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Welcome to the Sons of Liberty webpage.  I decided after the debacle of the last general election in 2012 to put up this webpage in order to have a voice.  Like many of you I have felt completely helpless against what unfortunately has happened - the second term election of Barack Hussein Obama, and what I believe to be the consequences of this election

The purpose of this webpage is myriad.  One of the most important reasons is for me to be able to write about what is going on in our country and to speak with likeminded Americans who want to be heard and also to know the comfort that there are people out there who think similar to you.  My first article for this page is "Thoughts on the Presidential Election of 2012."  I wrote this piece in November 2012 right after the election and as you will read, I have serious concerns about our future.  In the comings days, I'll write on political issues as well as morality issues, since they are truly linked.

President George Washingon said in his 1796 Farewell address:  "Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connexions with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?"

So here, forthwith, is my commentary in the blog to the right.  Let me know what you think.  

Gerri Gibney










WHAT AN IDEA!!! - THE TEA PARTY

by Gerri Gibney on 10/25/13

WHAT AN IDEA!!! – THE TEA PARTY

 

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Tea Party message, and how it is in the process of being demonized by President Barack Hussein Obama, by the Democratic Party, and most certainly by the press.

 

Even many Republicans have jumped on the bashing bandwagon saying; the Tea Party is “too right wing,” “too partisan,” “too extreme,” and on and on.  According to the other side, the Tea Party people quote the Founding Fathers too much, they speak of our Constitution too much, why they even use the word God too much.  Can you imagine?

 

Ted Cruz is smeared as a Tea Party person.  Sarah Palin, why she’s the poster woman for these evil people.  While all these expletives are tossed around by the president and the press, did any of these mud slingers ever read what the Tea Party stands for?  The Tea Party publishes its platform and lists their ten core beliefs.  Here they are:

 

1.         Eliminate excessive taxes

2.         Eliminate the national debt

3.         Eliminate deficit spending

4.         Protect free markets

5.         Abide by the Constitution of the United States

6.         Promote civic responsibility

7.         Reduce the overall size of government

8.         Believe in the people

9.         Avoid the pitfalls of politics

10.       Maintain local independence

 

You can read these 10 core beliefs on line at http://www.teaparty-platform.com/.  This page also gives an explanation of the ten.

 

After reading this, can anyone, especially an American, call the Tea Party “too much” of anything?  This message is not the problem, it is the answer.

 

If we went point to point, we could ask the detractors of the Tea Party would their platform read as follows?

 

1.         Keep the present taxes and continue to tax excessively

2.         At present, the national debt is fine and it doesn’t matter how it will be dealt with now or in the future

3.         There is nothing wrong with deficit spending.  We will just print more money.  Fiscal responsibility is not important.

4.         Free markets did not contribute to making America great, on the contrary, government made America great.

5.         The Constitution is old.  It does not have any relevance anymore.

6.         Government knows best, no need to know anything about civics or current events.

7.         More people on the government payroll means more power to the government, the supreme power.

8.         The American people are not trustworthy.  They do not know anything, especially what is good for them. 

9.         Entrenched politicians ensure the supremacy of the government.

10.       Central authority rules best.  The goal is to eliminate all local and state governance, and put the power into the central government.         

 

This is time to promote the message, not to back off.  I’m thinking of printing up the Tea Party ten core beliefs on small cards and giving them out at every opportunity I get.  The great American people need to know the Tea Party platform is not the enemy, it is the answer.

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