CCTPP Meeting Minutes, October 30, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEETING MINUTES OF
30 OCTOBER 2012

Meeting was held at Rolands Barbecue in Beaufort, NC
Meeting was called to order at 7:02 by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance was led by HOWARD GARNER
Invocation by NORMAN SANDERSON, Candidate for NC Senate
Attendance – 48

BOB announced “This is it !!!  We are down to the wire !!!  Next Tuesday, if you are not aware of it, is  ‘The Day’,  Election Day.  We are going to be busy at all the polls passing out TEA Party Ballot Recommendations of Conservative Candidates.

He asked that those that would help to please grab some constitutions and place the TEA Party  data sticker on them.  They are to be passed out at the Veterans Day Parade…..not at the polls.

BOB read the list of volunteer poll workers he had developed:  (He said if you would like to work a poll and he does not call your name, please see him after the meeting.)
He asked if anyone here tonight lived east of Otway and Bettie….Atlantic,  Sea Level,
Cedar Island????  We have a whole area down there with no volunteer.
Atlantic Beach Precinct – David Cox
Broad Creek – Bob Cavanaugh and Roy Musser
Beaufort I – Eula Parkin, Madeline Schaw, (Eula asked wasn’t that at the school now,
rather than the Board of Elections where it has been being held.  Yes), Bill
Griffith, Roma Wade.  (Gladys Suessle wanted to know if there if anyone at
South River, Merrimon, at the fire house?  BOB said that had all been combined
into one big precinct. – Bettie is a precinct now, Stacy, Davis and Williston, is a
Precinct, Smyrna, Marshallberg is a precinct, and Atlantic, Sea Level and Cedar
Island are now combined into a precinct.  Gladys Suessle said she was under the
Impression that if they waited until election day, they would be voting and the
South River/Merrimon fire house.  Fred Decker said they do have their own
Precinct now.)
Beaufort II – Gladys and Ed Suessle.
Bogue – Verne Thompson  working in the afternoon and Libby Brown morning shift.
Verne is a poll worker and when he gets off, he will take over then.
Cedar Point/Cape Carteret – Jim Nalitz
Davis – Weston Willis
Emerald Isle – Charles Moore,  (from the other TEA Party group)
Harkers Island – Wayne Willis,
Indian Beach – Roseanne Thompson
Mill Creek/Merrimon – No one listed.
Morehead I – Rick and Mary Ann Goff
Morehead II – Eric Broyles
Morehead III – Luke Kikulinski, Garrison Swigart, and Susan Rynas
Morehead IV – Fred Decker
Newport I –  Steve Best and Sherrill Goodwin
Newport II – Howard and Peggy Garner and Ron and Belva Manning
North River – (East Carteret High School) No one
Otway/Bettie – Clayton Gillikin
Pelletier – Asked Libby Brown if when she got through at 2:30 when Verne Thompson
got there if she would then go to Pelletier.   Howard said Ken Lang may already
have someone from Cape Carteret group scheduled to work.  Ro said she felt
sure that they do.
Pine Knoll Shores – No one
Stella  – Ken and Diane Lang
Wildwood – Jere Guerin, Ruth Parker, and Scott Carpenter
Wiregrass/Harlow – Nancy Bock

If anyone finds or hears of anyone who is willing to help on election day, please contact Bob Cavanaugh so he can adjust his list and help the new volunteer. Continue reading →

CCTPP Meeting Minutes, October 23, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEETING MINUTES OF
23 OCTOBER 2012

Meeting was held at Roland’s Barbecue in Beaufort, NC
Meeting called to order at 6:05 by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance led by BILL GRIFFITH
Invocation by MARY ANN GOFF
Attendance:  34

BOB welcomed BILL GRIFFITH and his lovely wife, PATTY back.  It has been a while since he has made a meeting.  (Applause)  BILL has been working the Board of Elections for the Republican Party in Beaufort.  Also, EULA PARKIN, MADELINE  SCHAW, ROMA WADE and EDITH (when she feels up to it) have also worked Beaufort voting site.  (BOB said he had seen EDITH today and she reported that she had had her first treatment and had tolerated it quite well.  He also said he heard that half of Beaufort was now wearing pink underwear – in support of her fight.)  RICK and MARY ANN GOFF have also been working the Beaufort site.  BOB said from the results he had been receiving that Beaufort had somewhere around 2,300 to 2,400 voters so far that had turned out.  STEVE BEST, SCOTT CARPENTER, HOWARD and PEGGY GARNER, and RUTH PARKER have been working Fort Benjamin Park in Newport which has had a real good turnout also.  STEVE reported that when he left at 4:30 today 1,829 had voted there since voting started last Thursday.  WAYNE WILLIS reported that the Davis Fire Department had not had any such turnouts there.  He did say they had twice as many voting as they had in the primary.  Maybe a couple of hundred so far.  Good news is 2/3 of them are Republicans and he knew them.  RO THOMPSON, KEN and DIANE LANG, JIM and PAT NALITZ, are working the polls at Cape Carteret.

FRED DECKER reported on checking out the voter list he had gotten last week.  Three on there were military; however, at the first house he stopped at he was told the man was in Afghanistan, but the person he was talking to had a different last name.  At the second house, he was told they had never heard of the person listed on Fred’s list and the third house (and third name) had a for sale sign on the front yard.  He said he was going to challenge these three names (who had requested absentee ballots).

BOB said he had received a report on Onslow County, for Thursday and Friday, had a count of the voters that had turned out, 45% of the voters were Democrat, 36% Republicans, and 17% Unaffiliated.  Carteret County, including Thursday, Friday and Monday, 49% of the early voters were Republican, 24% were Democrats and 21% Unaffiliated.  He said he personally thought the Unaffiliated were going, overwhelmingly, Republican.  Craven County Thursday, Friday and Monday had 47% Democrat, 35% Republican, and 17% Unaffiliated.  HOWARD said Bill Smith had stopped by during the middle of the afternoon today and said he understood state-wide the Democrats are outvoting the Republican 2 to 1.  BOB said he saw that email.  Greg Lewis sent that out over the weekend.  That does not include Monday and Tuesday.  BOB said he thinks Republican Conservatives for the most part wait and vote on election day.  LYN BAKER said she had been making phone calls from GOP Headquarters and all the Independents that she had called so far, only two have said no, they were voting Democratic.  She said they were not nasty, they just were stating their belief.  LUKE KUKULINSKI said he had only had 2 also.  LUKE said we need to remember that during the primary 30% of the Democrats voted ’no preference’ for president.  Statewide was 2%.  BOB said he thinks a lot of Democrats will vote or be voting for Romney but just not telling the world.  He also said he was amazed at how many people did not know about having to vote for the president and judges separately.  Those working the polls agreed.  Many thanked us and said they really appreciated us letting them know. Continue reading →

CCTPP Meeting Minutes, October 16, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEEING MINUTES OF
16 OCTOBER 2012

Meeting was held at Roland’s Barbecue Restaurant in Beaufort, NC
Meeting was called to order at 6:00pm by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance was led by WAYNE WILLIS
Invocation by Pastor JAMES ‘Winky” CHADWICK
Attendance – 28

Short discussion on the debate tonight and what the audience thinks/hopes will be the outcome.

BOB passed out lists of the Absentee Ballots that have been requested and mailed out to the recipients, broken down by precincts.  It lists all the Democrats, Republicans and Unaffiliated with names and addresses.  He said he and SCOTT CARPENTER had volunteered the TEA Party to take this project and go to the individual addresses, knock on their doors and ask them to please make sure they return their absentee ballot.  It is very important.  SCOTT has printed off copies of the TEA Party Ballot and when you talk to these voters, please also give them a copy of the ballot.  As you go down the list, please cross them off the list.  DENNIS TOMASO said it appeared to him that some of the ones on his list, Carteret County is their second home.  One of his actually lives in New Zealand and this is their summer home.  Why are those with Carteret addresses getting absentee ballots?  Several told of reasons they knew of ie. Handicapped and problem getting to the polls, going to be out of town, etc. Continue reading →

CCTPP Meeting Minutes, October 9, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEETING MINUTES OF
9 OCTOBER 2012

Meeting was held at Roland’s Barbecue in Beaufort, NC
Meeting was called to order at 6:00pm by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance was led by RUTH PARKER
Invocation by RO THOMPSON
Attendance – 32

BOB said you all remember my prayer from last week…well, it appears that GOD was listening because Obama got his b–t stomped in that debate.  (Applause)  HOWARD said if you’ll  behave yourself, HE will listen to you.  BOB said he surely put the duct tape over Obama’s mouth didn’t he?  Everyone is looking forward to Thursday’s debate between Biden and Ryan.  BOB said he thought it would be more of a comedy show….another said there wouldn’t be a debate that Biden would put his foot in his mouth right to start with.

BOB said the TEA Party would be meeting here at Roland’s for the time being through December.  He has the back room booked until the 18th.  He announced that Jing Gionni had closed their doors (not just Monday and Tuesday) due to a family issue.  Social Services was requiring either John or his wife to stay home with his wife’s mother full time.  It was just putting too much of a strain on trying to run the business and provide 24 hour care.  So they decided to just fold up the restaurant.  We wish them good luck….and with any of his future endeavors….and thank them for their support.  Someone asked if we could send them a card thanking them.  BOB asked NANCY to take care of it. Continue reading →

CCTPP Meeting Minutes, September 25, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEETING MINUTES OF
25 SEPTEMBER 2012

Meeting was held at Jing Giannia’s in Morehead City, NC
Meeting was called to order by at 6:02 pm by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance was led by EULA PARKIN
Invocation by EULA PARKIN
Attendance – 35

BOB said he had been telling us for a long time not to pay any attention to the polls. Tonight as he was coming to the meeting, he heard on the radio that a poll had been taken just today of NASCAR fans and the poll had Obama leading Romney by 49 to 42. Now you know there is no way. That just shows you how accurate polls are.

BOB introduced LIBBY BROWN who asked if we would pass out some cards she had had made up “The Power of One”. She said she and her husband had attended a meeting in DC the first of August, and they had ended up talking to a lot of people from Wisconsin. The people from Wisconsin thought the reason they had been successful with Scott Walker was that they had tried to empower every person that they met that could make a difference in the election. So she has been thinking about it and she and one of the other ladies from their TEA Party group came up with this idea. She had these cards made up and the idea is for you to give this card to 10 people and then give them some more cards that they give to 10 other people. The card states:
“The POWER of ONE”.
Tell ONE to tell TEN more
VOTE ROMNEY-RYAN.
Tell 10 to REGISTER.
Tell 10 to VOTE.
It’s our country!
We Want it Back!
You can make a DIFFERENCE
by telling ONE to tell TEN more to
VOTE ROMNEY-RYAN
On the reverse of the card is a blank space where you can write some message if you would like and also says:
*Promote job growth *Lower Taxes.
*Grow Small Businesses *Smaller Government
*Repeal Obamacare *Energy Independence
She asked if anyone would like to help her pass out these cards she was leaving a stack of them and would like for us to pick them up and help get them out. She did not include any phone numbers since this was a personal project, not a TEA Party endorsement per se. She said she had been making phone calls from home and today she had been making calls for Ohio to get people out to vote there for Josh Mandell who is running for Senate, a fine young man; as well as to vote for Romney/Ryan. One man she talked to said he was not too crazy about Romney but he did not like Obama. She told him what she would suggest is realize that when you vote for Romney, you vote against Obama. She thanked us and left. Continue reading →

Letter to the Editor – TAKE BACK AMERICA on Nov 6th

ARE YOU TIRED OF:  lack of progress on job creation?  US Debt continuing to increase with more spending programs?  increased taxation for all Americans?  past and future bailouts?  non-functioning Green Energy stimulus programs?  lack of administration focus, direction, and leadership? replacing Capitalism with Socialism?

THEN DO THE FOLLOWING… On election day, November 6th, cast your vote for Mitt Romney for President and all conservatives, local, state, federal, including Judges.  We need to stop the irresponsible socialistic behavior of President Obama and the potential devastation that will occur if he is reelected.  This may be our last election to place America on the path to economic recovery.  We desire a better America for our children and grandchildren than the practices President Barack Obama’s administration has forced upon us the past four years.

THE TIME IS NOW…  You have the power to right the American ship and restore our Constitutional values by voting for Conservative candidates.  Do it with pride….  Do it with passion…  Do it for your love of the American way…  Do it for all future generations !

Respectfully submitted,

Richard Wilson
Whispering Pines, NC

Letter to the Editor – Proposed Insurance Rate Increase for 2012

Proposed Insurance Rate Increase for 2012

The entire basis for the proposed rate increase is based on flawed data and analysis. First, the increase cites the increased cost of replacing property due to the increased risk of wind and flood damage in coastal NC due to hurricanes. In fact, wind and flood damage in NC is not limited to hurricanes on the coast as history shows that wind damage from hurricanes often takes its toll well inland, west of I-95. In addition, wind and flood damage is not limited to hurricanes, but includes other wind event such as tornadoes that often occur west of I-95. Second, to claim that wind and flood on the coast puts insurance companies at higher risks is a fallacy since most insurance companies have abandoned homeowners to the “wind pool” and flood insurance is covered by federal flood insurance. The insurance companies are at no higher risk due to these events because they no longer insure homeowners against these risks. To use the unproved claim that the coast is at higher risk to wind and flood damage and therefore the claims against insurance companies is higher is an out right untruth since the insurance companies are not responsible for damages from these events.

More disturbing, however, is the timing of this proposed rate increase. During the election for a new Insurance Commissioner, this seems to be a win-win strategy for the current Insurance Commissioner. Mr. Wayne Goodwin has already touted his undocumented savings to homeowners in numerous television ads. Now he is afforded the opportunity by the insurance companies and the insurance Rate Board to deny all or part of the proposed ridiculous homeowner insurance rate (30% for coastal NC). Mr. Goodwin can deny all or part of the proposed increase, then release new political ads on how he again saved the homeowners of NC millions of dollars in premiums. While all along, you the homeowner will be paying more for insurance that not the insurance companies are liable for but that will be paid under the Federal Flood Insurance and “Wind-Pool” Insurance programs, and by all the taxpayers in NC and the USA. In the end, it is we the people who pay, while giving Mr. Wayne Goodwin another false issue on which to campaign.

Kenneth Lang

CCTPP Meeting Minutes, October 2, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEETING MINUTES OF
2 OCTOBER 2012

Meeting held at Jing Gianno’s Restaurant in Morehead City.
Meeting called to order at 6:10pm by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance led by FRED DECKER
Invocation by BOB CAVANAUGH
Attendance – 30

BOB introduced our special guests tonight….NORMAN and LINDA SANDERSON.  Mr. Sanderson is currently our House of Representative member and candidate for NC State Senate.  (Applause)  Norman said, “I was just sitting here and the thought came into my mind that most politicians in office for the last few years would not be comfortable in this room tonight, because they do not believe as you (we) do.  And I said to myself ‘GOD, it is good to sit in here among people like this”  (Laughter)  “I want to just thank you all for what you do, and I wanted to share something with you, if you will.  This was an article, a letter to the editor in the Sun Journal come months ago, so some of you may have read it.  It is from a very good friend of mind and it is called ‘Who is the TEA Party?’  Did any of you all see it in the paper.  It was written by a gentleman who lives out in River Bend…name is Lewis (sounded like Call).  He says, I was recently asked at a social gathering ‘Just who is the TEA Party?’  I thought for a minute about all the people I had met over the years that support the mission which is to expose and defeat those who have abandoned our Constitution.  There is no shortage of candidates from both sides of the aisle that fit in this category so perhaps the question should be ‘What Is the TEA Party?’.  Continue reading →

30%Rate Hike Proposed for Coastal NC

NC Friends:

Below is a slightly edited announcement from the town manager of Pine Knoll Shores.

It applies to ALL NC coastal property owners. Please see if you can attend.

Please also pass this on to other NC coastal property owners you know.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen,

As many of you have heard, coastal insurance rates are being targeted for another major increase.  The message below my signature block provides detail.

You may contact the NC Insurance Commissioner to voice your opposition (which was effective in preventing a much more substantial increase just last year).  The blue/bold text below tells you how to do this.

Next week an organization called NC-20 is holding a symposium in Morehead City that addresses a number of issues significant to coastal NC.  NC-20 is an organization that advocates for many coastal groups on legislative/policy issues such as stormwater management, sea-level rise, and the fight that occurs almost annually over insurance rate increases.

I have found NC-20 to be the best source of information for the lay-person (i.e., not in the insurance industry) to understand these complex issues.

Note that the symposium costs $35 (which includes lunch), and that other important coastal issues besides the insurance rate increase will be covered.

Brian Kramer

Town Manager

Pine Knoll Shores, NC

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Higher Property Insurance Rates Proposed

The NC Rate Bureau submitted a Homeowners Insurance Rate Filing with the NC Department of Insurance on Monday, October 1st. The filing represents an average 17.7% increase statewide in property insurance rates. Continue reading →

Insuring a home may get pricier in NC

By David Ranii – dranii@newsobserver.com

Tags: homeowners insurance | Wayne Goodwin

Insurers are seeking rate increases for homeowner’s insurance in North Carolina that range from a high of 30 percent in coastal counties to a low of 1.2 percent.

The hefty rate increase being sought along the coast fits a long-term pattern that has frustrated and outraged coastal communities that contend the rates homeowners pay already are unjustifiably high. Continue reading →

Supreme Court Outcome Will Have Lasting Effects

Carolina Journal News Reports

Supreme Court Outcome Will Have Lasting Effects

Rulings on redistricting expected to hinge on election results

Oct. 1st, 2012

 

RALEIGH — To many, the race is below the radar, taking a back seat to the presidential and gubernatorial contests in North Carolina. But some say the battle for a state Supreme Court justice seat could be the most important race to be decided by the state’s voters this year.

The reason? The outcome of this race will decide whether the partisan balance will shift toward the Democrats or remain with the Republicans on the officially nonpartisan Supreme Court.

Among other issues, the court will decide whether the legislative and congressional maps set last year by the Republican-led General Assembly are constitutional. If the justices say no, it may take a year or more to draw new maps and complete all the legal challenges to them. The justices may wind up drawing the final maps before the 2014 election, and whether the majority is Democratic or Republican could have a significant effect on the partisan makeup of the General Assembly and the state’s congressional delegation.

The race pits incumbent Republican Justice Paul Newby of Raleigh against Democratic Court of Appeals Judge Sam J. “Jimmy” Ervin IV of Morganton. Continue reading →

CCTPP Meeting Minutes, Sep 18, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEETING MINUTES OF
18 SEPTEMBER 2012

Meeting was held at Jing Gianni’s Trattoria in Morehead City, NC
Meeting was called to order at 6:03pm by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance was led by HOWARD GARNER
Invocation by JERE GEURIN
Attendance – 28

Discussion on murder of our Ambassador, the two Seals and the American citizen, in Libya and opinions of what was the cause.  No one believes it was spontaneous.  It was definitely preplanned.  Obama’s people are doing a lot of spin to take the heat off Obama and his foreign policies.  It was agreed that if our government had listened to what was being said at least three days prior to the storming of the consulate, and if our guards had been armed, this disaster could have been averted.

LUKE KUKULINSKI reported that the phone bank at GOP Headquarters starts tomorrow.  Anyone who wants to help make calls, contact JUDY WILGUS.

SUSAN RYNAS said New Bern was having one (phone bank) this weekend.  Bethany, who spoke to us recently, has been in contact with KAREN BLOOMFIELD.  KAREN stopped by prior to the meeting (she was unable to stay tonight) and dropped off information on making the phone calls that Bethany had talked to us about.  The data even included the talk you were supposed to make in conversing with potential voters.  Very informative.

BOB asked how many had attended the Insurance Commissioners’ debate Monday at the Sanitary Restaurant. Continue reading →

CCTPP Meeting Minutes, September 11, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEETING MINUTES OF
11 SEPTEMBER 2012

Meeting was held at Jing Gianni’s Trattoria in Morehead City, NC
Meeting was called to order at 6:03pm by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance was led by RO THOMPSON
Invocation by STEVE BEST
Attendance – 33

BOB asked for a moment of silence in memory of those brave souls who knew they were going to die on Flight 93 but decided to take matters into their own hands and all those other poor souls in the World Trade Center (can’t forget the memory of those bodies jumping from many stories above the sidewalk to avoid the horrible flames) and the Pentagon (all those lives lost, may we never forget).  And their families.  Silence

HOWARD GARNER commented on the cost of the memorial of Flight 93 and the fact that right after the event the Moose Lodges and Chapters took that as a project and all donated at least $93.00 each, which amounted to at least a million or more in donations, but the people in charge of developing the memorial said they still needed something like $5 million to complete.

HOWARD also reminded everyone about the luncheon/debate Monday at the Sanitary Restaurant, September 17, 11:30 to 2:00 pm featuring candidates for NC Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey and Wayne Goodwin.  If you do not already have your reservations, and would like to go, please email ncdoidebate@gmail.com to check if any spaces are still available.

BOB gave a brief update on some recent events: Continue reading →

CCTPP Meeting Minutes, September 4, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEETING MINUTES OF
4 SEPTEMBER 2012

Meeting was held at Jing Giannia’s Trattoria in Morehead City, NC
Meeting was called to order at 6:05pm by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance was led by TOM AUSTIN
Invocation by NANCY BOCK
Attendance – 30

BOB asked what everyone thought of the convention (Republican) last week.  Great speeches and speakers.  He said he finally broke down and went to see the 2016 movie last week.  He is glad he did.  It really explained the source of Obama’s anger and the mindset that he had coming out of his early years and the baggage he is carrying.  He understands a lot better of where his hatred of the United States is coming from and why he wants to bankrupt us.  He saw the movie in Havelock.  TOM said it had been carried over in Jacksonville.  BOB said he went to the 10:00pm showing last night, got out around midnight, and even that late there were six other people there that late.  Usually when he goes to a 10:00pm movie, he is the only one there.

HOWARD said we need to keep our meeting short tonight so we can all get home and see Michelle speak tonight.  (laughter) BOB said it is appearing to him that this convention (Democratic) is one angry group.  Discussion on which speaker at last week’s Republican convention  did the best job.  Everyone there had an opinion from Clint Eastwood Continue reading →

CCTPP Meeting Minutes, August 28, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEETING MINUTES OF
28 AUGUST 2012

Meeting held at Jing Gianni’s Restaurant in Morehead City, NC
Meeting called to order at 6:05 pm by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance was led by KEN LANG
Invocation by LYN BAKER
Attendance – 32

BOB informed audience that FRED DECKER had $2.00 each raffle tickets for ½ buffalo (meat) for sale to raise money for “Young Marines” for anyone interested.

Discussed the movie ‘2016’ and who had attended so far and their comments.  BOB asked if it had changed anybody’s opinion and the response was ‘Yes, even more determined to vote against Obama”.  KEN LANG said it did not change your opinion but it sort of explains why Obama does what he does.  When you talk to people in their 30s and 40s and you tell them Obama is trying to pull America down, they will ask, ‘why in the world would he do that?’.  This movie explains why.  Obama does not view America the same way that people who grew up here does.  He spent his first 10 years in Indonesia and after that he went to Hawaii, which if you remember, was a possession of the United States at that time.  (A colony)  The whole basis of this movie is that in Obama’s mind the US has stolen everything from all these other countries (3rd world) and now we need to give it back.  One of the things he points out was the money he had given to Brazil and Mexico to drill for oil and in other places other than our territorial waters.  The author, Denesh D’Souza, Continue reading →

CCTPP Meeting Minutes, August 21, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS

MEETING MINUTES OF

21 AUGUST 2012

Meeting held at Jing Gianni’s Restaurant in Morehead City (across from O’Malley’s on

Hwy 70/Arendell Street – Beaufort side of Cox’s) Information provided for those

Who still are having trouble finding our location)

Meeting was called to order by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH

Pledge of Allegiance was led by RO THOMPSON

Invocation by STEVE BEST

BOB asked if everyone was aware that the ‘2016 Obama’s America’ movie was going to be shown in Jacksonville at the Carmike 16 Theater, 350 Western Blvd, located behind the Mall (behind Belks).

Times are:  Friday, August 24 – 1:00pm, 3:10pm, 5:20pm, 7:30pm, 9:40pm

      Saturday, August 25 – Times same as above

      Sunday, August 26 – Times same as above.

According to the web site it plays from this Friday until next Thursday.

Discussion followed as to location of theater, and who was planning on going and what time and day.  The email we had received came from TOM AUSTIN who also wanted to know who planned to go and did we want to go as a group.  HOWARD GARNER and several others thought it would be nice to go as a group; however, it appeared that different ones were planning their own car pooling times, so no consensus was agreed upon all going together at the same time.  So BOB said you all have the schedules – work it out yourselves.  He, personally, was not going…there he did not think they would show anything to make him dislike Obama more than he already does.  VERNE THOMPSON said he agreed with BOB, except he felt like he should support the people that had produced this movie.  BOB said he thought buying the DVD would give them more financial support than anything else.  Ongoing discussion among the attendees about who wanted to go with whom, until BOB used the gavel to bring order back to the meeting by asking PEGGY if she would like the floor (since she was talking and making plans with BELVA and RON MANNING about getting together and going).  She thanked BOB but said she didn’t think she could carry the floor very far. (Laughter)  BOB said Atlas Shrugged Part II was coming out later on this month.  They have also released it on DVD.

BOB reminded us that VERNE THOMPSON had told us last week that he would take the Paul Ryan budget which was about 70 pages and he would summarize and condense it down, which he has done.  He brought several copies for us to take and read and discuss at our next meeting. Continue reading →

CCTPP Meeting Minutes, August 14, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEETING MINUTES OF
14 AUGUST 2012

Meeting was held at Jing Gianni’s Trattoria in Morehead City, NC
Meeting called to order at 6:01 pm by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance was led by ROMA WADE.
Invocation by JERE GEURIN

BOB said, “For those who missed it, a bunch of us went down to the other side of Swansboro for the photo opportunity with the Moore County TEA Party, who were down to take pictures of the road side billboard.  If you want to see what it looks like then just look at the button ROMA has on.  Anyway we had a real good showing of 24 people.  The Moore County TEA Party group was blown away when they saw the crowd.  I got a phone call later on the during the day from the Jacksonville Daily News, Jennette Pippett.  She wanted to know what was going on.  She had gotten reports that the TEA Party or Wounded Warrior crowd were out there by the side of the road waving flags and signs.  Continue reading →

CCTPP Minutes, August 7, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEETING MINUTES OF
7 AUGUST 2012

Meeting was held at Jing Gianni’s, 4050 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC
Meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance was led by BOB CAVANAUGH
Invocation by Norman Sanderson

BOB said he wanted to thank soon-to-be Senator Norm Sanderson and Lady Sanderson for coming and speaking with us tonight.  We also have soon-to-be’s Judge Rowe, and Judge McFadyen among our distinguished guests tonight.  (Applause)  “In case you all missed it, Judge McFadyen’s competition decided to drop out of the race (Applause).  That saves Dave’s friends a lot of money.  (Laughter)”   Someone asked what happened to Smith and why did he drop out of the race.  David said they had had a long talk (great conversation) and Kirby felt it just wasn’t in his best interest to stay in the race.  He respects everything Kirby had to say to him…he respects his rationale…to be honest with you, if the shoe were on the other foot, he probably would say the same things.  He appreciated his candor.  It does mean the race changes a little bit, but, said  his name is still going to be on the ballot and for that reason we will still have to get the vote out.    BOB asked ‘what happens if he gets more votes than you but has dropped out of the race before the election?’  David said,  ‘then he will win and tell you all that the people have spoken.’  Therefore we need to get that vote out in November, so something like that will not happen.  He did appreciate the article in the News Times.  It kinda spelled the situation out a little bit better than he could.  If you have not read that article, please go on line and read it there. Continue reading →

Federal Court Upholds the Herding of Demonstrators Into “Free Speech Zones”

Federal Court Upholds the Herding of Demonstrators Into “Free Speech Zones”

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Mac Slavo
SHTFplan

There was once a group of men who established a fundamental law of the land that allowed the people of their new found country to peaceably assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances. These founding fathers of that Great nation even went so far as to declare that the government itself could never make a law that would threaten to supplant these protections, which were reserved exclusively for the people. This concept of freedom of assembly and protest was so critical to protecting and preserving the liberty of the people that it was the very first law – the very first Amendment – proposed by the newly elected representatives of These United States of America and came into effect on December 15, 1791.

It’s frightening what just a couple of hundred years of politicking, self serving greed and expediency can do to a nation. Apparently, somewhere along the way, politicians and judges who hold their personal views in higher regard than those laws upon which this nation was founded, have taken it upon themselves to decide what’s best for the American people and that, perhaps, we have a little too much liberty:

A federal appeals court has upheld the creation of no demonstration zones, which prohibit free speech in certain public areas.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals released a ruling yesterday upholding a lower court’s decision that also declared such zones as being permissible. The opinion was penned by Judge Dennis Jacobs on behalf of a three judge panel that included Judges Pierre Leval and Debra Ann Livingston, two of whom are Republican judges appointed by George H.W. Bush.

The case surrounded an arrest that took place in 2004 when Michael Marcavage of Repent America and Steve Lefemine of Columbia Christians for Life attended the Republican National Convention in Madison Square Garden to address the large number of pro-abortion speakers at the event, including Rudy Giuliani and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

According to court records, the two were standing on the public sidewalk holding signs when they were approached by police. The police officer informed the men that they could not stand in their particular location because it had been marked by officials as being a “no demonstration” zone.

When the men asked where they could go to engage in free speech activity, the officer directed them to a free speech zone located a block away from the entrance of Madison Square Garden. The area, which police had specifically erected for demonstrations, was the only location where expressive activity was allowed to take place during the event. Individuals of varying and opposite opinions were forced to stand together in one consolidated and caged area, which included a stage with a microphone.

Marcavage and Lefemine complied by walking away from the area alongside the officers and toward the zone that the NYPD had established. As they walked and were questioning the police about the purpose and reasoning behind the zones, they were placed under arrest for not relocating to the area fast enough.

“They took us to an abandoned warehouse where they funneled hundreds of people into cages that they had set up for this purpose,” Marcavage explained. “They treated us like cattle.”

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Only those who agree with the message being delivered at a particular political or public event are now authorized to assemble in or around these areas. Anyone else is relegated to the cattle cages out of view of the public, the media and the officials at whom their protest or grievance is directed.

 

These zones are the very antithesis of free speech.

And it’s not just judges ruling by decree that are stripping us of our right to assemble and protest. In fact, the 1st Amendment itself has been, per recent Congressional action, overridden by a new law that was passed earlier this year. The Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act now allows national and local authorities to declare any venue they so choose as an “event of national significance,” at which point anyone who is found to be demonstrating in those areas can be charged under Federal criminal statutes.

Congress Criminalizes the Right to Free Assembly; Strips Basic Protections of First Amendment:

The new legislation allows prosecutors to charge anyone who enters a building without permission or with the intent to disrupt a government function with a federal offense if Secret Service is on the scene.

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It’s not just the president who would be spared from protesters, either.

Covered under the bill is any person protected by the Secret Service. Although such protection isn’t extended to just everybody, making it a federal offense to even accidently disrupt an event attended by a person with such status essentially crushes whatever currently remains of the right to assemble and peacefully protest.

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In the text of the act, the law is allowed to be used against anyone who knowingly enters or remains in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority to do so…

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Under that verbiage, that means a peaceful protest outside a candidate’s concession speech would be a federal offense…

With the definitions for “domestic terrorism” now taking on a broad scope and encompassing almost any activity deemed as such by the Department of Homeland Security and federal authorities, it is only a matter of time before peaceful demonstrators are not only detained for their criminal terroristic activities, but held indefinitely under US anti-terrorism laws like the National Defense Authorization Act.

That members of our Congress and appointed Federal judges would first create, then uphold, such laws designed to explicitly enact regulations in direct and overt violation of the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights is nothing short of a treasonous action.

It is, by all accounts, a betrayal of the people of this country and of the established laws of the land.

The Liar in Chief

Obama Lies so Far

Below is a list of Obama’s documented lies so far with the most recent lies first. If you see we are missing a documented lie Submit the lie here.

Lies During Third Year

I will walk on that picket line with you, if workers are denied the right to bargain.
Youtube

In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Obama said that American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years.
www.breitbart.com

I’ve done more for Israel’s security than any President ever
Obama aided Islamic Extremists take over of Egypt/ Libya – Weapons pour into Gaza

Virtually every Senate Republican voted against the tax cut last week
Examiner

“Every idea that we’ve put forward are ones that traditionally have been supported by Democrats and Republicans alike.”
Like Raising taxes?

Obama met highly qualified out of work teacher Robert Baroz
He wasn’t out of work and Obama never met him.

GOP Responsible for Obama Jobs Bill Not Passing
Dems Rejected Jobs Bill

You have 80 percent of the American people who support a balanced approach. Eighty percent of the American people support an approach that includes revenues and includes cuts. So the notion that somehow the American people aren’t sold is not the problem
Gallup Poll: Only 69%

These are obligations that the United States has taken on in the past. Congress has run up the credit card, and we now have an obligation to pay our bills.
Looks like it’s been incurred mostly in the years of Obama

Jobs Bill Paid for
Seems not so much Paid for

Then you’ve got their(GOP)which is dirtier air, dirtier water, less people with health insurance
Barack Obama, campaiging in Asheville, NC, 10/17/11

I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven’t resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it.
American.com

USA producing more oil than ever before
Petroleum Insights

Fence between US and Mexico is “Practically Complete”
Department of Homeland Security says 5%

Rich doesn’t pay their fair share.
National Taxpayers Union

Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children.
Cnn Interview

Lies During Second Year

Obama claimed the SCOTUS decision in Citizens United v. FEC, “open[ed] the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections.
nationalreview.com

No signing statements to nullify or undermine congressional instructions as enacted into law
Obama Lies to Keep Czars

No “boots” on the ground Libya
Anyone that has worked with the AC-130 gunship can tell you, you need spotters to let aircraft know where the targets are. Usually it is Special Forces, Rangers etc trained for this mission. It’s CIA Agents in Libya on the ground

Reform will also rein in the abuse and excess that nearly brought down our financial system. It will finally bring transparency to the kinds of complex, risky transactions that helped trigger the financial crisis.
Obama Lies About Financial Reform Bill

All Americans WILL BE were, “surprised, disappointed and angry” about lockerbie bomber
Obama Memo

I will not rest until the BP Oil Spill stops
Obama’s Schedule

The health care bill will not increase the deficit by one dime.
Campaign and Presidency

If you like the health care plan you have you can keep it
TownHall

“Under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place.”
U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., September 9, 2009.

ObamaCare Fee is not a new tax
Obama denies healthcare is a new tax on all Americans

We have run out of places in the US to drill for oil.
Obama’s oval office speech in June 2010

Now suddenly if you don’t have your papers and you took your kid out to get ice cream, you can be harassed, that’s something that could potentially happen.
Arizona Immigration Law

Doctors choose amputation because they get better compensation. Greedy Doctors taking out tonsils for more money.
Claims never documented

The Health Care Package will pay for itself
Time

Republicans don’t have a single idea that’s different from George Bush’s ideas — not one.
Hmm Immigration?

We shouldn’t Mandate the purchase of health care
Democratic Debate Lies

Obama says he’ll save average family $8,000 in gas
Video Proof

I am immediately instituting PayGo “Pay as you go”
Said during a speech immediately after the Trillion Dollar “Shovel Ready” bill.

I got the Message from Massachusetts
Daily Bail

Lies During First Year

We began by passing a Recovery Act that has already saved or created over 150,000 jobs.” – caught cooking the books and now changed to ‘jobs supported’ versus ‘created/saved’
AP fact Checker

Number one, we inherited a $1.3 trillion deficit. … That wasn’t me.” – Congress, under Democratic control in 2007 and 2008, controlled the purse strings that led to the deficit Obama inherited.Obama supported the emergency bailout package in Bush’s final months — a package Democratic leaders wanted to make bigger.
AP fact Checker

Collective salvation
Obama calls himself a Christian

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Obama Inauguration. 20 Jan 2009

Cut Deficit in Half by end of first term
Associated Press Video

Health Care deals will be covered on C-span
Obama Lies

As President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide
ABC

Recovery Act will save or create jobs
ABC News

Unemployment rate will be 8.5% without stimulus.
Obama Lies

No Earmarks in the $787 Billion Stimulus
CNN

I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care plan
Specator.Org

We have launched a housing plan that will help responsible families facing the threat of foreclosure lower their monthly payments and refinance their mortgages.
Obama Lies

I am not somebody who promotes same-sex marriage.
NPR

Guantanamo bay to be closed within a year
Council on Foreign Relations.

Won’t Raise taxes on those making less than 250,000 per year.
Businessweek: Obama Agnostic on taxes
List of Tax Promise Violations

2008 Campaign Lies

I will walk the picket line with you, if workers are denied the right to bargain
Youtube

No more wiretapping of citizens
Youtube

Mr. Ayers as “a guy who lives in my neighborhood,” but “not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis.
News Busters

I had a uncle who was one of the, who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Obama campaign would accept public funding
ABC

Minimum Wage will increase to $9.50/hr
A Socialist

Ann Dunham spent the months before her death in 1995 fighting with insurance companies that sought to deny her the coverage she needed to pay for treatment.
Mounting Heath Care Lies

Didn’t know Jeremiah Wright was Radical
Dreams of My Father – A radical Socialist.

Would have the most transparent administration in History
Cato Institute

We will go through our federal budget – page by page, line by line – eliminating those programs we don’t need, and insisting that those we do operate in a sensible cost-effective way.
Boston Globe

I have visited all 57 states.
Snopes

I’ll get rid of earmarks
Source: Any bill passed during presidency

When a bill lands on my Desk, The American people will have 5 days to review it before I sign it.
Campaign Speech

My father served in World War II.
The Videos and the Facts

Have troops out of Iraq by March 31, 2009
News Video

Seniors Making less than 50,000 will not have to pay taxes
YouTube

Would not vote for any bill supporting troop funding without a firm withdrawal commitment from the Bush Administration.
He has done nothing but continue the Bush admins strategy and to explain how the “surges total failure” has now become his greatest achievement.

Present Votes Are Common In Illinois
NPR

I Won Michigan
Huffington Post

I won Nevada
The Nation

I don’t Have Lobbyists
US News

My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad
Crooks and Liars

I Have Always Been Against Iraq
Washington Post

My Wife Didn’t Mean What She Said About Pride In Country
CNN

Barack was never an ACORN trainer and never worked for ACORN in any other capacity.
Obama Campaign Video

I Barely Know Rezko
Sun Times

My Church Is Like Any Other Christian Church
ABC News

Large Corp. Exec’s &
Politicians are Royalty
You are the Serfs.

Videos

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A Couple of Conservative Movies

At last nights meeting, several people asked about two movies that are geared towards conservatives. These movies will not appear in theaters everywhere like most Hollywood production. Here is the information to date. Check the web sites listed for more theaters as the movies are released throughout NC (maybe).

Movies:

Obama’s America 2016 by Dinesh D’souza

based on the book “Roots of Obama’s Rage.” Good book

Web site: http://2016themovie.com/theaters/?state=NC

Movie has been released and will be playing in NC on August 17 in Charolette and Concord; they say more cities to be announced.

Atlas Shrugged Part 2

based on the book “Atlas Shrugged.” Another good book

Part 1 was released last year and is now available on DVD. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, and plan to go to see Part 2.

Web site: http://www.atlasshruggedmovie.com/

Movie to be released 10-10-12

Theaters have not been announced yet; Part 1 was in Wilmington and Fayettville, and west. Check their web site for theaters as the release date approaches.

You can also contact the web sites and let them know that you want the movies played in this area. If they get enough requests, they may make arrangements for them to play here.

Billboard Celebration, August 10 @ 11 AM, Swansboro

Come to the Billboard Celebration in Swansboro on Friday, August 10 @ 11 AM on Hwy 24 & Swansboro-Belgrade Rd.

Sunday, August 5, 2012 11:05 AM
HEAR YE!  HEAR YE!
Billboard Design 2012
THE BILLBOARDS ARE UP!
THE BILLBOARDS ARE UP!
Dear Ken,
The BILLBOARDS are UP! It’s time to celebrate! Look on our website, www.tea4nc.com, to see photographs of some of the billboards taken as they went up all over North Carolina on big highways beginning July 23rd.  They’re gorgeous! And, we all are justifiably proud!  Our message,  RECLAIM AMERICA *** VOTE *** ENOUGH! is clear and posted for all to see who travel our roads.
We have arranged to take four trips to VISITand

CELEBRATE our billboards during the week of August 6th.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!  Details are at www.tea4nc.com.  Here is the brief schedule:
Tuesday, August 7

Dunn, Efland, Greensboro and Madison. We’ll plan on having lunch in Greensboro.
Wednesday, August 8
Enfield, Roper and Kinston, stopping for lunch in Roper.
Friday, August 10
Swansboro, Watha and Bolivia, stopping for lunch in Watha.
Saturday, August 11
Black Mountain, Statesville and Salisbury, stopping for lunch in Black Mountain.
All trips will start from the Armory in Southern Pines for many of us who initiated the Billboards for NC in 2010, and we will leave at 8:00AM. We have a schedule for each trip which gives estimated departure, travel and arrival times for each board.  If you will be meeting us at one or more of the billboards send a note with details to cwheeldo2@nc.rr.com – Carol needs the numbers, especially if you’ll be bringing others and/or joining us for lunch.  We’ll repeat that below – we sure do want you to be with us – and to let others know about this big Celebration Week!

We need to know how many will be traveling in our caravans from Southern Pines for each day, so

PLEASE RSVP WHAT DAYS/TRIPS YOU WILL BE GOING WITH US.
If you will be meeting us at the boards, please RSVP what days/trips/locations you will be meeting us.  Let us know if you plan to have lunch with us.

Be sure to wear red, white and blue, if possible. Bring signs and flags. We will make a merry celebration at each site!  We’d love to have media coverage for all four trips, and would be happy to have you let newspapers and television sources know about the schedule and the project!

If you need details, check the Billboard Website,
www.tea4nc.com.  Round up your friends and let’s be on board together for the Billboard Celebrations!
See you around the state very soon.  Meanwhile, spread the word!
 
The BILLBOARDS ARE UP!
Carol Wheeldon
Billboard Committee Co-Chair

 Are You Wondering About

NC TEA Billboards Across NC?
The goal of the the NC TEA Billboard Project is to send an unmistakable message to residents of and visitors to North Carolina – RECLAIM AMERICA – VOTE – ENOUGH!  Our statewide committee of TEA and Grassroots conservatives planned for, raised funds and has now put billboards in key strategic locations in North Carolina over the period from July through the November elections, 2012.

North Carolina is a Battleground swing state this year, when the Democrat Convention will be held in Charlotte in September.  During the period when the billboards will be up many hundreds of thousands of people will view them.  A mobile billboard will be in Charlotte, another mobile will be at the Raleigh area schools of higher education.  The fourteen stationary highway billboards are located in all geographic points of the state.  The locations have been carefully selected to assure maximum viewability and clarity.
WITH MOST SINCERE APPRECIATION
We have worked very hard and are pleased to thank Tea Party Patriots, whose large grant made the fund-raising part of our task much easier.  We would still be calling, e-mailing and even knocking on doors for money to make it all possible were it not for generous donors like YOU, and TPP too!
From the NC Billboard Project Statewide Board

BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!
For four August days we will be traveling our beautiful state and welcoming the billboards.
This billboard is in Salisbury – in all there are thirteen billboards – another was up for several months. The two mobiles will be out there in September!  Whew!

Please come with us to celebrate the launch!

Swansboro
This billboard is in Swansboro…and there are more!

This beauty is in Madison.

North Carolina is peppered with billboards and we hope you’ll want to see and celebrate them in person with us.
COME ON,
LET’S GO!
Check our website for the Celebration Trips info and Join Us!
YOU CAN STILL DONATE!
If you or your organization would like to give to retire any remaining debt associated with the billboards in NC in 2012, just go to our website and give there.  The website, again, is www.tea4nc.us

The address for checks is just below, and we thank you in advance for donations.  You can be sure they are all appreciated immensely.

NC TEA Billboard Project
PO Box 2012
Fuquay Varina, NC  27526
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Terry Jones is not Presidential Material

An unfortunate set of circumstances resulted in the Crystal Coast Tea Party having Terry Jones as a speaker at tonight’s meeting. Rather than cancelling the meeting as some had suggested, Bob and I decided that we would go ahead and host Terry Jones in an attempt to convince him to withdraw from the Presidential race. Bob began the meeting by detailing why Jones was not a viable candidate (some which are described below in the Press Release). Jones responded by saying that he was invited to explain why he was running for President not the hear why he shouldn’t. There were a number of pointed questions from the floor asking how his splitting the conservative vote was helpful to defeating President Obama. The meeting abruptly ended with Jones leaving.

We have submitted the Press Release below to the Carteret News Times, and asked them to please give it as much visibility as they did Sunday’s story on Jones that contained misinformation since the writer had not contacted anyone from Crystal Coast Tea Party to verify the information in the article. We are particularly concerned about the impact this situation has had on Cox’s Family Restaurant as they had nothing to do with this except to provide us a meeting place. They didn’t know anything about a speaker, and certainly had nothing to do with the arrangements. They have experienced very negative reactions from a small group of people.

At our next meeting, we will be discussing procedures to insure that guests are not invited to speak by individual members without being vetted by CCTPP board members and members in attendance at the meeting. We are committed to not repeating a situation such as this in the future.

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PRESS RELEASE
July 31, 2012

The Crystal Coast Tea Party accepted a request to speak from the controversial Dr. Terry Jones who is running for President of the United States as a write-in candidate. As a non-partisan group, it has been our policy to provide the opportunity to political candidates of all parties to speak. By listening to and asking questions of candidates, we believe that we can thoroughly vet candidates to determine whether they believe in our principles of Limited Government, Fiscal Responsibility, and Free Markets.

After hearing Dr. Jones speak, it is clear that he does not subscribe to our principles, or our values as Americans. We believe that Dr. Jones effort to run as a third party candidate will be detrimental to the election of a conservative candidate in the upcoming Presidential election. We further believe that Dr. Jones’ anti-Muslim campaign is directly responsible for the deaths of US soldiers and NATO forces in Afghanistan as well as numerous Afghan civilians and soldiers. The Crystal Coast Tea Party considers Dr. Jones a totally unacceptable candidate for any political office.

The Crystal Coast Tea Party advised Dr. Jones to withdraw from the 2012 presidential campaign.

Additional Information:

The Crystal Coast Tea Party did not invite Dr. Terry Jones to speak to our group. Neither the CCTPP Executive Committee nor the membership at large contacted Dr. Jones. It is possible that an individual made an initial contact. However, Dr. Jones published an announcement in a local paper that he would be speaking to our group. The Crystal Coast Tea Party did not promote or advertise Dr. Jones‘ appearance, nor did we pay for any promotion or advertising related to his appearance. Any advertising that was done was apparently paid for by Dr. Jones without the review or approval of the Crystal Coast Tea Party. We chose to permit Dr. Jones to speak based on the policy stated above.

No one from the Crystal Coast Tea Party was interviewed by any media regarding Dr. Jones’ appearance, or the details leading up to his appearance.

CCTPP Minutes, July 24, 2012

CRYSTAL COAST TEA PARTY PATRIOTS
MEETING MINUTES OF
24 JULY 2012

Meeting was held at JingGianni’s Trattoria in Morehead City, NC
Meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm by Chairman BOB CAVANAUGH
Pledge of Allegiance was led by BOB CAVANAUGH
Invocation by NORMAN SANDERSON
Attendance – 26

BOB introduced John (G), owner/proprietor of JingGianni’s Trattoria.  John said, “I am about as conservative as one can be.  I am a subscriber of Rush Limbaugh and my wife is a Glenn Beck subscriber.  (Applause) I was in Pennsylvania during the last presidential campaign, taking care of my mom and dad.  My dad was dying and all the time I was there I was paying close attention to candidate Obama and when the Joe the Plumber comment came up, I said this man (Obama) is a Marxist.  It turns out to be true.  This is a very important election for the state and the country.  Mr. Sanderson’s prayer spoke to this country’s been blessed by GOD and we need to take it back because one of the messages in our church is we are almost getting to the point of civil disobedience.  We have to fly counter to the counter culture that is in the world.  As Jesus said to overcome the world.  I thank you all for coming.  I apologize for the limited menu but I really wasn’t sure, with Italian food, it is kind of hard to prepare a lot of it in advance and have it keep as good as being plated one at a time.  I appreciate you all trying us out and hopefully you will come back.”  (Applause)  BOB introduced our waiter and waitress for tonight.

BOB introduced Norman Sanderson, our special VIP,  our future NC Senator, and asked if he had a few words he would like to share with us tonight.  Tonight is a social event, not campaigning. Continue reading →

Email from Senator Kay Hagan on UN Arms Treaty

Talk about Double-Speak! If Senator Hagan feels so strongly about the Second Amendment as she says, what else is there to consider. Maybe she should consider that every gun owner in NC will vote her out of office if she votes to ratify this UN Small Arms Treaty.

Letterhead

     July 26, 2012

Dear Friend,

Thank you for contacting me regarding Second Amendment rights. I greatly appreciate your thoughts on this important matter.

As you know, in 2006 the United Nations (UN) began discussions regarding an Arms Trade Treaty. While the United States originally opposed these discussions, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has more recently stated that the United States would support and participate in these talks. In October 2009, the UN adopted, by a vote of 153-1 with the United States in support, a resolution laying out a timetable for negotiations. However, even should a treaty be signed, it would require the approval of two-thirds of the Senate before it would be considered ratified and in effect.

I understand your concerns regarding the protection of Second Amendment rights and I oppose allowing international law to override our constitutional rights. Like you, I support the Second Amendment. My family, like the great state of North Carolina, has a long tradition of hunting and gun ownership, and I take great pride in that heritage. Already during my time in Congress, I have voted on various pieces of legislation that protect Second Amendment rights, including to correct the District of Columbia’s overly-strict firearm regulations in order to protect Second Amendment rights in our nation’s capital.

President Obama has not sent any treaty regarding gun control to the Senate; however, I can assure you I will take your opinions and comments into account as I consider this important issue.

Again, thank you for contacting my office. It is truly an honor to represent North Carolina in the United States Senate, and I hope you will not hesitate to contact me in the future should you have any further questions or concerns. If you would like to stay informed on my work in the Senate, you can sign up for my e-newsletter, follow me on Twitter at @SenatorHagan, or visit my Facebook page.

Sincerely,

Signature

Kay R. Hagan

Please do not reply to this email. Instead, if you have further questions, please visit www.hagan.senate.gov and fill out my web form for your inquiry. Thank you.

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