Tea Party of Northern Colorado Rally

When: Saturday, October 17

Where: College Ave and Mulberry, Ft Collins, Colorado

When: 12 noon

Bring your signs and your August passion

Has the movement lost its steam?   by Ray Harvey

Many Washington insiders are saying the tea party is tapped out.

Senator Mike Crapo, a Republican from Idaho, recently told The Hill
newspaper that he "credited the August recess protests with having created
enough of an impression among his colleagues for them to have voted down
public option amendments in the Senate Finance Committee, but he's worried
the protests haven't had enough of an impact as the debate moves forward.
'I'm concerned that that impact is not as deep as they thought it would be,'
Crapo said."

Senator Crapo is not the only one worried. Quoting Dr. Laurence Hunter:
"Democrats and Republicans in favor of some version of ObamaCare believe
they've weathered the storm and can go back to business as usual, cutting
deals in the back room to expand Washington's reach into the lives of
individuals and feather the nests of their friends and cronies who feast
like parasites on American taxpayers. Unfortunately, evidence that this
attitude may be warranted is everywhere to be seen by anyone monitoring the
email traffic among grass-roots organizers....

"Much of the discussion among activists has wandered off into rancorous
bickering over the wisdom of convening an Article V constitutional
convention while the primary focus of the overall movement seems to be
obsessing over Barrack Obama the man rather than the disastrous policies he
is trying to jam down America's throat, especially a government takeover of
healthcare.  Many email scribes in the various Google Groups of the movement
seem more interested in re-running the 2008 presidential election than
defeating the policies the winner of that election wants to impose on the
country.

"Even more troublesome than the tangible evidence of lethargy among the
grass roots is the resounding silence of the dog that isn't barking: The
demonstrations at Senators' Capitol Hill offices that are not occurring; the
Senate telephone system that has not become overloaded; the mailbags of
cards and letters opposing ObamaCare that are not arriving in the Senate
mail room; the fax machines that sit idle in Senate offices; the gazebos in
town squares across America that are not occupied by gatherings of citizens
opposed to a government takeover of healthcare; the YouTube videos not being
posted of boisterous gatherings outside local Senators' offices demanding to
meet with Senators when they are home on weekends; the demands for town hall
meetings that are not being made by local citizens."

Erik Erikson at the excellent Red State website reports:
"I am told quite reliably that in a meeting today on Capitol Hill,
Republican Senators began to rapidly move toward concessions on health care
because they are afraid they cannot hold their members. Some Republicans are
now thinking of supporting a government program.

"Already, Senate Democrats are looking to pass healthcare by attaching it to
unrelated legislation - the back door Brian Darling has repeatedly warned us
about.... Republicans are starting to waver on this."

You know what that means? Start melting the Capitol switchboard, as you did
this summer: 202-224-3121.

Mark your calendars for these upcoming events:

On Tuesday, October 13th at 6:30pm, in Fort Collins, there will be a
Colorado premiere screening of the new movie "FOR LIBERTY" at The Lyric
Cinema & Cafe.

http://www.forlibertymovie.com/about

Doors open 6pm, show at 6:30pm
The Lyric Cinema & Cafe
300 E. Mountain Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80524
www.LyricCinemaCafe.com

On Saturday, October 17th,
at 12:00 noon in downtown Fort Collins, a tea party rally will be held at the intersection of College
Avenue and Mulberry. Bring your signs and bring your August passion.

At 3:30 pm on Saturday, October 17, Denver will take part in a nationwide media protest called Operation: Can You Hear Us Now?
This event starts in front of the ABC/KMGH Station, 123 E Speer -
extending E on Speer Towards NBC - then, at 5:45 pm, it marches toward The Denver Post building. At 6:30 pm, Saturday evening, October 17, Candlelight Vigil for the 1st amendment in front of The Denver Post.
More information can be found here: http://www.operationcanyouhearusnow.com/events/

On Saturday, Oct 24, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, there will  be a BIG Tea Party in Windsor, Colorado, at the southeast corner of Main Street (Highway 392) and 15th Avenue. This event is sponsored by the good
folks of the Windsor 9-12, who have been so supportive of all Northern Colorado Tea Party and 9-12 events.

You can read more information at their website: http://windsor912.com/News_and_Events.html

Keep on keeping on,
Ray Harvey, Ft. Collins, Colorado

Contact information:
Lesley Hollywood: hotbeandip@msn.com
Ray Harvey: raysfreelancing@yahoo.com