White House Blocks TEA Party at Treasury

Fox News Live | 4/15/09

[pabianice]

Live now on Fox -- White House is blocking TEA Party set for the Treasury in DC,. despite the demonstration already having been granted a permit. Second TEA Party at Lafayette Park to proceed, but White House blocked the unloading of 1M tea bags.

This comes upon the DHS report warning that such demonstrations are "hate groups" that must be monitored closely as such demonstrators are "prone to owning guns and being violent."

[Just another Joe]

you cannot ask people to go on their own

Yes, you can.

I have been to protests where I was the only one there. Well, my daughter as well, but the point remains.

One is an army, if they are in the right and not afraid.

[COBOL2Java]

So what exactly is he doing to block it? Is he sending police? Hopefully someone will be able to video tape their efforts.

[w1andsodidwe]

Reportedly, new rules will ban any private pilot from demonstrating how to fly to any passengers. Insanity.

Not sure I agree with you. In 1995, I was flying a plane back from Asia. Mid flight of an incredibly smooth flight, the plane fell over a mile. Many passengers were injured(4 ambulances met the plane). However there was absolutely no press covers whatsoever. The next year I picked up a copy of the book "Airframe" by Michael Crichton. The flight it described was so similar to what I experienced that I was shocked. In the book the cause was the pilot turning the controls over to a relative just for fun.

One time I was a passenger on a very small two-seater plane. The pilot tried to get me to take the controls and I had to scream at him not to do this.

It really is not appropriate to try and show someone how to fly unless you are not an instructor and they actually want to learn.

[eleni121]

The questions are becoming more urgent:

Is this the start of a return to the lands of origins of our forefathers? Or is this the beginning of taking back the nation they fought and died for? Or a secession movement?

[taillightchaser]

You are right-—I stand corrected.
I wonder if the people will wake up in time to stop this, or will they continue to be sheeple and allow the country to be destroyed.

[kcvl]

According to CNN protesters didn't have a permit. I knew that was a lie as soon as I heard it. No one has ever accused CNN of responsible reporting so I don't know why I was surprised.

[maica]

The groups you list have armies of lawyers ready and eager to go into any police station or courtroom to ‘defend’ the ‘rights’ of anarchists, etc to trash our country.

Unfortunately, the ranks of lawyers have filled up with folks with the same mindset as the media and the rest of academia.

Our side does not have this phalanx of professional legal ‘help’ to keep our demonstrators out of jail, and off the books of criminal transgression.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Could you post more details about the general aviation restrictions? Enquiring patriotic minds would like to know more.....

[Verginius Rufus]

The Bill of Rights forbids Congress to pass any law prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble.

So instead we have courts taking away the freedom of religion and the executive branch plotting ways to restrict free speech and the right to assemble

[COBOL2Java]

Our side does not have this phalanx of professional legal ‘help’ to keep our demonstrators out of jail, and off the books of criminal transgression.

They have one: Landmark Legal Foundation

[Islander7]

[benjibrowder]

What’s sad is, that looks disturbingly real.

[444Flyer]

LOL! I was just watching Fox News and they were interviewing a WH economic adviser who was talking about how 0 is going to give tax relief to middle income people. (I Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaant my $8.00 bucks now!) Anyway, when questioned about whether or not Obama knows about the big tax protests going on today, the “spokesman” actually had the nerve to say he wasn't sure if 0 knew was aware of them and knew about them occurring.

Surrrreeeeeee...

[Gabrial]

No Tea Party for you!!!

Dang, I can't believe I actually posted a picture!

[x_plus_one]

Those who pay taxes are extremists - the 50% who don’t pay taxes want to enslave the rest of us.

[Sarajevo]

No more freedom of assembly.

We never had "Freedom of Assembly". We always had to pay for it. Don't believe me? Ask the Tea Party organizers about the required permits.

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

I like it. Good one.

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

Your first pic post. Congratulations!

[IM2MAD]

I hope there will be some signs reminding people of the 6 billion of our tax dollars going to ACORN, the left wing radicals.

[midmoschmo]