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On Thursday night, July 15th, 7 of the 10 candidates for US House in Tennessee’s 5th District met for a candidate forum the night before early voting began. The event, sponsored by Conservatives on the Move and co-sponsored by The Tennessee ConserVOLiance, Tennessee Tax Revolt, The Davidson County Republican Party, Tennessee Tea Party, 9-12 Project Tennessee and the National Fiscal Conservative PAC drew a crowd of about 150 at Apollo Middle School for two hours of questions from audience members and sponsoring organizations.
Candidates participating, in alphabetical order, were Jeff Hartline, CeCe Heil, Patrick Miranda, Bob Ries, Bob Schwartz, Lonnie Spivak and Tracy Tarum. The event was moderated and overseen by event organizers Fabian Story and Ken Marrero.
The event format was significantly different than formats for events of this nature. Rather than asking all 7 candidates the same 5 questions, event organizers chose a different approach. No candidate was asked to respond individually to the same question. A random order for participation and random questions drawn from those submitted by sponsoring organizations ensured a wide variety of topics and the opportunity to be exposed to several positions from the candidates. Rather than a standard rebuttal, each candidate was given a red “challenge” flag to use the way NFL coaches use their challenge flags. In the event of a disagreement, a candidate could challenge the statement or position of an opposing candidate. Further, each candidate was issued a small whiteboard to answer what were dubbed “Final Jeopardy” questions. These were questions asked of all candidates at the same time with all answers written down and revealed at the same time. Response from the audience and candidates alike indicated that the changes made for a more fresh and fun experience.
There was a straw poll taken, the results of which are noted below. In addition, one of the Final Jeopardy questions was to list as many of the Federal Government’s enumerated powers, from Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution, as possible in a 2 minute period. The answers given by the candidates along with the text of Article 1 Section 8 are also listed below.
STRAW POLL RESULTS:
CeCe Heil 31 – 32.9%
Jeff Hartline 24 – 25.5%
Lonnie Spivak 17 – 18.1%
Bob Schwartz 12 – 12.8%
Bob Ries 4 – 4.3%
Patrick Miranda 4 – 4.3%
Tracy Tarum 2 – 2.6%
The number of correctly identified Enumerated Powers (full list of answers and actual enumerated powers appear at the end):
Lonnie Spivak – 14 right / 0 wrong
Bob Ries – 7 right / 2 wrong
Jeff Hartline – 6 right / 0 wrong
Bob Schwartz – 5 right / 2 wrong
Tracy Tarum – 5 right / 0 wrong
CeCe Heil – 2 right / 1 wrong
Patrick Miranda – 2 right / 2 wrong
Lonnie Spivak’s answers were: “Tax, Borrow Money, Regulate Commerce, Coin Money, Prosecute Counterfeiters, Protect Intellectual Property, Create Tribunals, Declare War, Create Armies, Create a Navy, Standardize Naturalization and Bankruptcy, Provide for sending troops to war, Militias, Seat of Government”. Credit given for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17
Bob Ries’ answers were: “Control Interstate Commerce, Tax but Tax evenly, Postal Roads, Coin Money, Lend Money, Authority over Captives, Authority over Washington DC – Docks – Arsenals – Forts, Patents and Copyrights, Banking” Credit given for 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 17. “Lend Money, Banking” were considered incorrect answers.
Jeff Harline’s answers were: “Form an Army, Form a Navy, Establish Post Office and Post Roads, Lay and Collect Taxes, Regulate Interstate Commerce, Establish Court System” Credit given for 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 13
Bob Schwartz’s answers were: “Levy Taxes, Raise Armies, Protect Intellectual Property, Regulate Interstate Commerce, Mint Money, Create Budget for Federal Government, Provide Oversight/Impeachment for POTUS, VP and Cabinet level Officers” Credit given for 1, 3, 5, 8, 12. “Create Budget and Provide Oversight” were considered incorrect answers.
Tracy Tarum’s answers were: “Levy Tarriffs, Postal Service/Roads, Raise a Navy, Regulate Trade between States, Print Money” Credit given for 1, 3, 5, 7, 13
CeCe Heil’s answers were “Power to Lay and Collect Taxes, Military/Defense, Set the Budget” Credit given for 1, 14 “Set the Budget” was considered an incorrect answer.
Patrick Miranda’s answers were “National Defense/Protect Citizens, General Welfare, Coin Money, 3 Branches Kept Separate, State’s Rights vis-a-vis Expansion of Federal Government” Credit given for 1, 5. “3 Branches Kept Separate, State’s Rights vis-a-vis Expansion of Federal Government” were considered wrong answers.
The complete list of enumerated powers from the Constition’s Article 1, Section 8 is as follows:
1 – To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
2 – To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
3 – To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;
4 – To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;
5 – To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
6 – To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;
7 – To establish post offices and post roads;
8 – To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
9 – To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
10 – To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;
11 – To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;
12 – To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;
13 – To provide and maintain a navy;
14 – To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;
15 – To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;
16 – To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
17 – To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten miles (16 km) square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings.
18 – To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
Middle Tennessee has a forum scheduled this evening for candidates for Tennessee’s Senate District 17. It is sponsored by the Wilson County Tea Party (WCTP), moderated by WLAC’s Steve Gill and will feature GOP candidates Mae Beavers and Gordon Borck. It will not feature GOP candidate Susan Lynn. WCTP is reporting this. Their emails and their website say “Rep. Susan Lynn has declined to participate.” Reading those words, one would be justified in concluding Rep. Lynn was extended a good faith invitation and refused it. One would also be justified in drawing the negative conclusions about Rep. Lynn such refusals usually generate.
However, it seems WCTP’s sparse explanation, while accurate, is incomplete. When Rep. Lynn was invited to the debate, she immediately agreed to participate. It was only after WCTP refused to seat a forum moderator other than Steve Gill that Susan withdrew from the event.
Steve has been critical of Rep. Lynn on his show. He has taken many GOP candidates to task, including Mae Beavers, if he is to be believed. Gill thinks he’d make a great moderator. Listening to this clip from his show, while some say his words argue for his impartiality, other words and a manner seen by many as demeaning and insulting are said to argue otherwise. Does this prove he cannot be impartial? No. Might reasonable people wonder if he could be? Yes. In cases like these, requests to seat a new moderator are routine. Given their history, Rep. Lynn asked for a different moderator. Not because tough questions might be asked. But because of who was asking the tough questions. WCTP refused.
Which brings us to WCTP. Why sponsor this debate in the first place? Was it to provide information to voters about candidates? Then all they have to do is find a date, a place and a moderator acceptable to everyone. Lynn’s request for a different moderator is not unusual or difficult to fulfill. But the WCTP declined to participate. Why did they decide having Steve Gill moderate was more valuable to voters than having Susan Lynn answer questions?
The decision is disappointing and, frankly, goes against all the Tea Parties stand for. It’s more the sort of thing we expect from special interest groups. Why refuse to act in the interest of the People? Why insist on a scenario so easily perceived as restricting access to good information?
WCTP’s refusal to accommodate Lynn’s reasonable request set up a Catch-22. If Rep. Lynn accepts the invitation as is, she puts herself in the hands of one who might treat her badly. If she refuses the invitation, it might be used against her politically. There’s no upside, yet she has to choose. She chose to refuse the invitation.
WCTP’s explanation of Lynn’s decision is terrible. Instead of full disclosure, they offer incomplete truth. They say, “Rep. Susan Lynn has declined to participate,” when it was just as easy to say, “Rep. Susan Lynn has declined to participate due to concerns over the impartiality of our moderator.” That would have been a complete and truthful answer. It would also mean having to explain why they chose not provide a moderator acceptable to all invited guests.
This is precisely the inside-the-beltway, smoke-filled-back-room, good-ol’-boy, politics as usual the Tea Parties formed to oppose. That we have a Tea Party using such tactics is disturbing. But the worst conclusion is, given the ease with which the problem could have been solved, how does an objective observer label this as anything but intentional.
In the end, this is not about Susan Lynn, Mae Beavers, Gordon Borck or even Steve Gill. It’s about the integrity of the Tea Party Movement. The entire country is talking about its future. Some say it’s bright. Others say it will all be over shortly. The answer will be found in the actions of the Tea Parties themselves. If they will not ensure they cannot hear the various siren songs sung across political seas, if they become the very thing they say they despise, then one of our best hopes to deliver our country from the evils it currently faces is lost.
BP CEO Tony Hayward has been the brunt of massive, international criticism for his behavior. Barack Obama has also personally been critical of Hayward and BP. Hayward’s comment that he’d like his life back and his decision to attend a yacht race while the Gulf crisis remains unresolved have been seen as evidence of his lack of concern and engagement regardless of what official statements BP might release. BP is seen as fiddling while Rome burns. Response to him and his actions is understandable.
Inexplicably, President Obama has avoided similar charges being laid at his doorstep. Searching for “whose a** to kick” and shaking down BP for $20 billion between shots on the front nine gives the impression of effective engagement and serves to divert attention from his own equally irresponsible and callous disregard for those impacted by the spill.
At issue are resources for cleaning up oil spills known as skimmers. They have a variety of designs, applications and capacities. But skimmer technology is proven and in daily use around the world. Recognizing large spills need large capacity skimmers, the Market has developed just such products.
These products are being offered to the US from all over the world. But the Obama administration refuses to accept them. There are are two basic reasons why, one environmental and one rooted in protectionist labor policy. President Obama cares more about the interests of Labor Unions and Environmentalists than he does everyday Americans being devastated by the oil spill.
The environmental argument is irresponsibility in the extreme. The Taiwanese have a ship in US waters, waiting for permission to be deployed to the Gulf, that can process 500,000 barrels of contaminated water per day. Current estimates of the amount of oil flowing into the gulf range from 5,000 to 25,000 barrels per day (Note:figures are determined assuming litres=quarts and 42 gallons per barrel. It’s understood this is not an exact conversion). Depending on the water:oil ratio of the area in which the ship was working, it could stop the increase in oil accumulation in the Gulf if not get ahead of it.
The Taiwanese Super Skimmer sucks up water and oil and separates the two. The oil is stored aboard the ship and the water is pumped back into the ocean. Since the the oil/water separation is not 100% effective, some water returned to the Gulf has oil in it. How much? An AP writer says, “traces of oil.” But even those traces require EPA permission for the technology to be deployed. 500,000 barrels out – traces back in. The irony and surreal nature of the situation is obvious. The President could sign an order to deploy the technology. He refuses …
… deals with cabotage (i.e., coastal shipping) and requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-flag ships, constructed in the United States, owned by U.S. citizens, and crewed by U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents …
In addition, amendments to the Jones Act, known as the Cargo Preference Act (P.L. 83-644), provide permanent legislation for the transportation of waterborne cargoes in U.S.-flag vessels.
In the event of emergency, Presidents can suspend the Jones Act. President Bush did so after Katrina. President Obama decimated the livelihoods of thousands by enacting a moratorium on drilling. He permits the livelihood of thousands more to be decimated as oil washes ashore. Yet he has the gall to claim he is doing all he can. Other countries have ships and crews, waiting to help, sitting idle in American waters, including the Taiwanese ship, flagged out of Liberia and carrying a crew of 32. How long must we wait for Barack Obama to decide the devastation of America’s economy outweighs the temporary suspension of 32 union jobs.
Worse, some of the most effective technology doesn’t even need such attention. According to Wierd Koops, chairman of the Dutch organization for combating oil spills, Spill Response Group Holland, Dutch technology is available which can be deployed “… very quickly, because only the oil skimmers need to be flown across the Atlantic and placed on local tankers …” While this still violates the Jones Act provision that such material be constructed in the United States and owned by U.S. citizens it gets around the shipping issue. It’s not like the US has companies capable of producing such equipment in a reasonable time frame, if at all. Why is this not the easiest decision of Obama’s presidency?
The conclusion is inescapable. We elected an inexperienced, empty suit with ties to people, places and policy detrimental to America’s best interests. He is incapable of action supportive of the Free Market, the notion of Americans protecting America or his constitutional obligation to secure the liberties of the people. He cannot distinguish between the anonymity of the Illinois Senate and the focus on his solo performance on the Presidential stage. Having flubbed easily memorized lines and eschewing the cue cards, the President resorts to blaming his supporting cast, stage hands and the orchestra while boasting of his award winning performance. The quintessential diva.
But beyond the staging, smoke and mirrors, Americans are being savaged. This is no play. It’s a battle. And it must be asked, who is more despicable? The man who shoots another man, even innocently or accidentally, or the man who watches the victim bleed out, having the power to help yet without lifting a finger, all while claiming he’s an integral part of the life-saving? If you can find the President somewhere on the back nine, ask him that for me …
Jack Hunter joins us in Chattanooga to talk about the nuts and bolts of nullification and what YOU can do on a state level to stop a wide range of unconstitutional federal “laws” and regulations.
Through historical writings, case studies, and speeches by the Founding Fathers, Hunter and 10 other speakers will give you a logical, moral, and constitutionally sound case for nullification, revealing:
How we can roll back Obamacare, stimulus spending, and other unconstitutional expansions of federal power through nullification
Why the Founding Fathers believed that nullification was the “moderate middle ground,” not the road to secession
Why the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution gives the states the power to nullify unconstitutional laws
Why states, not the Supreme Court, should arbitrate disputes between the states and the federal government over the constitutionality of the federal government’s actions.
Obama finds a way to impose a moratorium on deep water drilling. Obama finds a way to extort billions from BP. He finds a way to fire his own General for telling the truth. He finds a way to still make the green in 3 after his tee shot lands in the rough. But there are available assets in the US which he is not committing to the Gulf? There are assets and resources out there which the Obama administration is not pursuing? Even though they are pursuing him? And he’s unsure whose backside needs kicking? So says Florida’s other GOP Senator, George LeMieux. Hat tip to the folks at Shark Tank for their investigative efforts.
For the years I have been privileged to show up in your browsers, while I have often scolded politicians for their misdeeds and bad policy, I have never publicly endorsed a candidate. This election cycle, the challenges facing our state and country are so important and the issues in play are so foundational to our future that I will be endorsing a select few based on qualifications and their exemplary record.
I have known Susan for 4 years and have consistently been impressed with her commitment to sound principles and sound policy as opposed to merely allying herself with a party or a person. The issues she has chosen to champion are those critical to the individual and economic liberty of Tennesseans and all Americans.
Beyond her work on behalf of all Tennesseans, Susan is recognized as an accomplished legislator across the country. Since 2007 she has served as Chairman of the Commerce Task Force for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the premier organization of state legislators advocating for Conservative policy at all levels of government. Susan created and chairs Tennessee’s Committee of Correspondence charged with acting as liason to the other 49 States in the Union in the matter of State Sovereignty.
In short, she is an outstanding legislator and her exemplary record is one all elected officials would do well to emulate.
However, her commitment to serving Tennessee and Tennesseans doesn’t stop there. After her legislative work is through for the day, Susan tirelessly reaches out to Tennesseans and makes herself available and accessible to citizens in and out of her district. She writes a blog on her experience in the General Assembly and authors a separate weekly newsletter on the same. She is active on Social Media sites such as Twitter and FaceBook and makes her contact information available publicly. She is involved in events all over the state, not just in her district. She personifies the concept of “public servant.”
Now she is looking to represent a larger group of Tennesseans in Senate District 17 in the same way she served the citizens of House District 57. I can think of no one better to represent Tennesseans in any capacity. I am excited and proud to wholeheartedly endorse Susan, without reservation, and encourage you to donate to her campaign, to volunteer for her campaign and on election day, I urge you to cast your vote for perhaps Tennessee’s finest legislator, Susan Lynn.
Yesterday I sent off, just making my deadline, the copy for an article I was asked to write for a great new publication from here in Tennessee, The Tennessee Patriot.
Covering general 2nd Amendment issues, I questioned the effectiveness of unconstitutional efforts for gun control, asking in one draft, if one idea worked, might another not work better? If “gun grabbers” believe that a bad guy will not try to bring a gun on a plane because if the gun is discovered he will be arrested, tried and jailed – if that is truly an effective deterrent – then how much more of a deterrent would be provided by the scenario wherein the bad guy brandishes his weapon in a society filled with responsibly armed citizens who solve the problem immediately, loudly and messily?
That question didn’t make the final cut. But this morning, from the great folks at The Heartland Institute, this video arrived. It features Otis McDonald, a 76 year old Chicagoan who sued the city for his Right to keep and bear arms along with John Lott, author of the landmark book, “More Guns, Less Crime”, a highly recommended read. The answer I was asking in a different form is the one for which we all want an answer, “What is the most effective way to make and keep our citizens safe? Do weapons in the hands of law abiding Americans result in more or less crime and security?”
Here in Tennessee we are asking those same questions in the aftermath of the General Assembly’s legislating that Tennessean’s really do have the Right to bear arms. Opponents of several recent laws which increase Tennessee’s compliance with the 2nd Amendment have used the old, discredited arguments that allowing law abiding citizens to own and bear arms means all Tennesseans are at increased risk for being the victim of a crime involving a firearm. The grownups in the discussion understand the truth that law-abiding citizens are not the problem, criminals are. Allowing the law abiding to add to the resources we bring to bear on the question of crime of all sorts results in a drop in crime, not an increase.
Take a look at how Lott’s book and The Heartland Institute’s video answer those questions.
TeaPartyHD.com has a live interview up today with Nathan Tabor, the GOP County chair assaulted by Governor Spencer. Spencer, an apparent Leftist activist, crashed a peaceful demonstration in which Tabor was participating, issued threats, generally disrupted an assembly in which he had no part, shoved Tabor’s wife and then punched Tabor in the face.
The video was pulled from YouTube but TeaPartyHD was able to capture it before it came down. The video of the assault is spliced in with a live interview with Tabor. Governor Spencer was contacted and offered the opportunity to speak for himself and explain his actions. He refused.
But if you listen to the Progressives and those enjoying the Kool Aid they are vending, it’s the Right that is violent and racist. The “old sayings” are too numerous to list exhaustively but “It takes one to know one”, “Methinks thou doest protest too much!” and “The pot calling the kettle black!” come to mind – just to start. The takeaway here is that Democrats, Progressives and Leftists are the party of violence, division and criminal activity.
From ACORN and their criminal enterprise to Governor Spencer and his complete disregard for the values that made America great – it is the Left that Americans should be afraid of. This is true whether the Progressive in question is Governor Spencer punching out a man because he doesn’t approve of his views or if the Progressive in question is Barack Obama assaulting the values that made our country the envy of the world because he doesn’t approve of individual and economic Liberty.
I’ve held the political views I’ve had for years. While they’ve changed and matured during that time, the underlying philosophy behind them has not. My point is that as an American and an activist, whatever success I have had in challenging and changing the political system has not been grounded in what I believe. Rather my success was built on a foundation of technological innovations which gave me, as an individual, the same voice in the political arena as that enjoyed only by politicians and media moguls until quite recently. Technological innovation remains the driving force behind the growth and success of Conservative thought and influence. Specifically, online and internet innovation.
The latest offering in that innovation process is a product I’m both excited about as an activist and proud to be associated with as part of the team responsible for developing it and bringing it to market. It’s called TeaPartyHD and it has the ambitious goal of providing a professional and complete news network to the online community dedicated to covering and reporting the news in a crowd sourced, community powered format. In addition, there are several related products in the pipeline that will complement and enhance TeaPartyHD which will be announced and released in the near future.
For activists and organizations looking for the next generation tools to make your voice heard and to fight for the principles that will rescue our Republic, TeaPartyHD is designed to be a significant weapon in your arsenal. The official launch of the network is taking place in Nashville, TN this Saturday night May 29th at a fund raising event for the National Fiscal Conservative PAC. You can find more details in the TeaPartyHD press release included at the end of this post.
What I’m asking you to do is visit TeaPartyHD right now. The site is not quite spit polished but our plans and vision will be clear. Visit the site, look around, kick the tires and give us your feedback. What do you like? How can you see TeaPartyHD fitting in to your plans or those of your organization? Most importantly, while you’re there, please sign up for email updates by clicking on the “Free Membership” button. There is a lot of information coming about the products and services offered at TeaPartyHD, ways you can be personally involved and how you can use TeaPartyHD to make a difference right in your community. Let us keep in touch with you and you won’t miss any of it.
Finally, if you like what you see, please tell a friend about TeaPartyHD. The real success of the network will be when your stories, opinions, solutions and ideas are being talked about around America’s workplace water coolers, over lunch after Sunday services and between family and friends as they look to the future and prepare their individual responses to the tyranny their Government is forcing on them. There’s no way to predict how many people will be, as I was, energized by this new tool. The only sure thing is that they are out there, silent now – but looking for the right tool to help them speak out. In the end, that’s what it’s all about, after all. As the TeaPartyHD slogan says – it’s “Your Vote. Your Values. Your Voice”!
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Tea Party HD TV Launches At Ann Coulter Event Sponsored By The NFC-PAC On May 29th
Nashville, TN- May 27, 2010 (Market Wire) – TeaPartyHD is a TV news network devoted to covering the unreported news, a network delivering live HD quality television, time-shifted programming and video to social sites and the web. TeaPartyHD is piloting beginning May 29th at the “An Evening with Ann Coulter” event sponsored by the NFC-PAC on May 29th, 2010. The focus of TeaPartyHD is finding the news that affects your liberties right where you live, work and play and reporting it in real-time.
“At TeaPartyHD, you can watch talk radio hosts live, view the hottest topics debated by your candidates, experience grass roots events, encourage Americans to stand arm-in-arm via social media tools and more”, states Tony Loiacono, Co-Founder of TeaPartyHD, adding “Our team is made up of a multi-cultural and multi-demographic group of Americans desiring to share our voices.”
TeaPartyHD delivers original interviews, commentary and current event programming to their audience, and then makes it available in HD quality just like the Associated Press (AP) to traditional radio, broadcast, satellite and cable TV networks like MSNBC, FOX NEWS, CNN and more. TeaPartyHD shares programming devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary about the issues that impact every American. Now, through political calendars, blogs, message boards, on-demand software research solutions and boots on the streets, TeaPartyHD connects Americans sharing a commitment to, among other things, Constitutional governance.
TeaPartyHD is currently interviewing journalists, producers, shooters and editors to seek out and produce segments covering the unreported news the mainstream media can’t tell; stories that affect us all. We desire to bring the gift of these eyes, ears and minds straight to you whether on the computer, mobile device or television. For more information go to: http://www.teapartyhd.com
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TeaPartyHD is principally engaged in the development, production and worldwide distribution of news programs, television programs, television broadcasting, cable network programming, IPTV programs, Internet TV and Mobile TV. The unit’s studios, production facilities and film and television library provide high-quality creative content while its broadcasting and cable networks provide extensive distribution platforms for the Company’s programs. In 2010, TeaPartyHD bought TeaParty.TV, a company that began in 2007. TeaPartyHD has incorporated Tea Party TV assets and products into a robust offering for all tea lovers.
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