1 posted on 04/15/2009 5:29:39 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

To: TornadoAlley3

Oughta start a thread with pics of infiltrators, too.

I’m just saying...

368 posted on 04/15/2009 12:54:30 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Satisfaction was my sin)

To: StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; DKNY; ...

Here’s the official Tea Party thread. Post your pics and/or reports here!

372 posted on 04/15/2009 12:57:04 PM PDT by nutmeg (DemocRATs: The party of tax cheats and other assorted crooks)

To: TornadoAlley3

(after action report from Morristown NJ)

...terrible weather but a real good turn out. The municipal parking garage filled up quickly....my guestiment 1000-1500, might well have been more. LOADS OF SIGNS
Freezing rain when I arrived walked the three blocks,... we had a Broadway singer sing the national anthem, the guy who was on FOX&FRiends earlier this AM did a decent job organizing....my only complaint....it turned into a political speech feast....loads of candidates...most republican, running to oust Jon “I survived a car crash that most New Jersey-ans wish I hadn't” Corzine.
All in all, a good experience meeting and chatting with folks who like the rest of us...want results

378 posted on 04/15/2009 1:02:00 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))

To: TornadoAlley3

Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA tea Party was a great success! I am guessing over a thousand people of all ages. Great signs, speeches, and I did not see any infiltrators.

I will post pix later.

Live Free or Die!

381 posted on 04/15/2009 1:04:19 PM PDT by wxgesr (I want to be the first person to surf on another planet!)

To: TornadoAlley3

on the way home from the Denver tea party. It was awesome. Several thousand in attendance I would guess

383 posted on 04/15/2009 1:05:03 PM PDT by Mom MD (Jesus is the Light of the world!)

To: TornadoAlley3

384 posted on 04/15/2009 1:05:14 PM PDT by exit82 (The Obama Cabinet: There was more brainpower on Gilligan's Island.)

To: TornadoAlley3; Ultra Sonic 007

We had a Tea Party here in Wetumpka, AL and I would say that there were a few hundred people there.

I'm not sure how many attended the one in downtown Montgomery.

Here are the better pics I was able to take due to my camera wanting to act up:

I love the sign that says "Replace 'm all, you can't cure STUPID"

395 posted on 04/15/2009 1:12:10 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Today we've discovered a force more powerful than luck or genius----stupidity.)

To: TornadoAlley3; sionnsar; Libertina

Just got back from the Renton, WA tea party. Renton is a small suburb of Seattle. I thought we would be the only ones there, I would say there was around 100 at the peak. A friend that joined us counted and quit at 80. We were at the city hall and there were a bunch of good signs. I was surprised to see this many.

I'll report on the Bellevue party after 6:00 PM PST.

399 posted on 04/15/2009 1:13:35 PM PDT by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)

To: TornadoAlley3

The weather was beyond $hi++y today in the City Of Brotherly Love. Got a few shots with the cellphone in Philly today.

400 posted on 04/15/2009 1:14:37 PM PDT by DogBarkTree (Support The American Tea Party)

To: TornadoAlley3

Recently back from the Tea party in Marion IL. My estimate would be around 200 people, a fabulous amount for noon on a week day.
I was surprised to read in this morning’s paper that these parties were also to be held in Carbondale, Herrin, Carterville, and Harrisburg. I hate to dispute Rush, but if there were 5 tea parties in 3 Southern Illiois counties, there is no way that there were only 500 of these nation wide.
Lots of great, inspirational speakers, but the overall rallying cry was “enough is enough”. It was held in the town square, and since there is no water in which to throw the tea, the organizers had helpfully provided a horse watering trough!
They ended the party with the entire crowd singing The Star Spangled Banner - it gave me chills.

405 posted on 04/15/2009 1:19:53 PM PDT by SelmaLee

412 posted on 04/15/2009 1:26:59 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)

To: TornadoAlley3

Listening to Howie Carr(Boston).Cape Cod MA estimated 800-1000 people (downtown Hyannis)

415 posted on 04/15/2009 1:29:06 PM PDT by GQuagmire (Who is EveningStar?)

421 posted on 04/15/2009 1:34:16 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)

To: TornadoAlley3

A couple hundred in Duluth, MN. Great speeces, crowds cheered, chanted USA, said the pledge of allegiance, went on for a few hours, the crowd dumped tea into the harbor, the westernmost port of the Atlantic Ocean. Sorry no crowd pics. I'm too cheap to switch over to a digital camera.

Might sound like a small crowd until you consider this county voted for Kerry (65.2%) over Bush in higher margins in 2004 than any other MN county. And went for Obama in similar margins. As one person said at the rally this is beyond Democrat or Repbulican.

http://duluthteaparty.blogspot.com/

430 posted on 04/15/2009 1:43:51 PM PDT by Rameumptom (Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)

Here is a link to a post I had already made about the Tea Parties in Fayetteville, NC. There is a link to the pictures also.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2229201/posts?page=16#16

432 posted on 04/15/2009 1:44:37 PM PDT by dstarr (I've learned that artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.)

Joe Alley (left) of Sheridan and his friend Todd Wolf of Bristol were among the hundreds of people who gathered at the Naperville Municipal Center today for the annual Taxpayer's Tea Party to protest "excessive government spending, borrowing and taxing." Similar "Tea Party" protests took place in downtown Chicago. (Chuck Berman / Chicago Tribune)

Several hundred protesters participate in a tax day protest on the Boston Common in Boston.

Hundreds gather in Boston

Protestors line the Capitol steps during a tax-day protest in Frankfort, Ky. Protesters gathered at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party.

Across the country

(AP Photo/Ed Reinke / April 15, 2009)

Protestors line the Capitol steps during a tax-day protest in Frankfort, Ky.

Protestors listen to a speaker during the tax-day rally on the Capitol steps in Frankfort, Ky. Protesters gathered at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party.

Can you hear them?

(AP Photo/Ed Reinke / April 15, 2009)

Protestors listen to a speaker during the tax-day rally on the Capitol steps in Frankfort, Ky. Russell Wirtalla, of Somers, joins a crowd of anti-tax protesters for a "tea party" on the south side of the Connecticut state Capitol building in Hartford, Conn. Similar events are being staged all over the country on the day state and federal tax returns are due.

Russell Wirtalla, of Somers, joins a crowd of anti-tax protesters for a "tea party" on the south side of the Connecticut state Capitol building in Hartford, Conn. Similar events are being staged all over the country on the day state and federal tax returns are due.

Staging a protest

(AP Photo/Sean D. Elliot / April 15, 2009)

Russell Wirtalla, of Somers, joins a crowd of anti-tax protesters for a "tea party" on the south side of the Connecticut state Capitol building in Hartford, Conn.

Protesters take part in a rally as part of the national Tax Day Tea Party to protest taxes and government spending in Lafayette Park April 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. April 15th marks the day American citizens must file their annual income taxes with the federal government.

Tax Day "Tea Party" Protestors Rally Around The Country

(Getty Images/Win McNamee / April 15, 2009)

Protesters take part in a rally as part of the national Tax Day Tea Party to protest taxes and government spending in Lafayette Park April 15, 2009 in Washington, DC.