Tea Party organizers hope for big crowd

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Sunday, September 6. 2009

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By Bob Heiney

Penny McBroom was a woman on a mission. She had just come back from the Atlanta Tea Party with gal pals Wanda Dailey and Lynn McCollough and she was on fire.

'There is something dreadfully wrong with our country', she declared. 'We must stand up for God, country and our Constitution.' McBroom, a Barnesville resident, felt a calling from God. Inspired by the hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers' she was determined to enlist an army of local volunteers to put together their own local Tea Party.

They did so and it will be held Labor Day, Monday September 7, at Ritz Park from 7 - 9 p.m.

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#1 Anonymous on 09/06/09 at 07:38 PM

This could be good. Somebody call Jarred Buice (bubba) and let him be guest speaker.LOL

#2 wdm on 09/06/09 at 08:11 PM

Good job. Keep it up.

#3 Anon E. Moose on 09/06/09 at 08:55 PM

There will be police there right? The Obama-Cons will surely be on the prowl. Heck...they all live within walking distance from Ritz Park.

#4 Anonymous on 09/06/09 at 09:09 PM

Its Labor day lets have a beer party!!!!

#4.1 Linda Walker on 09/07/09 at 04:22 PM

Let's have a good tea party, but please don't bring alcohol. I hope to see a lot of you there.

#5 MINICoop on 09/07/09 at 06:42 AM

See ya there!

#6 Anonymous on 09/07/09 at 09:43 AM

This is wonderful!

#7 Tom Rauch on 09/07/09 at 10:41 AM

Many of the claims being bantered about or advertised in the local media are simply untrue. This leads me to question how knowledgeable the people running things for the "tea party" are. They either don't understand things, or they want to rile people up by fibbing.

Before we fix anything, and this especially includes taxes or health care, we have to understand how the systems work and what the problems are.

Lying to crowds or misleading people by either side, and this includes some pretty big fibs being told by the tea party people, isn't any more helpful to our future than the present direction we are heading.

#7.1 Anonymous on 09/07/09 at 07:41 PM

Tom you really need to move back up north where you are from and fit in at.

#7.2 Robert Heiney on 09/08/09 at 08:28 AM

Hey Tom- where are the lies coming from? What are you - some sort of Truth Cop?

Go read the freakin health care bill and check back into reality, bubba.

#7.3 Robert Heiney on 09/08/09 at 08:35 AM

And by the way - when you talk about lies - let's start with the federal government.

Cap and Trade, based on the big fat lie of man-made global warming: scientific data issued by our own federal government, has been publicly shown to be falsified data. Our own federal government lied shamelessly to the taxpayers while promoting the largest tax increase in US history.

And you have the gall to call a group of local volunteers - liars?

Put the hash pipe down and check into rehab. You need it.

#8 anonymous on 09/07/09 at 12:43 PM

i was planning to attend the tea party until i heard it was being put on by only republicans.both partys should look at both sides of this.like with every thing else in this country there is good and bad.LOOK AT BOTH SIDES...then decide...ON YOUR OWN...NOT WHAT PARTY YOU ARE ON.....

#8.1 Get a life on 09/07/09 at 05:36 PM

They give all Americans an opportunity to stand up for our rights and the U.S. Constitution.
That is the last sentence. It doesn't say Republicans only, you can go and speak your mind to...lol

#8.2 Linda Walker on 09/08/09 at 09:13 AM

Somebody told you wrong. Please don't assume that only Republicans are against the policies in Washington now.

#9 Anonymous on 09/07/09 at 06:26 PM

I will definitely be there. You don't have to have republican or democrat by you name to see that this country is headed down the wrong road. I dont really think anyone had to fib about it. People can read it for themselves.

#10 GM on 09/07/09 at 07:18 PM

OK Tom, you’ve made your accusations – now what are they. It is obvious to me that you want this health care reform bill passed at any cost. I am making the assumption that it is because you pay so much for your health care now. I believe you have voiced the sum of 15K per year several times. However, that is no reason to pass a bad bill and drive the country deeper into debt. You know the government could make health care affordable just by assuming the responsibility of mal-practice insurance thus releasing the doctors from that cost burden. That could be done for lots more than a TRILLION dollars and it would also bring in a forced tort reform because the government would be backing the medical profession.

#8 give me a break. Surely you don’t really think that the Taxed Enough Already parties are for republicans only. They are for people that are tired of being taxed to death with more about to be unloaded on YOU!

#11 Anonymous on 09/07/09 at 08:03 PM

How old are you Tom. What are you gonna do when youa are 60 years old and they dont consider you a productive citizen and they dont want to pay for certain treatment that you need to keep up your health.

#12 ID on 09/07/09 at 08:14 PM

The founding fathers understood the seperation of Church and State. It's time the Tea Party participants did too. I was there tonight and It seemed more like a prayer meeting than anything political. I respect EVERYONES right to pray and worship in what ever religion they choose. I did not find it necessary to know that everyone had been "saved" or "born again" when they began to speak. I especially did not need to hear about same sex or abortion issues. There are MUCH bigger issues on the national stage right now. The TEA party needed more substance and less prayer. That is what church is for!!!

#12.1 GM on 09/07/09 at 08:46 PM

You don't even understand the term seperation of Church and State. Maybe you should study up on the term. You had every right not to pray and same sex marriages and abortion are important issues. Perhaps not to you but shouldn't you also have respect to people concerned about other issues? I guessing you don't understand church either.

#12.2 Anonymous on 09/08/09 at 04:57 AM

And the ignorance comes out.

#12.3 Anonymous on 09/08/09 at 05:38 AM

ID, Seperation of Church and State does NOT apply to Citizens, only Goverment.

#13 ID on 09/08/09 at 05:26 AM

And "I" guess you didn't get out of english class!! Look this up....The man who penned the Declaration of Independence was not a Religious Man. Thomas Jefferson was a Diest!!

#13.1 Robert Heiney on 09/08/09 at 08:44 AM

Hi professor;

"Diest" is actually spelled "Deist"; a definition follows:
deism - the form of theological rationalism that believes
in God on the basis of reason without
reference to revelation.

So we have one of the Founding Fathers who was a deist. Thats does not mean that the Founding Fathers meant to separate God and His Values from American Society. The Founding Fathers simply wanted to ensure that no state religion like the Church of England would be created.

Their talk, meetings, writings; were all liberally sprinkled with references to the Bible, God, and Jesus Christ.

But be of good cheer. All this has been written out of today's government school textbooks! Isn't that wonderful? Just like the communists rewrote history books in Russia and China; we have our own special revisionists right here in the US.

#14 Kathryn L. Harper on 09/09/09 at 11:46 AM

I attended the tea party and was very impressed. Ray McBerry, a candidate for Governor was inspiring and educational. He received a well deserved standing ovation from the crowd.
I would like to address the folks that are stating that the event was overly religious. I am a Christian, however, I do not attend church regularly and am not what you would typically consider when thinking of Christians. What is interesting to me is that in this contentious political atmosphere I continuously find myself having to defend my Christianity.
Again, I am not your typical Christian, however, these days, finding myself constantly questioned and sometimes attacked for my faith, I have had to take a stand. The left has pissed us off, even folks like me, who wouldn't normally argue this point.
You took prayer from our schools, the ten commandments from our public buildings and feel justified in chastising us publicly for our faith. Yet, you expect us to sit quietly while you tear down everything that has meaning to us all while attempting to force your ideas upon us and our Families. In the words of Reverend Manning; "I'm simply not going to take it anymore."

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