Cleveland Tea Party

Get involved in local issues. Your voice is most powerful at this level. Force your local elected officials to take a stand on issues – even if it is not a local issue. Urge your local elected officials to assist in contacting elected officials in higher offices. Do not take – “there is nothing we can do,” as an answer. Politicians are elected to represent you – not give excuses of what they can’t do. We must force them to do their job or force them out of a job. This must happen at all levels of government.

There are 9/12 Meet Up groups (http://www.912project.com) starting up all over – join one! You will find other like-minded Americans in which you can discuss and debate current events and plans of actions. Be mindful, a majority of grass roots groups fall apart when there is no cause – this is the importance of being involved in local issues.

Often you are urged to contact your media about biased coverage. While good, it is like putting lipstick on a pig. Don’t fight them on their field, fight them on yours – get informed! Utilize the Internet for the ever-powerful tool that it is. Use the Internet to educate yourself with other sources of information. Use the Internet to inform yourself, your neighbors, family members, friends, etc.

To find local, state, and federal representatives go to http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home

Reach out to your senators at http://www.ourcountrydeservesbetter.com/issues/stopstimulus.html

• Mark L. Levin, Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto (New York: Threshold Editions, 2009) ISBN-10: 1416562850 ISBN-13: 978-1416562856
• Peggy Noonan, Patriotic Grace: What It Is and Why We Need It Now (Collins, 2008) ISBN-10: 0061735825 ISBN-13: 978-0061735820
• Ronald J. Pestritto, American Progressivism: A Reader (Lexington Books, 2008) ISBN-10: 0739123041 ISBN-13: 978-0739123041
• W. Cleon Skousen, The 5000 Year Leap: The 28 Great Ideas That Changed the World (National Center for Constitutional Studies, 1981) ISBN-10: 0880801484 ISBN-13: 978-0880801485