| 00:00:45 | >> | WE NEED TO SPEAK OUT AND START TAKING SOME ACTION AND LETIC THE PEOPLE OF THIS CONGRESS KNOW WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. |
| 00:00:54 | >> | TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM. |
| 00:00:59 | >> | OCTOBER 3RD, 2008, TARP-I OPENS UP PANDORA'S BOX TO OPEN UP A GLUT OF MONEY TO STABILIZE THE BANKING INDUSTRY. MAY, 2009, THE EFFORT FAILS. GOVERNMENT GROWS AS MANY BANKS ARE TAKEN OVER BY FORCE. FEBRUARY, PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNS ONE OF THE LARGEST SPENDING BILLS IN WORLD HISTORY, A STIMULUS COMMITING GENERATIONS YET UNBORN TO A STAGGERING DEBT OBLIGATION. BY JULY, UNEMPLOYMENT REACHES NEW HIGHS. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS LOW AND A COUNTRY'S ECONOMY STANDS ON A KNIFE'S EDGE. JUNE, TAXPAYER MONEY BAILS OUT AUT MOTIVE MANUFACTURERS LIKE G.M. THE NUMBERS ARE IN. BAILED OUT MANUFACTURERS ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO TURN A PROFIT. AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, MORE UNCONSTITUTIONAL CZARS ARE APPOINTED IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION THAN IN OVER 300 YEARS OF CZARRIST RUSSIA. |
| 00:02:04 | >> | I THINK THAT SAYS IT ALL. |
| 00:02:05 | >> | CASH FOR CLUNKERS. |
| 00:02:07 | >> | AUGUST, THE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE USED CAR DEAL GOES INTO EFFECT. WITHIN TWO WEEKS IT STALLS OUT ON THE BACKS OF GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY. |
| 00:02:15 | >> | THEY WILL GET THEIR MONEY BUT WE'VE GOT TO PROCESS IT PROPERLY. |
| 00:02:19 | >> | IT COSTS TAXPAYERS AN ADDITIONAL $3 BILLION. |
| 00:02:23 | >> | IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL BEYOND ANYBODY'S IMAGINATION. |
| 00:02:28 | >> | WE HAVE GOT TO VOTE. WE HAVE GOT TO GO TO EVERY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE AND REMIND THEM THAT THERE -- THEY ARE OUR DIMES. |
| 00:02:40 | >> | LEGISLATORS COME HOME TO INCREASING CONSTITUENTS READY TO FIRE BACK. A HEALTH CARE BILL GONE TOO FAR. |
| 00:02:48 | >> | YOU DON'T TRUST ME? ARE THEY GOING TO BE ON THE SAME PLAN THEY'RE ASKING? |
| 00:02:56 | >> | IT WILL BE A COLD DAY IN HELL BEFORE YOU SOCIALIZE MY COUNTRY. |
| 00:03:02 | >> | THERE ARE 1330 COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES [INAUDIBLE] EVERYBODY WILL HAVE INSURANCE. [INAUDIBLE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:03:19 | >> | THE CALCULATIONS ARE ADDING UP. 60 TRILLION IN UNFUNDED LIABILITIES. SOARING NATIONAL DEBT. [INAUDIBLE] STALLING. CONSTITUTION UNDER ASSAULT. LIBERTY, IT KNOWS NO POLITICAL PARTY. IT IS THE GIFT OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE TO ALL MANKIND. ON THIS DAY, SEPTEMBER 12, AMERICA GIVES A RESPONSE THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE. FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA MILLIONS ARE STANDING AS ONE TO SAY WE WILL NOT BE BOUGHT. WE WILL NOT BE SOLD A BILL OF GOODS. AND WE WILL NOT DISOWN THIS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. EIGHT YEARS TO THE DAY AMERICA LOOKED UP FROM THE RUBBLE. SHE SAW WITH CLARITY HER DESTINY. A DESTINY TO DEFEND LIBERTY AND TODAY SHE STANDS AGAIN WITH A CLEAR EYE AND A FIRM RESOLVE. WELCOME, PATRIOTS, TO YOUR STORY, OUR STORY. THE STORY OF WE, THE PEOPLE. WELCOME TO THE 9-12 MARCH ON WASHINGTON. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:04:44 | >> | CO-ORGANIZER, JENNY BETH MARTIN. |
| 00:04:48 | >> | WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME. THIS IS THE OFFICIAL START TIME OF THE 9/12 MARCH ON WASHINGTON, D.C. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WE HAD OVER 450 BUSES COME HERE TODAY. 450. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FROM ALASKA AND HAWAII AND EVERY SINGLE STATE IN THIS COUNTRY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] GOING ON AROUND THE COUNTRY TODAY. THOSE 200 EVENTS ARE IN 45 STATES. 45 STATES. TODAY, JOINING WITH US, AND WE'RE HERE MAKING OUR VOICES HEARD ON WASHINGTON, D.C. HOW MANY OF YOU WHO ARE HERE WERE PART OF THE 30,000 PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED TEA PARTIES ON FEBRUARY 27TH? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HOW MANY OF YOU WHO ARE HERE ATTENDED TEA PARTIES ON APRIL 15TH? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HOW MANY OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TODAY MADE SOME SORT OF PERSONAL SACRIFICE TO BE HERE? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HOW MANY OF YOU HAD TO SPEND MONEY TO BE HERE? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THIS WEEK, WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA ADDRESSED THE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, HE SAID IT WAS TIME FOR THE GAMES TO STOP. HOW MANY OF YOU WERE PLAYING A GAME IN FEBRUARY? HOW MANY OF YOU WERE PLAYING A GAME IN [INAUDIBLE] HOW MANY OF YOU WERE PLAYING A GAME WHEN YOU WAITED OVER TWO HOURS TO GET INTO A TOWN HALL TO TALK TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN OR SENATOR? WERE ANY OF YOU PLAYING A GAME? HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PLAYING A GAME TODAY? IS THIS A GAME TO YOU? [CHANTING] PRESIDENT OBAMA, THIS IS NOT A GAME. WE ARE HERE -- [CHANTING] WE MEAN WHAT WE SAY. IT IS TIME THIS COUNTRY -- IT IS TIME FOR THIS COUNTRY TO RESTORE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. WE MUST BE RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR MONEY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE MUST HAVE LIMITED GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTIONALLY LIMITED GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS INTENDED. AND WE MUST LET FREE MARKETS WORK WITHOUT GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE. THOSE ARE THE CORE VALUES OF TEA PARTY PATRIOTS. THOSE ARE THE VALUES FOR THE MESSAGES YOU'VE HEARD THIS MORNING AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR TODAY. WELL, I'M ONE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATORS OF THE TEA PARTY PATRIOTS TRATS AND ONE OF THE COORDINATORS FOR THIS EVENT. I'M JUST AN ORGANIZER. ALL THAT I DO IS MAKE IT SO THAT YOU HAVE THE PLATFORM TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] APPARENTLY WE WERE NOT LOUD ENOUGH IN FEBRUARY. WE WERE NOT LOUD ENOUGH IN APRIL. WE WERE NOT LOUD ENOUGH IN JULY. WE WERE NOT LOUD ENOUGH IN AUGUST. SO WE'RE TURNING UP THE VOLUME. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] PRESIDENT OBAMA, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD UNTIL YOU LISTEN. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE GREAT AMERICANS. I'M SO PROUD TO STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH YOU AS WE WORK TO SAVE FREEDOM IN OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] THROUGH THE -- WE WERE WORKING EARLIER HE IS NOW WITH THE POLICE, SO DREW'S MOM, PLEASE -- VERY GOOD. LISTEN LET'S BE A LITTLE QUIET SO HIS MOM CAN HEAR. DREW'S MOTHER, YOU NEED TO ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN ALISSA CALLS OR GO SEE A POLICEMAN YOURSELF. YOUR SON IS WITH A POLICE. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] |
| 00:10:29 | >> | PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] FREEDOM WORKS AND THE ORGANIZER FOR THE 9/12 ORGANIZER, BRENDAN STINE HOW'SER. |
| 00:10:44 | >> | HOW IS EVERYONE DOING TODAY? I HEARD THAT NANCY PELOSI WASN'T IN TOWN, BUT IF SHE'S WATCHING WE DO HAVE A MESSAGE FOR HER. SPEAKER PELOSI, IF YOU NOTICED, WE REPLACED THE GRAZZ ON THE WEST LAWN WITH ASTRO TURF. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I AM THE DIRECTOR FOR THE FREEDOM WORKS. WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION THAT BELIEVES IN LOWER TAXES, LESS GOVERNMENT, AND MORE FREEDOM. AND NOW APPARENTLY WE'RE ON THIS ENEMY LIST THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS CREATED. I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT ONE THING I WANT TO MENTION TODAY, WE HAVE A TON OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. WE NEED TO STAY IN TOUCH AND I'M GOING TO BIVE YOU ONE SIMPLE WAY TO DO THAT. EVERYONE PLEASE GET OUT YOUR CELL PHONES JUST LIKE THEY DID IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TEXT FREEDOM TO 74700. FREEDOM TO 74700. WE HAVE GOT TO KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING. THIS WHOLE MOVEMENT STARTED WITH A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO DECIDED TO TAKE TO THE STREETS. AND THEY SAID THAT WHILE CONSERVATIVES DON'T REALLY PROTEST, BUT SOMETHING CHANGED. AND IT BEGAN LAST YEAR WHEN THE REPUBLICANS WERE BAILING OUT WALL STREET AND THEY CONTINUED WHEN THE DEMOCRATS CRAMMED THE STIMULUS DOWN OUR THROATS. YOU PUSH PEOPLE FAR ENOUGH, YOU KEEP PUSHING AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUSH BACK. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE. THIS MOVEMENT IS AMAZING. ALL THESE PATRIOTICS AMERICANS WHO HAVE PAYED THEIR OWN WAY TO BE HERE. THEY WERE NOT BUSSED IN. THIS IS NOT AN SEIU RALLY. THIS IS NOT ACORN. IT SURE ISN'T THE ORGANIZATION BY AMERICA RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE. THESE ARE AMERICANS WHO CAME HERE ON THEIR OWN. SO GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. FREEDOM WORKS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND LET'S CONSIDER COMING BACK HERE IN ABOUT A YEAR. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] OH, YES. ONE MORE THING. THIS MESSAGE IS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. FLAG THIS. |
| 00:13:10 | >> | NOW, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER AND WELCOME THE CHAIRMAN OF FREEDOM WORKS AND FORMER HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER, DICK ARMIE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:13:28 | >> | GIVE ME A SMILE. I WANT TO TAKE YOUR PICTURE. IN CASE I RUN INTO NANCY PELOSI, I WANT TO PROVE YOU WERE REALLY HERE. [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE MY BABY. WE WANTED TO BE HERE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE BEAUTIFUL NEPHEW, AND TEN VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL GRAND CHILDREN AND WE WANTED THEM TO SEE GRANDMA AND GRAND PA ARE HERE FIGHTING FOR THEIR FREEDOM TOGETHER. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO START BY ASKING YOU HOW MUCH ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOUR GRAND CHILDREN? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HOW MANY OF YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU THINK AMERICA MADE THEM A GREAT PROMISE WHEN THEY PROMISED THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY FOR OURSELVES AN OUR POSTERITY AND YOU EXPECT YOUR GOVERNMENT TO MAKE GOOD ON IT? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JUST DECIDED TO GO WRONG OVER A YEAR AGO AND TRIED TO BAIL OUT WALL STREET, WE TRIED TO TELL THEM IT WON'T WORK. AND IT DIDN'T WORK. WHEN THE FIRST TRANCHE OF STIMULUS DIDN'T WORK, WHAT DID THEY DO? WHAT THE GOVERNMENT ALWAYS DOES WITH A BAD IDEA. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, DO MORE. AND WE TOLD THEM THAT WOULDN'T WORK. THEN WE HAD THE ELECTION. AND PRESIDENT OBAMA CAME IN AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN. AND WHAT DID HE GIVE US? MORE OF THE SAME. THAT DIDN'T WORK. THEN WE TRIED TO TELL HIM IT WOULDN'T WORK. SO IN APRIL WE SAID WE'VE GOT TO GET ORGANIZED. LET'S DO SOME TEA PARTIES. WE RAN OUR TEA PARTIES ALL OVER THE NATION. HOW MANY OF YOU WERE AT A TEA PARTY LAST APRIL 15TH? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND WHAT DID THEY SAY ABOUT US? WE WEREN'T REAL. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. DON'T LISTEN TO THOSE FOLKS. SO WE SAID, WELL, WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING. WE HAVE TO KEEP TRYING. WE SHOWED UP IN AUGUST AT THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS. WHAT DID THEY SAY ABOUT US? THEY WEREN'T REAL. THEY'RE ASTRO TURF. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. THEY'LL GO AWAY. DID YOU GO AWAY OR ARE YOU BACK? YOU'RE BACK. MR. AND MRS. AMERICA. AND WE'RE SO PROUD, SUSAN AND I ARE SO PROUD TO BE HERE WITH YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN. NOW, LOOK, I WANT TO JUST MAKE ONE CLEAR IDEA. NOT TOO LONG AGO, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA STOOD RIGHT THERE ON THAT STAGE AND HE SAID THE ONE SINGULAR PLEDGE OF COMMITMENT THAT WE ASK OF EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN AMERICA AT EVERY LEVEL. HE PLEDGED TO COMMITMENT OF FIDELITY TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CHANTING] ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? YOU'RE WONDERFUL. [CHANTING U.S.A.] |
| 00:16:49 | >> | WINCE TON CHURCHILL SAID ABOUT THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THAT IT WAS THE GREATEST ENTREPRENEURIAL ACT OF COURAGE FOR LIBERTY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, AND IT DESERVES TO BE RESPECTED. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND THESE WERE LEARNED PEOPLE. THERE WAS NO WORD, NO PHRASE, NO SENTENCE THAT GOT INTO THE CONSTITUTION BY ACCIDENT. THEY KNEW WHAT THE MEANING OF THE WORD IS, WAS, AND THEY WROTE EXACTLY WHAT THEY MEANT. AND IT DOESN'T [INAUDIBLE] TO READ IT AND UNDERSTAND IT AND KNOW WHAT IT SAYS. AND IF YOU CAN'T, WE'LL BUY YOU A DICTIONARY. NOW, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO FULFILL A COMMITMENT. WHEN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAUBD OUT OF THE THAT CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION HE WAS ASKED BY A LADY ON THE STREET. SHE SAID DR. FRANKLIN, WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT DID YOU GIVE US? AND HE SAID, I GAVE YOU A REPUBLICAN -- A REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN HOLD IT. AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO HOLD IT. [APPLAUSE] AND THE ONE THING THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT ALL OTHER THINGS WHEN THEY WROTE THAT CONSTITUTION WAS THAT LIBERTY WAS A GIFT GIVEN TO MANKIND AND MANKIND ALONE BY THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, AND IT'S THE DUTY OF A GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT IT. WE PROTECTED CHERISHED FREEDOM BECAUSE IT IS PRECIOUS IN ITS OWN RIGHT, BUT BECAUSE IT WORKS. SO LET'S GIVE THEM A MESSAGE. FREEDOM WORKS. FREEDOM WORKS. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE. [CHANTLE "FREEDOM WORKS"] (music) (music) (music) OH BEAUTIFUL FOR HEROES PROVED (music) AND LIBERATING STRIFE (music) WHO MORE THAN SHARE THEIR COUNTRY LOVE (music) AND MERCY MORE THAN LIFE (music) AMERICA (music) AMERICA (music) MAY GOD THY GOAL REFINED (music) TILL ALL SUCCESS BE NOBLENESS (music) AND EVERY GAIN DIVINE (music) (music) OH BEAUTIFUL (music) FOR SPACIOUS SKIES (music) FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN (music) FOR PURPLE MOUNTAINS MAJESTYS (music) ABOVE THE FRUTE PLAINS (music) NOW, WAIT A MINUTE. I'M TALKING ABOUT AMERICA (music) SWEET AMERICA (music) YOU KNOW, GOD DONE SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE (music) HE CROWNED THIGH GOOD YES HE DID, IN BROTHERHOOD, FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA (music) I WISH I HAD SOMEBODY TO HELP ME SING THIS (music) AMERICA (music) AMERICA (music) GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE (music) HE TOLD ME HE WOULD (music) BROTHERHOOD (music) FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA (music) (music) I THANK YOU LORD. (music) (music) SHINING SEA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:22:29 | >> | WITH MANY SUCCESSFUL YEARS IN THE RESTAURANT AND AUTO DEALERSHIP INDUSTRY. THIS YEAR HE LOST HIS DEALERSHIP. YOU'VE SEEN HIM ON FOX NEWS. NOW, PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE JAMES ANDERER. [APPLAUSE] |
| 00:22:50 | >> | MY NAME IS JAMES ANDREA. AND I AM AN AMERICAN PATRIOT. I BELIEVE IN THE CONSTITUTION. I BELIEVE IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS. I BELIEVE IN GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE. I BELIEVE IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT. I BELIEVE IN THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH. I BELIEVE IN THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHT OF THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN TO BEAR ARMS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN. THE RIGHT OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO BEAR ARMS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] VERY IMPORTANT. I BELIEVE IN THE FIFTH AMENDMENT THAT WE, THE PEOPLE, WILL NOT BE DEPRIVED OF LIFICS LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. WELL, MY FRIENDS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DUE PROCESS BECOMES CORRUPTED? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. I STAND BEFORE YOU AN ANGRY MAN . I'M AN ANGRY AMERICAN CITIZEN. I AM LIVING PROOF OF A GOVERNMENT OUT OF CONTROL. MY BUSINESS WAS SEIZED, STOLEN FROM ME, UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE AND COMPLETE APPROVAL OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. THIS ADMINISTRATION AND WITH THE HELP AND AID OF A SERIES OF GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES, CZARS, AND BANKRUPTCY JUDGES, ALL WITH NO CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OR APPROVAL, WITH THE ILLEGAL MISUSE AND TOTAL DISREGARD FOR OUR SACRED CONSTITUTION. AND THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL MANIPULATION OF OUR BANKRUPTCY LAWS. THIS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVED THEIR GOAL OF TOTAL CONTROL OVER ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. RENDERING THE SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES MEANINGLESS. THE RADICAL LIBERAL WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW CONTROLS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THE HOUSE, AND THE SENATE. I BELIEVE THEY ALSO HAVE CONTROL OR UNDENIABLE INFLUENCE OVER THE JUDICIARY. PROOF OF THIS IS THE WAY THAT CHRYSLER BANKRUPTCY WAS HANDLED. THE JUDGE WHO PRESIDED OVER THE BANKRUPTCY HEARING INTERPRETED THE CURRENT BANKRUPTCY LAWS NOT AS THEY WERE WRITTEN OR INTENDED TO BE USED, BUT TO CONFORM TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S AGENDA. THIS -- [BOOING] THIS MEANT THAT THE UNIONS SURVIVE. [BOOING] BUT DEALERS LIKE ME AND SOME PEOPLE INCLUDING CHILDREN WHO HAVE PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS AND SOME PENSIONERS WILL BE FINANCIALLY DESTROYED. BANKRUPTCY EXPERTS, LEGAL SCHOLARS HAVE SAID THIS RULING WILL HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES IN FUTURE CASES. RUTH BADER GINSBURG CHOSE NOT TO HEAR THE APPEAL BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. [BOOING] BIG SURPRISE. AND THE JUDGE WHO HEARD THE BANKRUPTCY CASE WAS APPOINTED ANOTHER TERM. ANOTHER BIG SURPRISE. IT HAS HAPPENED. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND TO OVER 2,000 PROFITABLE, VIABLE CAR DEALERS ACROSS THIS NATION. THIS HAS RESULTED IN OVER 150,000 WORKERS BEING FORCED ON TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINES FOR NO REASON. MY BUSINESS, ISLAND JEEP, WAS STOLEN FROM ME, LOCATED IN LYNDON HURTS, NEW YORK, I WAS A TOP PERFORMING DEALERSHIP IN THE UPPER 2% OF NATION YIDE SALES. IT WAS SEIZED FROM ME, STOLEN FROM ME WITH NO COMPENSATION WHATSOEVER AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR FREE. [BOOING] ALL BECAUSE OF CORPORATE POLITICS AND A COMPLY NT GOVERNMENT. NOW, YOU SEE WHY I AM AN ANGRY AMERICAN. I DID NOT ASK FOR THIS FIGHT, BUT BY GOD I'M GOING TO WIN IT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THIS. I SPEAK THE TRUTH. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER AMERICANS. AND IT CAN HAPPEN AND WILL HAPPEN TO YOU IF WE, THE PEOPLE, DON'T STOP THIS INSANE MARCH TOWARDS SOCIALISM AND TYRANNY. YOU MAY SAY THIS COULD NEVER HAPPEN IN AMERICA. WELL, MY FRIENDS, IT HAS. JUST LIKE IN MANY COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT HISTORY WHERE A SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES PUT IN POWER AN INDIVIDUAL OR REGIME THAT EMBRACED TOTALITARIANISM. UNFORTUNATELY, PRESIDENT OBAMA BELIEVES IN THIS NOTION THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTROL VIRTUALLY ALL ASPECTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE. [BOOING] AND BIG GOVERNMENT CAN SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS. SNSM BOOING] AND BY ITS VERY NATURE IT EXPLOITS THE WORKER. PRESIDENT OBAMA BELIEVES HE HAS A MANDATE TO CHANGE AMERICA. WELL, I SAY THE CHANGE HE WANTS FOR AMERICA IS BAD. I BELIEVE THE CHANGE HE WANTS IS NOT WHAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS HAD CONCEIVED FOR THIS GREAT NATION. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I BELIEVE THAT IS THE REASON PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS ALL THESE CHANGES COMPLETED AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. HE WANTS THESE CHANGES COMPLETED BEFORE CONGRESS OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REALIZE EXACTLY WHAT HAWAII HAS DONE. -- HE HAS DONE. [CHANTING] I SEE HE THINKS HIS WAY IS THE BEST WAY FOR AMERICA. WELL, FOLKS, I SAY HE'S WRONG. [CHANTING] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HE GOT BAD ADVICE FROM HIS ADVISERS. WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE ANGRY, EVEN MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR HIM ARE IN REVOLT. WE THE PEOPLE ARE IN REVOLT AGAINST HIS SOCIALIST POLICIES. WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE IN REVOLT BECAUSE OF HIS TACTICS. WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE IN REVOLT BECAUSE OF HIS ENEMY'S LIST. AND UNION THUGS. AND GOON SQUADS SENT OUT TO TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO PUSH AROUND AND BEAT UP OLD PEOPLE. WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE IN REVOLT BECAUSE OF HIS UNCONSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS OF THESE CZARS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO BEFORE CONGRESS AND GET VETTED. WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE IN REVOLT BECAUSE OF THE WAY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE CONGRESS SPENDS TAXPAYER MONEY. THOUSANDS OF EARMARKS AND POLITICAL PATE RONNAGE. AND THEY HAVE THE NOTIFY TO CALL IT A STIMULUS PACKAGE. WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE IN REVOLT BECAUSE OUR TAXES ARE SO HIGH THAT THEY ARE DESTROYING OUR WAY OF LIFE. AND THEY KEEP GOING UP AND UP AND UP. WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE IN REVOLT BECAUSE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS DO NOT REPRESENT US ANY MORE. THEY REPRESENT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS THAT FUND THEIR CAMPAIGNS AND GIVE THEM MONEY. WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE IN REVOLT BECAUSE ALL OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AND RAISING CHILDREN AND PAYING TAXES AND TRYING TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE, BUT WE HAVE LOST OUR WAY. WE HAVE LET THIS COUNTRY BE TAKEN OVER BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SHARE OUR VALUES. THEY DO NOT SHARE OUR VISION. OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE CONCEPT OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE IDEA THAT IF YOU WORK HARD AND SUCCEED AND ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS, AND WHAT YOU HAVE WORKED FOR YOU WILL KEEP. IT WILL NOT BE TAKEN FROM YOU IN A FORM OF HIGH TAXES OR, IN MY CASE, PROPERTY SEIZED AND GIVEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE FOR FREE. WE, THE PEOPLE, CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE AND GROW LIKE A MALIGNANT DISEASE INFECTING THIS NATION. WE MUST AND WE WILL STOP IT. WE WILL STOP THEM BY ORGANIZING AND ATTENDING PEACEFUL TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND ENGAGING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. BUT, MY FRIENDS, WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, AND IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUR COUNTRY BACK IS TO VOTE THEM OUT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] DON'T GIVE UP. DON'T EVER GIVE UP. GOD BLESS YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY. [CHANTING] [INAUDIBLE] DEATH TO THE TERRORISTS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] "NEW YORK TIMES" THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL," U.S.A. TODAY, AND "WASHINGTON POST." [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] |
| 00:34:51 | >> | GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TARP. T.A.R.P. THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM NOW IN ITS UMP TEENTSDZ TRANCE FORMATION, THE BLOUT. ORIGINALLY, TARP AUTHORIZED FORMER SECRETARY HENRY PAULSON TO BUY TOXIC ASSETS FROM TROUBLED BANKS. WITHIN A FEW WEEKS, THAT MORE FED INTO A PROGRAM TO EJECKED CAPITAL DIRECTLY INTO THOSE SAME BANKS AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THAT, IT MOIFED IT BACK AGAIN TO PURCHASING TROUBLED ASSETS. AND, ALONG THE WAY, THE ADMINISTRATION EXPROPE RATED A FEW TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BAIL OUT THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY AND AFTER THAT BAIL OUT INSURANCE JINET A.I.G. AND AFTER THAT FIASCO, OUR NEW TREASURY SECRETARY TIMOTHY GEITHNER PROMOMENTED THE IDEA -- [BOOING] PROMOTING THE IDEA OF A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP USING, YOU GUESSED IT, PUBLIC TAXPAYER MONEY, FOR A TOTAL COST OF $1 TRILLION. NOW, HOW DID ALL OF THIS COME TO PASS? FIRST, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENACTED DOUBLE TAXATION OF DIDENDS, TAX DEDUCTIBILITY OF INTEREST. THAT MEANT CORPORATIONS WOULD USE TOO LITTLE EQUITY AND TOO MUCH DEBT, HIGHER LEVERAGE, MORE RISK. AND THEN, ALAN GREENSPAN FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FUELED THE CREDIT CRISIS WITH ARTIFICIALLY LOW INTEREST RATES. AND THAT WAS COMPOUNDED BY POLITICAL PRESSURE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND COMPOLICIC TAXPAYER GUARANTEES TO FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC. ALL OF WHICH MEANT MORE THAN TOO MUCH SUBPRIME LENDING, HIGH RISK SECURITIZED MORTGAGES, COMPLEX DERIVATIVES. IT WAS PER VERSE GOVERNMENT POLICY THAT CAUSED THIS MESS. PRIVATIZED PROFITS AND SOCIALIZED LOSSES HEDGE THE BANKS AND THE CAR COMPANIES WIN. THE TAILS, THE TAXPAYERS LOSE. NATURALLY, YOU MIGHT SAY IF WE DON'T LIKE THESE POLICIES WE CAN VOTE THESE LEGISLATORS OUT OF OFFICE. WELL, PERHAPS NOT. SUPPOSE THE POLICIES WERE NOT ENACTED BY CONGRESS BUT BY UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS. UNACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS. AND ONE OF THE 330 ALPHABET AGENCIES AND CABINET DEPARTMENTS HERE IN D.C. THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. THE BAILOUT WAS FOISTED ON THE PUBLIC BY THE TREASURY SECRETARY, NOT BY THE CONGRESS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE IN THE CONSTITUTION, AFTER THE PREAMIBLE, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 1, ALL LEGISLATIVE POWERS SHALL BE VESTED IN CONGRESS. LAW MAKING IS FOR THE LEGISLATURE, NOT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. AND NOTE THE KEY TERMS, ALL LEGISLATIVE POWERS SHALL BE VESTED. THE VESTING PROVISION IS NOT SELECTIVE AND IT IS NOT DISCRETIONARY. DELEGATIONS ARE OK, SAID THE COURT, BUT ONLY IF THE CONGRESS ENACTS AN INTEL YIDGIBLE PRINCIPLE SO THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT KNOWS HOW TO FLESH OUT THE DETAILS. WHAT IS THE INTEL YIDGIBLE PRINCIPAL THAT SECRETARY GUIDES ANYWHERE MUST FOLLOW? NO ONE KNOWS LEAST OF ALL THE TAXPAYERS WHO HAVE TO PAY THE COST. MAKE THINGS BETTER, IS NOT AN INTELLIGENCEABLE PRINCIPLE. IN FEDERALIST 45, JAMES MADISON WARNED ABOUT EXCESSIVE GOVERNMENT POWER, AND HERE'S WHAT HE WROTE. THE POWERS DELL GATE BY THE CONSTITUTETION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE FEW AND DEFINED. WELL, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE INTENT, BUT IT IS NOT WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED. AND AS I RATTLE OFF THIS LIST, SEE IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY A SINGLE POWER THAT IS AUTHORIZED BY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. TODAY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS IMMERSED ITSELF IN EVERYTHING RANGING FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO HURRICANE RELIEF, DRUG ENFORCEMENT, WELFARE, RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, MEDICAL CARE, FAMILY PLANNING, HOUSING, EVEN AID TO THE ARTS. NOT A SINGLE ONE OF WHICH CAN BE FOUND AMONG CONGRESS' ENUMERATED POWERS. TOO MUCH POWER, TOO LITTLE FREEDOM, IT IS TIME TO RESTORE CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] (music) (music) [INAUDIBLE] IN THE GOVERNMENT SPONSORED HEALTH CARE PLAN. WE REALIZE HOW DAMAGING IT WAS TO OUR NATION AND HOW DAMAGING IT WAS TO OUR ABILITY [INAUDIBLE] WE COULDN'T STOP IT. YOU JUST COULDN'T. WITH ANY CONSCIENCE AT ALL YOU COULDN'T ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN WITHOUT SPEAKING OUT. (music) (music) |
| 00:40:19 | >> | WE CAME HERE TO BE SURE THAT CONGRESS HEARD OUR CONCERNS OF EVERYDAY PRACTICING DOCTORS. CONGRESS AFTER SENATOR AFTER AID HAS SAID TO US THE PROBLEM WITH YOU DOCTORS IS THAT YOU'VE BEEN APOLITICAL FOR TOO LONG. WE SAY WITH YEAH, SURE, WE TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS. |
| 00:40:37 | >> | THEY SAID IF YOU DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, YOUR VOICE IS NEVER HEARD. |
| 00:40:42 | >> | PEOPLE SAY TO ME THIS IS ALL ABOUT MONEY. NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY. IF IT WAS ABOUT MONEY I'D BE IN FAVOR. IT'S ABOUT THE ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF MY PATIENTS WITHOUT BUREAUCRATS INTERFERING. 99.9% OF MY PATIENTS SAY WE DO NOT WANT GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE. |
| 00:41:00 | >> | IT'S AMAZING. WE STUMBLED INTO THIS HEARING IS REALLY WHAT IT WAS FROM CONGRESSMAN CONYERS AND IT WAS A HEALTH AND INFORMATION HEARING AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT SINGLE PAIR. AND SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBERS GOT UP AND SAID WHY WE THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA. THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW ALL OF OUR DOCTORS WERE SPEAKING AN NONE OF HIS WERE AND HE WAS LISTENING. |
| 00:41:21 | >> | WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS ABOUT THE PEOPLE -- [INAUDIBLE] NOT PEOPLE -- TAKING CARE OF PATIENTS EVERY DAY. |
| 00:41:35 | >> | THIS FIGHT IS A LONG WAY FROM BEING OVER. WE HAVE A CHANCE OF WINNING. AND PEOPLE IN ASKING ARE ACTUALLY LISTENING TO US. |
| 00:41:46 | >> | NOW, RISE TO YOUR FEET AND WELCOME A MAN FRESH FROM THE FRONT LINES, A TIRELESS LOBBYIST FOR THE FORGOTTEN SPECIAL INTEREST, THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER. HERE'S THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR THE 36 2,000 STRONG NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION. ANDREW MOILEN. |
| 00:42:11 | >> | GOOD AFTERNOON, TAXPAYERS. GOD AFTERNOON, -- GOOD AFTERNOON AMERICA. PEOPLE TO MY RIGHT, PEOPLE TO MY OTHER RIGHT. NOW, IF YOU ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY AND HELP TURN OUR GOVERNMENT AROUND, LET ME HEAR AN AMEN. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S IN MINNESOTA TODAY. LET ME HEAR AN AMEN. NOW, THAT SOUNDED PROOF THAT HELL HATSDZ NO FURIES LIKE A TAXPAYER IGNORED. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I'M DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR THE NATIONAL TAXPAYER UNION. WE ARE THE OLDEST GRASS ROOTS TAXPAYER ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO TO PROTECT YOUR WALLET EVERY DAY AT NCU.ORG. NOW, HE WILL HATH NO FURIES BUT YOU'RE BEING IGNORED BY THE MEDIA AND POLITICIANS. SOME OF THEM WILL INSIST THAT YOU ARE NOT HERE TODAY. THAT IT'S JUST A FEW THOUSAND COOKS WITH SIGNS. WELL, WE CAN HELP MAKE DARNED SURE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IS COUNTED IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS. YOU CAN PULL OUT YOUR CELL PHONE RIGHT NOW AND TEXT 912 TO 67292. BEEL COMPILE THOSE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS AND WE'LL SEND THEM TO EVERY ONE OF THOSE MEDIA OUTLETS AND PUBLICIZE THEM FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE. YOU CAN PULL OUT YOUR PHONE AND TEXT 912267292. NOW, CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE BEEN BUSY IGNORING THINGS LIKE OUR FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT WHICH AT 1.6 TRILLION DOLLARS IS BIGGER THAN THE ENTIRE FEDERAL BUDGET FROM 1997. BY DOING THAT, THEY HAVE IGNORED THEIR WAY TO A NEARLY $12 TRILLION DEFICIT. -- DEBT, EXCUSE ME. I HAVE A FIVE MONTH OLD DAUGHTER WHO IS SITTING AT HOME WATCHING THIS ON TV AND SHE HAS A $40,000 BOUNTY ON HER HEAD BEFORE SHE HAS EVER WALKED A STEP OR SAID A WORD ON THIS EARTH, AS THOUGH SHE CROSSED THE MOB OR SOMETHING. NOW, IF YOU THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA, LET ME HEAR AN AMEN. THEY'VE IGNORED, OBAMA HAS PROMISED THAT NOBODY MAKING OVER $250,000 WOULD SEE ANY KIND OF A TAX INCREASE. WELL, THEY'RE IGNORING THAT. ON HEALTH CARE, THEY WANT TO RAISE YOUR TAXES TO PAY FOR A $1 TRILLION PLAN. NOTICE THE COMMON THEME HERE, THE WORD TRILLION? WITH FINES OF UP TO DOCTORS 3,800 IF YOU DON'T COMPLY. AND HIGHOR TAXES ON THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. THEY'RE IGNORING IT ON ENERGY. A $2 TRILLION CAP AND TRADE NATIONAL ENERGY TAX. THEY'VE ALREADY IGNORED IT ON CIGARETTES. THEY RAISED THE CIGARETTE TAX 62 CENTS A PACK THIS YEAR. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON WHO MAKES $250,000 AND SMOKES AND HIS NAME IS BARACK OBAMA. NOW, WE HAVE A MESSAGE TODAY THAT WE WILL BE IGNORED NO MORE. SO HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY. YOU CAN MAKE YOUR POLITICIAN FEEL THE HEAT. BECAUSE WHEN THEY FEEL THE HEAT, THEY SEE THE LIGHT. YOU CAN CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE RIGHT NOW CALL THEM UP AND LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. TEXT 912 67292. WE'LL HELP YOU. AND EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU DO THAT, YOU HELP TO TURN VOTES. PEOPLE OFTEN FORGET THE ORIGINAL WALL STREET BAILOUT ALMOST FAILED. IT DILL FAIL EXCUSE ME BECAUSE YOUR PHONE CALLS MADE THAT HAPPEN. NOW, I WANT TO SAY A PERSONAL THANK YOU TO THE POLITICIANS THAT ARE PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS AND THAT ARE WORKING FOR US, PEOPLE LIKE TOM PRICE AND OTHERS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM TODAY. GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BUT FOR THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO IGNORE US, I HAVE 12 LITTLE WORDS AND YOU CAN ALL SING ALONG WITH ME. NANANANA. NA, NA, NA, NA. HEY HEY HEY GOOD-BYE. THANK YOU. [CHANTING NA, NA, NA, NA, NA. HEY, HEY, HEY, GOOD-BYE. |
| 00:46:48 | >> | WE'VE STARTED AT 10:30 THIS MORNING. PEOPLE WERE LINING UP HERE AT 8:00 A.M. AND PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING IN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BUSES ARE STILL DROPPING PEOPLE OFF. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE EXPRESSWAYS ARE BLOCKED. ROADS ARE CLOSED. YOU GUYS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE TODAY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? CONGRESS, PRESIDENT OBAMA, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS A 2005 GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND A FORMER NEW YORK CITY ARCHITECT. HE IS FOUNDER AND C.E.O. OF PARK BENCH MEDIA AND IS CO-DIRECTOR OF TEA PARTY 36 5, INK, I'M SORRY, THE NEW YORK CITY TEA PARTY. WELCOME, CALEN. [APPLAUSE] |
| 00:48:20 | >> | HELLO, AMERICA. WOO. FROM NEW YORK CITY, THE LAND OF UNDERGROUND CLUB, PIZZA AND HIGH AS HELL TAXES. SO, NEW YORK CITY WE'VE BEEN GETTING 10, 12,000 PEOPLE FOR OUR RALLIES AND WE'VE BEEN GOING TO OUR COMMUNITY BOARD MEETINGS. AND WHAT DO WE HEAR FROM NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEN? WE'VE CUT THE APPLICATION DOWN FOR THIS SOCIAL PROGRAM. TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO SIGN UP AND WE'LL GET $1 BILLION MORE NEXT YEAR. WELL, THAT'S NOT VERY COOL AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN NEW YORK CITY ANY MORE. WE'VE BEEN DOWN IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, GETTING DOWN IN THE CLUBS, ROCK BANDS, PUNK ROCKS, THEY'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE PEA TARTIES AND THEIR VOICE IS GROWING. [APPLAUSE] IT'S NOT JUST FOX NEWS. BECAUSE THESE PUNK BANDS IN BROOKLYN AREN'T WATCHING FOX NEWS, BUT THEY'RE REBELLING AGAINST THEIR GFT. THAT'S FOR SURE. NOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKE ON PUNK CULTURE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU HELPED THAT DIRT BAG FROM CALIFORNIA AND YOU HAVE ROCK THE VOTE OUT THERE TELLING EVERYONE FROM TEN YEARS OLD TO 25 YEARS OLD TO WRITE THEIR CONGRESSMAN AND SUPPORT HEALTH CARE. [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS MODERN POP CULTURE HAS BEEN US COLLEGE KIDS AND MY HIGH SCHOOL SISTER THAT'S WHAT THEY HEAR AND KNOWN KNOW. IT ALL STARTED 30 YEARS AGO WITH ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE AND THE HIPPIE COUNTER CULTURE. WELL, WE HAVE OUR OWN COUNTER CULTURE NOW. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT HERE TODAY AND WE ALL PROTEST AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE NEED TO START TAKING ON THE CULTURE. THE PROPONENTS OF LIBERTY AND FREEDOM, WE HAVE OUR POLICY BASE. WE HAVE OUR INTELLECTUALS BASE. NOW WE NEED OUR POP CULTURE BASE. AND IT'S PEOPLE LIKESTEIN BALDWIN WHO WAS UP HERE EARLIER TODAY WHO IS GOING TO GET THAT GOING. SO NEXT TIME YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET, TAKE A LOOK AT A NEWS MAGAZINE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEWS STANDS, AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. FLIP THROUGH THE PAGES, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO E ON LINE, THEY'RE TALKING TRASH ABOUT YOU. SO THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE HAVE WRITERS WHO ARE ALL UNDER 30 YEARS OLD TAKING IT ON. JOIN A TEA PARTY. JOIN THE POP CULTURE COUNTER REVOLUTION AND KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. BECAUSE IT STARTS IN NEW YORK CITY AND UNDERGROUND CLUBS AND EVERYWHERE YOU ARE, YOUR BANDS AND YOUR BARS, AND GO OUT AND GET PEOPLE'S OPINION. SO KEEP RALLYING. GREAT JOB, AMERICA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:51:35 | >> | ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT. BE QUIET FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE. THE PARENTS OF SHAWN HOLLAND NEED TO GO TO THE BOTTOM OF MARYLAND AVENUE PARKWAY AT GARFIELD CIRCLE. AGAIN, THE PARENTS OF SHAWN HOLLAND GO TO THE BOTTOM OF MARYLAND AVENUE AT GARFIELD CIRCLE. SHAWN IS THERE WITH THE POLICE. THANK YOU. |
| 00:52:05 | >> | AND NOW, HERE TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH ON EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT CONSERVATIVES, DIRECT FROM THE STREETS OF DIRTY JERSEY, THE NATION'S ONE AND ONLY CONSERVATIVE HIP-HOP ARTIST. GIVE IT UP FOR HIGH CALIBER. |
| 00:52:21 | >> | MAKE SOME NOISE. MAKE SOME NOISE D.C. IF YOU ARE AN AMERICAN TODAY, MAKE SOME NOISE. [INAUDIBLE] HEY MR. CONSERVATIVE. THIS IS MY PARTNER. YOU CAN HEAR ME EVERY WEEK. I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL. ARE THERE ANY RIGHT WING EXTREMISTS IN THE HOUSE TODAY? OK. OK. BREAK IT DOWN. THIS IS A LITTLE ACA PELLA BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MUSIC. RIGHT WING EXTREMIST WHAT'S THE DEFINITION TO THIS ADMINISTRATION I GESS A GUN TOTING CHRISTIAN OR SOMEONE WHO'S AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. THERE'S A REAL THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF OUR NATION. AND YOU HAVEN'T SEEN NOTHING YET. HOW YOU GOING TO CALL OUR TROOPS A POTENTIAL THREAT? RESPECT TO THE VETS WHO KEEP THE ENEMIES IN CHECK. IA, I SUPPORT THE MILITARY AND I ALSO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF RICK PERRY. IT'S GETTING SCARY. OUR GOVERNMENT IS GETTING RECKLESS. YOU KNOW HOW THE SAYING GOES. DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS. OR THE TENTH AMENDMENT. WE FOUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE. NOW THIS MARKS THIS ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO END IT. AND SEND IT INTO A PLUNGE. WHY THE HENK YOU THINK YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY OUR GUNS. NOT THE KIND THAT NEEDS ARMIES. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PATRIOTIC PEOPLE AT TEA PARTIES. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] . . (music) (music) [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] (music) [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] (music) [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] (music) [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 00:56:53 | >> | WE CANNOT NEGLECT THE TROOPS. JUST DROP THE MUSIC CARRIED. |
| 00:57:04 | >> | IF YOU LOVE THE MILITARY, I WANT TO SEE YOUR HANDS UP. (music) USA, LET ME HEAR YOU. USA, FOR THE AIR FORCE. USA, FOR THE MARINES. (music) (music) O (music) (music) (music) USA, LET ME HEAR YOU USA, LET ME HEAR YOU. FREEDOM AND SPACE WORKS, EVERYBODY -- FREEDOMWORKS, EVERYBODY, PEACE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 01:00:35 | >> | CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 01:00:42 | >> | WHAT'S UP, AMERICA? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE, THE PEOPLE, HAVE HAD ENOUGH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE WILL NOT SIT SILENTLY WHILE OUR LIBERTIES AND OUR FREEDOMS ARE BEING LOOTED BY ELECTED OFFICIALS SERVING THEIR INTERESTS AND NOT THE INTEREST OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE WILL NOT SIT SILENTLY AND LET THE MASSIVE WEALTH OF GOVERNMENT SMOTHER OUR RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE WILL NOT SIT SILENTLY AND LET THE MASSIVE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT DEBT SMOTHER THE FUTURE -- OUR FUTURES AND FUTURES OF OUR CHILDREN. OUR RALLY TODAY, PEOPLE, IS ABOUT LIBERTY. PERSONALLY, I WILL NOT SIT SILENTLY AND LET THOSE WHO CRITICIZE OUR CAUSE CALL IT ABOUT RACE AND CALL AS REDNECKS. [CHEERS] JENIN RAFAH LOEWANIONE GARAFALO, MY NECK IS NOT READ. I AM OUTRAGED THAT THERE ARE PROMINENT POLITICIANS I USE THE RACE CARD ANY CHANCE THEY GET TO COLOR THEIR FAILURES AND FAILED POLICIES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I AM ALSO OUTRAGED THAT BLACK POLITICIANS HAVE AN AFFINITY FOR SOCIALISM. THE FEW EXAMPLES -- CHARLES RANGEc, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. MR. RANGEL SAYS THAT BIAS AND PREJUDICE AGAINST PRESIDENT OBAMA ARE THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE ARE OPPOSING THE HEALTH CARE BILL. [BOOS] MR. RANGEL, IT IS OPPOSED BECAUSE OF THE PRINCIPAL, NOT RACE. [CHEERS] KAING MESSAGE TO MR. RANDALL, PAY YOUR TAXES -- A MESSAGE TO MR. RANGEL, PAY YOUR TAXES, PAY YOUR TAXES, PAY YOUR TAXES. [CROWD CHANTING "PAY YOUR TAXES!"] JOHN CONYERS, HE QUESTIONS THE NEED FOR LAWMAKERS TO READ THE BILL. MR. CONYERS, THAT IS YOUR JOB. A MESSAGE FROM AMERICA, MR. CONYERS, READ THE BILL, READ THE BILL, READ THE BILL. [CROWD CHANTING "READ THE BILL!"] CONGRESSWOMAN DIANE WATSON ADMIRERS OF FIDEL CASTRO. CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS HAVE NOTE -- HAS NO PROBLEM WITH GOVERNMENTS TAKING OVER OIL COMPANIES. CONGRESS WOMEN, THAT IS SOCIALISM AND IS EVIL. AMERICA, LOOK AT THE URBAN COMMUNITIES THESE POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING. ARE THEY ANY BETTER SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE? HAARLEM, DETROIT, LOS ANGELES. AS A BOARD MEMBER WITH THE OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE HEART OF NEW YORK, I CAN TELL YOU OUR GOVERNMENT IS FAILING OUR KIDS. NOT ONLY HAVE THESE LIBERAL POLICIES FAILED, THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE WITH CAP AND TRADE. AND LET'S GET THE TERMINOLOGY STRAIGHT. IN WASHINGTON D.C. THEY CALLED IT CAP AND TRADE. I CALL IT CAP AND TAXES. IT IS A CAP ON ENERGY. THE GOAL OF CAP AND TRADE IS TO FORCE AMERICANS TO USE LESS ENERGY BY MAKING IT MORE EXPENSIVE. IT WILL REDUCE DISPOSABLE INCOME. AND OUR STANDARD OF LIVING. IT WILL LEAD TO JOB LOSSES AND AN EFFECT -- IN MANUFACTURING WHERE THEY WILL MOVE OVERSEAS. IT WILL REDUCE ECONOMIC GROWTH. THAT IS WHY CAP AND TAX IS A BALL AND CHAIN FOR ALL AMERICANS. [CHEERS] IT IS AN ENERGY POLICY THAT WILL ENSLAVE EVERYBODY. FOR THE SAKE OF LIBERTY AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT, WE CANNOT ALLOW CAP AND TAX TO MOVE IN THE SENATE. [CHEERS] AMERICA, EMANCIPATION FROM THE RACE CARD, SOCIALISM, AND CAP AND TAX IS A CHANGE OF AMERICANS CAN APPRECIATE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. [CHEERS] |
| 01:06:31 | >> | AND NOW, HERE IS LIFETIME DEMOCRAT VOTER AND RECENT LOGGER WHO IS FED UP WITH CONGRESS AND HIS ADMINISTRATION OVER THIS ECONOMY, BRUCE WEBSTER. |
| 01:06:42 | >> | HELLO. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, MY SWEET WIFE, SANDRA, SAID THERE IS A MARCH IN D.C.. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO IT. I DID NOT EXPECT TO BE UP HERE. IT IS TRUE THAT I WAS A DEMOCRAT FOR 37 YEARS. BUT THEN AGAIN, WHEN I GREW UP, DEMOCRATS BELIEVE IN LOWER TAXES, FREE ENTERPRISE, CAPITALISM, A STRONG DEFENSE, A FIRM STAND AGAINST TOTALITARIANISM AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE LAW. COME TO THINK OF IT, MAY BE TOO CONSERVATIVE FOR THE REPUBLICANS. [CHEERS] WHY AM I HERE? I CAN SUM IT UP IN TWO QUOTES. ABOUT 250 YEARS AGO A WISE SCOTSMAN BY THE NAME OF DAVID HUME GIVE US A WARNING FOR OUR DAY. HE SAID, "IS SELDOM THAT LIBERTY OF ANY KIND IS LOST ALL AT ONCE." I AM HERE BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE LIBERTIES THAT WE ARE LOSING. THE SECOND " COMES FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN TALKING ABOUT THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, HE SAID, "AMERICA IS THE LAST BEST HOPE OF EARTH." [CHEERS] NOW, LET ME ASK YOU HOW MANY OF YOU ARE VETERANS OR HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE SERVING OR HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES? LET ME HEAR YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] MY FATHER, LT. -- LT. JOHN A. WEBSTER WAS AT PEARL HARBOR, WAS AT THE NAVAL BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL, AND LONG BEFORE HE WAS 20 YEARS OLD. HE THEN STAYED IN THE NAVY LONG ENOUGH TO DO TWO TOURS OF DUTY IN VIETNAM. HIS NAMESAKE, MY SON, JOHN A. WEBSTER, A CORPORAL IN THE MURDER -- IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS HAS DONE ONE TOUR IN IRAQ AND IS FIGHTING WITH THE COURT TO GO OVERSEAS AGAIN. [CHEERS] MY NEPHEW, DARREN GREEN, IS A CORPORAL IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS. HE FOLLOWED JOHN INTO THE MARINE CORPS AND IS CURRENTLY IN HELMAND PROVINCE, RIGHT WHERE THE FIGHTING IS THE WORST. WE KNOW THE MEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY WHO HAVE SERVED A GREAT DEBT. AND 165 YEARS AGO, ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- EXCUSE ME, 146 YEARS AGO, ABRAHAM LINCOLN TOLD US WHAT THAT THAT WAS. -- DEBT WAS. HE SAID IT WAS FOR US TO DEDICATE TO THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE NOT -- SO NOBLY ADVANCED. HE SAID IT WAS FOR US TO BE DEDICATED TO THE GREAT TASK REMAINING BEFORE US, THAT FROM THESE HONORED DEAD AND FROM THE HONORABLE LIVING WE TAKE INCREASED DEVOTION TO THAT COURSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE THAT LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION. THAT WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE DEAD AND OUR VETERANS WILL NOT HAVE SERVED AND DIED IN VAIN, THAT THIS NATION UNDER GOD SHALL HAVE A NEW BREATH OF FREEDOM. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND PRESIDENT LINCOLN DID NOT SAY, HE DID NOT SAY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE WHITE HOUSE, BY THE WHITE HOUSE, FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. HE DID NOT SAY GOVERNMENT OF THE COURTS, BY THE COURTS, AND FOR THE COURTS. AND HE MOST CERTAINLY DID NOT SAY GOVERNMENT OF THE CONGRESS, BY THE CONGRESS, AND FOR THE CONGRESS. WHAT DID HE SAY? GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH. THAT IS OUR TASK. GOD BLESS US AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 01:10:56 | >> | AND NOW, HERE IS NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY ANALYST, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF FREEDOMWORKS, MATT KIBBE. |
| 01:11:05 | >> | HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? ABC NEWS IS REPORTING THAT 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE ARE HERE. [CHEERS] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CROWD CHANTING "USA! USA!"] |
| 01:11:57 | >> | AS THE PRESIDENT OF FREEDOMWORKS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU ARE MAKING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER LOOK PRETTY GOOD TODAY. [CHEERS] WE BELIEVE IN TWO SIMPLE PRINCIPLES. ONE, FREEDOM WORKS. [CHEERS] TEDERO, EQUALLY IMPORTANT, GOVERNMENT GOES TO THOSE WHO SHOW UP -- TWO, EQUALLY IMPORTANT, GOVERNMENT GOES TO THOSE WHO SHOW UP. [CHEERS] GUESS WHAT, YOU GUYS SHOWED UP. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOW, NO OFFENSE TO MY FRIENDS IN THE MEDIA, BUT I SUGGEST THAT WE GET OUR OWN HEAD COUNT TODAY. REPORTS ARE COMING IN THE HIGHWAYS ARE CLOSED DOWN AND OUR FOLKS ARE STREAMING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. [CHEERS] SO, I KNOW BRANDON ASKED YOU TO DO THIS. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO IT AGAIN. PULL OUT YOURSELF PHONES -- YOUR CELL PHONES AND A TEXT "FREEDOM" TO MY USA. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT KIND OF PHONE, TEXT "FRIEDGEN" TO 69872. TRUST -- TEXT "FREEDOM" TO 69872. IF FREEDOM CAN WORK HERE, WE BELIEVE FREEDOM CAN WORK ANYWHERE. I WANT TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE TO YOU GUYS THE FREEDOMWORKS OREGON DIRECTOR, WHERE IF FREEDOM CAN WORK IN OREGON, WE CAN WIN. |
| 01:14:08 | >> | I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY IN THE WEST COAST, THE LEFT COAST, THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. LET'S HEAR YOU. THEY CAME 3,000 MILES TO HEAR THEIR VOICES TODAY. I BELIEVE CAPITALISM WORKS AND I AM PROUD TO BE A CAPITALIST. ALL OF YOU THAT ARE PROUD, LET'S HEAR YOU. CHEERS] EIGHT MONTHS AGO, OUR PRESIDENT TOLD US NO LONGER WORKS. HE GAVE UP ON IT. I BELIEVE IT WORKS. WHEN MY ANCESTORS ARRIVED IN OREGON 150 YEARS AGO, THEY DID NOT HAVE A GOVERNMENT WAITING FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THE HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, CLEAN WATER, OR ANYTHING FOR THAT MATTER. THEY SHOWED UP IN A WAGON WITH THEIR RIFLE AND WITH THEIR OWN HANDS AND FEET AND GOT TO WORK. THEY BUILT ONE OF THE GREATEST STATES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, JUST LIKE THE ANCESTORS OF THOSE THAT LIVE IN TEXAS AND UTAH AND IDAHO AND CALIFORNIA AND INDIANA AND OHIO AND YOU CAN GO RIGHT TO THE LIST. THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN BUILT BY RISKTAKERS, NOT BY GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS. IT IS BUILT BY THOSE THAT PUT THEIR OWN CAPITAL AT RISK AND TAKE CHANCES AND THEY EITHER GET THE REWARDS OF THE RISK OR THEY GET THE FAILURES OF THE RISK. THAT IS WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT YOU CAN BE MORE THAN YOU WERE BORN TOO. ONE LESS THING, OUR GOVERNOR GAVE US IN THIS LAST SESSION OF THE STATE OF OREGON, THE SECOND HIGHEST MARGINAL TAX RATE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, SECOND ONLY TO BELGIUM. AND GUESS WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO REPEAL IT. WE HAVE ENOUGH SIGNATURES NOW TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUR GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE BACK TO DO IT AGAIN AND WE ARE GOING TO DO IT TO THESE GUYS RIGHT HERE ON CAPITOL HILL. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 01:16:10 | >> | I HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT FOR YOU GUYS. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE SENATOR JIM DEMENTIADEMINT. [APPLAUSE] THIS MAY BE THE FIRST DAY IN A REALLY LONG TIME THAT SENATOR DEMINT IS THE MOST POPULAR GUY IN TOWN. [CHEERS] HE IS THE AUTHOR OF A BOOK THAT EVERYONE OF YOU NEED TO RECALL "SAVING FREEDOM." IS A TEXT BOOK THAT TELLS YOU HOW TO TAKE YOUR COUNTRY BACK. SENATOR DEMINT. [APPLAUSE] |
| 01:16:53 | >> | THANK YOU. cTHE NEW YORK TIMES -- THE "NEW YORK TIMES" JUST REPORTED THAT 500 PEOPLE SHOWED UP HERE TODAY ON THE MALL. [LAUGHTER] WELL, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS WARNED US THAT IF WE DISAGREE WITH HIM HE IS GOING TO CALL AS OURUS OUT [OUTBOOS] -- CALL US OUT [OUTBOOS] OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT, WE ARE OUT. [CHEERS] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO WATERLOO. [CHEERS] THIS IS A DAY I HAVE DREAMED OF FOR A LONG TIME. WE STAND TOGETHER TODAY IN A CRITICAL BATTLE FOR THE HEART AND SOUL OF AMERICA. IT IS NOT A PERSONAL BATTLE AGAINST PRESIDENT OF, OR A PARTISAN BATTLE. IT IS A BATTLE BETWEEN BIG GOVERNMENT, COLLECTIVISM, AND FREEDOM LOVING AMERICANS. THE STAKES ARE HIGH. WILL WE CONTINUE TO HOLD TIGHTLY TO THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM THAT MADE AMERICA THE MOST EXCEPTIONAL, PROSPEROUS, AND COMPASSIONATE NATION IN HISTORY, OR WILL WE FALL FOR THE FALSE HOPE AND EMPTY PROMISES OF MORE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS? WILL WE CONTINUE TO CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, FREE MARKETS, JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES, AND CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITED GOVERNMENT? [CHEERS] OR WILL WE SINK INTO THE PIT OF HIGH TAXES, SUFFOCATING DEBT, AND SOCIALISM? ["NO!"] I JOIN YOU TODAY NOT AS A U.S. SENATOR, BUT AS A FELLOW FREEDOM LOVING AMERICAN. I AM NOT HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU, BUT TO STAND WITH YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] CANTU JOIN MY VOICE WITH YOURS. IT IS TIME THAT THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS STOP LECTURING US AND START LISTENING TO US. TO MANY AMERICANS HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR OUR FREEDOM FOR US TO GIVE IT AWAY WITH APATHY AND SILENCE. THE MAJORITY OF THE POLITICIANS HERE IN WASHINGTON SEEM TO THINK THAT AMERICANS ARE EITHER ASLEEP OR STUPID. BUT YOU HAVE PROVED TODAY THAT AMERICANS ARE WAKE, THEY ARE INFORMED, AND THEY ARE OUTRAGED. [CHEERS] WE NEED NEW LEADERS WHO WILL TELL US THE TRUTH. WE DO NOT NEED MORE ALICE-IN- WONDERLAND POLITICIANS PROMISING MORE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS AND HAVING THE AUDACITY TO TELL US THAT THESE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS WILL NOT INCREASE OUR DEBT. OUR RESPONSE MUST BE CLEAR, NO MORE BAILOUTS. NO MORE TRILLION DOLLARS GOVERNMENT STIMULUS PLANS. ["NO!"] NO MORE TRILLION DOLLARS SPENDING BILLS PACKED WITH YOUR MARKS. ["NO!"] NO MORE GOVERNMENT TAKERS -- TAKEOVERS, ESPECIALLY OF HEALTH CARE, AND NO CAP AND TAX ENERGY TAXES ["NO!"] WASHINGTON POLITICIANS IN BOTH PARTIES HAVE TAKEN OUR COUNTRY TO THE EDGE OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AID TO IT -- A FINANCIAL DISASTER. THE SAD TRUTH IS THAT THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS STILL DO NOT GET IT. THEY CONTINUE TO PASS BLOATED SPENDING BILLS AND CREATE NEW GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW NOW THEY ARE TELLING US THAT THEY WANT TO CONTROL THE MOST PERSONAL PART OF OUR LIVES, OUR HEALTH CARE. WE MUST STOP THIS GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE. AND WE MUST FORCE THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS TO FIX WHAT IS BROKEN INSTEAD OF REPLACING WHAT IS WORKING. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE CANNOT ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL ONE SIXTH OF OUR ECONOMY. AND WE CANNOT PUT BUREAUCRATS BETWEEN AMERICANS AND THEIR DOCTORS. FRIENDS, THIS IS A CRITICAL BATTLE FOR THE HEART AND SOUL OF AMERICA AND FOR FREEDOM ITSELF. FREEDOM FIGHTERS ARE OUTNUMBERED IN CONGRESS, BUT NOT ACROSS AMERICA. WE ARE WINNING THIS FIGHT AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT, WE WILL SAVE FREEDOM IN AMERICA. [CHEERS] THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH ME. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ["USA! USA!"] |
| 01:23:03 | >> | GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE A MAN WHO OUR PRESIDENT WANTS TO TAX OUT OF WORK THROUGH KAPPA AND TRADE. GREG CARROLL IS A VETERAN OF THE U.S. NAVY AND HAS BEEN AN ELECTRICIAN FOR OVER FOUR YEARS AT THE AMERICAN ENERGY CORP. CENTURY MINE LOCATED NEAR BEALLSVILLE OHIO WHERE HE LIVES WITH HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING GREG CARROLL. [APPLAUSE] |
| 01:23:38 | >> | FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO BE HERE AND REPRESENT ALL THE AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT ON A HARD HAT AND GO TO WORK EVERY DAY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I HAVE HEARD EVERY POLITICIAN AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER SAY, WE WILL WORK HARD FOR YOU, AMERICA, BUT THERE IS NO ONE THAT WORKS HARDER FOR AMERICA AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES CO-LEADER TEAM. [CHEERS] WE GO TO WORK EVERY DAY TO PRODUCE THE FUEL THAT POWERS AMERICA. NOW OUR ASSISTANCE IS BEING THREATENED. -- EXISTENCE IS BEING THREATENED. IT IS BEING TRIMMED BY THE CAP AND TAX BILL. [BOOS] IT IS NO MORE THAN A TAX BILL THAT WILL PAY -- BE PAID BY EVERY ONE OF YOU HARD-WORKING AMERICANS. DOES ANYBODY HERE WANT TO PAY MORE TAXES? ["NO!"] PRESIDENT OBAMA, HE HAS SAID, AND I QUOTE, UNQUOTE UNDER THE CAP AND TRADE BILL, THE ELECTRICITY -- ", UNDER THE CAP AND TRADE BILL, ELECTRICITY BILLS WILL SKYROCKET." HE DID NOT LIE. THEY WILL CRIPPLE OUR NATION'S ENERGY MANUFACTURERS THAT DEPEND ON AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE ENERGY TO COMPETE IN THE OPEN MARKET. WE WILL EXPORT THE REST OF OUR MANUFACTURING JOBS TO CHINA. [BOOS] THIS INDUSTRY IS BIGGER THAN JUST THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT THE HARD HATS ON AND GO IN THE MINE TO DAVID COLE, IT IS OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. IT IS THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT PROVIDE US WITH OUR GOODS AND MATERIALS THAT WE NEED TO DO OUR JOB. THEY WILL ALL BE FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS UNDER THIS CAP AND TAX PLAN. [INAUDIBLE YELLING] I WILL LET YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER. BUT I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING, COAL MINERS LOVc AMERICA. THEY LOVE TO GET UP EVERY DAY AND PROVIDE ENERGY FOR AMERICA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND CONGRESS HAS TURNED ITS BACK ON AMERICA. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND HOW YOU VOTED AND AMERICA WILL FIRE YOU. [CHEERS] ONE LAST THING I AM GOING TO SAY, SENATORS, IF YOU WANT YOUR FINAL LEGACY TO BE THE DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA, HOW WE KNOW IT, VOTE FOR THIS CAP AND A TAX BILL AND AMERICA WILL REMEMBER YOU AND WE WILL REMIND YOU THAT WE EMPLOY YOU END WE WILL FIRE YOU. [CHEERS] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 01:27:36 | >> | UP NEXT, WE HAVE THE FOUNDER OF THE COMMITTEE TO REDUCE INFECTION DEBTS, WHICH FOCUSES ON STOPPING DEATHS FROM HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION THROUGH EDUCATION. SHE HAS WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ON THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE AND HER WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND FORBES MAGAZINE AND OTHERS. HERE IS THE WOMAN WHO STARTED IT ALL BY READING THE BILLS. ISN'T THAT A FIRST? PATIENT ADVOCATES, THAT HE MCCOY. -- BETSEY MCCOY. [APPLAUSE] |
| 01:28:13 | >> | THANK YOU, I AM SO GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY. WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA SPOKE BEFORE THE NATION ON WEDNESDAY, HE REPEATED HIS PROMISE THAT IF YOU LIKE YOUR HEALTH PLAN, YOU CAN KEEP IT. BUT THIS BILL PROVES THAT IS UNTRUE. TAKE A LOOK AT PAGES 16 AND 17. IF YOU GET YOUR HEALTH PLAN THROUGH YOUR EMPLOYER, YOUR EMPLOYER HAS A GRACE PERIOD IT COURTESY OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THEY WILL BE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO REMOVE YOU TO THE PLAN THE GOVERNMENT WANTS YOU TO HAVE [BOOS] IF YOU GET YOUR INSURANCE YOURSELF, YOU WILL NOT EVEN HAVE THE GRACE PERIOD. YOU WILL BE MOVED TO WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTS YOU TO HAVE AS SOON AS ANYTHING IN YOUR CURRENT INSURANCE PLAN CHANGES. THAT IS RIGHT. AND WHEN YOU FILE YOUR TAXES, IF YOU CAN PROVE YOU ARE IN THE PLAN THE GOVERNMENT WANTS U.N. ROLE -- IF YOU CANNOT PROVE YOU'RE IN THE PLAN THE GOVERNMENT WANTS YOU ENROLLED IN, YOU COULD BE FINED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. [BOOS] AND 18 MONTHS AFTER THIS BILL IS PASSED, THE HEALTH CHOICES COMMISSIONER, APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT, AND A PANEL OF ADVISERS, APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT, WOULD DECIDE WHAT YOUR HEALTH PLAN COVERS AND WHAT YOUR DOCTOR CAN DO, HOW MUCH LEEWAY OR DOCTOR WILL HAVE, AND HOW MUCH YOU ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THIS PLAN. THAT IS LIKE A BANKER SAYING, HERE FOR THIS LOAN AND IN 18 MONTHS WE WILL FILL IN THE INTEREST RATE AND TERMS OF REPAYMENT. NO DEAL. ["NO!" DEAL!"] THE FIRST -- THIS IS A MEDICAL ASSAULT ON SENIORS. IF THIS BILL IS PAID FOR PARTLY WITH TAX HIKES, THAT IS BAD ENOUGH, BUT ALSO WITH A $500 BILLION REDUCTION IN FUTURE MEDICARE SPENDING, THAT IS 10% DOWN, AND A TOTAL OF 30% MORE PEOPLE WILL BE ENROLLED IN MEDICARE AS THE BABY BOOMERS AGE. THOSE NUMBERS DO NOT ADD UP, MR. PRESIDENT. THAT MEANS NO MORE HIP REPLACEMENTS, NO MORE NEED REPLACEMENTS, NO MORE IPOD -- BYPASS SURGERY. IT WILL UNDO 40 YEARS OF MEDICAL PROGRESS FOR OUR SENIORS. THERE IS A BETTER WAY. MR. PRESIDENT, GET RID OF THIS 1000 PAGE BILL AND GIVE US A 20 PAGE BILL IN PLAIN ENGLISH, 20 PAGES -- c[CHEERS] 20 PAGES. YOU KNOW, THE FRAMERS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION GAVE US AN ENTIRE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S IN A -- AN ENTIRE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN 18 PAGES. WE WANT A 20-PAGE BILL THAT WILL DO ONE THING, PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR AMERICANS WHO TRULY CANNOT AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE. THERE ARE ABOUT 12 MILLION TO 50 MILLION OF THEM. AMERICANS WHO CANNOT AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE. -- 12 MILLION TO 15 MILLION OF THEM. WE WILL DO THAT WITH THAT $500 BILLION IN UNSPENT STIMULUS MONEY. ISSUSIT IS SITTING IN A POT. WE'RE THE ONES WILLING TO COVER THE UNINSURED NOW. NO ADDITIONS TO THE DEFICIT NEEDED. AND NO PUSHING YOU OUT OF THE HEALTH PLAN YOU ALREADY LIKE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, NO NEED TO DISMANTLE THE BEST MEDICAL SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. [CHEERS] YOU KNOW, ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WHEN THE PRESIDENT SPOKE HE DID NOT SAY ONE POSITIVE THING ABOUT AMERICAN MEDICINE. NOTHING ABOUT THE GREAT DOCTORS AND NURSES WHO RESCUE PATIENTS FROM THE BRINK OF DEATH EVERY DAY. HE ONLY SPOKE ABOUT THE VICTIMS. IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY ILL, THE BEST PLACE TO BE IS IN THE UNITED STATES. [BAGPIPES PLAYING "AMAZING GRACE"] GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND GOD BLESS DOCTORS AND NURSES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 01:33:07 | >> | PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR RADIO AND TALK-SHOW HOST, MASON WEAVER. |
| 01:33:11 | >> | HELLO, FREE PEOPLE. [CHEERS] HOW IS THE CHANGE WORKING OUT FOR YOU TODAY? I THOUGHT YOU WOULD WANT TO HEAR A BLACK MAN SPEAK TO YOU WITHOUT A TELEPROMPTER [CHEERS]CHEERS -- WITHOUT A TELEPROMPTER. [CHEERS] MR. PRESIDENT, BEHOLD, YOUR ONLY PUBLIC OPTION. YOU THOUGHT HE WAS SANE WORLD AND CHANGE -- YOU THOUGHT HE WAS SAYING HOPE AND CHANGE. HE WAS SAYING WORLD AND CHAINS. -- ROPE AND CHAINS. I AM SAYING, LET'S UNITE, NO MORE-NATIONS, NO -- ONLY AMERICANS, NO MORE-NATION'S HYPHENATIONS. WE DO NOT NEED HOPE. WE HAVE GOT FREEDOM. WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE THE HOPE TO? FROM FREEDOM TO WHAT? WE ARE HERE TO SAY TODAY, NO MORE, WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH. WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH, NO MORE. ["NO!"] WE DO NOT NEED YOU TO APOLOGIZE. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR COUNTRY. WE'RE PROUD OF OUR CULTURE. WE'RE PROUD TO BE AMERICANS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] DECIDE TODAY IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE FREE OR SLAVE. DECIDE TODAY IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE SLAVE TO YOUR MASTER OR THE MASTER OF YOUR OWN DESTINY. THE SITE TODAY -- DECIDE TODAY AND THEN REST TOMORROW. WE HAVE ENOUGH OF BEING TAXED TO DEATH AND AFTER DEATH. WE HAVE ENOUGH OF GUILT. WE HAVE ENOUGH OF [UNINTELLIGIBLE] WE HAVE ENOUGH OF PAYING YOU FOR A TAX BREAK. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WE HAVE ENOUGH OF TRYING TO GET THE GOVERNMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE FREE. AND WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY, FOLKS, AND I AM CHALLENGING YOU, THE NEXT TIME FROM 11 TO 10, CHANGE THIS. ELECT FOLKS THAT WILL REPRESENT YOUR OWN IDEAS, THAT WILL REPRESENT YOUR FREEDOM. DO NOT HESITATE. WE WIN WHEN WE SHOW UP. THIS IS NOc ABOUT HEALTH CARE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE TAXES. THIS IS ABOUT SOCIALISM. WE HAVE WOKEN UP. WE ARE DELIVERED. WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH. WE WANT OUR FREEDOM BACK. GOD BLESS YOU. [CHEERS] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 01:36:20 | >> | WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK SOME MEN WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT AGAINST OBAMA CARE FOR A LONG TIME FOR US. LET'S BRING UP CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL FROM TEXAS AND CONGRESSMAN LOUIS GOLDBERG. PLEASE GIVE THESE MEN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK. [APPLAUSE] WE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR THESE MEN AND NOW, IT IS STILL MY GREAT HONOR TO INTRODUCE CONGRESSMAN MIKE PRINCE -- MIKE PENCE. HE IS A REPUBLICAN MEMBER FROM INDIAN -- INDIANA'S SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. HE'S CURRENTLY SERVES AS CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE -- CONFERENCE. [APPLAUSE] |
| 01:37:15 | >> | I AM FROM INDIANA AND AND IT IS AN HONOR TO WELCOME THE LARGEST GATHERING OF CONSERVATIVES IN AMERICAN HISTORY. [CHEERS] I THINK POLITICIANS THINK OF YOU PEOPLE AS ASTROTURF, AN AMERICAN -- ON-AMERICAN. I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AFTER NINE YEARS OF FIGHTING RUNAWAY SPENDING HERE ON THIS HILL, YOU PEOPLE LOOK LIKE THE CAVALRY TO ME. [CHEERS] WE STAND TOGETHER AT AN HISTORIC MOMENT. IN THE LIFE OF THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT AND THE LIFE OF THIS NATION THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS MAY WELL SET THE COURSE FOR THIS NATION FOR A GENERATION HOW WE AS CONSERVATIVES RESPOND TO THESE CHALLENGES COULD DETERMINE WHETHER AMERICA RETAINS HER PLACE IN THE WORLD AS A BEACON OF FREEDOM OR WHETHER WE SLIP INTO THE ABYSS THAT HAS SWALLOWED MUCH OF EUROPE IN AN AVALANCHE SOCIALISM -- OF SOCIALISM. WHILE SOME ARE PREPARED TO WRITE THE OBITUARY ON CAPITALISM AND THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT, I BELIEVE WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF A GREAT AMERICAN AWAKENING AND IT BEGINS NOW AND WITH YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THIS CONGRESS ARE ABOUT TO GET A HISTORY LESSON, START -- STARTING WITH WHAT OUR FOUNDERS SAID ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT. A SILENCE IS CONSENT, IT IS NOW REVOLT. WE, THE PEOPLE, DO NOT CONSENT TO RUNAWAY FEDERAL SPENDING. WE, THE PEOPLE, DO NOT CONSENT TO THE NOTION THAT WE CAN SPEND AND BORROW OUR WAY BACK TO A GROWING AMERICA. AND WE, THE PEOPLE, DO NOT CONSENT TO GOVERNMENT-RUN INSURANCE THAT WILL COST MILLIONS OF AMERICANS -- CAUSE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TO LOSE THE HEALTH INSURANCE THEY HAVE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THIS WEEK, THE PRESIDENT CAME TO THIS HILL AND HE GAVE ONE MORE SPEECH ABOUT THE SAME BAD PLAN. MR. PRESIDENT, AMERICA DOES NOT WANT ANOTHER SPEECH. WE WANT ANOTHER HEALTH CARE PLAN THAT IS BUILT ON FREEDOM. [CHEERS] AND WE, THE PEOPLE, DO NOT CONSENT TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PASSING 1000-PAGE BILLS WITHOUT EVERYBODY -- ANYBODY EVER READING THEM. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO READ EVERY MAJOR BILL CONGRESS ADOPTS. [CHEERS] I WOULD BE JUST AS HAPPY IF SOME OF THEM READ THIS A LITTLE MORE OFTEN. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES [CHEERS] OF CHEERS] -- THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [CHEERS] cYOU KNOW, IT REMINDS US THAT WE ARE A NATION LED BY THE PEOPLE AND NOT THE LEAD AND THE BUREAUCRATS AND POLITICIANS. -- THE DELETEELITE. IT REMINDS US THAT THE POWERS NOT GIVEN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE RESERVED TO THE STATES AND THE PEOPLE. AND NOW WE'RE IN THE CONSTITUTION CAN YOU FINDC THE YOUZAR -- FIND THE WORD "CZAR." [CHEERS] THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE NOT HAVING IT. BUT IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT DOLLARS AND CENTS. IT IS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A NATION. AS THE PRESIDENT SAID IN 1964, IT IS ABOUT WHETHER WE ABANDON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND CONFESS IN A LITTLE INTELLECTUAL ELITE CAN FAR BETTER PLAN OUR LIVES BETTER FOR US THAN WE CAN PLAN THEM FOR OURSELVES. MY MONEY IS ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. MY MONEY IS ON FREEDOM. MY MONEY IS ON THE FUTURE. [APPLAUSE] THIS GREAT NATIONAL CAPITAL IS -- CAPITAL IS FILLED WITH MEMORIALS TO FREEDOM HEROES. AMERICANS WHOSE FACES ARE CARVED IN BRONZE, WHOSE NAMES ADORN MONUMENTS, AND JUST ACROSS THE RIVER LIE THE REMAINS OF AMERICANS WHO PAID FREEDOMS PRICE SO WE COULD GATHER HERE TODAY. [APPLAUSE] IN THEIR TIME, THEY DID FREEDOMS' WORK AS CITIZENS AND PATRIOTS. NOW IS OUR TURN. LET'S DO WHAT GRETA AMERICANS HERE IN THIS CITY HAVE DONE BEFORE. LET'S STAND AND FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. AND IF WE WILL THE BANNER OF FREEDOM HI, I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY WILL RALLY TO OUR CAUSE. WE WILL TAKE THIS CONGRESS BACK IN 2010 AND WE WILL TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK IN 2012. [CHEERS] |
| 01:43:11 | >> | CORIN FEASIL, PLEASE MUTE YOUR WIFE, CINDY @ LOST AND FOUND. -- PLEASE MEET YOUR WIFE, CINDY, AT THE LOST AND FOUND. |
| 01:43:20 | >> | PLEASE WELCOME JOHN TATE. |
| 01:43:23 | >> | IT IS GREAT TO BE YOUR REVIEW PATRIOT HERE TODAY. ALL FOR ONE REASON, TO TAKE BACK OUR FREEDOM. TO TAKE BACK AND OUT-OF-CONTROL GOVERNMENT, TO RESTORE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES, TO RECLAIM OUR REPUBLIC. [CHEERS] THAT IS THE REASON I AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER AMERICANS HAVE JOINED WITH CAMPAIGN LIBERTY, TO PROMOTE AND DEFEND THE GREAT AMERICAN PRINCIPLES OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, SOUND MONEY, AND FREE MARKETS. TO RESTRAIN GOVERNMENT POWER, TO STOP THINGS LIKE REAL ID, OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE SCHEME, AND OF COURSE, THE OUT-OF-CONTROL FEDERAL RESERVE. YOU CANNOT BE FOR FREEDOM IF YOU ARE FOR MORE POWER FOR THE GOVERNMENT. GOVERNMENT POWER IS THE ENEMY OF FREEDOM. IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT. [CHEERS] WE HAVE ALL HEARD THIS COMING BUDGET FIGURES, OVER $3.6 TRILLION OF YOUR MONEY SPENT. BUT AS BAD AS THIS IS, IT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN SECRET BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE. THE PAST YEAR HAS SEEN THE WORST PLUNDERING OF WEALTH IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, ALL DONE BY THE ART OF CONTROL FEDERAL RESERVE AND THEIR MINIONS OF THE TREASURY. WE ARE NOW OUT INTO $13 TRILLION IN BAILOUTS AND FEDERAL RESERVE LOANS, MORE THAN WE SPENT ON EVERY WAR IN OUR HISTORY. WHERE WILL IT ALL END? WHERE IS YOUR MONEY? THAT IS WHY WE BELIEVE THE BATTLE TO AUDIT THE FED IS VITAL TO OUR FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. [APPLAUSE] THINGS ARE MOVING IN OUR DIRECTION. OVER 75% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BELIEVE IT IS NOW TIME FOR A FULL-SCALE AUDIT OF THE FED. c[CHEERS] AND THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR HEARINGS ON SEPTEMBER 25. IT IS OUR TIME TO FIGHT TOGETHER. TOGETHER, WE CAN WIN. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] |
| 01:45:54 | >> | I AM NOT A REVOLUTIONARY WAR REACTORRE-ENACTOR, FINANCIALLY PRESSED BY I FREEDOMWORKS. I THINK IF THE PEOPLE OF 200 YEARS AGO WERE TO LOOK AT US TODAY, THEY WOULD BE PRETTY DAMN PROUD. BUT LIKE THE GUYS WHO FOUGHT AT LEXINGTON, WHEN THEY SHOWED UP, IT WAS PRETTY SPONTANEOUS. THAT WAS A GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS TAKE THIS MOVEMENT AND MAKE SURE WE ARE PUTTING IT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THIS CHANGE, THE CHANGE WE BELIEVE IN. ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU COULD PULL OUT YOUR PHONES AND A TEXT "MY USA." WE HAVE A POLL THAT WE WANT TO PUT OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEDIA KNOWS WHAT ISSUES WE FIND IT IMPORTANT WHEN THIS EVENT CLOSES. THANKS FOR COMING TODAY. [APPLAUSE] |
| 01:46:54 | >> | PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR A RADIO TALK-SHOW HOST, DON THOMPSON. [CHEERS] |
| 01:47:07 | >> | YOU KNOW, D.C. IS A SPECTACULAR CITY, BUT FOR $12 TRILLION I EXPECT A LITTLE BIT MORE. [CHEERS] I'M HAVING THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF LIVING ALL OVER AMERICA, NO GOOD PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER AMERICA. I WAS BORN OF A VOTE -- A GUY -- I WAS BORN A BUCKEYE. I HAVE LIVED IN NEBRASKA, NEW MEXICO, WEST VIRGINIA. AND TODAY, I HAVE LIVED -- I COME TO YOU WITH A MESSAGE FROM THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. VIRGINIA STANDS WITH YOU. [CHEERS] TODAY, I BRING A MESSAGE FROM THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA TO THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THIS BUILDING. YOUR SOUL BELONGS TO THE LORD, BUT YOUR CAREER BELONGS TO ME. [CHEERS] DO THE RIGHT THING OR YOU ARE FIRED. [CHEERS] AND MEMBER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA ONCE GAVE A SPEECH ABOUT GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH. BUT -- THERE IS NO WAY TO JUDGE THE FUTURE BUT BY THE PAST. WHAT IS THE PAST? THE WORLD'S LEGACY IS TIERNEY AND EVIL. -- IS TYRANNY AND EVIL. AMERICA WAS FOUNDED ON FREEDOM AND WE MUST PROTECT THAT. WE MUST PROTECT THAT AT ALL COST. [CHEERS] TO ALL THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE HERE, BUT THE PEOPLE ALL ACROSS AMERICA AT HOME, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM I PLEDGE TO YOU THE SAME THING THAT I PLEDGE TO THE 6000 PEOPLE AT THE RICHMOND TWO-PARTY APRIL 15, THE SAME THING THAT THE 56 -- THE RICHMOND TEA PARTY AT APRIL 15, THE SAME THING THAT THE 56 SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION PLEDGED TO YOU, I PLEDGE TO YOU MY FORTUNE AND MY SACRED HONOR. ARE YOU WILLING TO PLEDGE THAT TO ME? [CHEERS] ARE YOU WILLING TO PLEDGE THAT TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU? ARE YOU WILLING TO PLEDGE THAT TO EVERYBODY ALL ACROSS AMERICA? [CHEERS] LET ME HEAR YOU, THEN. [CHEERS] GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] (music) [UNINTELLIGIBLE] |
| 01:50:09 | >> | I JUST FEEL LIKE IT IS WORTH cEVEN RISKING MY LIFE FOR. |
| 01:50:13 | >> | I LIKE TO FOLLOW THE 18 ENUMERATED POWERS OF THE CONSTITUTION. I WANT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO THAT AND NO MORE. IF WE NEED HEALTH CARE REFORM, AND WE DO, IT NEEDS TO BE TAKING CARE OF BY THE STATES. |
| 01:50:25 | >> | RIGHT NOW, THE MAJORITIES IN CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY, NOW WE HAVE TO PREVENT THAT STUFF FROM HAPPENING. |
| 01:50:34 | >> | IF THIS GOES THROUGH, MY FAMILY WILL PAY A DEALER PRICE FOR IT. |
| 01:50:40 | >> | WE CAN SEND A REAL MESSAGE THAT THE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE -- YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE JUST SCARED OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN AMERICA. |
| 01:50:47 | >> | WE ARE THE BOSS. THEY WORK FOR US. IT IS OFTEN SAID BY MANY PEOPLE IN THE HEAD MINISTRATION, I SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE PRESIDENT, THAT KIND OF THING. BUT THEY REALLY SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF US. |
| 01:51:02 | >> | THE SLEEPING GIANT HAS TO BE AWOKEN. I HAVE NEVER PROTESTED BEFORE, BUT IT IS TIME. I HAVE MET SO MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAT IS THEIR FIRST TIME PROTESTING. WE HAVE TO STAND UP AND TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK. |
| 01:51:14 | >> | WHERE WERE YOU WHEN OUR NATION FAILED? I SAID, I CAN HONESTLY SAY, I WAS THERE, HONEY. I WAS THERE, FIGHTING ALL THE WAY, WITH EVERYTHING I KNEW EVERYTHING I HAD. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THIS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY? [APPLAUSE] |
| 01:51:39 | >> | FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, 22 OF US WERE ON A CONFERENCE CALL THAT CHANGED OUR LIVES. ON THAT CONFERENCE CALL WAS IN THE CRAMER, AND SHE IS NOW THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR -- WAS AMY KRAMER, AND SHE IS NOW THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR OF THE TWO-PARTY SPIRIT IN THE CRAMER -- OF THE TEA PARTIES. AMY KRAMER. |
| 01:52:12 | >> | I'M SO BLESSED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY AND TO STAND BEFORE YOU. YOU SAY I AM NO ONE SPECIAL. I AM JUST YOUR AVERAGE, EVERYDAY MOM WHO IS JUST LIKE THE REST OF YOU, TIRED OF SEEING WHAT IS GOING ON IN GOVERNMENT, TIRED OF YELLING AT MY RADIO, TIRED OF YELLING AT MY TELEVISION AND DECIDED TO GET OFF MY COUCH AND GET INVOLVED INAND DO SOMETHING. [CHEERS] BACK IN FEBRUARY THERE WERE ABOUT 22 OF US THAT CAME TOGETHER THROUGH A CONFERENCE CALL. WE PLANNED TO HAVE A ROUND OF THE PARTIES. -- T PARTIES. THE FIRST ROUND OF TEA PARTIES WE HAD 50 TEA PARTIES A ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WITH 30,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. ON APRIL 15, WE HAD 850 TEA PARTIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WITH 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU. THAT WAS YOUR TEA PARTY AND TODAY IS AMERICAS T PARTY. THIS IS THE BIGGEST TEA PARTY OF ALL. I CONGRATULATE EVERY ONE OF YOU. [CHEERS] WHEN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WENT ON RECESS, THEY WERE NOT VERY HOSPITABLE AT THESE TOWN HALLS, AND THEY WERE NOT SEEING IN THEIR DISTRICTS AND WE WERE NOT SURE WHERE MANY OF THEM WORK. BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE SOUTH, HOSPITALITY IS EVERYTHING. SO, WE DECIDED TO BRING THE HOSPITALITY AND THE TEA PARTY HERE TO OUR CAPITAL, THAT IS, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S CAPITAL WHERE THEY WILL HEAR US. THEY HAVE NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE. [CHEERS] I HAVE BEEN VERY BLESSED THESE PAST TWO WEEKS, I HAVE BEEN GOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON THE TEA PARTY EXPRESS. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TEA PARTY EXPRESSED? [CHEERS] YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY TOLD ME BEFORE I LEFT TO GO ON THAT BUS TOUR, I DO NOT KNOW WHY YOU ARE DOING THAT BECAUSE IT IS NOT VERY WELL ORGANIZED AND THERE IS NOBODY THAT IS GOING TO SHOW UP FOR THESE TEA PARTIES. THEY WERE WRONG. WE STARTED IN SACRAMENTO AND WE HAVE TAKEN OUR MESSAGE 7,000 MILES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND JOIN YOU HERE TODAY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] . . WE HAVE TO KEEP ENGAGED. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR MAKING THIS TRIP, MAKING THIS JOURNEY, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS FIGHT. THERE'S NOT ANY ONE PERSON, ANY ONE ORGANIZATION THAT CAN FIGHT THIS BATTLE ON OUR OWN. IT IS GOING TO TAKE AN ENTIRE GRASSROOTS ARMY. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO STAY ENCAGED. I WANT TO INVITE MY FRIEND AND MY TEA PARTY EXPRESS FAMILY MEMBER UP TO THE STAGE. |
| 01:56:00 | >> | [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 01:56:08 | >> | WE'RE THE TEA PARTY EXPRESS! WE JUST FINISHED 35 CITIES, 16 STATES IN 17 DAYS. AND WE ARE HERE. WE HAVE HEARD YOUR VOICES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WE ARE STANDING UNITED WITH YOU BECAUSE WE ARE NOT 50 RED STATES OR 50 BLUE STATES. BUT WE ARE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE ARE IN A BATTLE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR OUR FREEDOM AGAINST OUR GOVERNMENT, AND IT IS TIME TO TAKE AMERICA BACK AND MOVE AMERICA FORWARD IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. IT IS TIME TO TELL OUR GOVERNMENT THAT THE CLOCK IS TICKING. NOVEMBER OF 2010 IS COMING, AND IF THEY DO NOT LISTEN TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, WE ARE GOING TO HAND THEM A PINK SLIP. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THIS GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STOP THE BAILOUTS, REDUCE THE SIZE OF INTRUSIVE GOVERNMENT, STOP THE OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING, AND SPOT THIS MADNESS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IT IS TIME TO GIVE THE CONTROL BACK TO THE PEOPLE AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS WHERE IT BELONGS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO INTRODUCE MY TEAM. RYAN GILL, DIANA, CELENA AND WILLIAM, DONALD, SAL AND JANETbP, RON AND KAY, LLOYD, GARY, AMY KREMER AND TIFFANY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] TEA PARTY EXPRESS.ORG, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 01:58:19 | >> | FROM THE GREAT STATE OF TENNESSEE, PLEASE WELCOME REPRESENTATIVE MARCIA BLACKBURN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 01:58:31 | >> | WELCOME TO WASHINGTON. I AM ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT YOU ARE HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE HAS EVER BEEN A LARGER CONSERVATIVE GATHERING IN THIS CITY, BUT TO ALL 1.5 MILLION OF YOU WHO HAVE TRAVELED HERE, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE REDEFINED GRIDLOCK IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE HERE, AND I AM THRILLED TO SEE YOU ALL, AND ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE TENNESSEANS THAT ARE HERE. WELCOME. THIS WEEK MANY OF YOU HAVE COME BY MY OFFICE, AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU. YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU FELT CALLED TO BE HERE TODAY, AND IT IS A NOBLE CALLING. YOU'VE TOLD ME THAT YOU WORRY THAT AMERICA WILL SOON CEASE TO BE WHAT SHE HAS BEEN. YOU WORRY THAT OUR GLORIOUS POTENTIAL AND OUR EXCEPTIONAL PURPOSE WILL BE BURIED NOT BIPARTISAN BICKERING, BUT BY THOUGHTLESS DEBT. AND YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE LIBERTY AND TO DEFEND THElIdp5 FUTURES OF OUR CHILDREN ON GRANDCHILDREN. IT IS A NOBLE CALLING. MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I SHARE THAT CALLING WITH YOU, AND WE HAVE COME TO WASHINGTON TO ANSWER THAT CALL. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE OTHERS HERE IN WASHINGTON WHO ONLY FEEL CALLED TO YOUR WALLET. TO THOSE WHO HAVE COME HERE TO WASHINGTON TO EXERCISE GOVERNMENT'S FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL ON YOUR PAYCHECK, TO KEEP THAT COLD AND GRASPING HAND OF GOVERNMENT IN YOUR POCKET, THEY WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE MAKING TOUGH CHOICES IN THIS BUILDING BEHIND ME. BUT YOU AND I KNOW THAT SPENDING MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE IS NOT A TOUGH CHOICE FOR WASHINGTON. SPENDING MORE AND MORE, WASHINGTON IS PUSHING THE TOUGH CHOICES ON TO YOU, AND YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH. YOU ARE THE ONES WHO ARE SACRIFICING, NOT THOSE THAT ARE COWERING IN THEIR OFFICES IN THE BUILDING BEHIND ME. YOU HAVE SACRIFICED THE BEAT OF THIS CITY. LET'S STAND TOGETHER AND FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. THANK YOU! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:01:15 | >> | NOW, PLEASE WELCOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE FOR LIBERTY, AND DREW LANGER. |
| 02:01:22 | >> | ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. I WANT EVERYBODY ON THIS SIDE TO YELL OUT DON'T TREAD, I WANT EVERYBODY EVERYBODY ON THIS SIDE TO YELL OUT ON ME. |
| 02:01:34 | >> | DON'T TREAD. ON ME! |
| 02:01:37 | >> | DON'T TYREE! ON ME! |
| 02:01:40 | >> | DON'T TYREE. ON ME! |
| 02:01:45 | >> | AS THEY SAY AT THE INSTITUTE FOR LIBERTY, WE FIGHT AGAINST THE TYRANNY OF GOVERNMENT. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. SOMETHING HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. AS THEY SAID EARLIER, THIS IS THE LARGEST GATHERING OF FREE MARKET, LIMITED GOVERNMENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE NATION'S HISTORY, AND YOU ALL SHOULD BE VERY PROUD. I THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY CONTROL THE WEATHER. IF YOU LOOK UP, STORM CLOUDS ARE BREWING OVER WASHINGTON, D.C., AREN'T THEY? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:02:23 | >> | AND A STORM HAS COME. YOU ARE THAT STORM. THE FACT IS THAT THEY ARE SCARED. AND WHY ARE THEY SCARED? BECAUSE THEY NOW KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL KNOW MORE THAN THEY DO ABOUT THE LEGISLATION THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO PASS. THEY ARE WELL AWARE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION ARE GOING TO DO TO OUR COUNTRY. OUR PLEDGE TO READ IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE MEMBERS READING THE BILLS, BUT IT IS ABOUT YOU READING THE LEGISLATION AND TO TAKE IT BACK BECAUSE THE TURNING POINT IN AMERICA HAS BEEN REACHED. WHAT I WANT YOU ALL TO DO RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THAT PLEDGE SIGNED, THAT LET FREEDOM RING PLEDGE, I WANT YOU ALL TO TAKE OUT YOUR CELL PHONE AND TEXT THE WORD PLEDGE TO 74362, "PLEDGE" TO 74362. I WANT YOU TO KEEP ONE THING IN MIND AS MY FRIEND FROM MARYLAND SAYS. CAP THEIR TERMS AND TRADE THEM IN. THANK YOU ALL. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:03:42 | >> | NOW, WELCOME FOX BUSINESS NETWORK, AND PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AMRAN INSTITUTE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:03:58 | >> | 1T YOU KNOW, I AM AN IMMIGRANT TO THIS COUNTRY. I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WILL FOLLOW ME HERE. BUT IT IS NOT MYe FAULT. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS COUNTRY BECAME A COUNTRY WHERE IRRESPONSIBILITY IS REWARDED, WHERE FAILURE IS BAILED OUT, WHERE NEED IS A CLAIM ON YOUR HARD WORK, ON YOUR PRODUCTION, ON YOUR POCKETBOOK. BUT THAT IS WHERE THIS COUNTRY IS HEADING. IT IS TIME WE TOOK BACK THIS COUNTRY. IT IS TIME WE WE CAPTURED THE SPIRIT OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS. IT IS TIME WE RECAPTURED THE IDEA THAT IS AMERICA. AND WHAT IS IS THAT IDEA? THIS COUNTRY IS FOUNDED ON A MORAL PRINCIPLE, ON AN ETHICAL PRINCIPLE, ON THE PRINCIPLE OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, ON YOUR RIGHTS, EACH ONE OF YOU, TO YOUR OWN LIFE. IT IS YOURS. NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR'S. IT IS YOURS, NOT THE PERSON WHO DIDN'T GET HEALTH INSURANCE. IT IS YOUR LIFE, YOUR LIBERTY, AND YOU HAVE A RIGHT, AN INAILABLE RIGHT TO PURSUE YOUR OWN HAPPINESS. THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF THIS COUNTRY. THAT IS WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS ABOUT. YOU OWE YOURSELF TO MAKE YOUR LIFE THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE. YOU ARE NOT YOUR BROTHER'S KEEPER. IF YOU WANT BETTER HEALTH CARE, WORK HARD, GET A JOB, BUY HEALTH INSURANCE, AND LEAVE US FREE. THANK YOU ALL. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:06:05 | >> | HE IS THE MUSICAL COMPOSER OF THE AMERICAN TEA PARTY ANTHEM. HERE IS CONSERVATIVE SINGER, SONG WRITER AND ENTERTAINER. LLOYD MARK US. |
| 02:06:18 | >> | HELLO, MY FELLOW PATRIOTS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:06:21 | >> | I AM NOT AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:06:27 | >> | I AM LLOYD MARK US, AMERICAN! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] (music)(music) |
| 02:06:58 | >> | (music) START SPREADING THE NEWS I AM TELLING Y'ALL TODAY WE ARE TAKING BACK AMERICA IN 2010 THIS NIGHTMARE MUST COME TO AN END CAUSE WE ARE GONNA VOTE THEM OUT IN 2010 I WANT TO WAKE UP IN AN AMERICA WHERE I AM FREE WITHOUT ACORN THUGS BREAKING MY KNEES MY PELOSI BLUES WILL SOON MELT AWAY WE'RE TAKING THE HOUSE AND SENATE IN 2010 IF WE CAN STOP THEM THERE THEIR AGENDA, WE HAVE A PRAYER BUT IT'S UP TO YOU IN 2010 (music)(music) HAVE HAVE Y'ALL HAD ENOUGH OF THIS OUT-OF-CONTROL ADMINISTRATION? SO HAVE I!Aa0 |
| 02:08:31 | >> | (music) IN 2010 I WANNA WAKE UP IN AN AMERICA TO FIND MY FREEDOM RESTORED ACORN IS OUT NO OBAMA, REED AND PELOSI ARE GONE MY OBAMA BLUES ARE MELTING AWAY WE ARE GONNA TAKE BACK AMERICA IN 2010 AND IF WE CAN STOP THEM THEREUU WE HAVE A PRAYER BUT IT'S UP TO COME THROUGH IN 2010 2010 (music)(music) |
| 02:09:55 | >> | YEAH! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:10:04 | >> | THANK YOU, LLOYD. THANK YOU TO THE BACK UP DANCER AND THE LOCAL COORDINATORS FOR THE TEA PARTY. NOW WE HAVE A FIREMAN WHO RESPONDED TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER EIGHT YEARS AGO ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. PLEASE WELCOME VINCENT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:10:34 | >> | IS THIS A GREAT DAY TO BE AN AMERICAN OR WHAT? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL, MY ACCENT IS LIKE THE -- IT HAS THE NEW YORK SOUND TO IT. I MAY SOUND A LITTLE FOREIGN. THEY CONSIDER ME AN IMMIGRANT WITH MY SLANG HERE. BUT FOR ME TO STAND HERE AFTER RESPONDING TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON 9/11 IN 2001, THIS WAS THE MOST DRAMATIC ATTACK ON AMERICA, ON EVERYTHING WE ARE BY PEOPLE WHO WANT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU DEAD. ALL RIGHT? JUST UNDERSTAND THAT. WE LOST SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE IN NEW YORK. WE CONTINUE TO LOSE THEM FROM THESE TERRIBLE DISEASES. FOR US, 9/12, WHEN WE WORKED AT GROUND ZERO, WE DIDN'T EVEN NO WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW. AFTER THE SUN CAME UP THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 12, WE HAD HOPE THAT AMERICA HAD SURVIVED THIS INCREDIBLE ATTACK A THAT WE STAND TOGETHER AS A NATION, AS A PEOPLE, AND AS AMERICANS, AND NO ONE IS GOING TO MESS WITH US. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] TODAY, 9/12 IS HERE. TOMORROW IT IS HERE FOR ALL OF US. RALLY TOGETHER, BELIEVE IN AMERICA. GOD BLESS YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:12:11 | >> | THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM MY HOME STATE OF GEORGIA, STATE REPRESENTATIVE TOM GRAVES. |
| 02:12:21 | >> | HELLO, AMERICA! ON BEHALF OF THE GREAT STATE OF GEORGIA AND THE GEORGIA FREEDOM FIGHTERS, WE WANT TO KNOW, ARE YOU FIRED UP YET? AUDIENCE: YES! |
| 02:12:34 | >> | GOOD. BECAUSE WE ARE FIRED UP IN GEORGIA. IT WAS IN 1980 THAT PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN SAID, AND IT WAS A PROPHETIC STATEMENT, WHEN HE SAID A GOVERNMENT IS NEVER MORE DANGEROUS THAN WHEN WE HAVE THE DESIRE TO HELP US, AND BLIND US FROM HOW IT CAN HARM US. THESE ARE DANGEROUS DAYS. BUT GUESS WHAT? WE ARE BLIND NO MORE. WE CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW. WE CAN SEE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, AND YES, WHAT WE MUST DO. WE MUST TAKE BACK AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC, AND WE MUST PUSH BACK THIS OVERREACHING, OVER-TAXING, OVERBURDENSOME, MONEY-HUNGRY GOVERNMENT THAT SEEKS TO PRESERVE ITSELF AT OUR LIBERTY. BUT GUESS WHAT? THIS IS A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE. AND WE WILL NOT STAND TO BE A PEOPLE OF THE GOVERNMENT, BY THE GOVERNMENT OR FOR THE GOVERNMENT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:13:48 | >> | AND WE WILL DEMAND FROM WASHINGTON LESS SPENDING, NOT DEFICIT SPENDING. WE WILL DEMAND A BALANCED BUDGET, NOT A PORK BILL BUDGET. WE WILL DEMAND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, NOT THE BUREAUCRATIC NANNY. AND YES, YES, WE WILL DEMAND TO EMPOWER THE PATRIOT AND NOT THE POLITICIANS ANY MORE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SO MARK THIS DAY. MARK IT ON THE CHALK BOARD OF YOUR MIND. BECAUSE HERE AT THIS CAPITOL, ON THIS HIGH GROUND, WE ARE BOUND TOGETHER, HERE TOGETHER UNITED, AND WE WILL BE STEADFAST AND RESOST IN PRESERVING AMERICA AND HER LIBERTY. AND MAY TODAY BE FOREVER KNOWN AS THE DAY THAT WE STOOD TOGETHER AND SAID IN ONE VOICE, "DON'T TREAD ON6. ME." CAN YOU SAY IT WITH ME? DON'T TREAD ON ME! ONE MORE TIME! DON'T TREAD ON ME! GOD BLESS YOU, AND MAY THE LORD BLESS THIS GREAT AND GLORIOUS CAUSE CALLED AMERICA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:15:02 | >> | HERE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HISPANIC LEADERSHIP FUND, MARIO LOPEZ. |
| 02:15:09 | >> | HELLO! IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN AMERICA. AUDIENCE: YES! |
| 02:15:16 | >> | IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE AN AMERICAN PATRIOT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU STANDING HERE. THERE ARE ALMOST AS MANY OF YOU HERE AS THERE ARE PAGES IN THE OBAMA CARE BILL. [LAUGHTER] |
| 02:15:32 | >> | I THINK SOME OF THE SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE UNFAIR TO SOME OF THE LIBERALS HERE. SOME OF THEM DO WANT TO SIMPLIFY OUR TAX CODE, AND WE SHOULD TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. SOURCES TELL ME THAT AT THIS VERY MOMENT, PRESIDENT OBAMA, LEADER REED AND PELOSI ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THEY WANT TO BOIL DOWN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE 1040 TAX FORM. THEY WANT TO MAKE IT TWO SHORT LINES. THE FIRST LINE IS GOING TO BE HOW MUCH DID YOU MAKE? THE SECOND LINE IS GOING TO BE SEND IT IN. I HUMLY STAND BEFORE YOU AS A LIVING EXAMPLE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. MY PARENTS CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WITH A FEW DOLLARS IN THEIR POCKETS AND A DREAM TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN. THANKS TO THEIR HARD WORK, SACRIFICE AND DEDICATION, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REALIZE MANY OF MY PERSONAL GOALS IN MY LIFE AND STAND HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE GREATEST MONUMENTS TO FREEDOM, AND TALK ABOUT MAKING SURE WE UNITE TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER PARENTS CAN ACHIEVE THAT DREAM FOR THEIR CHILDREN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WHEN I WAS YOUNG, MY FAMILY SOMETIMES STRUGGLED TOn MAKE END MEET. AS I BECAmm5qx MORE AND MORE EDUCATED, I WOULD SIT DOWN WITH MY MOM AND DAD AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF I COULD HELP THEM WITH ALL THE BILLS AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE THE RENT. AND MY PARENTS WOULD LOOK AT THEIR PAYCHECKS AND SAY YOU KNOW, WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT TAKE SO MUCH AWAY FROM US? IT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. AND IT DOESN'T RIGHT. IT IS NOT RIGHT FOR GOVERNMENT TO GET IN THE WAY OF THE DREAMS AND GOALS OF ORDINARY, HARD-WORKING PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. AND THAT BURDEN THAT GOVERNMENTf@ IMPOSES ON HARD-WORKING FAMILIES HAS NOT ONLY GROWN TO THE TIME, BUT NOW IT IS SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL, AND WE ARE HEREB()rA TO TAKE IT BACK. TAKE IT BACK! TAKE BACK THE AMERICAN DREAM. THANK YOU! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:17:38 | >> | AND NOW, FORMER MARINE CAPTAIN, KELLY POWE OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:17:56 | >> | HELLO, AMERICA! FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM IS WHAT GIVES ME CHILLS RUNNING UP MY LEGS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ON THIS BEAUTIFUL MORNING OF TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, OSAMA BIN LADEN LOOKED TO WIPE OUT OUR STRENGTH AND PRIDE. OH, HOW HE UNDERESTIMATED THE SPIRIT AND VIGOR OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:18:26 | >> | I DECIDED TO GO INTO THE MILITARY. I KNEW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THE MILITARY, BUT I KNEW I WOULD SERVE MY COUNTRY, AND I SHIFTED THE FOCUS OF MY LIFE. ON JULY 31, 2004, I WAS COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE MARINE CORPS ON LIBERTY ISLAND, FACING GROUND ZERO. AND I HAVE HAD TWO TOURS IN IRAQ SINCE. MY STORY IS JUST ONE OF MANY INSPIRING STORIES THAT DESCRIBE THE SPIRIT OF AMERICANS WILLING TO FIGHT FOR A CAUSE GREATER THAN THEMSELVES, FOR LIBERTY AND FREEDOM AGAINST TYRANNY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:19:06 | >> | PEOPLE DEFIED KING GEORGE BY THROWING TEA INTO THE BOSTON HARBOR. IN WORLD WAR'S ONE AND TWO, AND THE KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS, MEN LEFT THEIR FAMILIES KNOWING THEY MAY NEVER RETURN HOME. WE ARE FREE BECAUSE OF THE PRICE PAID BY THOSE WHO HAVE SK FACED MUCH. I AM THANKFUL FOR HEROES LIKE MY HUSBAND, WHO HAVE FOUGHT BATTLES. I AM THANKFUL TO FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A MARINE OFFICER. I AM THANKFUL FOR MY FRIEND, NATE, WHO GAVE HIS LIFE. HE INSPIRED HIS FATHER, WHO IS A SURGEON, WHO LEAVE OF HIS PRIVATE PRACTICE AND BECOME A MARINE DOCTOR. HE ASKED ME TO TELL YOU THE FOLLOWING. WE HAVE BEEN IN IRAQ TO SOMEHOW COMPLETE NATE'SIw UNFINISHED TASK HERE. WE BOTH HAVE PERFORMED OUR SMALLER ROLES IN A LARGER MISSION. NATE WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF HIS FELLOW MARINES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:20:17 | >> | I WILL NEVER FORGET THE BLOOD I HAVE SEEN SHED FOR MY COUNTRY. I WILL NEVER FORGET MY FRIENDS WHO HAVE LOST LIFE AND LIMBS AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SEVERELY DISFIGURED. ON SEPTEMBER 12TH UNITED WE STAND NOT WITH JUST A BUMPER STICKER. ON THAT DAY WE WERE ONE NATION, UNDER GONE, INDIVISIBLE. AND WE STILL ARE. WE SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN, BUT IT IS TIME FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND REESTABLISH THE COMMITMENT WE HAD ON THAT DAY. OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE DECORATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY PLEDGING THEIR LIVES, FORTUNES AND HONOR, AND I HOPE THAT WE DO THE SAME FOR OUR COUNTRY. GOD BLESS AMERICA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:21:17 | >> | HE IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND THE AUTHOR OF A NEW BOOK ENTITLED "THE ENGINE OF AMERICA." HERE IS HECTOR. |
| 02:21:27 | >> | HELLO GREAT AMERICANS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:21:33 | >> | WELCOME TO THIS MILLION PATRIOT MARCH. WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE. ALL OF YOU ARE PATRIOTS. I WAS PROUD TO BE THE S.B.A. ADMINISTRATOR FOR FIVE YEARS. AND THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WAS ALWAYS HEALTH CARE. BUT I DON'T RECOGNIZE ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES, THOSE 27 MILLION ENGINES OF THIS GREAT ECONOMY. I DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE EVER MADE A PAYROLL, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM HAVE HAD EMPLOYEES, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM HAVE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. THAT IS WHY WE ARE SO GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE. IT IS REAL SIMPLE. WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER $1 TRILLION IN DEBT TO FIX SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE AS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. WE GET IT. WE DON'T NEED TO GO MORE IN DEBT. WE DON'T NEED MORE REGULATION. ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR IS COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS, AND WE AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT IN THE SENSE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE BIPARTISANSHIP. THAT IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK, IS IT? AUDIENCE: NO. I DIDN'T THINK SO. SO IF THE POWERS THAT BE AGREE, WE NEED TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES. AND LET'S AGREE WE ALL WANT REFORM. YES, WE DO. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE. IF WHAT YOU'RE SELLING IS MORE BUREAUCRACY, MORE REGULATION, MORE RATIONING, MORE DEBT, MORE TAXES, LESS QUALITY, LESS CHOICE, LESS COMPETITION, LESS FREEDOM TO MAKE OUR OWN CHOICES, THEN REPEAT AFTER ME. WE'RE NOT BUYING! BEER NOT BUYING! WE'RE NOT BUYING! |
| 02:23:25 | >> | GOD BLESS YOU ALL, AND GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR GREAT COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:23:38 | >> | HE WAS A NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON. |
| 02:23:46 | >> | HELLO, EVERYBODY. SO GOOD TO BE HERE FINALLY. I KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE FROM GRASS FIRE. LET ME HEAR IT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. I JUST GOT A WORD THAT SOMEBODY HAS A GREAT MESSAGE FOR YOU, AND HIS NAME IS GLEN BECK. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:24:12 | >> | HE PUT TOGETHER A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR YOU THAT IS SPECIAL FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HERE AND ALL THE PEOPLE WALKING AND INTERESTED IN WHAT WE ARE DOING. WHEN YOU GET DONE HERE, YOU KNOW HOW TO FIND HIM AND HIS WEBSITE. GO THERE AND SEE THAT SPECIAL MESSAGE THAT IS JUST FOR YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO RUIN IT FOR YOU. I JUST WANT TO SET THE STAGE AND LET YOU KNOW IT IS THERE. GO FIND IT, GO SEE IT BECAUSE GLEN BECK IS TALKING TO YOU, FOLKS. HE SEES WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AND HE'S GOT A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A LONG YEAR. WE STARTED AT GRASS FIRE AND RESIST.NET BACK IN MARCH FOR A MARCH ON D.C. A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK WE COULD PULL IT OFF. WE SHOWED THEM, DIDN'T WE? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS COUNTRY MEANS A LOT TO ME. I BELIEVE IN AMERICA. I BELIEVE IN WHAT AMERICA STANDS FOR. I MEAN IN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AND WHAT YOU STAND FOR. GOD GAVE US THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM. GOD AND OUR FOREFOUNDERS NADE A WAY FOR US TO BE ONE OF -- MADE A WAY FOR US TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST COUNTRIES ON EARTH. AND NOBODY IS GONNA TAKE THAT FROM US. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND JESUS SAID, CAN THEY HEAR US NOW? I WAS TOLD THE OTHER DAY AT THE LIBERTY SUMMIT BY ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT CONGRESS KNOWS WE ARE HERE. WELL, OF COURSE. WE HAVE SHUT DOWN D.C. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WE ARE HERE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] MY HOPE FROM THIS DAY FORWARD IS THAT AMERICA WILL GET BACK TO WHAT IT WAS FOUNDED ON, THAT AMERICA WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATORS -- WELL, THAT IS FUN. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS DOING A DANCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS. COME ON, AMERICA! STAND UP! (music)(music) |
| 02:27:03 | >> | JUST REMEMBER THAT GOD HAS BLESSED AMERICA, AND THAT BLESSING HASN'T ENDED, AND IT IS UP TO YOU TO GET OUT AND MAKE THE CHANGES THAT AMERICA REQUIRES TO STAY THE LAND OF THE FREE. GOD BLESS YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] (music)(music) AND WE USE LOW COST, HIGH IMPACT TECHNIQUES. WE DON'T WASTE IT. |
| 02:27:51 | >> | WE GOT A NASTY CALL FROM SOME ANONYMOUS SOURCE SAYING HE PUT A BOMB IN THE BUILDING, AND WE ARE EVACUATING RIGHT NOW. THESE GUYS WILL GO TO NO END. |
| 02:28:02 | >> | WE ARE SO DANGEROUS TO AMERICA THAT THEY HAVE TO THREATEN US WITH BOMBS. THEY ARE THROWING SLURS AT US. THEY ARE TREATING US LIKE GARBAGE. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE ARE GOING TO SHOW UP TWICE AND STRONG. |
| 02:28:18 | >> | YOU BEAT! |
| 02:28:20 | >> | WHOO! (music)(music) |
| 02:28:25 | >> | HEALTH CARE ALONE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 17% OF THE ECONOMY, AND THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO CONTROL IT. THERE ARE A LOT OF INTERESTS HERE IN TOWN THAT WANT TO CONTROL IT. WE THINK WE ARE GOING TO STOP THEM. THEY ARE DOING THIS. WE ARE MORE ANNOYED THAN SCARED. |
| 02:28:45 | >> | WHAT CAN THEY DO TO ME? KILL ME IN WHAT CAN THEY DO TO US? |
| 02:28:49 | >> | THEY ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE HERE, AND I THINK THIS IS AN EFFORT TO DISRUPT THAT ACTIVITY. |
| 02:28:58 | >> | WHOEVER WOULD DO THIS ON THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH IS A REALLY SICK INDIVIDUAL. |
| 02:29:03 | >> | NOT ONLY ARE THEY OFFENSIVE, BUT THEY ARE DUMB. OUR REACTION IS TO KEEP WORKING. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:29:19 | >> | HE IS STRAIGHT FROM THE BAYOU AND NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. HE SURVIVED KATRINA. NOW HE IS HOPING TO SURVIVE OBAMA. STAND UP AND WELCOME NATIONAL RECORDING ARTIST, BRUCE. |
| 02:29:35 | >> | I DO A LOT OF RECORDING IN NASHVILLE. WE ARE DOING A RECORDING OF NORTH OF THE BAYOU. I DID DO WHAT I SAID I WAS GOING TO DO WHEN KATRINA HIT. I SAID I WOULD DO A BENEFIT C.D. IT IS CALLED FORGOTTEN, BUT NOT GONE, AND I AM ON IT WITH MARTY STEWART, AND JACK STEWART. LEE ROY PAR NECESSARILY SINGS THE TITLE CUT. LOOK FOR IT. HEIGHT IT, MAESTRO. |
| 02:30:15 | >> | (music) YOU CAN STAND THERE AND SNOUT LEAD, FOLLOW OR GET OUT OF THE WAY THERE IS A TIME AND A PLAY TO GET IN THE RACE AND THAT TIME TO ACT IS TODAY YOU BETTER GET IN THE GAME OR YOU WILL BE TO BLAME GRAB THAT BULL BY THE TAIL NEW AT 11:00 FREEDOM'S NIGH FREE. WILL TAKE YOU AND ME TO STAND UP. STAND UP. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD STAN UP SPREAD THE GOOD WORD STAND UP JOIN THE TEA PARTY CAUSE. |
| 02:31:02 | >> | SING IT WITH ME. AFTER I SAY STAND UP. |
| 02:31:10 | >> | (music) THOSE FOLKS ON THE HIL THEY ARE SENDING THE BILL WANT TO CUT OUR TAXES WITH CHAIN SAUCE AND ACTIONS LET THE MARKETPLACE SORT IT ALL OUT. STAND UP. SPREAD THE GOOD WORD. NEW AT 11:00 STAND UP. HELP US THROW ALL THE BUMS OUT IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO DO A LITTLE THING LIKE A VOTING BOOTH DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT YOU GET THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE MONEY AND GUNS AWAY YOU AIN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET STAN UP NLCS SPREAD THE GOOD WORD M.V.P. M.V.P. STAND UP NEWSPAPER NEWSPAPER JOIN THE TEA PARTY CAUSE HELP US THROW ALL THE BUMS OUT. (music)(music) |
| 02:32:55 | >> | THANK YOU. FORWARD WROTE THAT SONG AND I PUT POLISH ON IT. HE LET ME SING IT, AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, GORDON. |
| 02:33:05 | >> | RIGHT.COM IS A PACT THAT TARGETS RACES IN SUPPORT OF CONSERVATIVES. HERE IS WILLIAM GREEN. |
| 02:33:14 | >> | HELLO, MARK. I CAN'T TELL YOU, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT THIS IS TO STAND HERE AND SEE ALL OF YOU COMING HERE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] GOD BLESS YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME HERE. RIGHTMARCH.COM HAS A MOTTO. OUR MOTTO IS PATRIOTISM IN ACTION. THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT, TAKING ACTION, BECAUSE YOU ARE PATRIOTS. I'M JUST OVERWHELMED BY THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA THAT HAVE WOKEN UP AND HAVE SAID WE ARE TAKING OUR COUNTRY BACK. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I'VE GOT ANOTHER MOTTO FOR TODAY. THE MOTTO FOR TODAY IS IT'S THE CONSTITUTION, STUPID. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, ONE OF MY FAVORITE AMENDMENTS, AMENDMENT 10. THE POWER IS NOT DELEGATED TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE CONSTITUTION NOR PROHIBITED BY THE STARS, BUT ARE RESERVED TO THE PEOPLE. THAT IS WHAT THIS DOCUMENT SAYS. THE THINGS THEY ARE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW ARE NOT CONSTITUTIONAL. AND WE NEED TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD. WHEN THEY STAND UP AND SAY, "WE ARE GOING TO HAVE GOVERNMENT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL," THEY LIE. WHEN THEY SAY WE ARE GOING TO SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO GIVE INSURANCE TO ILLEGAL ALIENS, AND THEN THEY STAND AND SAY WE ARE NOT GOING TO REALLY DO THAT, THEY LIE. WHEN THEY SAY, "WELL, WE ARE ALL FOR USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PAY FOR ABORTIONS," AND THEY THEY TURN AROUND AND SAY NO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, THEY LIE. IT IS TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP. I THANK GOD FOR CONGRESSMAN WILSON THAT HAD THE COURAGE TO SAY YOU LIE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:35:47 | >> | AND IT IS TIME FOR US TO DO THE SAME AND SAY YOU LIE. YOU NEED TO READ THE CONSTITUTION, STUPID. YOU NEED TO READ IT, AND YOU NEED TO OBEY IT. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO. GO TO RIGHTMARCH.COM AND SEND THAT MESSAGE TO YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS, AND TELL THEM TO READ THE CONSTITUTION AND OBEY IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND GOD BLESS YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:36:15 | >> | PLEASE WELCOME AN AMERICAN IMMIGRANT AND SUCCESSFUL ARCHITECT WHO WAS THE SUBJECT OF A BUYING GRAPH, "LEGACY OF THE WHITE EAGLE," A WORLD WAR II POLISH FREEDOM FIGHTER. |
| 02:36:31 | >> | MY DEAR FRIENDS, HELLO AMERICANS. THIS IS A GREAT DAY, THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING HANDS TODAY IN DECLARING YOUR LOVE, YOUR PATRIOTISM AND YOUR LOYALTY TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ALL OF US OWE OUR WAY OF LIFE, OUR CHERISHED FREEDOMS, AND OUR INDEPENDENCE TO THE VISION AREAS -- VISIONARIES WHO UNDERSTOOD THERE CAN BE NO HUMAN PROGRESS UNDER TYRANNY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] OUR FOUNDING FATHERS USED DEMOCRATIC IDEALS THAT WILL NEVER BE REALIZED UNLESS MEN ARE WILLING TO LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES. THEY BELIEVED THAT NO SACRIFICE IS TOO GREAT AND NO PRICE TOO HIGH FOR THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE ARE ALL ENVIED BY MILLIONS OF DISENFRANCHISED, DISHEARTENED MULTITUDES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE IRANIANS LIVE UNDER THE TYRANNICAL YOKE OF THE WAR LOADS. THE BURMESE AND SUDANESE LIVE IN FEAR. YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS LIVE IN FEAR THAT AT ANY MOMENT THEIR SCHOOL WILL BE BLOWN UP BY THE TALIBAN. YES, WE CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT TO BE GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR IN THIS GREAT LAND OF OURS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IF YOU HAVE NOT LIVED UNDER TYRANNY, YOU CANNOT FULLY GRASP HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO LIVE IN THE U.S.A. AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR OUR CHERISHED WAY OF LIFE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I WROTE A BOOK CALLED LEGACY OF THE WHITE EAGLE. IT IS MY STORY OF GROWING UP AS A TEENAGER IN THE MIDST OF THE BRUTAL OCCUPATION OF WARSAW, POLAND DURING THE LONG FIVE YEARS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. IT IS ALSO THE STORY OF WHAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU CAN DO FOR FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE WHEN YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:39:35 | >> | I WAS 10 WHEN THE GERMANS INVADED POLAND AND BEGAN AN ERA OF UNIMAGINABLE TERROR. WHEN I WAS 12, THE NAZIS CLOSED OUR SCHOOLS, AND I WAS SWORN INTO THE UNDERGROUND ARMY. WHEN I WAS 14, I WAS ARRESTED AND TORTURED BY THE GESTAPO. AT 15, I FOUGHT IN THE 1944 WARSAW UPRISING, WHICH SAW THE MOST VICIOUS STREET FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR II. EVEN WORSE THAN THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IF YOU CAN IMAGINE 180,000 CIVILIANS DIED IN TWO MONTHS, THE EQUIVALENT OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK EVERY DAY FOR 60 DAYS. EVENTUALLY WE WERE FORCED TO CAPITULATE, AND I THINK TUBERCULOSIS WAS TRANSPORTED TO A PRISON CAMP IN GERMANY, FROM WHICH I ESCAPED NINE MONTHS LATER. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YOU WOULD BE JUSTIFIED IN ASKING WHY DID KIDS LIKE ME FIGHT SO HARD DURING THE WAR? WAR IS A HORRIBLE THING, AND LIFE THE MOST PRECIOUS OF GIFTS. WHY THEN DID WE KIDS RESIST AND FIGHT, MANY TO DEATH? IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR SHARED LEGACY OF FREEDOM. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AUDIENCE: FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM! FREEDOM!4 [AUDIENCE CHANTING] |
| 02:41:46 | >> | WHILE YOU ARE HERE IN WASHINGTON, I URGE YOU TO VISIT ARLINGTON CEMETERY. WHILE WORKING MANAGE THE HEAD STONES, TRY COUNTING THEM, AND REMEMBER THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR YOU. PLEASE, PLEASE REMEMBER THE GREAT LEGACY OF AMERICA. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE ALL HAVE THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THE FLAME OF LIBERTY BURNING. THANK YOU, GOD BLESS, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:42:29 | >> | I JUST WANT TO SAY WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP. THIS DOESN'T END TODAY. WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU, WHAT YOU THINK ARE THE BIGGEST THREATS TO FREEDOM. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WHO HASN'T YET TO TAKE PART IN OUR POLL. TEXT FREEDOM TO MYUSA, 69872. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ARE THE BIGGEST THREATS TO FREEDOM. THANK YOU. |
| 02:43:03 | >> | THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I WANT TO STEPPED A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS TO MADE THIS DAY POSSIBLE FOR US. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ONE SECOND. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ASK YOU IF YOU COULD KIND OF LOWER YOUR SIGNS, AND THEN EVERYBODY -- LET'S LET THEM GET LOWERED. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY WHO VOLUNTEERED TO COORDINATE A BUS, RAISE YOUR HAND. EVERYBODY WHO SENT OUT E-MAILS INVITING YOUR PEOPLE, RAISE YOUR HAND. EVERYBODY WHO VOLUNTEERED ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY OR TODAY, RAISE YOUR HAND. EVERYBODY WHO VOLUNTEERED IN THEIR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE, RAISE YOUR HANDS. LET'S GIVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:44:11 | >> | I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE OF YOU TO GET ENGAGED AND INVOLVED. NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT SO FAR. BUT GET OUT THERE. GOAT INVOLVED IN YOUR LOCAL POLITICS. GET INVOLVED IN WHAT IS HAPPENING. MAKE CHANGES HAPPEN. TODAY IS NOT THE END OF AN EVENT. TODAY IS THE BEGINNING OF MAKING A CHANGE IN 2010 THAT WILL INSURE FREEDOM FOR EVERYBODY. SO GET OUT THERE, GET INVOLVED IN YOUR ORGANIZATIONS. YOU HAVE SEEN MANY PEOPLE COME FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES TODAY THAT REPRESENT A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS. THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES FOR YOU TO GO AND GET INVOLVED. DO IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND SACRIFICING. WE ARE SO GLAD YOU DID. GOD BLESS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:45:02 | >> | THIS WILL BE THE LAST PART OF THE AFTERNOON. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG DAY. I'M SO GRATEFUL EVERYONE SHOWED UP TODAY. I CAN ONLY AGREE WITH THAT THEY HAVE SAID ALREADY. GO BACK HOME AND STAY ACTIVE. LISTEN, PRESIDENT OBAMA BETTER LOOK OUT, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:45:26 | >> | EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE TRIP BACK. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009. GOD BLESS YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:45:40 | >> | ALL RIGHT, ONE VERY LAST THING. THEY ARE WORKING ON AND LAUNCHING A CONTRACT FROM AMERICA. BE SURE TO CHECK THAT OUT. GIVE YOUR INPUT FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN OUR GOVERNMENT. ONE LAST THING. WE WERE HERE TODAY TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD. CONGRESS, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] PRESIDENT OBAMA, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] |
| 02:46:18 | >> | WE ARE SPEAKING! THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR BEING HERE! AND REMEMBER, LET'S FLIP THIS HOUSE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2009] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] (music)(music)2Z2LuX$4h (music)(music) (music)(music) |
| 02:49:51 | >> | AND A LIVE SHOT HERE OF THE NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. A RALLY SPONSORED BY THE GROUP FREEDOM WORK WRAPPING YOU NOW. SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ALONG WITH ACTIVISTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY GATHERED HERE IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL TO PROTEST GOVERNMENT SUSPENDING UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THIS RALLY, WE ARE GOING TO SHOW IT IN ITS ENTIRETY MONDAY NIGH BEGINNING AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN ON CREW. |