….I am not begging my lords for mercy. I’m a born free American woman, wife, mother and citizen. And I’m telling my government that you’ve forgotten your place.
“It’s not your responsibility to look out for my well-being, and to monitor my speech. It’s not your right to assert an agenda. Your post, the post that you occupy, exists to preserve American liberty. You’ve sworn to perform that duty. And you have faltered.”
—Becky Garritson of the Wetumpka (Alabama) Tea Party testifying Tuesday to the House Ways and Means Committee.
Via Althouse.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Good woman, this Ms Garritson, no doubt.
The TP needs all the ones like her they can get. Last I heard they were still struggling to get a parade permit from the Capitol Police for a demo.