Notre Dame is at it again - Alumni funds used to send students to the gay rights parade in DC

Notre Dame University, one of the nation's top catholic universities, gave money from the students activities fund to pay for five students' trip to the gay rights march on Washington, DC over the weekend.  The money from this fund comes from the school itself as well as from money raised from the Alumni Association. 

Alumni of the school are non to pleased to find this is how thier money is being spent.  Many people in the association are still upset at the University's decision to have President Obama as the speaker at the graduation ceremony. 

The catholic church has the strictest policies when it comes to homosexuality.  This has only increased since Pope Benedict has taken over from Pope John Paul.  The pope has made it very clear that you are persona non gratis to serve as a priest if you have any homosexual feelings or approve of the "lifestyle". 

The controversy has just added to the bad press that the University has received since the graduation.  The alumni association has been trying to get an explanation from the school, but has yet to recieve a satisfactory answer.  Apparently the funds are made available to students as long as one faculty member approves the trip. 

The university needs to decide if it is a catholic university or not.  If the university wants to be more open to social issues such as gay rights and abortion than that is it's choice.  But it cannot continue to call itself a catholic university while it is supporting things that the church has very clear guidelines against. 

The catholics that are part of the alumni association needs to ask themselves is giving money to the school that is clearly turning it's back on it's roots is a worthwhile use of thier money. 

Are you a three percenter? - A story of our founding

By Kellene Bishop






Here’s a set of facts about the Revolutionary War that every American should know.






■During the Revolutionary War, only THREE percent of the people actually fought against Great Britain.


■Only TEN percent of the citizens actively supported that three percent.


■Approximately TWENTY percent considered themselves to be on the side of the Revolution, but they did not actively participate.


■Towards the climatic end of the war, approximately THIRTY percent actually fought on the side of the British.


■The rest of the citizens had no disposition either way. They didn’t care. They didn’t want anything to do with what they deemed to simply be a political issue.


The sanctity, liberty, and freedoms of this nation were brought about by the unselfish, honorable, patriotic, committed, and determined acts of a mere 3%. This three percent didn’t let the comforts of life blind them to the eternal significance of freedom. They didn’t allow evil speaking to sway what their heart told them was true. They didn’t postpone their actions for a more convenient time. They didn’t value their own life over the life and liberty of their fellow citizens. In many cases, they sealed their testimony of Freedom, Liberty, and Choice with their blood and the blood of their families. Although it was only three percent, it was still sufficient to create a nation which was to be an example to all the rest of the world of a truly free republic. This three percent laid the foundation of the most powerful and prosperous nation on the earth. This valiant three percent manifested to the entire nation, and surely even the world, the unalienable value of hope, faith, family, virtue and freedom.






The question is does this nation still contain a “three percent” who possess the same traits? Is there a “three percent” among us who can save this nation from crumbling into a vile, unrecognizable society?

Can You Hear Us Now - Media Tea Party Saturday Oct 17 Updated List of Events

EVENTS - as of 9:40am E.T. – 10/15






Andalusia, AL –



Downtown City Square Square – 12pm – 2pm



Birmingham, AL -



Caravan / Charter to CNN Center in Atlanta – sign-up soon!



Little Rock, AR - Friday, October 16th -



Channel 4 KARK-TV – 1401 W. Capital Avenue #104 – 3pm – 6pm



Mesa, AZ –



The Arizona Republic newspaper - 106 E. Baseline Rd. in Mesa - 9am – 1pm



Phoenix, AZ


The Arizona Republic newspaper - dntwn PHOENIX - 200 E. Van Buren - 9am – 1pm



Phoenix, AZ –



KPNX Channel 12 (NBC) – 1101 N. Central Ave. – 12pm – 5pm



Tucson, AZ –



NBC – KVOA – 209 West Elm Street – 12pm – 5pm



Bakersfield, CA –



Eyewitness News (Business Office) – 1901 Westwind Drive – 3p to 6pm



Burbank, CA -



NBC Studios - 3000 W. Alameda Ave. – 2pm – 5pm -



Fresno, CA –



KMPH FOX 26 - 5111 E McKinley Ave - 1pm – 3pm



KSEE 24 News - 5035 E McKinley Ave - 1pm – 3pm



La Jolla, CA –



GE Headquarters - 11am – 6pm – Corner of Genesee Executive Square



Los Angeles, CA – (Group going to Burbank) –



NBC Studios - 3000 W. Alameda Ave. – 2pm – 5pm



Sacramento, CA -


KCRA Channel 3 News - 3 Television Circle (aka: 310 10th Street) - 12pm - 3pm.



San Diego, CA –



NBC Studios - 225 Broadway – San Diego – 3pm



San Francisco, CA –


ABC 7 News – 900 Front Street (between Green & Vallejo) – 12pm – 3pm



Denver, CO –


NBC affiliate – 500 Speer Blvd – 3pm - then marching to…



ABC affiliate – (also on Speer Blvd)



Wilmington, DE –


ABC – WPVI – 500 W 2nd Street – Sidewalk – 2pm -4pm



Washington, D.C. –


Washington Post – 1150 15th Street, N.W. – 9am to 12pm



Daytona Beach, FL –

NBC – WESH TV 2 – 211 N. Ridgewood Ave. – 12noon to 1pm



Gainesville, FL –

The Gainesville Sun Newspaper (owned by The New York Times) 12pm until ?



Ft. Laderdale , FL – (attending Miami events)


Jacksonville, FL - We are setting up a protest in Jacksonville, Florida



Miami, FL (area) -

ABC – WPLG - 3401 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd – Pemboke Park, FL - 12:00pm – 1:30pm then attend below

CBS – WFOR 4 - 8900 NW 18 Terrace – Doral, FL 2:00pm – 3:30pm then attend below

NBC - WTVJ – Telemundo - 15000 SW 27 Ave. – Miramar, FL – 4:00pm – 5:30pm



Naples, FL –

NBC2 - WBBH in Fort Myers – at 3:00pm to 5:00pm - 3719 Central Avenue, which is just north off Winkler Avenue. Winkler runs east-west and is on the north side of Edison Mall.



Orlando, FL –

ABC – 2pm - WFTV 490 E. South St

CBS – 3pm – WKMG 4466 N John Young Pkwy

NBC – 4pm – WESH 1021 N. Wymore Road, Winter Park, Fla



Tampa Bay, FL –
St. Petersburg Times – 490 1st Ave S – gathering at 10:30am – there until2:00pm

West Palm Beach, FL - joining Palm Beach group -
Palm Beach, FL - 3 locations -
Palm Beach Post –
ABC - email for info
NBC – email for info



Atlanta, GA –

Where: CNN – 190 Marietta Street, Atlanta, 30303 – we are assembling in a parking lot on Centennial Olympic Park Dr. Details coming! See Website link above for latest info!



Start gathering 10:30am – there until 2:00pm



Note: For info on the ATL event, please go to northgeorgia912.com. This is protest, not a rally or march because 1.) we couldn’t meet the deadlines to get the required permits and 2.) other events going on that day downtown (Juvenile Diabetes Walk and Disney on Ice shows). So we can’t have speakers or bull horns or anything like a Tea Party. We will be providing the equivalent of race numbers to all attendees so we can get an accurate count and make sure that’s in the face of the media. We’ll be on the Marietta St. sidewalk from CNN Center to the AJC.



Conyers, GA - (caravaning to CNN)



We are leaving from CONYERS GEORGIA on Oct 17, to caravan and meetup with the

NORTHGEORGIA912 group, in Atlanta GA, to rally at the CNN building, via I-20 to

I-85north, then Spring St, to W. Peachtree. We will leave Conyers @ 9:45 am

after meeting earlier and decorating our vehicles!



Maui, Hawaii –
Cannery Mall – 10am



Council Bluffs, IA
WOWT, Channel 6 (NBC) from 11:00am to 12:30pm -3501 Farnam St. – Omaha, NE



Boise, ID



Channel 7 – time and address forthcoming -


Chicago, IL – Friday, October 16th - 4pm – 6pm –


Friday – ABC News Studios - 180 North State Street and then march to CBS News Studios 22 West Washington Street (both are on same block)



On Saturday, October 17th there will be a "March on the Media Tea Party" at Millenium Park (11am – 1pm), Michigan Ave and Washington Street, in the park - Call Catherina W. at 312-662-8666



Indianapolis, IN - – 2pm – 5 pm ET (all locations same street),
WRTV6, Channel 6 (ABC), 1330 N. Meridian St. –
WISH-TV, Channel 8 (CBS), 1950 N. Meridian St.
WTHR-TV, Channel 13 (NBC), 1000 N. Meridian St.



LaPorte, IN -
LaPorte County Courthouse – 11am – 2pm



Topeka, KA –
KSNT 27 & Fox 43 - 6835 NW Hwy 24 – 4pm-7pm



Wichita, KS –
KSN-TV 3 – 833 Main St. at 4pm- 7pm



Shreveport. LA – Friday, October 16th -
Corner of 70th and Youree Dr. – 5:30pm to 6:30pm



Boston, MA –
BOSTON GLOBE – Morrissey Blvd – 2pm – 5pm - SEE NOTE FROM ORGANIZER…



(People have contacted me with concerns about parking at or around the Boston Globe. I contacted the Boston police and the Mass. State police and they made a

few suggestions. There is limited parking on the street and we can only stand on

the sidewalk in and around the Boston Globe, so they suggest we take the Braintree T OR THE Quincy T to the Columbia station stop. When you get off the T, you will be directly across from Moakley park where we plan on congregating. After we’ve all grouped together we will then march the one block to the Boston Globe. If you get there early enough I’m sure there should be plenty of parking at the park. Here are the driving directions for that.



MOAKLEY PARK – Boston – Driving directions: Take I-90 (Mass Pike) East to I-93 South – Take I-93 South to the JFK Library Exit – Go left at the end of the ramp (under the interstate) – Continue up a small hill and into a rotary – Take the second exiting road (almost straight across). When exiting the rotary, Columbus Park will be on your left and the water will be on your right. Continue pass the Police Department, Park in the lot near the large pavillion. The field will be across the street. Follow the main sidewalk into the middle of the park.



Public transportation: Red Line: UMASS/JFK leaves you across the street from the entrance of the park. Bus Route 8 and 16.



We realize you have families, jobs, and many other obligations, but isn’t it

about time those of us who work hard, care for our kids, and pay the taxes take

a stand? We are planning on a pretty good group of people so we should have a

wonderful time!! Drive, bus, T, carpool, caravan, taxi, walk! I don’t care how you get there. Just do it!)



Baltimore, MD – Email Contact



Baltimore Sun – 510 N. Calvert Street – 12pm to 1pm – parking is tight, go early and walk a few blocks!



Hagerstown, MD – Email Contact – Website



NBC 25 – 13 E. Washington Street – Hagerstown – 1pm to 2 pm – We will be gathering at the square, which is just next door to the station.



Holland, MICHIGAN – Email Contact



Holland Sentinell Newspaper 54 W. 8th St. - Holland, MI 49423. From 1PM to 2PM



Saginaw, MICHIGAN - Website - Website 2



WNEM TV5 (CBS) – 107 N. Franklin Street – 4pm to 6pm



They have a broadcast that day at 6:00pm, so being there before the broadcast should be the most effective and it will have us out of there by dark. There are 2 big sidewalks in front and to the side of the studio and it is on a main street in downtown Saginaw, so a pretty good spot. There is parking on Genesee and Washington, and 2 parking structures nearby, one of them being the Dow Event Center parking structure which would be a 2 block walk to the studio. Remember this protest is to the mainstream news media and our disgust and dissapointment with them. Stay peaceful and keep your signs focused to them, eg. "Can You Hear Us Now", "Report the Whole Story", "Don’t ignore We The People", etc. Hope to see you there.



Troy, MICHIGAN – Website



NBC – 3250 West Big Beaver (between Coolige & Golfview Dr.) – 2pm – ?



Buffalo, MO - Email Contact - Website



Mahattan Mudd Cup Coffeehouse – 3pm – 6pm



Kansas City, MO - Website – Email – FACEBOOK



KSHB – (NBC) 41 – 4pm - 7pm



Kansas City, MO – Email Contact



KMBC (ABC) – 3pm – 5pm



Springfield, MO –



All Springfield Media – Protest Site at corner of Battlefield and Glenstone – 1pm to 2pm



St. Joseph, MO –

Belt Highway and Frederick Blvd. – Intersection of Belt Highway & Frederick Blvd.


St. Louis, MO -

SDK Channel 5 – 1000 Market Street – 12pm -1pm



Minneapolis, MN

KARE 11(NBC) –



Asheville, NC –

WLOS (ABC) - Long Shoals Rd. and Schenck Pkwy - see map

Charlotte, NC – http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=142121407186&index=1



Raleigh, NC -

CBS (WRAL) – Western Blvd. - 12pm – 2pm



Wilmington, NC –

 News – 4pm – 7pm



Winston-Salem, NC –



NBC News – 12pm – 3pm



Omaha, NE – Sarpy County 912 Project – location tba –


Manchester, NH –
WMUR – 11:00am – 12:30pm – S. Commercial St. & Granite



Albany, NY –



Times Union Building – Capital District – 645 Albany Shaker Rd. – 11am – 1pm



New York City, NY – Several Groups! –

CBS News

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

524 West 57th St., Between 10th & 11th Avenues

(CBS Evening News with Katie Couric ∙ The Early Show) – then march to…



CNN

1:00 – 2:30 pm

10 Columbus Circle, Time Warner Center, Between 59th & 60th Streets

(The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer∙ Larry King Live ∙360) – then march to…



NBC/MSNBC Studios

3:00 – 4:30 pm

30 Rockefeller Plaza, Between 49th & 50th Streets

(Nightly News with Brian Williams ∙ Today Show ∙ Dateline NBC

Countdown with Keith Olbermann ∙ Meet The Press ∙Hardball with Chris

Matthews ∙ Dateline NBC ∙MSNBC Reports with Joe Scarborough ∙ NBC News

Today) – then march to…



Fox News (on the way to ABC)

4:30 – 5:00 pm

1211 Avenue of the Americas, Between 47th & 48th Streets.

ABC News

5:15 – 6:30 pm

1500 Broadway Between 43rd & 44th Streets at Times Square

(World News with Charles Gibson ∙ Nightline ∙ This Week with George

Stephanopoulos ∙ Good Morning America)




Rochester, NY –

Whec TV – Channel 10 – 191 East Avenue – Rochester – 11am – ?



Syracuse, NY – Caravan from Syracuse to Rochester –

Utica, NY

Observer Dispatch – 221 Oriskany Plaza – Utica, NY – 11am to 1pm



Brooklyn, Ohio –



The Plain Dealer Production Center – 4800 Tiedeman Rd. - 1pm – 3pm



Cleveland, OH - Friday, October 16th – 4:30pm – 6:30pm –


The Plain Dealer – 1801 Superior Ave.



Cincinatti, OH –



Cincinatti Enquirer – 312 Elm Street – 11am – 1pm -



Columbus, OH –



ABC Studio – 1261 Dublin Road – 9am – 12pm



Dayton, OH –



Dayton Daily News – 1611 S. Main Street. – 11am to 1pm



Warren, OH –

Courthouse Square – Downtown Warren – 10am -12noon



Zanesville, OH – Time Recorder Newspaper 12pm – 3pm – 34 S. 4th Street –


Tulsa, OK –

NBC KJRH Ch. 2 – 3703 Peoria – 3pm - 5pm



Coos Bay, OR - Friday, October 16th –

The World Newspaper – 350 Commercial Street – 9am to 1pm – Bring media bias protest signs. Possible interview with management per their request. Transfer protest around 11 am to KCBY television station: 3451 Broadway Ave.



Eugene, OR & Sprinfield, OR -


KMTR News Source 6 - 3825 International Court – (Off I-5 towards Gateway Mall, Turn left on Gateway St, Take the 2nd right onto International Way, Take the 1st left on International Ct) – 3pm – 6pm



Medford, OR -
KOBI Channel 5 – 125 S. Fir St. ( Meet up Hawthorne Park at 10am - speakers – march to Ch 5) til 1pm



Portland, OR - Friday, October 16th -
The Oregonian, then march to KGW in Pioneer Square – 6pm – 8pm



Roseburg, OR - Friday, October 16th -
News Review Offices – 345 NE Winchester, Roseburg – Meetup at 11am – see note!



We will march up and down the sidewalk in front of the News Review for about 45 minutes to an hour. Then we will either walk (1.2miles) or drive to the KPIC offices located at 655 W Umpqua, Roseburg. We will have to park at the Grocery Outlet and surrounding areas for parking can be a bit limited in that area. We will march around the KPIC offices for 45 min to an hour and then (if anyone is interested) down Harvard to the radio stations.



This is a "group" neutral event. We simply want to make it understood as clear as possible that we are not going to put up with the bias (un)reporting of our local media any longer! Don’t leave litter, avoid confrontrations with opposers, bring cameras!!Do not give the left any reason to discredit or dismiss us! ~PLEASE if anyone is good at taking and posting video to You Tube, record the event and get the word out…just because we are in a "small’ town doesn’t mean we don’t matter!! ~Please email me if you have any questions, suggestions



Salem, OR -


Allentown, PA -
The Morning Call Paper - 101 N. 6th Street - 10:00am – 12:00pm



Harrisburg, PA -

Patriot News – 812 Market Street (marching from Market Sq. east on Mkt St. to 812 Market St) – 11:00am until ?



Northeast PA - http://nepateaparty.com/



Philadelphia, PA -  - 2 Stations (ABC/NBC)

– 4100 City Line Avenue – 2pm – 5pm



Pittsburg, PA -

WPXI – 4145 Evergreen Rd. – 2pm – 5pm

WTAE – 400 Ardmore Blvd. – 2pm – 5pm

KDKA – One Gateway Center – 2pm -5pm



Scranton, PA -

WNEP TV 16 - 16 Montage Mountain Rd - 11am - 1pm



Providence, Rhode Island -
Providence Journal – 75 Fountain St., Providence - 1pm to 3pm



Charleston, SC –
Post & Courier – 11am to 1pm



Greenville, SC –
Channel 4 NBC – 505 Rutherford Street – 12noo to 2pm

Spartanburg, SC –
Channel 7 – CBS – 250 International Drive – 12pm to 2pm



Knoxville, TN -
Knoxville News Sentinel - 12 noon til ?



Nashville, TN -
Order – Meeting at Channel 5 at 11:45am – look for gathering in nearby parking lot – after Ch 5 then moving to other localtions.

WSMV Ch. 4 NBC at 5700 Knob Rd. - events are 12 noon to 2pm

WKRN Ch. 2 ABC at 441 Murfreesboro Rd - events are 12 noon to 2pm

WTVF Ch. 5 CBS at 474 James Robertson Pkwy (dntn) - events are 12 noon to 2pm

The Tennessean at 1100 Broadway (downtown) – all events are 12 noon to 2pm.



Austin, TX -
Austin American Statesman - 305 South Congress Avenue – 3:00pm – 6:00pm



Boerne, TX –
Protesting San Antonio media locations



Dallas, TX -


Houston, Tx -
Channels 2 (NBC) 8181 Southwest Freeway – 11:30am – 2:00pm

Channel 11 (CBS) 1945 Allen Parkway – 11:30am – 2:00pm

Channel 13 (ABC) 3310 Bissonnet – 11:30am – 2:00pm

Houston Chronicle 801 Texas Avenue – 11:30am – 2:00pm



San Antonio, TX - http://sanantonioteaparty.org/events/



Frederickburg, VA –
Rally at offices of Free Lance Star - 601 Amelia Street – 12 noon



Richmond, VA -
WTVR 6 –
WWBT –
WRIC TV 8 –


Seattle (Tacoma & Olympia), WA – (all 3 sites just a few blocks apart) All in Seattle!

NBC (KING 5) – 333 Dexter Ave. – start at 3PM, then march to…
ABC (KOMO 4) – 140 4th Ave. – then march to…
CBS (KIRO 7) - 2807 3rd. Avenue



Green Bay, WI –
WGBA 26 (NBC) – 1391 North Road – 1pm – 4pm



Milwaukee, WI –

TMJ 4 (NBC) – 720 East Capitol Drive, Milwaukee – 2pm -5pm

Another Day, Another Radical - Judge Louis "Loophole Louie" Butler

Judge Louis Butler is the latest in a long line of radicals that the Obama administration is trying to foist onto the American people. Judge Butler has been given the nickname “Loophole Louie”, a name that he seems to embrace and relish. He had gotten this nickname due to the fact that he bent over backwards to take the side of the criminal defendant over law enforcement.


Butler is the first judge to lose a re-election bid in Wisconsin in forty years. He started his career as a public defender in 1979. He was appointed to the judgeship in 1992. During his tenure as a judge he has written such opinions as companies can be held liable for products that they may not have even been involved in the manufacturing. The case is Thomas v. Mallett, a case that allowed the plaintiffs to hold responsible the paint manufactures for the existence of lead paint in homes that were built in the early part of the 20th century. The plaintiffs could not show that they manufactures that they were suing actually manufactured the paint not did the plaintiff have real evidence of the damage that was done to his health. While we all know that lead paint is dangerous, especially to children, the fact remains that was not known as early as 1900. Part of the dissident of the ruling was written as follows:

"The end result ... is that the defendants, lead paint manufacturers, can be held liable for a product they may or may not have produced, which may or may not have caused the plaintiffs' injuries, based on conduct that may have occurred 100 years ago when some of the defendants were not even part of the relevant market."

The voters in Wisconsin voted for a constitutional amendment to ban casino gambling in the state and Louie not only over-turned this but allowed them to expand. Shortly after this the voters of Wisconsin kicked him to the curb when re-election time came rolling around.

Louie has been nominated to fill an open seat on the Western District Court for the state of Wisconsin. This is yet another example of how President Obama has no real respect for our constitution or the will of the people.

His nomination will be need to be confirmed by the Senate.  I believe that his record is far more distrubing than that of Justice Sotomayor. 

I am not Pro-life, but this could make me so

Did she ever consider divorce?  I would never have an abortion myself, but I am a little on the fence if it should be illegal in all cases.  But in this case, this woman belongs in jail. 


A woman has admitted to being 'an abortion addict' after having 15 terminations over 17 years.



Irene Vilar said she had the abortions not from poverty or fear but as an extraordinary act of rebellion against her 'controlling' husband who did not want children.


The 40-year-old's confession has unleashed a torrent of attacks from anti-abortion activists on the internet, including death threats and demands for her to be jailed.


The cycle of pregnancies and abortions, which began when she was 16 and ended when she was 33, was also punctuated by several suicide attempts.


Now a successful literary agent with two young daughters, Loretta, five, and Lolita, three, Mrs Vilar has written about her experiences in a memoir, called Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict.


The book, which was published yesterday, has shocked many Americans, who remain bitterly divided over the issue, and has angered campaigners on both sides of the abortion divide.


Charmaine Yoest, president of pro-life pressure group Americans United for Life, said: 'It really underscores everything we always say in the pro-life movement - that abortion is part of a very sad story for women.'


However, pro-choice campaigners said Mrs Vilar's book raises uncomfortable questions about abortion as a form of birth control.


Mrs Vilar said of the book's reception: 'I am worried about my safety and the hate mail. I just imagine the "baby killer" stuff and I could be a poster child for that kind of fundamentalism.'


The attractive one-time academic prodigy attended a boarding school in New Hampshire and was accepted into a New York university when she was only 15.


A year later, she fell in love and married a 50-year-old Latin American literature professor, who she says was opposed to having children.


She claims he bragged that his relationships never lasted more than five years and told that having children killed sexual desire.


In response, Mrs Vilar said she rebelled by 'forgetting' to take her birth control pills.

Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebron, pictured at an anti-U.S. protest in 2000, is Ms Vilar's grandmother. She left her own daughter with relatives as a baby


'In the beginning I was taking pills and I'd skip a day or two or give up one month,' she said in a television interview. 'I'd think I'll be better next time.


'But slowly, my days took on a balancing act and there was a specific high. I would get my period and be sad, then discover I was pregnant, being afraid, yet also so excited.'


She claimed she had the abortions so her husband wouldn't leave her although she failed to reveal whether he knew of the terminations.


'Of course, this did not mean I wanted to do it again and again.

'A druggie also wants to stop every time.'

'Women have written memoirs about their anorexia or their bulimia, and they explain the best that they can what motivated their addiction or their behaviour. I try to do the same in this book.'


Her first husband, Pedro Cuperman, a professor at Syracuse University in New York, could not be contacted for comment yesterday.


In her book, Mrs Vilar also revealed how she is haunted by a tragic past. Her grandmother, Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebron, was jailed for 25 years after storming the U.S. Capitol building with a gun in 1954.






She was convicted of attempting to overthrow the government and was jailed for 25 years before she was pardoned by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.


Divided: Ms Vilar's book has split opinion on the issue of abortion


The author was eight when her mother killed herself by jumping from a moving car and died two days later. Her husband had been driving while her tiny daughter had made a pathetic attempt to hold her mother back.


Two of Mrs Vilar's brothers became heroin addicts.


Although she said she did not see herself as a victim, she admitted she felt she had let the women's movement down.


Now re-married, she is raising their two daughters and two teenage stepchildren in Denver, Colorado.


'Motherhood has made me feel accountable,' she said. 'It hasn't made me less pro-choice.


'It's just that I understand and feel the weight of the privilege we have in exercising our right to choose.'


Yesterday, a report released by the U.S.-based Guttmacher Institute revealed the number of abortions fell from 45.5million in 1995 to 41.6million in 2003.


The study claimed progress had been made in reducing unintended pregnancies, but too many women were still having unsafe abortions, with 32 countries having laws that make the procedure illegal.

The manuscript for Impossible Motherhood was rejected 51 times, before finally being published by Other Press.

Miss Vilar married her second husband in 2003 and now lives with her two daughters and two stepchildren. She is planning a new memoir on motherhood

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1220095/American-abortion-addict-15-terminations-17-years-publishes-memoir.html

Strange Bedfellows Indeed

We are going to have some strange and interesting allies in our fight.  If the opposition is coming fast and furious from every direction we can overload them into making modest, common sense changes to improve the healthcare system in this country. 


(CNN) – More than two dozen of the nation's largest labor unions, a coalition that has previously been among the president's most solid bases of support, are taking out full page newspaper ads Wednesday to register their disapproval with the health care reform bill that has formally cleared the Senate Finance Committee.


Only hours after President Obama hailed the committee's passage of the measure as a "critical milestone," the union groups — which include the AFL-CIO and AFSCME — condemn the plan for lacking a public option and imposing stiff penalties on Americans who choose not get health insurance.


The unions also say employers should be required to pay a higher share of health insurance costs and that health care should not be financed by taxes on the most comprehensive health care policies known as "Cadillac plans."


"Unless the bill that goes to the floor of the U.S. Senate makes substantial progress to address the concerns of working men and women, we will oppose it," the ad states.


The ads are running in the Washington Post along with other D.C.-based papers

Why I My Found Voice - Silent No Longer

I, like most, have many titles; one of which that I am most proud is American. As a first generation American, you are taught from a very young age to be grateful that you live in this country. Immigrants tend to stay within a community of immigrants. At first it is because you have come to a foreign land where everyone and everything is different and strange to you. For many, learning the language doesn’t happen until you get here. As such, when you’re a child you are exposed to heavy doses of your parents’ cultural norms all the while being an all American kid.



At the dinner table you hear all the stories of why your parents left their own land. In many cases you the lack of opportunities “back home”. That is the experience I had as a child. My parents proudly put out the flag on June 14 for Flag Day; something you don’t see many people doing anymore. Our flag was out on Memorial and Veterans Day. We had a picnic on the beach anxiously awaiting the fireworks on The Fourth of July. Me wearing my red white and blue summer garb. My relatives and their friends rarely missed an opportunity to tell me how lucky I was to grow up here.


Being an all American girl, I started to take too many things for granted. I started to expect things. As I have grown older and more educated I have seen for myself all the lessons that my family tried to teach me.


As I have read more about American history as well as world history I have come to appreciate the magnitude of the bravery and outright audacity of what our founders actually have accomplished. As I have read more on the constitution I have realized what my freedoms are supposed to mean.

Reading the anti-federalist papers has been an eye-opening experience. This is what has caused me to realize what the American government is supposed to mean and more importantly what it is not supposed to mean. This government was supposed to be set up to give me the opportunity to succeed as well as to fail. Our government was set up to give me a voice. Well, I have found that voice.


I am looking around today, our government has failed us. As I look around today I see a two party system that is far more concerned with consolidating power for them than they are for providing the safety nets for all Americans as it was intended to do.


Like many Americans, I voted but didn’t get involved in many other ways. I went about my life. I got myself an education and then a job. I built a life for myself. Some of it has been wonderful, other parts of it not so much. I have learned to deal with the bad the best that I can and to accept the good. When I showed up at the voting booth, I tended to vote along party lines. I would cross over on occasion, but not often. I never really questioned much. I would hear about yet one more outrage our government would do, I would yell at the TV and the next morning go to work and go about my life as usual. I didn’t pay attention to what laid beneath the surface.


I didn’t pay attention to the fact that the two parties are primarily the same except for the fringes on both sides. I didn’t pay attention to the two party’s taking more and more power. I didn’t pay attention to the hypocrisy and outright deceit when they told me it was for “my own good”, or better yet “trust me”. I didn’t pay attention to the fact that the federal government has been eroding the rights of the states for at least the past generation. Again, this is being done to consolidate their power, not to help me.


Well, I am paying attention now. I am tired of the federal government telling me what is good for me and what is not. They are neither my parents nor my God. I am tired of the federal government not solving issues, such as social security, just to have an ongoing argument to use during election cycles. I am tired of them saying my taxes needs to be raised or they are going to cut services such as police, all the while still spending millions of dollars on road signs to show where the stimulus money is being spent. I am tired of them thinking that I am not intelligent enough to figure out that is being done so they can tell me that they are using my money wisely, when what they are actually doing is wasting it. I am tired of watching press conferences where even Speaker Pelosi is unable to hide her visceral reaction to Sen. Reid’s outright falsehoods. I am tired of them telling me that healthcare reform is going to be budget neutral, when we are billions of dollars in debt. Unless it actually makes money it will cost money. I do understand simple mathematics. I am tired of when they are called on these stupid and wasteful expenditures they then say it is only a small portion of the budget. If you say that about 1,000 different things it is no longer a small portion is it? Do you think that I don’t understand that?


I will no longer sit at home and yell at the television. I will no longer vote along party lines. I will no longer accept the lesser of two evils. I will no longer be silent when the constitution is being waylaid to serve the purpose of party instead of country. I will no longer accept the status quo inside the beltway. You don’t know what is good for me and my family better than I do. I am sick and tired of federal laws that require a rural area of Nebraska meet the same standards as Manhattan. They are not the same and the needs of rural and urban areas are different. We want to be treated the way the founders expected us to be treated.  As individuals, as human beings that have diginity and intelligence.  Until you do that, I will continue to show up and to raise my voice. 

The Left Has Truly Gone Roun' the Bend - The Obama Flag (s) Updated

This is selling on Ebay. 

Just a fyi - this is considered a novelty item, so it is not illegal.  Sick, but legal. 

Now, this one is illegal.  This is a woman in Baltimore Maryland

Things that make you say hmm, healthcare reform edition

Here are some things that I have been pondering about lately.  Let me know what you think.

The Baucus bill in its current form will put much of the costs on the states. Does that mean that President Obama will be able to say that he kept his promise of no new taxes on middle class American’s even after my state taxes increase?




Are the states going to be forced to accept these additional costs? Doesn’t the 10th amendment mean anything anymore?



Why should I pay higher taxes starting in 2010 when the program doesn’t start until 2013?



Is it fair that the people of Nevada are exempt from much of the additional costs for three years because Harry Reid is in a tight re-election race?



If Nevada is exempt shouldn’t California be exempt as well? California’s economy is in real trouble. If that is the basis of the exemption shouldn’t all states that have deficits be exempt?



If all states that have deficits are exempt wouldn’t that mean almost all states would be exempt?



Are you comfortable with the bill saying that people can be jailed for not having health insurance?



Wouldn’t it just be cheaper to give the people in the country without insurance money to pay for health insurance?



If there is so much waste in Medicare/Medicaid why isn’t being fixed?



Why are the penalties higher for having pot than for Medicare fraud?



Sen. McCaskill told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that almost $1 billion could be saved by Medicare not paying for the scooters that senior’s with walking issues use.



Is it fair to assume that all people that have medical debt never pay it off? If that is true, then I must be an idiot. I paid all my medical bills when I was sick.

Morgan Tsvangirai, not worthy of the peace prize?

Morgan Tsvangirai, the current Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, was rumored to be the hands on favorite to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize.  He of course did not win; as it was announced this morning that President Barack Obama will recieve the honor. 

Born in 1952 in the central part of the country.  He is the eldest child of a large family.  As such he was unable to finish his education due to financial concerns and left school to help support his family.  In 1974 he began working in the mines.  He eventually worked his way up and then became involved with the labor unions.  His influence within the unions allowed him become the secretary general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions in 1989.  In 1999 he formed the MDC, The Movement for Democratic Change.  He is the main opposition to Robert Mugabe.  The brutal and murderous dictator of Zimbabwe. 

He has been arrested many times throughout his adult life during his campaign to bring change and peace to the people of his country.  One of the more recent arrests being in 2007, when he was also badly beaten.  He has been arrested and tried for treason on several occassions. 

Last year he was involved in a car accident while driving down a two lane highway.  A truck hit them head on.  This is one in a line of people who opposed Mugabe that were killed in car accidents.  It has happened at least on three other occassions.  He was relatively unhurt in this accident, but his wife was not so lucky and was killed. 

 In 2008 he ran for president, and the initial counts showed him getting 60% of the vote.  As time passed the votes dwindled and was allegedy shown that he gotten only 47.9% of the vote.  Zimbabwe law requires a majority to win the election outright or a runoff must be done.  As the runoff got closer, the violence in the country increased and at least 300 people were murdered. 

After the election Tsvangirai left the country to help settle the violence and to stay out of jail.  Eventually he and Mugabe came to a power-sharing agreement and he was sworn in as prime minister on February 11 of this year. 


President Obama, the first black President of the United States, won this honor simply for not being President Bush.  I would not say that is far more important than what PM Tsvangirai has actually accomplished for the pursuit of peace in the world. 

President Obama, Nobel Peace Prize Winner. What took so long?

The president has received his long overdue award. I mean after all he was in office for a full 12 days when the nomination was put forward.




One of the most fascinating things of it is the fact that he had yet to apologize to the world for the U.S., he had yet to give a speech in Cairo that in some quarters was viewed as throwing the Israeli's under the bus, he had yet to go back on his promise to put a missile shield defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. He had yet to lie to the American people about the real costs of his cap and tax legislation. He had yet to go to the United Nations and become more active in an organization that has proven itself to be corrupt and anti-Semitic. He had yet to back the President of Honduras who is trying to consolidate power against that nation’s constitution. He had yet to listen to Chavez lend his oratory skills against the U.S. government and its people. He had yet to sit back and listen to some of the leaders of his party call American's who are against his policies Nazi’s and angry mobs.



I suppose they could have made worst choice, they could have given it to another terrorist like Arafat.

Read here about the man he beat out.

Go Big or Go Home

According to the London Times our troops are discouraged and depressed about the situtation going on in Afghanistan.  All of this in the shadow of our President having the request of more troops and dragging his heals. 

Mr. President, make a decision.  Give our troops what they need or bring them home.  Today, Robert Gibbs said during his press briefing that we had to consider the costs.  While I agree that cost of course is an issue, but it can't be the only issue. 

We need to decide if as a matter of national security we need to continue to stay in Afghanistan.  If it is decided that it is not a matter of natural securtiy than bring them home.  Why are we endangering the lives of our troops without a clear mission? 

People that are willing to put themselves in harms way to protect my freedoms deserve to be given what they need to get the job done.  Mr. President, if you are not willing to give it to them, then bring them home. 

Levi Johnston Baring it All

Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin's grandson, will be baring it all for Playgirl.    The date has yet to determined, but is expected to hit the internet by the year-end.  Presently, he is spending his time working out at the gym to get body ready.  Too bad he isn't putting that type of energy into raising his son. 

Has anyone sat down with this young man and explained to him that his son is going to find out about all of these shennigans?  He has gone on national tv shows and discussed his sex life with his son's mother, he is whoring himself out for tv commercials, trying to get into show business and now this.  Does he fully understand that these videos last forever? 

Thank heavens that Bristol Palin has rid herself of this disgraceful man.  Too bad that the baby cannot say the same. 

Healthcare Talking Points and Target List - Activism Hats Please

Burn the phone lines:

Senator Max Baucus  202-224-2651

Senator Evan Bayh  202-224-5623

Senator Mark Begich  202-224-3004

Sen Jeff Bingaman  202-224-5521

Sen. Robert C. Byrd   202-224-3954

Sen. Susan M. Collins   202-224-2523

Sen. Kent Conrad   202-224-2043

Sen. Byron L. Dorgan  202-224-2551

Sen. Michael B. Enzi  202-224-3424

Sen. Charles E. Grassley  202-224-3744

Sen. Kay Hagan  202-224-6342

Sen. Mary L. Landrieu  202-224-5824

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman  202-224-4041

Sen. Blanche L. Lincoln  202-224-4843

Sen. Claire McCaskill  202-224-6154

Sen. E. Benjamin Nelson  202-224-6551

Sen. Mark Pryor  202-224-2353

Sen. Olympia J. Snowe  202-224-5344

Sen. Arlen Specter  202-224-4254

Sen. Jon Tester  202-224-2644

Sen. Mark Warner  202-224-2023

Sen. James H. Webb Jr.  202-224-4024



The health care “reform” legislation that is moving through the Senate Finance Committee fails to


offer the common sense reforms our system needs and instead decreases our health insurance

choices and makes health care more expensive with higher taxes.

TELL YOUR SENATORS:


Riddled with Taxes: This legislation is riddled with tax hikes. They start by taxing those

earning over $10,831 year who don’t buy health insurance $750—a tax that escalates to

$3,800 as income rises. Health insurance, health care devices and drugs are also taxed,

adding to the cost of health care, and decreasing the competitiveness of these businesses.


Medicare Cuts: The bill cuts $500 billion in Medicare spending, including over $130

billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage and nearly $120 billion in Medicare cuts for hospitals

that care for seniors. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says they “expected the

Medicare Advantage plans to lose 2.7 million enrollees over the next decade” as a result.


Raises Insurance Prices: CBO also finds “premiums in the new insurance exchanges

would tend to be higher than the average premiums in the current-law individual market…”


Force, Not Choice: This legislation includes an “individual mandate” forcing all Americans

to purchase health insurance, like the Massachusetts law. Taxpayer subsidies will be given

to those earning up to three times the federal poverty level. Those not qualifying for

subsides will be taxed up to $3,800 if they do not buy insurance. The experience in

Massachusetts has left those caught inbetween unable to afford insurance and having to pay

the tax.


Big Insurance Boondoggle: Forcing all the uninsured into insurance could bring as much as

$200 billion a year in new premiums to insurance companies, including $465 billion in

subsidies over 10 years.


Privacy Violation: This legislation would allow law enforcement agencies such as the FBI

and the Department of Justice unprecedented unfettered access to medical records.


No Lawsuit Reform: This bill fails to curb junk lawsuits. It doesn’t even implement the

“demonstrations projects” on reform the President called for (despite the fact that states like

Mississippi have already done so and seen medical malpractice insurance premiums drop 42

percent). Instead, it will “express the Sense of the Senate that health care reform presents an

opportunity to address issues related to medical malpractice and medical liability insurance.”


Bipartisan Opposition: The only thing bipartisan about this bill is the opposition to it.


A vote for cloture on this legislation is a vote in favor of government-run health care.

We will be watching your vote closely. VOTE NO!

Conservative Girl Adventures - Part 4 Save The American Dream Summit

Here are some highlights from Newt's speech:

European Socialism is losing. 

In 1977 President Carter started his presidency with a higher approval rating than President Obama. 

We need to make a non-partisian commitment.  If are too busy we don't value our country.  Campaign effectively.  Don't write off anyone.  He reminded us something that Margaret Thatcher said:
1st you win the agruement, then you win the vote. 

He thinks that the President should speak to every TV show that is willing to have him: as he is a great orator with the wrong message.  The more he talks, the more his poll numbers drop. 

He also has some thoughts on real stimulus:

1. 2 year 50% reduction in Social Security taxes.  Repeal the rest of the stimulus to cover the costs. 

2. Create jobs  that will compete with China.  Capital gains taxes in China is 0.

3. Match Irish corporate tax rate which is 12%.  (ours is more than double this)

4. Abolish the death tax.

5. Energy policy that uses American energy sources.  Bowing to a Saudi King is not an energy policy. 

He electrified the place.  Newt has his flaws, but is a brilliant conservative mind.  He is what we need right now.

Conservative Girl Adventures - Part 3

This will be well worth your time.  C-Span covered the Saving the American Dream Summit over the weekend. 

We heard some great speeches today.  Especially from Herman Cain.

One of the things that he spoke about was saving the savable when it comes to liberals.  He also explained how to know not to bother.

S I N

If they Shift the conversation

If they Ignore the facts

If they Name call 

they are the unsavable; so just move on. 

you can see the speeches here

Conservative Girl Adventures - Part 2

I had a great day at the Save the American Dream Summit today.  I attended some internet activism classes, went to a rally/tea party down on the Capitol.  We also went and spoke with Eric Cantor's office.  He is from Virginia so he had a staff member come and meet with us.  It was interesting, because I don't think his staff member expected the anger. 

This is one of the things that the republicans don't get.  We are not going to vote for them simply because they are republicans.  They need to get back to their conservative ideals and principles.  I told him that I will vote for democrat if he/she is a fiscally conservative.  I don't care about party.  The look on his face was total shock.  It was fun!!

Laura Ingraham was one of the key note speakers.  She gave a good speech.  She had the chance to sit in for Bill O'Reilly tonight.  She was a little bummed that she didn't have the opportunity to talk about Michelle and Oprah crying their way back to America after the shock of not only losing to Rio, but being knocked out in the first round.   I happened to be in an internet activism training class when the news came out.  The entire room stood up and cheered. 

Laura also gave kudos to us all.  The bloggers and the people that have showed up at the town halls and tea parties.  We are driving the legislation agenda.  Even if the democrats don't want to admit it. 

A very good day/evening.  I did forget my camera this morning. 

I will fill you in more tomorrow at the rest of the events over the weekend. 

Conservative Girl Adventures - Part I

Defending the American Dream Summit - A weekend of activities and speakers are planned.

I went to the meet and greet tonight. I met a doctor who was telling me the same things that I am feeling. We are afraid of what is happening to this country. He was telling me that he knows that health care needs to be reformed, but without tort reform; nothing will change except for the fact that our care will be rationed. He was a very interesting man.

Here is a sneak peak of tomorrow. I will keep you updated of the weekend.

Friday, October 2nd

8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Defenders of Prosperity Annual Briefing (By Invitation Only)

8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Open Registration

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Specialized Grassroots Training Sessions

RightOnline - Internet Activism Training

Grassroots on the Ground hosted by The Leadership Institute

Grassroots Training hosted by American Majority

2:00 – 3:00 PM

Capitol Hill Rally and News Conference

3:30 – 4:30 PM

State Delegation Meetings with Legislators

4:00 – 7:00 PM

Career Fair sponsored by Leadership Institute

5:30 – 6:30 PM

Chairman’s Reception(Invitation Only)

5:30-7:00 PM

General Reception

7:00 - 9:30 PM

“Tribute to Ronald Reagan” Dinner

Speakers Include:

Congressman Mike Pence

Laura Ingraham, Radio Host and Best Selling Author

Dr. Jim Miller, former Reagan Budget Director

Art Pope, Americans for Prosperity Chairman

9:30 – 11:30 PM

Film Screening: Not Evil, Just Wrong

Brief Intro by Producer/Director, Phelim McAleer

Can you hear us now updates - Media Tea Parties

If you don't see your city listed and have a network of people please add to the site. We need to make a nationwide presence.

Upcoming Events & Locations

EVENTS - as of 10:00am EST – 9/30


(Still seeking Patriots for organizing in Boston, MA – Baltimore, MD – Fort Wayne, IN - All over Tennessee – All over Kansas – and Washington, DC!!!)

Birmingham, AL - e-mail: rainydaypatriots@gmail.com - www.rainydaypatriots.org

Little Rock, AR - Friday, October 16th – 3:00pm-6:00pm
Channel 4 KARK-TV – 1401 W. Capital Avenue #104 – email bentonteaparty@gmail.com site: http://bentonteaparty.ning.com/events/can-you-hear-us-now
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=138888789317&index=1

Mesa, AZ – East Valley Tea Party Patriots - The Arizona Republic newspaper -
106 E. Baseline Rd. in Mesa at 9am – 1pm – http://www.facebook.com/l/189f3;www.OperationCanYouHearUsNow.com

Phoenix, AZ – Several people are going to the building in downtown PHOENIX, though, so that location is at: 200 E. Van Buren in Phx. from 9am – 1pm – http://www.facebook.com/l/189f3;www.OperationCanYouHearUsNow.com

Phoenix, AZ – 12pm – 5:00pm at NBC KPNX Channel 12 –
1101 N. Central Ave.
http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow#/event.php?eid=138420958742&index=1 or http://www.facebook.com/l/189f3;www.OperationCanYouHearUsNow.com

Burbank, CA – NBC Studios – 2pm-5pm –
3000 W. Alameda Ave. – socalpatriots@gmail.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146830294360

Fresno, CA – http://www.centralvalleyteaparty.com/index.php?id=204 and http://centralvalleyteaparty.ning.com/events/operation-can-you-hear-us-now

La Jolla, CA – Site: http://www.meetup.com/Murrieta-Tea-Party/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150617982712 and smilne4@roadrunner.com

Los Angeles, CA – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146830294360

Sacramento, CA - KCRA Channel 3 News –
address is 3 Television Circle, Sacramento.
An alternate address is 310 10th Street, Sacramento.
There by 12 noon and protest until about 3.
Please email me terry@teapartyinthehills.org. or go to http://teapartyinthehills.org or Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=10&hash=33acca8b6d9116c61f83bd0d89302d2e#/event.php?eid=141530892892&index=1

San Diego, CA – NBC Studios – http://www.meetup.com/Santee-East-County-Tea-Party/

San Francisco, CA – heather.gass@prurealty.com (try this site soon www.912FreedomFighters.com )

Denver, CO – http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=10&hash=33acca8b6d9116c61f83bd0d89302d2e#/event.php?eid=138505474490&index=1

New Haven, CT – http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=10&hash=33acca8b6d9116c61f83bd0d89302d2e#/event.php?eid=135617601983&index=1

Wilmington, DE – planning stages – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=139059082260

Lakeland, FL – in progress, link soon

Ft. Laderdale / Miami , FL – http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow#/event.php?eid=133673274636&index=1

Miami, FL – CBS4 - karin@dcworksforus.com - 2:00pm – 3:30pm then attend Mirimar

Miami, FL – ABC – karin@dcworksforus.com - 12:00pm – 1:30pm then attend above

Mirimar, FL – NBC - karin@dcworksforus.com - 4:00pm – 5:30pm

Orlando, FL – ABC – 2pm - just posted – see: http://www.meetup.com/orlando-kiss/calendar/11495560/

Orlando, FL – CBS – 3pm – just posted – see: http://www.meetup.com/orlando-kiss/calendar/11495560/

Orlando, FL – NBC – 4pm – just posted – see: http://www.meetup.com/orlando-kiss/calendar/11495560/

Tampa Bay, FL – St. Petersburg Times – 490 1st Ave S – gathering at 10:30am – there 2:00pm – see site: http://www.meetup.com/Pinellas-Patriots/calendar/11446664/ and also see North Pinellas 9.12 Project http://www.meetup.com/North-Pinellas-912-Project/calendar/11452896/

West Palm Beach, FL – interest! Send webmaster an email or link so others can start connecting!

Atlanta, GA – CNN Center (protest) Start gathering 10:30am – there until 2:00pm – http://www.northgeorgia912.com (register for updates!) Also, you can contact thebartletts5@mac.com
Note: For info on the ATL event, please go to northgeorgia912.com. This is protest, not a rally or march because 1.) we couldn’t meet the deadlines to get the required permits and 2.) other events going on that day downtown (Juvenile Diabetes Walk and Disney on Ice shows). So we can’t have speakers or bull horns or anything like a Tea Party. We will be providing the equivalent of race numbers to all attendees so we can get an accurate count and make sure that’s in the face of the media. We’ll be on the Marietta St. sidewalk from CNN Center to the AJC.

Boise, ID – http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=10&hash=33acca8b6d9116c61f83bd0d89302d2e#/event.php?eid=136164379258&index=1

Chicago, IL – Friday, October 16th – 4pm – 6pm – "March on Media" at ABC News Studios – 180 North State Street and then march to CBS News Studios 22 West Washington Street (both are on same block) –
On Saturday, October 17th there will be a "March on the Media Tea Party" at Millenium Park (11am – 1pm), Michigan Ave and Washington Street, in the park – see site: http://www.chicagoteapatriots.com/ and email: Chicagoteapatriots@gmail.com
Call Catherina W. at 312-662-8666 – For Facebook users also check: http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=10&hash=33acca8b6d9116c61f83bd0d89302d2e#/event.php?eid=133555903439&index=1

Indianapolis, IN – http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=153974857812&index=1

Boston, MA – organizing… please email: eads53@aol.com

Southfield or Troy, MICHIGAN – http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=137649059717&index=1 and http://kzooteaparty.ning.com/events/operation-can-you-hear-us-now and www.patriotsforamerica.ning.com/profile/janice

Kansas City, MO - KC Metro 9/12 group at http://missouri912.ning.com/group/kansascitymetro or email Email can be deannacat@gmail.comand also see http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=135729364311&index=1
(KSHB – NBC 41 – 4pm to 7pm)

Kansas City, MO – KMBC (ABC) – 3-5pm – contact andrealeigh33@gmail.com

St. Joseph, MO – 11am – 12pm - Belt Highway and Frederick Blvd. – email: maggiesiegmund@yahoo.com Site coming soon!

St. Louis, MO - KSDK Channel 5 – 12pm -1pm – http://stlouisteaparty.com/upcoming-events/ – Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=138794932338&index=1 and iheardthepeoplesay@gmail.com

Minneapolis, MN – KARE 11(NBC) -Connect with an organizer by emailing dstanoch@hotmail.com

Asheville, NC – WLOS (ABC) – Tea Party: http://ashevilleteaparty.wordpress.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all#/event.php?eid=142024001195&index=1

Charlotte, NC – http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=142121407186&index=1

Raleigh, NC - CBS (WRAL) – Western Blvd. - 12pm – 2pm – http://www.NCFreedom.us or David@NCFreedom.us

Wilmington, NC – Star News – http://www.meetup.com/Cape-Fear-Tea-Party-Patriots/

Winston-Salem, NC – 12pm – 3pm – NBC News – Winston-Salem 912 Group pamassetmgr@aol.com or Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=10&hash=33acca8b6d9116c61f83bd0d89302d2e#/event.php?eid=185185351392&index=1

Omaha, NE – Sarpy County 912 Project – location tba – connect with interim leader – jerrycanderson@cox.net

Manchester, NH – WMUR – 11:00am – 12:30pm – S. Commercial St. & Granite – http://www.meetup.com/nh912project/ and http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=140311569490&index=1

New York City, NY – Several groups! Campaign for Liberty -http://www.meetup.com/Campaign-for-Liberty-suffolk-county-long-island-chapter/calendar/11398697/ -

9-12 Project of Greater NYC http://www.meetup.com/The-9-12-Project-of-NYC/calendar/11398725/ Also see standupusa@comcast.net
NYC and http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=10&hash=33acca8b6d9116c61f83bd0d89302d2e#/event.php?eid=139282895115&index=1

Rochester, NY – http://www.wesurroundrochester.com/calendar/11416686/

Syracuse, NY – Caravan from Syracuse to Rochester – site: http://www.meetup.com/CNY-Sons-and-Daughters-of-Liberty/?a=wm1_gn

Cleveland, OH - Friday, October 16th – 4:30pm – 6:30pm - The Plain Dealer – 1801 Superior Ave. email: dianaprice49@yahoo.com facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=143526871127&index=1

Cincinatti, OH – Cincinatti Enquirer – Time tba – contact louis1411@fuse.net
(other groups are forming for other cities) contact me for specifics

Dayton, OH – in planning – visiting our local Dayton Daily News and hopefully some of our local broadcast networks – email: ranebeau20@hotmail.com

Zanesville, OH – Time Recorder Newspaper 12pm – 3pm – 34 S. 4th Street – http://www.ZanesvillePatriots.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=10&hash=33acca8b6d9116c61f83bd0d89302d2e#/event.php?eid=152316254896&index=1

Tulsa, OK – NBC KJRH Ch. 2 – 3703 Peoria – 3pm - 5pm - http://tulsateaparty.org/Events.html and Email: tlacount@cox.net http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=10&hash=33acca8b6d9116c61f83bd0d89302d2e#/event.php?eid=139107438445&index=1

Coos Bay, OR - 11am – 2pm – place tba http://www.resistnet.com/events/event/show?id=2600775%3AEvent%3A1656878

Eugene, OR - 3pm – 6pm – NBC KMTR - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134519529204

Medford, OR - Meet up at Hawthorne Park at noon – hear speakers – march over to Ch 5 – there until 3pm – KOBI Channel 5 – 125 S. Fir Street.
Email: john12515@hotmail.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=298532460432&index=1

Portland, OR - Friday, October 16th – 6:00pm – 8:00pm at The Oregonian, then march to KGW in Pioneer Square – email: conservativenw@gmail.com -
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=279959685141

Roseburg, OR - paulaspolitics@hughes.net

Salem, OR - interest just started http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=140309307430&index=1

Springfield, OR - KMTR News Source 6 – 11am – 1pm – 3825 International Court – (Off I-5 towards Gateway Mall, Turn left on Gateway St, Take the 2nd right onto International Way, Take the 1st left on International Ct) – email: JQPublic_Protest@gmx.com

Allentown, PA - The Morning Call Paper – Saturday, October 17th – 10:00am – 12:00pm – 101 N. 6th Street – site: http://www.meetup.com/We-The-People-of-the-Lehigh-Valley-PA/

Northeast PA - http://nepateaparty.com/

Philadelphia, PA - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137811713811&index=1 and 9/12 group: http://www.the912project-pa.org/statevents/categoryevents/1
also email: dahurd@comcast.net

Pittsburg, PA - 3 different sites & events – http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=10&hash=33acca8b6d9116c61f83bd0d89302d2e#/event.php?eid=135781914375&index=1
and p/12 site: http://www.the912project-pa.org/statevents/categoryevents/1

Scranton, PA - WNEP TV 16 – 11am – 1pm at 16 Montage Mountain Rd - Scrantonteaparty@aol.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157316526022 and 9/12 site: http://www.the912project-pa.org/statevents/categoryevents/1

Knoxville, TN - In planning stage – hurry and contact antonio01248@yahoo.com
or call 865 292 3323

Austin, TX - KXAN - 3:00pm – 6:00pm http://www.meetup.com/tax-day-tea-party-austin-tx/calendar/11417069/

Dallas, TX - http://dallasteaparty.org/ (see upcoming events page)

Houston, Tx - Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm – Locations:Channels 2 (NBC) 8181 Southwest Freeway , Channel 11 (CBS) 1945 Allen ParkwayChannel 13 (ABC) 3310 Bissonete. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=142427502750&index=1 Email: gingerdr@sbcglobal.net
Tea Party Site: http://www.thewoodlandsteaparty.com/2009/09/23/operation-can-you-hear-us-now-march-on-media/

San Antonio, TX - http://sanantonioteaparty.org/events/

Richmond, VA – WTVR 6 – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133612013557

Richmond, VA – WWBT – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150258688128

Richmond, VA – WRIC TV 8 – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135004429718

Olympia, WA - 3pm – 6pm – The Olympian – Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=30&hash=267261e8aa6c0c71cce69204ccae0b74#/event.php?eid=134074319217 or email: seaski2008@hotmail.com

Seattle, WA – Seattle Times – 3pm – 6pm – Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=30&hash=267261e8aa6c0c71cce69204ccae0b74#/event.php?eid=134074319217 or email: seaski2008@hotmail.com

Tacoma, WA - 3pm – 6pm – Tacoma Tribune – Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CanYouHearUsNow?v=app_2344061033&vm=all&s=30&hash=267261e8aa6c0c71cce69204ccae0b74#/event.php?eid=134074319217 or email: seaski2008@hotmail.com

Green Bay, WI – WGBA 26 (NBC) – 1:00pm – 4:00pm – 1391 North Road – Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157600343840 or email: scott.hamilton49@yahoo.com

Milwaukee, WI – http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=140758225582&index=1