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Central Virginia Tea Partiers Take Protest to Washington
Members of the Jefferson Area Tea Party are back home in central Virginia after traveling to the nations capitol for the ‘Road to Repeal' rally Saturday.
The Supreme Court will tackle the constitutionality of President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act next week. It is a piece of legislation tea partiers have preached endlessly against, giving it its nickname - "Obamacare."
Garbage In, Garbage Out at the TJPDC
FORUM WATCH EDITORIAL
By Neil Williamson, President
The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission’s (TJPDC) 1-community Livability Project is at it again. Full Story
Support Our Troops
The Albemarle Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is offering a 100% cotton throw to raise funds to support the physical, psychological, and social needs of active-duty military and veterans.
Events Calendar
Monday, May 21
City Council meeting
7:00 p.m.
City Hall
Thursday May 24
6:00 p.m., Hibachi Grill
Guest Speakers
E.W. Jackson
Bob Marshall
Candidates
in the Republican primary
for U.S. Senate
Dr Battig presents April 14, 2012 at the James Madison Tea Party
Dr Battig presents
at the Albemarle County
Board of Supervisors
About Dr. Battig
Dr. Charles Battig, an M.D., electrical engineer, and Jefferson Tea Party member, also serves as President of the Piedmont Chapter of the Virginia Scientists and Engineers for Energy and Environment.
Dr. Battig regularly presents evidence on the global warming hoax to governmental bodies and speaks to organizations on request.
“The New Debate in the Republican Party Needs to be Between Conservatives and Libertarians”
Congressman Robert Hurt Addresses the Albemarle County Republican Committee Meeting - 4-14-12 - Video Provided by Welborn Freedom Watch
U.S. Senate Republican debates
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Senate Approves Bill to install Black Boxes in your car and record what your car is doing
Inside the Bill: IRS authorized to revoke passports
"Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century or MAP-21."
Bill Places Mandatory Data Recording Devices in all Automobiles Starting in 2015
And Authorizes IRS to Revoke Passports if Taxpayer Owes $50,000 or more
Who's Watching You Now
Gross National Debt
"Tea Party time"
Daily Progress offers 3rd anniversary salute to the JATP
Congratulations to the Jefferson Area Tea Party for three years of influencing the local scene. One would expect the president for whom the local tea party is named would be pleased to see citizens passionately engaged in public affairs, including advocating for limited government and fiscal responsibility.
JATP responds to VA 5th Congressional District candidate John Douglass' accusations
Mr. Douglass accused the Tea Party of.... Read about it here
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A Clear Explanation
Rally for Religious Freedom in Charlottesville
March 23, 2012 Newsplex.com
More than 100 people representing several local religious organizations gathered in front of the Federal Courthouse building in downtown Charlottesville to “Stand Up For Religious Freedom.” Full Story & Photos
The incredible shrinking U.S. labor force
Washington Post, May 4, 2012
If the same percentage of adults were in the workforce today as when Barack Obama took office, the unemployment rate would be 11.1 percent. If the percentage was where it was when George W. Bush took office, the unemployment rate would be 13.1 percent.
....the story is clearly that the labor force is shrinking because the bad economy is driving workers out
....a trend that has worrying implications for future growth. The percentage of Americans in the labor force has been declining for more than a decade. Full Story
The Death of Privacy
by Bits and Bytes
By Charles Battig, in The American Thinker, May 6, 2012
Your personal privacy is going to be hung out and left twisting in the wind via the invasion of smart-chip-equipped appliances into your home communicating with your smart meter and beyond. Full Story
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Saying No to State Bailouts
By KEVIN BRADY and JIM DEMINT, Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2012
Congress must make plain that American taxpayers will not protect states from the consequences of their policies.
It is becoming clear that the only way to force recalcitrant states to put fiscal reform on the table is for Congress to take state bailouts off of it. Recent experience on Wall Street and in Athens suggests that if decision makers in Illinois, New York, California or anywhere else believe Washington will bail them out of their fiscal mismanagement, we cannot expect any self-directed reform from them.
As our report concludes, Congress must—in word and if necessary in law—make plain that the taxpayers will not protect these states from the consequences of their policies. Read More
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