You know Nehemiah, the biblical prophet, even had something to say about credit card companies wayy before his time. We’re all Americans – we all supposedly are wanting ‘transparency,’ ‘stimulus,’ and all that jazz. How about stopping printing money and just becoming honest again and not having exhorbitant usery. Oh. I suppose that’s ‘too religious’ of a concept. After all, the bible isn’t supposed to have anything remotely concerned with human nature. It’s all antiquated supposedly.

Here’s what Nehemiah said heard from one group of people oppressing another (who were brothers and from the same nation): ‘We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine’ (ie depression, whatever you call it today)…and I consulted…’you are exacting usery, each from his brother!…please give back to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money (how about billions?) and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil that you are exacting from them.’

Now, if President Obama did just one thing before Memorial Day to impress the American People – it would be transparent Credit Card Reform Act. Perhaps even a good talking to the mortgage companies for exacting PMI payments wayy after the 80% home value is reached, also. This is also robbery/usery, you know. Countrywide Home Loans now has a class action lawsuit arising from the fact that they used an in house appraisal firm (Landsafe Appraisal) which consistently lowballed peoples homes so that they were not able to obtain the equity that they had paid into their homes.

There is too much negative, slanted press coming from the mainstream media (ABC, NBC, CBS) as well as GE’s MSNBC, so lets do something about it. Consumers have the power to sway the news organizations by threatening to boycott the products of the companies that sponsor these networks. If the sponsors fear a decrease in sales (especially now), they will put pressure on the networks. The networks are in very poor financial shape, so this economic weapon is a viable and strong one. The tea parties garnered attention, now our actions are required to get results. Spread this concept around, and lets see what it produces.

Please–keep it up. We love the comedy!

We can’t forget and we need to know that this was nationwide and done by normal people, not by any network or political party. Please send me your YouTube URLs and lets make sure the politicians and our friends know this was a huge hit.

PS Instead of sending tea bags to our representatives we are e-mailing this link to all of them and telling them we as there constituents do not like what they are up to in Washington. This will show them how effective we are.

Tea bags are a far cry from anthrax. As you alluded – we never found out where the rest of the stockpile of anthrax was of the Ames strain (which supposedly can only be created by our military?) – nor what would be done about finding and eliminating it. As far as we know – it is still in the USA. Between you and I , I would like to know if diseases are being labeled correctly. We know high powered antibiotics were effective in helping destroy effects of anthrax – but when health and human services tells us we have stockpiles of an antibiotic to fight the swine flu – it is laughable. The flu – if it is a real flu- is impervious to antibiotics because it is a virus! Also, is it being geneticually mutated naturally because pig farms have given overdoses of antibiotics to the pigs making them carry diseases that are naturally antibiotic RESISTANT.

I haven’t yet heard from HHS if she believes this is an act of terror. And, yet – people are dying. Hmmm. I just wonder exactly what is going on and who is hiding what. I mean, tea bags aren’t going to kill you. How many other diseases are resurfacing – and why should they when all our children are immunized – unless they are a different strain. A drug and antibiotic resistant one. I just wonder what is really going on. Susan

I participated in sending the mail-in of Tea Bags; however, I didn’t want to waste the tea that I paid for, so, I took the covers off the Tea Bags and sent them in. I’ve been saving additional covers to send in during the 4th of July holiday.

No it’s not! We are going to continue to take it like we always have. It is foolish to believe that our “representatives” in congress are going to pay any attention to our sending teabags. If by not taking it any more you mean that we are threatening to toss them out of office, good luck with that one. We will still be given no choice in the elections of those we would like to throw out of office. The national committees and local party people will put their money behind the incumbent, thereby leaving him or her to be the only one in that party eligible for re-election. Third parties are usually peopled by candidates we know litle or nothing about, and who get minimal if any publicity, so we are stuck with candidate D or candidate R, both of whom are equally bad choices.

I personally favor secession and a rebuilding of a real America. Whether he really meant it or not, I think Rick Perry’s comment about Texas leaving the union is a good idea, and if done, the4y would be followed by other states as well.

The current system is too broken to fix.