Conference call with Hoffman campaign

A win in the 23rd and another DC TEA Party on Nov 5th with Michelle Bachman calling us to Washington, D.C. to help defeat this DemoCare bill. Local TEA Party organizations are organizing to go to DC on the 5th so I contacted her and wrote as follows:

I am with you on utilizing MLK’s peaceful efforts to stop this health care debacle. The 912 Project groups are spreading the word but we need direction. We need a leader and I believe that you are the one we need

Here is what I have been proposing for six or so months throughout the Internet and to the organizations I belong. We should be prepared to follow the example set in Tennessee after the governor and legislature proposed to vote in and approve a state income tax in 1999. The MSM seems to have neglected to report much on this, so go to glennreynolds.com/?p=8 and http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/staterights/tenn_taxprotest.htm for some details.

I have suggested in my comments on blogs and my blog in the past that those of us who are outraged over the conduct of this congress and administration need to become more pro-active and emulate the TN tax revolt. I heard information on FNC the other day that added a new dimension to this idea. FNC, with their tracking down of Alan Grayson, D-Fla. of “Republicans want you to die quickly ” fame, infuriated Rep. Grayson causing him to call the Capitol Police to come to his office to remove the FOX reporter and camera man. FOX was outside of his office, not inside of it. The officer told the Mr. Grayson that they could stay outside of his office until the building closed since it was a public area.

This reminded me of what we were allowed to do when I was working with the Gathering of Eagles in 2007 on Capital Hill and what I observed being done by Code Pink. So if we are to become more pro-active, we could flood the halls of the congressional offices quite legally and peacefully; I mean it is OUR property. The Capitol, supposedly, has the same rules, but in each case signs, posters, etc are not allowed and decorum has to be maintained. But a quiet and respectful picketing of each of the congressional offices of all tax and spend congressional members for many consecutive days if not weeks would be a magnificent achievement. 20 people per office, to allow for breaks and assuming all offices were staked out, would only require 10,700 people. 4 hours on and 4 off from the opening of the office building until their close. Two could be assigned to follow the congress people in public areas until he/she disappears into a congressional elevator/underground railway or the respective chamber. Everyone should have a video camera or camera to cover any confrontations by OUR employees; i.e. Representatives or Senators. For an angry mob that could mobilize 1.5 million or 70,000 people, take your pick, rounding up 10,700 people should be relatively easy, especially with all of the retirees all riled up.

I suspect, since congressional members are so arrogant and consider themselves our betters, we could outlast them as was done in Tennessee because they would not be able to handle the frustration of not being able to control us. Now that would be a fantastic in your face protest.

amr on November 1, 2009 at 8:49 PM