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Chattanooga Tea Party Joining Sept. 12 March In Washington – Local tea party groups from across the nation will converge on Washington, D.C. Sept. 12 for a united national protest against out-of-control government spending, and the Chattanooga Tea Party will be there with them.
Chattanooga Tea Party Forwards Petition To Alexander, Corker, Wamp – The Chattanoogan.com posted this press release after we submitted a letter to some of our local representatives in the days following our Tax Day Tea Party.

Links to Valuable Web Resources

Research:

Climategate: Caught Green-Handed! by Christopher Monckton – Cold facts about the hot topic of global temperature change after the Climategate scandal, published by the Science & Public Policy Institute.

Events:

August 15, 2009 America’s Health Care Town Hall Expects 25,000 Attendance – On August 15, 2009, more than twenty national organizations dedicated to free market, patient centered health care reform are coming together with small business owners to discuss positive health care reform and call for the defeat of the Democrats’ health care reform plans.

Issues:

Barney Frank: Yes, a public plan will lead to a government takeover of health care – Senate majority leader Harry Reid, in his usual bumbling way, has previewed the subterfuge: “We’re going to have some type of public option, call it ‘co-op,’ call it what you want.” Changing the name on the government-run option will not make it any less government-run.
Operation Embarrass Your Congressman – Town halls will be starting up. Be there in large numbers. Press the issues. Don’t take the BS and D.C. double speak. Be firm, polite, and no nonsense. Get these folks on tape being arrogant, ignorant, and insolent. Send the clips and links here!
Lessons for Health Care Reform – Tennessee was home to a failed attempt at universal single payer care, and has lessons to teach a President who has promised that in pursuing his goal of universal health care, he will learn from the policy failures of the past.
It’s Not An Option – It didn’t take long to run into an “uh-oh” moment when reading the House’s “health care for all Americans” bill. Right there on Page 16 is a provision making individual private medical insurance illegal.
Public Plan Deception… – Washington politicians detail plans (2:58min video below) to move towards an American single-payer, government-run system that mandates employers cover their employees or pay a fine.

Organizations:

The Heritage Foundation – The Heritage Foundation exists “to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.”