Tea Party Patriots, my letter to Mr. Armey, Immigration 101, Sunday, March 28, 2010

1.
Members, there is alot of discussion and emails circulating concerning Freedom Works/Dick Armey and the Tea Party movement as a whole - primarily on the this of illegal immigration.

First - The Tea Party Movement is a coalition of "We The People" who want their voices heard. Those are tired of Washington, Rino's from both major Parties and Organizations who do not hear their views on many issues such as: The Constitution, Healthcare, Cap and Trade, etc. and yes......... Illegal Immigration.

Second - As with regards to Dick Armey and Freedom Work's - everyone is giving them entirely too much credit and attention - FREEDOM WORKS does not speak for me. There should be no one speaking for anyone - that is what the movement is all about. I do not speak for the Tea Party - I speak for MINNSIR and The Ruthie Report - PERIOD! Freedom Works has every right to share their thoughts, however the line is crossed when the views of some - throw the views of others - under the bus.

Third - as provided here and again later - it is clear that several of those within this ONE GROUP do not share our views on illegal immigration - which is their choice, but when their message, which seems to have gone to far, includes attacks against Tom Tancredo, Numbers USA, fellow Tea Party attendees etc. because of illegal immigration - something should be said.

Patriot Bob - attended a Tea Party rally recently in Rochester concerning healthcare.

The "Organizer" of the rally was quite irritated by Bob's anti illegal immigration poster.

Quite frankly, this Organizer is either bias in his/her views on the subject or ill-informed.

If you do not believe that illegal immigration and the healthcare issue are intertwined you

Bob held his ground and remained - as it should be ......... Good For You Bob!

Do I agree with everything Bob has to say? ...... probably not - who knows.

a.) That "We The People" - QUIT giving this group more power and attention than they

deserve. They - like many other groups and organization - are part of a movement and do

b.) Continue to support the Tea Party Movement and share your thoughts EVERY

c.) When the issue of illegal immigration &/or Freedom Works-Armey arises, simply

Freedom Works does not speak for me - I, for one am ..... Freedom Works Free

2. With that said I would however like to clear the air with Freedom Works and Mr Armey

I will do so in the letter below - which I am promptly sending to them........

I invite Mr. Armey and/or Freedom Works to contact me and set the record straight.

I welcome the support of Freedom Works with regards to the many issues we find

ourselves faced with today and especially those fighting illegal immigration.

However with that said, Mr. Armey, as a representative of Freedom Works - you no more

speak for me on the issue of illegal immigration that do others with opposing views.

I do realize that you have the right to speak your mind and share your views - just as I do -

however your action of throwing groups, organizations and individuals "under the bus" who

disagree with you... is disturbing not to mention in direct violation of what the Tea Party

Freedom Works is but one of many groups involved with the Tea Party Movement - and

I would like to respectfully demand that in the future - any comments on this issue by you

and your organization - state just that - this is YOUR point of view and not that of the Tea

Party Movement. You are not in charge of this activism - you are a part of it - period.

In addition, I find your comments at the National Press Corp, unprofessional, degrading

At approximately 11 minutes into your speech, without regard to the citizens of

Minnesota, you state..... "That Jessie Ventura is Minnesota's problem" and "That they

deserve him". I did not vote for Jessie Ventura. Although he had a few goods ideas, by far I

would not support him. I am puzzled however, by your attack seeing that you both share

the same point of view on illegal immigration. Ventura - open borders and Armey - it is all

I also wonder, if the "MN Organizers" are aware of your distaste of Minnesota?

In this same speech at 31 minutes.... you use the old tactic - name calling with regards to

the Republican Party - same tired old rhetoric. In addition, The Tea Party Movement is not

You seem to be real flip in your views, thoughts and comments on the issue of illegal

immigration. Quite frankly I request - if you wish to publicly discuss this issue - do your

You state that "INS should be able to do they job". First, INS was shut down in 2003 and

replace with USCIS, CBP, ICE etc. and second, if they were actually able to do their job

and enforce our immigration laws - You and I would not be having this discussion.

To those who are educated on this issue and do not support your point of view, your lack

with regards to information and the views of the American Citizens (the majority, poll after

poll) is quite disturbing. In addition I never hear from you real substance dialog.

Take for example: unemployment in this Country; Americans and legal residents losing

their homes; the OUTRAGEOUS costs of illegal immigration to the American taxpayer;

the cost of lives and human suffering to fellow citizens at the hands of someone who

should not have been in the Country to begin with; the environmental issues; future

sustainability etc. And then we could always discuss the issues of our safety, sovereignty

As I stated before - your thoughts are your thoughts, mine thoughts and beliefs are mine,

and apparently we disagree tremendously. However, your thoughts are just that - YOURS.

Those Tea Party Patriots that are involved in the illegal immigration battle will continue to

fight for a secure border and ending illegal immigration - not rewarding it. We will fight with

facts and the future of our Country in mind, not for the issues of cheap labor, head count or

Feel free to contact me anytime, I am sure it would be an interesting conversation,

3. Seems that MINNSIR member, Patriot Bob has started quite a dialog in the Austin Daily Herald. Please take a look and share your thoughts - if you would like.

Posted titled: Immigration 101

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Ruthie
Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform
State Chapter for FIRE Coalition
"Restore Order - Secure Our Border"
www.mnsirproject.com

Ruthie Hendrycks, is the President and Founder of Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform, www.mnsirproject.com, She is the host of the weekly radio program �The Ruthie Report� which can be found at www.blogtalkradio.com/theruthiereport. In addition, her articles can be found at http://minnsir.wordpress.com or at http://media.conservativealliance.org/. She is a member of various groups including those combating illegal immigration.

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