That crested as Perry was crystallizing his own views on Texas and Washington and fiscal conservatism. It seeded the anti-Washington message of his 2010 race for re-election as governor, found fuller expression in his book, Fed Up! which was published days after that election, and served as the rationale behind his abortive race for president. And now the governor wants others to get in line, before the elections and before the legislative session that begins in January.
Tea and crumpets anyone? Use this bridal shower tea party invitation for either an at-home party or a luncheon at a tea room. The available color schemes are navy blue, plum, and gray, but you can always work with a designer to pick any of your favorite colors and customize the bridal shower invitations to match your wedding colors. Swap the traditional toilet paper veils for fun fascinators to really embrace the spirit of afternoon tea.
Message from the tea party
The illustrated teapot on this baby shower invitation is simple and sweet, keeping the focus on the theme at hand. The pop of color from the flowers inside the teapot is a charming addition, and can even serve as inspiration for the tea party. Serve floral teas with real flower petals floating inside for an Instagram-worthy photo opportunity that matches the shower invite. Flower crowns are a big plus.
Tea and cakes are a match made in heaven, which is why we love this cake design for a first birthday invitation. This sweet birthday party invitation features a delicious-looking layer cake topped with whipped cream, fresh berries, and a single candle that hints at the first birthday theme. Choose from combos of pink and brown, and hats off to you if you serve a matching cake at the party.
The decor and attire notwithstanding, Wednesday's Pink Tea Party was not all about fun and frivolity. It was a celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month -- the national theme color is pink -- and the tea and treats were selected for nutritional attributes that reduce cancer risk.Registered dietician Carolyn Haglund, who operates the center's health and wellness program, talked about celebrating the "bosom buddies" in one's diet -- fruits and vegetables. The pink-covered tables had fruit and vegetable centerpieces.The tea poured at the party was green, because green tea is believed to have qualities that reduce regular drinkers' risk of cancer and heart disease.Denise Mariconda, R.N., New Milford Hospital's breast health navigator, talked about the importance of having annual mammograms even after menopause, and regular breast self-examination and physician checkups.Mariconda, wearing a pink ribbon on her lapel and pink clogs on her feet, said she wants all women to be vigilant about breast health care, because the biggest risk factors for breast cancer are gender and advancing age.Women 40 and older are advised to get an annual mammogram.Mariconda said the hospital offers free screenings for women who are not eligible for Medicare and have insurance that does not cover annual mammograms.She praised the women for being a "pro-active, healthy group who encourage each other.""I'm a survivor," said 76-year-old Edith Leach Estrella of Sherman, who wore the most elaborate pink outfit and said she's lost numerous family members to cancer.Local resident and master gardener Nikki Phillips said she appreciated learning more about how nutrition and exercise help prevent breast cancer."It was just beautiful," she said about the program, which also included a raffle of china centerpieces made by fifth-graders at Sarah Noble Intermediate School."As a cancer survivor, I'm lucky to be alive," said Lu Vivona, 73, who was diagnosed and treated for endometrial cancer seven years ago. "It's just common sense to take advantage of these programs.""It was very informative," said Catherine DeLuca, 69. "(Cancer) touches everybody."Contact Nanci Hutson at nhutson@newstimes.com or at (860) 354-2274.
Spend an hour talking to local Tea Party activists, as members of the News Tribune editorial board did last week, and it becomes clear that, in their minds, only about two things have changed since the first Tea Party rallies of 2008: the guy occupying the White House and the size of the federal deficit, which has grown from a scary $4 trillion after President George W. Bush's eight years to an even scarier $9.6 trillion under President Obama.
To draw attention to a message that, unfortunately, continues to need to be heard, the alliance hosts a rally in Duluth every year around Tax Day, April 15. Its fourth annual rally is scheduled today at noon at Amsoil Arena with a largest-ever crowd of more than 3,000 "patriots" expected. The event is to be convention-style with speakers and with Hall, dressed as Betsy Ross, working the crowd with a microphone, offering "shout-outs for freedom." Attendees are encouraged to bring handmade signs to send their own messages and to indicate where they're from. But keep it civil. Inappropriate signs will be taken away. Troublemakers will be shown the door.
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The Southern Tea Party has other distinctive demographic features that set it apart from its cousin beyond the Mason-Dixon Line. Tea Party members in the South are younger, less educated, and more likely to be women.
Pro Tip: Keep in mind that shower cards are often read aloud and/or passed around among guests. If you think your message might embarrass the bride-to-be or scandalize Great Aunt Millie, then come up with something tamer.
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By November 16, all of the original twelve stamp distributors had resigned, and by 1766, groups calling themselves the Sons of Liberty were formed in most colonies to direct and organize further resistance. These tactics had the dual effect of sending a message to Parliament and discouraging colonists from accepting appointments as stamp collectors. With no one to distribute the stamps, the act became unenforceable.
Resistance again led to repeal. In March 1770, Parliament repealed all of the new duties except the one on tea, which, like the Declaratory Act, was left, in part, to save face and assert that Parliament still retained the right to tax the colonies. The character of colonial resistance had changed between 1765 and 1770. During the Stamp Act resistance, elites wrote resolves and held congresses while violent, popular mobs burned effigies and tore down houses, with minimal coordination between colonies. But methods of resistance against the Townshend Acts became more inclusive and more coordinated. Colonists previously excluded from meaningful political participation now gathered signatures, and colonists of all ranks participated in the resistance by not buying British goods and monitoring and enforcing the boycotts.
In April 1773, Parliament passed two acts to aid the failing East India Company, which had fallen behind in the annual payments it owed Britain. But the company was not only drowning in debt; it was also drowning in tea, with almost fifteen million pounds of it stored in warehouses from India to England. In 1773, Parliament passed the Regulating Act, which effectively put the troubled company under government control. It then passed the Tea Act, which would allow the company to sell its tea in the colonies directly and without the company having to pay the usual export tax in London. Even though this would greatly lower the cost of tea for colonists, they resisted.
But, behold what followed! A number of brave & resolute men, determined to do all in their power to save their country from the ruin which their enemies had plotted, in less than four hours, emptied every chest of tea on board the three ships . . . amounting to 342 chests, into the sea ! ! without the least damage done to the ships or any other property.26
But not all colonists were patriots. Indeed, many remained faithful to the king and Parliament, while a good number took a neutral stance. As the situation intensified throughout 1774 and early 1775, factions emerged within the resistance movements in many colonies. Elite merchants who traded primarily with Britain, Anglican clergy, and colonists holding royal offices depended on and received privileges directly from their relationship with Britain. Initially, they sought to exert a moderating influence on the resistance committees, but, following the Association, a number of these colonists began to worry that the resistance was too radical and aimed at independence. They, like most colonists in this period, still expected a peaceful conciliation with Britain and grew increasingly suspicious of the resistance movement.
Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, Free and Independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.36
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.37 2ff7e9595c
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