Our beloved friend, Charlie Eames, passed away a year ago, on November 1, 2009. I thought it would be fitting to honor Charlie by dedicating this Veterans Day tribute to him. Charlie served Honorably in the United States Air Force, during the Vietnam Era in the early 70′s. Here’s a photo of Charlie that will forever be known as “Veteran’s Salute”:

Charlie was also one of the pioneer contributors to RochesterConservative.com and it’s our third anniversary today! Charlie, Veterans Day and RochesterConservative.com will forever be intertwined into my heart…

And we can’t forget starting the Tea Party Movement in Rochester. Charlie was there, speaking at the first three Tea Parties:

Charlie speaking at the first Rochester Tea Party, 3/11/2009

In the following video, you’ll hear Charlie speaking at the 2009 Tax Day Rochester Tea Party:

“I’m finally glad to see people standing up as Americans”.

Right after, you’ll hear phantomlord proclaiming:

“In the present crisis, government isn’t the solution to our problems, government IS the problem!”

We can all buy into those sentiments!

Charlie also spoke at the Rochester Independence Day Tea Party on July 3rd, 2009:

Charlie Eames believed in the American values of limited government, individual liberty and the Constitution and he layed those beliefs and his reputation on the line by standing for those values publicly, where all could witness and be inspired.

I don’t know about you, but I was both inspired and amused by Charlie! I loved Charlie’s commitment to liberty and also for his quirky sense of humor that I miss to this day.

After Charlie left us to be with the Lord Jesus Christ, we honored him and his wife, Donna, daughter, Tiffany and Aunt Vera at the 2010 Tax Day Rochester Tea Party by dedicating the “Tribute to Veterans” to him:

In closing, I feel compelled to share that life is not quite the same without you, Charlie. We love and miss you!

Elaine Woods wrote:

I’m coordinating a free lecture on Saturday, Oct. 9 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at Lakeshore Community Church on Latta Road in Greece. The speaker is just great – Dr. Shanon Brooks; I paid to go to a 2-day seminar with him last spring so I know how knowledgeable he is. The lecture is part of the ReValue America New York tour that he’s doing – he’s coming in from out west -from Utah, I think – to speak about the real story of our nation’s founding, the ideals of our founding fathers,where America is in the cycle of history and how we need to prepare for what’s coming, and encouragement to not only become real leaders ourselves but also to prepare our children for that role so that we can be “re-founders”.

I especially like the video that explains the cycles of history and where we’re at. You can view it here and then look over more information if you’d like. If you feel that it’s something you could support, would you please either post or forward the information to the Rochester Conservative group? I think they’d really enjoy hearing all the information that Dr. Brooks is going to share. There will be opportunities to follow up and get more if people are interested, but the lecture is valuable just in itself.

Here’s a video of Dr. Shanon Brooks:

Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, had an interesting and informative article in the Wall Street Journal about Independent voters and where they stand. From Who Are the Independents, and What Are They Thinking?:

At this point, independents are significantly closer to Republicans than they are to Democrats on a host of questions involving their views of President Barack Obama, the political parties and issues. This is a reversal of the situation in 2006 and 2008.

Unless the Democrats can move independents’ views closer to their own, they are likely to face the same fate Republicans met in the last two elections.

Brown is basing this on a Quinnipiac national poll of 2,181 voters that was released last week.

This shift by Independents to the right is not surprising to me. By it’s very nature based on its founding, America is a fundamentally conservative country. Many people got snookered by “hopey changey” and the desire to elect a person of color to the presidency and the MSM was complicit in keeping the lid on Obama’s radical past. Unless people were reading conservative blogs, they didn’t know about any of this. Now that people have been able to see Obama and his administration in action, they are witnessing his agenda of transforming our country into a European style socialist democracy. Independents are taking notice of this direction Obama is leading our country away from its founding principles and are waking up with a case of buyers remorse.

I also believe that the Tea Party Movement has been instrumental in sounding the alarm to the American people of Obama’s socialist agenda. We had to speak out because the MSM is almost fully behind Obama and acting like TASS back in the days of the Soviet Union. We hit the streets, regular working class folks, and people saw us and listened to us and our message of smaller government, lower taxes, adherence to the Constitution and individual liberty resonates with most Americans. The radicals and socialists are well organized and loud but we outnumber them by a wide margin. The Independents are seeing socialism in action in the White House and they are rejecting it.

There was a good article on townhall.com by Brian Walsh about Dan Maffei and Ann Marie Buerkle and the NY 25th Congressional race:

Excerpt from: 2010 Race of the Day: Democrats’ Maffei Problem

Highlighting the growing concern over Maffei’s left-wing voting record and Republican candidate Ann Marie Buerkle’s broad appeal, Buerkle was endorsed by the Independence Party this week, strengthening her bid to take this seat in November. Her campaign theme is “Jobs are Job Number One” and it has resonated loud and clear among central New Yorkers. Having united Independents and Republicans of all stripes, Buerkle faces no primary and will be the only candidate on the ballot in November under the Republican line, the Conservative line, and the Independence line.

Incumbent Rep. Maffei has voted with Nancy Pelosi 96.5% of the time over the past two years, which has made his constituents, and most notably independents in the 25th District, tired of the same old Washington politics. A former aide to the corrupt Congressman Charlie Rangel, Maffei has only voted against his party’s agenda a handful of times. He voted for the stimulus, healthcare reform, and now the costly financial overhaul bill, supporting the current Administration’s out-of-control spending and disregard for America’s future. In the past two years, all Maffei has proven is that he’s just another unimpressive Pelosi puppet, one who holds his party’s agenda above his constituents’ interests.

Click here to read the full article

Incumbent Rep. Maffei has voted with Nancy Pelosi 96.5% of the time over the past two years

A former aide to the corrupt Congressman Charlie Rangel

If I had input into Ann Marie Buerkle’s campaign, I’d be running with the above factoids, both Ann Marie herself bringing them up while on the campaign trail and also in ads. The ratings for Pelosi’s Congress are at 21.8% according to the RealClearPolitics Poll Average. That’s even lower than W’s ratings at the end of his presidency. Rangel’s corruption case is front and center now and as a former aide, how could Maffei not have known what a crook Rangel is! Heck, Rangel helped Maffei get elected.

Shout Maffei’s voting record and ties to Charlie Rangel from the roof tops, Ann Marie!

Here’s a video of Ann Marie at the 2010 Tax Day Rochester Tea Party

Remember in November!

Enjoy!

RV

Breitbart.tv had a post about a national Tea Party organization that sent a letter to the Congressional Black Caucus denouncing racism back in April. Here’s a video of Niger Innis on who appeared on Geraldo yesterday:

The Rochester Tea Party Movement also publicly denounced racism as well as violence back March 25, 2010:

From: Rochester Tea Party Movement Committed to Peace and the Political Process

As one of the organizers of the Rochester Tea Party Movement, I can assure you that we do not tolerate or advocate violence or racism. We held three Tea Parties last summer (2009) and they were uplifting, patriotic events that were spirited, but were non-violent and there was no racism.

The Rochester Tea Party Movement organizers, which include We Surround Rochester, Campaign for Liberty, Young Americans for Liberty and the RochesterConservative.com blogs, are committed to peace and the political process and we do not tolerate or advocate violence or racism.

In four Tea Parties over the course of two years, there’s been no racism displayed at the Rochester Tea Parties. We do not tolerate it.

The NAACP’s resolution against the Tea Party Movement concerning alleged racism is unfounded and bogus.

This thrust of this piece is not for the patriot, the American that is vigilant of government, the individual that is actively working to restore our constitutional republic, or the man or woman that clearly views a threat to American freedom and liberty in our nation today.

Then who should learn about this rant? Every American that each of us can contact through our email lists, blogs, letters to editors, organizations we belong, candidate forums, et al., with the warning that America’s future is precarious if “we the people” ignore our responsibility and right to vote November 2, 2010 or make wrong choices.

There can be no doubt all America is aware, but may not comprehend, the bizarre and potentially fatal method the Obama Administration and Congress is governing America .

From ruling by czars, radicals in government, to fiscal insanity involving bail-outs, bank takeovers, fascist automobile industry interference, to socializing healthcare, encouraging immorality, demonizing America abroad, 2nd Amendment threats, ignoring sovereignty issues, suing a State Governor for taking measures to protect her citizens, condoning voter intimidation, encouraging racial confrontation in America, attempting to degrade the United States military, putting two wars on the back burner, to name a few serious issues. When viewed together, a destructive path emerges for America , if not peacefully reversed quickly.

If….the millions of Americans who are not registered to vote do not get registered; the millions who are registered and rarely vote, fail to vote in November; those that have been complacent with the attitude “let someone else do it” , fail to get energized to vote; those that excuse their duty to vote with a “my vote won’t count” and fail to seriously evaluate the threat to America and come to realize how critical every vote is; and if “we the people” do not ensure a free ballot box, the result will be America reflecting an attitude of surrender.

Our prayer must be that a free people will still have a choice and the courage in November 2010 to make right decisions. To reverse the threat to America we must select conservative, constitutional committed, Founding Father visioned, morally courageous candidates, with unwavering support for principles embedded in our Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, and Bill of Rights.

Failure of Americans of every color, race, ethnic background, political persuasion, gender, religion, to peacefully vote for right principles November 2, 2010 will signal continuation to those of the Marxist/socialist/communist ideology who are presently destroying over 200 years of freedom and liberty in America .

If the above failure occurs, I believe it will generate a massive, painful, bloody revolt in America . The overwhelming majority of Americans understand and abhor the thought of conflict in our beautiful land…but blood will flow before surrender to a dictator or socialist, communist regime. God help us keep our knees bent to Him, not a dictator.