Meet Ted Cruz – Monday, May 14th

Ted Cruz will be in the Brazos Valley on May 14th – the first day of Early Voting.

Brazos County Meet & Greet
5:30 to 7:00 pm
Location: C&J BBQ, Party Room
1010 South Texas Avenue
Bryan, TX

Purchase some delicious C & J Bar B Que and come to the Party Room to meet candidate for Texas U.S. Senator – Ted Cruz.

Remember the best way to get a sense of a candidate is by meeting them in person and asking your own questions.

Please RSVP to Nick@TedCruz.org or 512-637-8777 and note what event you will be attending.

The Constitution in 10 Lessons: Lesson 7

Purposes of the Constitution lessons:

• To obtain a good general understanding of our Constitution.
• To be knowledgeable enough to confidently address our elected officials.

Copies of the Constitution will be provided

DVD Meetup: WallBuilders American Heritage Series

MAY MEETUP POSTPONED DUE TO DELEGATE MEETING

Disc 3: The Ideas that Birthed a Nation; Our Biblical Constitution; Is America a “Christian Nation?”

Good Time Charley’s
Thursday, May 10, 2012
201 S. Main Street – Across the Street from LaSalle Hotel
Bryan, Texas 77803

Recent Past Events

May Monthly Meeting

Thursday, May 3, 2012, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
College Station Conference Center
1300 George Bush Dr., College Station, TX 77840

This is the last monthly meeting before the Texas Primary! We’ll have:

• George Hindman. Candidate for Texas Congressional District #17 Representative. Mr. Hindman is challenging incumbent Representative Bill Flores. votehindman.com

• Barbara Cargill, Candidate for State Board of Education, barbaracargill.com. Mrs. Cargill is endorsed by numerous conservative organizations, including Young Conservatives of Texas.

• Linda Ellis. Candidate for State Board of Education, http://www.votelindaellis.com/ Ms. Ellis has spent the “last 28 years teaching and supporting teachers. During that time she has become increasingly concerned about decisions made by the State Board of Education — decisions made without the input of Texas educators.”

• Nathan Exely. Nathan is a local high school student and the next generation of conservative movement. Nathan will present his desire to attend Patriot Academy which is a five-day political training program where students learn about America’s system of government from the words and works of the Founding Fathers.

The last portion of our meeting will allow for forum style audience questions for State Board of Education Candidates.

• Organizing our upcoming blockwalking, phone-banking and other grassroots efforts leading up to the Primary. We need volunteers!!! You can sign up and indicate your preferences here, or just come to the meeting. Actually, please do both!

Town Hall Presentation by U.S. Representative Bill Flores

In preparation for each of these two events we encourage everyone to acquaint themselves with the information provided at our website: Guide to Asking Candidates Questions.

Presidential Candidate Ron Paul will speak at Texas A&M University

April Meeting

Thursday, April 5, 2012, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
College Station Conference Center
1300 George Bush Dr., College Station, TX 77840

• We have Paul Rieger to give us details about the dates and events leading up to the State Primary (May 29) and Convention. Even though redistricting knocked Texas out of super Tuesday, we have to stay focused and participate!
• Sean Glinski is coordinating with the Charles Schwertner Campaign for Texas Senate to see if he can come.
• Hal Hawkins is going to present his campaign and explain why he is challenging John Raney.
• Gregory Parker is a candidate for TX Railroad Commissioner. I met him at the Reagan Day Dinner and was impressed.

We’ve got a full agenda!

Come Meet Ted Cruz at Wings ‘N More Party Room

The Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas will be hosting a buffet-style luncheon with their 2012 endorsed candidates.

See the post.

Date: Saturday, March 24, 2012
Time: 1100 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Wings ‘N More Party Room; 1803 Deacon, C.S.
Cost: $15, $12 for students

This will be used to cover the cost of the event, including a buffet style lunch by Wings ‘N More.

Capacity is limited so please RSVP soon by emailing Aaron at aaronalghawi@tamu.edu

Stand Up for Religious Freedom

See the post.

Defeat the HHS Mandate!

On March 23, thousands of faithful citizens will gather
in prayer and public witness in cities and towns all
across the United States to oppose the HHS Mandate.

Let’s make our voices heard right here in Bryan/College Station!

March Monthly Meeting

February was a whirlwind of events and learning, probably a record number for our group in a single month. As the 2012 elections approach, and all we need to do to prepare for it adds up, we need to not only keep up our energy and stamina but be prepared to increase it each month until then.

Jess Fields speaking at the April 2009 B/CS Tea Party event in Tanglewood Park. Photo by Derek Warnecke.

Our speaker for the March meeting is businessman and College Station Councilman Jess Fields. Councilman Fields will be updating us on College Station’s progress scraping off the influence of ICLEI/Agenda 21. Follow the link for background articles on this misguided, so-called “environmental” organization.

See the event report.

Republican Party of Brazos County Reagan Day Dinner and Straw Poll

Star Parker: “Uncle Sam’s Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves the Poor”

The Texas Aggie Conservatives (thanks!!) are presenting Star Parker as keynote speaker for their First Annual Social Justice Program.

Where do we begin in describing this amazing lady? Here’s the first few paragraphs of her organization’s website:

Star Parker is the founder and president of CURE, the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, a 501(c)(3) non-profit think tank which promotes market based public policy to fight poverty.

Before involvement in social activism, Star Parker had seven years of first-hand experience in the grip of welfare dependency. Now, as a social policy consultant, Star is bringing new energy to policy discussions on how to transition America’s poor from government dependency.

She is a sought after expert on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC and for national radio, television, and print interviews, nationwide.

A number of us got to hear Star’s speech here last week. It is hard to fully express how much everyone  within driving distance should come to this event!

Here’s the Facebook Event Page. Please sign up!

FreedomWorks

FreedomWorks is in the trenches with the Tea Party Movement, helping us to Teach. Empower. Act. on the local level. We are so lucky to be able to have them bring their presentation of Fiscal Conservatism to Bryan/College Station. This is the second of the Bryan/College Station’s free training sessions for our month of February: Building Conservative Momentum right here in the Brazos Valley.

Again, this is a premier training session for elected officials, candidates, and grassroots volunteers to bring about a conservative victory complete with a mandate from We the People right here in the Brazos Valley. Remember: Freedom Works!

Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
College Station Conference Center
1300 George Bush Dr., College Station, TX 77840

DVD Meetup  – The Wallbuilders DVD Library

February Monthly Meeting

Thursday, February 2, 2012, 6:30 – 8:00 pm

College Station Conference Center
1300 George Bush Dr., College Station, TX 77840

Empower Texans – The Conservative Leaders Project

See the meeting review post here.

January Monthly Meeting

Let’s start the big election year off right.

The January meeting will focus on the topic of American Exceptionalism.

What makes America different from other nations?

We are continuing our study of the Federalist Papers with Federalist 3 and Federalist 4. These two essays provide insight into the thinking that became evident to all the world – that the United States of America was established upon a foundation far different than any other previous nation, or nation since.

We will also have a preview of the Wallbuilder’s dvd library that will be featured in our upcoming dvd meet-ups. [To be scheduled]

Kristopher Cowles will also give a presentation about American Exceptionalism.

Also to be scheduled: We will begin a 10 lesson group study of The Constitution.

Remember: Knowledge is Power. Applied Knowledge is Wisdom.

Teach. Empower. Act. is the method to build a unified Constitutional Movement in the Brazos Valley.

December Monthly Meeting

Our guest speaker is Tea Party Power Hour’s Mark Gillar who will give a presentation of the fraudulent science behind Global Warming/Climate Change.

We will continue our Federalist Paper study with Federalist 1 and Federalist 2.

DVD Meetup: The Great Global Warming Swindle

Matt Johnson is putting together another great DVD meeting. See our post on this meetup, and if you’re coming, you may RSVP on Matt’s Facebook Event page.

November Monthly Meeting

For the first part of the November meeting, we’ll have a Candidate Forum follow-up and some pre-election discussions.

If you have strong feelings about a particular candidate, or have researched the proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, please make your case at the meeting! 

Note our posts:

• 2011 Texas Constitution Amendments
• More Voting Info

Then we will have a comprehensive Climate Change / Global Warming / Global Cooling presentation from Tea Party Power Hour’s Mark Gillar. UPDATE: Mark just let us know he’ll have to postpone until December’s meeting. We apologize!

Texas House District 14 Special Election Candidate Forum

This is the event we are hosting! Please come, and bring your interested family, friends and neighbors. See our article about it for more information.

The candidates attending:
Joshua Baker
Rebecca Boenigk
Judy Webb LeUnes
John Raney
Bob Yancy

Here’s the Facebook Event Page.

Download the full-page flyer.

Download the two-per-sheet flyer.

DVD Meetup featuring We Still Hold These Truths

See the article and video preview!

October Monthly Meeting

(Before the meeting, you may well want to catch Herman Cain’s book signing here in College Station noon – 3!)

• Texas chapter of Get Out Of Our House
  (GOOOH [pronounced "Go"]) will be describing his group’s non-partisan plan to evict the career politicians from the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Rebecca Boenigk will be presenting her candidacy for Texas House of Representatives, District 14.
• In our ongoing study of the Federalist Papers, we’ll be looking at Federalist 12. The parse notes are posted here.

If you have suggestions about what to discuss or do, or if you’d like to speak on a particular subject, please let us know on the Contact Us page.

We’ll try to get a Facebook Event set up for this meeting this month.

September Meeting

Candidates for Texas House of Representatives – TX district 14

• John Raney presented his campaign .
• Joshua Baker presented his campaign.
• In our ongoing study of the Federalist Papers, we’ll be looking at Federalist 55.

August Meeting

• Several candidates for the Texas House seat being vacated by Fred Brown have contacted us asking to present their candidacies. We’ll try to get as many as we can to speak.
• Glenn Addison (his website), candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison, will be presenting his candidacy.

July meeting

The July Monthly Meeting went wonderfully! Thanks so much to all who came, to all who participated, and to all who contributed, and to our speakers! The agenda items:

1. We’ll have Bryan City Councilman Chuck Konderla speaking. We’ll be asking him about about local debt and spending.
2. We’ll be discussing The Government Litigation Savings Act – asking Rep. Flores to co-sponsor this bill in the House, and Sen. Hutchison and Sen. Cornyn to co-sponsor in the Senate.
3. Also discussing: the Cut, Cap, Balance Pledge featured by Dirty Spending Secrets.
4. Joanna Dickens of Aggies for Herman Cain will be presenting on her group’s efforts to get Herman Cain to make a campaign stop in B/CS. (posts on this site mentioning the Hermanator)
5. Bob Hilliard of the Leon County Tea Party will present on participating in a District 17-wide Tea Party committee
6. We’ll also be continuing our study and discussion of the Federalist Papers – # 39, #51, #55