GIANT KICKOFF FOR TEA PARTY EXPRESS IN SAN DIEGO & LOS ANGELES (TPX II Oct 25th)

Tea Party Express II ^ | Oct 21, 2009 | Staff

[Syncro]

 

GIANT KICKOFF FOR TEA PARTY EXPRESS

IN SAN DIEGO & LOS ANGELES

 

THIS SUNDAY - OCTOBER 25TH

 

(SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA) - The Tea Party Express II (www.TeaPartyExpress.org) launches this Sunday with a giant kickoff rally in San Diego and a subsequent rally later in the day in Los Angeles. 

 

The Tea Party Express II: Countdown to Judgment Day national tour will span 19 days, rallies in 38 cities, and cover more than 7,000 miles.  The tour marks the one-year point from the 2010 elections when numerous members of Congress will be targeted for defeat, as a result of their support of higher deficits, growth in the size and intrusiveness of government, higher taxes, bailouts and more.

 

Momentum for the Tea Party Express II launch has grown during the past week as word spreads like wildfire of a conservative groundswell too large to be ignored. “The tea party movement was written off earlier this year as a flash in the pan, but nothing could be further from the truth.  Americans are taking action to take their government back from the failed and corrupt politicians who are bankrupting our nation,” said Deborah Johns, Vice Chair of the Tea Party Express – and one of the featured speakers on the tour.

 

The Tea Party Express II will begin in San Diego, and is happy to announce that former Mayor Roger Hedgecock of AM 600 - KOGO, will serve as a featured keynote speaker at the rally.  Other featured speakers will include Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, Ventura County Supervisor Peter Foy, and Our Country Deserves Better Chairman Howard Kaloogian. Also returning on tour will be singer/songwriter Lloyd Marcus (who penned the “American Tea Party Anthem”), the television and Internet singing sensation, Rivoli Revue, and patriotic singer, Diana Nagy.

 

Events on Sunday, October 25^th:

 

11:00am:         San Diego, CA

Tuna Harbor Park
Tuna Lane located off N Harbor Drive and W. G Street
San Diego, CA

 

4:30pm:           Los Angeles, CA

Griffith Park (Pad D – Crystal Springs Area)
4730 Crystal Springs Road
Los Angeles, CA 90027

 

The Tea Party Express II is a 19-day, 7,000-mile journey across the country with a caravan of vehicles holding tea party rallies in 38 cities across America.  The Tea Party Express is advocating for less government spending, an end to the bailouts, lower taxes, opposition to government-run healthcare and opposition to the growth in the size and intrusiveness of government in general.

 

 

Press Inquiries, please contact:
Levi Russell at 509.979.6615 or Levi@Frontlinestrat.com

For schedule details, please visit www.TeaPartyExpress.org
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[Syncro]

Interesting feedback:

Tea Party Protest Scheduled for Sunday at Griffith Park

Seen at a tea party protest in Washington D.C. | Photo by Street Protest TV via Flickr

Watch out, they're back. On Sunday the latest in Tea Party protests will hit Los Angeles as part of another bus tour across the country. The traveling two-plus week event, which will be in its first day, promises to "highlight some of the worst offenders in Congress who have voted for higher spending, higher taxes, and government intervention in the lives of American families and businesses," according to its website. Continued: "Let’s stand up and stop the bailouts, cap and trade, out-of-control spending, government-run healthcare, and higher taxes! We’re back and determined to take our country back!"

This is the second tour, aptly subheaded as the "Countdown to Judgment Day," which is in reference to the one-year countdown to the 2010 elections.

If you want to attend, counter protest, check out a goofy scene, take it seriously or whatever you want, it's in Griffith Park on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. And it doesn't look like organizers are expecting that big of crowd. The rally's specific location is on Pad D in the Crystal Springs Area.

[Syncro]

Cool video at you tube promoting the rally in San Diego

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-mJAVG8020

[BunnySlippers]

ZOMG! This weekend! Griffith Park only a few blocks away!

[Irish Eyes]

Good news bump

[carolina71]

Coming to my city as well ! Woot !

[Yaelle]

BUMP for L.A. and S.D. FReepers!!

[Pylon]

Tuna Park eh? Maybe I’ll take the trolley up and check it out.

[your local physicist]

I'm certainly supportive of this project, but I have to comment that the two signs those people are holding up are in conflict with each other. One says "Seniors, vote out Democrats in 2010 or they will deny us care", while the other says "Stop the march to socialism." Well it's precisely because seniors have become dependent on socialist programs like Medicare that the Democrats now have the power to deny care to seniors. If the seniors had been able to save more of their income during their working lives then they could afford their own health insurance and wouldn't be dependent on the government and vulnerable to budget cutbacks.

What the first sign should really say is: "Vote out Democrats in 2010 and cut taxes so we can afford our own health insurance plans." This is a major problem with Republican strategy now--it's declined into attacking the Democrats when they suggest cutting entitlement spending, when the GOP should be FOR cutting entitlement spending and taxes. We've lost the Kemp/Roth philosophy of lower taxes, lower spending, and limited government. GOP leaders needs to move away from the quick political win from supporting entitlement spending and get back to our basic philosophy of lower taxes and spending and a smaller, less intrusive, less costly federal government.

[RoadTest]

Yup.

Once you install an addictive program like Social Security, Aid to Students (whatever it’s called) Medicare - - - you can’t get rid of it. That’s why it’s imperative this Socialized Medicine movement be stopped dead in its tracks.

If it gets installed, it will paralyze this country. And you won’t get rid of it.

[Proud2BeRight]

How about inviting Rush to Orlando?

[Syncro]

Good points

This is a major problem with Republican strategy now--it's declined into attacking the Democrats when they suggest cutting entitlement spending

Of course this isn't Republican strategy expressed in the signs at the 9-12 rally where those sign were seen, nor is it Rep strategy at and with the tea parties.

It's oridnaly citizens making signs from their hearts and coming out in millions to express what they feel are the issues to them.

Plus, that little blurb was posted by those opposed to the tea party effort so I'm surprised they didn't use signs that would make tea party goers look like kooks and nuts.

Thanks for your input!

[Impeach98]

I can’t believe we’re just like 2 days away from this all starting up again. Can’t wait to ride aboard Tea Party Express II.

[Syncro]

BUMPIN’ that

I’m ready to hit the road!

[BAW]

Any San Diego FREEpers going to the SUnday Tea Party Express? Would be fun to meet each other . . .

[Syncro]

I put this thread announcement up on the Calif FR page

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles?remove=410056&location=53

You can post there and perhaps get some response from others that are going to attend

[Yaelle]

Bumping: L.A. FReepers, are you going? On Rush’s show today I actually heard a Tea Party commercial, asking everyone to show in Griffith Park on Sunday.

[Syncro]

Put a shout out to California FR people on the CA FR page

I posted a link to this thread there.

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles?location=53

Maybe more people will get informed

C U there!

[Yaelle]

Still no interest in this Tea Party in Griffith Park from FReepers? Are you kidding me? Are you all out signing your petitions to save Roman Polanski, and hoping for that public option for your health care?? Where are the SoCal FReepers on this??

They’ve been advertising on KFI all day today for this. They spent MONEY on those ads — let’s see a BIG turnout, one the media cannot (or should not?) ignore!!!!

[hoosiermama]

Have a great trip!

[Syncro]

Hopefully it will be a good turnout in LA!

Thanks for bumping the thread, and hope to see you there!

hoosiermama, sure will! Thanks for the encouragement

[CanaGuy]

Under the new “National Emergency” on H1N1 virus, will Obama send out the National Guard and close off this and other demos like it?

[Yaelle]

Bumping again!

Need signage ideas!!

[Pylon]

Darn it all. I told Jim I was gonna ride the trolley up from Chula Vista to attend and especially meet him but I have been sick and in and out of bed and sleep all day. Currently have a 102 fever. I hope this is like a 24 swine flu and it breaks by morning. Figure this may be my only chance for a while to meet Jim.

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!! We’re here in San Diego now and preparing for the launch of Tea Party Express II tomorrow morning. Scouted out the terrain this afternoon and visited the USS Midway while there! Hope to see you here tomorrow!

[mdittmar]

Will attend in Tri-Cities.

[eak3]

You think since were in a national emergency ..that they might try and bust these up under the guise of not spreading the flu?

[Pylon]

I'll do my best to make it even if sick. I love the Midway. I actually tour it a couple times a year. Since I can't drive because of seizures and don't ofter have a ride I have to stick with things close to the Trolley line and from down here in Chula Vista it's just a short trolley ride up to downtown then off at American Plaza and walk to the Midway. I wonder how many people will be there tomorrow, any estimates?

Also Syncro and JimRob, any idea what time you are going to be over there tomorrow morning?

I have to get my lady friend to come with me or run by my house tomorrow, she has my favorite T-Shirt and I want to wear it.

[Yaelle]

You think since were in a national emergency ..that they might try and bust these up under the guise of not spreading the flu?

They ARE trying to bust it up, but the old fashioned way. There is a huge retweet on Twitter to go and counter protest the "teabaggers," as they like to call us.

I hope enough L.A. conservatives will brave the 80 degrees-and-sunny weather to be there.

[Yaelle]

Looking forward to it!!

[pollywog]

We are not far either and are wanting to go....the question is about the parking and how long before the Tea Party should we go??

[BunnySlippers]

It’s in the Crystal Springs area of the park ... there is a map at the link. Griffith Park has street parking and parking lots:

http://www.teapartyexpress.org/tour-shedule-2/los-angeles-ca/

[Ulysse]

TEA PARTY express could also advocate for FREE SPEECH, FREE PRESS, FAIR DEBATE and policy in the House and Senate,and against ACORN,FRAUD,AFGHANISTAN, PUBLIC HEALTH CARE, DEATH PANELS, FREE ABORTION, AMNESTY,SWINE FLU HOAX .....

[KansasGirl]

The Democrats are not suggesting cutting entitlement spending. They just want to transfer those entitlement payments from seniors to poor illegal aliens and blacks. Their healthcare plan required massive tax increases and increases the deficit so it certainly isn’t a entitlement spending cut.

Secondly, seniors were forced to pay into the Medicare system for decades so it would be wrong to deny them care now. Democrats want to transfer those payments to groups that haven’t paid a dime into the system.

[ninergold3]

Ready to meet up with the Express in Carson City, NV. I’m bringing my 18 year old daughter as she will be voting in the 2010 election.

[BunnySlippers]

I drove by Crystal Springs this morning while I went out for breakfast.

If you enter at the Riverside Drive & Los Feliz entrance, you will notice as you pass the pony rides that they are doing extensive road work. You will be forced to turn left.

Go for quite awhile and after a few stops there will be a 4 way stop. There will be a blue sign that says “Crystal Springs”. Turn right as it says. Very shortly after you turn you will come to what looks like a parking lot which appears to be a dead end. Turn left.

You will come to a spot that says “Crystal Springs Picnic”. I drove all over that area and, as of this morning, there was simply nothing that would indicate that there was any sort of event that was upcoming. No signs, no banners, no people, nothing.

Hope we see each other there.

[pollywog]

I know the area well. Hoping that I will be able to be there.
Polly

[CaliforniaCon]

I’ll be in Griffith Park today along with hopefully many , many others.

I wish this was going to be on a main thoroughfare though, like the event at federal building on Wilshire in Sept. It’s fun to have large crowds passing by via auto and express support (or disapproval).

Whatever, let’s make this a great afternoon!!!!! Bring signs, flags, and above all extra people!!!!!

[ohiogrammy]

So tell us, how did it go today? Waiting to hear some great news.

[calicard]

I was there and it was fantastic. The turnout was at least several thousand. All of the speakers were great with the theme of “now is the time to act” running through every speech. The salute to the military past and present and the singing of God Bless America were particularly moving moments.

All attendees were given homework assignments.

Re-read your Declaration of Independence and Constitution also. Many refs through the rally to them.

[ohiogrammy]

Wonderful! I have attended several here in Ohio and am always so impressed with the behavior of the crowd. I become so angry when I hear the left speak of us being “teabaggers”. Thank you for the update.

[calicard]

You are correct about the crowd’s behavior. They are some of the most well mannered and patriotic people you’d ever want to meet. There were no incidents at all.
It ticks me off when I hear the President’s mocking tone referring to “teabaggers.”

Anybody attend the LA rally?

Wolverines! (I couldn’t resist my own rallying cry.) ; }

[Yaelle]

It was great. Best of all, I finally got to meet Jim Robinson! Very fitting for my 10 year anniversary as a FReeper at midnight!

[norton]

"I drove all over that area and, as of this morning, there was simply nothing that would indicate that there was any sort of event that was upcoming. No signs, no banners, no people, nothing."

Sorry all:
Negative report;
The map used on announement led you to the center of the park, a fire trail about five miles from the event.
No one (apparently) scouted the location before sunday.
There were NO signs and no directions to the site.
There is no sign indicating you can get to Crystal Springs via the upper (left) road coming in from Los Feliz and less again coming in from the LA Zoo.
There is no way to determine for how far ahead the Crystal Springs road is closed - only traffic cones and brake lights.
By the time I went around to the Zoo entrance there was about a mile's worth of immobile traffic waiting just to get the the (other) split in the roads (people parking and walking as late as five PM)
Due to my own inaction I was running on fumes and turned 'round to get gas rather than idle it dry.
Others were doing the same.

Missed the show.

I'll take my lumps for poor planning and, I expect, lack of motivation; but the express folks have got to do a better job of communicating what's what if they want to get the higher crowd numbers that LA actually had to offer.

That said:those who got there, made up the head count, and got out with their sense of humor intact are true heros to the cause.

[onedoug]

Griffith Park, Los Angeles 25 OCT 2009

[Syncro]

TEA PARTY express could also advocate for FREE SPEECH, FREE PRESS, FAIR DEBATE and policy in the House and Senate,and against ACORN,FRAUD,AFGHANISTAN, PUBLIC HEALTH CARE, DEATH PANELS, FREE ABORTION, AMNESTY,SWINE FLU HOAX .....

I'm going to edit that a little.

TEA PARTY express does could also advocate for FREE SPEECH, FREE PRESS, FAIR DEBATE and policy in the House and Senate,and against ACORN,FRAUD,AFGHANISTAN (TPX is FOR success from our Troops in Afghanistan), PUBLIC HEALTH CARE, DEATH PANELS, FREE ABORTION, AMNESTY,SWINE FLU HOAX .....

Thanks for your input!

[Syncro]

It was great meeting you today and your two young conservative freeper guys!

[Syncro]

Thanks for the neat pictures, onedoug!

Sorry I didn't get to meet you

[Syncro]

Check out this thread PING

Kickoff Rally a Huge Success! TPXII (PLUS more reports!)

Monday, October 26, 2009 1:04:51 AM · by Syncro · 2 replies · 19+ views

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[wita]

According to those who know in my area, after your fever breaks, you could still be spreading the disease for another five days. Maybe a look up at one of the med sites would be in order before venturing out.