This is a 4 day event with symposiums and an expo on Thursday & Friday.  A 9-11 memorial will be held Saturday AM. Then the march will begin and end with a rally at the Washington monument.  The events are being organized by Unite in Action. Check out the website for all the details at http://www.marchondc.org/ .

Freedomworks will also have a march scheduled for Sunday afternoon (9-12)

Buses to DC: It is time to register for a bus to Washington DC for the marches. Buses are being coordinated for Alabama by the Alabama Liberty Convoy. They have 8 buses reserved, which they expect to fill up quickly. Sign up here: http://libertyconvoy.org

Option One: Buses will leave Alabama on Thursday evening, arriving in DC on Friday. They will leave DC Sunday morning, arriving in Alabama Sunday night. This allows for participation in the Liberty XPO & Symposium, and sign making party on Friday, and Unite in Action's events on Saturday. This has been the main option because most people have to work on Monday. The cost per person is $381.75. That includes the bus and hotel together. Of course, the more people that are in the room, the less is costs per person.

Option Two: Buses will leave Alabama on Thursday evening, arriving in DC on Friday. They will leave DC Sunday evening, arriving in Alabama Monday. This allows for participation in the Liberty XPO & Symposium, and sign making party on Friday, Unite in Action's events on Saturday, and FreedomWork's events on Sunday. If someone needs to work on Monday, they should not go with this option. The cost is the same as option one.

We also have a link on our website: http://libertyconvoy.org/ for Wetumpka Tea Party's Red Eye that will leave Alabama Friday, arriving in DC Saturday morning, and will leave DC Saturday night, arriving in Alabama Sunday morning. There is no hotel room with this bus, and it only allows for participation in Unite in Action's events on Saturday. This is best for people who have limited time off work, or can't afford the other options. It is only $115.

Anyone who does not want to take the bus, but wants to stay in the same hotel with Alabama can also register from our website. We are staying at the Crystal Gateway Marriott. The hotel is $99 per night plus tax, and that rate is available from Sept. 7th - Sept. 15th.

I hope this clears up any confusion. Please let your groups know what is available. We extended the deadline to Aug. 20th...but cannot guarantee we will have availability that long.

First, I am proud to be part of the Tea Party movement generally and the leader of our group here in Madison County. I have never witnessed any sign, action, or statement at any of our events that was racist in any way. For that I am grateful. If I did see such a thing, I would quickly take care of the issue as such things have no place at any of our events. Our group is a wonderful bunch of people who love their country and love the constitution. In any national group there are bound to be a few people who act irresponsibly, but that doesn’t make them representative of the group as a whole.

To paraphrase the statement issued by the Covington County, AL Tea Party “… there is no top down organization above our local group. Most Tea Party groups are totally autonomous with no connection other than a like-mindedness pertaining to the belief that our government and its officials (both elected and appointed) have strayed from the Constitutional path set forth by our Founding Fathers. A total and utter disregard for the will of We The People has led to TARP, (so-called) stimulus, bailouts, takeovers, worthless dollars, and debt being increased exponentially to the eventual harm of our nation. While we hold some of the same opinions we are independent of each other. This is our greatest strength and our greatest weakness.

While the "Tea Party leaders" are for the most part just other concerned American patriots albeit on a bigger stage, they are in no way connected to or nor speak for the Huntsville Tea Party …this accusation of racism is a favorite tactic of those who cannot win a discussion with facts. Discrediting those with whom they disagree by character assassination only shows the weakness of their opinion. This strategy should be repudiated by all as it weakens the definition of racism and numbs the populace to those accusations which have truth as a basis.

As for the Huntsville Tea Party, we strive to reach out to ALL local citizens. Racism would be self-defeating as we are a multi-racial organization. Allowing racism in our midst would cause our group to rightfully self-destruct. I am proud to say that I've never seen any evidence of racism in our group.”

I see this whole thing as a tempest in a teapot. Certain people and groups love to stir people up to anger and most of the media is happy to help. Rest assured that this fine group and our principles and activities will always be ones that anyone could be proud to be a part of. I don’t want to dwell on negatives that simply aren’t generally true. It distracts us from paying attention to our representatives and what they are doing. Let’s focus on our country, our leaders, and the election in November.

As a certain movie character would say, “That’s all I have to say about that.”