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				<title>Glenn joined the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </title>
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				<title>Anthony Mucciolo posted an update in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots : For those who hold out hope for real change, this will be [&#8230;]</title>
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						<p><a href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/amucciolo/" title="Anthony Mucciolo" rel="nofollow">Anthony Mucciolo</a> posted an update in the group <a href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a> For those who hold out hope for real change, this will be well worth your reading, and sharing. We need a New Revitalized Republican Party, and every conservative and libertarian who aspire to run for the Congress and the Senate in 2014 will most likely defeat their counterparts if they include all or most of these positions in their platform. The people want us to run a positive campaign – telling them what we stand for, and what we will do to change the future of America – rather than lambasting our opponents. WE are a people desirous of a limited federal government, but we need a definitive plan: For example, what is our “Plan for reducing the tax burden?” We can advance a plan advocating these first 5 positions:</p>
<p>1. financial responsibility and accountability insuring that all investments made with tax payer funds be examined and decided on the basis of a sound business plan, adequate capital investment of its partners and stock holders, and the expectation of long-term success; and further, that all profits, interest, earnings on property and securities from whatsoever source are proportioned back to the states and the taxpayers;</p>
<p>2. demanding and receiving from all nations to whom we provide security, payment for the expenses incurred by our government and its taxpayers to furnish them with our military personnel, equipment, ordinance, and safe quarters while on their lands; and to further insure the paid medical care of all wounded in action both short term and permanent, coupled with a sustainable monthly allowance to support their families, and paying a delegated amount to the families of all killed in action, or as a result of being stationed on their land;</p>
<p>3. imposing work demands upon all prisoners sentenced to incarceration for more than 90 days, to provide for their detention expenses, daily necessities, and to provide for the welfare of their dependents; actions that will greatly diminish the tax burden on the American people;</p>
<p>4. taxation on the purchase and consumption of goods rather than personal or business incomes, a principle supported by Alexander Hamilton in the 14th Federalist paper;</p>
<p>5. eliminate the Department of Education and restore to the states their proper right to exercise full oversight and controls over the education and curricula of all educational institutions within its jurisdictions;</p>
<p>6. restoration of religious expressions and practice without hindrance; </p>
<p>7. the right to bear arms in every city and state in the union for our self protection without unnecessary restraint and limitation, for the purpose of securing our persons and property from both foreign and domestic terrorism and threats; excepting only the right to disarm those who are, or become, members of known and recognized terrorist groups and gangs;</p>
<p>8. the security as before provided for all generations in the Bill of Rights, and a government transparent to, and accountable to, the people and Congress of the United States.</p>
<p>9. that all laws, regulations, taxes, and restrictions imposed on the citizens must be equally obligatory and enforceable on every member and employee of the federal government and its assigns without exception. </p>
<p>These policy positions are firmly embodied in the duties, obligations, and responsibilities inherent in the laws of fiduciary responsibility and trusteeship which was made incumbent upon the federal government when our forefathers “vested” certain cherished financial trusts, invaluable sovereign and sacred rights, and other “treasures” of great value to the states, they placed under its protections; whose duty it is to protect, defend, and secure these certain and valued rights and trusts committed to them and enumerated in the document we refer to as the Constitution of the United States.</p>
<p>Therefore, I submit to the peace-loving people of this district, and this state that no one entrenched in the foxholes of government domination is going to “give back” the rights they have usurped for their own enrichment. IT BECOMES THEREFORE, ENCUMBENT UPON US, the Common People, TO REPLACE those in the Congress and Senate who have not left their secure foxholes, have not condemned the usurpation of the people’s rights and liberties, have not attempted to restrain the appropriation of additional powers from the states, and have not taken steps to limit the powers of the government, nor have begun to initiate action to restore our sacred rights, even those who have enriched themselves at the expense of the governed.<br />
 Of particular mention, we must examine the record of those who profess themselves to be conservative Republicans, and determine if they have STOOD THEIR GROUND in DEFIANCE of these illegal and unconstitutional acts, or caved in to the demands of this administration to further encroach upon and usurp our rights; and if it be determined they have not stood their ground in defense of the sacred trust committed to their keeping, THEY MUST, of NECESSITY, ALSO BE RESPLACED. </p>
<p>I am advocating for the election of individuals committed to supporting and defending the principles and the sacred confidence originally vested by our forefathers in the federal government: individuals who will engage in a strong, determined, yet peaceable means of restoring our government to its proper place of strength in matters foreign and domestic.</p>
<p>Of grave importance, they must immediately begin to create a stable environment aimed at alleviating the fears of the electorate who have begun to question the government’s loyalty to uphold the sacred fiduciary trust delegated to it by the people. </p>
<p>It is reported that our government is preparing the military and police for a national revolt. If this is true, I submit that the fear and apprehension within the hearts of Americans losing hope of a bright and successful future for themselves and their children is well documented by the administration. Otherwise, why the preparation? But should a government wary of revolt prepare to kill its own citizens instead of making the changes necessary to promote the peace and general welfare of its citizens? Is our government going to mimic the insufferable tragedies upon us that King Assad of Syria, is waging against his own people -choosing to kill his own people rather than give way to progressive change? Is this the future we envision for ourselves and our loved ones?</p>
<p>Revolution may be at our doorsteps, but do we welcome it? Do we support an uprising that will devastate our nation and bring death and misery to its citizens; or do we make every attempt to deter violence and put the people at rest? We must breathe the fresh air of a legitimate hope and change policy in an attempt to restore the hope that our government will be restored. That our policies will bring about economic recovery and stability, a definite increase in employment opportunities, lower taxes, and establishing the bond of unity between a people that have been so divided against each other. This is the only way that I know of to avoid the much anticipated bloodshed.</p>
<p>Once again, the weight and burden is upon us, the people, to vote the opportunists out of office and to vote those among us into office who share our core values and virtues, and who desire the blessings of God upon our nation and our children to the third and fourth generations of those who believe in Him.<br />
 I have presented a peaceable plan of action that will not advance the violence the government is anticipating. As Congressman Paul Ryan was known to say many times, “WE CAN DO THIS!”</p>
<p>A major portion of this text was taken from a speech I gave before a Republican assembly when I ran for Congress in 1986. It was a message out of time, and will undoubtedly have a far greater influence if I were to give it today. Nevertheless, it is a positive message, and while we may make certain statements to point out the actions of those in government, we must refrain from using names and deliberate personal attacks. This is what we all desire, “Tell me what YOU are going to do to make a difference – We already know what the other isn’t doing, or DID!”</p>
<p>I would be more than honored to see the essence of this message being proclaimed by every candidate running for office in 2014, because I believe this message is timely, impossible to contradict or successfully dispute, and I am convinced if it is included in the platform of the New Revitalized Republican Party, the true Party of the People, it will result in many victories for Conservative Christians, Friends of Israel, and people of virtue of all faiths. If called upon, I would be honored to present this message personally before the citizens of your communities. But, it is far more important, of grave importance, to get this message into the hands of those who would be faithful candidates and elected officials for federal office in 2014. If you believe this is the message for today, then spread the word as quickly and with as much energy as you possess. Let this be our charge, the conviction of our hearts, “We must have the majority in the Senate and in the House!” </p>
<p>Thank you and God bless all your efforts and successes. </p>
<p>Rev. Anthony Mucciolo<br />
 <a href="mailto:tonymorro@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">tonymorro@gmail.com</a></p>

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				<title>Anthony Mucciolo joined the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </title>
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				<title>Grace G. joined the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </title>
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				<title>Donald Rich started the forum topic National State Legislators Group Unveils Plan to End Birthright Citizenship in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </title>
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						<p><a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/flanative/" title="Donald Rich" rel="nofollow">Donald Rich</a> started the forum topic <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/forum/topic/national-state-legislators-group-unveils-plan-to-end-birthright-citizenship/" rel="nofollow">National State Legislators Group Unveils Plan to End Birthright Citizenship</a> in the group <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a>  A coalition of state legislators from 40 states unveiled a plan this morning to end the practice of giving automatic citizenship to all children born in the United States. Led by Pennsylvania State Rep. Daryl [&#8230;]</p>

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				<title>Donald Rich started the forum topic Florida Billboard Calls Out Gov. Scott on Illegal Immigration in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </title>
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						<p><a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/flanative/" title="Donald Rich" rel="nofollow">Donald Rich</a> started the forum topic <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/forum/topic/florida-billboard-calls-out-gov-scott-on-illegal-immigration/" rel="nofollow">Florida Billboard Calls Out Gov. Scott on Illegal Immigration</a> in the group <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a>  A new billboard produced by Floridians for Immigration Control calls out Gov. Rick Scott (R) for the state's failure to adopt an E-Verify law. </p>
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				<title>Donald Rich started the forum topic Senators Charge DHS and State Department of Ignoring Welfare Reliance when Awarding Green Cards in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </title>
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						<p><a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/flanative/" title="Donald Rich" rel="nofollow">Donald Rich</a> started the forum topic <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/forum/topic/senators-charge-dhs-and-state-department-of-ignoring-welfare-reliance-when-awarding-green-cards/" rel="nofollow">Senators Charge DHS and State Department of Ignoring Welfare Reliance when Awarding Green Cards</a> in the group <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a> The ranking GOP members of the Senate Budget, Finance, Judiciary and Agriculture Committees accused the State and Homeland Security departments of prohibiting officials from considering the likelihood an [&#8230;]</p>

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				<title>Donald Rich started the forum topic Case for a bigger &#38; better Tea Party in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </title>
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						<p><a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/flanative/" title="Donald Rich" rel="nofollow">Donald Rich</a> started the forum topic <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/forum/topic/case-for-a-bigger-better-tea-party/" rel="nofollow">Case for a bigger &#038; better Tea Party</a> in the group <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a> As a coordinator of a local Tea Party Patriot group my view of the overall Tea Party leaves a lot to be desired and needs to evolve to become a greater force in our nation and its "reform".  </p>
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				<title>Donald Rich posted an update in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots : Brigitte Gabriel to Speak in St. Augustine, Florida!

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						<p><a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/flanative/" title="Donald Rich" rel="nofollow">Donald Rich</a> posted an update in the group <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a> Brigitte Gabriel to Speak in St. Augustine, Florida!</p>
<p>Dear Patriot; </p>
<p>It is my privilege to invite you to a special event featuring Brigitte Gabriel, Founder and President of ACT! for America. This event is free and open to the public and will be held at the following: </p>
<p>Crescent Beach Baptist Church<br />
885 State Road 206 E<br />
St. Augustine, FL  32086</p>
<p>Monday, September 10th at 7 pm</p>
<p>The events over the past eighteen months have been a sobering wake-up call to America. Without question, the threats radical Islam poses to America have increased. </p>
<p>Brigitte will discuss these threats to our security and our freedoms, such as… </p>
<p>The growing threat of homegrown jihad, with the number of such jihadist plots skyrocketing over the past two years.</p>
<p>How terrorists are exploiting our porous southern border, often working with drug cartels.</p>
<p>The increasingly militant—and successful—effort by Islamists worldwide to suppress free speech and criminalize any criticism of Islam.</p>
<p>The growing Muslim Brotherhood threat and how Islamic sharia law is creeping into America.</p>
<p>How the history and doctrines of Islam are being misrepresented in public school textbooks and classrooms.</p>
<p>For a taste of what is in store for you, check out one of Brigitte’s recent speeches at an event in Nashville, Tennessee:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tennessean.com/VideoNetwork/1271237687001/ACT-for-America-founder-speaks-at-anti-Shariah-conference-in-Nashville" rel="nofollow">http://www.tennessean.com/VideoNetwork/1271237687001/ACT-for-America-founder-speaks-at-anti-Shariah-conference-in-Nashville</a></p>
<p>But even more important than this, Brigitte will spell out the strategies and tactics ACT! for America is employing to effectively fight back against these threats.</p>
<p>Brigitte’s message will be illuminating, at times disturbing and even shocking—but ultimately inspiring, empowering, and filled with hope! </p>
<p>You will hear first-hand how ACT! for America is successfully rolling back the tide of radical Islam…how we are winning legislative victories…how we don’t have to live in fear or resign ourselves to the inevitability of the threats arrayed against us...and how we will prevail.</p>
<p>I also encourage you to email this to people you know who might be interested in attending. A few years ago we did an event like this in Indiana and one of our members in Oregon found out about it and emailed a friend in Indiana—who then brought 21 people to the event!!</p>
<p>We’re sending this email to our members in Florida and Georgia because we know from prior experience, that many people are willing to travel to hear Brigitte speak and they forward announcements like these to people they know who live in the area. </p>
<p>I know those of you who have heard Brigitte will agree—you don’t want to miss this! It will be an event people will be talking about for a long time to come! </p>
<p>Invite your friends and come join us in St. Augustine, Florida!  We look forward to seeing you on September 10th.</p>
<p>Yours for a Safe and Free America, </p>
<p>Guy Rodgers<br />
Executive Director</p>
<p>I propose we "caravan" to St. Augustine..anyone interested please contact me directly at <a href="mailto:flanative66@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow">flanative66@yahoo.com</a> <a class="buddyboss-pics-picture-link" href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/brigitte_photo_7.jpg" title="brigitte_photo_7" rel="nofollow">brigitte_photo_7</a></p>

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				<title>Donald Rich posted an update in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots : US starts landmark Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam

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						<p><a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/flanative/" title="Donald Rich" rel="nofollow">Donald Rich</a> posted an update in the group <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a> US starts landmark Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam</p>
<p>DANANG, Vietnam (AP) — Vo Duoc fights back tears while sharing the news that broke his heart: A few days ago he received test results confirming he and 11 family members have elevated levels of dioxin lingering in their blood.</p>
<p>The family lives in a two-story house near a former U.S. military base in Danang where the defoliant Agent Orange was stored during the Vietnam War, which ended nearly four decades ago. Duoc, 58, sells steel for a living and has diabetes, while his wife battles breast cancer and their daughter has remained childless after suffering repeated miscarriages. For years, Duoc thought the ailments were unrelated, but after seeing the blood tests he now suspects his family unwittingly ingested dioxin from Agent Orange-contaminated fish, vegetables and well water.</p>
<p>Dioxin, a persistent chemical linked to cancer, birth defects and other disabilities, has seeped into Vietnam's soils and watersheds, creating a lasting war legacy that remains a thorny issue between the former foes. Washington has been slow to respond, but on Thursday the U.S. for the first time will begin cleaning up dioxin from Agent Orange that was stored at the former military base, now part of Danang's airport.</p>
<p>"It's better late than never that the U.S. government is cleaning up the environment for our children," Duoc said in Danang, surrounded by family members sitting on plastic stools. "They have to do as much as possible and as quickly as possible."</p>
<p>The $43 million project begins as Vietnam and the U.S. forge closer ties to boost trade and counter China's rising influence in the disputed South China Sea.</p>
<p>Although the countries' economic and military ties are blossoming, progress on addressing the dioxin legacy has been slow. Washington still disputes a claim by Hanoi that between 3 million to 4 million Vietnamese were affected by toxic chemicals sprayed by U.S. planes during the war to eliminate jungle cover for guerrilla fighters, arguing that the actual number is far lower and other environmental factors are to blame for the health issues.</p>
<p>That position irks Vietnamese, who say the United States maintains a double standard in acknowledging the consequences of Agent Orange.</p>
<p>The U.S. has given billions of dollars in disability payments to American servicemen who developed illnesses associated with dioxin after exposure to the defoliant during the Vietnam War.</p>
<p>In 2004, a group of Vietnamese citizens filed suit in a U.S. court against companies that produced the chemical, but the case was dismissed and the Supreme Court declined to take it up.</p>
<p>Until a few years ago, Washington took a defensive position whenever Agent Orange was raised because no one had determined how much dioxin remained in Vietnam's soil and watersheds, and the U.S. worried about potential liabilities, said Susan Hammond, director of the War Legacies Project, a U.S. nonprofit organization that mainly focuses on the Agent Orange legacy from the Vietnam War.</p>
<p>"There was a lot of the blame game going on, and it led nowhere," Hammond said by telephone from Vermont. "But now at least progress is being made."</p>
<p>Over the past five years, Congress has appropriated about $49 million for environmental remediation and about $11 million to help people living with disabilities in Vietnam regardless of cause. Experts have identified three former U.S. air bases — in Danang in central Vietnam and the southern locations of Bien Hoa and Phu Cat — as hotspots where Agent Orange was mixed, stored and loaded onto planes.</p>
<p>The U.S. military dumped some 20 million gallons (75 million liters) of Agent Orange and other herbicides on about a quarter of former South Vietnam between 1962 and 1971.</p>
<p>The defoliant decimated about 5 million acres (2 million hectares) of forest — roughly the size of Massachusetts — and another 500,000 acres (202,000 hectares) of crops.</p>
<p>The war ended on April 30, 1975, when northern Communist forces seized control of Saigon, the U.S.-backed former capital of South Vietnam. The country was then reunified under a one-party Communist government. Following years of poverty and isolation, Vietnam shook hands with the U.S. in 1995 and normalized diplomatic relations.</p>
<p>Since then, the relationship has flourished and the two countries have become important trading partners. Military ties have also strengthened, with Vietnam looking to the U.S. amid rising tensions with China in the disputed South China Sea, which is believed to be rich in oil and gas reserves and is crossed by vital shipping lanes.</p>
<p>Although Washington remains a vocal critic of Vietnam's human rights record, it also views the country as a key ally in its push to re-engage militarily in the Asia-Pacific region. The U.S. says maintaining peace and freedom of navigation in the sea is in its national interest.</p>
<p>The Agent Orange issue has continued to blight the U.S.-Vietnam relationship because dioxin can linger in soils and at the bottom of lakes and rivers for generations, entering the food supply through the fat of fish and other animals.</p>
<p>Vietnam's Ministry of Defense and the U.S. now plan to excavate 73,000 cubic meters (2.5 million cubic feet) of soil from the airport and heat it to a high temperature in storage tanks until the dioxin is removed. The project is expected to be completed in four years.</p>
<p>Walter Isaacson, CEO of the Washington-based Aspen Institute, said Thursday's start "marks the coming together of our two countries to achieve a practical solution to dioxin contamination."</p>
<p>His organization coordinates the U.S-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin, which connects prominent American and Vietnamese scientists, health experts and former officials.</p>
<p>The group in May said that $450 million is needed to clean up dioxin hot spots, provide services to people with disabilities, and repair damaged landscapes across Vietnam over the next five years.</p>
<p>The U.S. is rolling out a $9 million project to address disabilities in Vietnam through 2015, but it continues to dispute Vietnam's claim that dioxin has caused health problems there. It remains unclear whether the U.S. will clean up all of Vietnam's dioxin, and how much it will allocate in the long term for people who claim to be Agent Orange victims.</p>
<p>A national action plan that Vietnam's government released in June lays out goals for dealing with Agent Orange, but does not give a price tag.</p>
<p>Every penny counts for Nguyen Thi Hien, who directs three rehabilitation and vocational training centers for 150 children and young adults with disabilities in Danang on a budget of roughly 100 million dong ($5,000) per month.</p>
<p>The children, busy drawing and making plastic flowers that are sold to raise funds, suffer from a range of physical and mental ailments that Hien says are linked to dioxin.</p>
<p>Vo Duoc, the steel salesman, will travel to the capital, Hanoi, next month to receive treatment for his diabetes. But he says he's more concerned about what will happen to his six grandchildren, who haven't yet been tested for dioxin.</p>
<p>"They had nothing to do with the war," Duoc said. "But I live in fear that they'll test positive like me."</p>

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				<title>Donald Rich posted an update in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots : Dear Patriot,

The results are in for the “2012 Tea Party [&#8230;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:32:35 +0000</pubDate>

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						<p><a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/flanative/" title="Donald Rich" rel="nofollow">Donald Rich</a> posted an update in the group <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a> Dear Patriot,</p>
<p>The results are in for the “2012 Tea Party Patriots Election Year Survey”! You and 136,000 American patriots helped make this survey a monumental success.</p>
<p>Our survey results show that Americans are ready for REAL CHANGE this election cycle. Overwhelmingly, patriots across the nation wish to see an end to the ever-growing federal government and national debt that has occurred under President Obama’s administration.</p>
<p>That is why this year’s elections are the most important in history!!! We need your help to make these opinions count!!!</p>
<p>Below are the results for each of the survey questions you answered. Percentages of responses for each answer are given:</p>
<p>"Do you support the Tea Party?"<br />
Yes: 97.17%<br />
No: 2.83%</p>
<p>"Have you ever attended a Tea Party rally, meeting, or event?"<br />
Yes: 35.08%<br />
No: 64.92%</p>
<p>"What political party do you identify yourself as?"<br />
Republican: 72.31%<br />
Democrat: 1.58%<br />
Independent: 22.12%<br />
Other: 3.99%</p>
<p>"The Tea Party's three core values are fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets. Do you feel that the President, Senate, and House of Representatives share these values?" (Check all that apply)<br />
President: 0.54%<br />
Senate: 1.08%<br />
House: 33.85%<br />
None of the Above: 64.53%</p>
<p>"In your view, how important is it for the President and Congress to observe the strict constitutional limits on federal government power?"<br />
Very Important: 98.24%<br />
Somewhat Important: 1.27%<br />
Not Important: 0.49%</p>
<p>"Do you believe that President Obama has upheld his oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic?"<br />
Yes: 2.18%<br />
No: 96.07%<br />
Unsure: 1.75%</p>
<p>"Are you more likely to vote for or against (in both the primary and general elections) your representatives in Congress if they supported the five trillion dollar increase in the national debt presided over by President Barack Obama?"<br />
For: 1.79%<br />
Against: 93.73%<br />
Unsure: 4.48%</p>
<p>"Do you think a second term for President Obama would mean a further increase in the size and power of the federal government?"<br />
Yes: 97.29%<br />
No: 2.05%<br />
Unsure: 0.66% </p>
<p>Please do not underestimate the importance of this survey. Tea Party Patriots is the nation's largest Tea Party group. Our grassroots programs will make a real difference in November.</p>
<p>Since the survey was a Tea Party initive and the respondents were largely Tea Party members the results favor the Tea Party's stance. </p>
<p>Donald Rich<br />
Group Coordinator</p>

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				<title>Donald Rich posted an update in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots : Your Legislators

Senator Bill Nelson 
Justice Center Annex [&#8230;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:15:49 +0000</pubDate>

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						<p><a href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/flanative/" title="Donald Rich" rel="nofollow">Donald Rich</a> posted an update in the group <a href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a> Your Legislators</p>
<p>Senator Bill Nelson<br />
Justice Center Annex Building 2000 Main Street Suite 801<br />
Fort Myers, FL 33901<br />
P: 239-334-7760<br />
F: 239-334-7710 </p>
<p>Senator Marco Rubio<br />
8669 Northwest 36th Street Suite 110<br />
Miami, FL 33166<br />
P: 305-418-8553<br />
F: Not Available </p>

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				<title>Donald Rich posted an update in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots : Welcome to John L, our newest group member</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:11:12 +0000</pubDate>

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						<p><a href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/flanative/" title="Donald Rich" rel="nofollow">Donald Rich</a> posted an update in the group <a href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a> Welcome to John L, our newest group member</p>

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				<title>Donald Rich posted an update in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots : Stop ObamaTax - Tell Your Senators While They're [&#8230;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:09:44 +0000</pubDate>

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						<p><a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/flanative/" title="Donald Rich" rel="nofollow">Donald Rich</a> posted an update in the group <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a> Stop ObamaTax - Tell Your Senators While They're Home</p>
<p>Patriots,</p>
<p> Two weeks ago we asked you to make phone calls to your Senators' offices in Washington, DC. We had a great response and one day we even heard reports that people were having trouble getting through to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office.</p>
<p> While often times it can seem as though these phone calls are useless, we saw last week that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was compelled to challenge Democrats on the floor of the Senate to allow a repeal vote for ObamaCare. </p>
<p> While Congress has gone home for the August recess, this is no time for us to rest. This week we are asking you to call your Senators' local offices and urging them to push for a repeal vote in the Senate. Harry Reid is doing everything he can to prevent this from happening, but we need to pressure the other Senators to put the pressure on him. It is time they stop standing in the way of the will of the American people. Make your voices heard today!</p>
<p>Donald Rich<br />
Group Coordinator</p>

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				<title>John L joined the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </title>
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				<title>Donald Rich started the forum topic My Contribution to Social Security in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:36:01 +0000</pubDate>

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						<p><a href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/flanative/" title="Donald Rich" rel="nofollow">Donald Rich</a> started the forum topic <a href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/forum/topic/my-contribution-to-social-security/" rel="nofollow">My Contribution to Social Security</a> in the group <a href="http://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a> Or Why Social Security is Going Broke</p>
<p>Yesterday I went on-line and checked my Social Security statement and saw that in my "working lifetime" I paid a total of about $25,000.00 into my Social Security "trust [&#8230;]</p>

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				<title>Donald Rich posted an update in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots : Reprint from The Freedom Outpost

Obama Issues Racist [&#8230;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:03:28 +0000</pubDate>

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						<p><a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/members/flanative/" title="Donald Rich" rel="nofollow">Donald Rich</a> posted an update in the group <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/groups/south-hillsborough-tea-party-patriots-/" rel="nofollow">South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </a> Reprint from The Freedom Outpost</p>
<p>Obama Issues Racist Executive Order:</p>
<p>On Thursday Barack Obama Issued a racist Executive Order. The Order titled, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans sets forth a new policy for a group of people that is pretty vast is just taken at face value. After all, this could also refer to many whites because Africa is a continent, not a nation. However, the people in view here are those with dark skin, not Caucasians.</p>
<p>Here’s Obama’s policy:</p>
<p>Over the course of America’s history, African American men and women have strengthened our Nation, including by leading reforms, overcoming obstacles, and breaking down barriers. In the less than 60 years since the Brown v. Board of Education decision put America on a path toward equal educational opportunity, America’s educational system has undergone a remarkable transformation, and many African American children who attended the substandard segregated schools of the 1950s have grown up to see their children attend integrated elementary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities.</p>
<p>However, substantial obstacles to equal educational opportunity still remain in America’s educational system. African Americans lack equal access to highly effective teachers and principals, safe schools, and challenging college-preparatory classes, and they disproportionately experience school discipline and referrals to special education. African American student achievement not only lags behind that of their domestic peers by an average of two grade levels, but also behind students in almost every other developed nation. Over a third of African American students do not graduate from high school on time with a regular high school diploma, and only four percent of African American high school graduates interested in college are college-ready across a range of subjects. An even greater number of African American males do not graduate with a regular high school diploma, and African American males also experience disparate rates of incarceration.</p>
<p>Significantly improving the educational outcomes of African Americans will provide substantial benefits for our country by, among other things, increasing college completion rates, productivity, employment rates, and the number of African American teachers. Enhanced educational outcomes lead to more productive careers, improved economic opportunity, and greater social well-being for all Americans. Complementing the role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in preparing generations of African American students for successful careers, and the work of my Administration’s separate White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, this new Initiative’s focus on improving all the sequential levels of education will produce a more effective educational continuum for all African American students.</p>
<p>To reach the ambitious education goals we we set for our Nation, as well as to ensure equality of access and opportunity for all, we must provide the support that will enable African American students to improve their level of educational achievement through rigorous and well-rounded academic and support services that will prepare them for college, a career, and a lifetime of learning.</p>
<p>So we are going to do something different for black children than for whites? Hmmmm, I’m thinking there needs to be a new organization called the NAAWP (National Association for the Advancement of White People). I’m sure that would get the movers and shakers in our nation talking. Why is it that there can be special treatment for a particular ethnic group and it not be considered racist, but if I wanted to form the “National Society of Whities” it would be?</p>
<p>The EO’s mission states:</p>
<p>(1) The Initiative will help to restore the United States to its role as the global leader in education; strengthen the Nation by improving educational outcomes for African Americans of all ages; and help ensure that African Americans receive a complete and competitive education that prepares them for college, a satisfying career, and productive citizenship.</p>
<p>(2) The Initiative will complement and reinforce the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative established by Executive Order 13532 of February 26, 2010, and together, they both will support enhanced educational outcomes for African Americans at every level of the American education system, including early childhood education; elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education; career and technical education; and adult education.</p>
<p>(3) To help expand educational opportunities, improve educational outcomes, and deliver a complete and competitive education for all African Americans.</p>
<p>All of this is not about “restoring the United States to its role as the global leader in education.” It is about preferential treatment based on color of skin and even worse it’s at the federal level. The federal government has to be the worst place to think about setting policy for education. Because of the federal government’s intervention in education America now lags behind Russia and Finland in literacy. We also fall well behind many countries in math and science.</p>
<p>By the way, lots of nice new shiny official titles will be given out and lots of bureaucratic committees and such will be formed. I assume Barack Obama will also claim that this creates jobs for which he’ll pat himself on the back. This is a serious demonstration of racism in the White House and yes I’m calling the President of the United States a racist. I’m sure Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and the Congressional Black Caucus will be 1005 behind this special treatment of an ethnic group.</p>
<p>Editor’s note: I am not racist. I used the NAAWP and the National Society of Whities in jest.</p>
<p>Read more: <a href="http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/07/obama-issues-racist-executive-order/#ixzz21lupEtVH" rel="nofollow">http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/07/obama-issues-racist-executive-order/#ixzz21lupEtVH</a></p>

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				<title>Raymond Disanto joined the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:47:16 +0000</pubDate>

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				<title>Cynthia Disanto joined the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots </title>
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				<title>DocR posted an update in the group South Hillsborough Tea Party Patriots : DocR is the "Display Name" for Charles C. Richards, M.D., [&#8230;]</title>
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