacht Club) for use of a much-less-muddy field than our originally planned one. And thanks to David Fallwell for his contribution of bottled water.<br /><br />Check out news article at:<br /><a href="http://www.smithmountaineagle.com/articles/2009/04/23/news/c%20tea%20party.txt">http://www.smithmountaineagle.com/articles/2009/04/23/news/c%20tea%20party.txt</a><br /><br />Partial agenda and information is on the right. If you didn't get to hear it all first-hand, please read all the way to the bottom. 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Keep it pithy!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849084314276700925-2918234363224115008?l=smlteaparty09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marilynnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849084314276700925.post-53798274255423944572009-03-27T13:58:00.000-07:002009-04-03T14:23:47.993-07:00You're Invited to a TEA Party<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong>Smith Mountain Lake TEA Party</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><span style="font-size:100%;">(Taxed Enough Already)</span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"></span></strong><br />Rte. 122 at Westlake in Hardy, across from Grand's<br />Tuesday, April 14th; 2:30-4:00 p.m.<br /><br />Join us and help get the message out:<br />“We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore!”<br /><br />How to participate:<br />- Bring your righteous indignation and a festive mood!<br />- Create and bring handmade signs. (No offensive language or<br />- graphics, please.)<br />- Invite your family and friends. And bring your children and<br />grandchildren; it’s their futures we are trying to protect!<br />- Bring small American Flags. This is a patriotic event!<br />- Wear Red/White/Blue or a Patriotic costume.<br />- A lawn chair may come in handy.<br />- And definitely bring a Bag of Tea to toss into our ”Harbor”!<br /><br />We'll have patriotic (and other) music, a reading of the "Declaration," a few speakers and an open mic in case you have something you need to get off your chest! (Tax-related, of course!)<br /><br /><br />Invited speakers include our elected officials and community leaders. Speaker Committments on the right.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849084314276700925-5379827425542394457?l=smlteaparty09.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marilynnoreply@blogger.com0