[2] Begun in 2007, the Sammies was an annual national awards program designed to recognize "outstanding citizen leadership and creativity.
"[7] In September 2010, Sam Adams Alliance released their first "Market Insights Report" titled "Surface Tension: Tea Parties and the Political Establishment.
"[8] On July 16, 2009, Sam Adams Alliance released a YouTube video named "Health Rations And You.
[10] In February 2009, a blog posting on the Playboy website suggested that Sam Adams Alliance was involved in Rick Santelli's call for a "Chicago Tea Party."
The article pointed out that the ChicagoTeaParty.com domain name where Santelli's rant was posted hours after it aired was actually purchased in August 2008 - five months before President Obama began his term.