SC TEA PArty Convention - Part 1

Last night my husband and I drove 3 1/2 grueling hours up to Myrtle Beach, SC for the TEA Party convention, that is a prelude to the SC GOP Presidential Debate and the SC GOP Primary.  I'm glad we did, because events started early.  Later, I will write about the debacle of the hotel rooms and amenities.  For now, I'll illuminate you on some of the highlights.

It was great fun today to connect with old friends and meet new ones, who are like minded conservatives.  I was amazed at the fervor of many who were former Herman Cain devotees and now stanch Ron Paul lovers  Ron Paul's stance on foreign affairs is still a major concern for me.  To allow Iran succeed in getting nuclear weapons is irresponsible.  Remember back to the FOX debate, when Paul stated "Why not, why shouldn't they have them."  Another area, I discussed with a member was Ron Paul's alleged racist publications from 20 years ago.  The response, oh, it was 20 years ago, only a few lines and even the head of the NAACP supports him.  Hmm, leopards do not change their stripes and bigots rarely have change of hearts without a radical epiphany, and I don't know of any life changing events that have happened in his life to say he has had one.  Next, it was not only a few lines, it was in several publicans of which I was able to obtain some copies of the entries.  Ron Paul was listed as editor and publisher and considering the type of publication and small circulation, I fail to understand how he could not have known of the passages.  As recently as the 1990 to 1996, he did not deny the items, nor dispute their intent.  Lastly, just how much do you trust the motivations of the Head of the NAACP?  Who would better benefit the rewards of an Obama re-election?

The SC Congressional contingent was fantastic and encouraging in the change that voters were able to effect in the last election cycle.  However, sadly, SC could not admit to having as a native son, was the charismatic speaker and Raging Elephants creator, Reverend Apostle Claver.  He had the house ROCKIN' with No Compromise and No Surrender, riling the crowd into an enthusiastic true bible belt rally!  Unfortunately, the audience was handed a humongous let down with the follow-up speaker, Million or Billionare Michael George of "Stay Strong America".  Not only was Mr. George a monotone and droning speaker, where he thought he would get a positive and rousing response from the TEA Party activist, he fell flat on his face.

Mr. George had made the mistake of breaking the taboo of TEA Party activist going into a primary of criticizing some candidates over their preference and imploring the TEA Parties to support and vote for his love child, Newt Gingrich.  The purpose of this convention was to create working relationships between the various groups and to offer tools for our upcoming battle to reclaim the Senate and White House.  After ripping Mitt Romney and Rick Santorium, he proceeded to preen over Speaker Gingrich.  Grumbles rippled through the crowd and some stated to their immediate neighbors that he should get off the stage.  Two of my friends openly challenged his motives and positions of Speaker Gingrich versus those of Governor Romney.  The crowd began to get more heated and, well, I lite the fuse by loudly filling the room with my sweet dulcet voice, and directing "No one tells the TEA Parties who to vote for, not today not ever.  No one tells us what to do!" to Mr. George.


Suddenly the media scramble to our corner of the room and camera flashed.  Most of the shots will probably hit the cutting room floor, but the rallying calls that followed my out burst was refreshing and has let everyone know, that although the majority of us are Republicans, we are not servants of, nor the arm of the Republican Party, nor can any candidate truly call themselves a TEA Party Candidate.


Final note, my big mouth didn't end there.  Oh no! 

OK - I can't keep my Big Mouth Shut - Part 1A - The SC TEA Party Convention did have OWS protestors - The Occupy Protesters were 2 women on the beach, 2 people for "GREEN" (Whatever that means), trying to sneak into the hotel and one of the 99% across the street from the entrance.

Yes, I couldn't resist - poor guy didn't stand a chance (by the way, he disappeared afterwards).  Coming back from lunch he stood all alone with his hand written sign "Down With The 1%, I'm With The 99%"  I called out to him - "How's that working out for you? You're the 1% standing out here & we're the 99% in there?" Said, I couldn't resist! :O

Stay tuned & I hope to give you more updated tomorrow!

Trolls Are Us Strike Again!

OK, I have been a bad girl and haven't posted in a while.  Mea Culpa!

What is prompting my latest rant is last week, we hosted a friend and he returned to liberal New York State boasting about his visit.  Unfortunately, as in the game telephone, things can gain a new life and this prompted an email from one of my guest's listening audience and my response.
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Subject: Couldn't help but notice ...

Hi, Ann ...

  Going through the gallery of members' photos, I couldn't help but notice ... There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of black members. Now, I've been to South Caroilina ... three times. And there are in fact black people living there. No, really! I've seen them! Yet your gatherings ... your web site ... heck, your whole wing-nut gun-toting crowd ... seem to be exclusively white. Is there a reason for that? Just curious...

PS - J tells me that you "can't wait to kick my ass." Oh, really? Because I would love a chance to openly debate you. But as far as "kicking my ass"? ... You may be waiting a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time, dear.

PPS - Calling my shot now ... Let's count how many days (minutes, seconds?) it takes you to ban me from your site for expressing an opposing viewpoint. Ever go to an Angry White Man Expr... oh, sorry, a "Tea Party Express" and try to express an opposing viewpoint? Try it some time as an experiment. It'll open your eyes. Bonus points if you disguise yourself as a black person and do it.

                                                                                                        John

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John,

I am in receipt of your email and quite honestly I find no humor in it.  I found it highly offensive.  If you wish to have a policy debate, I require one simple rule, which is total civility.  As for other items you wrote in your missive, I will answer each as follows:

On behalf of the citizens of South Carolina, we welcome visitors of all persuasions, whether we agree with their politics, especially when they freely spend their dollars on our goods and services.  Thank you.

As for the photo gallery, you will note that the last picture posted was more than 2 years ago.  Updating the photo gallery is time consuming and labor intensive, of which I have let slide.  However, I do not choose pictures based upon a person's sex or ethnic background.  What was sent to me is what was posted.  Additionally, since the website is limited on space, I have chosen to allow the gallery to lapse and in time will remove it, since members found other areas of the site more important than that page.

Your 3 vacation visits to our Palmetto State does not equal my 11 years of living here.  There are a large number of Conservatives residing here of all ethnic backgrounds, of which the black population is a growing member.  Perfect example, Representative Tim Scott.  Until recently, Democrats have controlled politics in SC and Georgia and mandated that in order for anything to happened it would have to go through the Democratic cronies in power.  Voter intimidation was rampant and local councils cowed local black churches into convincing their congregation to vote Democratic.  This has slowly changed over the past 20 years, which is why recently that Black Conservatives have had the courage to come forward.  I refer you to:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/SOUTH-CAROLINA-BLACK-CONSERVATIVE-MOVEMENT/108301815867761

http://www.southcarolinaradionetwork.com/2010/08/09/sc-black-conservatives-tea-parties-rally-on-immigration-audio/

http://frederickdouglassfoundation.com/about_us.html

Rowena Booker of SCBCM and Andrew Walker of the SC Frederick Douglass Foundation are good friends of mine.

If you visit my radio show page you will find numerous shows wherein various Black Conservatives were special guests or had called in as listeners.  Feel free to peruse the show archives available at http://www.BlogTalkRadio.com/Southern-Sense

Next, I will address your "gun-toting" remark.  It is obvious you do not believe the 2nd Amendment is a valid right under the Constitution.  It has been upheld as lately as 2 years ago in District of Columbia Vs. Heller and McDonald Vs. City of Chicago in the Supreme Court. In fact the defendant in the Chicago case was black, who exercised his 2nd Amendment right in defending his home from a criminal invasion.  If we were to repeal the 2nd Amendment then the only people with guns would be the criminals and the police state.  That would work well when you find your home invaded by an armed person against whom you have no defense.  Try dialing 911 and using that to stop the path of a bullet.  By the way, every household in Switzerland has a firearm and this year they overwhelmingly voted to keep them over the threat of the upcoming UN Small Arms Treaty.  Remember, if there was a licensed gun owner on the LIRR train on December 7, 1993 when Colin Fergueson walked down the aisle executing 6 innocent passengers and injuring 19 others, a lot fewer people would have died or been injured.  By the way, the last time I went to the firing range, the range officer was black and several of the customers were also minorities.

Lastly, as to your comment on the Angry White Man Express in reference to the Tea Party Express, I don't think you can place that label on the following individuals:

Llyod Marcus - Tea Party Express
Andrea Shea King - Tea Party Express & Blog Talk Radio
Lenny McAllister - Hip Hop Republican & Author of Diary of a Mad Black PYC, Proud Young Conservative
Wayne Bradley - Conservative Is Cool & Blog Talk Radio
Emery McClellon - founder, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Tea Party & Veteran
James Tapscott - founder, Riamona, Calif Tea Party & Veteran
Thomas Smith - The Invisible Conservative on Blog Talk Radio & founder of CAFE Media (Conservative American Freedom Entertainment MEDIA)
Wesley Swimp - Project 21

and I can go on...

If you continue attacks on opposing viewpoints using vitriolic rhetoric, then I can understand why you get banned from websites.  Once again, I urge civil and logical debate.  Only with this type of debate can our nation move forward and out of the morass that BOTH parties have placed us and regain our exceptional standing in the world as the greatest nation ever created.

Respectfully,

Ann Ubelis

PS - I thought you might find this site interesting: http://www.wayneperryman.com/Blog/tabid/63/EntryID/15/Default.aspx

Reverend Perryman and the Black Republican Party are suing the DNC and President Obama for racism.  Remember, despite the twisted way schools are currently teaching history, it cannot change the facts of which are:

In 1957 the Republicans presented Civil Rights legislation that, then Senator Lyndon Johnson consistently blocked.  Later, President Lyndon Johnson at first opposed the legislation, until he realized the powerful voting block that the Democrats could exploit if he passed the bill, thus usurp the claim that the Democrats are the party of Civil Rights.  In his book "Daddy King and Me", Judge Murray Silver, stated the Martin Luther King Sr and Jr were both Republicans among other assertions that the majority of Northerners going to the South to fight for Civil Rights were Republicans.  In fact, the civil rights leaders could not name one liberal Northerner in the fight.  (Judge Silver is a personal friend.  He served under Governor Jimmy Carter as a Democrat and was appointed to the Federal Bench under President Jimmy Carter) 

Democratic claims of being the party of Civil Rights fly falsely in the face of the fact that the Republican Party was formed originally on the Abolitionist base and was the primary movement for the Civil War and freedom of the slaves.  Up until the end of the Civil War the Cherokee Nation continued to hold slaves of both black and white races.  To date, no one has demanded reparations, much less an apology.  Additionally, many descendents of those slave have the right to declare Cherokee heritage and privileges, of which the Cherokee Nation is still fighting to deny.

PPS - I appreciate you divulging your full name.

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How All Liberal S.I.N. (So Says The Herman Cain)

The following editorial was published in my local paper (link embedded below).  Please read and an my online response to it.  It is amusing!  Enjoy!

National health care not a radical change
Published Friday, January 21, 2011
Read more: http://www.islandpacket.com/2011/01/21/1517941/national-health-care-not-a-radical.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1BnIloPeG

     Let me see if I have this right.  Many citizens of the United States, along with some politicians in Congress, have access to: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment compensation, disaster recovery (hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, etc.), yet they are objecting to a national health care program that will help 32 million uninsured Americans. And why? Because they don't want the government running their lives? Who's selling whom the farm?
     Stop and think about that for a moment. "Ludicrous" comes to my mind. That along with all this political posturing lately gives me a headache. If there are some things wrong with the health care law, then address those specific issues by prioritizing. You can't throw the baby out with the bath water.
     Wake up, America, and tell your elected officials to concentrate on more important things, such as bank bonuses, pork-barrel spending and a "Weeper of the House" who incites vitriol. Besides, I didn't vote for him as president, and he doesn't speak for me.
     Finally, I see a modest recovery under way in spite of all the negativity. President Barack Obama is doing his job and doing it well. The proof is in the pudding.
 
Joseph W. James III Beaufort

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How Liberals S.I.N. (so says The Herman Cain)
(Switch the subject, Ignore the facts, Name call)

** Take a moment and find in the above editorial how the author in four simple papragraphs manages to S.I.N.  

I am always amazed at the ability of the left to ignore and distort facts and in using unrelated subjects to prove a bogus argument.  With this in mind, I may be wasting words and time on Mr. Joseph W. James III (Love how they have to quantify their name instead of just signing Joe James), but it just may make a difference to another reader.  So here goes.....

Mr. James does have one fact correct, in that he stated that "Many.... have access to:" various public programs.  The key word is "access" not mandatory participation.  The individual must voluntarily apply and meet certain criteria to be eligible for the services he mentions.  No where in the Constitution does Congress, the Executive Branch or the Judicial branch have the authority to mandate all citizens to purchase a service or good as a prerequisite to citizenship or residency.  If such a power did exist, then government could mandate that everyone  must purchase and wear only pink underwear or some other inane item or service.

The very premise of a mandate is unconstitutional, therefor the entire legislation must be nullified, because each section of it is based upon the mandate to purchase by everyone.  With this in mind, the best plan of action is to return to square one, look at the sections of the bill that can work as stand alone programs, such as forgiving pre-existing conditions, portability, etc. and begin to overhaul health care in a logical fashion.  Build a sunset clause into these programs, so that if it is found they are unsustainable, impractical or just plan failures they can die out and be replaced with workable programs that are within the framework of the Constitution.

Health care does exist on varying levels for all people (note I did not say citizens) residing within the United States.  Federal law mandates that anyone who goes to an hospital emergency room must be treated, they can not be turned away.  If the patient is indigent or lack adequate funds, each hospital has a social services department which will assist the individual obtain Medicaid, charitable funding, grants, loans or work out discounted payment plans.  They also assist in helping them to obtain follow-up care through community clinics, pro-bono doctors or medical facilities.  Medications can be obtained from the the hospital or pharmaceutical companies with their various programs at low or no costs.  I downloaded a coupon from http://www.SmartSource.com which offers a 75% discount on ANY medication at ANY pharmacy for ANY person WITHOUT insurance.  It is being offered to a local pharmacy (at my own cost of time, ink and paper) so they can use it for someone in dire need.  If Mr. Joseph W. James III is so concerned with the uninsured, maybe he'll take the time, ink and paper, to download a few of these coupons and offer them to his local pharmacy to help the uninsured.

I personally have experienced instances where I could not afford certain care.  Simply sitting down with the Doctor's staff, I was able to work out programs and payment plans which enable me to receive the full and proper care needed.  Many Doctors and Nursing staff when faced with an uninsured patient, based upon the medical and financial situation may offer their care for free.

I will agree with Mr. Joseph W. James III that we need our elected officials to concentrate on more important matters, such as "pork-barrel spending".  He can help by going to http://majorityleader.gov/YouCut/ and tell Congress what programs to cut to help balance the budget.  However, he mentions bank bonuses without qualifying the statement.  This is a free market, capitalistic society, so what is wrong with making a profit or being rewarded for a job well done?  Would he deny Andruw Young his $2 million dollar contract with the Yankees or the performance bonus of an additional $1.2 million?  Would he deny Spike Lee a portion of the box office receipts on each of his movies or the royalties on the movie rentals or broadcasts?  Would he deny Michael Jordon, in his post basketball career, the dividends on his holdings or returns on his properties?  If honestly earned and not taxpayer funded, I think not. 

The idea of the big bad "Fat Cat" versus the little average Joe is being stretched too far.  Wealth, honestly earned is good.  It generates jobs, improves standards of living of those it surrounds and promotes a robust economy.  Why do others wish to tear that down, unless it is to control and impose their unconstitutional mandates upon us.

As for Mr. James W. James III attack upon Speaker of the House John Boehner, it was undignified.  Representative Boehner has not in the past, nor announced a future run for President, so I can see why he didn't vote for him.  However, when control of the House of Representatives returns to the Democrats, I do encourage him to contact his elected Representative to voice his choice for a new Speaker of the House. Barring that, maybe if he wants to be able to directly cast a vote for a new Speaker in 2012, he may want to contemplate a run for his district's seat in the next election.

I do respect Mr. Joseph W. James III opinion of the job performance of President Barak Hussain Obama and unlike others in his political party (Such as Bill Mahr, Chris Matthews, Joy Behr, etc)  have and will refrain from vitriol.  Instead, I will quietly smile and voice my opinion discretely in the voting booth next year.

May God Bless America and help us protect and defend The Constitution!

Open Invite To All Politicians!

Open Letter To All Politicians

This is an open invitation to all elected officials, as well as current and past candidates to attend the 1st Anniversary 9/12 Rally by the Beaufort Tea Party, this Sunday at 1pm at the Waterfront Park.  We always encourage you to attend our rallies!  In our first rally last year on July 4th, we made the error of allowing politicians to speak and did not give the people a voice.  Since then, in the subsequent rallies, we remedied that error and only allow those who speak not be politicians.  We have been pleasantly surprised at the words and wisdom of the voters who spoke.

We whole heartily welcome you to attend and listen to what "We The People" have to say.  As a “grass-roots” movement, that has united a silent majority into a political force that is slowly changing the face of politics and policy, we encourage you to listen.  Feel free to press the flesh and kiss the babies.

Our members do not care what political party you are with.  If you think this is only directed to Conservatives or Republicans, think again!  The invitation is open to all politicians.  We would like to commend some of those who have attended all of our events, stood in the crowd, listening and answering, one on one: Mayor Billy Keyserling, City Councilwoman Donnie Beer, County Councilman Paul Sommerville, and State Representative Shannon Erickson.  Thank you, we look forward to seeing you this Sunday! For more information: http://BeaufortTeaParty.webs.com

By A Beaufort Tea Party co-founder & webmaster