Party Like It's 1773: $10 Reward

In the text below there's a quote attributed to Karl Marx. I'll give $10 to the first person to prove the source truly is Karl Marx. The quote can also be found on this Tea Party page ostensibly written by a "Dr. Allen Unrue."

Today there was a Tea Party on Socialized Medicine at the fairgrounds. Details can be found here - http://www.teapartysd.com/. Their press release indicates they expected 8,000 to 10,000 folks.

I must say I really appreciate the even handed reasonable rhetoric that arrived via e-mail today through the Minnehaha County GOP by local tea party animator Dr Allen Unruh. I cannot vouch for the e-mail's authenticity so if it's a hoax, I have fallen for it. Hard. Confirmation from the county GOP on the authorship of the e-mail has been requested.

Highlights follow. Full text at the end.

"Karl Marx said, 'First you socialize medicine and everything else follows like night follows day.' Socialized medicine is the last nail in the coffin of capitalism. Capitalism is the unequal distribution of blessings. Socialism is the equal distribution of misery. All health care decisions will be made by nameless, facelsss, heartless bureaucrats."

and...

"In times of economic and moral crisis, silence is not golden, IT'S YELLOW! Our forefathers pledged their lives, their fortunes, the sacred honor, because they would rather LIVE FREE OR DIE. Too many don't want to even take a few hours off work, or off their free time for the cause of freedom. Apathy, ignorance and indifference pave the road to tyranny. We are only a few months away from losing our country if we don't draw a line in the sand and say, "Enough is Enough!" It's time to stand up and be counted."

This sure sounds good in the face of such sky is falling rhetoric like this from the South Dakota State Medical Association:

"The SDSMA supports the achievement of meaningful health system reform – health system changes that hold promise for improving the health status and quality of care delivered to patients and are achieved in a fiscally responsible manner in order to maintain a sustainable health care delivery system."

or this from the American Chiropractic Association:

"A PARADIGM SHIFT IS NEEDED: A broad transformational change – a paradigm shift—is needed, away from our current health delivery system which is largely oriented to provide care for those who have already become seriously ill, and toward a more progressive system that focuses primarily on comprehensive wellness care and disease prevention."

Thank you Dr Unruh for revealing to me the truth about your tea parties.

-- full text

Dear Concerned Citizens;

The teapartysd.com movement is sponsoring a rally with national and international speakers this July 2nd, at the Sioux Falls Fair Grounds.

Karl Marx said, "First you socialize medicine and everything else follows like night follows day." Socialized medicine is the last nail in the coffin of capitalism. Capitalism is the unequal distribution of blessings. Socialism is the equal distribution of misery. All health care decisions will be made by nameless, facelsss, heartless bureaucrats.

Socialized medicine is one issue that can never be reversed. Frank Luntz, author of "Words that Work." said if there is enough public outcry, this is one issue that could be stopped. But it's only if enough people care enough about their country to protest.

Talk show hosts can only do so much. We live in a bottom up system. Of the people, By the people, and For the people. The Declaration of Independence says, "Whenever any government becomes destructive of these ends (our inalienable rights) it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.

Please read the enclosed brochure, share it with all your friends, neighbors, and co-workers,. The penalty of the early colonists for their protest on a 3% tax on TEA, was death. What we have endured has made King George look like a PIKER.

In times of economic and moral crisis, silence is not golden, IT'S YELLOW! Our forefathers pledged their lives, their fortunes, the sacred honor, because they would rather LIVE FREE OR DIE. Too many don't want to even take a few hours off work, or off their free time for the cause of freedom. Apathy, ignorance and indifference pave the road to tyranny. We are only a few months away from losing our country if we don't draw a line in the sand and say, "Enough is Enough!" It's time to stand up and be counted.

See you at 12:00 at the Fair Grounds Grandstand. For further information go to our website at teapartysd.com

For the Cause of liberty,
Dr. Allen Unruh