The Declaration of Independence 2010

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"Tea Party of Louisiana Member Meeting”

MONDAY February 27, 2012, 6:30PM-7:30PM

At TJ Ribs Restaurant (Private Banquet Room)

(2324 S Acadian Thrwy – Right off I-10 Exit)

The Tea Party of Louisiana will host a Q & A

“Member Meeting” with YOU as featured guest speakers

Time for You to Voice Your Opinions on changes you want

We want to hear from you on matters you find important at

the local, state or national level to add to our 2012 agenda.

The Tea Party of Louisiana Board would like

to thank all of our members for supporting TPoL on

positions we taken, on matters we felt were important to

our State & Country’s future.

Seating is limited, so please confirm your attendance with

reply at events@teapartyoflouisiana.net

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Our Government to Our Constitution!!!

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CHANGE!!!

Of course, the clueless media won't announce facts

like these because it makes their 'messiah' look like

the fake he actually is!! eb

	January 2009	TODAY	% chg	^Source
Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S.	$1.83	$3.104	69.6%	¹
Crude oil, European Brent (barrel)	$43.48	$99.02	127.7%	²
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)	$38.74	$91.38	135.9%	²
Gold: London (per troy oz.)	$853.25	$1,369.50	60.5%	²
Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL	$3.56	$6.33	78.1%	²
Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL	$9.66	$13.75	42.3%	²
Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob	$13.37	$35.39	164.7%	²
Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall	7.6%	9.4%	23.7%	³
Unemployment rate, blacks	12.6%	15.8%	25.4%	³
Number of unemployed	11,616,000	14,485,000	24.7%	³
Number of fed. employees, ex. military (curr = 12/10 prelim)	2,779,000	2,840,000	2.2%	³
Real median household income (2008 v 2009)	$50,112	$49,777	-0.7%	⁴
Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10)	31,983,716	43,200,878	35.1%	⁵
Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10)	7,526,598	9,193,838	22.2%	⁶
Number of long-term unemployed	2,600,000	6,400,000	146.2%	³
Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009)	13.2%	14.3%	8.3%	⁴
People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009)	39,800,000	43,600,000	9.5%	⁴
U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings	5	9	n/a	¹⁰
Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10)	29.9	23.5	-21.4%	¹¹
Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date)	140	164	17.1%	¹²
U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate	89.76	82.03	-8.6%	²
U.S. money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)	1,575.1	1,865.7	18.4%	¹³
U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)	8,310.9	8,852.3	6.5%	¹³
National debt, in trillions	$10.627	$14.052	32.2%	¹⁴

Just take this last item: In the last two years

we have accumulated national debt at a rate more

than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire

nation's history. Over 27 times as fast. Metaphorically

speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH

and a car rockets past you in the left lane. 27 times faster,

it would be doing 7,555 MPH!

Sources:

(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal;

(3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA;

(6) U.S. Dept. of Labor; (7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller;

(9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board;

(12) FDIC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury

PRESS RELEASE February 7, 2011 - For Immediate Release Tea Party of Louisiana Calls for NEW Louisiana State Senate President !!!

(Baton Rouge) “The Tea Party of Louisiana (TPoL) calls for NEW Louisiana Senate President,” Tea Party of Louisiana Spokesman Bob Reid said. “The current Economic & Political times demand NEW Conservative Leadership in our Louisiana Senate,” Reid added. “The Tea Party of Louisiana is calling for a STRONG CONSERVATIVE LEADER to replace the current Liberal, Trial Lawyer Democrat as our new Louisiana State Senate President,” Reid explained.

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The Declaration of Independence 2010

by Russell D. Longcore

Envision this scene: A group of patriots gather in a hall in Philadelphia in a steamy late-June 1776 to make plans for a secession…a revolution. So they set about enumerating the many acts of tyranny committed by King George and his minions against the British citizens of the colonies.

A Virginia aristocrat named Thomas Jefferson was given the task of drafting the document. In mere days, he writes a document which will come to be regarded as the most important statement of human freedom in the history of mankind.

Many scholars believe that Jefferson meant for the Declaration of Independence to be performed, not just read by individuals. The flow of the words and the cadence of the phrases are an invitation to the human voice and the human ear.

The greatest value of the Declaration of Independence is its function as a compass needle, pointing always to that true north of the ideals declared within it. No matter how far We the People have strayed from its ideals, we have only to acknowledge our errors and return to the fundamental values published therein. For only in this document do we find the template for human liberty and governance.

Fulfilling the goals of any Declaration of Independence is a struggle that demands constant vigilance. We have all borne the tyranny visited upon us when we have taken our eyes off liberty’s compass. And though the struggle to return to true liberty may be perilous and arduous, it will also be ennobling. We still desire the sweet fruits of liberty, and our progeny still need heroes.

It is with great pleasure and pride that I present to you an interpretive reading of the 1776 Declaration of Independence. May liberty-loving men and women re-dedicate their Lives, their Fortunes and their Sacred Honor to the quest to be Free and Independent States once more.