Posted on 03/08/2009 3:06:03 AM PDT by abb
They're revolting. Families with children, bikers, seniors, pirates - by the thousands descended on a Fullerton bar Saturday to join talk show hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou of KFI in protesting tax increases recently approved in Sacramento.
Police estimated that some 8,000 people came to the Slidebar Café in downtown Fullerton to listen to The John & Ken Show.
"I expected a lot and it was way more than I expected," said co-host John Kobylt. The talk show hosts put forward an ambitious goal for their Tax Revolt 2009 live broadcast that ran for more than three hours.
"The purpose is to vote down Prop 1A on May 19 because it's a two-year tax extension," said Kobylt. "The purpose is to tell people how their Republican legislators lie about their votes. The purpose is to get support to recall Schwarzennegger, (Assemblyman) Anthony Adams, (Assemblyman) Jeff Miller, and everybody else."
Some wore buttons. One man brought a bloody effigy head of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and waved it from the end of a pike, while the crowd joined their hosts in a chant of "Repeal, recall, revolt."
Many in the crowd held up cameras to capture a big hit as VHS cassettes, DVDs, laser discs, an action hero lunchbox and other memorabilia from the governor's Hollywood career, were piled up and smashed with a sledgehammer.
Johanna Common, 45, of Fullerton, pushed her way to the front of the crowd to contribute her copy of the Schwarzenegger movie "Total Recall" to the pile.
"I wanted to see it smashed to smithereens," she said. When all is done, Common plans to get involved in recalling her local representative, Assemblyman Michael Duvall, she said.
Like many others, Kimberly Smith, 29, of Tustin, sported a button showing how much more she'll have to pay...
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These voices need to eventually brought to the gates of the Whitehouse so Obama can hear loud and clear!
Not a peep out of the LA Times. I guess they think if they don’t report on the event, it makes it like it never even happened.
But word got out anyway, lol.
NO! Say it ain't so!
“One man brought a bloody effigy head of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and waved it from the end of a pike”
...I would gladly take part in something like this and I have, but wouldn’t a “bloody effigy” be a little worrisome for the bloke who brought it? Dems CAN and DO similar and worse. Conservatives usually get the SS visit or the IRS audit.
Not only did they bring an effigy of Ahnuld, but they brought it up on stage and DECAPITATED it.
“DECAPITATED it”
...holy smokes! I guess I’d join in if it were a crowd. Not want to be the only one audited or have home searched for Ahnuld “hate” paraphernalia.
There were 15,000 people there. They can’t audit all of us.
With the crap Barry and gang are going to pull, look for this across America. (wondering why it hasn’t happened already)
Very impressive gathering of souls. (especially for Cali)
This is two weekends in a row with significant tea parties. I suspect the pace will pick up.
http://www.ksbw.com/news/18881432/detail.html
‘Monterey Tea Party’ Opposes Spending
Group Rallies Against Tax Hikes
Not really. These two talk show hosts were key in the recall of fomer Governor Davis.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201878/posts
Oregon Tea Party — Call for county coordinators
From what has been reported about them from other KFI hosts, John & Ken (or at least John) fake interest in what might be considered conservative causes to grow their audience. But this time at least they’re doing something helpful whether they (particularly John) actually believe in it! (I went to a protest against illegals in Burbank one weekend that they had created, but it was not on radio or TV - Ken attended and was very nice; John did not attend.)
http://www.examiner.com/x-1264-Fullerton-Community-Examiner~y2009m3d7-Over-15000-descend-on-Fullerton-to-protest-higher-taxes
Over 15,000 descend on Fullerton to protest higher taxes
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2009/03/08/tea-parties-what-tea-parties-predictably-established-media-coverage-tea-
Tea Parties? What Tea Parties? Predictably, Established Media Coverage of Tea Party Protests Is Sparse
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=6697679
8,000 gather in OC to protest Prop 1A
Thank you for your advice. I shall sit at home and lament.
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_11847867
Not quite California
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29575245/
Thousands join talk show hosts in tax protest
http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=view-event&event-id=140
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