tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91750627439729542552024-02-08T02:23:55.516-08:00Strasbourg Tea PartyStrasbourg Tea Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775222182310500741noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175062743972954255.post-50859445405783182142007-12-27T20:03:00.000-08:002007-12-27T20:04:16.826-08:00Proclamation of the Strasbourg Tea Party<div id="filecontent"> <div id="yiv1273204127"> <h1 align="center"><b>Proclamation of the Strasbourg Tea Party</b></h1> <h1 align="center"><b>15-16 December 2007 </b> </h1> <p> <i>On December 16, 2007, Ron Paul supporters from the United States and seven European nations (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland, and United Kingdom) assembled in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, for the purpose demonstrating the broad base of international support that Dr. Ron Paul inspires by joining with their brothers and sisters in America celebrating the famous “Boston Tea Party” of 1773. On the previous day, many the participants attended a conference held to discuss ways to help Ron Paul’s campaign for president of the United States, and furthering the Ron Paul Revolution in Europe. The following statement was adopted by the participants: </i> </p> <h2 align="center"><b>We Proclaim:</b></h2> <p> Never before has a candidate for president of the United States inspired people around the world as Ron Paul has done. </p> <p> Ron Paul has cured our apathy and inspired the enthusiasm of youth throughout Europe, just as he has in America. He has given us hope in limited government, and restored faith that democracy can work. </p> <p> We thrill to his message of liberty and personal responsibility, which is so different from that of normal politicians, who see the people they are supposed to serve as little but helpless clients to be managed by the state. </p> <p> We no longer wish to have our lives interfered with and controlled by bureaucrats.</p> <p> We share Ron Paul’s concern for the stability of our financial system, and believe that sound money is essential for the economic health and financial stability of not only America but also of Europe and the rest of the world.</p> <p> We share Ron Paul’s insight that our bloated governments and financial managers are controlled by special interests who are neither responsible nor responsive to the people. We applaud Ron Paul for bringing these issues into the public consciousness, and dedicate ourselves to educating people about them. </p> <p> We believe that Ron Paul’s call to return to the original principles of the United States Constitution, and of America’s Founders, is the best route to world peace and security. </p> <p> We believe that Ron Paul’s foreign policy principles of respect for sovereignty and non-interventionism are as applicable to the European Union and to our own nations as they are to the United States.</p> <p> Ron Paul has been called an “isolationist” by his opponents. We want Americans to know that Ron Paul is inspiring an international movement, and that he is the only candidate who is making friends for America and gathering broad-based international support. </p> <p> We believe that Ron Paul has sparked a revolution of friendship between all those in Europe and America who share his values, and that this friendship and this Revolution will continue to grow in strength and depth. </p> <p> We dedicate ourselves to supporting Ron Paul in his election campaign this year, supporting his goals when he is elected president, and bringing his message of liberty and personal responsibility to our own nations in Europe.</p> <p> Adopted in Strasbourg by the participants of the Strasbourg Tea Party on the 15<sup>th</sup> and 16<sup>th</sup> days of December, <i>Anno Domini</i> 2007.</p> <p> <b>Ben Novak, Bratislava, Slovakia</b> </p> <p> <b>Allan Stevo, Bratislava, Slovakia</b> </p> <p> <b>Fabio Bossi, Munich Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Patrick Ryf, Berne, Switzerland</b> </p> <p> <b>Peter-Willem Vanden Broucke, Ghent, Belgium</b> </p> <p> <b>Stephan Eckert, Frankfurt, Germany</b></p> <p> <b>Nicole Bless, Frankfurt, Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Johannes Maierhofer, Vienna, Austria</b> </p> <p> <b>Philipe Huhardeaux, Brussels, Belgium</b> </p> <p> <b>Igor Uszczapowski, Kaiserslautern, Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Michael Bienek, Reimsbach, Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Michael Bauwens, Ghent, Belgium</b> </p> <p> <b>Thomas Waschko, Hamburg, Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Tim Wessels, Hamburg, Germany</b></p> <p> <b>Laura Harth, Ghent, Belgium</b> </p> <p> <b>Denis Clijsters, Antwerp, Belgium</b> </p> <p> <b>Lukas Mauch, Munich, Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Nicholas Serr, Munich, Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Rafael Kraft, Rotweil, Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Michael Neral, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Scotland)</b> </p> <p> <b>J. Blättermann, Munich, Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Janine Schleicher, Rotweil, Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Laura Hegedus, Munich, Germany</b></p> <p> <b>Ira Katz, Paris, France</b> </p> <p> <b>Johanna von Seckendorf, Munich, Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Karl Stritzinger, Munich, Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Roger Buchschacher, Basel, Switzerland</b></p> <p> <b>Felix Klee, Baden-Baden, Germany</b> </p> <p> <b>Norman Thiel, Munich, Germany</b> </p> </div> </div>Strasbourg Tea Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775222182310500741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175062743972954255.post-66027351660343310212007-12-19T04:35:00.000-08:002007-12-19T04:39:40.856-08:00Pics from RonPaul.Blog.deStefan has some photos as well and PaulForPaul has tried a translation below - Allan<br /><br /><a href="http://ronpaul.blog.de/">http://ronpaul.blog.de/</a><br /><br /><blockquote>Today I was among the 30 Ron Paul fans from all over Europe who gathered this weekend so that we could play our part in the Ron Paul Revolution. There were participants from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Belgium, Slovakia, and also Bavaria present.We used Saturday in order to get to know each other and to plan the activities for the Tea Party on Sunday, and to plan for the time afterwards. On Sunday, we made our boisterous entrance in front of the European Parliament. The Munich Meet-Up group was also present and equiped with large, gorgeous Ron Paul banners. Also, the Hamburg group had painted posters, which enriched our demonstration.A high point was surely the symbolic "Throwing the Tea Overboard", that we [my German skills begin to fail me...], in reference the Boston Tea Party, through which the United States today intends to deliver Ron Paul's message of Freedom and Peace. For this, we found 4 Indians who gave to the whole a realistic touch.Finally let it be said that we all spent a wonderful weekend in Strassburg, not only by the Ron Paul supporters of Europe who came, instead, for a signal sent to all of solidarity with our American friends. [...] Also a signal to still sleeping Europe to join the Ron Paul Revolution.<br /></blockquote>Strasbourg Tea Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775222182310500741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175062743972954255.post-57541474997243516402007-12-19T03:51:00.000-08:002007-12-19T04:35:00.311-08:00Pictures from StrasbourgLots of pictures out there from Strasbourg. A few of them here. I welcome you to add more links in comments. - Allan<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21894829@N05/sets/72157603481505888/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/21894829@N05/sets/72157603481505888/</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21894829@N05/sets/72157603476228397/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/21894829@N05/sets/72157603476228397/</a><br /><a href="http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=56316&page=2">http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=56316&page=2</a><br /><a href="http://politaction.com/europe/the-strasbourg-tea-party-for-ron-paul/">http://politaction.com/europe/the-strasbourg-tea-party-for-ron-paul/</a>Strasbourg Tea Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775222182310500741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175062743972954255.post-3396495694494362732007-12-18T05:31:00.000-08:002007-12-18T06:01:10.333-08:00Ron Paul knows about the Strasbourg Tea Party<div class="daily-update">Thank you Dan from Bratislava for sending this in. In the bolded portion below, Ron Paul mentions the Tea Party in France. A great letter here from Ron Paul. - Allan<br /><br /> <h3><a onclick="toggle_update(this);return false;" href="http://www.ronpaul2008.com/#"> Message from Ron </a> <span>(12/17/07)</span> </h3> <div class="text" style="display: block;"> <p>What a day! I am humbled and inspired, grateful and thrilled for this vast outpouring of support.</p> <p>On just one day, in honor of the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, the new American revolutionaries brought in $6.04 million, another one-day record. The average donation was $102; we had 58,407 individual contributors, of whom an astounding 24,915 were first-time donors. And it was an entirely voluntary, self-organized, decentralized, independent effort on the internet. Must be the "spammers" I keep hearing about!</p> <p>The establishment is baffled and worried, and well they should be. They keep asking me who runs our internet fundraising and controls our volunteers. To these top-down central planners, a spontaneous order like our movement is science-fiction. But you and I know it's real: as real as the American people's yearning for freedom, peace, and prosperity, as real as all the men and women who have sacrificed for our ideals, in the past and today.</p> <p style="font-weight: bold;">And how neat to see celebrations all across the world, with Tea Parties from France to New Zealand. This is how we can spread the ideals of our country, through voluntary emulation, not bombs and bribes. Of course, there were hundreds in America.</p> <p>As I dropped in on a cheering, laughing crowd of about 600 near my home in Freeport, Texas, I noted that they call us "angry." Well, we are the happiest, most optimistic "angry" movement ever, and the most diverse. What unites us is a love of liberty, and a determination to fix what is wrong with our country, from the Fed to the IRS, from warfare to welfare. But otherwise we are a big tent.</p> <p>Said the local newspaper: "The elderly sat with teens barely old enough to vote. The faces were black, Hispanic, Asian and white. There was no fear in their voices as they spoke boldly with each other about the way the country should be. Held close like a deeply held secret, Paul has brought them out of the disconnect they feel between what they know to be true and where the country has been led."</p> <p>Thanks also to the 500 or so who braved the blizzard in Boston to go to Faneuil Hall. My son Rand told me what a great time he had with you.</p> <p>A few mornings ago on LewRockwell.com, I saw a YouTube of a 14-year-old boy that summed up our whole movement for me. This well-spoken young man, who could have passed in knowledge for a college graduate, told how he heard our ideas being denounced. So he decided to Google. He read some of my speeches, and thought, these make sense. Then he studied US foreign policy of recent years, and came to the conclusion that we are right. So he persuaded his father to drop Rudy Giuliani and join our movement.</p> <p>All over America, all over the world, we are inspiring real change. With the wars and the spying, the spending and the taxing, the inflation and the credit crisis, our ideas have never been more needed. Please help me spread them <a href="https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate">https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate</a> in all 50 states. Victory for liberty! That is our goal, and nothing less.</p> <p>Sincerely,</p> <p>Ron</p> </div> </div>Strasbourg Tea Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775222182310500741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175062743972954255.post-77511790409775152272007-12-18T02:45:00.000-08:002007-12-18T02:48:19.523-08:00Great press<a href="http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=199483">http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=199483</a><br /><br />Thank you for Dan and Matej in Bratislava for getting this published. I have just gotten back on the internet after last night's return from Strasbourg. You can expect plenty of updates from me about this weekend's impressive event and how what what we did over the last two days is the start of something historical. - AllanStrasbourg Tea Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775222182310500741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175062743972954255.post-40414063229616200212007-12-13T15:31:00.001-08:002007-12-13T15:37:11.276-08:00Press ReleaseThis is the press release for the event, tailor made for the Bratislava, please feel free to edit it as you please, translate it as you please, and circulate it as you please. Thank you. - Allan<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=""> </span>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">RON PAUL MOVEMENT SPREADS THROUGHOUT <st1:place st="on">EUROPE</st1:place></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Americans in Europe for Ron Paul, a Bratislava-based organization, and Europeans for Ron Paul, a Munich-based organization, will be hosting “The Strasbourg Tea Party” Saturday and Sunday, December 15-16, 2007 in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Strasbourg</st1:city>, <st1:country-region st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The purpose of the event will be for leaders and members of the European-wide network of Ron Paul groups to network and to organize for the future of the European movement in support of the ideas of US presidential candidate Ron Paul.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“We are expecting larger crowds than we first thought,” said Allan Stevo, co-founder of Americans in <st1:place st="on">Europe</st1:place> for Ron Paul, “we even needed to upgrade to a larger meeting facility in the last weeks before the event.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Strasbourg Tea Party will be part of an extensive international grassroots effort in celebration of the Boston Tea Party of 1773 in which American colonists dropped tea into the <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Boston</st1:city></st1:place> harbor as a protest against excessive taxation.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“We raised $4.3 million at the last event, I think we’ll double it at this one,” said an American supporter of Ron Paul in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Bratislava</st1:place></st1:city>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ron Paul is a physician and a 10-term Congressman from <st1:state st="on">Texas</st1:state> whose beliefs are heavily based in the US Constitution and the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Austrian</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Economics.<span style=""> </span>He has never voted for a tax increase, he has never voted to increase the power of the president.<span style=""> </span>He is the only major candidate to oppose extending the war in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<span style=""> </span>His is the only presidential candidate with an international network of grassroots supporters.<span style=""> </span>He is the champion of the Constitution.<span style=""> </span><i>Congressional Quarterly</i> has consistently selected him among their most influential congressmen.<span style=""> </span><i>GQ</i> magazine selected Ron Paul for their 2007 issue of “Man of the Year,” the only <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> presidential candidate to receive this distinction.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ron Paul’s campaign was the first to post real time fundraising results online (see: RonPaul2008.com) and has shown greater success in fundraising from individuals than any other <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> presidential candidate.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“This is truly a grassroots movement,” comments Americans in <st1:place st="on">Europe</st1:place> for Ron Paul co-founder Ben Novak. “The efficiently-run campaign focuses on taking care of necessary matters and everything from fundraising to letter-writing is effectively handled by locally organized groups of volunteers.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">On November 5, a group of volunteers unaffiliated with the campaign raised $4.3 million with an average donation/person of a little over $100.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“There has never been a political movement like this,” says Americans in Europe for Ron Paul co-founder Allan Stevo, “the media refuses to take notice of this man, so tens of thousands of people throughout the US and the world, get on the internet and talk about him, he is an un-elected US president yet there is a movement throughout the world in favor of him.<span style=""> </span>This is the first time an un-elected <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> president has had this kind of international support.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In the last few days, a journalist at the strongly neo-conservative <i>National Review</i>, John Derbyshire, broke ranks with the magazine and came out in support of Ron Paul.<span style=""> </span>“This is a crack in the dyke,” said Novak, “we are going to start seeing others from the neo-conservative movement coming out in support of Ron Paul as well.” </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Even old-guard, Republican party organized straw polls show Ron Paul to be above the competition.<span style=""> </span>Media organized phone polls generally show him to be behind the competition.<span style=""> </span>The anti-Paul Fox News runs regular call-in polls after debates that almost always show Paul with overwhelming support among viewers, to which Fox political pundits respond in distaste.<span style=""> </span>“But it is clear that someone out there is supporting him, and the traditional methods of finding who those people are just don’t seem to be working.<span style=""> </span>Come January, we will see if our man has a chance to be President of the <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>, and we will see if Americans will take their country back from the special interest groups that control it.” said Stevo.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The first round of the elections will take place beginning January 3, 2008 in <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Iowa</st1:place></st1:state> and will last until June, 2008.<span style=""> </span>Traditionally, very few voters appear for the first round of elections, and for that reason those candidates with the most dedicated supporters have considerable advantages is these early days.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">As the Iowa Caucus nears, groups of Ron Paul supporters from all over the world, including here in Bratislava, have participated in an unprecedented grassroots movement to send letters to all 700,000 Iowa “no party” voters.<span style=""> </span>"We are targeting to send nearly 1,000,000 personal letters to voters in early primary states, and have already sent nearly 500,000 to <st1:state st="on">Iowa</st1:state> alone." comments Ron Shimshock, an organizer of the letter writing campaign from <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Austin</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Texas</st1:state></st1:place>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“If you believe that it’s the mainstream media that decides how a nation votes, then you would never expect Paul in office, but if you believe the people can think for themselves, I think you’ll start wanting to pay attention to Ron Paul, because despite the mainstream media blackout of Paul, his campaign, in several areas of measurement, has been growing exponentially since July ’07” said Stevo.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Americans in Europe for Ron Paul hosts regular Wednesday night meetings at Next Apache, Panenska 28, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Bratislava</st1:city></st1:place>.<span style=""> </span>More information can be found at <a href="http://americansineuropeforronpaul.blogspot.com/">http://americansineuropeforronpaul.blogspot.com/</a><span style=""> </span>or<span style=""> </span><a href="http://ronpaul.meetup.com/583/">http://ronpaul.meetup.com/583/</a> .<span style=""> </span>Most active members of the group are Slovak, Austrian, American, and Czech and the group hosts regular meetings in <st1:city st="on">Vienna</st1:city> and <st1:city st="on">Brno</st1:city> in addition to <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Bratislava</st1:place></st1:city>.<span style=""> </span>For more information on the Strasbourg Tea Party, please see <a href="http://strasbourgteaparty07.blogspot.com/">http://strasbourgteaparty07.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">More information can be found by contacting: AmericansInEuropeForRonPaul@gmail.com</p>Strasbourg Tea Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775222182310500741noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175062743972954255.post-34408203100601907592007-12-11T07:56:00.000-08:002007-12-11T07:58:49.522-08:00Edited information on the Strasbourg Tea PartyEdited information is added the "Information on the Strasbourg Tea Party" post, almost daily.<br />- AllanStrasbourg Tea Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775222182310500741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175062743972954255.post-11728246693211020362007-12-09T14:40:00.001-08:002007-12-09T14:40:58.529-08:00Strasbourg Tea Party - New AdThank you, Dan. I look forward to your future work. - Allan<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mVr1yrb1nao&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mVr1yrb1nao&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Strasbourg Tea Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775222182310500741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175062743972954255.post-39698396765915822712007-12-07T06:22:00.001-08:002007-12-07T06:22:59.332-08:00Calls to Strasbourg<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LCUEGTiHX4Y&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LCUEGTiHX4Y&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/07TVBLFroSM&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/07TVBLFroSM&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Strasbourg Tea Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775222182310500741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175062743972954255.post-39225932766857294382007-12-04T15:52:00.001-08:002007-12-11T08:22:45.874-08:00Information on the Strasbourg Tea Party<p class="MsoNormal">The basics:<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">WHO<o:p></o:p><br />All Ron Paul supporters with feet on European soil the weekend of the conference.<o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">WHAT<o:p></o:p><br />The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Strasbourg</st1:place></st1:city> Tea Party – a meeting for supporters to network with each other and to plan for the future of the movement.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">WHEN<o:p></o:p><br />Saturday, December 15 – Sunday, December 16, 2007<o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">WHERE <o:p></o:p><br /><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Strasbourg</st1:city>, <st1:country-region st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Saturday we have reservations for a meeting room that will accommodate 200 people. We will begin our meetings at 9 am at the Hostelling International hostel named “2 Rives”<br />The address is: Rue des Cavaliers / BP 58 / 67017 Strasbourg Cedex / (Bas-Rhin) France. Its telephone number is: Tel. +33-3-88455420 You can find more information about the hostel online at : <span lang="DE"><a href="http://www.fuaj.org/eng/hostels/aj_fiche.php?aj_id=88" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.fuaj.org/eng/hostels/aj_fiche.php?aj_id=88</span></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"><a href="http://www.hihostels.com/dba/hostel020004.en.htm">http://www.hihostels.com/dba/hostel020004.en.htm</a> . </span>The meeting will go until 1 pm. We will break for lunch at the hostel and will resume the meeting at 2.30 pm. We will end our Saturday session at 6 pm. From there we have reservations for 40 people at a local restaurant and from there we have reservations for 40 people at a local pub. In the morning we will resume our session at 10 am at the plaza in front of the European Parliament. From there we will have a farewell meal at the hostel and end our meeting.<o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">WHY<o:p></o:p><br />The Ron Paul movement in <st1:place st="on">Europe</st1:place> has shown consistent growth that does not appear to be weakening, in fact, it appears to be growing at an increasing rate. In light of this, it is clear that we are part of a movement that may well be larger than any single candidate, and any single country. As this movement is still young, now is the opportunity to get together to network and to begin sharing our hopes for the future. We meet to get to know each other better, we meet to be stronger as this movement moves forward, we meet to be more comfortable in our movement – as compatriots, and maybe also as friends. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>If you would like to have a room in the hostel – please RSVP by December 12 by sending an email to AmericansInEuropeForRonPaul@gmail.com with “RESERVATION” in the subject line.<o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">HOUSING:<o:p></o:p><br />Some of us will be staying here: <span lang="DE"><a href="http://www.hihostels.com/dba/hostel020004.en.htm"><span class="yshortcuts"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.fuaj.org/eng/hostels/aj_fiche.php?aj_id=88</span></span><br />http://www.hihostels.com/dba/hostel020004.en.htm</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>The hostel is near the <st1:place st="on">Rhine</st1:place>. We will be arriving Friday afternoon/evening and leaving Sunday evening/Monday morning.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>The cost will be 19 Euro/person/bed/night. The group must pay a total of 14.50 Euro for a hostel card that allows us to stay at this hostel.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Our meetings happen there, in the meeting room, which will cost us 240 Euro for the day.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Audio visual equipment can be available for an additional fee. The room fits 200 people. This fee includes - tables and chairs and the room. Also there is some sort of tablet for writing on.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>The city center is 20 min away by bus, the European Parliament is 15 minutes away. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Some of us will sleep here and all of us in attendance for the Saturday session will meet here. We can eat our breakfasts here, and maybe even have a meal or two there, but should leave the facility for our other meals, and probably even just go the town for our other meals. Lunch on Saturday will no longer be at the hostel, there are nearby restaurants that we will be able to eat at. Dinner Saturday will be at a nice place in the center with inexpensive tasty localy dishes and a variety of good beers - details forthcoming.<o:p><br /></o:p><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Beds are all set at the hostel. Of the many people who will be attending the Strasbourg Tea Party, only 17 people have requested lodging through me (Allan) at our hostel along with other members of the group - those people are as follows:</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights - Allan, Ben, Tony, Stan, Johannes, Stefan, Jakub, Djamel and his brother.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Saturday night - Merkl, fabio +2, Michael B, Denis, Pieter-Willem, Laura. </p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>If you still need a place to stay, I recommend checking with the hostel for last minute cancellations.<br />The are also hotels nearby.<br />If you are willing to risk not having a place to stay at the last minute, and a bed is not something you need, bring a sleeping bag along and we will see what we can do : )<br /></o:p><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"></st1:place></st1:city></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY – T-SHIRTS?<o:p></o:p><br />Strasbourg Tea Party T-shirts can be obtained at the following website – <a href="http://311681.spreadshirt.net/de/DE/Shop">http://311681.spreadshirt.net/de/DE/Shop</a> Thank you to Fabio for arranging this.<o:p> </o:p><br /></p><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"></st1:place></st1:city><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY MAPS <o:p></o:p><br />Maps of event locations are currently being produced, and should hopefully be up and on the internet by Thursday, December 13, 2007.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><st1:city st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:city> TEA PARTY CONTACTS IN <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p><br />We look forward to hearing from our fellow supporters in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Strasbourg</st1:place></st1:city>. If you are in <st1:city st="on">Strasbourg</st1:city> and would like to make contact with us before the event, please contact us at <a href="mailto:AmericansInEuropeForRonPaul@gmail.com">AmericansInEuropeForRonPaul@gmail.com</a> Also, if you know anyone in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Strasbourg</st1:place></st1:city>, please take a few moments to welcome them to the event. All Ron Paul supporters are invited.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY – INTERNET DONATIONS<o:p></o:p><br />At the event, we need to have internet access for all Americans to participate in the Money Bomb. At 6 am, on the dot, we will be among the first to make our donations to the Boston Tea Party Money Bomb. Will you join us at 6 am?<o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY – DONATIONS <o:p></o:p><br />We must figure out a way for foreign supporters of Ron Paul to channel their donations without interfering in the important issues of national sovereignty.<o:p><br />If you are not an American citizen or green card holder, please see the discussion at the site at <a href="http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=40239">http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=40239</a> for information on how to contribute to the spread of Ron Paul's ideas without breaking US election laws.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY - WEBSITE <o:p></o:p><br />The most up to date information on the Strasbourg Tea Party can be found at: http://strasbourgteaparty07.blogspot.com/<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY – WHAT TO BRING<o:p></o:p><br /><span></span>100 – 200 Euro for the weekend<o:p></o:p><br />Flags from your homeland<o:p></o:p><br />Ron Paul signs or Banners<o:p></o:p><br />Interesting stories of success from your meetup groups.<o:p></o:p><br />If other people can learn from them, interesting <span>stories of failure as well.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span><span>A cup for some tea.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span><span><span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY - SCHEDULE<o:p></o:p><br /><u>Friday</u> – meet for dinner at A RESTAURANT to be named<o:p></o:p><br /><u>Saturday</u> – begin our meetings at 9 am at the HOSTEL<o:p></o:p><br />Break for Lunch at 1 pm at the hostel.<o:p></o:p><br />Resume meetings at 2:30 pm<o:p></o:p><br />End our day at 6 pm. Proceed to Au Brasseur<br />Lonely Planet says the following about Au Brasseur: "+33 (0) 3 88 36 12 13; 22 rue des Veaux; 11am-1am Four types of beers (brune, blonde, ambree, and blanche) are brewed in this warm, dimly lit microbrewery, which also has some of the best deals in town on Alsatian treats."<br />Proceed to a PUB to be named for a drink and conversation<o:p></o:p><br /><u>Sunday</u> – meet at 9 am at the Hostel <o:p></o:p><br />proceed to the European Parliament to begin the tea party at 10 am.<o:p><br /><br /></o:p><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY – VIDEOS<o:p></o:p><br />At the Strasbourg Tea Party we will need<o:p></o:p></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Digital Cameras<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Digital Videos Cameras<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal">Laptops with the ability to burn DVDs or CDs<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">CDs or DVDs</span><span lang="DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal">It is vital that we have laptops with burners at the event, in order for all raw material to be distributed to the meetup groups as quickly as possible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Strasbourg Tea Party is the first of our many statements to the world as Ron Paul supporters in <st1:place st="on">Europe</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>My goal in asking for the above is that lots of people will be able to record what they see happening in their time in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Strasbourg</st1:place></st1:city>. Before leaving, we will put all of those raw images onto disks for anyone who wants them. Hopefully, those raw images will filter out to the many people in this movement with video editing interests and skills and will make its way onto the internet in the form of many edited videos or other images.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Shortly after the Strasbourg Tea Party, a member of our group will go to the <st1:country-region st="on">US</st1:country-region> to personally visit groups to make sure that no Ron Paul supporter in places like <st1:city st="on">Chicago</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">Indiana</st1:state>, <st1:state st="on">Wisconsin</st1:state>, <st1:city st="on">Washington</st1:city> <st1:state st="on">DC</st1:state>, <st1:state st="on">Nevada</st1:state>, and <st1:city st="on">Los Angeles</st1:city> can miss what we are doing here in <st1:place st="on">Europe</st1:place>. For that to be successful, I will need good audio visual material with me. That is where the edited Strasbourg Tea Party videos, and others will be important<o:p><br /><br /></o:p><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY – COSTS<o:p></o:p><br />Costs – round trip gas from <st1:city st="on">Vienna</st1:city> to <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Strasbourg</st1:place></st1:city> = 120-150 Euro.<o:p></o:p><br />Meals in Strasbourg will likely run 10-20 Euro/meal – Friday dinner, Saturday lunch and dinner, Sunday lunch (food total = 40-80 Euro)<o:p></o:p><br />Breakfast is included in our hostel stay.<o:p></o:p><br />Public transportation will cost about 10-15 Euro for the weekend.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>With that, a nice weekend of networking and political discussion and activity as well as time to visit one of <st1:place st="on">Europe</st1:place>’s beautiful cities in this historically significant region could cost as little as 100 Euro, all inclusive. People coming from even closer will end up paying even less.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>I must say that this is a pleasant surprise to me, as I was worried that it would cost much more.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>STRASBOURG TEA PARTY - TRANSPORTATION</o:p><o:p><br /></o:p><o:p>Michael B writes:<br />for busses see </o:p><o:p><a href="http://eurolines.com/">http://eurolines.com/</a> they're cheaper than going by train, but less flexible </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Tony from Zurich wrote this on the google group:<br />"I have a seat in my car for any Ron Paul supporter traveling to Strasbourg from Zurich or environs. Plan to leave Friday afternoon and return on Sunday evening. If you are interested or know someone who can use a ride, write me at XXXXXX --tony"</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>For the email address, join up at the google group or write us at <a href="mailto:AmericansInEuropeForRonPaul@gmail.com">AmericansInEuropeForRonPaul@gmail.com</a></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>STRASBOURG TEA PARTY - PLANNING<br />Many people are involved in the planning of the Strasbourg Tea Party and much work is left to do. If you would like to get involved in the planning of the Tea Party, please go to our google group at: </o:p>http://<b>groups</b>.<b>google</b>.com/<b>group</b>/europeans4ronpaul<o:p> or to Ron Paul International Forums at: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=181<br /></p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal">DONATIONS</p><p class="MsoNormal">Numerous Ron Paul supporters from across <st1:place st="on">Europe</st1:place> have asked how they can contribute to the Strasbourg Tea Party. The budget for the Tea Party is expected to be about 500 Euro. The cost will come out of the pockets of the organizers. Donations are appreciated, but are not expected. Please send an email to <a href="mailto:AmericansInEuropeForRonPaul@gmail.com">AmericansInEuropeForRonPaul@gmail.com</a> with DONATION in the subject line to learn more about how you can make a donation. All donations that exceed the cost of the Tea Party will be ethically donated to organizations supporting Ron Paul in the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The organizers of the Strasbourg Tea Party will not make any money from this event.</p><p class="MsoNormal">THINGS ALREADY COVERED </p><p class="MsoNormal">I will bring name tags. Johannes will bring tea ingredients and a big container for making tea and related material. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p>Unfinished Sections:<o:p><br /></o:p><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY – SUNDAY ACTIVITIES<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY – ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY – SATURDAY ACTIVITIES<o:p></o:p></p><p><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"></st1:place></st1:city> </p><p><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">STRASBOURG</st1:place></st1:city> TEA PARTY – PRESS RELEASES </p><p>This is one item sent to Lew Rocwell and to the DailyPaul:</p><p><strong>282 Words on the Movement in Europe</strong><br />The trans-Atlantic connections between the US and Europe are strong. So strong, that a movement in one is often noticed in the other and even, at times, a movement in one builds into a movement in the other. The Atlantic divides us, but our connections run deep. With pride in those connections, many Europeans have started a movement in favor of US presidential candidate Ron Paul, and his ideas. The movement is recognized to be in support of Ron Paul, as well as in support of the many Americans backing our candidate (as can be seen for example in the case of this poster made by a German man in Munich <a href="http://europe4ronpaul.blogspot.com/2007/11/strasbourg-tea-party.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://europe4ronpaul.blogspot.com/2007/11/strasbourg-tea-party.html</a>) Never, before has this happened in this magnitude to a non-yet-elected American presidential candidate. This Saturday and Sunday (December 15 and 16, 2007), the Strasbourg Tea Party will take place in Strasbourg, France, and will serve as the first Europe-wide gathering of Ron Paul supporters. The event will take place in order to galvanize the movement happening here, through face-to-face discussions, through networking, and by planning for this movement - a movement that has already become bigger than any one man. The word has not spread in the mainstream media here, the word has spread on the internet. To Americans reading this with personal contacts in Europe, I ask that you place a phone call across the ocean, or perhaps send an email - at the heart of that message I ask you to have "Go to Strasbourg to meet others, return home and recruit others." This will not be where the movement ends, but Strasbourg will be where the movement began. I thank you most sincerely for your time.<br /><br />Strasbourg Tea Party: <a href="http://strasbourgteaparty07.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://strasbourgteaparty07.blogspot.com</a> </p><p> </p><p><br />AFTER THE FACT<br />The Strasbourg Tea Party is one of many events happening throughout Europe and throughout the world as in conjunction with the TeaParty07 commemorating the anniversary of the 1773 Boston Tea Party. I ask your events in Europe, that you send me videos or fotos or at least a link so that I can post that information here, on youtube, and send it to Tea Party sponsors in the US so that others will know what we were doing that day instead of sitting at home vegetating. Please contact me at AmericansInEuropeForRonPaul@gmail.com.</p>Strasbourg Tea Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775222182310500741noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175062743972954255.post-69797778470719403612007-11-29T06:58:00.000-08:002007-11-29T06:59:42.794-08:00Why this Blog ExistsThis blog is being established as a one stop clearing house for all information related to the Strasbourg Tea Party. By the end of the weekend, all available information should be posted here.<br /><br />- AllanStrasbourg Tea Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775222182310500741noreply@blogger.com0