It's Tea time; let's ‘Surround Them'

Last week, my husband and I were in Dallas and we attended a gathering called “We Surround Them,” one of the nationwide assemblies originated by Fox Commentator Glenn Beck.

This particular gathering to watch Beck’s show was held in Grapevine, Texas, and was jammed with at least 250 people. They were there to support the rights and principles of our Constitution and rights of individuals in this great country. At least 3 million people across the country attended gatherings or participated by viewing this program. It showed the discontent that is growing in our country with the direction that President Obama and the Democratic controlled Congress is taking us.

The president and his administration along with those that control Congress are playing with the laws of this country and its Constitution. The proposals and bills that are being shoved through congress without review could send us down the road towards socialism. You don’t pass laws that take people’s freedoms away. One example is the card check bill for unions. All workers in this country should have the right to a secret ballot. Socialized medicine is another program that is being submitted and would ruin the outstanding medical and research programs we already have.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner asked Congress to give the Treasury Department unprecedented powers to seize large insurers, investment firms and hedge funds, leaping beyond its present authority to seize only banks. This is a direction toward nationalizing banks and interfering in our capitalistic system.

There are tea parties that are planned all around the United States on April 15. I urge all of you who want to protect our country from being taken further into debt and are tired of having your liberties and freedoms violated or voted away, voice your concerns by attending these gatherings.

Peggy Herbig
Destin