Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

“The Continuing Abuse of the EPA”

Christopher J. Kobus, PhD

Dr. Christopher Kobus is an Associate Professor of Engineering in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Oakland University as well as the Director of the Clean Energy Research Center (CERC). He maintains a funded research program in clean energy systems, processes and integration issues including biomass energy, geothermal, wind, solar, and electric grid load mitigation. He has been teaching at Oakland University since 1995.
Dr. Kobus ias also a lifetime Conservative and Tea Party activist. His blog posts have been linked by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Frank Beckmann and others.

Monday, February 20, 2012
7-8:30 p.m.

at our new location:

The Palazzo Grande
54660 Van Dyke, Shelby Township, Michigan 48315

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A Christmas Celebration

Hosted by
Romeo Area Tea Party

This event will feature the Rob Mills Family.  Bring your children, grandchildren, and friends to enjoy an evening of Christmas music and comedy. Refreshments will follow the program.

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“Bringing people to the life changing touch of Jesus Christ!”

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Monday, December 5, 2011 @ 7 PM

Capital Banquet Center
12350 Thirty-One Mile Road map
Washington, MI 48095

Visit the Rob Mills Family website

Merry

Christmas

 

Rob and Angie were married in 1992 and have three children, Levi, Jacob, and Emily.

The Rob Mills Family has shared the platform with artists like The Booth Brothers, Ernie Hasse and Signature Sound, Greater Vision, The Talley Trio, Mike Speck, and more.

Rob has performed at Ministers Conferences, Youth Conferences, Missions Conferences, Dr. James Robinson Crusades, TBN, Camp Meetings, PTL, National Quartet Convention as well as numerous local churches across the country and around the world.

Rob has also put together 30 voice choirs for country music superstars Reba McIntyre, The Judds, and has played guitar and sang back-up vocals for Anita Cochran.

Rob has written songs for some of today’s top gospel artists like; Gold City, Mercys Mark, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Mark Trammel Quartet and many others.

This event is Free and Open to the Public!  All are welcome!

Romeo Area Tea Party will host our next

“First Principles on First Fridays” Event

Friday, November 4 from 11:45am-1PM

The Topic : “Is the Electoral College Outdated?”

Proponents of ending or bypassing the Electoral College say that the Founders’ mode of presidential selection is outdated. With the National Popular Vote gaining momentum, the Electoral College is once again under serious attack. What would the success of this movement mean? Dr. John Fortier, Director of the Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, will address this question at Hillsdale College’s next First Principles on First Fridays webcast.

What: RATP is hosting a monthly brown bag “Lunch N Learn” series at the Romeo library. We will watch a Webcast provided by Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center.
When: 11:45 AM-1:00 PM on Friday Nov 4
Where: Graubner branch of the Romeo District Library 65821 Van Dyke, Washington, MI 48095 (This program is neither sponsored, nor endorsed by the Romeo District Library).
Who: This event is free and open to the public.
Bring: Your own lunch and beverage

The live Webcast will begin streaming at 12 noon.

To learn more about the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship, click here.

Country Needs An Energy Policy, In Support of An Economic Policy

Even as the economy continues to sputter along, energy prices rise and stay there. One must wonder where energy prices would be if the economy grew at a 4% annual clip? Can we all agree that we need a strong economy that generates jobs, and that energy is the lifeblood of the economy?

Here are some articles about our current energy policy:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/31/obamas-solar-stimulus-snafu/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/178987-republican-governor-urges-obama-to-reject-proposed-oil-pipeline

http://www.msetc.org/docs/EconomicImpactFINALAugust28_000.pdf#zoom=75

And if you would like to learn about how our country roared forth in the Industrial Revolution, read this article about John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil. It’s quite long but a fascinating history of the company that really allowed the country to grow: http://www.masterresource.org/2011/08/vindicating-capitalism-standard-oil-i/

What do you think about our current energy policy? What impact does it have on our economy? On your own family’s economy? Let us know what you think in the comments.

Have a great holiday weekend!

The Meeting video is divided into two parts.  The first video contains the portion of the meeting when State Representative Pete Lund gave an update on what is happening in Lansing. He was invited as our local elected official.  There is also a Q & A Time.

Michigan State Representative Pete Lund-R represents Michigan’s 36th District. He is the Majority Whip in the State House.  Here’s a link to Mr. Lund’s Online Office ~  http://www.gophouse.com/welcome.asp?District=036

Below, the second video contains the presentation given by David Breuhan, “An Appeal to Reason.”  There was an extended Q & A session following the presentation.

David Breuhan discusses the severe negative impact of inflation upon the standard of living in the USA. He discusses the primary role the Federal Reserve has in the destruction of the dollar and he implores the audience that the Fed needs to be reined in and that their policies must change. In the Q & A time he answers questions about the debt ceiling, the national debt and the currency.

David wrote Spread The Wealth: More Haves, Fewer Have-nots.

Visit his website ~ http://spreadthewealthbook.com

Video of the July 11th General RATP Meeting is Now Posted

In this video Roger Buchholtz, President of the Michigan FairTax Association explains the FairTax Plan.

Visit at http://www.mifairtax.org/

Granholm: “You’ll be blown away”

September 24, 2009 – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) this week awarded $4.8 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funds to the Flint Mass Transportation Authority (MTA) and Thunder Bay Transportation Authority (TBTA) in Alpena to purchase energy efficient mass transit vehicles. The funds are part of the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) discretionary grant program.

Two Michigan-based “green” technology companies also will benefit from the DOT grant awards: Fisher Coachworks in Troy will manufacture the all-electric buses to be purchased by the Flint MTA and Azure Dynamics in Oak Park will produce the hybrid system used in 31 paratransit buses purchased with Recovery Act funds by transit agencies in Illinois.

June 20, 2011

State Taxpayers May Eat $1.6 Million Loan

for Defunct Green Bus Company

Click any of the embedded links within this post for the frustrating truth, of how Government intervention will “Blow you away”.  Or watch the calming music video below.

Either way, it’s “Dust in the Wind”.

“Too Big To Fail”

(now playing on HBO) is a difficult movie to watch.

Oh the movie is chock-full of great actors, credible acting and a fairly accurate depiction of the historic events (of but a few weeks). The only problem with the movie is “How difficult it is for the typical viewer to grasp the importance of each decision and activity presented in this short movie?”  The devil is in the details of every moment depicted, while those very details need to be digested thoroughly to understand the importance of the historical events.

Though I’m not directly in banking, I deal quite regularly with banks, to the extent that I first noticed the troubles with banks in general when the FDIC took over IndyMac in July of 2008.  Also, quite literally I participated in the closing of a business loan the very week that Congress passed the Troubled Assets Relief Program (“TARP”). That loan was closed with a bank who ultimately accepted TARP funds.  The whole “troubled banking issue” was at the forefront of my attention, while the events were unfolding.

After which, as a student of history, I painstakingly read all 550 pages of the book “Too Big To Fail” that the movie is based on. The book’s author conducted hundreds of interviews, in an effort to present detailed accounts of how men (with power) are mere mortals, often guided though their daily lives by fear, inflated egos and many other common faults found in humanity.

I suffered the long read of that book to try and grasp how Adam Smith’s revelation of the “Invisible Hand” that he described in his writings (The Wealth of Nations) could have allowed so big a collapse in a Capitalist Economic System.  In the end, as I finished the book I had realized the Invisible Hand was no where to be found, in these historical events.  “Far too many real hands” had guided this country to the brink of collapse.  Capitalism didn’t fail the people.  People failed capitalism.

I implore all conservatives to read this book and/or watch the movie.  I suggest you use the pause button frequently and digest every simple action taken by men of power… then try to guess the response (or opposite reaction), as you hit the play button and return to the movie.  In doing so, you will realize how Paulson, Bernanke and (most of all) Geithner wielded powers far greater, than those that should be placed in the hands of a few men.

I only wished that HBO had made the prequel movie, detailing how men like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd had laid the foundation for Too Big To Fail.  Without a true account, history is destined to repeat itself.  But a conservative approach taken to today’s financial problems, will delay the inevitable.

For those of you who are not yet conservatives, nor believers in the Capitalist economic system, I caution you.  This story may convert you, when you realize how the “Hand of man, is never Invisible”.

By Rock Kuchenmeister

Easter is the most recognized day to signify Rebirth and Renewal,

much as our own Declaration of Independence is recognized

as signifying the birth of a New Nation.

From the earliest settlers’ Colony at Roanoke (1586) Easter played an important role in the colonists’ lives. Even Ben Franklin marks time in Poor Richard’s Almanac with his quotable “He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow Money to be repaid at Easter.” Ben (as Poor Richard) would go on to stress the power of Debt to enslave men to their creditors. Along with other great thinking, Ben would ponder the origins of the Egg as a symbol of Easter and rebirth.

And try as some might to paint George Washington as a Deist,

his very Tomb refers to the promise of Easter listing the phrase

“I Am The Resurrection And The Life…”.

Likewise, the Jefferson Memorial

is a favored location for Easter Sunrise Services.

This Easter Sunday will provide many

opportunities to celebrate locally.

Here is a list of just a few:

Calvary Christian Fellowship Center, 11097 27 Mile Road, Washington, MI

Cross of Glory Lutheran Church and School, 61095 Campground Road, Washington, MI

First Baptist Church, 58774 Van Dyke Rd, Washington, MI

First Congregational Church, 102 Church St, Romeo, MI 48065

Harvest Fellowship of Romeo, 228 N Main St, Romeo, MI 48065

Mt Vernon United Methodist Church, 3000 28 Mile Road, Washington Twp

Orchards Community Church, 74093 McKay Road, Romeo, MI 48065

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 8600 27 Mile Road, Washington MI 48094

River of God Community Church, 230 E Saint Clair St, Romeo, MI 48065

Romeo Church of Christ, 239 West Gates Street Romeo, MI 48065

Romeo First Church of God, 228 Mussey St, Romeo, MI 48065

Second Baptist Church, 250 Dorsey St, Romeo, MI 48065

SS. John and Paul, 7777 28 Mile Road, Washington MI – 48094

St Clement Catholic Church, 343 S Main St, Romeo, MI 48065

St John Lutheran Church, 246 Benjamin St, Romeo, MI 48065

Stone Ridge Church, 7800 West 32 Mile Road, Romeo, MI 48095

Stoney Creek Community Church, 11711 26 Mile Road

United Methodist Church, 280 N Main St, Romeo, MI 48065

Zion Temple, 259 Mussey St, Romeo, MI 48065

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Jack McHugh is the featured speaker at our Monday, February 28  meeting.

Jack is the senior legislative analyst from the Makinac Center.  His many writings for the Center, including What the Tea Party Is, Is Not, and its ‘Core Competence’  can be found here.

He will be speaking on “Politician Puppy Training - What The Tea Parties Can Learn From The Dogs”(Read article here).  We will learn how to train our legislators, with care and common sense.  How can we be more effective at influencing the lawmakers we have elected?  Join us Monday, Feb. 28th at the Capital Banquet Center @ 7 PM to find out.

 Mackinac

Jack is also the Editor of MichiganVotes.org, a unique Web site that puts the activities of the MI Legislature at citizens’ fingertips.  Michigan Votes gives users instant access to concise, plain language and objective descriptions of every single bill, amendment, and vote that takes place in the Michigan legislature. Unlike any other bill tracking utility, Michigan Votes, is unique because all legislative actions are described – not just those selected by a particular interest group. It is searchable by legislator, keyword, and 50 subject categories, so users can create their own custom “voting record guide.”

 Users of this site can also automatically e-mail legislators or others about a bill, and sign up for e-mail notifications of action on any bill or subject area of interest, including new bill introductions.  Click here, or on the screenshot to start tracking your representative in Lansing now.