JS4Pat
04-20-2010, 11:48 AM
The Liberty Movement: Unite or Die
April 20,2010
Article by:
Kristi Dunn, John Stevens and Erik Setzer, Republican Liberty Caucus
FeedBack and input provided by:
Pat Mcbride, First Coast Tea Party member
Clive Rickett, Libertarian Party member
Allison Gibbs, Ladies of Liberty
Scott Oliver, Campaign for Liberty
There has been a movement afoot in American politics for decades now, a movement that has an under-current all its own, and one that works both from inside and outside the current two-party system. It is a movement that is fighting for the America that our Founders envisioned.
There are many names for this movement, but I believe the one that encompasses the feelings of all those involved would be the Liberty Movement. I say this because I feel it truly started back in December of 1773, when a group of men known as the “Sons of Liberty” boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped tea into the water. The colonists believed the East India Company had engaged lobbyists to coerce Parliament, and they were convinced the government was selling them out to big business. The Sons of Liberty saw this as an attempt to control their freedoms. And out of their fight for liberty, the Liberty Movement was born.
In more recent years, we have seen similar uprisings. I believe the current one started in 2007. That year, the then-eleven-term representative Ron Paul (R - TX) was raking in more political contributions each month than nearly any other GOP presidential candidate, not from large special interests but from hundreds of thousands of fervent supporters raising donations around the country through the use of Tea Parties. Yes, Tea Parties.
Link to Full Article (http://www.rlcnef.org/the-liberty-movement-unite-or-die-2/)
April 20,2010
Article by:
Kristi Dunn, John Stevens and Erik Setzer, Republican Liberty Caucus
FeedBack and input provided by:
Pat Mcbride, First Coast Tea Party member
Clive Rickett, Libertarian Party member
Allison Gibbs, Ladies of Liberty
Scott Oliver, Campaign for Liberty
There has been a movement afoot in American politics for decades now, a movement that has an under-current all its own, and one that works both from inside and outside the current two-party system. It is a movement that is fighting for the America that our Founders envisioned.
There are many names for this movement, but I believe the one that encompasses the feelings of all those involved would be the Liberty Movement. I say this because I feel it truly started back in December of 1773, when a group of men known as the “Sons of Liberty” boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped tea into the water. The colonists believed the East India Company had engaged lobbyists to coerce Parliament, and they were convinced the government was selling them out to big business. The Sons of Liberty saw this as an attempt to control their freedoms. And out of their fight for liberty, the Liberty Movement was born.
In more recent years, we have seen similar uprisings. I believe the current one started in 2007. That year, the then-eleven-term representative Ron Paul (R - TX) was raking in more political contributions each month than nearly any other GOP presidential candidate, not from large special interests but from hundreds of thousands of fervent supporters raising donations around the country through the use of Tea Parties. Yes, Tea Parties.
Link to Full Article (http://www.rlcnef.org/the-liberty-movement-unite-or-die-2/)