Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ) Violates the Free-Speech Rights of Millions

The North New Jersey Tea Party Group was pleased when, recently, The Daily Caller and several other New Media outlets highlighted the obscene rantings of self-proclaimed Communist Grover Furr, a professor at Montclair State University (MSU), located in Montclair, New Jersey. The Daily Caller's recent article quotes Furr as stating that he has "spent many years researching this and similar questions [Khrushchev’s charges against Stalin] and I have yet to find one crime… that Stalin committed.” You read that right: a Communist professor at one of New Jersey's taxpayer-funded universities claims that he cannot even "find one crime" that one of the biggest mass murderers in world history committed. Even an outlet as leftist as The New York Times notes that "Millions of people were killed under Stalin as a result of forced collectivization, deportation of ethnic groups, imprisonment in the Gulag and party purges, among other tactics." Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/world/europe/31russia.html And of course, there are numerous other online sources that detail -- through words and photos -- Stalin's gruesome murders. We have decided not to link to some of the more ghastly photos we easily located in a less-than-one-minute Google search. The Daily Caller's article about the Communist professor that New Jersey taxpayers are forced to support is located at: http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/14/professor-defends-stalin-socialism-at-student-organized-debate/ We encourage you to read that article, and view the video embedded within it. Toward the end of The Daily Caller's article, The Daily Caller comments that "A statement obtained by The Daily Caller from MSU defended the First Amendment rights of the individual: 'Montclair State University is an open university in what is fortunately a free society. As a consequence, we would never seek to censor or interfere with such an event, no matter how absurd anyone might find some of the views expressed. Free speech is the cornerstone of our democracy, and it is a principle that is easy to defend when we are in agreement with, or at least not offended by, the views being expressed. We are only really tested in our adherence to the principle when the views being expressed are abhorrent to us.'" But of course, Montclair State University is NOT defending the principle of free speech in action (which The Daily Caller should have noted). How so? Simple: as an organization that willingly accepts taxpayer funds -- read: part of your hard-earned income that has been forcibly confiscated by the State of New Jersey via threat of imprisonment -- it willingly violates the free-speech rights of all those millions of individuals who are forced against their will to pay for Communist professor Grover Furr's salary. To put it another way: Furr indeed has the right to make asinine statements. But neither Furr nor Montclair State University have any sort of moral right to force you, or any other individual, to "pay for the microphone." Properly understood, free-speech rights include the right to refrain from paying for speech with which you disagree. The North New Jersey Tea Party Group recognizes that the only way in which to end this rights-violating situation is for a complete separation of education and state. Only when the state is not in charge of leftist indoctrination centers such as Montclair State University, are individual New Jersey taxpayers able to decide whether or not such anti-education entities deserve your financial support. And, to be clear: the North New Jersey Tea Party Group firmly believes that the leftist, government indoctrination of millions upon millions of American children over the last several decades contributed to the recent re-election of the most anti-American president in U.S. history. As an organization that deeply values freedom, free speech, and education -- as opposed to tyranny, government-subsidized speech, and indoctrination -- the North New Jersey Tea Party Group calls for a transition period in which the federal government, as well as New Jersey's state and local governments, remove themselves from the education industry. In other words, the North New Jersey Tea Party Group calls for the complete separation of education and state. The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is the largest New Jersey-based tea party organization on Facebook in terms of group page members, with well over 4,000 members via our two Facebook groups (see links below). Mark Kalinowski North New Jersey Tea Party Group Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights E-Mail Address: nnjteaparty(at)gmail.com Facebook Group Pages: http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/172402990061/ and http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/111373848903476/

Announcing Our Official Support for Congressional Candidate Mia Love

All, Previously, the North New Jersey Tea Party Group has announced its official support for the candidacies of Ted Cruz (for U.S. Senate from Texas), Congressman Scott Garrett (for the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 5th congressional district), and Richard Mourdock (for U.S. Senate from Indiana). We continue to support each of these candidates, and today, we are proud to announce our official support for the candidacy of Mia Love (for the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 4th congressional district). Many of you have told us that you were impressed -- even moved -- by Mia's speech at the Republican National Convention. You can view her stirring speech through the following YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4BM_B0PTvM To learn more about Mia's candidacy, please visit her campaign's official website, located at: http://www.love4utah.com/ Also FYI, Mia's campaign Facebook page can be found at: http://www.facebook.com/miablove In addition, her Twitter handle is: @MiaBLove Mia presently serves as the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah. I have donated some of my personal money to Mia's campaign, in the hopes that this inspires you to do so as well. (Should you decide to donate, please follow all applicable laws.) In addition, I would like to bring to your attention the following arguments about who else to support in the upcoming elections: "Who to Support in the Election" by Robert Tracinski "Principle vs. Pragmatism in Supporting Romney-Ryan" by Craig Biddle "Romney-Ryan 2012 -- Ayn Rand Forever" by Craig Biddle "Further Thoughts on Why Objectivists Should Actively Campaign for Romney-Ryan" by Craig Biddle To quote Bosch Fawstin (Twitter: @BoschFawstin): "Obama's not running against Romney, he's running against America. Vote accordingly." Personally, I support these arguments, even though I fully recognize that neither Mitt Romney nor Scott Brown are close to being consistently pro-liberty. As such, I have also donated some personal money to the campaigns of Mitt Romney for U.S. President and Senator Scott Brown (for U.S. Senate from Massachusetts). While the North New Jersey Tea Party Group has not announced its official support for either of these two candidates, it is my hope that you will personally consider the arguments made for their candidacies at the links above. Folks who are interested in donating to these two candidates can do so at the following links (as always, please follow all applicable laws): http://www.mittromney.com/ http://www.scottbrown.com/ The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is the largest New Jersey-based tea party organization on Facebook, with well over 4,000 members between our two Facebook group pages.

Mark Kalinowski North New Jersey Tea Party Group Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights Twitter: @nnjteaparty Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/172402990061 and http://www.facebook.com/groups/111373848903476

Senator Menendez (D-NJ) Embarrasses Himself During His Twitter Town Hall Meeting

Earlier today, anti-liberty U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) hosted a Twitter town hall meeting that he promptly turned into an embarrassing fiasco.

Prior to the Twitter town hall, the senator encouraged folks to send him questions via the Twitter hashtag #AskMenendez. But -- predictably -- Senator Menendez avoided every single one of the tough questions -- such as, why does he support Barack Obama, who has openly admitted that under his energy plans, "electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket?"

Coward.

But even that didn't save him from embarrassment.

For example, @SenatorMenendez tweeted "My bill will end subsidies, invest in alts" ("alts" meaning companies and other entities – think Solyndra -- trying to provide so-called alternative energy). In other words, the senator's claim that "my bill will end subsidies" is an obvious lie, because "invest in alts" means... you guessed it: subsidizing alternative energy.

So Senator Menendez plans to end subsidies by… funding more subsidies?!?

To cite another example, @SenatorMenendez tweeted: “We can support @WhiteHouse plan to get 54.5 mpg by 2025” -- meaning, an increase in mandated fuel efficiency by auto manufacturers. As somebody who happens to have a degree in mechanical engineering, I can tell you with certainty that one key way auto manufacturers raise fuel economy when government forces them to is by reducing the amount of weight in a vehicle – making those vehicles less safe. Literally thousands of Americans have needlessly lost their lives in auto accidents since government-mandated fuel economy standards were made into law decades ago. It’s simple: all else equal, heavier vehicles means safer vehicles. Yet, Senator Menendez is against the freedom of auto manufacturers to decide for themselves if making heavier, safer cars is in their rational best interests. No, instead Senator Menendez – who, like most of Congress, has absolutely no professional or educational background in engineering of any kind – wants to use D.C.’s numerous guns to force auto manufacturers to make cars that are less safe than they otherwise would be. How many Americans will needlessly die should Senator Menendez gets his legislative wishes?

We encourage more of our nation’s elected officials to host in-person town hall meetings. But, since far too many of our nation’s elected officials are too cowardly to meet with the voting public in person, we also encourage more of them to host Twitter town hall meetings.

No doubt Senator Menendez’ Twitter town hall meeting proved illuminating in a way he did not foresee.

The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is the largest New Jersey-based tea party organization in terms of Facebook group page members, with over 4,500 of them. For elections in 2012, we have announced our endorsement of Marco Rubio, for him to be asked to be the Republican Party’s vice-presidential nominee, no matter who eventually wins the nomination for president. We have also announced our official support for the candidacies of Ted Cruz (who seeks to become U.S. Senator from Texas), Richard Mourdock (who seeks to become U.S. Senator from Indiana), and Congressman Scott Garrett (the incumbent from New Jersey’s 5th congressional district).

Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights
E-mail: nnjteaparty@gmail.com
Twitter: @nnjteaparty
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/172402990061/
and
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/111373848903476/

Announcing Our Official Support for Three Candidates: Ted Cruz, Richard Mourdock, and Congressman Scott Garrett

Based upon member feedback, today the North New Jersey Tea Party Group is excited to announce its official support for three candidates for office: U.S. Congressman Scott Garrett, who seeks re-election from New Jersey’s 5th congressional district; Ted Cruz, who seeks to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas; and Richard Mourdock, who seeks to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Indiana!

Toward that end, I have donated some personal money toward the campaigns for each of these three individuals. I highly encourage you to do so as well -- even small amounts are very much appreciated! (Be sure to follow all applicable laws should you decide to donate.)

Donations to the campaigns of these three candidates by March 31st are particularly appreciated. This is the last date of the FEC filing before the primaries to be faced by Ted Cruz in Texas (primary date May 29th) and Richard Mourdock (primary date May 22nd). These candidates will want to show as much money raised as possible, from as many individual supporters as possible!

Some brief remarks about these three candidates, listed in no particular order:

1. Scott Garrett -- incumbent member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 5th congressional district

Campaign website: http://www.garrettforcongress.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/repscottgarrett
Twitter: NA

Other: Founder of the Constitution Caucus, Garrett authored an opinion piece entitled "Maintaining the Founders' Vision" which was published by the Washington Times. Here is a brief excerpt: "As chairman of the Constitution Caucus, I am dedicated to the restoration and promotion of the Founders’ vision for American democracy and the principles of freedom enshrined in our Constitution... Six years removed from the founding of the Constitution Caucus, I’m proud to see these efforts now coming to fruition. In January [2011], the House convened with a reading of the Constitution on the House floor for the first time in American history. Additionally, the House rules now require that all legislation contain a citation that indicates a constitutional justification for the law it proposes, a rule I have long championed and worked for years to implement." To read more, please click on: http://www.garrettforcongress.com/news_details.php?nID=390

2. Ted Cruz -- seeks to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas

Campaign website: http://www.tedcruz.org/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tedcruz
Twitter: @tedcruz

Other: Ted earned the endorsement of The Club for Growth, which remarks that "Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz has dedicated his life to the defense of economic liberty and the U.S. Constitution. After Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison announced that she would not seek another term in 2012, it quickly became clear that Ted Cruz was the best choice to replace her. He's fought frivolous lawsuits that deter economic growth, defended private property rights, and opposed President Obama's moratorium on offshore drilling...all while arguing eight times before the United States Supreme Court - the most of any lawyer in Texas." For more information, please click on: http://www.clubforgrowth.org/endorsedcandidates/?id=927

3. Richard Mourdock -- seeks to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Indiana

Campaign website: http://richardmourdock.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richardmourdock
Twitter: @richardmourdock

Other: Praised by Michelle Malkin as follows: "Richard Mourdock, Indiana’s former state treasurer, offers a fresh alternative with widespread support from both grassroots activists and local and state GOP officials. While others hedged their bets, Mourdock took the federal auto bailout head on, lodging a court complaint against the Chrysler bailout to expose its illegal abuse of shareholders and punitive impact on Indiana citizens. He was elected to the treasurer’s office in 2006, a tough year for Republicans, and was re-elected handily in 2010. Before politics, he worked in the private sector for 30 years managing businesses in the energy, environmental and construction industries. He’s never had a Beltway zip code." Source: http://michellemalkin.com/2012/02/15/for-liljenquist-mourdock-and-cruz-a-tea-party-senate-takeover/ Mourdock has also received the endorsement of The Club for Growth: http://www.clubforgrowth.org/endorsedcandidates/?subsec=0&id=1031

The North New Jersey Tea Party Group continues to solicit feedback from group members about other candidates for office for whom we may announce our official support. For more information about some of these candidates, please click on the following link:

http://njteapartiesunited.blogspot.com/2012/02/seeking-your-input-regarding-several.html

You may e-mail your feedback to us at:

nnjteaparty@gmail.com

Keep in mind, we seek to support candidates who are as consistently pro-liberty as possible, and who have a reasonable chance of being elected to the office they seek.

We very much thank you for your input!!!

The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is the largest New Jersey-based tea party organization in terms of Facebook group page members, with over 4,500 of them. Also, the North New Jersey Tea Party Group has previously announced its endorsement of the selection of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio as the Republican Party’s vice-presidential candidate, no matter which candidate earns that party’s nomination as its presidential candidate. To the best of our knowledge, the North New Jersey Tea Party Group was the first tea party organization in the country to support Rubio in this manner.

Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights
E-mail: nnjteaparty@gmail.com
Twitter: @nnjteaparty
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/172402990061/
and
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/111373848903476/

Seeking Your Input Regarding Several Candidates

The North New Jersey Tea Party Group seeks member input regarding the possibility of having our group announce its official support for the candidacies of of several folks seeking office (one incumbent, and the rest not incumbents).

In that regard, should you wish to provide us with any feedback regarding the following individuals seeking office, please e-mail your thoughts to us at: nnjteaparty@gmail.com

The following candidates for office are listed in alphabetical order by last name:

1. Dave Christian -- seeks to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania

Campaign website: http://christian2012.org/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Christian-for-US-Senate/268007499881009
Twitter: @DaveChristianUS

Other: Dave has been endoresed by Sharron Angle, former candidate for U.S. Senate from Nevada. As Sharron notes, "David is one of the most highly decorated US Army Veterans to come out of the Vietnam War: 7 Purple Hearts, the Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star, nominated for the Medal of Honor twice and was the youngest commissioned officer since the Civil War. There is no doubt of David Christian’s courage to do what needs to be done in Washington." In addition, here is a link to Wikipedia's page about David Christian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Christian

2. Ted Cruz -- seeks to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas

Campaign website: http://www.tedcruz.org/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tedcruz
Twitter: @tedcruz

Other: Ted earned the endorsement of The Club for Growth, which remarks that "Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz has dedicated his life to the defense of economic liberty and the U.S. Constitution. After Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison announced that she would not seek another term in 2012, it quickly became clear that Ted Cruz was the best choice to replace her. He's fought frivolous lawsuits that deter economic growth, defended private property rights, and opposed President Obama's moratorim on offshore drilling...all while arguing eight times before the United States Supreme Court - the most of any lawyer in Texas." For more information, please click on: http://www.clubforgrowth.org/endorsedcandidates/?id=927

3. Scott Garrett -- incumbent member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 5th congressional district

Campaign website: http://www.garrettforcongress.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/repscottgarrett
Twitter: NA

Other: Founder of the Constitution Caucus, Garrett authored an opinion piece entitled "Maintaining the Founders' Vision" which was published by the Washington Times. Here is a brief excerpt: "As chairman of the Constitution Caucus, I am dedicated to the restoration and promotion of the Founders’ vision for American democracy and the principles of freedom enshrined in our Constitution... Six years removed from the founding of the Constitution Caucus, I’m proud to see these efforts now coming to fruition. In January [2011], the House convened with a reading of the Constitution on the House floor for the first time in American history. Additionally, the House rules now require that all legislation contain a citation that indicates a constitutional justification for the law it proposes, a rule I have long championed and worked for years to implement." To read more, please click on: http://www.garrettforcongress.com/news_details.php?nID=390

4. Dan Liljenquist -- seeks to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Utah

Campaign website: http://www.danforutah.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dan.liljenquist
Twitter: @DanForUtah

Other: Well-known political commentator Michelle Malkin has this to say about Dan: "Liljenquist excelled in the private sector as a global management consultant and business strategist; he also helmed a privately owned call center company that grew from two to 1,500 employees since its 1995 founding. Liljenquist was elected to the Utah Senate in 2008, where he spearheaded state pension and Medicaid reforms that earned him the non-partisan Governing magazine’s 2011 “Public Official of the Year” award." Source: http://michellemalkin.com/2012/02/15/for-liljenquist-mourdock-and-cruz-a-tea-party-senate-takeover/

5. Richard Mourdock -- seeks to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Indiana

Campaign website: http://richardmourdock.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richardmourdock
Twitter: @richardmourdock

Other: Praised by Michelle Malkin as follows: "Richard Mourdock, Indiana’s former state treasurer, offers a fresh alternative with widespread support from both grassroots activists and local and state GOP officials. While others hedged their bets, Mourdock took the federal auto bailout head on, lodging a court complaint against the Chrysler bailout to expose its illegal abuse of shareholders and punitive impact on Indiana citizens. He was elected to the treasurer’s office in 2006, a tough year for Republicans, and was re-elected handily in 2010. Before politics, he worked in the private sector for 30 years managing businesses in the energy, environmental and construction industries. He’s never had a Beltway zip code." Source: http://michellemalkin.com/2012/02/15/for-liljenquist-mourdock-and-cruz-a-tea-party-senate-takeover/ Mourdock has also received the endorsement of The Club for Growth: http://www.clubforgrowth.org/endorsedcandidates/?subsec=0&id=1031

6. Carl Wimmer -- seeks to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's newly-created 4th congressional district

Campaign website: http://carlwimmer.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Carl-Wimmer/24089158217
Twitter: @CarlWimmer

Other: Carl's campaign is officially supported by The Club for Growth, which comments "Utah's 4th Congressional District is a new district created after the 2010 census, so this will be an open seat race. It's possible that the nominee will be determined by Utah's unique convention system, where any candidate who receives 60% of the votes from convention delegates becomes the automatic nominee. Far and away the best choice in the primary is State Representative Carl Wimmer, who is also endorsed by Club for Growth PAC backed Utah Senator Mike Lee. Wimmer is a life-long fighter for limited government and free markets, and will continue that fight in Congress. Club Members must help Wimmer make sure he has the resouces he needs to win the convention, and if necessary, the primary." For more: http://www.clubforgrowth.org/endorsedcandidates/?subsec=0&id=993

7. Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher -- seeks to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th Congressional District

Campaign website: http://www.joeforcongress2012.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samuel-J-Wurzelbacher-for-Congress/122103264563689
Twitter: @Joe4Congress12

Other: Joe's encounter with then-candidate for president Barack Obama in late 2008 became a sensation, as it led to Obama's admission that he advocates "spread[ing] the wealth around" -- in other words, using the force of government to legalize the theft of income from those who have earned it, so that it can be redistributed to those who have not earned it. The video of this encounter is on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZcEHLr4gBg

In addition, if you would like to see the North New Jersey Tea Party Group support a candidate for office -- particularly for the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate, no matter if the candidate is from New Jersey or not -- that is not mentioned above, then please let us know about this candidate and why you believe he or she deserves our group's support. Keep in mind, we seek candidates who are as consistently pro-liberty as possible, and who have a reasonable chance of being elected to the office they seek.

We very much thank you for your input!!!

The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is the largest New Jersey-based tea party organization in terms of Facebook group page members, with over 4,500 of them. The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is also one of the top ten tea party organizations worldwide in terms of Facebook group page members.

Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights
E-mail: nnjteaparty@gmail.com
Twitter: @nnjteaparty
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/172402990061/
and
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/111373848903476/

North New Jersey Tea Party Group Endorses Marco Rubio for Vice President!!!

February 20, 2012

***** Based upon multiple factors including feedback from our group members, the North New Jersey Tea Party Group enthusiastically and officially endorses U.S. Senator Marco Rubio to be the Republican nominee for Vice President!!! *****

As such -- to the best of our knowledge -- the North New Jersey Tea Party Group becomes the first tea party organization in the nation to ever officially endorse any individual to be the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee.

(We have conducted a thorough online search to see if any other tea party organizations throughout the country have officially endorsed anybody -- Rubio or otherwise -- to become the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee. As of today, we have found no such endorsements. If we have inadvertently overlooked any, please let us know ASAP. Thank you.)

Incidentally, our endorsement of Senator Rubio to be the Republicans' vice-presidential nominee holds true no matter who ends up securing the Republican nomination for President.

As a reminder, the North New Jersey Tea Party Group officially suppored the candidacy of Rubio for the U.S. Senate back in 2010. Rubio's candidacy was one of ten that was officially supported by the group -- along with the candidacies of current U.S. Senators Pat Toomey, Ron Johnson, and Rand Paul; and current U.S. Congressman Tim Scott.

As an example of why the North New Jersey Tea Party Group supports Marco Rubio for vice-presidential nominee, here is his pro-liberty response to the Obama administration's desire to initiate the use of force against our fellow Americans who happen to be Catholics:

"This is not about contraception. It's not about social issues. This is a very simple constitutional principle. We have religious protections as part of our Constitution in the 1st Amendment, the right to express yourself religiously. You have in the case, the specific case of this bill, the Catholic Church that teaches its members that the use of contraception is wrong. You can disagree with that. But the bottom line is, should the federal government be able to go in and force them to pay for contraception, something they teach is wrong? The answer is no. That's protected under the Constitution.... We either believe in our Constitution or we don't."

We do not know of Senator Rubio's level of desire to be the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee, if he happens to want such a nomination at all. Nevertheless, the North New Jersey Tea Party Group would like to see the Republican Party move decisely in favor of a consistent approach toward the advocacy and protection of all individuals' unalienable moral right to liberty. Should the Republican Party be wise enough to ask Senator Rubio to be its vice-presidential nominee, it would reflect well upon that party.

The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is the largest New Jersey-based tea party organization in terms of Facebook group page members, with over 4,500 of them. The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is also one of the top ten tea party organizations worldwide in terms of Facebook group page members.

Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights
E-mail: nnjteaparty@gmail.com

Facebook group pages:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/172402990061/

and

http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/111373848903476/

An Open Letter re: Fake Tea Party Candidate -- and Obvious Democratic Party Plant -- Peter DeStefano

The following is an open letter that is being sent to New Jersey's Director of Elections, Robert Giles:

September 20, 2010

Mr. Robert Giles
Director of Elections
225 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08608

Mr. Giles,

I write to you to call for a formal investigation into the candidacy of Peter DeStefano in New Jersey's 3rd congressional district (NJ-3). The evidence shows that Mr. DeStefano's campaign is rooted in fraud, and as such, his name should not be permitted on November's ballot as the voters in NJ-3 select their next congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Even the Newark Star-Ledger recognizes that something is amiss, in a July 25th editorial entitled "Did Adler camp plant a fake candidate?":

http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2010/07/did_adler_camp_plant_a_fake_ca.html

Among the questions that New Jersey voters deserve answered:

* Current incumbent (and Democrat) John Adler claims that none of his current staff members has worked on DeStefano's campaign -- but what about past (including recent past) staff members?

* For example, how is it that out of thousands upon thousands of NJ-3 voters, of the 247 signatures on DeStefano's filing documents, one of them is Marshall Spevak, the December 2007-November 2008 Press Assistant for John Adler?

* The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that at present, "Spevak lives just doors from Adler" on the very same street! How close are Spevak and his family (multiple Spevaks signed DeStefano's candidacy documents) to Adler and his family, especially given that Spevak used to work for Adler, and that various Spevaks have donated thousands of dollars to Adler and other Democratic Party candidates?

* Given Spevak's involvement, and the fact that both notaries that signed off on DeStefano's filing documents are politically active Democrats, what other Democrats -- and Democratic Party officials -- were/are involved in DeStefano's campaign?

* How many of the other 246 signatures belong to politically active Democrats? How many of these have explicit ties to John Adler?

* DeStefano claims that a friend of his son's circulated the petition that Spevak signed. Why was DeStefano unable to name or produce his son's friend when asked to by the Philadelphia Inquirer? Does this supposed acquaintance even exist? Who really obtained Spevak's signature?

* Did any Democratic Party members collect signatures for DeStefano? If so, how many, and who are they?

* Why, in an interview with PolitickerNJ.com, why did DeStefano indicate that he left the Republican Party to become an independent, when in fact it was the Democratic Party that he left to become an independent?

* DeStefano filed his candidacy on June 8th, but was a registered Democrat until June 3rd. How many of the 247 signatures in his campaign filing were collected when DeStefano was still a registered Democrat?

* Why had no legitimate grassroots tea party organization in New Jersey ever heard of DeStefano prior to his candidacy?

* Why has not a single legitimate grassroots tea party organization in New Jersey announced its support for DeStefano's candidacy?

* Why does DeStefano claim to have "tried to get in on the Michael Smerconish debate" between Runyan and Adler, when the Michael Smerconish Show radio program director says that DeStefano never contacted them in this regard?

* Why has DeStefano -- an independent candidate with little money or name recognition -- agreed (multiple times) to be interviewed by reporter Jane Roh of the Courier-Post newspaper (as best as we can tell, the largest daily newspaper in terms of circulation based in South Jersey), only to back out of these scheduled interviews every single time?

* Were any laws broken -- for example, laws against fraud?

The state of Michigan recently began conducting some of their own investigations into Fake Tea Party Candidates/Democratic Party plants, and decided that 23 candidates would not be permitted on its ballots this November. In addition, criminal investigations regarding multiple individuals involved with the Fake Tea Party Candidates in Michigan are ongoing as of this writing.

Michigan takes the integrity of its ballots seriously. It is my hope that New Jersey will choose to do the same, by investigating Mr. DeStefano's candidacy, by not permitting his name to be on NJ-3 ballots this November, and by seriously pursuing criminal charges should they be warranted.

I look forward to your reply at the phone number below. Thank you for your attention to this serious matter.

Kind regards,
Mark Kalinowski
(address and phone number provided in letter)

*** The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is the largest New Jersey-based tea party organization on Facebook in terms of members, with over 4,500 of them combined in our two group pages. ***

*** As always, feel free to pass on the above information! ***

Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=172402990061
and
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111373848903476
E-Mail: nnjteaparty@gmail.com

An Open Letter to the Montclair Times re: Congressman Pascrell's Support for his Violent Employee

The following is an open letter to the Montclair Times:

(FYI, the following was e-mailed to the Montclair Times at contactus@montclairtimes.com)

To the Editor:

The Montclair Times recently saw fit to provide some unsolicited advice to 8th congressional district candidate Roland Straten, in which your paper advised Mr. Straten to "move on," and added that " The Times suggests there may be more productive ways to spend his time than lobbying Montclair to use public space for political purposes."

Source: http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/101535588_Public__political.html

Since the Montclair Times is willing to provide unsolicited advice, perhaps it will be open-minded as I provide it some unsolicited advice.

First, your paper is to be commended for accurately reporting that "Ann Mega, [Congressman Bill] Pascrell’s field representative, physically pushed Roland Straten, Pascrell’s Republican challenger, out of the chambers" during Pascrell's August 9th Forum on Senior Issues in Montclair. The paper deserves praise for noting that "Mega put her hands on him and pushed him out of the room, an action witnessed by a Times reporter."

Second, I appreciate that you published a letter to the editor that I submitted to you regarding this Pascrell staffer's violent attack on me only 10-15 minutes after she physically attacked Mr. Straten:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/letters/101051084_Letter_to_the_editor__Staffer_attacks_two_people_at_meeting.html

Third, I was disappointed in your editoral regarding Mr. Straten and the events at Mr. Pascrell's Forum on Senior Issues. Pascrell's employee resorted to violence in an attempt to infringe upon the free-speech rights of Mr. Straten and myself. This is a serious issue, and I am surprised that it went completely unmentioned in your editorial regarding the events of that day and related issues.

The government is delegated the right to use force so that it can properly perform its most important function: the protection of all individuals' moral rights. Thus, it is especially pernicious when the entity that is supposed to be defending the rights of individuals becomes instead the violator of those rights.

It is bad enough that Pascrell's employee violently attacked two individuals who were peacefully attending a forum advertised as being open to the public, and on public property. It is even worse that to date, Pascrell continues to defend his violent employee's thuggish actions, rather than firing her, as she deserves.

The North New Jersey Tea Party Group (of which I am founder) will have additional words to say about this matter in the near future. And, we will continue to call for Pascrell to fire Ann Mega, and to apologize for supporting her violent attempts to squelch free-speech rights.

In the meantime, I suggest that you consider writing an editorial condemning the violence of Pascrell's employee, and Pascrell's shameful attempts to protect his thug employee through his spokesman's lame efforts to lie about what happened.

Should you require additional details about what happened, and some context as to Pascrell's ongoing contempt for the governed, I suggest that you click on all of the following links:

* "Calling on Congressman Pascrell to Immediately Fire Staffer Ann Mega for Physically Attacking Two Peaceful Constituents"

* "Eyewitness Describes Physical Attack by Congressman Pascrell's (D-NJ) Employee at Town Hall Meeting"

* "Congressman Pascrell Supports Staffer Who Shoved Senior Citizen"

* "Did Congressman Pascrell (D-NJ) Enlist a PR Flack to Spread Falsehoods About His Employee's Violent Behavior?"

* "Must-See Video: Democratic Congressman Arrogantly Insults Senior Citizen"

Thank you for your consideration.

Mark Kalinowski
(address and phone number provided in e-mail)
OK to Print/Publish

*** The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is the largest New Jersey-based tea party organization on Facebook in terms of members, with over 4,500 of them combined in our two group pages. ***

*** As always, feel free to pass on the above information! ***

Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=172402990061
and
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111373848903476
E-Mail: nnjteaparty@gmail.com

Did Congressman Pascrell (D-NJ) Enlist a PR Flack to Spread Falsehoods About His Employee's Violent Behavior?

It has been nearly two weeks since Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr's staffer Ann Mega violently attacked two of Pascrell's peaceful constituents -- one of them a senior citizen, the other... me -- at a public forum in Montclair, New Jersey on August 9th -- and Pascrell continues to show his support for his thug employee in several ways (refusing to fire her, sending out his spokesman to lie about what happened, etc.)

Did Pascrell also enlist a public relations (PR) flack to spread falsehoods about his employee's violent behavior?

Four days after the incidents -- on August 13th -- an article appeared on Baristanet.com entitled "Mid-Term Election Season Shoves Off -- Or Does It?" As of this writing, this article can be accessed via:

http://www.baristanet.com/2010/08/mid-term_election_season_shove.php

As I read through the article, it became clear to me that its author -- Erika Bleiberg -- was spinning everything in it in Pascrell's favor. For example:

* The article's title subtly suggests that perhaps nobody was physically shoved -- even though a Montclair Times reporter personally witnessed the senior citizen in question being shoved, and nobody in Pascrell's camp denies that this happened.

* Bleiberg apparently contacted Paul Brubaker, Pascrell's spokesman: "When Baristanet talked with Paul Brubaker...". No such attempt was made to contact me, even though I am easily found through Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

* Bleiberg swallows whole the obvious fiction that Ann Mega shoving me is a "'he said/she said' scenario" -- when in fact there were multiple witnesses, and multiple witnesses have come forward backing up my assertion that Pascrell's employee violently attacked me. And in fact, Mega has not publicly commented on the matter at all, preferring to hide behind Pascrell via Pascrell's spokesman. Contrast this with my approach -- since (unlike Pascrell and Mega) I have nothing to hide, I have been very open and public with my comments that I was physically attacked. In other words, this is not a 'he said/she said' scenario at all!

* Bleiberg apparently never gets around to one highly obvious question any curious person would think to ask of Pascrell's spokesman: why should we believe that Mega never shoved me, when just 10-15 minutes earlier, she shoved a senior citizen, an action witnessed by a reporter for the Montclair Times, and an action which nobody denies -- not even Pascrell or Mega?

* Bleiberg quotes Pascrell's spokesman as saying that "People's focus should be on the fact that Congressman Pascrell had a great meeting..." blah blah blah, but never points out the opposite view that people's focus should be on the fact that Congressman Pascrell's employee violently attacked two of his peaceful constituents, and that this powerful congressman is supporting his violent employee. Fair and balanced writing by Bleiberg? Obviously not!

* Bleiberg quotes a spokeman for the senior citizen who was physically attacked saying that he "didn't feel physically threatened and wasn't bothered by Mega." At no point in the article is the point made that I most definitely felt physically threatened -- it actually went beyond threats, too, as multiple witnesses and I have indicated, I was physically shoved -- and I was most definitely bothered by Mega's violation of my free-speech rights!

But then I did a bit of research on Erika Bleiberg... and a light bulb went off inside my head.

As it turns out, Bleiberg is a professional PR flack!

According to Bleiberg's personal profile on LinkedIn.com, she has held a number of public relations positions:

* "Principal at EB-PR"
* "Public Relations Director at C.C. Sullivan Strategic Communications"
* "Marketing/Public Relations Director at Fines Herbes, Inc"

And more... and, on top of that, she is "Currently enrolled in the PR/Digital Marketing Certificate Program at NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies, focusing on social media and technology."

Groups she belongs to on LinkedIn include:

* "Social Media Marketing"
* "Public Relations and Communications Professionals"
* "PRSA-NY (PRSA New York Chapter)"
* "Public Relations and Communications Jobs Community"

She also lists her industry as "Public Relations and Communications," and one of her current positions as " Writer Baristanet.com (Broadcast Media industry) June 2010 — Present (3 months) Cover local news and public affairs stories."

So it's clear that Bleiberg to a large extent views herself as working in public relations, and clearly views media outlets -- for example, Baristanet.com -- as places in which to disseminate her less-than-fully-truthful spin. How pathetic of her. I wonder how folks like this sleep at night.

Now, it is possible that Bleiberg decided to write all this on her own. That said, it seems highly unlikely. For one thing, I did not see her at the Montclair forum. So somebody who was there must have told her about what happened -- and she has freely admitted that she was in touch with Pascrell's spokesman.

Is Pascrell so afraid that the truth will come out about his employee's affection for violence -- and his support for her and her actions! -- that he directed his staff to contact a professional PR flack to write a far less than fully truthful (not to mention rather lame) article on Baristanet.com?

*** The North New Jersey Tea Party Group continues to call on Congressman Pascrell to do the honorable thing, by immediately and permanently firing Ann Mega from his staff, and by sincerely apologizing for her thuggish behavior -- and his shameful support of it. ***

To date, no such actions or apology have been forthcoming.

For additional information about how Pascrell shows his contempt for the governed, please click on the following links:

"Congressman Pascrell Supports Staffer Who Shoved Senior Citizen"

"Eyewitness Describes Physical Attack by Congressman Pascrell's (D-NJ) Employee at Town Hall Meeting"

"Calling on Congressman Pascrell to Immediately Fire Staffer Ann Mega for Physically Attacking Two Peaceful Constituents"

"Must-See Video: Democratic Congressman Arrogantly Insults Senior Citizen"

*** The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is the largest New Jersey-based tea party organization on Facebook in terms of members, with over 4,500 of them combined in our two group pages. ***

*** As always, feel free to pass on the above information! ***

Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=172402990061
and
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111373848903476
E-Mail: nnjteaparty@gmail.com

Congressman Pascrell Supports Staffer Who Shoved Senior Citizen

Fellow Tea Partiers,

There is at least one aspect of what happened at Congressman Bill Pascrell's August 9th Forum on Senior Issues -- a forum open to the public, and held in a public building -- that is not getting nearly as much attention as it should: nobody disputes that Pascrell staffer Ann Mega physically attacked a senior citizen at this forum. Given this context, it is disgusting that Pascrell continues to show his support for his employee by not firing her, and by not apologizing for her thuggish behavior.

The reason that Pascrell and his staff know they can't get away with lying about what happened with regard to the particular senior citizen who was attacked is simple. A reporter for the Montclair Times personally witnessed Mega shove this senior citizen, and the reporter was honest enough and brave enough to write about it. Here is some of what the Montclair Times reporter wrote:

* "Ann Mega, Pascrell’s field representative, physically pushed [the senior citizen] out of the chambers..."

* "When [this senior citizen] ventured into the chambers, Mega put her hands on him and pushed him out of the room, an action witnessed by a Times reporter."

At no point in this Montclair Times article -- or a subsequent follow-up -- do Pascrell, his spokesman Paul Brubaker, Mega, or anybody connected with Pascrell's campaign deny that Mega physically attacked a senior citizen.

In fact, a thorough Google search of the internet turns up absolutely no evidence whatsoever of Pascrell, Brubaker, Mega, or anybody else associated with Pascrell's campaign denies that Mega physically attacked a senior citizen at the August 9th Forum on Senior Issues in Montclair!

In other words: their silence about the matter is their tacit admission that it happened.

This of course is bad enough -- Mega has no right to physically attack a senior citizen.

But it gets worse. By now -- more than a week after this incident -- Pascrell should have fired Mega, and sincerely apologized for her actions (which, after all, were undertaken in her role as Pascrell's field representative).

Pascrell's refusal to fire Mega, Pascrell's refusal to offer an apology for his employee's actions, Pascrell's refusal to do ANYTHING to right this wrong show that he supports her actions, and hopes that they blow over without any serious repercussions to him or to Mega.

In the private sector, Mega likely would have been fired by now. For one thing, companies don't want to risk potentially costly lawsuits by showing support for unhinged, physically violent employees.

But in Washington D.C. -- or at least, the part of Washington D.C. that Bill Pascrell Jr. inhabits -- apparently shoving senior citizens is permissible.

I find this reprehensible, as any fair-minded American would. Senior citizens do not deserve to have the use of physical force initiated against them by any government employee -- much less a key staff member of a powerful United States congressman!

For more information about the two -- yes, two! -- peaceful constituents that Pascrell's employee attacked in separate incidents on August 9th, please refer to the following blog posts:

"Eyewitness Describes Physical Attack by Congressman Pascrell's (D-NJ) Employee at Town Hall Meeting":

http://njteapartiesunited.blogspot.com/2010/08/fellow-tea-partiers-as-you-may-have.html

"Calling on Congressman Pascrell to Immediately Fire Staffer Ann Mega for Physically Attacking Two Peaceful Constituents":

http://njteapartiesunited.blogspot.com/2010/08/calling-on-congressman-pascrell-to.html

Details in these links include the identification of and some additional details about the two individuals who Ann Mega physically attacked. Media outlets are encouraged to learn more by contacting the second individual attacked -- me -- by e-mailing me at:

nnjteaparty@gmail.com


The North New Jersey Tea Party Group continues to call on Congressman Pascrell to do the honorable thing, by immediately and permanently firing Ann Mega from his staff, and by sincerely apologizing for her thuggish behavior -- and his shameful support of it.

To date, no such actions or apology have been forthcoming.

*** The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is the largest New Jersey-based tea party organization on Facebook in terms of members, with over 4,500 of them combined in our two group pages. ***

*** As always, feel free to pass on the above information! ***

Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=172402990061
and
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111373848903476
E-Mail: nnjteaparty@gmail.com

Eyewitness Describes Physical Attack by Congressman Pascrell's (D-NJ) Employee at Town Hall Meeting

Fellow Tea Partiers,

As you may have heard by now, this past Monday, August 9th at a public forum in Montclair, New Jersey hosted by Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), I was physically attacked by Pascrell's employee Ann Mega.

Although there were multiple witnesses to this attack, Pascrell and his staff are choosing to lie about this incident, hoping that it will go away. For example, a story on the Montclair Times website notes that "Paul Brubaker, Pascrell's spokesman, said he spoke to Mega, who denied touching Kalinowski."

Pascrell and his staff are sorely mistaken if they think that they will get away with such blatant lies.

Toward that end, we have interviewed one of the eyewitnesses to the attack, Patricia Kehlback. (Thank you very much Patricia for your responses to my questions.) Read for yourself what this eyewtiness has to say about Ann Mega's attack on me, and Pascrell's support for her:

***

Question 1. Yes or no -- did you personally witness Congressman Bill Pascrell's employee Ann Mega physically attack me -- not just my reaction to her attack, but the actual attack itself -- at Pascrell's Forum on Senior Issues in Montclair, New Jersey on August 9, 2010?

Patricia's response: "Yes; at that time; I was looking around the room to see if [Patricia's friend] Ellen had arrived yet; as I always save a seat for her and saw you walk in; and I saw this woman come right at you; and forcefully push you... you appeared stunned."

***

Question 2. Would you characterize Mega's touching of me as gentle and friendly, or something more rough and sinister?

Patricia's response: "Oh, she was like a Bulldog and approached you as one."

***

Question 3. Do you think Mega was trying to grab me, push me, or something else?

Patricia's response: "She pushed you to get out of there."

***

Question 4. The Montclair Times notes that "Paul Brubaker, Pascrell’s spokesman, said he spoke to Mega, who denied touching Kalinowski." What is your reaction to Mega's claim that she didn't touch me?

Patricia's response: "That is a complete lie; she most certainly touched you."

***

Question 5. My immediate response to Mega physically attacking me was to shout at her, "Get your hands off of me!" Shortly thereafter, Congressman Pascrell shouted at me that "You don't talk to a lady that way!" Do you consider it to be ladylike behavior to physically attack a peaceful American citizen? Why or why not?

Patricia's response: "She was out of order; as was Pascrell. What right does a Woman have, to behave in this manner; yet, if it were the other way around; (the man touching a woman) the man would be arrested."

***

We will have much, much more to say about Ann Mega's physical attacks on two of Pascrell's peaceful constituents -- the other of whom is a senior citizen -- and Pascrell's support for her, in coming days. In the meantime, for more information about these attacks, please refer to the following August 12th blog post:


http://njteapartiesunited.blogspot.com/2010/08/calling-on-congressman-pascrell-to.html

The North New Jersey Tea Party Group continues to call on Congressman Pascrell to do the honorable thing, by immediately and permanently firing Ann Mega from his staff, and by sincerely apologizing for her thuggish behavior -- and his shameful support of it.

To date, no such actions or apology have been forthcoming.

*** The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is the largest New Jersey-based tea party organization on Facebook in terms of members, with over 4,500 of them combined in our two group pages. ***

*** As always, feel free to pass on the above information! ***

Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=172402990061
and
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111373848903476
E-Mail: nnjteaparty@gmail.com

Calling on Congressman Pascrell to Immediately Fire Staffer Ann Mega for Physically Attacking Two Peaceful Constituents

Fellow Tea Partiers,

During the August 9th town hall meeting hosted by Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr. at the township of Montclair's Municipal Building, Pascrell's field representative Ann Mega physically attacked two of his constituents. These constituents had a right to attend the public forum, were acting peacefully, and were attacked at least in part because they were exercising their unalienable moral right to free speech.

*** As such, the North New Jersey Tea Party Group calls on Congressman Pascrell to do the honorable thing, by immediately and permanently firing Ann Mega from his staff. ***

Pascrell serves as the congressman from New Jersey's 8th congressional district. During the start of Pascrell's town hall meeting in Montclair -- which was billed on his website as a "Forum on Senior Issues" -- Pascrell staffer Ann Mega physically attacked Roland Straten, a constituent and resident of Montclair who happens to be Pascrell's opponent in this November's general election.

According to the Montclair Times, "Ann Mega, Pascrell’s field representative, physically pushed Roland Straten, Pascrell’s Republican challenger, out of the chambers as Straten attempted to distribute campaign literature to the roughly 90 people attending the forum." The Montclair Times further notes that, "Straten, who is seeking to unseat Pascrell this November, stood in the hallway outside the Council Chambers before the forum began, handing out campaign literature. When he ventured into the chambers, Mega put her hands on him and pushed him out of the room, an action witnessed by a Times reporter."

Approximately 10-15 minutes after this attempt by Mega to deny one of Pascrell's constituents his unalienable rights at a forum open to the general public, I arrived at the town hall meeting. As the meeting had started several minutes prior to my arrival, I quietly headed to the back of the room, pulled out some homemade tea party fliers from my backpack, and started to peacefully distribute them to whomever in the room wanted them.

(Those of you receiving this message by e-mail will find the relevant flier attached; those of you receiving this message by Facebook can obtain the flier by sending an e-mail to nnjteaparty@gmail.com. Feel free to copy, print, and distribute the flier as you see fit. Unlike Ann Mega, I have nothing to hide.)

Shortly after I started quietly distributing the fliers, Mega rushed up to me and forcefully placed her hands on me, attempting to either grab me or push me. My natural reaction to this unexpected violation of my First Amendment rights was to shout "Get your hands off of me!"

At that point, Pascrell himself starting belligerently asking me questions such as -- according to video I've obtained of the incident -- "Do you have a problem?" He also berated me, for example yelling "You don't talk to a lady that way!"

Apparently when a woman physically attacks a man, Pascrell thinks that speaking up about it in an effort to stop the attack is ungentlemanly.

In other words, when one of Pascrell's staffers physically attacked me, his shameful response was to defend her, and yell at the person who was physically attacked!

I informed Pascrell that -- since his meeting was open to the general public, and since taxpayers were paying for it -- I had every right to be in that room, and every right to exercise my First Amendment rights in it (for example, by passing out a homemade flier). I also said "she put her hands on me, she has no right to do that, no right."

Pascrell's response to that? "We're having a meeting here." In other words, Pascrell showed absolutely no concern at all that his staffer had physically attacked me -- only 10-15 minutes after she had attacked another peaceful constituent in that very same room.

Following this, at some point, according to the Montclair Times, "Paul Brubaker, Pascrell’s spokesman, said he spoke to Mega, who denied touching Kalinowski. 'He practically accused a 4-and-a-half-foot-tall woman of assault in the middle of a public forum.'"

Mega's denial that she touched me is a blatant lie, as anybody in the back of the room at the time who was paying attention knows. It is disgraceful that Pascrell would permit his staff to physically attack two of his constituents. It is even worse that he would then permit them to lie about at least one of those attacks shortly afterward.

(Brubaker's comments do bring up some questions. For example: do Pascrell and his staff think it's morally permissible for government employees to physically assault their peaceful constituents, so long as those employees are female?)

And of course, the proper context to think about Mega's thuggishness is not that she happens to be a woman, which is completely irrelevant. What's relevant is that Pascrell's job is to protect his constituents' rights, and it's his staff's job to help Pascrell accomplish this. In general, government's reason to exist is to protect the unalienable rights of all individuals, and as such, this renders it especially disturbing when any government employee -- and in particular, a congressman's staff member -- acts to violate the very rights that they are entrusted to protect.

*** Based on her multiple initiations of force against peaceful constituents, Ann Mega has proven herself totally unfit to hold any government position. As such, the North New Jersey Tea Party Group calls for her immediate and permanent dismissal from Pascrell's staff. ***

And regarding gentlemanly behavior... it would be gentlemanly if Pascrell sincerely apologized for his staffer's thuggery, and for his staff's reprehensible attempt to cover up at least one of these attacks with an obvious lie. (As of this writing, I have yet to receive any type of an apology from Pascrell, Mega, or anybody else connected with Pascrell or Mega.)

We await word from Pascrell, and will have more to say (and do) about all of this should he -- not his staff, he -- fail to directly respond and address this unfortunate and regrettable situation to our full satisfaction. Pascrell can reach me at any time through e-mail at:

nnjteaparty@gmail.com

*** The North New Jersey Tea Party Group is the largest New Jersey-based tea party organization on Facebook in terms of members, with over 4,500 of them combined in our two group pages. ***

*** As always, feel free to pass on the above information! ***

Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=172402990061
and
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111373848903476
E-Mail: nnjteaparty@gmail.com

The Intolerable Act of 2010

In 1774, the British Parliament passed five laws related to the American colonies; these laws became known as the Intolerable Acts, and galvanized American resistance against tyranny. Now, in 2010, the Democratic Party has just made into law its own Intolerable Act -- the unconstitutional hostile takeover of the healthcare industry. Just as tea partiers of the 1770s fought -- and won -- a long, hard-fought war against London tyrants, expect the tea partiers of the 2010s to fight and eventually win against the suit-wearing savages in Washington P.C. who just made the Intolerable Act of 2010 into law. I encourage all Americans who value their unalienable moral rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness to actively join the tea party movement!

– Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights

By the way, I encourage ALL liberty-minded folks to “friend me” on Facebook,

and also to join the official Facebook page for the North New Jersey Tea Party Group

For folks not on Facebook, please add your name to our e-mail distribution list by contacting us at nnjteaparty@gmail.com

Politicians Should Offer Evidence -- or Resign in Shame

Tens of thousands of pro-liberty Americans -- tea partiers -- recently went to Washington P.C. to demand that Washington refrain from enacting into law the unconstitutional hostile takeover of the healthcare industry. As it so happens, the lamestream media reports the accusations of four congressmen -- John Lewis, Andre Carson, Emanuel Cleaver, and House Majority Whip James Clyburn -- that some protestors were insulting these anti-liberty politicians with the n-word. While the collectivist media unethically took these four at their word (rather than doing their job by investigating the claims, and then reporting the truth, no matter what that truth may be), these four have produced absolutely no evidence to back up their claims. And, as it also turns out, video of the four walking together at the precise time they were supposedly insulted shows absolutely no such insults being used (nor anybody reacting to these alleged insults, and surely there would have been reactions -- by these four politicians, and by the protestors). These four should either produce evidence of what they claim, or resign.

Like racism, hatemongering has no place in polite society, and if these four politicians engaged in hatemongering by falsely and deliberately slandering peaceful protestors -- as likely seems the case, according to the evidence presently available -- then they should be held responsible for their thoroughly vile behavior.

For a more complete explanation of why the odds are probable that these four Congressional Black Caucus members are engaged in a repugnant hoax, please refer to the following article (entitled "N-Word-Gate") by Jack Wakeland and Robert Tracinski:

http://www.intellectualactivist.com/php-bin/news/showArticle.php?id=1172

– Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights

By the way, I encourage ALL liberty-minded folks to “friend me” on Facebook,
and also to join the official Facebook page for the North New Jersey Tea Party Group

For folks not on Facebook, please add your name to our e-mail distribution list by contacting us at nnjteaparty@gmail.com

Democrat Admits Congress "Will Keep Stealing"

Just as legalized slavery is still slavery, legalized theft is still theft. As such, politicians who promote "spreading the wealth" -- the socialist euphemism for legalized theft -- should be vocally condemned. Today in the U.S., the leading proponent of forcibly taking some individuals' hard-earned income (punishing the virtue of peaceful economic productivity) so that the iron fist of government can "spread" it to people who did not earn that income, is the Democratic Party (although far, far too many Republicans deserve condemnation in this regard, too). And, at times, the Democrats themselves aren't quite so careful about how they spin all this, which leads some of them to frankly admit their deeply immoral behavior. Take, for example, Democratic House of Representatives member Tom Periello. When meeting with the Jefferson (Virginia) Area Tea Party on March 16th, Periello admitted that "If you don't tie our [Congress'] hands, we will keep stealing." Somebody ought to teach Periello -- and all politicians that participate in legalized theft, not to mention the leftists who support them -- that theft is deeply immoral. Failing that, let us hope that American voters have the audacity to vote these suit-wearing thugs out of office at earliest opportunity, by electing folks who value every individual's unalienable moral rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness. And, let us also repeal the 16th Amendment, the deplorable rights-violating amendment that made theft-by-government constitutional.

Note: to see video of Democrat Periello admitting that "we will keep stealing," click on the following link:

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/03/18/video-democrat-rep-perriello-admits-if-you-dont-tie-our-hands-we-will-keep-stealing/

– Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights

By the way, I encourage ALL liberty-minded folks to “friend me” on Facebook,

and also to join the official Facebook page for the North New Jersey Tea Party Group

For folks not on Facebook, please add your name to our e-mail distribution list by contacting us at nnjteaparty@gmail.com

Arrogant Obama Doesn't Give a Damn What Voters Have to Say

During Obama's recent State of the Union address, he openly expressed his contempt for American voters: "But if anyone from either party has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors and stop insurance company abuses, let me know." Political commentator and TIA Daily editor Robert Tracinski provided a response that's an instant classic for its dead-on skewering of Obama's arrogance: "Let him know? How do you suppose we ought to let the president know what we think? Perhaps we should all show up at town hall meetings, or hold giant rallies across the nation and on the DC mall. Perhaps pollsters could fan out across the country to ask us our opinions. Perhaps Republicans in Congress could propose alternative legislation. Perhaps we could even hold an election -- let's make it easy for the president and hold it in left-leaning Massachusetts -- that would serve as a referendum on health care. Of course, we did all of those things, and the president made it abundantly clear that he doesn't give a damn what we have to say."

– Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights

By the way, I encourage ALL liberty-minded folks to “friend me” on Facebook,

and also to join the official Facebook page for the North New Jersey Tea Party Group

For folks not on Facebook, please add your name to our e-mail distribution list by contacting us at nnjteaparty@gmail.com

Game On!

On January 22nd lawyers representing The Committee to Recall Senator Robert Menendez filed their brief supporting the Recall initiative. The court requested that the same brief be served to Senator Menace--Menendez. In an article dated January 26th that was posted on NJ.com and Politico, Senator Menendez, on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee that he heads, revealed his strategy to drive a wedge between moderate voters and tea-party-type conservatives. See: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32003.html.

Since the recall effort was initiated by “tea-party-type conservatives” (myself included), it is probably logical to assume that we finally got the Senator’s attention-something we couldn’t do in a summer filled with faxes, petitions, rallies, phone calls, and letters. While his Democratic Party constituents may view his strategy as a way to preserve their party and their careers, others may see it as a transparent effort to preserve his own career by dividing the movement that seeks to unseat him. It’s the old “divide and conquer” philosophy that has worked well in historical battles, and it reveals the heart of a man who is more interested in political preservation than listening to the will of the people he represents. The question remains whether or not this strategy will work here in NJ.

One thing we can be certain of, an alliance between TEA Party patriots and the Republican Party would be a force that most likely would defeat Menendez at the ballot box. While many within the TEA Party movement are just as disappointed with the Republican Party as they are with the Democratic Party, I’ll refer to another old philosophy: the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Whether Republican, Democrat, Independent, Constitutionalist, Conservative, Libertarian, or any other affiliation, we need to keep our focus on the challenge before us. We need to unite against a common enemy elitist who has undermined our prosperity and trampled over our Constitution. We can sort out our differences later.

On behalf of the Committee to Recall Senator Robert Menendez, I ask all NJ patriots to join forces to defeat our common enemy and restore the principles of government that prospered us and protected our liberties. Massachusetts (and America by extension) may have claimed a victory with the election of Senator Scott Brown – now it’s our turn to send the elitists packing – and victory is within our grasp!

Thomas Jefferson: Tea Partier

Our federal government has gotten out of control, seeking to violate individual rights to a massively intolerable degree. As such, the tea party movement -- the largest grassroots pro-liberty uprising of our lifetimes -- has surged forward to battle those politicians (and their enablers) who detest liberty. The tea partiers scored a resounding victory with the recent defeat of an anti-liberty Massachusetts Democrat who sought to win election to the U.S. Senate. This reminds me of words from founder Thomas Jefferson: "Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government... whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights." No doubt that were he alive today, Jefferson would be at the forefront of the tea party movement. Congratulations to all tea partiers -- past and present! Let us now not rest on our laurels, but instead grasp the momentum we have to further promote the cause of liberty.

– Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights

By the way, I encourage ALL liberty-minded folks to “friend me” on Facebook,

and also to join the official Facebook page for the North New Jersey Tea Party Group

For folks not on Facebook, please add your name to our e-mail distribution list by contacting us at nnjteaparty@gmail.com

Even Leftists Turning Against the Empty Suit Barack 0bama

It amuses me that even 0bama's fellow leftists are starting to turn against him. A key reason for this is 0bama's penchant for breaking his word. For example, on October 27, 2007, candidate 0bama said "I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." That promise has obviously been broken. Another example comes from January 22, 2009 when 0bama signed a executive order closing the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba terrorist detention center "as soon as practicable, and no later than one year from the date of this order." Yet here we are one year later, and the Guantanamo facility is still open. Interestingly, both of these were promises made to please 0bama's fellow socialists -- and he still broke his word! This has led to wailing and gnashing of teeth on the political left, such as this excerpt from a letter to the editor written by a hardcore leftist and published in my local weekly community newspaper: "I voted for President (Barack) 0bama. I believed, perhaps finally, we would get a person of courage and integrity. Sadly, I was wrong." Expect more political woes for 0bama as additional leftists discover what most Americans have already figured out: 0bama is an empty suit.

– Mark Kalinowski

North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights

By the way, I encourage ALL liberty-minded folks to “friend me” on Facebook,

and also to join the official Facebook page for the North New Jersey Tea Party Group

For folks not on Facebook, please add your name to our e-mail distribution list by contacting us at nnjteaparty@gmail.com

Encouraging Tea Partiers to Write Letters to the Editor

Frequently, tea partiers ask, "What can I do to help?"

One suggestion for you as you seek to promote liberty, free markets, and individual rights: actively write letters to the editor!

There are many benefits to doing this. For example, when you get published -- and be patient, you will! -- you will help thousands of others learn more about your views and principles. In turn, this emboldens the thousands upon thousands of individuals who may share your views, but don't quite hold them quite as passionately, or may simply not have time to write letters.

Also, thousands upon thousands of individuals could be swayed in part by what you have to say. Just look at Obama's plunging poll numbers -- clearly, millions of Americans have a meaningfully less favorable view of their president now than they did on inauguration day about a year ago. Part of this is attributable to the anti-reality philosophy Obama has chosen for himself, and the numerous poor decisions that he has made as a result of his harmful philosophy. But part of this is also attributable to the tea party movement in general, which has been vocal about its desire for the federal government to stop infringing upon Americans' unalienable moral rights. While part of being vocal means holding in-person rallies from time-to-time, in-person rallies aren't a daily -- or even a weekly or monthly -- activity for many of us. But you can write letters to the editor as your time permits, any day, any week!

Personally, I write about 3-5 letters per week -- and I send them to multiple publications. But if you don't have time to write that much, try 2-3 per week, or even 2-3 per month. And the letters don't have to be lengthy, either -- in fact, many newspapers prefer to publish pithy letters, such as the following two-sentence letter of mine published in its entirety by the New York Daily News this past December 14th:

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/12/14/2009-12-14_untitled__vox14ed.html

How do you write an effective Letter to the Editor? Click on the following link, which takes you to the article "How to Write an Effective Letter to the Editor" by political commentator -- and member of the Facebook page for the North New Jersey Tea Party Group -- Robert Tracinski:

http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?news_iv_ctrl=-1&page=NewsArticle&id=11070

You can send your letters to the editor to a wide variety of publications. For example, I send every letter I write to the New York Post at letters@nypost.com (making sure, as always, to include my name, address, cell phone number, and the phrase "OK to Print/Publish"). I've been fortunate to have over 20 letters of mine published in the New York Post over the last year and a half. And, since the New York Post enjoys the sixth-largest circulation of any newspaper in America, my letters have no doubt been read by plenty of folks.

Interestingly enough, though, I may actually get more mileage out of submitting letters to the editor to much smaller, more local publications. I live in Clifton, New Jersey, and here we have a local (and free) community newspaper delivered to the doorstep of each Cliftonite every Friday -- it's called the Clifton Journal. I e-mail the Clifton Journal two letters every week (since this paper is published weekly, I don't send them every letter I write) via cliftonjournal@northjersey.com. And, since the competition for publication is a lot less than that of a paper like the New York Post, I get published on average 2-4 times per month.

Odds are that you live in a town or city with a free community newspaper; start writing to them regularly and see what happens!

In general, I am not a fan of Wikipedia. (Wonder why? Click on this link.) Nevertheless, the following Wikipedia page lists dozens of New Jersey-based newspapers, many of which accept letters to the editor via e-mail:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Newspapers

Also, undertake activities that leverage any letters that you do get published. At the end of every month, I use Facebook to message about 100 individuals -- some personal friends, but most of them media personalities -- with links to some of my letters to the editor that get published. No doubt that most of these people don't click on the links I send them. But that's not the point -- the point is, no doubt that some do (even if I don't know for certain which ones)! As such, my letters not only get in the hands of readers of the New York Post and the Clifton Journal, they also get in the hands of some of our country's leading opinion makers.

In addition, I leverage what I write by regularly posting comments to the Duke Over America blog -- created by my good friend Thomas LaDuke, who is also a member of the Facebook page for the North New Jersey Tea Party Group. Even if I don't get a particular letter published, I can post it to the Duke Over America blog. Similarly, you can start your own blog, or become a contributor to a friend's blog that might already be in existence. That way, you can post what you write to a blog. (I also use my Facebook profile to link to every blog piece I publish, so that my nearly 2,000 Facebook friends are informed that I've published something. Some won't read my blog posts, but based on feedback I've received, many do.)

And of course -- I recently became one of the contributors to the New Jersey Tea Parties United blog, the blog you are reading right now. No doubt that in the future, I'll be posting political commentary to this blog. I hope you enjoy what I will have to say in coming weeks and months.

In the meantime... I strongly encourage you take up your metaphorical pen and starting writing letters to the editor. To paraphrase a common saying, the letter to the editor is mightier than the sword!

– Mark Kalinowski
North New Jersey Tea Party Group
Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual Rights

By the way, I encourage ALL liberty-minded folks to “friend me” on Facebook,

and also to join the official Facebook page for the North New Jersey Tea Party Group

For folks not on Facebook, please add your name to our e-mail distribution list by contacting us at nnjteaparty@gmail.com