MOVIE COMES TO LIFE IN VASSAR

The Sound of Music is more than just a family movie.  The citizens of Austria lived in their country while it was being fundamentally transformed.  On Friday, November 20, 2009, the Western Thumb TEA Party group is very fortunate to have Austrian National Harald Zieger shares his first hand experience of growing up in East-Germany.  The event starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Vassar Public Library, 520 W. Huron Ave.

Born in 1954, Harald was raised in East-Germany and was fully indoctrinated in the communistic brainwashing system. Although the overall scientific education was great, he found it very strict and authoritarian. At 16 years old, Harald was a strong communist. At 22, he met his wife and she brought him to Christ. He was 26 when he finished his Masters degree in electronic engineering, by which time he had two children.

Harald was 31 when he could finally leave East Germany. He managed manufacturing divisions in multi million dollar corporations. Since, then, he has formed companies from nothing into success. He finally fulfilled his dream by starting his own business here in the United States. He is now afraid that his dream may become a nightmare as this country slips into the trappings of the failed political positions he left behind in East and West Germany.

Harald loves America and the people and although he sees how irresponsible politics may be beginning to destroy the hard work of generations, he still believes it is the best country on God's Earth.  Harald Zieger is co-founder of Engineered Control Services, which focuses on leveraging maintenance technologies to enable productive manufacturing operations.

The Western Thumb Tea Party Group is a non-partisan citizen action network whose goal is to ensure that the United States remains the most safe, free, and prosperous country in the world.  Members are committed to educating family, friends and neighbors about economic policy and a return of the federal government to its Constitutional limitations.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and information will be available on health care, cap and trade, and other current events.  The program begins at 6:30 p.m. and will conclude with a question and answer period.  Everyone is welcome.