May I suggest bringing tar, feathers and rope.
It’s time WE go “rogue” on them!
It’s dangerous to call for an ad hoc protest in a city that is far, far away from most of the tea partiers. I went to the Glen Beck 9/11 protest. But it took months of planning. The difference between Tea Party activists and AstroTurf is Tea Partiers are employed and can’t just jump on a bus. This risks making the Tea Party look weak.
Local IRS for the UP of Michigan - where is it? Local office for my area for Social Security is Ironwood. Use to be Escanaba. But like many programs have to contact Traverse City to get anything. It is like the Feds have fallen off the UP of Michigan
My place of business would say fine and go...but I wouldn’t have a job when I got back.
IMHO, Patriot groups who applied to the government for this status deserve what they got.
Tea Party groups are supposed to be for SMALLER government and LESS regulation, right?
Then why would they bow before the government and request that a muzzle be placed on their Free Speech Rights? This is exactly what 501 tax exempt status is...a MUZZLE! Our Tea Party group never applied for this very reason. We wanted to be able to endorse candidates AND we didn’t want the government breathing down our backs.
I think these Tea Party groups got greedy and thought the $$$ would come rolling in if people could exempt their donations...something that didn’t happen. They gave up their freedom for the prospect of making money.
You can’t rail against the big government mess while taking advantage of it. That’s hypocrisy and leads to the compromising of principles.
I think many of these Tea Party leaders aren’t really leaders...they’re sheeple.
Whats with this ad hoc bull!? Who`s the brain-dead idiot who thought this cluster-F-k up? Did those imbecilic morons who came up with this crap realize WE who actually pay taxes, do so BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WORK? Now thats an actual job! You know, the kind that tends to get pissed off when WE call off without good advanced notice. F-K this ad hoc crap, you want to stage a gathering? Then plan ahead or go get stuffed!
Expect negative coverage from the media. Time to deal with it.
It would be far more effective if a large noisy protest delegation showed up at publications who used material sent to them by the IRS through its selected propaganda arm and button hole the editors and reporters peppering them with questions.
Great idea! Show of force.
They won’t send tanks. Just collect names and send them to the audit department.
This is a waste of time. Protest for reform of the tax system would be a better idea.
"We are coming for your TeaParty kidneys and corneas."
Better park some distance away in a shopping center parking lot and walk the remaining distance because license plate photos will be taken.
Good idea, not enough notice.
Late notice, but here’s a chance to participate in a nationwide Tea Party protest at IRS offices.
What would really scare them is if there were a prayer chain at all the IRS offices.