Want to know when our site is updated?  Once signed up with the site, you can choose to receive notifications when the next post is updated.

To do this, when logged in, click the "My Preferences" tab in the upper right corner, select your choice for article notification and save your changes.

America is not the first country to have economic problems, but we can learn from history which  policies do not work.  On Thursday, March 4, 2010, Midland Economic Development Manager Jesse Atwell will explain how Argentina’s failed economic policies mirror the trend in America.  The failure of the Argentine government to respond effectively to its economic problems contributed to an erosion of investor confidence, massive capital flight, devaluation of their peso, and hyperinflation of 3,080 percent in 1989 and 2,314 percent in 1990.  The event starts at 6:00 p.m. at the Bullard Sanford Library, 520 W. Huron Ave. 

Atwell graduated from Michigan State University with a BSBA and managed several Michigan companies before moving to Argentina.  In 1999, he worked for Prestolite Indiel, an international metal component manufacturer in Buenos Aires and became their Managing Director/CEO.  At Prestolite he was responsible for the $175 million multi-plant return to profitability.  He developed Presidential and Cabinet level governmental contacts with Argentine, Brazilian and United States administrations.  His international business experience gives him a unique prospective on economic policies.     

The Western Thumb Tea Party Group is non-partisan and committed to educating  family, friends and neighbors.  Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the program begins at 6:00 p.m.  Information will be available on health care, 2010 census, and other current events.  The program will conclude with a question and answer period.   Everyone is welcome.

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, better known as ACORN, is under investigation by state and federal authorities for its voter registration drives. Allegations are that ACORN's get-out-the-vote efforts have produced thousands of fraudulent voter registrations.
 
Detroit Author Jim Keena will speak about ACORN on February 18 th at the Vassar Library. Jim will be explaining ACORN's history, philosophy and tactics. Keena warns we should be concerned about the upcoming mid-term elections being influenced by groups like ACORN, Media Matters, and MoveOn.org. ACORN could get $750 million in funding as a result of the stimulus bill. He will discuss how this group affects us and what we can do to fight back.
 
Jim Keena was born in 1957 in a farming community near Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was a National Merit Scholarship finalist, and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Economics from the University of Detroit. Jim Keena is an executive in the automotive industry. He is also the author of the pro-liberty website PathlessLand.net. He has written one book on Thomas Jefferson, and is finishing up a second book called We’ve Been Had: How Obama and the Leftists Conned Middle Class America. He has been a keynote speaker at numerous TEA Party rallies.
 
The lecture is scheduled February 18th at the Bullard Sanford Memorial Library, 520 W Huron from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. The class is sponsored by The Western Thumb TEA Party Group which is nonpartisan and committed to educating family, friends and neighbors. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and information will also be available on many current events. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. and will conclude with a question and answer period. Everyone is welcome.

If you are tired of being ignored by your elected representatives, join us and make your voice heard.  You can network with individuals committed to educating family, friends and neighbors about economic policy and a return of our government to its Constitutional limitations.  On Thursday, February 11, 2010, Rick Wilson, Republican Candidate for the 5th Congressional District will discuss the Constitution of the United States and how it restricts all levels of government.  The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the Burger King Restaurant, 490 N. Main St. Frankenmuth, Michigan.  There is no charge for this event. 

Wilson believes the government should lower business taxes and reduce the regulative burden on businesses and individuals.  He defends the United States Constitution and our First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, assembly and religion and the Second Amendment right to bear arms. 

Information will be available on health care, cap and trade, and other current events.  The program will conclude with a question and answer period.  The Western Thumb TEA Party Group is a non-partisan citizen action network sponsoring this event.  Their goal is to ensure that the United States remains the most safe, free and prosperous country in the world.  Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome.  If you come early and purchase your dinner, you can bring it into the meeting room and find a good seat.