RADAR ALERT:
Party Hearty: Spend National Tea Party Day Protesting VAWA
April 15th, tax day, is slated to be National Tea Party
Day. Throughout the country, citizens will be protest the
unprecedented level of federal spending will gather in front of
their city halls.
Among the grievances listed at http://teapartyday.com are that the federal
government is "spending trillions of borrowed dollars, leaving a
debt our great-grandchildren will be paying" and that members of
Congress "consistently give special interest groups billions of
dollars in earmarks to help get themselves re-elected."
RADAR shares the tea partiers' displeasure over out-of-control
spending and pork. Included in the so-called economic stimulus bill
of 2009 is $325 million earmarked specifically for ineffective
domestic violence programs. Ineffective, that is, at preventing
domestic violence. They have been very effective at contributing to
the deaths of women and children, breaking up families, and creating
incentives for false allegations while whittling away at the
traditional due process protections previously provided to the
accused.
In the near future, we will be providing a flyer that you can take
with you to hand out at a local tea party. This week, we ask that
you find out details about your local tea party. To start, we
suggest checking out this webpage to learn who's organizing tea
parties in your area:
http://teapartyday.com/Locations.aspx
Thanks for your support.
Date of RADAR Release: March 31, 2009
R.A.D.A.R. – Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting – is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of men and women working to improve the effectiveness of our nation's approach to solving domestic violence. http://www.mediaradar.org
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