January Meeting and 2010

Hello all, exciting news for the 2nd Tuesday Constitution Group. All meeting for the year 2010 will be at the Holiday Inn at Tanglewood. The meeting time will still be 6:30 pm and we will continue to have speakers there to address the group and discuss constitutional and current issues impacting all of us. We thank the Roanoke County Library for hosting us for the last half of 2009, but to avoid scheduling conflicts we are moving. Check back soon for an update specific to the January meeting and we look forward to seeing you on Jan. 12th.

December Meeting

Thank you to our speakers who addressed our November 10th meeting. Our next regular meeting will be at Mama Maria's on Main St. in Salem at 6:30 p.m. It will be an informal/open forum meeting with no specific guest scheduled. If you have a brief message or topic for the group then this will be the meeting to attend. We look forward to seeing you there.

Thank You

We want to thank our guests from the October 13th meeting, Will Smith, Jim Capo, and Bill Carrico. We truly appreciate your time. We had a great turn out and enjoyed the presentations. We have CD and DVD copies of this meeting if anyone who could not make it is interested.
Our next regular meeting will be on November 10th, at 6:30 pm. We will again be at the Roanoke County Library main branch at 3131 Electric Rd. We look forward to seeing you there.

Just another reminder about the October 13th meeting. We have three excellent speakers lined up to discuss constitutional issues.

Bill Carrico, House of Delegates-speaking on the 1st and 2nd amendments
Will Smith, Constitution Party Chairman-speaking on states rights and the 10th amendment
Jim Capo, John Birch Society-speaking on current events and constitutionality

Our November meeting will return to the Roanoke County library, 3131 Electric Rd.

Special Meeting

For our October 13th meeting we will be moving it to the Holiday Inn at Tanglewood in the conference room. We will have three important speakers lined up to discuss Constitutional issues and share their opinions, two are now confirmed.

Bill Carrico, Virginia House of Delegates in the 5th district.

Will Smith, candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 19th District.

Third guest is yet to be announced.

This will be a big and informative meeting. Makes plans to attend and bring a friend. The meeting time will be 6:30 p.m. just like usual.

September 8th Meeting

Our September meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Roanoke County Library at 3131 Electric Rd. The directions are included in the post from last month if anyone needs them. We have some good guests and exciting things happening so make plans to attend!

Roanoke Gun Show

The 2nd Tuesday Constitution Group will be at the Roanoke Gun Show on August 22nd and 23rd. We will be giving away dvds and fliers and well as selling some books and shirts. We look forward to seeing you there.

We are moving!

We need to let everyone know that we will be moving our next meeting(Aug. 11th) to the Roanoke County public library headquarters on Electric Road. The time will be the same(6:30p.m.), and I hope everyone will be made aware of the change. We recently found out that our previous meeting location will be closed that whole week. I will include directions, please pass the word along. The address is:

3131 Electric Road, SW
Roanoke, VA 24018


DIRECTIONS

From North (Lexington/Staunton):
From I-81 South take Exit 143 onto I-581 (becomes US 220 south). Take the 419/Franklin Road (Electric Road) exit. Turn right. Follow 419/Electric Road for about 2.5 miles. Cross 221/Brambleton Avenue. Library is on the left across from the Post office.

From East (Vinton/Lynchburg):
Take US 460 west (or Route 24 if coming from Vinton) to I-581. I-581 becomes US 220 south. Take the 419/Franklin Road (Electric Road) exit. Turn right. Follow 419/Electric Road for about 2.5 miles. Cross 221/Brambleton Avenue. Library is on the left across from the Post office.

From South (Rocky Mount/Martinsville/
Danville):
Take US 220 north to the 419/Franklin Road exit. Turn left at the light. Follow 419/Electric Road for about 2.5 miles. Cross 221/ Brambleton Avenue. Library is on the left across from the Post Office.

From West (Blacksburg/Wytheville):
Take I-81 north to Exit 141 in Salem, turn right onto Route 419. Follow 419 south for approximately 8 miles. Library is on the right across from the Post Office.

Mr President, how do you feel about the Constitution?

In November of 2005, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.

"Mr. President," one aide in the meeting said. "There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution."

"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a ***damned piece of paper!"

In a September 2001 interview, Democrat Barack Obama complained that the Constitution is a charter of “negative liberties.” The liberties he refers to are not the liberties of the people, but the liberty of the government, which he feels should be freed ["from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the constitution"] and empowered to do more on its citizens’ behalf.
"I think we can say that... uh ..uh... the Constitution reflected a(sic) enormous blind spot in this culture that carries on until this day.. and... and ahh.. and that the framers had that same blind spot... I.. I don't think that the two views are contradictory to say that, it was a remarkable political document.. ah.. that paved the way for where we are now and to say that it ..ah.. it also, ah...rep..reflected the fundamental flaw of this country that continues until this day."

With leaders that treat our Constitution as a road block for their personal or political agenda, it is no wonder that Constitutional education is not a priority for children or adults these days. Our next regular meeting(8-11) will begin a series of "classroom" lessons on the principles of freedom as given to us by the Founding Fathers. A book called "The 5000 Year Leap" is highly recommended reading and will be the basis for these lessons. Make plans to attend and further your understanding of what it means to be an American.

Topics for the upcoming meeting

Greetings,
This months meeting(7-14) is fast approaching and I wanted to give a brief summary of the topics that will be discussed.

United Nations
Federal Reserve
Five Forms of Government
Colonial Money

We will also recap the Tea Party and future appearances. Hope to see you there.

Update from the Tea Party

The Tea Party went great. The people at www.roanoketeaparty.com did a wonderful job of hosting this event. Thank you for the invitation.
The group distributed hundreds of Constitutions, free DVDs, mission statements, and legislative fliers. We also got to talk to many patriots who want to do something about what is going on in Richmond and Washington. With estimates of 1000+ people in attendance, it is easy to see that "We the People" are tired of the antics. Through efforts like this, this group will help awaken the sleeping giant, and educate them on their republic and how to protect it. There will be some pictures included so take a look. Thank you to all that came out, and thank you to the all the hard workers distributing information. We look forward to seeing you at the next Tea Party and other public events.

Tea Party

We will be at the tea party in Elwood Park today in Roanoke. We look forward to spreading Constitutions and truth. Updates will follow. See you there!