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Bad economic news continues to roll in. AP reports today, “U.S. industrial production fell in August by the largest amount in more than three years as factories produced fewer cars and other manufactured goods and Hurricane Isaac triggered shutdowns along the Gulf Coast. Industrial production dropped 1.2 percent last month compared to July, the Federal Reserve said [...]

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Two Years After Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Crowed That America Is ‘On The Road To Recovery,’ The Economy Continues To Sputter   SEC. TIM GEITHNER: “Welcome to the recovery … a review of recent data on the American economy shows that we are on a path back to growth … on the road to recovery” (Sec. Geithner, [...]

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Woo Hoo! But I doubt Harry Reid will even consider being responsible with America’s money. From the Washington Times: In a move that serves as a capstone to Rep. Ron Paul’s colorful career, the House on Wednesday approved a bill that would let Congress’s chief investigators conduct a full audit of the Federal Reserve’s shrouded decision-making process. The [...]

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While not quite an endorsement of Ron Paul as a presidential candidate, the former singer and son of Caribbean immigrants Louis Eugene Walcott, who became “The Charmer” then “Calypso Gene” and is now best known as Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is seen in this video singing the praises of Ron Paul’s take on [...]

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Here are the invoices (and there are probably more) of what the City of Richmond willingly paid, thanks to Mayor Jones, for toilets and cleanup for the Occupy Richmond “event” at Kanawha Plaza in downtown Richmond. I don’t blame the Occupy Richmond group. They made their own preparations and arrangements for sanitation and trash removal. [...]

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Do you remember the wonderful video ad in the GOP primary for Governor of California – the Demon Sheep ad?  Carly Fiorina attacked Tom Campbell as a FCINO (Fiscal Conservative in Name Only) but her ad was greeted with derision as too clever and somewhat weird?  I did not believe it at the time.  I [...]

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Yesterday, the Obama Administration was in “full metal jacket” panic mode as Monday’s stock market crash – propelled by a speech delivered by a pensive and apprehensive Obama – failed to calm Wall Street and stoked the fear the President was trying to calm. Obama promised a plan. Someday. Fresh from his “When I said [...]

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The discussion as far as the debt ceiling seems to have lost. Republicans are caving in at all turns. It would appear that two of the top Republicans (Jon Kyl in the Senate and Eric Cantor in the House) are willing to backtrack on the promise to not increase taxes. In Jon Kyl’s case, he [...]

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In the spirit of President Andrew Jackson, two liberty activists, Nathan Cox and Amy Strong, have organized an “End The Fed” rally at – where else, the Federal Reserve Bank here in Richmond. (Well, it starts at the Capitol Square and ends with a march on the Fed!) It’s set for April 22, 2011 at [...]

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RICHMOND TAX DAY RALLY! Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Start Time: 5:00 pm End Time: 7:30 pm Location: Kanawha Plaza (map) Category: Public Calendar Event Description   Richmond Tea Party 3rd Annual Tax Day Rally “Stop the In$anity!!”  Sponsor/host: Richmond Tea Party Contacts: Phil Rapp (cell: 804-441-3749) and Phil Scott (cell: 804-370-1739) Date of event: [...]

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I have read this article by the Richmond Libertarian Examiner, Igor Prohorov, on Cong. Paul. It is well written example of good solid editorial writing. Paul is slated to become the chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees the Federal Reserve.  Now, there are soundings that GOP leaders are being “asked” to prevent that event [...]

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Campaign for Liberty Meetup set for Tuesday Nov 23 7-9 at the Mechanicsville Library. Nathan Cox sent me on FB an URGENT message so I am blogging it: Greetings folks! This November 23rd will be our monthly meet-up. We’ll go over some “laundry-list” items… Primarily we will be discussing the Federal Reserve. Chris Stearns, who [...]

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Ex Bank of England Official is worried according to MoneyNews: Many economists are worried about the possibility of a double-dip recession, but former Bank of England official David Blanchflower thinks it could be much worse than that if the Bush tax cuts aren’t extended. “If we don’t act fast, a plunge into Depression is a [...]

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(Washington, D.C.) Today, U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann voted against the Dodd-Frank conference report on financial regulatory reform that perpetuates bailouts and the “too big to fail” mind set. She released the following statement after final passage of the bill in the House: “Clearly, reforms need to be made to our financial regulatory system, but unfortunately the bill the [...]

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Nevada was one of Ron Paul’s best states.  He came in a distant but definite second over McCain, Huckabee, etc (Romney won) in the Nevada caucuses to elect delegates to the state convention.  And at that convention, the Paulites took over that convention!  The Las Vegas Sun reported they seemed to have the majority of the [...]

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Mean Dean will be providing music as the crowd gathers at the Richmond Tea Party event in Downtown Richmond at 5:30 PM near the Federal Reserve Bank.

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Over 12,000 views so far. This is a really awesome video made by a 14 year old Tea Party Patriot.

If you have not marked your calendar, the second Richmond Tea Party is set for Thursday April 15, 2010.

Kanawha Plaza (Near Federal Reserve)
Downtown Richmond
5:30 – 6:30pm Music and Doc Thompson
6:30 – 8:00pm Rally

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Democrats and Republicans both got the message: We are Taxed Enough Already. The problem is, America is sending an incomplete message. Ronald Reagan understood the implications of out of control spending and the high taxes required to support it.

Reagan said “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!”

Yet Reagan and Congress borrowed more money than they took in.

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Ben Bernanke served as Federal Reserve Governor and Chairman of President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers. Appointed to a 4 year term on February 1, 2006, Bernanke presided over the financial meltdown as one of Bush’s chief economic advisers.

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