February 27th was a cold day in Chicago. It was snowing, the wind was blowing and hot coffee wasn’t quite doing the trick. Our organizers for the Chicago Tea Party had spent just six days preparing for the first first event to follow Rick Santelli’s rant. We had no idea who or how many would attend.

I remember thinking, at the time, that if 100 showed up we could deem it a success. Until 2009, gatherings of this nature just didn’t really materialize in Chicago. Everyone I know in politics told me to prepare for the worst… believing that few would actually show up.

I parked the car and got my signs, clip boards and handouts, and headed to Daley Plaza, the location for the first Chicago Tea Party of 2009. When I arrived on scene, there was a family standing to the side of the property with some signs. It was obvious that at least someone had come to be a part of the event.

Their names were Richard and Laura Behney. They had traveled from Indiana up to Chicago for the tea party, and they were eager to be a part. After a brief introduction and chat, I asked them to take the clipboards and ask attendees to put there information on them so we could stay in contact. They humbly accepted and were happy to help out.

Hundreds and hundreds would soon start flooding into Daley Plaza and I lost sight of Laura and Richard for the duration f the event. But after the tea party, they brought me the clipboards and wanted to know what was next. They were extremely excited about what was unfolding, and they would eventually go back to Indiana to become a very influential and hard working part of the tea party movement in their home state.

This morning I received a message from Laura that reads as follows:

On that freezing cold February 27th day, you met my husband, Richard and I at Daley Plaza for Chicago’s first Tea Party. We were the first ones there and you asked us to take your clipboards and ask people to sign in. And so began our involvement in the historic Tea Party movement.

From there, Richard and I founded the Indianapolis Tea Party, where on Tax Day we had over 13,000 Hoosier Patriots on the lawn of our statehouse holding signs reflecting the sentiment that they had had ENOUGH!

And from there, hundreds of Hoosier Tea Partiers and 912 Groups urged Richard to take on Indiana’s political dynasty, Evan Bayh. A master of fence-riding so much so that he must have splinters!

The road from regular citizen (we own our own small plumbing business) to Tea Party goer to Tea Party organizer to candidate for United States Senate has been one we never expected to be on and frankly, slightly ticks us off that we have to be on it. BUT, someone has to do something, so it might as well be us.

Now I don’t know about you, but I think Richard needs as much help as we can possibly give him. Richard and his wife were the first two tea party activists I met since this movement began, and they deserve the full support of tea party activists across the country.

I recommend we all blog about him, tweet about him, send him financial support, volunteer for the campaign, call friends and family in Indiana to ask for help… do everything possible to give this campaign a boost.

Not only do we need to rid the Senate of thugs like this, we need to replace them with patriots like this.

For Liberty,
-Eric Odom

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At the time I wrote the post, I was not aware of all the details involved and had only discussed (although very briefly and through chat) the situation with one side. Today I spoke with both sides and have drawn a conclusion that the issue will hopefully be resolved soon, and that Tea Party Patriots are being forced to bring this situation to the courts.

Now before you start thinking this is all a mess, or a fracture within the movement, let me say that I feel the opposite is true. In fact, I’m glad these issues are being worked out now rather than see them happening in 2010.

First, let me say that it is my opinion that Tea Party Patriots have been forced to take the legal action they’ve taken. I now believe the organization took every step possible to avoid it, and they’ve spent months trying to resolve the issue behind closed doors.

I also believe that this is, without question, the last action they might have wanted to take and the group leaders hate being put in this position. But it is a position they were forced in to and had no other choice.

While I personally dislike the idea of brand ownership and intellectual property within the movement, Tea Party Patriots IS an actual political issue advocacy organization and they legally must protect their brand and message.

It has been made clear and proven to me today that Tea Party Patriots did indeed take every action possible to avoid legal activity, and were forced to do so when all attempts to resolve the problem privately and internally failed.

Therefor, I believe Tea Party Patriots are in the right. And I believe they’re intentions are just.

But getting back to the good of this situation, the growing pains of a movement… these types of issues are going to happen. There is simply no way to avoid it. What makes our movement strong and proves our ability to lead is how we respond to and deal with the results.

Our ability to work through the problems and unify is key. Our ability to review the problem, make the proper adjustments, fix the problem and heal the pain caused by it is vital.

And I believe that the parties involved in this issue can and will show solid leadership through this in the end.

Of course, those who oppose individual liberty and less government will point at this and say it shows we’re all splitting and falling apart, but based on the conversations I’ve been involved in today, I can assure you reality is actually quite opposite.

The Tea Party Movement is stronger than ever. It’s also bigger than ever, and this is why I think these issue come about. These are natural growing pains and struggles that can make us stronger and better as a movement. Provided we learn from them and move on.

My final thought… all is well in the movement. Which is a good thing, because we have a war going on right now and we need to be prepared.

For Liberty,
-Eric Odom

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As I’ve mentioned before, our government has looked the camera in the eye and openly declared war on our way of life.

“We’re going to force you to do this or that, we’re going to take this liberty and that freedom from you, we’re coming after your free speech, we’re watching your every move, etc”

We’ve all heard it. We’ve all seen it. Yet I got a few replies telling me I should be careful and try not to use the word war. Which seems a little bizzare to me considering the circumstances.

Let’s face the facts here, the thugs in Washington are waging a war against us. There is no way to sugar coat that. They wish to dramatically change this country and to do so requires that they strip us of our ability to be politically active and financially strong.

In war, you want to cut off communication, freeze all financial assets, and disrupt the political system. Doesn’t that sound eerily familiar?

It does. And it’s because our own government is waging war against us right here in our own back yards. They’ve set up a mechanism through which they can control the economy, they’re close to controlling all forms of communication, and they’ve completely gutted our political system by letting lawyers run Congress for far too long.

This machine doesn’t care about our protests. They don’t care if we march on Washington. They don’t care if we win a battle here and there. They don’t care how big our movement gets.

All they care about is full and total control over our lives. And they’ll do whatever is necessary to obtain it.

As an American, I recognize this as an act against my life and liberty. I recognize this as a declaration of war against me.

It is what it is folks.

Just sayin…

-Eric Odom

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Let me preface this post by saying that it has been nothing short of awe inspiring to see so many grassroots groups and organizations grow from the first Tax Day Tea Party that we helped organize here at TaxDayTeaParty.com. The original organizing crew here at TaxDayTeaParty.com included the following:

-Stacy Mott (Smart Girl Politics)
-Eric Odom (DontGo Movement, American Liberty Alliance)
-Ken Marrero (DontGo Movement, American Liberty Alliance)
-Michael Patrick Leahy (TCOT)
-Amy Kremer (Founder, Tea Party Patriots)

There were, of course, thousands of others involved in helping making April 15th, 2009 a Historic Day. A special thank you is certainly in order for those folks as well.

Since April 15th, countless new organizations and leaders have come in to place and, as we’ve all seen, a powerful movement has begun to grow. Unfortunately, this growth has come with its growing pains.

And unfortunately, some of the conflict through these growing pains is coming my direction when it shouldn’t be. I dislike the fact that I’m having to address this issue here, but I’ve been dealing with email all day that is forcing me to address the situation and clarify the position of TaxDayTeaParty.com.

The most recent email I received stated the following:

As one of the folks that supports all of these groups I find it distressful that we are even having these conflicts within groups. This cannot be about egos and group posturing. We are trying to save our country. End this mess now and let’s be supportive of each other. Eric - I don’t know what the suit is about but I pledged $100 to the TPP and I’ll be damned if you will use it on a lawsuit against a founder.

For the record, TaxDayTeaParty.com, its current administrators and I are NOT associated with the Tea Party Patriots. Yes, we did help get them started back in April when we linked to the social network and promoted it as a planning hub, but that was the extent of our involvement.

We do, however, feel that Tea Party Patriots has played a vital role in the tea party movement and their group has done tremendous things for the effort overall.

That said, I think many of us are saddened to see the following events have unfolded. This is a statement put out by the Tea Party Patriots.

Unfortunately, Amy Kremer, a former member of the TPP Board of Directors, is claiming that she personally owns intellectual property that is actually the property of TPP. In addition, despite her removal from the Board of TPP, Ms. Kremer is still using a TPP leadership title in her signature, and causing confusion as she organizes events, calls, etc. that have nothing to do with TPP. Ms. Kremer is also taking positions and making statements contrary to those supported by TPP.

Before filing this lawsuit, the full, ten-member TPP board worked hard for many weeks trying to reach an amicable resolution with Ms. Kremer. Those efforts were, unfortunately, unsuccessful. The board ultimately concluded that it was necessary to ask the courts to help us finalize the status of all of Ms. Kremer’s claims. Yesterday, the court granted the temporary relief TPP sought against Ms. Kremer pending a further hearing.

The following is a statement put out by Amy Kremer:

As most of you are aware, at the end of September, the leadership of Tea Party Patriots (TPP) removed me from my leadership position within the organization. Before this happened and certainly since then, there has been quite a lot of misinformation, assumptions and rumors about what happened, how it happened and why. Many of you may have wondered where my voice has been, why I remained silent, why I didn’t defend myself. Although there were many hard days, I believed that in the interest of the movement, any public discussion would be objectionable, unnecessary and a distraction.

So why speak out now? Among other issues, TPP leadership has filed a frivolous lawsuit against me. Taken together along with some other things, I determined that it was time to let my voice be heard. That being said below is a very brief recount of some of the more relevant information.

One of the underlying reasons that we began this movement back in February was due to lack of trust of our government and its leaders. They stopped listening to us. We became a means to an end – their end without our input.

Trusting your colleagues is important and listening to each other is important. Differences of opinion can be worked out, but we need to listen and move forward. Unfortunately, trust was broken and leaders of TPP did not listen.

Despite what you may have heard, I was not removed due to any inaction, omission or inappropriate activity on my part. I was removed for two reasons. Although, I would love to share those reasons with everyone, due to the pending litigation, my legal counsel has advised me not to publicly disclose those reasons in detail at this time.

As many of you know, TPP was originally going to participate with Tea Party Express. For reasons I am not allowed to discuss as indicated above, TPP canceled its involvement with the Tea Party Express at the last minute. However, during a conference call with local organizers who already spent a great deal of time and money preparing for the Tea Party Express, the other members of the leadership team confirmed that I could participate in the Tea Party Express as an individual.

Tea Party Express was a huge success and drove many Americans into the movement. It generated tremendous press coverage across the country. Although a Tea Party Express is a different organization, we play for the same team. Does it matter how people become involved or just that people get involved? Grassroots movements come with all shapes, sizes and colors. We do not agree on everything; we do not agree on which issues are the most pressing; nor do we agree on how to resolve the pressing issues facing our country. However, we can agree that we are better and stronger together, than we are alone. Numbers matters in this fight. We must put our pettiness aside; our differences aside; our egos aside. If we stand together as one, we can win this fight.

Just because a select few do not want to work with another organization should not obligate the entire movement. Let the people decide for themselves. After all, this is exactly the mentality that we are fighting in Washington.

Our country is on a fast track to socialism. Right now, we have been blessed to have this organic movement emerge from the heavens to protect our great nation and our founding documents.

Neither one person nor any one organization will be able to win this battle alone. We need an entire grassroots army to make a difference! Instead of wasting precious time and energy destroying (or attempting to destroy) other organizations and instead of destroying people within our movement, lets focus our energy on fighting government takeover of health care and the outrageous Cap & Trade taxes that could be passed in the near future.

Each of us knows that the grassroots movement is bigger than one organization. Of course, this grassroots movement will continue to grow and move forward whether or not TPP exists or whether or not other organizations exist. However, TPP cannot go on without the people of this movement. We all need to stand shoulder to shoulder within this movement to protect the movement and what we stand for as American Patriots.

It truly saddens me that TPP leadership is expending an enormous amount of time and resources to pursue a frivolous lawsuit against me when this could have been resolved amicably, which I tried to do. Personally, I believe that the people of this movement would not want any time and money focused on a frivolous lawsuit, but would rather have these resources focused on fighting the socialist agenda of the current administration.

In the end, the reasons for my “removal” from any “leadership position” and this frivolous lawsuit cannot change the fact that I am still a Tea Party Patriot just as all of you. I have not been removed from this movement and pledge to always support each of you and your local organization. I am blessed and honored to be working with great Patriots across this country.

I thank you for all of your support and kind words. Together, we will continue to make a difference.

Quite frankly, I personally do not know who to believe and what the full story is. But I do know that none of this reflects the original nature of the “open source” feel of the Tea Party Movement and presents a dangerous situation for the movement as a whole.

Talk of intellectual property, movement ownership and legal threats as a response do not belong in this movement. This is my opinion, of course, and I hope it is understood as such.

It’s my hope that this drama can be resolved quickly so that we as a movement can focus on defeating the socialist thugs who seek to destroy our country, not fellow patriots who seek to stop them.

For Liberty,
-Eric Odom

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In just one day, we raised $7,500 and gained $52,000 in pledges. And more than 1,200 took the pledge to oppose big government incumbents. This is a big start and one heck of a statement, but there is much work to be done.

The following is a list of steps you might consider taking today.

1) Grassroots Pledge
If you haven’t already taken the pledge, please do so now. Our goal is to hit 10,000 by the end of the week.

2) Invite others to take the Pledge
The only way we’re going to be able to make this go viral is if all of us get our networks plugged in. Please invite at least 5 people to take the pledge today. They don’t have to pledge any money, but they should at least pledge to oppose the incumbents we’ll be challenging.

3) Tweet about it
If you’re on Twitter, please click this link and tell your followers about us. This can only go viral if we all pitch in and help make it so.

4) Join GOOOH
Part of what we’re doing requires that we identify new citizen candidates who can run for office. It’s our belief that GOOOH (Get out of our house) provides one of the best models out there for doing this. We highly recommend you visit their website, find out what they’re up to and join their effort.

We like the GOOOH model and we’ll be supporting their efforts through 2010 and beyond.

5) Blog, blog and blog some more
Do you have a blog? If not, you should. One of the most important parts of a war is information. He who controls the information, controls the outcome.

We as a movement need to be unified and we need to be a part of the narrative. We’ve partnered with Blogivists.com, a free-market, free wordpress blog hosting service. You can set up your own blog within minutes, and instantly be plugged in to a network of bloggers who think the way you do.

Sign up for a free blog here

We have a lot more in the works, so please stay tuned and be ready to take action.

For Liberty,
-Eric Odom

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If you’re one of the few who are angry about all of this, do us a favor and point the fingers in the right direction.

If you haven’t been following the NY23 special election, I highly recommend you go read the scoop on my blog. In short, the GOP establishment took the liberty movement for granted, jumped behind the wrong candidate (a far left, liberal Republican) and expected the base to just fold and follow their pick without complaint.

At first. this all just appeared to be a poorly calculated decision for the beltway thugs who pretend to be the conservative movement. I mean, back when Newt Gingrich endorsed far left liberal Dede Sozzafava in the race, the grassroots movement was hardly paying attention. It wasn’t until about two weeks ago when the rest of the country realized what was going on.

During the past week, many movement conservatives have shown full support for conservative candidate Doug Hoffman in the race. Sarah Palin, Dick Armey, Club for Growth and MANY others have thrown their political weight behind him.

And not just the “players”… the Tea Party Movement has gotten involved in a huge way. Using the internet as vessel, the message of conservative candidate Doug Hoffman has traveled far and wide, and support for him has exploded.

Which left egg on the faces of all the establishment heads who jumped into the liberal Republican camp early on.

Mistakes were made. No doubt about it. But here is where it gets wild. Instead of doing the right thing, Newt Gingrich and crew have dug in their heels and are strongly defending their position.

Damage control was possible about five days ago, but now they’ve lost their chance. There is no turning back. They made the wrong choice. The refused to admit it and join the true base of the movement. And now they’re actually trying to preach to us that more of the same is needed to fix the problems more of the same created.

Bizarre.

All that said, one would think these groups would now keep their mouths shut and try to minimize the damage, right?

Wrong.

Politico reported today that the NRCC is actually goinjg to step up their efforts and dump another $300,000 into to media buys for far left candidate Dede Scozzafava.

The National Republican Congressional Committee remains committed to embattled GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava in the upstate New York House special election, even as many of the party’s top names throw their support to Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman.

Two party officials tell POLITICO that the NRCC will continue to air TV ads propping up Scozzafava in the days leading up to the Nov. 3 contest and plans to keep up a near relentless barrage of press releases slamming Hoffman.

Scozzafava, a state assemblywoman who supports gay marriage, abortion rights and has a close relationship with leading labor officials in her region, has been the target of sustained criticism from conservatives who claim she is too liberal for them to support her candidacy.

Not only is the NRCC going to waste donor dollars on a failed candidate with no hope of winning the race, they’re also going to attack the actual conservative in the race!

At this point, the only logical conclusion is that the NRCC (a huge hub of establishment consultants who leech off of donor money) and the rest of the old guard will arm itself for battle and wage war against the grassroots base rather than give it control.

For those in our movement who are saying “we don’t need to wage war against the machine right now”… wake up. The machine is waging war against you.

This is a fight the movement has been itching for. In my opinion, we should confront this machine and do so immediately.

Food for thought.

-Eric Odom

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To suggest the past eight months have been a wild ride would be quite an understatement. The Liberty Movement that has developed out of the Tax Day Tea Party has had staggering effects on the political process. In fact, I would assert the Liberty Movement has completely caught the entire government establishment flat footed and unprepared.

Think about it. If we, as a movement, never hosted the February 27th “Nationwide Chicago Tea Party,” and if it were not followed up by the April 15th Tax Day Tea Party, the chances are high that our country would be in much, much worse shape right now.

Cap and Trade, Socialist Big Government Healthcare legislation, and probably more bailouts would have passed with little or no opposition. Granted, government has still expanded and become even more dangerous to our way of life, but not at the speed it would have happened without our movement in place to slow it down.

Let there be no doubt, this movement has played a tremendous part in American opposition efforts against big government in 2009. But we need to do more. We need to unify and collaborate like never before.

It’s one thing to rally in ways that will slow down efforts to strip us of our liberty. It’s a completely different thing to do what needs to be done to remove a government that has declared war on our freedom and replace it with a new, constitutionally grounded government body.

But this is exactly what we need to do.

Tax Day Tea Party 2010

We’re currently working to build a new coalition for the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party. This coalition will consist of key core organizers behind the 2009 effort, and will contain a new group of people who can bring a different element to the table.

Our plans for 2010 include a full week of activism. This week will include training, education campaigns, rallies, get out the vote efforts and support events for campaigns seeking to defeat incumbents.

As Erick Erickson of RedState so rightly puts it… “It’s time to put down the protest signs and pick up the campaign signs.”

TaxDayTeaParty.com is hosting a nationwide conference call next Tuesday, October 20th, at 6:00 PM Central time. Please RSVP on Facebook to receive call in credentials.

It’s time to put aside our differences. It’s time to stop the internal bickering and power struggles. The Liberty Movement MUST prevail in 2010. If it does not, then we’ll bee in a situation that will be irreversible for at least the next 20 years.

Let this be a call for unity. Let’s do this!

For Liberty,

-Eric Odom

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The title of the piece, in and of itself, is hateful and loaded with false accusation. But the content of the post is even more frightening.

The Last Time Right-Wing Hatred Ran Wild Like This a President Was Killed

I’ve been thinking a lot of Kennedy and Dallas as I’ve watched the increasingly violent rhetorical attacks on Obama be unfurled. As Americans yank their kids of class in order to save them from being exposed to the President of the United States who only wanted to urge them to excel in the classroom. And as unvarnished hate and name-calling passed for health care ‘debate’ this summer.

The radical right, aided by a GOP Noise Machine that positively dwarfs what existed in 1963, has turned demonizing Obama–making him into a vile object of disgust–into a crusade. It’s a demented national jihad, the likes of which this country has not seen in modern times.

I’ve been a part of the American Liberty Tour for about a month now. Our most recent stop was in Tallahassee, where a room full of liberty loving patriots quietly and peacefully discussed ways to get involved in the political process. These people were tea party organizers, 9/12 participants, members of the American Liberty Alliance, and just good old fashioned Americans.

There was no talk of violence. Obama’s name was hardly even mentioned.

This has been the case for the entire tour. People are upset, yes, but they aren’t violent. They aren’t making threats and they certainly have no plans to do so.

It’s interesting to note that Eric Boehlert took a pass on reporting the actual hatred and violence on the left during the Bush years. Anti-Bush protesters would burn effigies of the President and call for his end. In many cases, the American flag was burned and stomped on.

Those who opposed the mindset behind these protest were spat upon, called filthy names and even threatened.

Where was Eric Boehlert during those events? Apparently, Media Matters believes that a group of Americans who meet peacefully to discuss their new distrust of government suggests an evil national jihad is being formed.

The Tea Party Movement represents the true original nature of the American way. This movement represents everything our founding fathers believed in.

But according to Eric Boehlert, the movement is a demented form of jihad.

I wonder if he wishes the Tea Party Movement back in 1773 never happened?

For liberty,

-Eric Odom

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It’s extremely rare for us to ask for your help in this realm, but the time and need have come for us to do so.

The American Liberty Tour, a project of the American Liberty Alliance (core sponsor of the Tax Day Tea Party), is looking to raise some money this week to further the cause of freedom. We have all of the details and information located here.

Please visit the link and consider a small contribution after reading what the findraiser is about and what it is for.
http://americanlibertyalliance.com/uncategorized/2009-09-14/urgent-action-required-american-liberty-tour-fundraiser/

For Liberty,

-Eric Odom

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On September 10th, 2009, our crew will begin trekking across the country, visiting 15 states and now more than 20 scheduled stops. In each stop, we’ll be providing blogger meet-ups, activist/candidate training, townhall events and liberty rallies.

The tour will also feature a full scale documentary crew who will be filming the entire journey with the intention of telling the story of true American grassroots.

The tour kicks off next week, so if you haven’t already done so… please go check out the tour dates and register for the training. You can view all of the details at AmericanLibertyTour.com

Also see our new promo video below.

For Liberty,

-Eric Odom

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Tomorrow is the day for the Nationwide Recess Rally. This is what we’ve all been working for and we believe we’ll see great success across the country.

As a reminder, tomorrow’s gatherings are a symbolic statement from We The People for those who we elect to REPRESENT us. We recommend that you get pictures, get video, and shake hands with as many people as possible. Make your voice heard and build relationships across your community in the process.

But what are the action items to follow the Recess Rally?

VITAL FOLLOW UP ACTION

Most people don’t know this, but without Republican complicity and votes, Obama Care would likely be dead in the Senate.

What the negotiating Republican Senators do will determine the final results in the Obamacare fight. The Senators who have the power to see Obama pass or fail are Grassley (IA), Enzi (WY), Snowe (ME), Collins (ME), Graham (SC) and Bennett (UT). These six Senators should stop negotiating a compromise and let this nightmare legislation come to an end.

So after the Recess Rally, you should take the following action steps:

-Visit, call and email YOUR Rep/Senator
-Call and email the six Senators listed above
-Write letters to your local editor and mention the six Senators
-Post reminders about the six on your Facebook, Twitter and social media profiles
-Post reminders about the six on your blog
-E-mail your friends and family and explain the details about these six Senators
-Contact the RNC/GOP and demand they put pressure on the six Senators

We The People employ these elected Senators. It’s our job to demand they do their jobs and look out for the interest of America.

Lastly, I want to personally thank the hundreds of Americans who have put in countless hours to make the Recess Rally effort happen. Your work is much appreciated and your contribution is potentially game changing for the direction of our great country.

Good luck tomorrow and have a great Recess Rally!

For Liberty,

-Eric Odom

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The DNC put out this ad earlier today.

Did you catch that? They allege that we’re all a bunch of extremist who are leading an effort of mob rule fueled by special interests.

Which is ironic considering the fact that the pro-Obamacare rallies are completely Astroturf events, run by powerful lobbyists, special interest groups and wealthy liberal donors.

If advocating free speech, peaceful dissent, individual liberty and fiscal responsibility makes us a mob… we’ll take the label.

We’ll be launching a new campaign called “The People’s Mob” here shortly. Watch the site for updates.

While you’re waiting, you can join the Facebook Group and get plugged in early.

For Liberty,
-Eric Odom

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When we combined efforts for the April 15th Tax Day Tea Party, we had more than 20 free-market minded organizations, over 850 organizers, and tens of thousands of American patriots working together to make a unified statement.

Last week, Erick Erickson at RedState.com and I discussed the need for another large scale, widely promoted and unified stance against this dangerous healthcare legislation. After talking with Erickson, the folks at Smart Girl Politics and several other free-market groups, we decided that Saturday, August 22nd (during the Congressional August Recess) would be the perfect day for this nationwide event.

Michelle Malkin, one of our biggest allies for the April 15th, Tax Day Tea Party effort, has joined the coalition along with Smart Girl Politics, American Liberty Alliance, American Majority, the Sam Adams Alliance, Americans for Limited Government, Freedom Works, and RedState.com. The coalition is expected to grow in the coming weeks.

Michelle Malkin said“Now is the time for all good tea party activists to get out on the streets and tell Washington to keep its grubby hands off health care. The socialized medicine brigade is on the run. They’re hoping that the August recess will take the steam out of the counterinsurgency, but they are wrong. We will not let up. We are going to get out to a Recess Rally near us on August 22nd. It’s crunch time.”

It’s crunch time indeed.

On August 22nd, at noon local time, every freedom loving American in this great country needs to be at the office of their elected Representative. We’ll be hand delivering a petition and coalition letter, along with a strong and unified message carried by hundreds of thousands of Americans.

The Recess Rally is planned for each and every House of Representative’s district office in the country. These Government thugs think they can slip socialism into America without is knowing about it. We think it’s time to prove them wrong.

Official Recess Rally Website:
http://www.recessrally.com

Tax Day Tea Party Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55223597239

American Liberty Alliance Twitter Feed:
http://twitter.com/libertyalliance

For Liberty,

-Eric Odom

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From making individual health insurance illegal to placing catastrophic taxes, fees and regulation on small businesses, the administration is attempting to pass legislation that would effectively destroy the fabric of our great country.

Right now one of the most important things you can do is to apply pressure to the Democrats who know full well they shouldn’t vote to support this legislation, but need to make sure we Americans agree with them. Please contact the following Blue Dog Democrats immediately and tell them you can’t afford this. Tell them American can’t afford this!

Blue Dog Democrats

Dennis Cardoza (CA-18)***
DC Address: The Honorable Dennis Cardoza
United States House of Representatives
1224 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0518
DC Phone: 202-225-6131
DC Fax: 202-225-0819

Mike Thompson (CA-01)***
DC Address: The Honorable Mike Thompson
United States House of Representatives
231 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0501
DC Phone: 202-225-3311
DC Fax: 202-225-4335

Jim Costa (CA-20)***
DC Address: The Honorable Jim Costa
United States House of Representatives
1314 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0520
DC Phone: 202-225-3341
DC Fax: 202-225-9308

Adam Schiff (CA-29)***
DC Address: The Honorable Adam Schiff
United States House of Representatives
2447 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0529
DC Phone: 202-225-4176
DC Fax: 202-225-5828

Jane Harman (CA-36)***
DC Address: The Honorable Jane Harman
United States House of Representatives
2400 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0536
DC Phone: 202-225-8220
DC Fax: 202-226-7290

Joe Baca (CA-43)***
DC Address: The Honorable Joe Baca
United States House of Representatives
2245 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0543
DC Phone: 202-225-6161
DC Fax: 202-225-8671

Harry Mitchell (AZ-05)
DC Address: The Honorable Harry Mitchell
United States House of Representatives
1410 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0305
DC Phone: 202-225-2190
DC Fax: 202-225-3263

Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08)***
DC Address: The Honorable Gabrielle Giffords
United States House of Representatives
1728 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0308
DC Phone: 202-225-2542
DC Fax: 202-225-0378

Henry Cueller (TX-28)***
DC Address: The Honorable Henry Cuellar
United States House of Representatives
336 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4328
DC Phone: 202-225-1640
DC Fax: 202-225-1641

Dan Boren (OK-02)
DC Address: The Honorable Dan Boren
United States House of Representatives
216 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3602
DC Phone: 202-225-2701
DC Fax: 202-225-3038

James D. Matheson (UT-02)
DC Address: The Honorable James D. Matheson
United States House of Representatives
2434 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4402
DC Phone: 202-225-3011
DC Fax: 202-225-5638

John Salazar (CO-03)
DC Address: The Honorable John Salazar
United States House of Representatives
326 Cannon House Office Building M
Washington, D.C. 20515-0603
DC Phone: 202-225-4761
DC Fax: 202-226-9669

Dennis Moore (KS-03)***
DC Address: The Honorable Dennis Moore
United States House of Representatives
1727 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1603
DC Phone: 202-225-2865
DC Fax: 202-225-2807

Walter C. Minnick (ID-01)
DC Address: The Honorable Walter C. (Walt) Minnick
United States House of Representatives
1517 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1201
DC Phone: 202-225-6611
DC Fax: 202-225-3029

Earl Pomeroy (ND)
DC Address: The Honorable Earl Pomeroy
United States House of Representatives
1501 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3401
DC Phone: 202-225-2611
DC Fax: 202-226-0893

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD)
DC Address: The Honorable Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
United States House of Representatives
331 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4101
DC Phone: 202-225-2801
DC Fax: 202-225-5823

Collin Peterson (MN-07)***
DC Address: The Honorable Collin Peterson
United States House of Representatives
2211 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2307
DC Phone: 202-225-2165
DC Fax: 202-225-1593

Leonard Boswell (IA-03)***
DC Address: The Honorable Leonard L. Boswell
United States House of Representatives
1427 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1503
DC Phone: 202-225-3806
DC Fax: 202-225-5608

Marion Berry (AR-01)
DC Address: The Honorable Marion Berry
United States House of Representatives
2305 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0401
DC Phone: 202-225-4076
DC Fax: 202-225-5602

Mike Ross (AR-04)
DC Address: The Honorable Mike Ross
United States House of Representatives
2436 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0404
DC Phone: 202-225-3772
DC Fax: 202-225-1314

Charlie Melancon (LA-03)
DC Address: The Honorable Charlie Melancon
United States House of Representatives
404 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1803
DC Phone: 202-225-4031
DC Fax: 202-226-3944

Travis Childers (MS-01)
DC Address: The Honorable Travis W. Childers
United States House of Representatives
1708 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2401
DC Phone: 202-225-4306
DC Fax: 202-225-3549

Gene Taylor (MS-04)
DC Address: The Honorable Gene Taylor
United States House of Representatives
2269 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2404
DC Phone: 202-225-5772
DC Fax: 202-225-7074

Bobby Bright (AL-02)
DC Address: The Honorable Bobby Bright
United States House of Representatives
1205 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0102
DC Phone: 202-225-2901
DC Fax: 202-225-8913

Parker Griffith (AL-05)
DC Address: The Honorable Parker Griffith
United States House of Representatives
417 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0105
DC Phone: 202-225-4801
DC Fax: 202-225-4392

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02)***
DC Address: The Honorable Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
United States House of Representatives
2429 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1002
DC Phone: 202-225-3631
DC Fax: 202-225-2203

Jim Marshall (GA-08)
DC Address: The Honorable Jim Marshall
United States House of Representatives
504 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1008
DC Phone: 202-225-6531
DC Fax: 202-225-3013

John Barrow (GA-12)
DC Address: The Honorable John Barrow
United States House of Representatives
213 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1012
DC Phone: 202-225-2823
DC Fax: 202-225-3377

David Scott (GA-13)***
DC Address: The Honorable David Scott
United States House of Representatives
225 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1013
DC Phone: 202-225-2939
DC Fax: 202-225-4628

Allen Boyd (FL-02)***
DC Address: The Honorable Allen Boyd
United States House of Representatives
1227 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-0902
DC Phone: 202-225-5235
DC Fax: 202-225-5615

Mike McIntyre (NC-07)
DC Address: The Honorable Mike McIntyre
United States House of Representatives
2437 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3307
DC Phone: 202-225-2731
DC Fax: 202-225-5773

Heath Shuler (NC-11)***
DC Address: The Honorable Heath Shuler
United States House of Representatives
422 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3311
DC Phone: 202-225-6401
DC Fax: 202-226-6422

Lincoln Davis (TN-04)
DC Address: The Honorable Lincoln Davis
United States House of Representatives
410 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4204
DC Phone: 202-225-6831
DC Fax: 202-226-5172

Jim Cooper (TN-05)***
DC Address: The Honorable Jim Cooper
United States House of Representatives
1536 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4205
DC Phone: 202-225-4311
DC Fax: 202-226-1035

John S. Tanner (TN-08)
DC Address: The Honorable John S. Tanner
United States House of Representatives
1226 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4208
DC Phone: 202-225-4714
DC Fax: 202-225-1765

Ben Chandler (KY-06)***
DC Address: The Honorable Ben Chandler
United States House of Representatives
1504 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1706
DC Phone: 202-225-4706
DC Fax: 202-225-2122

Joe Donnelly (IN-02)
DC Address: The Honorable Joe Donnelly
United States House of Representatives
1530 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1402
DC Phone: 202-225-3915
DC Fax: 202-225-6798

Brad Ellsworth (IN-08)
DC Address: The Honorable Brad Ellsworth
United States House of Representatives
513 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1408
DC Phone: 202-225-4636
DC Fax: 202-225-3284

Baron Hill (IN-09)***
DC Address: The Honorable Baron Hill
United States House of Representatives
223 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-1409
DC Phone: 202-225-5315
DC Fax: 202-226-6866

Charles Wilson (OH-06)
DC Address: The Honorable Charles Wilson
United States House of Representatives
226 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3506
DC Phone: 202-225-5705
DC Fax: 202-225-5907

Zack T. Space (OH-18)***
DC Address: The Honorable Zack T. Space
United States House of Representatives
315 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3518
DC Phone: 202-225-6265
DC Fax: 202-225-3394

Glenn Nye, III (VA-02)
DC Address: The Honorable Glenn Nye, III
United States House of Representatives
116 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4602
DC Phone: 202-225-4215
DC Fax: 202-225-4218

Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-03)
DC Address: The Honorable Kathy Dahlkemper
DC Phone: 202-225-5406

Jason Altmire (PA-04)
DC Address: The Honorable Jason Altmire
United States House of Representatives
332 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3804
DC Phone: 202-225-2565
DC Fax: 202-226-2274

Patrick Murphy (PA-08)***
DC Address: The Honorable Patrick Murphy
United States House of Representatives
1609 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3808
DC Phone: 202-225-4276
DC Fax: 202-225-9511

Chris Carney (PA-10)
DC Address: The Honorable Christopher Carney
United States House of Representatives
416 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3810
DC Phone: 202-225-3731
DC Fax: 202-225-9594

Tim Holden (PA-17)
DC Address: The Honorable Tim Holden
United States House of Representatives
2417 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3817
DC Phone: 202-225-5546
DC Fax: 202-226-0996

Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. (MD-01)***
DC Address: The Honorable Frank M. Kratovil, Jr.
United States House of Representatives
314 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-2001
DC Phone: 202-225-5311
DC Fax: 202-225-0254

Michael Arcuri (NY-24)
DC Address: The Honorable Michael Arcuri
United States House of Representatives
127 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3224
DC Phone: 202-225-3665
DC Fax: 202-225-1891

List compiled by Smart Girl Politics

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In the meantime, however, we’ve decided to launch a very proactive membership drive campaign. To help with this, we’ve decided to put together a contest that offers a FREE trip for two to Nashville, Tennessee this September!

The contest details and dates can be found here.

Essentially, all you need to do is refer friends and family to join as members of the American Liberty Alliance. When they join, they’ll need to enter you as the person who referred them.

On August 16th, 2009, we’ll pull the file and hand over the free trip to Nashville to the member who sent helped the most people join ALA.

Why Nashville? There will be a huge Midwest American Liberty Rally in Nashville, followed by the Nationwide RootsHQ 2009 New Media Conference. If you win, you’ll get VIP access to all of it!

So what are you waiting for? Send your friends and family and tell them to join the American Liberty Alliance!

Good luck!

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