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Olympia Tea Party & Picnic This Weekend - June 27, 2009

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Join members of various liberty groups this weekend for a Tea Party Picnic.  Here are the details from www.OlympiaTeaParty.com:

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State-wide Tea Party Picnic & Rally

Heritage Park
(on Capitol Lake)
330 5th Ave SW
Olympia, WA 98501
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Live Music, Costume Contest, Inspirational Speakers, Networking

Bring your picnic & lawn chairs and enjoy the afternoon with the Tea Party.

What to bring:

  • Your picnic lunch (Park rules do not allow alcohol)
  • Bottled water, sun screen & other essentials
  • Folding chair and / or blanket
  • Three envelopes with first class postage (we are going to Pink-slip our three most notorious big spenders!)
  • Your friends, family and neighbors

Fun Activities:

  • Face painting for the kids
  • Costume contest - any patriotic costume
  • We have a 100-foot long U.S. Constitution for all of us to re-sign!

Directions & Parking:

Heritage Park 330 5th Ave SW Olympia, WA 98501
Take Exit 105 (Interstate 5 from either N or S direction)
Go straight through Union on Plum Street and turn Left on 5th Ave SW.
Drop your people at Heritage Park & go park.
Parking is on side streets or continue on 5th and turn Left onto Deschutes Parkway (can accommodate buses)
On Saturdays the parking meters are free.  There is also paid parking, usually $3 for 4 to 10 hours nearby

Our Speakers:

  • Thomas Paine Has a startling announcement you won’t want to miss!  YouTube sensation, actor, author, and historian Bob Basso will perform as the legendary colonial patriot, Thomas Paine, author of the 1776 pamphlet Common Sense.  Basso’s reprise of an award-winning performance has been seen more than a Eight-Million + YouTube hits in the riveting video series “Thomas Paine and the Second American Revolution.”
  • Tim Eyman  Sponsor of Initiative 1033, a bill to reduce property taxes by limiting the growth of certain state, county and city revenue to annual inflation and population growth (not including voter-approved revenue increases). Revenue collected above the limit would reduce property tax levies. Mr. Eyman is well-known throughout Washington for his fight to lower state taxes and fees on Washington citizens.
  • Floyd G. Brown Speaks to the perils of Socialized Medicine & Cap-and-trade.  Is an American author, speaker and media commentator. He is president of Excellentia Inc, a consulting company specializing in non-profit organizational strategy, development and marketing.
  • Allen Glasenapp, Citizens for HJM 4009, a group of citizens taking action with a mission to promote public support and awareness of House Joint Memorial 4009, a bill acknowledging and endorsing the 10th amendment rights of the United States Constitution for the citizens of the great State of Washington. Allen resides in Monroe and is an associate broker in real estate and also co-owner/agent of a family owned and operated independent insurance agency.
  • Sharon Hanek, “Making Your Tea Party Voice Stronger!” Sharon Hanek is a business owner, wife, and mother involved in politics as a private citizen. Over the past six years she has spent many hours in Olympia during legislative session testifying on bills and discussing issues with legislators from both sides of the aisle.  She also travels around the state working with grassroots activists to become more effective in getting their voices heard.
  • Carl Pike on hosting a Tea Party Barbeque; Alex Rion update on auditing the Federal Reserve; and activists Ken Morse, Jane Milhans, Keli Carender, & Dan Rehling on networking and moving forward with other Tea Party issues.

Live music by: Garret Lloyd King
Special music by: Paula Swornay

Contacts:

  • Ken Morse, Olympia Tea Party Organizer  360-923-1080  netseptic@earthlink.net
  • Keli Carender, Seattle Sons & Daughters of Liberty (206) 370-9842  redistributingknowledge@gmail.com
  • Washington Tea Party Movement

Hope to see you there!

Give King County A Piece of Your Mind

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

King County Community ForumsInterested in a voice in your King County government? Take advantage of the Countywide Community Forums.

“Welcome to Countywide Community Forums – King County’s new and innovative citizen outreach program. The goal is user-friendly democracy – giving people an easier format to share their opinions with elected officials while providing better access to information…Join over 1700 Citizen Councilors and make your opinions count as you help to build community connections with the people around you.”

There is a list of meeting times in various areas around the county.  You can see the list on the Countywide Community Forum site.

What a great way to meet your neighbors and spread ideas!

Healthcare Freedom Protest

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Yesterday the supporters of discriminatory health care gathered in downtown Seattle to stage a protest. Bussed in with union money and carrying mass produced signs, the pro-socialized medicine crowd milled lamely about in Westlake Park bleating unenthusiastically. They had an emcee, a stage, and a sound system.

We had the truth. Overflowing the too-small area cordoned off on the sidewalk across from the park, we joined together and raised our voices in defense of freedom. In contrast to the sea of sameness at the pro-single payer rally, the crowd on the right side of the street was full of rugged individualists with homemade signs.

There is more information and an Action Alert to spread the word at Liberty Belle’s (event organizer) blog.