Olympia Tea Party handing out carnations to
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Thomas Paine YouTube sensation, actor, author, and historian Bob Basso will perform as the legendary colonial patriot & 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: “Thomas Paine and the Second American Revolution.”
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Click Here to return to Home Page Thursday, June 31
Friday, July 2 March to support I-1053 (Restore the 2/3 Vote to Raise Taxes)
March 13, 2010 Freedom Summit at Hal Holmes Center (Ellensburg) Communicate, Cooperate, Coordinate This went bigger than the traditional tea party gathering. We opened it to all groups concerned about abiding by the Constitution, loss of liberty, over-taxation, out of control spending, job creation, our economic crisis. Leaders of various conservative organizations from across the State gathered in Ellensburg to network and discuss critical issues.
January 14th, 2010 Senate hearing room #1 Tea Party Q & A session with Legislators Several Senators and Representatives both R & D showed up to interact with our group. We delivered our message loud and clear: this is not the time to raise taxes, and if you do we will defeat you in November. We heard from several Representatives that they need our help to pass good pieces of legislation as well as testify against bad legislation. January 14th 2:00 & 6:30 PM
THE
TIME FOR
TALK IS OVER:
AN ACTION PLAN from Dr. Bob
Basso (a.k.a. Thomas Paine)
Leaving our politics at home, we
gathering as concerned Americans
only and
learned from Bob what is going on
with the tea party across the
country. What is working &
what is not. Recent
independent poles indicate that 71%
of the country is with us! If
we stay true to our principles and
organize from the bottom up we
will turn our country around. The Rev. Wayne Perryman opened with prayer & the flag salute. He spoke to us about about the importance of standing shoulder to shoulder as Americans of all ethnic backgrounds just as our American heritage teaches us. He spoke at length detailing the history of how whites working to ensure that "all men were created equal" became a reality for all Americans regardless of color. He cited numerous examples from our history: black colleges started by whites, our civil war fought mostly by whites to rid slavery from our land (to name a few.) Friday Nov. 20th 11:30 AM I-5 Rush Rd Exit Farmer Relief Relay (in cooperation with Tea Party Patriots) About 20 people attended along with the local press to hear from: Ben Berquam – Central Valley Tea Party Organizer http://www.savingthevalley.org/ Andrew Dodge – Pajama Media Blogger http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/tea-partiers-come-to-the-aid-of-california-farmers/ Jenny Beth Martin – Cofounder of the Tea Party Patriots http://www.teapartypatriots.org/ and local tea party organizers Sally Oljar (Seattle Sons & Daughters of Liberty) and Ken Morse (Olympia Tea Party)
Monday Nov 9 Protesting Nancy Pelosi at Swedish in Seattle (OTP sounded the alarm and multiple tea party groups & EFF participated.) 45 of us showed up to protest outside a "closed door" press conference for Pelosi and McDermott at Swedish medical center. Several tea party groups participated. The news media underreports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010238225_webhealthcare10m.html & the PI omitted the KOMO News 4 reporter's question about imprisoning non-paying Americans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50vGRJeawGo
Thurs Nov 6 OTP at Rep. Baird's office in Olympia Thanks to all who could make it out at 9:00 am for the banner picture on the capitol steps and visit Rep. Baird's Olympia Office at 9:30. All but two participants were new to the political scene. The grassroots continue to grow! BTW - Baird voted against the Health Care Bill.
Oct. 31 (Sat.) 9:00 - 11:00 AM OTP assisted in bringing the TPE to Richland & the Tri-Cities people did a fantastic job of organizing and promoting The Tea Party Express in Richland Richland's indoor event was also packed. About 700 in attendance... Way to go Richland!
Oct 30 (Fri.)
6:00 PM the Tea Party Express at the Puyallup Fair Promoted by the Olympia Tea Party. Tea Party Events as sponsor. Spectacular! 4,000+ Way many more than expected!
Arrival http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2AwOZlOB4Y Pledge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcOntgnvYu4&NR=1 Full House http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaK0wMBVF-k CNN iREPORT http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-348483 Permission to use logos has been granted. Groups or individuals do not necessarily endorse each other but we all support and defend our first amendment rights. Puyallup fair does not endorse candidates or speakers, their logo is used with permission to identify the location of this event only. Olympia Tea Party or Tea Party Events do not endorse any political candidates. Groups, vendors, speakers and organizations have been invited by the Olympia Tea Party which is hosting this event through Tea Party Events.
Sept. 26 (Sat.) 5 - 7PM Mt. Vernon Rally
for Freedom of Speech.
OTP put out the call as did many other
tea party groups, the tea party
groups especially in N. Puget Sound did
a superb job turning out large numbers.
OTP was able to draw people from
Olympia, and from several locations
(groups) in eastern Washington. We
gathered outside as Glenn Beck received
the "keys to the city" inside
King 5 TV
http://www.king5.com/video/index.html?nvid=402392
Many thanks to the fine police officers
and citizen volunteers who were there
keeping the peace.
Tea Party groups from across the State
gathered in support of Freedom of speech
Saturday evening. You came from as far away
as Spokane, Pasco, Ellensburg & Moses
Lake, citizens from all over Western
Washington and of course numerous
citizens from Mt. Vernon were in the
crowd.
Olympia Tea Party (OTP) is proud to be
associated with you the
Mount Vernon Tea Party Patriots and tea
parties across the State.
The Olympia Tea Party brought 200 Red
and White carnations to hand out to the
ladies.
The Numbers
We ran out of flowers, so using that
to help estimate, we had 600 supporters of free
speech outside. We definitely outnumbered
the anti-Beck / Anti-free speech group.
Add 700 people inside: we
numbered 1,300 while the anti-Glenn
protesters numbered only 400.
Many thanks to the Eastern
Washington Patriots - your presence
and support are deeply appreciated
Hello
all...
Thank
you for sending out the alert that
Mount Vernon was under attack to gag
our freedom of speech... It was
Successful because of YOU! I am
honored to stand with each and every one
of you... THANK
YOU! Joni
Dear, Mount Vernon Area Tea Party
http://www.mvteaparty.com/local-issues.html
September 12, 2009 (Olympia Tea Party's "The Surge") at the State Capitol . OTP sponsor
Dear Ken Morse, My husband and I attended the Sept 12 surge. Our first protest ever. Being apart of that event made me feel very proud to be an American. It was the first time in months, that I felt I wasn't a victim and was taking some of my power back. Thank-you for all that you are doing. We are now actively writing letters and want to do more. If there is any way that we may help in other areas, please let us know. Thank-you Linette and Frank
Sept. 2 (Wed) Baird TH in Centralia @ Corbet TheatreLocal Dr. talks about bureaucratic raising costs... I think we are the good guys... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66wFAXoWoG4 Link to the Chronicle (local paper) video http://www.chronlinemedia.com/video/090903_townhall.php
Ken Morse
speaks at Centralia TH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba6fUaT819o
The
meeting was excellent. Although
the Obama Astroturf machine intended to flood this meeting with
their troops, the crowd and the speakers
were decidedly against the Health Care
takeover and in favor of alternatives
to HR 3200, probably 3:1 or 4:1.
Rep.
Baird offered a sincere apology, and
took some time really apologizing, for
his "brown shirt" comment. Thank
you Rep. Baird.
He
publicly recognized the presence of
Olympia Tea Party (OTP) citizens (see
past events) and our respectful manner
while visiting his office in Olympia
over the last two months. Way to
go OTP, taking the high road is
paying off.
Rep.
Baird recognizes that HR 3200 has
serious flaws, but is not yet convinced
it should be scrapped.
Excellent job everyone! Our
voice is beginning to be heard. We
are speaking with boldness and asking
tough, intelligent questions.
AUG. 31 (Mon.) 7:00 -
9:00 PM, Rep. Baird Town Hall Meeting
First report: Understand you
were unable to get in. We did and it was
very interesting. The majority of the
questions came from pro health care reform.
Our folks made a few good points but were
clearly in the minority here. I felt a lot
of this was staged by the questions asked.
One person spoke as a former Canadian and
quoted a text she received from a friend in
Canada... praising their
system. We noticed a connection between her
and one of the gals I was sitting with who
is now a US citizen... moving down from
Canada because of health care. Her story was
similar to the gal with us only she changed
it a bit and made it pro reform. What I find
so disturbing is how one is treated if you
are not an "Obama fan" ... Name calling,
spitting, picking fights and just rudeness
and an unwillingness to compromise... Unfortunately we get the same
response from our elected officials. They
will wake up someday, I am afraid it will be
a little late. No matter how few we are we
must keep going to town halls and contacting
our representatives. They are very well
organized and it showed last night. If you
have time, go to meetings and bring a friend.
It is working. Keep up the fight! barb
The Olympia location was strategic in many ways favoring
ObamaCare supporters. It was simply "their night to shine" as one
person put it.
The Obama Astroturf machine was in FULL swing.
They had a band playing to squelch any dissenters and the WA Center was limited to 998 seats giving the
Astroturf machine the opportunity to get there first and "stack the deck"
which they did without question.
Bobby Hansen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo72bqvbiFg
David Hendrick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZiSzxW2Vfw
Though incredibly outnumbered your boldness did not
go unnoticed. Way to go!
AUG.
25 (Tues. PM) Rep SMITH TOWN HALL MEETING,
LAKEWOOD American Grass Roots
vs. Obama Astroturf.
Resounding success for
the Grass Roots; we soundly carried the
debate. Their people were virtually
speechless while we were prepared. Numerous
citizens and groups:
Tea Party Patriots, SEIU, C4L, AFSCME,
Planned Parenthood, a Socialist Party,
Pro-Life, various Obama groups & more.
An attempted altercation was diffused by
cool heads of tea party participant. Rep.
Smith was booed by the
Socialists in the group!
Poison-Partisan-Politics are not beneath
Adam Smith's supporters. Did Smith
know about this? You decide...
We were forced to leave
our signs outside in the grass (behind the
tables)
They got theirs in OK including a big blue
SEIU Banner.
Video from Adam Smith
Aug 25th Town Hall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBFIYdNlhME&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freqs.php&feature=player_embedded
The person holding the sign was probably a
LaRouche supporter and indeed the LaRouche
people handed me some literature at this
event. LaRouche supporters are NOT
typical of most Tea-Party people and have
pushed the "Obama is a Nazi" theme.
Remember - any signs
that were not pro-HR3200 were excluded from
the event (go to Past Events page and you
will see them piled on the grass).
This prohibiting of certain signs, by all
reports, was a gross violation of
freedom-of-speech and apparently is tacitly
endorsed and supported by Adam Smith's staff
if not Adam Smith himself. That's my
opinion, KM
Fellow patriots,
On a good note, I met a
gentleman who said that he and his wife were
devout socialists who supported Obama's
healthcare reform but also wanted to shake
my hand. He was impressed that even through
all of what happened there that evening he
said we handled ourselves well, we were
polite, and we didn't heckle. Much unlike
what he seen on the news about us.... I told
him maybe he needs to change the channel…
Olympia Tea Party August 14, Noon at Rep. Baird's offices, Olympia
We had a good turnout, 25 people + other walk ins. Rep. Baird was not there but we are keeping the pressure up. Good job everyone! July 17th-Protest against Socialized Medicine at Rep. Brian Baird' office in OlympiaVery Successful - we had at least 25 concerned citizens participate in contacting their Representative to share their concerns. Last Town Hall Meeting in Lakewood with Rep. Adam Smith a Big Success The grandstands were full. Probably 200 people in the auditorium. People waited in line for over an hour to speak their mind. At least 95% were against the proposed health care "reform". Only a few spoke up in favor of the Chicago style "reform" of our healthcare system. Just got back from the Tacoma Adam Smith Health Care Town Hall meeting in Lakewood. There were about 200 people there, with the VAST majority being against the so-called 'reforms". People asked GREAT questions, and had to stand in line for 1 to 11/2 hours to ask their questions. The meeting went over time by one hour. I was very impressed by how well prepared, well spoken, and passionate our side was! There were about 10 people there in purple SEIU shirts, but they did not stand in line to ask questions and left before the meeting was actually over. It was awesome! Jody July 17th (Fri.) 9:00 AM at Rep. Brian Baird's Olympia office to protest Socialized Medicine. Zero counter-protestors and we got the Representative's attention. Thank You for a great turnout, we had nearly 30 people who in small groups went into Rep. Baird's office to share their concerns about unsustainable health care proposals. Excellent testimonies by all. You were part of a nationwide event. WA State Tea Party activists did VERY well in getting people out to every one of our Representatives local offices. Great job people! You made this happen. We had our own "town hall meeting" right there on the sidewalk and in Rep. Baird's office. July 4th - at the Capitol On July 4th we marched again on the State Capitol & joined the rally on the Capitol Steps at 11 AM. We had a great group of Olympia Tea Party marchers numbering about 115. The turnout was expected to be modest due to the summer holiday season. The rally at the capitol steps total number is estimated from between 800 to 1,500 depending on who did the estimating. Zero counter protesters this time. June 27th (Sat.) Heritage Park Tea Party Picnic with Thomas Paine a Big Success!One of the police reportedly said the crowd numbered more than 1,500. Our Speakers: Tim Eyman Sponsor of Initiative 1033, a bill to reduce property taxes. Mr. Eyman is well-known for his fight to lower state taxes. Floyd G. Brown Speaks to Cap-and-trade. Floyd Is an American author, speaker and media commentator. 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 endorsing 10th amendment rights of the United States Constitution. Sharon Hanek, “Making Your Tea Party Voice Stronger!” Over the past six years she has testified on bills and discussed issues with legislators from both sides of the aisle. She travels the state working with grassroots activists to become more effective. Carl Pike on hosting a Tea Party Barbeque Alex Rion update on auditing the Federal Reserve; and activists Ken Morse, Jane Milhans, Keli Carender, and more on networking and moving forward with other Tea Party issues. Live music by: Garret Lloyd King & Ms. Senior California & opera sensation Paula Swornay 
Thomas
Paine (Bob Basso) Rev. Wayne Perryman
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NHC
Tim Eyman I-1033 Allen Glasenapp
-10th Amend Ken Morse - Event Organizer
Sharon Hanek -grass roots
Thomas Paine (Bob Basso) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc9ux-7XboM Rev. Wayne Perryman on Health Care http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UagYDiwL2qk&feature=related Garret Lloyd King (sang Live Country music) www.myspace.com/garretlloydking includes "My Baby Causes Global Warming" 
Friends
Keli (aka Liberty Belle)
Citizens
Oregon Nurses
Patriots
June 14, 2009 Border to
Border Freeway
Overpass Flag Day
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we
occupied over 50% of the
usable overpasses from
Oregon to B.C. on I-5
including the first and
last overpass at each
border.
April 15,
2009
March from
City Hall to Capitol Steps (~1,800)
Combined Rally (~6,000)
(Olympia Tea Party)
(Push-Back Rally + Olympia Tea Party)
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