Visit President Obama’s Campaign Site  and select the ‘Groups’ drop-down.  This is what you will see:

In case the list is unclear, one can select from (with my unabashed snark):

• African-Americans
• Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
• Jewish Americans
• Latinos <== Shouldn’t this be Latino Americans, or is this the inclusion of illegal immigrants (I mean, undocumented workers)
• LGBT Americans
• People of Faith  <== You know, those of us who cling to our religion…Also, doesn’t faith in Judaism make one a Jew?  Why do they have their own special group?  Shouldn’t there be a Christian American group then? 
• Veterans & Military Families
• Women
• Young Americans  <==Where is the Senior Citizen American group?  Are they not special enough?

Each group has their own individualized message from the POTUS, with individual supporters “witnessing*” (I find it odd, though, that the Veteran  & Military Family group page has it’s “Featured Post” that the African-American group page was launched).    Obama’s biggest target groups, African-American and Young Americans, have their own special videos from him (here and here).

*I use the term “witnessing”  because the latest Big Brother initiative, ‘Truth Team,’ includes a campaign named ‘Keeping His Word.’   IMHO, this sends a subliminal message that his words are “God” like.

Notable Note:  Those under 40 are honored with their own link on the landing page’s left side-bar to “Gen44”

Well, enough of my bias.  What say you? 
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The Obama Campaign Segregation Is:

It seems like only yesterday when 2,500 citizens gathered in Arnold Park on a beautiful warm day to rally together to tell our Federal and
local governments that we have had enough of big government tax and spend policies that are bankrupting the country.  Our efforts to educate and inform the electorate about the candidates helped bring about unprecedented election results in Jefferson County. The ‘Good Old Boy’ network was thoroughly defeated and candidates supporting Tea Party principles had overwhelming victories. Most of those candidates elected continue to stand strong on Tea Party principles. For those that have not, I expect they will be held accountable when they face the voters for re-election.

Because of your time and donations, we have been able to continue the momentum and keep everyone engaged through our monthly meetings. I am very proud of what we have accomplished the last two years. It has been a privilege for me to serve as President of this movement and I have made some very good friends along the way.  I have faith that under Steve Farmer’s leadership, guidance from The Steering Committee, and your continued involvement, the Jefferson County Tea Party will continue to thrive for many years to come.
Thank you, and God Bless America.

Sincerely,
Ken
Horton

1) Count I-That the City of St. Louis’s Ordinance and procedure violate Missouri Constitutional Due Process in that they portend to punish the operator of the vehicle, when in reality, they merely charge the registered owner, while making no attempt to actually identify the vehicle operator. Judge Neill specifically states that this applies to both Civil and Criminal prosecutions.

2) Count VII- perhaps the more clear cut legal point, is that the Red Light Camera Ordinance which the City of St. Louis enacted, is not a “traffic ordinance” under statutory police powers as it “does nothing to regulate or control the streets or traffic”, but rather, is just a new way to enforce the Missouri Statute against violating a “steady red indication,” for which they attach a penalty which is different than that which is prescribed by statute for the violation. While Charter Cities have wider legislative powers, what they do not have is the ability to draft ordinances which conflict with state statute.

Unfortunately, Judge Neill said Alexa would not be getting her $100 back because she “voluntarily” paid,  but Judge Neill did tell her that should not prevent her from recouping both compensatory and punitive damages, Attorney’s Fees, and interest, so my guess is, in the end, she will be getting a check for a bit more than $100.

Moral of the story, if you are foolish enough to pay, you do so voluntarily, because the ordinance is void. Consider it your donation to the city.

Will the City of Arnold see the light, or are they going to force a Judge to show them, at tremendous cost to the City residents? Only time will tell…….

Without further adieu, the Friday, Feb 17th Ruling, published today is below:

The St. Louis Tea Party Coalition’s “St. Louis Tea Party Coalition Tea Party Weekend” will include caucus training on Saturday, 2/25.  However, one cannot just sign up for a single session within the entire workshop.   See my post ‘StL Tea Party Coalition Tea Party Weekend‘ for more information and cost.

If you cannot attend one of the remaining MOPP sessions, here are links that may be helpful:

• 2012 GOP County Caucuses
• A Caucus Primer
• Are You Ready to Caucus? by John Putman
• KSGF Radio:  What will happen at the Missouri caucus on a county and district level 
• KSGF Radio:  Caucus Question of the Day
• Missouri Caucus 101..and the Primary is not Worthless

The Jefferson County Caucus is on March 17th at Hillsboro Intermediate School (10478 Business 21, Hillsboro, MO 63050).
The doors close at 10:00am; no late comers.
You should plan to arrive by 9:00am because we expect a very large crowd, and everyone will need to be registered at the door.
Plan to be there for several hours, so wear comfortable clothes!

Remaining MOPP Caucus Sessions:

Contact Judy Sofka at missouriprecinctproject@gmail.com to check if they plan on adding any  more before March 17th.

1:30 PM, February 18, 2012, Kansas City, MO
Speaker: John Putnam
MO GOP Caucus Class
MO State wide Lincoln Days
Westin Crown Center Hotel

8:00 PM, February 21, 2012, Springfield, MO
Speaker: John Putnam
Precinct Patriots 101
Young Conservatives of Springfield
Fountain Plaza Room
Cox North Hospital

7:00 PM, February 23, 2012, N. Kansas City, MO
Speaker: John Putnam
Caucus 101
MOCC/PAL

The first way this serves their purpose is by their overreach on this issue.  Even on Fox News, I have heard the term “dial back” on more than one occasion; and that is the meme that the media has taken up, saying that he will “compromise” on his initial declaration, to make the less onerous overreach seem reasonable by comparison.  Then, when conservatives and religious leaders react with outrage, as they have, they are tarred and demonized as being “unreasonable” and unwilling to compromise; thus the progressives advance their radical ideas one step at a time while making their critics appear irrationally adamant and inflexible.

The second purpose is to whip up his base and get them stirred up and adamant in their own right over a highly charged and personal issue, while at the same time dividing many conservatives and people of faith.  That the administration has also made this a “health care” issue is both smart and disingenuous; again, he reinforces the progressive idea that abortion and birth control are simple health care choices rather than complex moral issues with real consequences for all involved; and propagates this line of thinking to discredit any moral or religious argument, and keep us at each other’s throats, divided and fighting along ideological lines.  The class warfare is expanded!

This brings me to the last reason, though there are more that may be explored, as to why I think this administration has chosen this fight at this time:  How much are you hearing in the main stream media about the economy or the precarious situation in the EU or Iran?  That’s right, it is a good smoke screen and attention diverter.  “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”, as the Wizard of Oz proclaimed.  “There is nothing to see here, move along!”

Do not overestimate the lengths that the progressives will go to advance their agenda nor underestimate the strength of their commitment to their cause.  This has been an enduring failing amongst conservatives; the willingness to commit to the fight and recognize that the other side will stop at nothing to achieve their ends.  While we are known for our willingness to be reasonable in debating the issues openly, and find compromise where we can; the progressives see this as weakness and exploit it.  As Gandhi said:  “All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals.  Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender.  For it is all give and no take.”

As a former fetus, I am glad that my mother chose to allow me to live, and the ability to be here, in this place, living, breathing, enjoying this life and expressing myself, is about as fundamental as it gets.

Verify the Recall

Please help to verify WI recall signatures from anywhere in the US.  The Democrats are ALL in on this one and it’s WAR!  Gov. Walker and the others have to verify ALL the signatures themselves.   The Government Accountability Board (GAB) says it will not and that’s up to the candidates to do it.
Governor Walker and any legislator facing recall will have a whopping ten days to verify the hundreds of thousands of signatures are valid (which is believed that they are not all valid).

That’s right.   Ten days.   SPREAD THE LINK, PLEASE.

The opposition just brought on 1mill. new signatures to really make it impossible!

PLEASE GO HERE TO SIGN UP TO HELP VERIFY:   

Verify the Recall

 

FYI:  The Walker campaign could go to court to contest GAB’s finding that:

• The petitions are sufficient,  or
• For more time, or
• To contest the validity of the signatures.

This Bill needs our support ASAP!  Why?  Please read my post, “Urgent: Stop the UN Resolution Convention on the Rights of the Child!”.
Excerpts:

The United States Congress has in the works to ratify this UN Contractin November of this year!  Once ratified, the “government would have the right to intercede or supersede if officials believe the parents are doing something that is not in the best interest of the child based on a UN Council.”
The CRC purports to protect children, but would replace fit parents with government bureaucrats and judges as the first line of defense for our kids. In addition, it would take family law authority away from our states and make it an international treaty obligation at the federal level.

This is because under Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, any ratified treaty becomes the supreme law of the land, and the judges in every state are bound by it, regardless of conflicts with federal law or state laws or constitutions.
Cohen and Debenedet cite Reid v. Covert to contend that our concern is false because “no international treaty has the power to override the U.S. Constitution.”  But this ignores the fact that parental rights do not appear in the Constitution; they are implied rights found in the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court in Reid v. Covert addressed rights not expressly in the Constitution, such as parental rights, thus: “To the extent that the United States can validly make treaties, the people and the States have delegated their authority to the National Government, and the Tenth Amendment is no barrier” 354 U.S. 1 (1957).

Fortunately, Act For America is aware of this bill and has done an email blast to get people to call/email/etc the Missouri House Judiciary Committee to co-sponsor this bill.

From the email:

There is a large and growing base of support for “American Laws for American Courts” legislation, like HB1209. A variety of interfaith groups, including the American Islamic Leadership Coalition, as well as eight leaders in the national security arena have come out in strong support of American Laws for American Courts legislation.
Brigitte Gabriel and our national staff have made the passage of this bill a top priority for the 2012 legislative session. This is a vital step in the overall protection of the nation. This erosion of Constitutional authority must be stopped.

***Action Item ***
We need you to urge members of the Missouri House Judiciary Committee to co-sponsor HB1512 and to move it through their committee as soon as possible. Please let them know that this bill is of highest priority to you!

Please respectfully relay the following sentiments in your own words in an e-mail.
Tip:   Simply copy and paste the legislator’s e-mail address found below into your email BCC slot. In one e-mail you can contact all of committee members.

Dear Representative,

I urge you to support and co-sponsor HB1512, introduced by Representative Paul Curtman, in order to protect the constitutional rights of Missourians from the incursion of foreign laws and foreign legal doctrines. We must maintain the authority of the Missouri and U.S. Constitutions.

This bill is of the utmost importance to me!

Thank you for your leadership on this vital matter.

Sincerely,

(Your name and city)

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Missouri House Judiciary Committee

Stanley.Cox@house.mo.gov (Chair)

Kevin.Elmer@house.mo.gov (Vice Chair)

Jay.Barnes@house.mo.gov

Susan.Carlson@house.mo.gov

Mike.Colona@house.mo.gov

Gary.Fuhr@house.mo.gov

Galen.Higdon@house.mo.gov

Jason.Kander@house.mo.gov

Chris.Kelly@house.mo.gov

Mike.Leara@house.mo.gov

Nick.Marshall@house.mo.gov

Todd.Richardson@house.mo.gov

Please support this bill and share wide and far!   As long as the Article VI of the U.S. Constitution exists, we must protect Missouri our families and our children from these foreign treaties!

Want to do more to help stop the UNCRC?  Go to ParentalRights.org.

Join St. Louis Tea Party Coalition’s 3rd Anniversary Tea Party Weekend

It’s time to prepare for the new Tea Party Revolution. 2012 will be the most important election of our lifetime. We must make sure we are doing everything we can to stop this Administration. Join us February 24th and 25th to learn the MUST know for this election cycle.
This will be two days of speakers, activist training and a complete, end-to-end, mock caucus. This is the absolute cannot miss event of the season.
Check out the details of this exciting event:

Friday Night: Doors Open 6:30
Dr. Schweikart 7:00, “7 Events That Made America America”
Heavy Hors D’oeuvres plus drink ticket included.
Mingle, meet Dr. Schweikart and enjoy a cash bar and music after the presentation.
Enjoy “7 Events That Made America America” presented by the author and former rocker, Dr. Larry Schweikart. Dr. Schweikart will take us through 7 lessor known events in American history that made this country great.

Early Bird Special: First 50 tickets include DVD of Dr. Schweikart’s documentary Rockin’ the Wall.

Saturday: Doors open 7:30, training starts at 8:30
This is a Super Training Event-start with an end goal and an empty action plan, then spend the day filling it out. We will put you to work doing the things that need doing to get out the vote in November. Bring your favorite technology-you’ll need it!

• We will also have favorite St. Louis speaker Bill Federer for our lunch keynote! Bill will entrance you with his knowledge of history and religion. He is one of the most in demand speakers in St. Louis and across the nation.
  Our training offering includes several activist tracts-from the beginning to the advanced-you will not be disappointed. We will not only give you the training but we are going to put you to work that day.
• Jim Hoft, the GatewayPundit will lead our advanced blogging class, “Take your blog to the next level”
  If you want to learn to use Twitter, you will begin using it immediately and you will develop an effective action plan for using it through November to drive opinion.
  If you have always wanted to blog-you will start a blog, learn basic design and find out how build your following.
  If you want to become a Precinct Captain and learn how to effectively knock on doors and influence voters-you will learn everything you need to know now.
• Plus a full Mock Caucus from beginning to end so you are prepared to influence the Caucus process in March.

These are just a few examples of the things we will teach you in one very intense day of activist training.
Breakfast and lunch are included.
It’s been 3 years since we all met for the first time on the steps of the Arch. We’ve become a major force in politics, and perhaps the most powerful faction in the Republican party. This weekend is all about winning! Friday night is fascinating evening with one of America’s foremost historians, Dr. Larry Schweikart. Saturday you get a full day of serious activist training plus breakfast and lunch, amazing speakers and trainers. This final push toward the election is what our movement is all about. Join us. If you can’t join us, please consider sponsoring someone else.

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Click link to purchase tickets.

Cost:

February 24th:

$25.00 + $1.62 service charge
Dr. Schweikart’s 7 Events and After Party
Includes one drink ticket Hors d’oeuvres Cash Bar Dr. Schweikart’s Speech

 February 25th, 3rd Anniversary Tea Party (Saturday):

$50.00 + $2.24 service charge
3rd Anniversary Tea Party (Saturday)
All Day Tea Party Training and Session
8:30 Breakfast Talk 9:30 to Noon– Breakout Sessions
9:30 to Noon– Mock Presidential Caucus (prep for 3/17)
Noon–Lunch and Learn with Bill Federer
1:30 to 3:30 Breakouts
3:30 to 4:00 Final General Session

February 24th – 25th Package (Friday & Saturday) –Save $10

$65.00 + $2.62 service charge
Friday and Saturday..$65.00 THIS IS YOUR BEST BET
Hors d’oeuvres and drink Friday Breakfast and Lunch Saturday
Dr. Schweikart After Party Training Lectures More . . .