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St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | February 27, 2009 | Tim O'Neil

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More than 1,000 people braved chilly temperatures downtown today to protest President Barack Obama's stimlulus aprogram and to throw tea into the Mississippi River.

The gathering was organized by several local conservatives. There was no official crowd estimate, but the gathering filled roughly one fourth of the grand staircase from the Arch grounds down to the levee.

Among the speakers was former football Cardinals tight end Jackie Smith, who took a bullhorn and said, "We are mad as hell and we need to stay mad as hell. Don't let up."

Smith asked the crowd if this was their first protest rally, and most raised their hands.

Bill Hennessy, said he got the idea for the tea party from comments made last week by CNBC business commentator Rick Santelli about the stimulus program. Santelli urged people to have another Boston tea party.

Before the crowd went down to the NMississippi River, Hennessy urged everyone to rip open their tea bags and dump the tea without throwing the paper into the river. The group ended the 50-minute rally by lining up on the river's edge and doing as asked.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Bump To Find!

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[abb]

Ping with updates and news stories on yesterday’s tea parties.

The FReepers on this ping list were cobbled together from yesterday’s posters on all the Tea Party threads. If I’ve included anyone who doesn’t want to be pinged, I apologize. I will take you off the list.

Likewise, please advise if you know anyone else who would like to be added.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196033/posts
Tulsa, OK Tea Party - After Action Report

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http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/682054.html
Local group stages ‘reckless federal spending’ protest

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090228/NEWS02/902280340/1017/NEWS03
Hundreds rally against federal stimulus package
‘Nashville Tea Party’ held outside Capitol

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1230545.html
Several hundred protest Obama stimulus program in Fort Worth

http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/301713
State GOP Chair Smith Revs Up Republicans

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/02/28/legteaparty0228.html
Tea party at the Capitol

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20090228/NEWS01/902280334/1001/NEWS01
Young Republicans’ ‘tea party’ stirs the pot

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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/27/Hundreds_protest_stimulus_in_St_Louis/UPI-28441235794891/
Hundreds protest stimulus in St. Louis

[abb]

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/02/27/liberty-all-the-stimulus-we-need/
“Liberty: All the stimulus we need”

[rodguy911]

Great stuff all you guys and many thanks for all of us who have to work in this obamaconomy trying and eek out a living.

Working a huge sale in Pensacola Fla. its really hard to find any Ozero supporters anywhere other than those of color who blindly support anything Ozero does.

If commandante zero keeps up at his current pace I predict that the house will be ours in 2010 and very close in the Senate.

[abb]

http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpnewssum/?p=5076
Citizens group protest with symbolic ‘tea party’ (2/27, 2:15 p.m.)

[Biggirl]

Plus the conservative protestors are simply the everyday Joe’s and Mary’s who are saying “Enough Is Enough”.

[abb]

Tea Parties scheduled for today, per Pajamas TV.

http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=view-events&page=2&results-per-page=10&type=1&sort=date&reverse=true

Feb. 28 Davenport, Iowa Tea Party

12:00 PM PDT - 1 hour

Where: Corner of Brady & Locust Streets
Davenport, Iowa

View Details Contact: tnelsondc@hotmail.com
Feb. 28 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tea Party

12:00 PM PDT

Where: Independence Hall
Philadelphia, PA

View Details Freedom Works

Contact: chris_clemency@yahoo.com
Feb. 28 New York City Tea Party

2:00 PM EST - 1 hour

2PM, Saturday Feb. 28th, City Hall Park in Manhattan. Drinks and socializing afterwards. Let’s make our voice heard NYC!

Agenda:
2:00pm start time: Organizers comments
2:10pm: Confirmed speakers and anyone from the crowd who wishes to address everyone.
2:45pm: Closing statements, press interviews
3:00pm: End. Then head to a bar for some college basketball, drinks and food.

View Details Email: nycteaparty@gmail.com

Facebook: NYC tea Party
Feb. 28 Fort Lauderdale, Florida TEA PARTY

2:00 PM EST - 3 hours

Saturday, February 28, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Target Shopping Plaza @ US 1/Oakland Park Blvd.
Street: 3200 N Federal Hwy # 700
City/Town: Fort Lauderdale, FL

View Details Questions: Call Lisa Rader
561-504-2040
Feb. 28 Kansas City, Missouri Tea Party

10:00 AM PDT

Where To Meet: J.C. Nichols Fountain, 47th and J.C. Nichols Parkway K.C. MO.
1Mile Walk To: Senator Claire McCaskill (D) K.C. Office 4141 Pennsylvania Ave. K.C.MO.

[Islander7]

“....Ours in Louisiana is next Saturday, 3/7 in Lafayette....”

If you need my help, I’m available to aid from a distance. Finances will keep me from attending, but I know how to use a phone!

[abb]

Time: March 7, 2009 from 1pm to 3pm
Location: Veterans Park, 200 Feu Follett Road, Lafayette
Organized By: Leslie A.

Event Description:
Team Sarah Louisiana and Louisiana Resistance to Host “Tea Party” and “Anti-Pork” Rally in Lafayette

Lafayette, LA, February 24, 2009—Team Sarah Louisiana and its affiliate group, Louisiana Resistance, will host a “Tea Party“ and “Anti-Pork” protest rally on Saturday, March 7, 2009, at 1:00 pm in Veterans Park, 200 Feu Follett Road, in Lafayette.

The rally is for the purpose of protesting the massive, 787 billion dollar “porkulus” legislation just passed that will bankrupt the country and incur massive new debt for generations of Americans.

Attendees are encouraged to create signs and personal symbols expressing their outrage at this unprecedented waste of taxpayer dollars and violation of the public trust.

Team Sarah (www.teamsarah.org) is a diverse coalition of Americans dedicated to advancing the values Sarah Palin represents in the political process. Team Sarah has gained over 65,000 members nationwide since its inception in the fall of 2008. Louisiana Resistance (www.resist.net) is the Louisiana arm of the Patriotic Resistance, another idea-based network for battling the Obama agenda. For more information, call 337-258-8852 or email clesliealexander@yahoo.com.

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http://www.examiner.com/x-1527-NY-Government-Examiner~y2009m2d27-NYC-Tea-Party-in-City-Hall-Park-Saturday
NYC ‘Tea Party’ in City Hall Park Saturday

http://www.examiner.com/x-3704-Columbia-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m2d28-From-across-America-Tea-Party-roundupsuccess
From across America, Tea Party roundup...success!

[RaceBannon]

http://news.webshots.com/album/570305511UtXCNK

Phoitos of Hartford tea party

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http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/02/tea-party-at-st-louis-arch-draws-1500.html
St. Louis Arch Tea Party Draws 1,500 Protesters! (Video)

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/71537/
TEA PARTY UPDATE: photos and Fox TV video from Chicago.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=168598&catid=3
Protesting like it’s 1773

http://www.foundingbloggers.com/wordpress/2009/02/breaking-chicago-tea-party-pictures/
BREAKING - Chicago Tea Party (Pictures) UPDATED Now With Video!

[abb]

Scroll through this thread and note how via the alternative media, the “word” got out. While there were stories from the Drive-Bys, it seems bloggers were able to do video, pics and stories of a quality to equal real “journalists.”

“Many to many” before our very eyes. And God has let us live long enough to be right in the big middle of it!!

I am optimistic about the future!

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195997/posts

We had an Outstanding crowd - local news is reporting the turn out was in the 1000’s. I am proud to be from Greenville, SC. Last night, I saw history in the making. This was the first time in the my life I ever protested for something but it will not be my last time. In just five days, Greenville turns out thousands, we can make a difference.

41 posted on Saturday, February 28, 2009 8:06:30 AM by neverbluffer

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http://online.worldmag.com/2009/02/28/partying-like-it%E2%80%99s-1773/
Partying like it’s 1773

http://tcotreport.com/

Showtime for the Nationwide Chicago Tea Party!
Crowds Across the Country Estimated in Excess of 30,000 in 50 + Cities

[LS]

Best analysis yet. As I said on a posted thread here last week, “It Isn’t Time Yet . . . .” there IS a revolution coming, and we’ll all know when “it’s time.” These tea parties are the equivalent of the rumblings in the American Revolution that started in the 1760s and took 15 years to really ferment.

[FlashBack]

After Action Report from any Iowa locations please?

Stuck here at work today.