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On Thursday, May 16 at 7 pm – the Mechanicsville Tea Party has the distinct honor of having former WRVA radio host Doc Thompson. Bob Shannon, MTP President, says that “[n]o single person, certainly no one from the media, did more for the patriot movement in central Virginia than Doc Thompson.  We are indebted to [...]

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Kudos to Joseph Pierro for his brilliant suggestion for those advocating more tax dollars for anything — period. It’s time to put up or shut up. The hypocrisy of the left is so easily exposed with such little effort. The president himself talks incessantly about the rich paying just a little more, yet “ Fair [...]

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Mechanicsville Tea Party Elects New Officers Energized Grassroots Organization Issues Challenge to GOP Establishment At its December 19 meeting, the Mechanicsville TEA Party (MTP) concluded business for the year by electing its 2013 slate of officers. Bob Shannon, a founder of both the MTP and the King William TEA Party, was selected as president. Also [...]

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This post was written by Bob Shannon The  performances  of  the  Republican  U.S. Senate  Candidates   was  widely  reported  without  much  news  being  made,  the  candidates  stuck  very  close  to  their  platforms.  E. W  Jackson  was  to  have  scored  some  points  with  his  impassioned  and  fiery  delivery. Outside  that  one  note  it  was  not  far  off  [...]

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Yesterday  Thomas  Hurt  (  Washington  Times )  answered   what  impact  the  TEA  Party  would  have  on  the  upcoming  elections.    Mr.  Hurt  was  not  denigrating  us  when  he  referred  to  the  movement  as  the  “Rodney  Dangerfield”  of   politics.  He  was   making  the  point  that  in  spite  of   the  number  that  identify  themselves  as   supporters  of  the  [...]

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This post was written by Bob Shannon of King William, Va. When  John  Taylor  of  Virginia  Policy  Institute  spoke  at  our  meeting  in  March  he  explained   how  the  word  “Conservative”  had  been  redefined . Today’s  “conservative”  believes   if  government  is  kept  in  check  at  current  levels  the  goal  of  that  philosophy  has  been  met.  Fueling  [...]

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The following is a letter from Bob Shannon, a leading local activist. There are a lot of people urging Governor McDonnell to sign HB 1160. Virginia Right! also urges the Governor to sign the bill into law. WILL   WE   EVER   LEARN  ? Once  again  we  find  ourselves  wringing  our  hands  and  burying  each  other  with  [...]

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I was wondering how or if I would meet Cong. Ron Paul – I was told shortly after lunch that he would be available.  So I was waiting for that time to come and I heard (as I sat on bloggers row of the Richmond Tea Party Convention) that Fox News was going to interview [...]

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