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At the origin of America, our Founding Fathers built this country on 28 powerful principles. These principles were culled from all over the world and from centuries of great thinkers. The original 28 principles are in print in The Five Thousand Year Leap. These principles have been distilled down to the 9 basic principles.
The formation of Constitutional TEA Party is based on these principles. The TEA parties held from coast-to-coast are based on these principles of our Founding Fathers.
So, how do we show America what’s really behind the curtain? Read The 9 Principles. If you believe in at least seven of them, then we have something in common. Join with us at Constitutional TEA Party to spread these principles, one person at a time.
1. America Is Good.
2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.
God “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.”
from George Washington’s first Inaugural address.
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
Honesty“I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider to be the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”
George Washington
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
Marriage/Family “It is in the love of one’s family only that heartfelt happiness is known. By a law of our nature, we cannot be happy without the endearing connections of a family.”
Thomas Jefferson
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
Justice “I deem one of the essential principles of our government… equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political.”
Thomas Jefferson
6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
Life, Liberty, & The Pursuit of Happiness “Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely to give him comfortable subsistence.”
Thomas Jefferson
7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
Charity “It is not everyone who asketh that deserveth charity; all however, are worth of the inquiry or the deserving may suffer.”
George Washington
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
On your right to disagree “In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude; every man will speak as he thinks, or more properly without thinking.”
George Washington
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
Who works for whom? “I consider the people who constitute a society or a nation as the source of all authority in that nation.”
Thomas Jefferson
* Reverence
* Hope
* Thrift
* Humility
* Charity
* Sincerity
* Moderation
* Hard Work
* Courage
* Personal Responsibility
* Gratitude
Fed's QE2 draws the ire of Virginia Tea Party Patriots
Norman Leahy - Special to The Examiner
The Virginia Tea Party Patriots have sent a letter to the members of the state's congressional delegation that castigates the Federal Reserve's second round of quantitative easing (QE) and calls for Congress to audit the Fed.
Earlier this year, Congress did pass a limited audit measure as part of the much bigger financial services reform bill:
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) will perform a one-time review of Federal Reserve emergency lending. The details should be on the Federal Reserve website by December 1, 2010. The GAO will have the authority to conduct more audits in the future, but there is no requirement.
So at least to some degree, the fed will be audited. Not as thoroughly as some would like and certainly not as often. But it's a start.
As for the tea party's demand that the Fed stop printing money, there's probably not a great deal Congress can do in that regard, as the members don't control the printing presses. But it might have something just as effective if Representative, and noted Fed scourge, Ron Paul takes over as chairman of the House Subcommittee for Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology. Normally a sleepy congressional backwater, Paul has promised to pursue his more extensive audit legislation as well as something that could be truly revolutionary:
Paul mentioned that he hoped to use subcommittee hearings to educate the public about the causes of business cycles-which he believes are mainly attributable to monetary manipulation by central bankers.
In other words, it could be the first, ongoing seminar in Austrian economics in congressional history. And if nothing else, this educational effort could raise congressional awareness of why printing money willy-nilly is a very bad thing.
The tea party also wants Congress to stop spending. That's certainly at the top of some congressional agendas, but here the tea party may run into a bit of a brick wall with Virginia's congressmen. The newly-elected members of the state's congressional delegation have all come out strongly for spending cuts ... except for defense.
If the tea party coalition can convince the delegation that all federal spending - including defense - needs to be reviewed, then they will have won a significant victory
Failing that, they could always urge the members to gut the wasteful and intrusive Transportation Security Administration. They might even gain bipartisan support for their efforts.
Article extracted from the original @ The Washington Examiner
Note from our Leader: The Constitutional Tea Party participated in a rally on the day this was published! The rally was great. Perhaps the greatest result was when Senator McConnell (R-KY, Minority Leader) lent his support to the banning of "earmarks"!
In conjuction with our rally, The Virginia Tea Party Patriots Foundation drafted, and sent a letter to the Virginia Congressional Delegation about our position on QE2. The Letter is here, and here is the press release.