The first open meeting of The Rhode Island Tea Party will be on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, from 6:30-8:30 pm, at the Warwick Public Library, Room 101, 600 Sandy Lane, Warwick, RI.
The purpose of the meeting is to begin organizing and establishing action plans for the Tea Party’s future. This is a very important meeting and we seek your active participation.
Thanks to the commitment, creativity and energy of our members, The Rhode Island Tea Party has had a very successful start since over 3,000 of us demonstrated at the State House on April 15th. We have made sure that the voice of The People is heard in both Providence and Washington, and we are considered a significant political force. Now we need to build on that foundation and get involved pro-actively in our government to achieve the goals of our mission statement:
“We the People of the RI Tea Party endeavor to promote good government practices by advocating for fiscal responsibility, accountability, and a return to the core principles set forth in our State and US Constitutions by our forefathers.”
To achieve this vision we must go far beyond protests. Our strategy is to engage in active citizen governance. It is time for us to roll up our sleeves and get involved in real political action. When we met at the State House in June we told our elected officials, “You work for us.” It is time for us to exercise our right to supervise our government and hold it accountable.
We envision a somewhat decentralized organization of members conducting a variety of projects to accomplish this. You may also contribute your ideas by emailing to: ideas [at] riteaparty [dot] net
We look forward to seeing you on the 24th!
Press Release: Rhode Island Tea Party
Moe Lane of the national conservative blog RedState, has posted regarding the story which has been receiving national attention, regarding Congressman Patrick Kennedy’s having been asked to refrain from receiving Holy Communion (as far back as 2007), due to his anti-Catholic public stance in favor of abortion, including federal funding of it.
Of course, Patches has tried to spin it to portray himself as the victim (what’s new). Just think, all this could have been avoided if Patches had just managed to keep his mouth shut…
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D, RI) denied Communion.
Posted by Moe Lane
At least, he’s claiming that he’s been forbidden it by Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Providence Diocese, and Bishop Tobin hasn’t denied it – and Tobin has denied that he’s ordered priest under his authority to actually deny Kennedy the Sacrament. Bishop Tobin’s office has also released a letter indicating that the bishop has chastised the Congressman on the subject of abortion since at least 2007; which will call into question the accuracy of Kennedy’s accusation that this is all about the Church’s firm line on abortion funding. It’s probably a factor, and it’s certainly true that Rep. Kennedy has been obdurate in his heresy* for some time, so this is merely the latest salvo.
Still, it’d be nice if we didn’t have to deal with this particular legacy Congressman. There’s actually a serious candidate this go-round: John Loughlin. State legislator, business owner, former military; not to be unkind, but Kennedy really hasn’t worked a day in his [expletive deleted] life, and it shows. Like, for example, in Kennedy’s ability to get himself sufficiently in trouble with the Church on this issue so as to actually be denied the Sacrament.
That takes skill.
Moe Lane
*The fact that the Church has neither the ability nor the particular desire to punish Rep. Kennedy (or other avowedly pro-abortion Catholics) for their shared heresy does not make it any less of one.
Source: RedState and Moe Lane
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