On Saturday with blue skies and warm temps approx. 300 freedom loving Coloradoans gathered at the State Capital to send the message to the political elites: We want our voice and choice back in elections!!!
The following is the text of the speech that I gave at the rally. For those who don’t understand what the 9-12 Project and Tea Party is about maybe this will help!
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I am Nancy Rumfelt also known as the Accidental Activist and I started the Loveland 9-12 Project with the help of many other great Patriots.
The Democrats think we are right wing nut jobs and the Republican’s until last week thought we were a group of conservatives going through some kind of mid-life crisis who had watched Mel Gibson’s The Patriot too many times! So why are we here? Why are we so worked up? The truth is that we have been riled up for quite some time but no one has been reporting it and no one has been listening – not here in Colorado and certainly not in D.C!!
We are here to Defend the Republic –as the Constitution and the foundation of our government have been under attack for decades and we now are the last line of defense!! The Principles of the Founding Fathers must be restored as these principles are what ensure our Liberty and Freedom. Legislation such as Health Care & Cap &Trade are framed as being for the greater good but in reality there is NO authority anywhere in the Constitution for the Federal Goverment to enact these laws and these laws only further diminish our Liberty & Freedom.
Many of us have taken for granted the gift the Founding Fathers gave to us over 230 years ago but we have removed the blinders of our complacency and see that we must act now or witness the beginning of the end of this great country.
What we are about are principles – I know we have the 9 principles & 12 values but it’s more than principles over party. It is time the country gets back to living by principles instead of living by the whim or fad of the moment or it’s the right thing to do or do it for the children or do it for the seniors or do it for the good of the country.
We have done this for decades this governing by compassion which has put us on the road to ruin paved with good intentions. Programs such as welfare & unemployment which are compassionate but they have created a cycle of dependency on the government. How can liberty & freedom flourish if we are dependent on the government for our basic needs?
The principles of the founding fathers were very clear that to have freedom you must accept responsibility for yourself and in doing so doors will open to opportunity. The government is to only provide the framework – it is not to provide for your every want, whim, desire, need and that is where we have gone astray.
Ben Franklin warned us that making D.C. a place of profit would lead to corruption – if you don’t believe me then explain how can a senator or congressman become a millionaire or acquire so many homes that you have to keep amending your tax return because you can’t remember how many homes you have?
It is important that we get back to the basics and that we want our elected officials to remember that it is not the party that they serve it is the citizens that they serve – it is the country that they serve. We want legislators to choose principle – to vote principle – we want candidates to run on principles and not do what’s best for the party – the parties are only a mechanism to convey ideas of what is best for the country – the parties are not above the Constitution and that is what Principals Over party (P.O.P.) is all about .
If we want the country, the government and politicians to be different – it starts with us as we have to be different. Life is not fair and what we must stop demanding that government make things fair because the only way to do this is to take away liberty and freedom from one person so that another person benefits. We must step up and take ownership for our role in moving away from the Constitution. We must in a unified voice tell the government we don’t want your help. It is okay if you don’t bring home the bacon! We don’t want it!! We are now on a bacon free diet – got it?
I have a special message for the GOP:
We carried your water this summer fighting all the crazy federal legislation such as HC and Cap and Trade which would have passed by now if not for the grassroots activities across America. So we have proven we have good ideas and should be listened to. HEY, guys, maybe you should spend less time trying to dictate the primaries and more time working with us to mitigate the efforts at passing these UNCONSTITUTIONAL bills.
So remember if you want things to be different you have to be different. You are what will make things happen and that is why both parties but especially the GOP is in a quandary because they recognize that you realize you have always had the power but that you gave away your power and today you are now demanding back what you should have never given away: Your Liberty & Freedom.
