“If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.

ARTICLE 2. The Soviets of Working People’s Deputies, which grew and attained strength as a result of the overthrow of the landlords and capitalists and the achievement of the dictatorship of the proletariat, constitute the political foundation of the U.S.S.R.

ARTICLE 120. Citizens of the U.S.S.R. have the right to maintenance in old age and also in case of sickness or loss of capacity to work. This right is ensured by the extensive development of social insurance of workers and employees at state expense, free medical service for the working people and the provision of a wide network of health resorts for the use of the working people.

ARTICLE 121. Citizens of the U.S.S.R. have the right to education. This right is ensured by universal, compulsory elementary education; by education, including higher education, being free of charge; by the system of state stipends for the overwhelming majority of students in the universities and colleges; by instruction in schools being conducted in the native Language, and by the organization in the factories, state farms, machine and tractor stations and collective farms of free vocational, technical and agronomic training for the working people.

ARTICLE 130. It is the duty of every citizen of the U.S.S.R. to abide by the Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, to observe the laws, to maintain labor discipline, honestly to perform public duties, and to respect the rules of socialist intercourse.

ARTICLE 131. It is the duty of every citizen of the U.S.S.R. to safeguard and strengthen public, socialist property as the sacred and inviolable foundation of the Soviet system, as the source of the wealth and might of the country, as the source of the prosperous and cultured life of all the working people.

Persons committing offenses against public, socialist property are enemies of the people.

ARTICLE 133. To defend the fatherland is the sacred duty of every citizen of the U.S.S.R. Treason to the country–violation of the oath of allegiance, desertion to the enemy, impairing the military power of the state, espionage is punishable with all the severity of the law as the most heinous of crimes.

Is anyone getting nervous yet?

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Our member responded, “I am not a liberal, but don’t hang up yet.  We are oranizing a T.E.A. Party in New Jersey, and there are a lot of other T.E.A Parties taking place . . . ”

The screener interrupted, and said, “Sean Hannity could not care less, and neither could I.”  The screener then hung up.

Apparently, Hannity is hack.  He highjacked the April 15 T.E.A. Party for his same, tired, “I Hate Obama” arguments.  I have no use for him, and neither should any other supporter of the T.E.A. Party movement.

“If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms.   Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”

Two hundred years later, BB  King sang that he was “Paying the cost to be the Boss.”   We, my fellow Americans, the taxpayers that are funding this insane government, are paying the cost to be the Boss.  Its time we start acting like the Boss.

A good friend of mine last evening echoed Mr. Adams’ sentiment.  He said that today, there are precious few opportunities to really make a difference.  Aside from voting (ineffective as it is due to interest group control and incompetent politicians),  the TEA Party movement is arising in a unique moment in time.  DO NOT LET THIS OPPORTUNITY PASS.  Get your friends and family involved.  Let this movement take root and change the direction of this Country.  Join us at www.njcitizensforliberty.com.  Attend our TEA Party on July 3, in Summit, New Jersey.

Fight this insanity.  Boycott of GM and Chrysler.  I hope these companies crash.  GM and Chrysler are losers.   Rather than disappearing, these companies have become welfare recipients.  Unproductive as they are, these companies are now nothing more than interest groups: Huge government rewards in exchange for delivering votes, all at the expense of taxpayer.

They got enough of my money (in the form of my tax dollars) from their friends in Washington.   I will be damned if I ever buy another car from those losers.

Summit is proud to take the lead by kicking off the Independence Day Weekend with the first T.E.A. Party of the holiday weekend.

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I believe that there are certain core principles of Americanism which distinguish it from other ideologies.  These principles are widely known and accepted to be the founding principles of this nation.  But presently, there is a great movement to abandon Americanism.  This movement is spearheaded by people who are “citizens” but not Americans.

I know it is rather unpopular in some circles to suggest that any citizen of the United States is “un-American”, or believes in “un-American” principles.  I know that such arguments are condemned by many as “intolerant”. I reject that criticism as it is itself intolerant.

Americanism, as a system of beliefs, exists independently from a person’s citizenship.  Thus, having the status as a “citizen” of the United States does not make someone an American to the extent that that person is free to reject, and in fact rejects, Americanism.

Indeed, not one of our Founding Fathers was a “citizen” of the United States of America during the most critical time of our Nation’s history. These Americans lived before our Declaration of Independence of 1776, the creation of the United States of America, and the ratification of our Constitution of 1787, which set forth the current parameters of “citizenship.  Yet Madison, Jefferson, and Franklin were Americans while English subjects. Thus, it was not the government of the United States that made our founder’s Americans.  Americans existed first.  The nation and the government came later.  Clearly, it was our founders’ adherence to a certain belief system that made them Americans, and distinguished them from others who rejected those core principles.

So when we ask, “What is an American?”, we are really asking what are the most basic and fundamental principles of the American belief system, without which the entire belief system collapses?

I believe that there are three such American principles. They are: (1) The equality of all people; (2) sovereignty of the people; and, (3) the liberty of a free people is best secured by placing and enforcing strict limitations on governmental power.

Each of these core beliefs are absolute truths under the American belief system. An American must maintain these core beliefs about Liberty and government, and strive to regulate his relationship with the government according to these core beliefs.

As our Forefathers recognized, each and every person is endowed by his or her creator with the inalienable rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. In other words, all are created equal. This is an absolute truth in the American belief system. Americans reject other theories, such as those giving rise to India’s cast system, where equality is not the rule. A person simply cannot lay claim to being an American without believing in equality of all people. Should a citizen of the United States reject this proposition of equality (each of us, as citizens, is free to believe whatever we want), that citizen is un-American.

Similarly, our Forefathers also recognized that a government derives its power from the consent of the governed, or in other words, soveriegnty of the people. In other words, a government that claims its authority to govern from God, or by the threat of force, is not a legitimate government. This notion was so unique and novel at the time of our nation’s founding, it has been and forever shall be described as “revolutionary”. Since the American Revolution, this concept has been accepted by every free people on the planet as a universal truth. It has also been universally rejected by every tyrant. Should a citizen reject the proposition of the People’s sovereignty (each of us, as citizens, is free to believe whatever we want), that citizen is un-American.

The third core American principle recognizes the inherent threat to Liberty posed by every government.  The Founders understood that Liberty and governmental power are at odds with each other. In addition to its propensity toward corruption, the Founders recognized that with every exercise of governmental power, there is a cost in the form of a loss of liberty to the People. In other words, borrowing from Newton’s Third Law, for every exercise of governmental authority and power, there is an equal and opposite reduction in the Liberty of the People. Knowing this, our Forefathers sought to order our society and government in a manner consistent with maximizing the Liberty of the People.

This strong distrust of government, and a desire to protect and preserve the People’s Liberty through limitations on governmental power, is the very foundation of the the American system of government.  It is the context in which our Forefathers declared the independence of this nation, ratified the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of 1787, and  the Billof Rights.  These documents sought to create a system rules whereby the Government would remain subservient to the People, and thus minimize its ability to threaten Liberty. Decentralized power shared between three branches of government, checks and balances, and the affirmative limitations on Governmental power set forth in the Bill of Rights, are all means to that end.

Thus, I conclude that in order to lay claim to being an “American” you must necessarily subscribe to the belief that in order to protect Liberty, strict constraints must be placed on and maintained against the government. Should a citizen reject the inherent danger of unrestrained and unlimited government, or that limitations on government are essential to the preservation of Liberty (each of us is free to believe whatever we want), that citizen is un-American.

Today, our nation is now populated with hundreds of millions of “citizens.” A large portion of these citizens, and indeed, many in government, openly reject the third core American principle by encouraging and supporting unrestrained government expansion and spending, and systematic confiscation of property through an oppressive income tax.  The Liberty of the American taxpayer is rapidly eroding, as is the Liberty of those whose very subsistance depends upon government payouts.

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We are presently in the preliminary stages of creating this event.  We are in need of the following:

1.  Citizens who wish to join the planning committee.
2.  Citizens who wish to assist with the setting up and breaking down of the event (logistics)
3.  Citizens who wish to make a financial contribution to the event.
4.  Citizens who with to make a contribution of goods or services (we need a public address system, printing, web-site and internet people, etc.)
5.  Citizens who wish to speak at the event (see the “Our Purpose” page).

Please contact us without delay.