Obama’s Ring: ‘There Is No God But Allah’

This story is more than a week old but I’ll bet most people haven’t seen it.

Barack Hussein Obama… The biggest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.

Barack Obama’s gold band

NEW YORK – As a student at Harvard Law School, then-bachelor Barack Obama’s practice of wearing a gold band on his wedding-ring finger puzzled his colleagues.

Now, newly published photographs of Obama from the 1980s show that the ring Obama wore on his wedding-ring finger as an unmarried student is the same ring Michelle Robinson put on his finger at the couple’s wedding ceremony in 1992.

Moreover, according to Arabic-language and Islamic experts, the ring Obama has been wearing for more than 30 years is adorned with the first part of the Islamic declaration of faith, the Shahada: “There is no god except Allah.”

Inscription on Obama’s ring

The Shahada is the first of the Five Pillars of Islam, expressing the two fundamental beliefs that make a person a Muslim: There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is Allah’s prophet.

Sincere recitation of the Shahada is the sole requirement for becoming a Muslim, as it expresses a person’s rejection of all other gods.

Egyptian-born Islamic scholar Mark A. Gabriel, Ph.D., examined photographs of Obama’s ring at WND’s request and concluded that the first half of the Shahada is inscribed on it.

“There can be no doubt that someone wearing the inscription ‘There is no god except Allah’ has a very close connection to Islamic beliefs, the Islamic religion and Islamic society to which this statement is so strongly attached,” Gabriel told WND.

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Hat Tip Joe Kidd

Suspect Detained Over ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ Bumper Sticker


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A Louisiana driver has been stopped and detained for having a “Don’t Tread on Me” bumper sticker on his vehicle and warned by a police officer about the “subversive” message it sent, according to the driver’s relative.

The situation developed in the small town of Ball, La., where a receptionist at the police department told WND she knew nothing about the traffic stop, during which the “suspect” was investigated for “extremist” activities, the relative said.

It followed by only a few weeks the release of a Department of Homeland Security “Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment” report, which prompted outrage from legislators and a campaign calling for the resignation of DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.

The report cites individuals who sport certain bumper stickers on their vehicles as suspect, and it was delivered to tens of thousands of local law enforcement officers across the nation.

WND is withholding the driver’s name and the relative’s name at their request.

However, the situation was described on the American Vision blog, too.

According to the relative, the situation happened this way:

Her brother-in-law was driving home from work through the town that has a local reputation for enhancing its budget by stopping speeders and ticketing them. He was pulled over by police officers who told him “he had a subversive survivalist bumper sticker on his car.”

“They proceeded to keep him there on the side of the road while they ran whatever they do to see if you have a record, keeping him standing by the side of the road for 30 minutes,” she told WND.

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Tax Day Party Count Nearing 2,000 U.S. Cities

WorldNetDaily


While WND has been tracking 400 individual tea parties across the nation, the American Family Association has announced its count is nearing 1,600 – for Tax Day alone.

The AFA, planned to coordinate 1,000 Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. on April 15 in front of city halls across the nation.

But the group is pleasantly surprised as is stands to double that goal before Tax Day is here.

“Our goal was to have a TEA party in 1,500 cities. We are nearly 100 cities above our goal and still growing,” said Donald E. Wildmon, AFA chairman.

The AFA sponsored TEA parties are in addition to hundreds of parties planned by other groups. Taxpayers are also organizing tea parties for Independence Day and various Saturdays so people with conflicting work schedules may attend.

Meanwhile, a Google Maps list shows several locations of citizen tea parties – so many that the United States is nearly hidden behind a sea of blue markers.

Wildmon said the protests are essential because the government’s reckless spending is burdening America with insurmountable debt.

“The runaway spending by President Obama and Congress will have a definite negative effect on our families,” he said. “We are leaving a debt of trillions of dollars to be paid by our grandchildren and great-grandchildren.”

The organization launched a Tea Party Day website so volunteer organizers may register their protests with AFA. The website also provides a list of other protests across the nation that are not organized by AFA.

Tell Congress to stop spending America into the ground! Sign the WND petition demanding lawmakers stop the bailouts, stimulus bills and march toward socialism and national destruction.

Michael DePrimo, special counsel to AFA President Tim Wildmon, told WND that AFA has been inundated with e-mails from citizens who want to attend or organize tea parties in their own cities.

“We’re trying to get people to attend these and we’re also encouraging others if there is no tea party in their community to start their own,” he said. “All we’re trying to do is really generate activity to try to try to get people to attend these rallies to really send a message to Washington.”

The group encourages tea party attendees to bring a cell phone and call the president, 202-456-1414, and Congress, 202-224-3121, while attending the rallies.

While many mainstream media outlets have provided little to no coverage of the nation’s numerous tea parties so far, DePrimo said the growing movement is proof that Americans no longer need them to launch a widespread revolution.

“I think the media does whatever the media choose to do,” he said. “We’re all aware that the media have a liberal bias. I suppose if it’s big enough, they will report on it. If they think it really may spur some change in Washington that the media elites don’t want, they may ignore the story altogether.”

De Primo continued, “The good news is that with the Internet, Facebook, texting and with all the ways we can communicate today, we don’t necessarily need the mainstream media anymore. The message can get out without them.”

WND has also launched its own tea party forum so citizens may exchange ideas, information and announcements about the “revolution.” After reviewing various website protest listings and e-mails from many readers, WND found 400 tea parties scheduled for upcoming months and compiled one of the most complete lists on the Internet. Here are some scheduled tea parties:

Alabama

Auburn University – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Samford Lawn

Birmingham – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Veteran Park on Highway 17 Valledale Road

Huntsville – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., vacant lot (lot k) across the street from Clinton Avenue post office

Decatur – Saturday, March 28, at the Rhodes Ferry Park, (also known as River Park)

Mobile – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the USS Alabama battleship

Montgomery – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Alabama Statehouse located at 11 South Union Street

Springdale – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in downtown Springdale, exact location to be determined

Trussville – Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., location to be announced

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the quad, 1000 University Blvd.

Alaska

Anchorage – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., federal building in Anchorage

Wasilla – Wednesday, April 15, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wasilla Lake

Arizona

Bullhead City – Wednesday, April 15, at 6 p.m., location to be announced

Lake Havasu City – Wednesday, April 15, at 5:30 p.m., London Bridge

Phoenix – Wednesday, April 15, at 6 p.m. at capitol building

Prescott – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Courthouse Square

Tucson – Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in front of Joel D. Valdez Main Library on 101 N. Stone Ave.

Arkansas

El Dorado – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Fayetteville – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Fayetteville Square

Little Rock – Wednesday, April 15, at 3 p.m., Arkansas state capitol

Monticello – Wednesday, April 15, time to be announced, at Monticello Town Square

Mountain Home – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Town Square

Paragould – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Rogers – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., downtown Rogers, Frisco Stage

Springdale – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

California

Atascadero – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Sunken Gardens on El Camino Real

Bakersfield – Wednesday, April 15, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., courthouse at the Liberty Bell

Chico – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., city plaza in downtown Chico

Citrus Heights – Wednesday, April 15, from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., intersection at Greenback Lane and Sunset Boulevard

El Cajon – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Post Office, 401 Lexington Ave.

Escondido – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., 403 N. Escondido Blvd.

Eureka – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., county courthouse, 5th and I Street

Fresno – Wednesday, April 15, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., SaveMart Center at Fresno State University, at Shaw and Highway 168

Glendale – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., 613 East Broadway

Hollister – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., corner of San Benito and 4th St.

Los Angeles – Saturday, July 4, from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Santa Monica Pier

Los Angeles – Wednesday, April 15, at 1 p.m. at Santa Monica Pier, 101 Colorado Ave.

Los Angeles South Bay – Redondo/Manhattan Beach – Wednesday, April 15, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Marine Field followed by a march to Jane Harman’s office on Rosecrans and Continental

Merced – Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at University of California, Merced in the academic quad

Modesto – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 1010 10th Street

Napa – Wednesday, April 15, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Mike Thompson’s Napa District office, 1040 Main Street

Norco/Eastvale – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Limonite/15 and Sixth St./15

Oceanside – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Oceanside City Hall, 300 N. Coast Highway

Orange County – Santa Ana – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Plaza of the Flags, Santa Ana Civic Center – behind the Superior Court building bounded by Flower Street, Santa Ana Boulevard and Civic Center Drive

Pasadena – Saturday, April 11, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 100 N. Garfield Ave.

Rancho Cucamonga – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., 12300 Foothill Blvd.

Redding – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay

Redlands – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., intersection of Redlands Boulevard and Orange Street, downtown

Sacramento – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at state capitol building on L Street

San Bernadino – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. from Meadowbrook Park to Joe Baca’s Office, 201 N. “E” St.

San Diego – Saturday, April 11, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., West Basin on N. Harbor Dr. across street from airport, Spanish Landing Park

San Diego – Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. post office at Sports Arena Midway, 2535 Midway

San Diego – North County – Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. post office at 11251 Rancho Carmel Dr.

San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valley – Wednesday, April 15, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Van Nuys Civic Center Plaza – 6200 Van Nuys Blvd. near the courthouse

San Francisco – April 1 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Civic Center Park, one block from Nancy Pelosi’s office at 450 Golden Gate Ave.

San Francisco – April 15 at 11 a.m., meet at Civic Center Park in front of city hall. March will start at San Francisco City Hall and go to federal building where Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office is located..

San Jose – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at IRS offices at 55 S. Market Street, across the street from Saint Joseph’s Cathedral

San Mateo – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at corner of South El Camino Real and 31st Street in front of Hillsdale Shopping Center

Santa Ana – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., tentative location at Santa Ana Civic Center

Santa Barbara – Saturday, April 4 at 2:30 p.m., meeting at Santa Barbara County Courthouse

Santa Monica – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Santa Monica Pier, 100 Colorado Ave.

Santa Rosa – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa Ave, between 3rd and 4th Street

Stockton – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Weber point, downtown Stockton, Center Street

Temecula – Wednesday, April 15, 11 a.m., Duck Pond

Ventura – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., sidewalks adjacent to Ventura County Government Center

Victorville – Wednesday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., corner of Bear Valley Rd. and Cottonwood Ave.

Yucaipa – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Yucaipa Boulevard and Oak Glen Road

Connecticut

Hartford – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., north steps of state capitol

New Haven – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Long Wharf, I-95, Exit 46

Norwich – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Marina Area near gazebo

Ridgefield – Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m. at Ballard Park

Stamford – Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m. at 96 Broad Street (Starbucks/library location), corner of Broad and Bedford

Colorado

Colorado Springs – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at city hall, 107 North Nevada

Denver – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the west steps of the capitol, 200 East Colfax

Grand Junction – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 12th Street and North Avenue

Fort Collins – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Fort Collins City Hall, 300 Laporte Ave.

Loveland – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Hwy 287 and Hwy 34

Delaware

Dover – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be announced

Georgetown – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., circle in Georgetown

Laurel – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be announced

Florida

Crestview – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Main Street in front of courthouse

DeLand / Daytona Beach – Wednesday, April 15 at 12 p.m., city hall

Eustis – Wednesday, April 15 at 12 p.m., Ferran Park, downtown

Ft. Lauderdale – Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., federal building, 299 East Broward Boulevard

Fort Meyers – Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Centennial Park

Fort Walton Beach – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Fort Walton Beach Landing

Inverness – Saturday, April 18 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., at the old historical courthouse, One Courthouse Square

Jacksonville – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., either Jax Landing or Friendship Fountain

Lakeland – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Kryger Overlook Park (Lake Mirror), one block from city hall

Live Oak – Wednesday, April 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Millenium Park

Melbourne – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., city hall

Miami – Wednesday, April 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be announced

Naples – Sunday, April 5 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Fleischmann’s Park across from Coastal Mall at the gazebo, seating available for elderly and disabled

Naples – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Ridge Road and U.S. 41

New Port Richey – Wednesday, April 15 time and location to be announced

Ocala – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., downtown at the square

Orlando – Saturday, March 21, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the amphitheater at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando

Orlando – Wednesday, April 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be announced

Palm Beach – Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., location to be announced

Panama City – Wednesday, April 15 from 3 p.m. to dark at Sherman Avenue Post Office

Pensacola – Wednesday, April 15 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at downtown courthouse, Palafox Street and E. Garden St.

Port Richey – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Gulfview Square Mall, at southwest corner of U.S. 19 & Embassy

Port Saint Lucie – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.at the IRS building at 7410 South U.S. Highway 1

Punta Gorda – Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Gilchrist Park, 400 W. Retta Esplande

Saint Augustine – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., Historic downtown, at Castillo De San Marco’s Park grounds on the Bayfront

Sarasota – Wednesday, April 15 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Ed’s Tavern Main Street Lakewood Ranch

Stuart – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.,main post office, Johnson Street

Tampa – Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Gaslight Park, downtown Tampa

West Palm Beach – Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be announced

Tallahassee – Thursday, March 17, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., 400 South Monroe

Tallahassee – Thursday, March 19, at 5 p.m. at the Leon County Commission Chambers, 5th floor, Courthouse

Venice – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Gazebo-Centennial Park on West Venice Avenue

Vero Beach – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., county administration building

Georgia

Atlanta – Wednesday, April 15 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.at the capitol building located at 206 Washington St.

Atlanta – Saturday, July 4, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the capitol building located at 206 Washington St.

Augusta – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Leesburg / Greater Lee County – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Lee County Courthouse

Macon – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Rosa Parks Park, downtown

Gainesville – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., downtown Gainesville

Richmond Hill – Wednesday, April 15, from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., at old Kroger parking lot at corner of Hwy 144 and Hwy 17

Savannah – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be announced

Warner Robbins – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be announced

Hawaii

Hilo – Wednesday, April 15, at 4 p.m., at Hilo bayfront at King Kamehameha Statue

Honolulu – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the state capitol building

Maui – Wednesday, April 15, from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Kaahumanu Avenue at intersection with Kahului Beach Rd.

Idaho

Boise – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., at the state capitol building

Burley – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Overland Bridge over the Snake River just off exit 208

Coeur d’Alene – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Walt Minnick’s office, 1900 Northwest Blvd.

Idaho Falls – Wednesday, April 15, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., downtown Idaho Falls

Rexburg – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Teton River bridge, by Jack in the Box and Albertson’s, 459 N. 2nd E

Illinois

Urbana – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be determined

Champagne/Urbana – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. location to be announced

Chicago – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Daley Plaza Civic Center at 50 Washington St.

Chicago – From Saturday, July 4, at 7 p.m. to Sunday, July 5, at 5 a.m. at Belmont Harbor on Lake Shore Drive

Lisle – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. the community park

Peoria – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 p.m. to 2 p.m. at parking lot of Peoria Public Library

Rockford – Tuesday, April 14, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., on banks of the Rock River behind Rockford Public Library

Springfield – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., Illinois state capitol, 2nd and capitol

Indiana

Anderson – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Bloomington – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. outside the Shower’s building, corner of W 8th St. & N. Morton St.

Columbus – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Elkhart – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Elkhart City Square, Main Street, between High Street and Franklin Street, bounded by Waterfall Drive

Evansville – Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m., Evansville Civic Center

Fort Wayne – Saturday, April 18 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. downtown at Courthouse Square on Main Street

Indianapolis – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in downtown Indianapolis, exact location to be announced

Lafayette – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., pedestrian bridge over the Wabash River downtown

Iowa

Bettendorf – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., 2023 Ridgeway Court

Davenport – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at 4th and Main Street (in front of office of Rep. Bruce Braley D-Iowa)

Des Moines – Saturday, April 11, at 2 p.m.,west lawn of state capitol building

Iowa City – Wednesday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Burlington Street Bridge

Kansas

Manhattan – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Triangle Park on Anderson

Overland Park – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Johnston Community College

Salina – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Salina County building, 300 W. Ash

Wichita – Wednesday, April 15, from 4:15 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wichita post office on West Harry Street, north of airport, bring homemade sign

Kentucky

Bowling Green – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Henderson – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., in front of city hall, 20 North Main Street

Louisville – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Jefferson Square (tentative location), 10th and Jefferson St.

Lexington – Saturday, March 21, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Robert Stevens Courthouse Complex, 150 North Limestone

Paducah – Wednesday, April 15, time to be announced, at riverfront

Louisiana

Alexandria – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. downtown ampitheater on the Red River

Baton Rouge – Wednesday, April 15, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the steps of the capitol building

Covington – Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m. at the Trailhead by the Reagan statue

Lake Charles – Wednesday, April 15, at 5 p.m. at Lake Charles Civic Center on Lakeshore Drive

Mandeville – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 :30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Mandeville lakefront

New Orleans – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. near the giant American flag at the Veterans Memorial, intersection of Causeway Blvd. and Veterans Blvd.

Shreveport – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at downtown Shreveport Riverfront

Maine

Augusta – Wednesday, April 15, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Capitol Park

Bangor – Wednesday, April 15, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in front of federal courthouse

Maryland

Annapolis – Wednesday, April 15, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Campbell Park on the dock/boardwalk at Annapolis Harbor

Frederick – Wednesday, April 15, 3 p.m. at city hall

Salisbury – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at downtown Salisbury

Massachusetts

Boston – Wednesday, April 15, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at City Hall Plaza

Boston – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m. at Ivy Restaurant at 49 Temple Place

Boston – Saturday, July 4, from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Griffin Harbor on Congress Street Bridge

Lowell – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at JFK Plaza / Lowell City Hall

Newburyport – Saturday, March 28, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., 60 Pleasant St., City Hall

Worcester – Wednesday, April 15, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Lincoln Square (in front of the auditorium)

Michigan

Bancroft – April 11 from 9 a.m. to sundown at Camp Stasa, 7963 Cork Rd.

Jackson – Wednesday, April 15, at 6 p.m., Oaks Park, birthplace/first convention of the Republican Party

Kalamazoo – Wednesday, April 15, from 4p.m. to 6 p.m., federal courthouse, W. Michigan Ave.

Lansing – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Michigan State Capitol, 100 N Capitol Ave

Port Huron – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at in front of Grove Mall at the end of I-94, Pine Grove between Garfield and Sanborn

Sault Ste. Marie – Wednesday, April 15, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Ashmun St. near the Power Canal

St. Paul – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at capitol

Minnesota

Duluth – Wednesday, April 15, at 12:15 p.m., Harbor Drive (behind the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center)

Milaca – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Rochester – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., east side of Silver Lake, 840 7 St. NE

St. Paul – Twin Cities – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Minnesota state capitol

Mississippi

Greenwood – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Gulfport – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Jackson – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., in downtown Jackson, exact location to be determined

Jackson – Saturday, May 16, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.on the steps of the capitol building

Missouri

Jefferson City – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., state capitol, 201 W. High Street

Joplin – Wednesday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., location to be determined

Kansas City – Wednesday, April 15, at 4 p.m., Liberty Memorial

St. Louis – Wednesday, April 15, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be determined

Sikeston – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 p.m. to 2 p.m., downtown

Montana

Missoula – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., downtown Missoula, exact location to be announced

Billings – Saturday, July 4, location to be announced

Billings – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., post office on 27th street, just off I-90

Bozeman – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., downtown Bozeman

Kalispell– Wednesday, April 15, time to be announced, downtown

Missoula – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., location to be announced

Nebraska

Lincoln – Wednesday, April 15, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., location to be announced

North Platte – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., where hwy 83 crosses the South Platte river

Omaha – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Douglas County Courthouse, 17 and Farnam

Nevada

Carson City/Reno – Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 101 N. Carson Street in front of state capitol building and Supreme Court

Las Vegas – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., at sidewalk across from Sunset Post Office at 1001 E Sunset RD

New Hampshire

Manchester – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., Victory Park

New Jersey

Flemington – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., northwest corner of Main Street and Court Street

Morristown – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., the Green in Morristown

Newark – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., visiting Sens. Lautenberg and Menendez offices, Gateway Center One, 782 McCarter Highway

Trenton – Wednesday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at New Jersey State House, 125 W. State St.

Piscataway – Wednesday, April 15, at 6 p.m., location to be announced

New Mexico

Albuquerque – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., Independence Grill, 6910 Montgomery Bllvd.

Farmington – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., Farmington Museum and Visitor’s Center, 3041 E. Main

Hobbs – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Las Cruces – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be announced

Santa Fe – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Silver City – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., Gough Park

New York

Albany – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Corning Preserve

Buffalo – Saturday, March 28, at 2 p.m. at the Terminus of the Erie Canal

Buffalo – Saturday, April 18, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., 199 Deleware Ave

Corning – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., Centerway Square

Fishkill – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Doug Phillips Park

Gardiner – Wednesday, April 15, from 64 p.m. to 8 p.m., the Rail Trail, Route 44/55

New York – Wednesday, April 15, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., location to be announced

New York – Saturday, July 4, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at South Street Seaport and Pier 17

Riverhead – Wednesday, April 15, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Riverhead Riverfront

Rochester – Wednesday, April 15, at 11 a.m. at Genesee Crossroads Park

Rome – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Fort Stanwix

Staten Island – Tuesday, March 31, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., 265 New Dorp Lane

Staten Island – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., Rep. Michael McMahon’s office, 265 New Dorp Lane at corner of Edison Street

Syracuse – Wednesday, April 15, time to be announced, federal building

North Carolina

Asheville – Wednesday, April 15, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., in front of the Asheville City building and the Buncombe County Courthouse

Charlotte – Saturday, April 4, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Marshall Park (uptown Charlotte)

Charlotte – Wednesday, April 15, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., City Hall lawn at 600 E. Trade Street

Edenton – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Edenton Courthouse Green, Court and Water Streets

Elizabeth City – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., sidewalk in front of Pasquotank County Courthouse, 206 E. Main Street

Fayetteville – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., Liberty Point Resolves Marker, Corner of Bow and Persons Street

Franklin – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., town gazebo in downtown Franklin

Greensboro – Wednesday, April 15, location and time to be announced

Hillsborough, Orange County – Wednesday, April 15, county courthouse or parking lot of old Wal-Mart on Churton St.

Morehead City – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Parkway Shopping Center (near K-Mart)

Raleigh – Wednesday, April 15, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the state capitol building on East Edenton Street

Rutherford – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Rutherford County Courthouse lawn

Smithfield – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Winston-Salem – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Winston Park Square

North Dakota

Bismark – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., federal building, 220 E. Rosser Ave

Ohio

Ashland – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Fin Feather and Fur, 652 U.S. HWY 250 near the 250/71 interchange

Ashtabula – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Ashtabula County Courthouse

Canton – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown Canton, exact location to be announced

Cincinnati – Saturday, March 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Fountain Square at the corner of Fifth and Vine Streets

Cleveland – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Public Square, downtown Cleveland

Columbus – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 7:20 p.m., Statehouse on High and Broad

Dayton – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in downtown Dayton, exact location to be announced

Mansfield – Wednesday, April 15, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Central Park Gazebo

Medina – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Medina Town Square

Tiffin, Heidelberg University – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on campus

Toledo – Wednesday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., location to be announced

Wauseon (Fulton County) – Wednesday, April 15, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Fulton County Courthouse

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at state capitol step

Tulsa – Wednesday, April 15, from 11:25 a.m. to 1:25 p.m. at Tulsa City Hall, 175 E. 2nd

Oregon

Astoria – Wednesday, April 15, at 5:30 p.m., post office on 750 Commercial. Meet at corner of 2nd and Marine Drive @ 5 p.m., we will park there and walk to post office

Beaverton – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., location to be announced

Bend – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in downtown Bend at Troy Field on Bond Street.

Dalles – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., location to be announced

Eugene – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., location to be announced

Grant’s Pass – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Klamath Falls – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., Veterans Memorial Park

La Grande – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Medford – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Oregon City – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., location to be announced, call 503-998-6299

Portland – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., location to be announced

Roseburg – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Salem – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at capitol building, in the park

Tillamook – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., location to be announced

Spokane – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at capitol building, in the park

Pennsylvania

Allentown – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., location to be announced

Erie – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:15 p.m. to 7 p.m.at Republican Party headquarters, Perry Square, downtown Erie

Harrisburg – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m. west steps of capitol building

Lancaster – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Musser Park in Lancaster City on corner of Lime and Chestnut Street

Matamoras – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Mid-Delaware Bridge (Port Jervis-Matamoras Bridge), Pennsylvania Avenue

Meadville – Wednesday, April 15, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Arch Street U.S. post office

Philadelphia – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at downtown Philadelphia, exact location to be announced

Philadelphia – Saturday, April 18, at 10 a.m. at at Penns Landing Waterfront, meet with signs and poster

Philadelphia – Saturday, July 4, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Independence Hall

Pittsburgh – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at downtown Pittsburgh, exact location to be announced

Pittsburgh – Saturday, April 11, at 12 p.m. at Allegheny Landing

Sharon – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., downtown Sharon, on the bridge overlooking the river on State Street

West Chester – Saturday, April 4, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., on corner of High Street and Market Street

Wilkes-Barre – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Market Street Bridge

Rhode Island

Providence – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at state capitol steps (city side across from Providence Place Mall)

Warwick – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. location to be announced

South Carolina

Charleston – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Old Customs House building, East Bay St. and Market St.

Columbia – Wednesday, April 15, from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at state house, 1101 Gervals Street

Myrtle Beach – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Chapin Park, 1600 N. Kings Hwy

South Dakota

Sioux Falls – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Terrace Park, Coval Lake (free lunch and entertainment)

Tennessee

Brownsville – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., Brownsville Courthouse

Chattanooga – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Ross’ Landing (downtown behind aquarium)

Clarksville – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Agriculture Pavilion, Clarksville/Montgomery County Fairgrounds

Cookeville – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Courthouse Square

Franklin (Williamson County) – Wednesday, April 15, 6 p.m., location to be announced

Hendersonville – Wednesday, April 15, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., location to be announced

Kingsport – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Memorial Park, Fort Henry Drive, across from D.B. High School

Knoxville – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.,downtown, World’s Fair Park, 525 Henley Street

Lewisburg – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Rock Creek Park on Farmington Road

Martin – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Memphis – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Audobon Park

Mt. Juliet – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Charlie Daniels Park, 1038 Charlie Daniels Parkway

Murfreesboro – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., 111 East Main Street at the square

Nashville – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., location to be announced

Somerville – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., meet outside courthouse in Somerville on hwy 64 side

Springfield – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., downtown Springfield on the square

Tullahoma – Wednesday, April 15,4:30 p.m., South Jackson Civic Center, 404 S. Jackson St

Wartburg – Wednesday, April 15, 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Wartburg Courthouse

Texas

Abilene – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., post office on Pine Street

Alpine – Wednesday, April 15, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Railroad Park, E. Holland Ave

Austin – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on south steps of state capitol building

Austin – Saturday, July 4, time and location to be announced

Amarillo – Saturday, March 28, 11 a.m., Randall County Annex, I-27 & Georgia

Amarillo – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., Potter County Courthouse and 6 p.m. at post office

Arlington – Wednesday, April 15, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., location to be announced

Beaumont – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., U.S. post office, Walden Road

Belton – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Confederate Park, at park and rife on I-35 Frontage Road on Nolan Creek. Participants are asked to bring a tea bag and poster.

Boerne – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Main Plaza

Brownwood – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wendlee Broadcasting parking lot, 600 Fisk

Bryan / College Station – Wednesday, April 15, 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tanglewood Park, 3900 Carter Creek Parkway

Brazoria City – Wednesday, April 15, time to be determind, Angleton, County Seat (likely by the Steven F. Austin Memorial Statue) call 979-319-5911

Burleson – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., across the street from Wal-Mart, 951 S. W. Wilshire Blvd.

Corpus Christi – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., location to be announced

Dallas – Saturday, July 4, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Victory Park

Dallas – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., location to be announced

Dallas – Wednesday, April 15, from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Dallas City Hall

Denton – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Courthouse on the Square, 110 W. Hickory

El Paso – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be announced

Floresville – Wednesday, April 15, at 7 p.m. at courthouse

Fort Worth – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., location to be announced

Fort Worth – Saturday, July 4 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cowtown Bar & Grill

Gonzalez – Wednesday, April 15, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., 820 St. Joseph Street

Houston – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. across street from downtown post office

Huntsville – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. post office on 11th Street

Kerr County – Friday, April 24, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Guadalupe River at Louise Hays Park pavillion, speakers, barbecue, please feel free to bring children

Kerrville – Wednesday, April 15 at 11 a.m. at Kerrville County Courthouse at 700 Main Street

Lockhart – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Lockhart Courthouse, 110 S. Main

Longview – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Gregg County courthouse lawn

Lubbock – Wednesday, April 15 5 p.m., Gazebo at the county courthouse, Broadway and Texas Avenue

Marble Falls – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., rotary flagpole in Lakeside Park

McAllen – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Midland – Saturday, April 18, 10 a.m., Vietnam memorial at Midland International Airport, local and state politicians will be present with “open mic” time for citizen

Nacogdoches – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.at downtown square

New Braunfels – Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., gather around local plaza and down Main Street into town

San Antonio – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be announced

San Angelo – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., Tom Green County Courthouse

Seabrook – Wednesday, April 15, 6 p.m., Clear Lake Park

Sherman – Wednesday, April 15, 10 a.m., Grayson County Courthouse lawn

Sugar Land – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sugar Land City Hall at Town Square

Waco – Saturday, July 4, time and location to be announced

Woodlands – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., location to be announced

Tyler – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., location to be announced

Utah

Provo – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., post office (East Bay), 210 East 900 South

Salt Lake City – Wednesday, April 15, downtown Salt Lake City, 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at federal building plaza, 125 South State Street — also — 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at post office in Salt Lake City, 1795 W. 2100

St. George – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Vermont

Montpelier – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., State House Lawn

Rutland – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., downtown Rutland, Main Street Park, sign waving begins at 4 p.m.

Virginia

Abingdon – Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m., the site where the Kings Mountain Men met in 1780 in Abingdon

Annandale – Saturday, April 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike

Charlottesville – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., downtown mall by the pavilion

Franklin County – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., in front of the Franklin County Courthouse, 40 East Court Street, Rocky Mount

Lynchburg – Wednesday, April 15, 6 p.m., downtown – waterfront

Peninsula / Newport News – Wednesday, April 15, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oyster Point City Center

Richmond – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Kanawha Plaza in downtown Richmond, 8th and Canal Street

Reston – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Lake Anne Village Center, 1609 Washington Plaza

Richmond – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be announced

Roanoke – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Along Roanoke River, Wiley Drive, near footbridge at the old Victory Stadium site

Virginia Beach – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Central Plaza, Towne Center (across from Sen. Webb’s Office)

Rutland – Wednesday, April 15, downtown Rutland, exact time and location to be announced

Washington

Anacortes – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m, corner of 12th and Commercial Avenue, call 360-293-7044

Bellingham – Wednesday, April 15, from 4p.m. to 6 p.m, Guide Meridian near Bellis Fair Parkway

Everett – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Kennewick, Richland, Pasco – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., John Dam Plaza, located between George Washington Way and Jadwin Avenue, north of Knight Street

Mt. Vernon – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. on corner of College Way and Riverside Drive (1 block from freeway exit)

Olympia – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m. on the capitol steps

Seattle – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., Westlake Park by the arch, 410 Pine St., downtown Seattle

Spokane – Wednesday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., location to be announced

Spokane – Wednesday, April 15, from 4:30 pm to 6 p.m., Spokane Convention Center on Spokane Falls Blvd.

Vancouver – Saturday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Clark County Courthouse lawn

Yakima – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., west side of Yakima County Courthouse

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Lafayette Park

Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Washington, D.C. – Saturday, July 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Upper Senate Park adjacent to Capitol building on north side

West Virginia

Beckley – Wednesday, April 15, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at large fountain on Neville Street, across from university book store

Charleston – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., at state capitol

Martinsburg – Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m, on square between Queen and King Street

Wheeling – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Wisconsin

Appleton – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Fox Banquets, 111 E. Kimball

Fort Atkinson – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., municipal building, Main Street

Madison – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at state capitol

Milwaukee – Wednesday, March 25, 9 a.m., Wisconsin State Fair Park

Wyoming

Cheyenne – July 4, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the state capitol building

Cody – Wednesday, April 15, time to be announced, Cody City Park, Corner of Sheridan and 9th / Beck and 9th


The Bernie Madoffs in Congress

This can all be solved with two words… Term Limits!

Throw the bums out!


Everyone hates Bernie Madoff. He is the new face of what’s wrong in America. He has been called an evil monster, but, according to his victims, these words are inadequate.

You have to hand it to Madoff. He lived large – no, huge – off this Ponzi scheme. It was great while it lasted and no one, including Madoff, thought it would go on as long as it did.

While Madoff was considered a financial genus, his plan was surprisingly simple: Take money from investors. Give them an annual return that they could get no where else by taking money from new investors.

Of course, he kept the lion’s share for himself, socking it away in thousands of places, preferring to plead guilty to all charges, rather than cooperate and name any accomplices.

The government estimates that Madoff stole $65 billion from his clients. It has been called the biggest case of fraud in history. I beg to differ.

By my calculations there are some 465 Bernie Madoffs, who are operating a similar Ponzi scheme right under our very noses, stealing billions from hardworking Americans each and every year.

They take our money in the form of tax dollars and dole it out to their friends in the form of pork barrel projects called “earmarks,” who give it back to them in the form of campaign contributions and sweetheart business deals for themselves and members of their families. While a few – very few – members have been prosecuted, most of what they do is legal, though unethical, and they operate with impunity.

Last year, the watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense compiled data that showed that 60 percent of the members of the House Armed Services Committee who arranged earmarks also received campaign contributions from the companies that received the funding. Almost all the members of the committee received campaign contributions from companies that got earmarks this year.

We look at Madoff, and we point a finger at federal regulators and say, “Why didn’t somebody do something?” What about the 200 million eligible U.S. voters who have oversight of Congress or, at the very least, the 90 million who pay taxes? Why don’t we do something? After all, we are the victims of this Ponzi scheme.

A large chunk of this money is recycled and doled back to the states, which is supposed to make us feel better about it. In fact, most Madoffs in Congress brag about this practice and use it as a tool to get re-elected. Take the money from taxpayers. Launder it through layers of bureaucracy and give 50 cents on the dollar back to the states for projects the majority of people there don’t need or want.

How much better it would be to cut federal taxes, leave the money in the states and let the people who live there make the hard decisions on how to spend it! But, no! That doesn’t increase the power of our representatives in Washington!

Obama promised to get rid of earmarks but he just signed a $410 billion omnibus bill outside of the glare of the cameras that contained 9,000 of them!

It’s important to identify the Madoffs who passed this bill. In the Senate, it includes all Democrats with the exception of Bayh, McCaskill and Feingold. It also includes Republicans Shelby, Murkowski, Snowe, Cochran, Wicker, Bond, Specter and Alexander.

In the House, the Madoffs include all Democrats with the exception of these 20: Bean, Cardoza, Costa, Speier, Childers, Cooper, Tanner, Donnelly, Hill, Driehaus, Giffords, Mitchell, Kind, Kratovil, Marshall, Matheson, Minnick, Nye, Peterson and Taylor.

The Madoff Republicans are: Bono, Mack, Brown-Waite, Cao, Capito, Castle, Dent, Gerlach, Murphy, Emerson, LoBiondo, McHugh, Miller, Upton, Reichert, Whitfield and Young.

However, these are not the only Madoff Republicans in the House. Despite their “no” votes, all but 39 Republicans had earmarks in this bloated omnibus bill.

In all, only six senators and 64 House members have signed the “no earmark” pledge. Check it out at http://earmarkpledge.com/signers.php. The rest clearly are Madoffs, and they should be dumped in the next election.

They all have excuses – some worthwhile project their state just couldn’t be without. Don’t buy it!

There are those who will argue that earmarks are only a small part of the problem in Washington. This is true. However, when you clean out something, you start with the part that smells.

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Lose your property for growing food?

Obama and his cronies or his puppetmasters are trying to take total control – nationalize everything, disarm the populace, control food, etc. We are seeing the formation of a total police state.


Some small farms and organic food growers could be placed under direct supervision of the federal government under new legislation making its way through Congress.

Food Safety Modernization Act

House Resolution 875, or the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, was introduced by Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., in February. DeLauro’s husband, Stanley Greenburg, works for Monsanto – the world’s leading producer of herbicides and genetically engineered seed.

DeLauro’s act has 39 co-sponsors and was referred to the House Agriculture Committee on Feb. 4. It calls for the creation of a Food Safety Administration to allow the government to regulate food production at all levels – and even mandates property seizure, fines of up to $1 million per offense and criminal prosecution for producers, manufacturers and distributors who fail to comply with regulations.

Michael Olson, host of the Food Chain radio show and author of “Metro Farm,” told WND the government should focus on regulating food production in countries such as China and Mexico rather than burdening small and organic farmers in the U.S. with overreaching regulations.

“We need somebody to watch over us when we’re eating food that comes from thousands and thousands of miles away. We need some help there,” he said. “But when food comes from our neighbors or from farmers who we know, we don’t need all of those rules. If your neighbor sells you something that is bad and you get sick, you are going to get your hands on that farmer, and that will be the end of it. It regulates itself.”

The legislation would establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services “to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.”

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