Temerity Magazine Volume 1 Issue 3

Looking Forward to Liberty – Ryan Underwood at Broken Arrow TeaParty July 4th

By request, here are my notes from today. Thanks to the
rain, the ink was disappearing as I was speaking!/ru

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I am not here today to talk about politics.

Let me tell you why.

For example, I’m not really interested in discussions about
this tax or that tax, because it amounts to debating whether
we should prefer a ball and chain around our ankles to a
yoke upon our necks.

In any case, as long as you are forced to pay tax to keep
your own homestead, you are a serf; the amount of such a
tax only defines the depth of your serfdom. Why do we not
hear impassioned calls for a “fair property tax” — which
would be none whatsoever?

The income tax forces you to share your profits with your
masters to further their own purposes. But even if you
object to the arrangement forced upon you, the property tax
says “you must work within whatever state profit-sharing
arrangement exists, or you will be homeless.”

Some people would like to tell you that one political party
or another, one political organization or another, or one
mass media demagogue or another is the answer. We have been
told this for as long as I can remember, for my entire life.

They tell you this because the last thing they want you to
realize is that the answer is actually within each one of
us. What we have been failing to do is to ask the right
questions.

I think I would receive much agreement here if I were to say
that stealing is wrong, regardless of whether or not it has
been legalized.

But is it wrong for the State, in the name of “law and
order”, to kill a man who resists stealing of his
possessions and furthermore refuses to be carted off to the
dungeon for mere defense of his property, with knowledge
that he would then both be in the dungeon and his property
would be taken to boot?

What about when the State lies about the value of a man’s
property, so that its self-interested taking of the property
can be spun as having come at less cost to the taxpayers?

Let’s go back a few generations with the “Ghost of Liberty
Past.” The economic historian Murray Rothbard wrote
extensively about colonial America, revealing scores of
events that have fallen down the public-school memory hole.

One such event is the Crown making a gift to William Penn of
what would later become Pennsylvania. The part of the story
that is not told is that it took Penn almost two decades to
successfully establish a government in Pennsylvania, because
the Quakers were not only not interested in political
government, but refused to consent to it, refused to
cooperate, and were otherwise incorrigible in their love for
liberty.

Another event that has been largely forgotten, when it has
not been misrepresented, is Shays’ Rebellion. The usual
story that is told is that farmers got themselves into debt,
declared war on the bankers, and were put down by state
troops with merely a dispassionate interest in “law and
order”. Well, the usual story omits a very important
detail: the “debt” that the farmers accrued was in the form
of unpaid taxes to the state of Massachusetts to cover debts
the state itself had run up. The mercantile interests
behind the state government, who would have profited from
the taxes, raised the army that put down the rebellion, and
thereby kept the poor in servitude to the state-connected
rich.

These stories hint at the reasons why Thomas Jefferson said
a little rebellion now and then is a good thing. He didn’t
mean post angry messages on Internet message boards. He
didn’t mean go door to door and try to convince people of
the correctness of your political views. Nor did he mean to
provoke violent confrontation, as anger and frustration
tends to lead to. He meant intelligent, calculated
resistance to political power, together with your families,
neighbors, and friends.

Do you really want independence on this Independence Day?
Resolve to do like the Quakers did. Buy some fertile land
somewhere you wish to live, and as time goes by, buy even
more land from the surrounding areas. Sell plots within
your land to family and friends who share your beliefs.
When someone comes in from some faraway government
pretending to have the authority to order you around,
politely tell them to leave and not to return.

They are likely to return anyway — given that government
will have no other gods before it — but by owning a large
area of land settled with people who refuse their demands,
their attempts at controlling you will be like trying to
ride a bicycle through a bog. Your little enclave will be
successful at practical resistance where the single family
hiding out in a remote Idaho homestead would not be. A
thousand such enclaves would send Washington D.C. into
bankruptcy proceedings.

If you can’t afford land, then find economic independence as
soon as you can. During the bailout votes, there was a lot
of talk about “Going Galt”, which is to essentially stop
working in order to stop paying taxes. But, if you are
broke, the power elite will have their way with you, because
he who has the money makes the rules. You will not be able
to buy the land, tools, and other capital you need in order
to live an independent life.

My suggestion instead is to work hard AND pay no taxes.
There is a bustling community on Craigslist of people
buying, selling, and trading everything under the sun, with
no government regulations or taxes involved. Spend your
time when you are away from your corporate job in the
official economy learning to do something that is valuable
in the underground, unofficial economy. And if you have not
yet redeemed your Federal Reserve notes for gold and silver
coin, for heaven’s sake, do so while you still can.

Maybe one day, we the people will have the power not only to
vote for a new crop of legislators, but to do as the kings
did when they would dissolve Parliament and send the whole
lot of scoundrels home for a year. Maybe we will one day
have the power to live our lives in our own style, following
our own moral code even when it is in opposition to the
moral code of government.

But until that day comes, declare independence in your head,
and get busy living the way you want to live. Nobody is
going to do it for you. Declare your independence!

–
Ryan C. Underwood
runderwo(at)mail.win.org

[Editor's note: We don't have video from this event yet, but will post when/if available]

Chad Everson Awarded Golden Sammie!

A Special Thank you to Sam Adams Alliance and everyone of our Grizzly Groundswell members! Without you this would not be possible and I hope you take this image and place it on your blog knowing that you were as big a part of this honor given to us all as I am.

This next year at the Golden Sammies I hope I am sitting in the crowd cheering you on as you attain our goals and work hard to gain the recognition that Sam Adams Alliance gives out to those of you who work hard day in and day out getting this conservative message out there!

Know that I, like yourself will be nominating our good friends and members who put in that extra effort each and every day. I was blessed with this award, yet none of my nominations made the cut last year. This year I hope we can Grizzly Groundswell the Sam Adams Golden Sammie Awards and have a great Grizzly Groundswell showing!

Get busy making those viral videos, working hard on the wiki’s and continue to strive to make Grizzly Groundswell the place for conservative thought, voice and image across this nation.

I want to thank each and every member, reader, listener and prayer warrior for making our effort shine and be blessed with this great recognition. God Bless you all! We can’t do it alone but together in this Grizzly Groundswell we can lift up the best among us and bring home more Golden Sammies next year and take back our very own backyards at the same time!

In case you missed it, here is the video of the great Michelle Malkin presenting us with the Golden Sammie and my speech where I stated that our membership inspires me every day!

Enjoy!

Chad Everson

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Grizzly Groundswell: Weapon of Mass Instruction and Inspiration!

Are you Grizzly?

Theodore Media LLC is getting Grizzly in some exciting ways!

What I am looking to do, and have done it for the most part is unite
the conservative thought, voice and image across this great nation.  I
am not as concerned with your content because that is your thought,
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if we disagree that is just better radio! 

My emphasis is to
totally defeat and keep future generations boot on the neck of
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It is getting Grizzly and growing like crazy! 

Essentially I need for you and our other authors, radio show hosts to take advantage of this platform I am providing for conservative thought, voice and image.

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Ken says our voice is the weapon, he is right but you amplify that voice in the Grizzly Groundswell and it is essentiall a weapon of mass instruction and inspiration! 

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Open Letter to the Grassroots — of, for, and by us all!

Factoid #1: You are organizing local events and working very hard, but want a consolidated site for listing events and ways to be connected to others doing the similar things.  Some groups are trying to take credit for what you are doing, have their own, agendas, are attempting to raise money from these efforts, and building databases of contact information.

Solution #1: A site that is run by the grassroots for the grassroots that doesn’t try to solicit for or capture the general publics’ contact information, doesn’t appeal for fund donations for no clearly stated purpose, and whose agenda is transparent.

We decided, with all of that in mind, to create Tea Party Grassroots.  Because we started from scratch, we decided to strive for a listing venue that would be useful to activists for many kinds of events and activities.  So in addition to a section for All Events, we have added the following categories:

•    Tea Party
•    Other Rallies & Protests
•    Conferences & Conventions
•    Media Events
•    Volunteer Activities
•    Liberty Rider Itinerary

Next we will be exploring creating listings by states.  As time allows, we are featuring individual events as a top post on the site.  Featured events are automatically propagated through a number of channels including automatic feeds on Twitter and Facebook.

We have employed a number of tools on the site that offer extendable functionality; Google Calendar and Maps.  Full calendars (by category or All Events) can be copied over to people’s personal calendars using the iCal (.ics) technology and map links are embedded. When events are listed, we copy the information over to the map and use a specific pin for each category. The map is located here.  Like the Calendar, the map can be copied over to a visitors’ own Google map.

In addition to the features noted above, we have a growing group on Facebook, which will be updated regularly and “bigger” events listed. For example, for July 4, a “national” Independence Tea Party Event has been created.   We will list links to individual location events for that date from the primary listing site (to prevent exclusion of multiple events on same date from occurring).

In addition to the event listings, we are providing some helpful information and resources to site visitors such as signs and slogan ideas, suggestions for getting involved, and founding documents.

Factoid #2: People are looking for ways to connect with others of like mind and work on projects together.

Solution #2: Those of us who have been putting these events on and bringing people together in our local areas to have an impact on swiftly moving events have many good ideas which we can share with one another. We all need input from others, and we all need support from those who have “been there” in dealing with the many issues that arise. We need to be able to communicate with one another, so we have also created a site for organizers and activists:  Tea Party Grassroots Organizers

This is the place where the listing form for submitting events is located, along with a form to offer to volunteer to help us with this project, and a form to submit a blog post.  We are adding resources on a daily basis to assist organizers and activists in their efforts.

We created a blog site, Tea Blogs: Tea Party Tales, specifically for organizers to share their stories and thoughts about the movement. A blog post submission form is available on the Organizers site.

In addition to the site and blog, we created a Twitter ID and Hashtag for Tea Party Organizers, TPOrg #tporg.  This is one id that has posts from the Tea Party Grassroots and Organizers sites automatically fed.  We encourage organizers to use the hashtag in communications with one another, and many have already begun to do so.

If used widely, this tag could enable very fast communications among a large number of people. Not only could we all retweet events and other important information for one another, but, we could also provide quick support when help is needed.

Finally, there is further work to be done in providing the kind of communicative ability for organizers and activists we are striving for. We do have a forum, which is currently turned to private.  We are currently looking at options, however, to be installed on the Organizers site, to keep communications all in one place. If you would like to help with this part of the project, let us know.

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Now you might ask who is the ‘we’ in this piece.  Most of the site development was done by Shelli Dawdy, Joan Fabiano, and Sandra Crosnoe. In a broader sense, many of the Constitutional Liberty Coalition had input and provided testing and insight all along the way.  Thanks to each and everyone who helped and continues to provide guidance and share with grassroots folks everywhere.

Will Grassroots Leaders Arise?

Occasionally something is so clear to me that I assume others understand. Then I find out that is not true. So to that end this seems very necessary to go over and may be old information to some. Did you know that there are those among us who are actually empowering those who would destroy us with time, talent, and treasure? Yes folks, we are complaining about the enemy and the enemy is in our midst. If we refuse to recognize the problem, how will we deal with the problem?

Is it easy? NO!

“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” James 1:8

It means we must insist on a standard that other groups do not have. It means that we must challenge those among us not doing things properly. It means that we must examine our own hearts and repent daily and ask forgiveness of God and our brothers and sisters when we err. It means that we stand ready to rescue the one sheep who is being abused by the tyrant even when it means that others will look down on us for doing so. It means answering to the Lord God Almighty above men and the desires of men (and women too – this writer uses masculine for mankind with no qualms to PC!)

The purpose of this piece is to announce a new site that is born out of a need to protect the Grassroots. It will succeed only if grassroots people choose to engage and support and promote. It was worth doing whether that occurs or not because you will have been given a choice. You will know which choice you made and why.

TeapartyGrassroots.com is now online. At this incredible site you can find an event or list an event. The event will be published to a composite page and a master teaparty google calendar. We have also opened a page and a calendar for LibertyRider – Michael Maresco and his cross country ride with day one now complete and Michael safely in Trenton NJ. This website and calendar process has huge implications for our movement and the protection thereof if you will make it yours. If you continue to empower the national groups sapping your strength – that will be your choice because at least now you have an option. [Editor's note: more sections to this project are opening daily including now: all events, teaparties, other rallies and protests, liberty rider days, conventions and conferences, media events, and volunteer opportunities.]

Please try it out and take your name off of the national sites who are taking credit for your efforts and trying to collect money from your grassroots constituents to do things that you may or may not agree with at all! I was recently at a meeting where a field director from a national group took personal credit for all the teaparties in Oklahoma. I personally knew that wasn’t true so do you think I believed the other things he claimed credit for? I am not saying these national groups are all bad – just must be reined in and monitored closely by real people who actually want bailouts stopped, the constitution followed, etc. etc.

I pray you will ponder these matters and understand the importance of proper action. Please properly empower the real servant leaders among you and rein in those who are plundering your efforts and sapping your energy to other ends. Please let us know how you plan to help by commenting on this piece here and sharing it with your networks if you are in agreement.

For Life and Liberty,
Sandra Crosnoe for
Constitutional Liberty Coalition

The Grizzly News: GGRN, Temerity Magazine, Domain Hosting

Grizzly Groundswell announces Grizzly Temerity, your one stop shop for hosting and Domain name sales! Just go to www.grizzlytemerity.com and find discounts on all hosting and domain names so our conservatives can own their online effort and join us getting Grizzly right in their backyard!

Temerity Magazine launches its second issue on Family, May 29th! You can check out the first issue at www.temeritymagazine.com and find the submission specs and theme page for upcoming issues. The third issue theme is: The foundational principles of our nation. God and Country. The Constitution and the Bible. Other philosophers that shaped the thinking of our founding fathers. What was the purpose of forming our government? The submission date is June 8th just email submissions to temeritymagazine@theodoremedia.com

Grizzly Groundswell Radio Network is now here for you 7 days a week with a powerful Grizzly lineup! Here is the fantastic schedule:
Grizzly Groundswell: 7-8 PM CST www.blogtalkradio.com/GrizzlyGroundswell @GrizzlyFeed on twitter and www.grizzlygroundswell.com blog network

Monday: Susanna Lohse
Tuesday: Shelli Dawdy
Wednesday: Chad Everson
Thursday: Leo Shishmanian
Friday: Wes Wiggins and Chris Walden
Saturday: Attilah the Honey
Sunday: Wyatt McIntyre

Socialist Squirrel: 9-10 PM CST www.blogtalkradio.com/Socialist Squirrel @SocialistSqurrl on twitter and www.socialistsquirrel.com blog network

Monday: Heroic Fools
Tuesday: Jilrean Sage Bocook
Wednesday: Chad Everson
Thursday: Sid Bridge or Dawn Wildman (They will switch off every other week)
Friday: Toni No Bologny and Nicksparadox
Saturday: Toni No Bologny and Nicksparadox
Sunday: Taylor Gombos & Bear Fan Ron

If you would like to be a fill in host and work your way into this talented line up please email Chad: TeddyBear@TheodoreMedia.com

Thursday – Baby DNA Amendment Likely

Thursday – Baby DNA Amendment Likely

We think Rep. Thissen (D-Mpls) may try to amend the Baby DNA language to the Data Practices bill on THURSDAY (May 14). The language would repeal genetic privacy for all future generations of Minnesotans. Only people who are living today and over the age of 12 years would still be protected by the Minnesota genetic privacy law (M.S. 13.386). Everyone under age 12 has already had their DNA stored in the State’s DNA warehouse. In addition, parents who have a child may find their own genetic code exposed.

If Thissen succeeds, and the governor signs the bill, every citizen in the future will have their DNA stored, owned and used by State government…unless in the midst of harried post-delivery exhaustion, the parents know exactly what’s happening and choose to object. Rep. Thissen plans to take away CURRENT parent consent requirements for the collection, storage, use and dissemination of newborn DNA – the requirements the health department refuses to follow. If successful, every newborn will eventually become an adult with their genetic test results filed in a State genetic registry and their DNA and unique genetic code owned, analyzed, and used by the State.

The House is expected to vote on Senate File 863, the Senate version of the House Data Practices bill authored by Rep. Mullery (House File 1083). This is the most obvious bill for Rep. Thissen to try to amend. Most of SF 863 makes changes to the Government Data Practices Act, the section of law where the state genetic privacy law is located.

The bill was supposed to be heard late tonight. The lobbyists supporting Rep. Thissen’s baby DNA language were all hanging out together at the Capitol…until they heard the bill wasn’t going to come up tonight.

CALL and email your House Representative. Leave a message if no one is there. It’s very important to call and email.  Find your Representative’s contact info on the right side of the CCHC home page. 

The House goes into session at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 14th. Some legislators read their emails during the debate. Feel free to come and help us pass out information to members of the House.

Sample Communication Options (personalize if possible):

Phone Call Version:
I understand that Rep. Mullery’s Data Practices bill is probably coming up today for a vote on the House floor. The number is SF 863, the companion bill of Rep. Mullery’s HF 1083. I am concerned that Rep. Paul Thissen (pronounced ‘tee-sun’) will try to add language to the bill to repeal the genetic privacy rights of all newborn citizens. I don’t want the state health department to store and use baby DNA for genetic research without parent consent. This is a violation of genetic privacy rights, parent rights, and Fourth Amendment rights. Tell Rep. _______ to vote against Rep. Thissen’s expected amendment to exempt newborns from the informed consent protections of the genetic privacy law. Tell _______ to not repeal genetic privacy rights and informed parent consent rights. Tell ______: Do not repeal the genetic privacy law.

Email Version:
I understand that Rep. Mullery’s Data Practices bill is probably coming up today for a vote on the House floor. The number is SF 863, the companion bill of Rep. Mullery’s HF 1083. I am concerned that Rep. Paul Thissen will try to add language to the bill to repeal the genetic privacy rights of all newborn citizens. I don’t want the Minnesota Department of Health to store and use newborn DNA for genetic research without informed written parent consent. This would be a violation of genetic privacy rights, parent rights, and Fourth Amendment rights. Please vote against Rep. Thissen’s expected amendment to exempt newborns from the informed consent protections of the genetic privacy law. Do not repeal genetic privacy rights and informed parent consent rights. Do not repeal the genetic privacy law.

A Call to Action

Be fruitful and multiply was the original instruction . . .

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Marion Thorpe for U.S. Senate has a great approach to our Immigration woes!

I greatly admire the constituent that gets to elect Marion Thorpe to the U. S. Senate!  I have gotten to know Dr. Thorpe on my radio show www.blogtalkradio.com/grizzlygroundswell this last Fall as we lifted up those great conservative candidates that graced our land! 

Marion Thorpe has a solid well tuned campaign and a very solid Conservative foundation that makes him essential to win his seat as U.S. Senator.  I really liked his common sense message on Immigration.  His analogy of the injustice of someone “cutting in line” is brilliant and illustrates the injustice many if not all Americans feel as we watch illegal aliens privileged to “cut in line” and enjoy greater benefits then our own friends and family.

I have included below Dr. Marion D. Thorpe Jr.’s Presentation of the ABC’s of Immigration Reform. 

Enjoy and share with your fellow Americans!

~Chad T. Everson

THORPE For U.S. Senate – Latest News

Monday, April 20, 2009
Dr. Marion D. Thorpe, Jr., US Senate Candidate, Presents The ABC’s of Immigration Reform

The ABC’s of Immigration Reform

When I decided to enter the 2010 US Senate Race in Florida, I made a promise to my supporters that I would maintain my trademark common-sense approach to even the most difficult of problems affecting my fellow citizens. In this spirit, the following article is a primer course on “Immigration Reform 101.”

A key component of my platform hinges on two fundamental tenets:

1) If it is broken, fix it;

2) If it “ain’t broke,” don’t fix it.

My friends, Immigration Reform is clearly broken; thus, we need swift enforcement of our present immigration laws and effective legislation that will secure our borders while simultaneously allowing entry into our Nation for those who wish to pursue the American Dream in an honest and hard-working manner.

The tendency amongst today’s DC politicians to alternately ignite and back-burner the Immigration Reform debate (depending on the “hot topic” polling results of the day) squarely illustrates the fact that America has yet to adopt a common-sense mentality when grappling with this issue. Partly due to worries of “Political Correctness,” and partly due to the modern day complexities of discerning the “Good Guys” from the “Bad Guys,” our Nation is at a loss of words (and meaningful action) for the proper reformation of Immigration laws. I humbly suggest that the time has come for a refresher course in “Immigration 101.”

The Course outline is as follows:

a. Americans want our borders secure and we want our borders secure now! Let there be no doubt, we are indeed in the era of suitcase bombs and suicide commandos.

b. Americans should have first dibs on America’s jobs. It is unacceptable for the citizens of Florida and America to lose jobs to those who have attained illegal entry into our Nation.

c. Those immigrants who have attained proper legal citizenship status in the United States should be afforded non-disparaging treatment during our Nation’s continuing Immigration Reform debate. Categorically, there is no useful need to group all legal and illegal immigrants together when discussing this matter.

d. America’s infrastructure does not have limitless resources. It is illogical to abandon the Health, Education, Welfare, and Safety of our own citizens in favor of providing for those who have gained illegal entry into our Nation (this matter has a $3.8 Billion price tag for Florida’s citizens).

In closing, I ask each of you to recall the very serious ramifications of “cutting in line” for the school cafeteria when we were youngsters. If such a dastardly act occurred, it instantly seemed as though all structure and meaning in the world disappeared until our teacher corrected this “catastrophic inequity.” Once order was restored to the matter, fairness and good citizenship resumed a grip-hold on our childhood reality. The very same principles are in play for Immigration Reform in the U.S.

No one should be allowed to “cut in line” to attain the American Dream. To allow such subversive action imperils the essence of American citizenship and cuts across the grain of Homeland Security and Preparedness.

Sincerely,

Dr. Marion D. Thorpe, Jr., MD MPH

United States Senate Candidate

Chief Medical Officer (Former)
State of Florida

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Liberty Rider Launches soon!

Michael Maresco’s Ride for Honesty prepares to launch – be a part of it all!

Special thanks to Joe Edge my new best friend on facebook for the awesome graphic for this post!

Mileposts cross country

Here are the tentative mileposts for the Ride for Honesty as Michael prepares to take liberty for a ride across country. Please ponder where you can meet Michael and take back the message to your state so that we can touch all 50 states on a local level with freedom.

This is the overview of the trip and as I prepared to post the information for you to see, it crossed my mind that we need to see if we can take the ride another layer and make it touch all 50 states. See if you can get the vision and help us to make it happen. In the meantime, don’t forget to support Michael in his venture and make it successful to the max!

Facebook group for OK
Facebook group for MO

Ride for Honesty – to spark discussion from coast to coast

Ride for Honesty

A personal note from Michael Maresco:

Aloha and Welcome,

I’ve done it before, I’m doing it again. Crossing America on a bicycle, sowing seeds of liberty, and putting faces on a r3VOLution that highlights love. Pure Grassroots! Strengthening networks, building rapport, growing the movement, one mile at a time.

…pedal, pedal

I’ve got a history of projects like this, and it is one thing I have a knack for; talking to the kind of folk you meet on the side of the road, getting them interested in some “real” change, and reporting back to you what I find.

Editor’s note: every journey begins with the first step and this one is profound. Please help Michael Maresco with his and I suspect you will find you gained more than you gave and everyone you reach will be blessed in the process.
For Liberty!

Eric Brown Truly Grizzly and our Editor of Temerity Magazine

Eric Brown

@Danielintheden

Daniel-in-the-Den

Grizzly Host of Grizzly Religion

Editor of  Temerity Magazine

Today I am lifting up one of our own here at the Grizzly Groundswell, Eric Brown.

Eric sent me a message a while back on Blog Talk Radio. He was drawn to my show and asked if I could mentor him through this whole blogging thing.  Hey, that is what I do everyday and I was honored to have one more member of our Grizzly Groundswell family.

Eric was grizzly from the start.  Quickly taking the tools I shared with him into use.  Eric is one of those good tenders of the vineyard.  I had to drag him onto Facebook, but he picked up Twitter in no time and passed me up like I was standing still.

Eric and I found a fast friendship and started talking about more that the Grizzly Groundswell could do for all of us.  We have a few irons in the fire but Eric had the Temerity to not only take on Grizzly hosting for our successful and growing www.grizzlyreligion.com blog network but he saw the promise in the idea of an online magazine for Theodore Media.

Eric presented me with the idea, and I almost jumped for joy!  Finally someone was Awakening, Standing up and Stepping into Action.  In my line of work uniting the conservative movement I run across many that are only interested in what I have to offer them forgetting that any relationship must be a two way street.  I am blessed with many great Grizzly Groundswell members, but I am always looking for those leaders that work with me and take an idea and produce fruit.

Eric Brown has produced fruit with Temerity Magazine pulling together a great staff and recruiting our authors to produce the first issue of Temerity Magazine April 29th, 2009 on E. W. Everson’s 152nd birthday.  Now it is wonderful creating something and watching it grow and prosper but when you see others take your idea, make it their own, get others excited and breath it into reality, it is truly special!

Eric Brown has truly shown that he understands what it means to lift up thy neighbor and is truly Grizzly.  I lift Eric Brown up today because he deserves it.  I am so proud of what he has accomplished and the future he shares with the Grizzly Groundswell.  God has sent him to this movement and Temerity Magazine will blossom and flourish because of his decision to Awaken, Stand Up, Step Into Action and Effect his Backyard with the Grizzly Groundswell secret of Lifting up Thy Neighbor!

~Chad T. Everson

www.temeritymagazine.com

Grizzly Raku and Marbles

You can see the complete Grizzly Raku set here on Flickr

This is the first time this year that I have had the chance to Raku! I am back in the saddle again! It has been way to long.  This conservative activism is getting in the way with my love and passion for Raku! 

I guess I need to find a better balance.  Well, I had a ton of fun today, the glazes were working well and the weather was ideal.

I had to get a Raku Marble commission completed and now I can clean them up and mail them off!  They turned out so good, it is going to be hard to part with them.  But the gentleman that commissioned them does this really interesting thing each year for his birthday.  He finds an artist he likes and commissions one of a kind works of art then gives them to his Birthday guests.  I just love that idea.  So I am honored to be this years artist and since I am the only person in the world that does Raku fired clay marbles, his guests are getting something really special.

I also fired about 160 Grizzly Groundswell raku clay tiles.  I was surprised I still had so many.  So I am going to bring them to the www.samadamsalliance.org #Sammies award this Saturday where I am being awarded a Golden Sammie.   I am so humbled but so excited to see some of my members and friends.  I am so humbled by the whole experience so I am going to try to find 300 gifts for the expected attendees of this great event.  I like giving something of myself to those people who come into my life.  I guess that is what the Grizzly Groundswell is all about.  Lifting each other up and interdependently taking back our backyard.  It is going to be so much fun, I hope someday my Grizzly Groundswell will be big enough to do what the Sam Adams Alliance has done for me and my membership.  Truly God has blessed me abundantly!  

Well here are photo’s of my Raku Day!  I hope you enjoy them!

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Grizzly Groundswell Awarded The Golden Sammie for $5,000 Best State Blogger Award

The Golden Sammie Winner is…

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Sam Adams Alliance proudly announces the winners of the 2^nd Annual Sammies Awards

Chicago, April 7 –

The Sam Adams Alliance is proud to announce that the winners for the 2nd Annual Sammies Awards have been selected.

Due to an overwhelming number of entries and growing interest, the Sam Adams Alliance decided to extend the entry deadline from February 23 to March 20. Nearly 200 entries later, the Sammies Awards committee had their work cut out for them.

“We originally intended to choose the winners within a week of the contest ending, but that quickly became an impossible task,” said Nic Hall, Sammies contest coordinator. “The Sammies committee had a difficult task not just selecting winners, but limiting each of the categories to a few finalists. The Sammies prove without a doubt that citizen activism is alive and well in America.”

The Sam Adams Alliance will be honoring and presenting a total of $40,000 in cash prizes to the winners at a red carpet ceremony the evening of April 18 at the Marriott Renaissance North Shore in Northbrook, Illinois. Winners are being flown to Chicago from all over the country, so they can receive their recognition in an appropriate manner.

“The Sam Adams Alliance believes the winners should receive their awards from distinguished individuals whose own work merits presenting such high honors,” said Paul Miller, Sam Adams Alliance Communications Director. “We are proud to have so many champions of individual liberty and economic freedom presenting Golden Sammies to the winners.”

Guest presenters include best-selling author Michelle Malkin, Stephen Moore and John Fund of the Wall Street Journal, Fox News contributors Jonathan Hoenig and Mary Katharine Ham and just added, Joe Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber.

The winner of the Golden Sammie is….

Fred Baldwin, Seth Cooper, and John Wynne Jr. each won the Wikiteer Award and a $1000 prize for their thorough contributions to Ballotpedia, Judgepedia, and Sunshine Review–all wikis of the Sam Adams Alliance.

Melissa Clouthier, of The Woodlands, Texas, won the Best Microblogger of the Year Award and the $2,000 prize for her use of social media in promoting liberty at the state and federal level.

Ruth Bendl, of Portland Oregon, won the Voter Watchdog Award and the $2,500 prize for her work in monitoring the 2008 election. In her efforts she identified 44 deceased Oregonian voters. She has been instrumental in getting the Vote-By-Mail state to enact new rules about how ballots are transported and counted.

Elizabeth Crum of Las Vegas, Nevada, won the $2,500 Blogivist of the Year Award for successfully embodying the “Say Something, Do Something” spirit of Blogivists.com. Having started blogging at E!! The True Conservative Story last June, in 10 short months she has received recognition from Politico, Instapundit, and National Review Online, as well as been published in Liberty-Watch, and featured on local news stations.

Chad Everson, of Princeton, Minnesota, won the $5,000 Best State Blogger Award for his efforts in building a network of over 150 bloggers and 16 radio personalities on GrizzlyGroundswell.com

Caleb Brown and Austin Bragg, of Arlington, Virginia, won the Best Video Award and the $5,000 prize for their research and analysis of Virginia’s asinine, anti-competitive—and unconstitutional—liquor laws.

James Bell, of Lithia Springs, Georgia, won the $5,000 Tea Party Award for his work in defeating two sales tax increases and proposing a bill, which in 2008 became Georgia law, restricting local government from holding tax votes on special elections.

William Carlin Walker, of Liberty, Missouri, won the $5,000 Sunshine Award for his work in exposing illegal retirement benefits and rampant credit card abuse by top administrators in the Liberty School District—including thousands on alcohol and parties—along with leading a successful petition drive that resulted in a state audit of the district. William’s whistle-blowing led to the resignation of two administrators, and the Missouri General Assembly has introduced four pieces of legislation in response to his investigative labor.

…and the Modern-Day Sam Adams Award goes to:

Ari Armstrong of Westminster, Colorado

Armstrong wins the $10,000 prize for his relentless—and ubiquitous—defense of free markets and individual liberty in the state of Colorado. He is author of FreeColorado.com and a columnist for the Grand Junction Free Press. In the last year, Ari’s work has been published in the Rocky Mountain News, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post Online, and featured on numerous radio and television news programs.

The Sam Adams Alliance congratulates all the winners as well as everyone who entered the Sammies contest. Your hard work and dedication to liberty and freedom is greatly appreciated, but now is not the time to rest on your laurels as defending the ideals of our Founding Fathers is a never-ending battle.

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Grizzly Groundswell, members, readers, listener’s and tweople,

I want to personally thank you for buying into this idea of the Grizzly Groundswell.  You have faithfully supported this effort and assisted the growth and now recognition that this interdependent uniting of conservative thought, voice and image all across this great nation. 

This is really a humbling experience, first that you have have been so gracious with your time and talent and promote and lift up this idea, of a Grizzly Groundswell taking our backyards back.  Second, finally getting recognized in a really big way.  Thirdly, it is humbling to me to watch God’s hand on this movement and watch it grow and flurish inspite of my own limitations and our lack of funding. 

I insist that when I accept this award, you take a moment and rejoice with me as our effort is getting acknowledged for all the hard work and effectiveness we have been able to bring about in such a short time, no money, but a lot of faith, hard work and great conservatives pitching in together to accomplish this great task we have ahead of us.

This movement has been blessed by God’s hand from the start.  Hearts were unhardened before I even twisted your arm to join us!  We have surrounded ourselves with the best and brightest conservatives this country has to offer.  Hopefully now, more will find us and we will welcome them in and I need your help to make sure they can get Grizzly faster, and become even more effective in less time then it took us.

I am so proud of you, and thankful that I can call you Grizzly, friends and honestly family. 

You Inspire Me Daily!

Lets teach the country to get Grizzly with us!

Chad Everson

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Sam Adams Alliance Sammies Awards

Sam Adams Alliance Sammies Awards
Curtain for Tickets Closing

Hurry! The curtain to purchase tickets for the 2nd Annual Sammies Awards Ceremony is closing fast. Join the Sam Adams Alliance and conservative columnist and best-selling author, Michelle Malkin,as we celebrate the accomplishments of government watchdogs that have fought for individual liberty and economic freedom, at the 2nd Annual Sammies Awards Ceremony. Over $40,000 will be awarded to bloggers, filmmakers, open records champions and other government watchdogs for their hard and often unappreciated work defending liberty.

The Sam Adams Alliance is leading a new revolution for liberty by training, inspiring and empowering people to utilize new media tools to advance economic freedom and individual liberty. By linking liberty-minded citizens throughout the country to create a more transparent and accountable government, the Sam Adams Alliance is growing communities and building relationships, so the ideals of our Founding Fathers flourish for future generations.

We hope you’ll join the Sam Adams Alliance, as well as some of America’s most prominent champions of freedom, for an unforgettable evening of patriotism and inspiration as we celebrate the ideals that define our great nation.

Saturday, April 18, 2009
6:00 p.m. ~ Cocktails and Book Signing
7:00 p.m. ~ Dinner and Awards Ceremony

Marriott Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel
933 Skokie Blvd.
Northbrook, IL

- Master of Ceremonies –
Guy Benson
of
AM560 WIND and the Hugh Hewitt Show

• $100 Patriot Circle (Dinner)
• $250 Liberty Circle (Dinner & Private Reception)
• $1,000 Washington Circle (Table of 10 for the awards show dinner)
• $2,500 Franklin Circle (Table, Private Reception for 2 & Sponsorship
Recognition, Photo Op)
• $5,000 Adams Circle (Priority Table, Private Reception for 2,
Sponsorship Recognition, Book Photo Op)

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Dr. Michelle Everson wins Teaching Award!

Michelle,

My lovely wife and bride, Won the University of Minnesota college of Education and Human Development 2009 Distinguished Teaching Award!!

I am so very humbled and proud of this woman and my wife! This is the blessing but, I could not tell anyone about until it was public knowledge! Woo HOO! So very proud!

So Blessed in Abundance of Freedom & Joy.

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Lifting up all those who protested in the Tea Party Friday

What can you say that truly lifts up all those great Americans who have finally Awoken, are Standing Up and Stepping into Action to effect the political Landscape right in their Backyard?

I just wanted to write a short post lifting them all up!

What a blessing to witness all those involved!

I am not as impressed with those that are beating their chest for orchestrating this.  They will attempt to lift themselves up as they hold others down.  This post is for all those selfless American Patriots who had the Temerity to get Grizzly right in their own backyards!

God Bless you and keep Getting Grizzly!

Chad T. Everson

TheodoreMedia.com Think Ox Cart Wheel

TheodoreMedia.com has confused most conservatives.

It is a new way of looking at our conservative approach, being a conservative, utilizing historical thought, voice and image to re-imagine how we approach the current and envision our future.

Some thought, that www.grizzlygroundswell.com was coming to an end, far from it!  Our success we have had with Grizzly Groundswell has inspired me to envision a conservative effort in 2009.  We are going to grow and Grow in a Grizzly Way!

When you think of TheodoreMedia.com I want you to envision that Red River Ox Cart Wheel.  The same wheel that brought goods to pioneers who settled the red river valley and brought immigrants to this country to build this nation.  My friends, we are doing it all again with conservative thought, voice and image!

Grizzly Groundswell will be our Red River Ox Cart Wheel Hub, the most successful blog network uniting the conservative thought known to our movement that grew truly from the grassroots.

The Grizzly Blog Networks will each form a Spoke of the Red River Ox Cart Wheel emanating from the success of Grizzly Groundswell.

TheodoreMedia.com will unite all these parts as the Red River Ox Cart Wheel.  Theodoremedia is a Grizzly conservative social network all in itself but it unites and pulls together each of these Grizzly Blog Networks finding its strength in the success we have come to know as the Grizzly Groundswell and our Hub.

This Grizzly Network as a whole, sum of its interdependent parts is built to expand and grow beyond even my wildest dreams. 

This state of the art technology is built with WordPressMU and the BuddyPress Plugin. 

This allows us to have a Grizzly Network where you only have to log in once for each Grizzly Blog Network and Theodore Media our social network where conservatives can find each other, communicate in real time and start and join our Grizzly State Groups.  Eventually this Buddy Press plugin will allow us to have forums, and many bells and whistles including video and images!

If this was the sum of what we offer the conservative movement it would only be state of the art and truly a gift from the grassroots for the conservative grassroots.

However, With the Grizzly Blog Networks that I will go into later in this post, there is so much more!

This Grizzly Groundswell Network is vibrant and overflowing with ideas and solutions facing our conservative online presence.  We are sharing and working to give every member access to best practices and current trends and strategies to gain the reach you and our conservative message deserves online today!

The Two largest concerns facing our conservative online presence and message are:

1. Monetization
2. Reach

We are attacking an approach to Monetize with a shotgun approach.  Many streams of income are being ventured.

One of the most exciting is www.getgrizzly.com our Grizzly online marketplace for our members to sell their products online to fellow conservatives and the world.  Traci Knoppe is taking on the role as our Grizzly Store manager.  She is launching our Get Grizzly effort here in the next few weeks.

Please email me at theclayempire@yahoo.com if your a member and have products you wish to sell through our Grizzly online marketplace.  You can also contact me @grizzlyfeed @Theodoremedia @socialistsqurrl @clayoxen @grizzlyradiorss @EWEverson @ChadTEverson on twitter.

Grizzly Blog Networks:

• GrizzlyGroundswell: The Hub, the best of the best in conservative thought!
• GrizzlyGroundswellRadio: Our Online Radio & Blog Network w/Willie Lawson
• GrizzlyVideo: Our Video Blog Network in need of a Grizzly Host!**
• GrizzlyReligion: Our Faith Blog Network in need of a Grizzly Host!**
• GrizzlyPolitic: Our Politic Blog Network about the game of it all with SonlitKnight
• LiftUpThyNeighbor: A Conservative concept not used enough but now it is a blog network in search of a great grizzly host**
• WGGRN: our Music blog network looking for a grizzly host**
• GrizzlyFree: is a blog network about freedom looking for a Grizzly host**
• GrizzlyGame: Our Sports Blog Network w/BearFanRon
• GrizzlyFreeMarket: Our economic blog network that is looking for a Grizzly host**
• GrizzlyGun: 2nd Amendment & Gun Blog Network looking for a Grizzly Host**
• GrizzlyDefense: Military Blog Network w/Emery McClendon
• FightingSquad: Where rubber hits the road online & off blog network w/Stephanie Davis
• SocialistSquirrel: our Humor site & blog network with Doug Welch
• AbrahamLincolnRepublican: A Conservative GOP Faction
• GrizzlyClayOxen: A Blog Network about the life we surround ourselves with in search of a grizzly host**
• GrizzlyFarm: An agricultural blog network big and small looking for a grizzly host**
• Stephen Kruiser has accepted our creative arts blog network that we will launch in the next few days. 
• If you have an idea that you think we should grow a blog network around, please let me know!

Blog that are focused on the inspiration behind the Grizzly Groundswell and its namesake

• EWEverson:  A blog of research about our inspiration the “Grizzly Bear”
• IndependentVotersAssociation: A blog of research about the organization utilized to unite conservatives in Republican, Democrat and Independent parties that defeated Socialist Squirrels! W/ Gwen Bristol

In a nutshell, this is what we have in this new year to get Grizzly with.  There are enough that are sitting upon their rounded rumps awaiting our failure.  You must join me in proving that to Awaken, Stand Up and Step into Action can effect the political landscape in your backyard, inspire others to do the same and together we will grizzly groundswell this country as we pioneer into this new age!

Interdependent, upon the goal to gift our future generations with what we have been lent for the brief blink of an eye that we are here, we must unite and fight for freedom and destroy the stinking thinking of Silly socialist squirrels that are nutty enough to attempt to destroy this nation, we call the united states of America!

I will not permit on my watch to deny this gift being given to those who still have not even but dreamed a simple dream.

Let’s get grizzly my friends!

Chad Everson
763-244-3265

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Check out Grizzly Groundswell Strategy for Twitter.com

Twitter is booming and so is this Grizzly Groundswell Strategy to extend your REACH utilizing TWITTER.COM

Listen to this online radio Grizzly Groundswell show where I layed it out and answered some questions:

“@GrizzlyFeed Listen in on the Grizzly Groundswell Strategy to gain
the Followers your online efforts deserve! http://tinyurl.com/68gg8y Listen to
Podcast “  @GrizzlyRadioRSS

http://twitter.com/prylen was a listener to the podcast, and she took step 1, added 500 followers from one of my accounts and she gained 100 followers in one hour!  Check out her progress!

The original article can be found on our Fighting Squad Blog where we share best practices, strategies and encourage conservatives to get grizzly online!

Here is the link to that great post! 

Twitter.com The Greatest Social Networking site to extend your blog’s Reach

Loki let me use his account to prove my strategy, we accomplished 1000 followers in 10 days!

If you look in his feed, you will see the progress, @LOKI842 Loki is back in control of his account now so follow him and say hello, find his great radio shows.

Here are all my TWitter accounts Feel free to gift me with a gracious Follow!  I will humbly respond in kind!

@ChadTEverson 

www.twinfluence.com

@ClayOxen

www.twinfluence.com

@EWEverson

www.twinfluence.com

@GrizzlyFeed

www.twinfluence.com

@GrizzlyRadioRSS
friends    1497
followers    1128
2ndOrder    1322376
Velocity    10929
social Capitol    1172.3
Centralization    10.91

www.twinfluence.com

@GrizzlyVideoRSS

friends	1200
followers	1190
2ndOrder	1597677
Velocity	13209
social Capitol	1342.6
Centralization	9.03

www.twinfluence.com

@SocialistSqurrl

friends	1634
followers	1499
2ndOrder	1610816
Velocity	13317
social Capitol	1074.6
Centralization	8.96

www.twinfluence.com

Totals
friends	11616
followers	10055
2ndOrderFollowers	11214143
Velocity 2nd/day	90070
social Capitol	1130.514286
Centralization	8.134285714

Yes, that is correct!  11,214,143 possible second order followers!  Tell me again about Quality?  It is like asking for one kiss instead of 11,214,143 of them!  Crazy Talk! 

Here is where we are at as conservatives:  Twellow.com/Conservatives We are not doing bad, just not great…yet!

Here is where the MSM is: Twellow.com/NewsMedia Remember this is who we are competing with to get the conservative message out!

Well, I hope your imaginations are ignited!  Let’s help you get Grizzly!

Support the www.fightingsquad.com with your free will offering gifts!

Thank you in advance!

Chad T. Everson, your Teddy Bear!

PS, enjoy this great video a fellow twitter friend posted on twitter!

Twitter love song

edtechie
October 17, 2008

“A wholly subjective view on why twitter works for me” by edtechie

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