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"Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea. ~John Gunther"
Tea Party Time 09/08/2010
The party will be over for many politicians after the November vote!
It was an amazing evening with turn away crowds coming to see what it is all about.!
Get informed and make your vote count. John Eastman will be speaking about the upcoming election at our September meeting. Eastman served as Dean of the Chapman University School of Law from 2007 to February 2010. He joined the Chapman law faculty in August 1999, specializing in Constitutional Law, Legal History, and Property. He was named Interim Associate Dean of Administration in August 2006, and appointed Dean in June 2007. He also serves as the Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, a public interest law firm affiliated with the Claremont Institute that he founded in 1999. He has a Ph.D. in Government from the Claremont Graduate School and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, and is Chairman of the Federalist Society’s Federalism & Separation of Powers practice group.
Let The Party Begin
Not a seat left in the house
The Conservative movement is alive and very well
Our Honor Guard was from San Pedro VFW
Standing room only
Meanwhile Inside The Members Are Ready
The Gadsden Flag
Did you know? - The Gadsden flag is a historical American flag with a yellow field depicting a rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike. Positioned below the snake is the legend "DONT TREAD ON ME". The flag was designed by and is named after American general and statesman Christopher Gadsden. It was also used by the United States Marine Corps as an early motto flag.
The use of the timber rattlesnake as a symbol of the American colonies can be traced back to the publications of Benjamin Franklin. In 1751, he made the first reference to the rattlesnake in a satirical commentary published in his Pennsylvania Gazette. It had been the policy of Britain to send convicted criminals to America, so Franklin suggested that they thank the British by sending rattlesnakes to England.
Considered one of the first flags of the United States, the flag was later replaced by the current Stars and Stripes (or Old Glory) flag. Since the Revolution, the flag has seen times of reintroduction as a symbol of American patriotism, a symbol of disagreement with government, or a symbol of support for civil liberties
The Honor Guard prepares to present the colors
These Americans are fired up
Our featured speaker (Dr. John Eastman) arrives
He already knows some of the Tea Party members
Time To Begin
Good evening ladies and gentlemen...
We open with a prayer... It feels good that we are all in the same boat
With extreme dignity these gentlemen presented our colors
Did you know? - In the military of the United States and other militaries, the color guard (where the word color here means flag) carries the National Color and other flags appropriate to its position in the chain of command. Typically these include a unit flag and a departmental flag (Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, or Coast Guard). In addition to the flag bearers, who are positioned in the center of the color guard, there are two individuals who carry rifles.
Did you know? - The color guard renders honors when the national anthem is played or sung, when passing in review during a parade, or in certain other circumstances. In these cases, the unit and departmental flags salute by dipping (leaning the flag forward). However, with the exception of a response to a naval salute, the United States national flag renders no salute.
This tradition comes from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where countries were asked to dip their flag to King Edward VII: the American team captain Martin Sheridan refused in support of an Irish boycott over Great Britain's refusal to grant Irish independence, with a compatriot famously proclaiming that "this flag dips to no earthly king."
They served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Bosnia
The Pledge Of Allegiance was a solemn moment for this crowd
There was a few wet eyes after their performance
American heroes
The Meeting Is Now Formally Open For Business
Announcements
Candidates for office are introduced
Full house
DO NOT FORGET OCTOBER 9TH AT THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL GROUNDS
Star Parker's representative says hello to the crowd
John Eastman Speaks
He drew a lot of applause from this group
His legal background in Constitutional Law was outstanding.... He made the complex seem simple
"Get out and vote... It is essential to our survival"
John took many questions form the audience ranging from immigration to citizenship
He was at ease and spoke to everybody in the room
...and out of the room
The Research Committee Presented The Propositions
Starr Parker's representatives
The Candidates (Or Representatives) Each Had Two Minutes To Speak
Great Way The End The Evening.... Singing "God Bless America"
Did you know? - Berlin originally wrote the song in 1918 while serving in the U.S. Army at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York, but decided that it did not fit in a revue called Yip Yip Yaphank, so he set it aside. The lyrics at that time included the line, "Make her victorious on land and foam, God bless America..."[1] as well as "Stand beside her and guide her, to the right with the light from above."
In 1938, with the rise of Hitler, Berlin, who was Jewish, and a first-generation European immigrant, felt it was time to revive it as a "peace song", and it was introduced on an Armistice Day broadcast in 1938 sung by Kate Smith, on her radio show.
Berlin had made some minor changes; by this time, "to the right" might have been considered a call to the political right, so he substituted "through the night" instead. He also provided an introduction that is now rarely heard but which Smith always used: "While the storm clouds gather far across the sea / Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free / Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, / As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer."
Standby For October 9th Pre-Election Tea Party Gathering
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Grounds (Village Green)
