One great soldier for freedom gone...RIP Bonnie! The rest of us must carry on...

In Memoriam

The Northwest Indiana Patriots have lost a loved and valuable member of our family.

Bonnie Kuzminski

Bonnie Jean Kuzminski was a loving, faithful wife and devoted mother. For the past year, she served as the volunteer secretary for the Northwest Indiana Patriots. Bonnie passed away December 23, 2009, at the age of 60. She is survived by her husband, Gary, son and daughter, Steven and Kimberley, and grandchildren, Christian and Nicholas.

Bonnie was the motor driving the NWIPs. She authored every post on this blog, and wrote or co-wrote every email blast and newsletter ever sent out by the NWIPs. She helped organize, set up and run our events. She opened her home for an NWIP yard sale. Bonnie did all this – while receiving zero compensation – because she believed in the principles of limited government and fiscal and individual responsibility. She did all she could to help preserve liberty for her fellow citizens.

Bonnie recently related the story of how she came to be associated with the NWIPs. Like many of us, she was frustrated with the political direction of our nation. Also like many of us, she felt alone in her frustration, seeing no outlet or opportunity to have an effect. Then the Tea Party movement began, and news came of a Tax Day Tea Party in Valparaiso. Bonnie and Gary went, excited at the possibilities, but unsure of what would come of it. Would anyone show up? Would it just be 5 people gathered to say goodbye to our founding principles?

Bonnie found herself surrounded by hundreds of like-minded Patriots. People who felt just as she did. People who shared her frustrations and hungered to make a difference. And she was confronted with something new and exciting – opportunity. Bonnie seized that opportunity and never let go. She found a second home in the Patriots, and she was very proud to stand with all of you. She was so dedicated that she continued to post and email right up until the very week of her passing. Her example is an inspiration.

As we mourn Bonnie’s death, we must celebrate her successes. The NWIPs and the Tea Party movement have grown beyond what she initially thought possible. Locally, Bonnie was on the streets every day in the runup to the November referendum on the RTA, raising awareness and getting people to register and vote. The people of Porter County responded with a resounding 4-to-1 rejection of the RTA.

Nationally, the Tea Party movement halted the rush to pass a federal takeover of healthcare, though there is still much to do on that front. Another economy killer, Cap & Trade, has stalled. She marched in Washington, D.C. on 9/12. The political landscape of our nation has changed greatly this past year, and Bonnie was very much a part of that.

Bonnie’s greatest successes, though, were with her family. She was utterly devoted and always faithful to her husband, Gary. She provided the example for her daughter to raise a beautiful family of her own. She sustained her son, Steven, through an accident that left him with paralysis, giving him the strength, knowledge and support he would often need but never lack, thanks to her.

We love you, Bonnie. You will be sorely missed. We will honor you by continuing your fight.

Bonnie Kuzminski Marches on DC

Bonnie Kuzminski
July 14, 1949 – December 23, 2009


Mark Leyva's Information Blast

ARTICLE OF THE WEEK:
Prepare For Rebellion, Obama Orders US-Canadian Troops
http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/prepare-for-rebellion-obama-orders-us-canadian-troops/




NEW CZAR:
White House picks new cyber coordinator
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20091222/D9COB9K80.html



WEBSITES:
http://countyroots.com/




http://www.teapartynation.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network




IMMIGRATION:
Thousands May Incorrectly Be Using Stimulus Tax Breaks
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/illegal-aliens-steal-billions-via-tax-ids




Letter to Editor: Please leave comments
Amnesty has absolutely no benefit to American citizens
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/opinion.mailbag/article_f812e6ac-373f-5853-a273-30619b0d285d.html




MICS:
This is an incredible painting by Jon McNaughton, Notice Jesus Christ in the center with all his garments also explained. Jesus is holding the U.S. Constitution.
http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/?artpiece_id=353



HEALTHCARE:
Reid Bill Says Future Congresses Cannot Repeal Parts of Reid Bill
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/12/reid_bill_declares_future_cong_1.asp




Senators Challenge Health Care Bill Section Making Death Panels Permanent
http://www.lifenews.com/bio3022.html




Health bill money for hospital sought by Dodd
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/20/AR2009122002956.html




Medicare changes, 'Cadillac' tax complicate debt picture
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30885.html




Cash for Cloture
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/12/24/video-cash-for-cloture/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell




Who benefits from Senate healthcare? ACORN!
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=826068




CLIMATEGATE:
Gordon Brown calls for new group to police global environment issues
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6963482.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=3392178




Nathan Myhrvold's Anti Global Warming Scheme
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2511875/nathan_myhrvolds_anti_global_warming.html?cat=15



VIDEOS:
Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate In The World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nf1OgV449g




Judge Andrew Napolitano Natural rights Patriot Act Q&A, Parts #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz5EuiMTpLU&feature=player_embedded




Judge Andrew Napolitano Natural rights Patriot Act Q&A, & Part #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ4e_IsUYxc&feature=player_embedded




Judge Andrew Napolitano Natural rights Patriot Act - Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n2m-X7OIuY&feature=player_embedded




Second Bill of Rights!......Smarter than Jefferson Or FDR Had The Answers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNGkh45uKHM




ARTICLES:
Harder to buy US Treasuries
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/print.asp?id=423054





Defense bill comes at a price for taxpayers
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/22/lawmakers-ok-of-defense-bill-comes-at-a-price/




GOP cuts deal on vote to raise debt
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30912.html




Why Is Islamberg Now a Ghost Town?
http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/p_williams/2009/12222009.htm


Under cover of darkness in the middle of the night they made up their rules out of our sight.


Now it’s begun it has to be done and we’ll have to like it and not try to fight it, they know what we need we must follow their lead


Forget the way it used to be now that freedom means getting things for free.


Old forms and traditions need new definitions history’s heroes have been turned into zeros their struggles and deeds now reported as greed.


And marriage no longer a man and his wife joining together producing new life, that’s called discrimination against the gay rights proclamation.


Now all that is human is seen as pollution harming the Earth they’ll make us pay what its worth.


They say, “just relax it’s just a small tax we know better than you our presumptions are true. You know you should trust us we determine the justice.”


They assure us that they will provide for our health pretending that they are protecting our wealth, but they’re taking us hostage and our children in bondage


Expanding the debt with little regret making deals being chummy with other people’s money paying off special interest that’s political incest.


They think we won’t notice they ignore our protests they think we won’t fight to recover our rights they’ve made a mistake freedom is not theirs to take.


Let us join and make a pact to take our country back for the solution read the Constitution.


by Debbie (wife of Radar), 12-22-09