Category: The TEA Party / Patriot Movement

Rock River Patriots Meeting This Friday September 8th, 2017

The Rock River Patriots will be having a meeting this Friday September 8th, 2017 in Fort Atkinson at the Dwight Foster Library beginning at 6pm. At this meeting we will discuss current events and initiatives.  Given the current state of affairs in the world, we will have our annual discussion on emergency preparedness.  Hope to see you all there!

Rock River Patriots Meeting This Friday May 12th, 2017

The Rock River Patriots are having a meeting this Friday May 12th, 2017 at 6:00pm in the Community Room at the Dwight Foster Library in Fort Atkinson. The Dwight Foster library is located at 209 Merchants Avenue. At this meeting, we will discuss current events and initiatives.  Hope to see you all there!

Happy Independence Day!

From all of us at the Rock River Patriots, we wish everyone a happy Independence Day! Today is an important day to reflect on Freedom and what it means to each and every one of us.  What are the costs of freedom? What is freedom to you?  Are we still even free?  What are you willing to do in the freedom fight? What does freedom mean to me?  Here is the transcript of a speech I delivered several years ago at an event.  I know these are feelings echoed throughout the freedom movement.  I know I am not alone when I feel these emotions. I am one of the members of the Rock River Patriots (RRP) leadership team. I must admit it was a struggle for me to decide if I wanted to be involved with this event because as many of you know I’m not a fan of either party. I became disillusioned with what I saw as I became a conservative activist by people who are supposed to be on “my side”.  I saw how the leadership of the party attempted to control good honest patriots or play political games. It became obvious many in “leadership positions” in…

Targeted by the IRS

As many of you know, the Rock River Patriots have been one of the Patriot / TEA Party groups that have been targeted by the IRS while pursuing tax exempt status.  Because of what we believe are criminal actions by this Federal agency, we have withdrawn our application after being asked to produce substantially more information and documentation more than a year after submitting our application.  We had neither the time or ability to produce the vast amount of information requested. Below are the scans of our correspondence with the IRS, including the RRP letter to the IRS indicating the we wish to withdraw our application. RRP Response to the IRS

Rock River Patriots and the Daily Jefferson County Union

We recognize this is slightly dated, but still believe there is a need to set the record straight. On June 20, 2012, the Daily Jefferson County Union published an article by Kevin Murphy entitled, “No added prison for Fort man“.  This article reports on a Fort Atkinson man who was on probation for possession of an explosive device and recently charged/convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. In the article (attached), the Rock River Patriots are mentioned because this individual supposedly attended one of our meetings.  Is this a deliberate attempt to smear the RRP using a classic “guilt by association” tactic?  We think it may be just that. As anyone who attends our meetings can tell you, they are all open to the public.  Many people have come and gone since the group formed several years ago.  We have a core group of regular attendees and many others who attend sporadically.  None of the leaders in the RRP recognize this person.  The RRP were never contacted by the writer of this story for comment either. The article also indicates that the judge told the defendant to avoid groups with “nothing positive to offer” with the implication…

Ron Paul: The Only One We Can Trust

The Rock River Patriots do not endorse candidates.  However, this video sheds light on who Ron Paul really is.  As the father of the true TEA Party movement, it is an important video to show.  Dr. Paul’s views are very close to the views of the Rock River Patriots.  That’s why it is posted on this site. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohKz9OeiI0g]

Thank You To All Our Guests At Patriot Lobby Day And Our Open Carry Picnic

On Tuesday September 13, 2011 patriots from around the state converged on the Capitol in Madison to welcome back our legislators for the fall legislative session.  Patriots from The Rock River Patriots, WI 9/12 group, Uninfringed Liberty, Sauk County TEA Party, and other groups were represented. We want to thank Rep. Scott Suder, Rep. Evan Wynn, Rep. Joe Knilans, Rep. Dean Knutson, Rep. Steve Nass, Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald, Sen. Frank Lasee, Sen. Pam Galloway, Sen. Neal Kedzie, Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, and all the other legislators who met with us today to talk about our the fall legislative agenda and issues that are of great importance to us. Below are some pictures from our gathering at the capitol rotunda from 11:30 – 1:30 pm.  The usual Marxists and Socialists were there singing, shouting, and being disruptive as they do virtually every day.  As part of the “Silent Majority” we stood around the rotunda with our Gadsden flags.  The “singers” were very agitated because we were there silent virtually the whole time excluding a couple times when several patriots tried to explain why we were there.  It became obvious quickly that the “signers” had no interest in reason or discussion.  Instead, their…

The Debt Ceiling, The Dream Act, And The Downgrade

It has definitely been a wild couple of weeks that continues to prove to me that nothing will ever change in Washington D.C. We have seen a debt ceiling deal that does nothing to change the course our country is headed on.  The TEA Party has been called terrorists by Vice President Joe Biden, and demonized by some in talk radio and the IMPOTENT Republican establishment. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the Republican establishment wimps say, ” We only have one branch of government, how much can we be expected to do?”  Controlling one branch of government is all that is needed to prevent any bad bill from being passed! THE SOLUTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN: Pass a spending freeze bill and cuts similar to what Sen. Rand Paul suggested ( a spending freeze and 1% cut each year for six years), and spend the rest of the time explaining it to your districts.  If the Senate and POTUS refuse to do anything with the bill, stay in your district and keep explaining it.  That is truly why we have a system of checks and balances.  The sky will not fall as they have led you to believe….

Celebrate Some Of Our “WINS” At The Patriots’ Picnic In The Madison Area July 30th

Attached is a flyer for the Patriots’ Picnic being held in Verona on Saturday July 30th from 11am – 4pm.  This is a chance for patriots from all over Wisconsin to get together and celebrate some of the successes we have had this year.  Make no mistake about it…There is still much to do.  Let this be a time to re-energize yourselves, and prepare to fight on. Speakers include: Sen. Glen Grothman, Rep. Jim Steineke, Vicki McKenna, Yuri Maltsev, and more.     The Patriots’ Picnic Flyer