Good idea, how do we do it?

"People are watching with a critical eye"???  What in the heck is that supposed to mean?

Are you saying, that as Americans, we shouldn't protest or boycott media, like the Chronicle, whom are blatantly biased? 

Most anti-statist, like me, have cancelled their subscription to the Chronicle years ago, because of their Progressive tendancies.

The Republicans have taken the high road far too long....and look what it got us.  Barak Hussein Obama.

In response to J. Wertz, I think members and prospective members of this organization should be able to dialogue in a respectful manner even when a difference of opinion arises. This is no place for a tone of hostility.

Of course you are free to cancel your subsciption and with good reason and you can even ask your friends to do the same, but what would it accomplish? The media would be happy to show footage of Tea Party rallies with people wearing crazy hats with tea bags hanging off of them and then discuss how the Tea Party "fanatics" boycott free speech. 

Republicans have not been taking the high road. That's why people are just as tired of them as they are of democrats and that's why Tea Parties arose. They spent too much money and abandoned conservative values.

Most Americans never thought our way of life in this country could be threatened. They did not know that a progressive movement was lurking in the shadows for decades within our own government. They did not know that our textbooks were slowly and methodically being changed to lead our children away from the brilliance of the founding fathers and away from our freedom.

People are waking up and beginning to get on board to defend our freedom. We are reading and studying as never before.  Another "angry" group that wants to boycott will not attract new concerned citizens to join our cause, but rather could serve as a stumbling block. 

Thank you L. Worley. Agreed, we are angry and we do need some activism along with the reading and studying. The activism in question through this thread is boycotting the Houston Chronicle for reasons stated previously.

I ask this sincerely and respectfully, so to all, please respond kindly and informatively. To help me and others understand, can I ask what will be accomplished by the boycott and is it consistent with our mission statement goal?

Mission Statement of North Houston Tea Party:
Our mission is to organize, educate, and inform our fellow citizens for the purpose of securing public policy consistent with our core values. We will unify and we will exercise through all legal means available to us, our power to effect the election of local, state, and federal candidates who espouse our core values. (...through activism and civil responsibility... per the organization's philosphy)

Orginal proposal by E. DeLuca 3/6/10, "I therefore would like to initiate a movement that when possible, subscriptions be cancelled or at minimum curtailed (to the Houston Chronicle). I realize in certain instances this might not be in the best interst for certain reasons, but the fewer subscribers this liberal rag has, the better!!"

Thank you.

Lisa

I think it alligns well with our mission statement. A boycott will call into attention the biased coverage of the news by the Chronicle which effects public policy, this will help to "inform our fellow citizens for the purpose of securing public policy consistent with our core values" . Putting financial pressure on the Chronicle also aligns with our mission here " We will exercise through all legal means available to us, our power to effect the election of local, state, and federal candidates who espouse our core values"