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Astroturf? Or true Grassroots?

By Tom, on September 2nd, 2009%

Picture this:

An organization developed with support, guidance, and direction by prominent members of one particular political party with an intent to drive policy discussions by organizing people to agitate for the desired change. They are well financed and supported by party leadership.

Yes, FreedomWorks has been labeled as an AstroTurf organization for some time now. As one of the driving forces behind citizen efforts to block health care and cap and trade, it is one of the prime groups that has helped label the entire anti-healthcare bill effort as “AstroTurf”.

Unfortunately, in the first paragraph, I wasn’t talking about FreedomWorks. Continue reading Astroturf? Or true Grassroots?

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Listening To The People?

By Tom, on May 12th, 2009%

On April 15, 2009, hundreds of thousands of Americans literally took to the streets to protest the federal government.  The entire staff of SWGA Politics hit the tea parties, with Bill Waller serving as co-organizer of the Albany Tea Party and I as a speaker.  Jeff was conspicuous at the Leesburg Tea Party as well.  This was, in my opinion, one of the finest moments in American History.  It was the system of free speech at work.

However, I read time and time again about how the tea parties were astroturfing.  In a recent post on The Democratic Strategist, attacks were leveled against some core libertarian groups. Continue reading Listening To The People?

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Albany Tea Party Speech: Bill Waller

By Jeff, on April 17th, 2009%

On December 16, 1773, a group of colonists in Boston staged a protest against the British crown. The colonists wanted Boston to return three ships of taxed tea to the king. The colonists, dressed as Indians, boarded the ships and tossed the tea into the Boston Harbor. It is in that spirit that we gather here today!

If you have ever seen the movie “National Treasure” you know that the characters in the movie examine the Constitution for clues to a treasure. While I do not know if such a treasure exists, I do know that there is a clue hidden in the Constitution. The founding fathers put it there for occasions such as this. They didn’t really make a big effort to hide it either. Instead, they made the letters far bigger than the rest of the text of the document. WE THE PEOPLE…

You see, the government gets its power from us, not the other way around, and when we have allowed the government to get so big that our representatives do not represent us, it is time that we take it back.

It has long been said that the majority of people in America live conservative values. We go about our lives in an independent fashion and we are slow to complain or speak out. But the silent majority will be silent no more!
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