Outskirts Press Category:  Political Science Publisher: Outskirts Press Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 122 Copyright: 9/12/2009 ISBN-13: 9781432749170 Outskirts Press announces the timely publication of Dr. B. Leland Baker’s Tea Party Revival, The Conscience of a Conservative Reborn. This essential guide to the growing grassroots movement favors neither a Republican nor a Democrat view, but offers an unbiased look into the demand for renewed constitutional compliance by the United States government. The Tea Party Movement burst onto the national stage on September 12, 2009 when more than one million Americans marched under its banner from Freedom Plaza to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.  This was the largest protest ever held in the nation’s capital and was also the largest demonstration by conservatives against the current administration.   Dr. Baker’s Tea Party Revival arms its readers with the information they need to cut through the obfuscation of current events and constitutional principles by the main stream media and by the government itself.  In his concise and engaging book, Dr. Baker shines a clear light on the false promises, fiscal mismanagement and enraging habits of the federal government; and, more importantly, he lays out the steps necessary to salvage the original ideals of our country’s founding fathers.   A veteran with twenty-six years of service in the U. S. Army and now a university professor, Dr. Baker is well equipped to elucidate the cancerous growth of the federal government, the big government schemes that only fleece the taxpayer, and the so-called “expansion” of rights that in truth only leads to more layers of bureaucracy, higher costs, and lower efficiency.   WARNING: This book is not for the faint-hearted.  It will infuriate socialists, progressives, and RINOs, while earning accolades from fiscal conservatives, who advocate the U.S. Constitution as a contract between the governed and governing.  As the Tea Party movement continues to gain momentum, Tea Party Revival  provides a level headed outline of how true constitutional compliance will lead to a smaller, more limited government, which will result in lower spending, lower taxes, and greater political and economic freedom for American citizens.   Dr. Baker, in these few words from his book, has captured the essence of many Americans’ current anger and dissatisfaction with their government; “Emotionally based arguments for more money do not erase the fact that the federal government has not earned the trust of the already overburdened taxpayer.”   Tea Party Revival offers a solution for regaining that trust. Excerpt Tea Partiers already see the consequences of fiscal irresponsibility. Future historians and economists will record that the collapse of the United States’ economy, the devaluation of the American dollar, and the end of our superpower status was caused by the fiscal irresponsibility by members of the United States Congress, as well as U.S. presidents who refused to use their veto power — not Al-Qaeda.

5 out of 5 stars
Tea Party Revival is the book to read if you're concerned about unfettered government spending. Dr. Baker details a number of big spending federal government programs and provides facts and figures to explain why they aren't constitutional and why they are out of control.

Whether you're pro or against the current administration, most of us can agree that government spending and the deficit are way out of control. The deficit is growing by leaps and bounds and Dr. Baker urges fiscal responsibility before it grows any larger.

When our country was still in its infancy, our forefathers gave the federal government limited power. It defined the functions of the three parts of our federal government and it gave those three parts of government certain powers. If a power does not fall within these guidelines, the federal government has no rights over it according to the tenth Amendment:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." In real English, if a power isn't stated in the Constitution, then the power belongs to the states or to the people not to the federal government of the United States.

The federal government has been slowly taking over the rights and responsibilites of the states and people for hundreds of years. Do you recall the story about the frog and the boiling water? If you drop a frog into boiling water, he'll jump out quickly. If you put the frog in lukewarm water and heat it slowly to boiling, he'll stay there and die because the change is so slow. Americans are much like this frog. We'd notice if a huge change to take away our freedoms happened but because it happens very slowly, most of us don't notice or care to notice.

The Tea Party Revival will open your eyes to unconstrained spending and growth of the federal government. Not only will Tea Party Revival detail each federal spending program, but it has a section that includes our Constitution and the articles and amendments to it for those that need to brush up.

5 out of 5 stars
If you are still unclear as to why the American people have been organizing grass root movements across the nation, this book will help chronicle the events and reasons. Dr. Baker accurately identifies the principled foundations that the Tea Partier believes in, which parallels the ideology the country was founded on. This book does not take a one sided approach as to which political party is at fault. Specific examples are identified and explained that expose the negligent policies both political parties have imposed on the American people. This book is strait forward and a quick read, I highly recommend it. After reading the book it will give you a good understanding of just how aligned you are with the founding principles of this country.

5 out of 5 stars
Tea Party Revival by Dr. Leland Baker is a great book - honest and forthright.

Dr Baker's facts and statistical data provide an excellent and riveting, if not chilling, perspective on how the progressive movement has sent the economy of our once great republic into a downward spiral. This is a great read for all conservatives with a conscience and a must read for all Americans. Concise and well written, it is a book without extraneous filler and will leave you with a better understanding of our Constitution and the importance of a well informed public. If you read one political book this year, make it "Tea Party Revival". I would love to see this work highlighted on Glenn Beck.