Posted on 07/04/2009 6:35:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
More than 15,000 people from Bakersfield to Modesto gathered at the International Agri-Center Saturday for the Freedom Rally Tea Party Saturday.
The event had several speakers, talking about their viewpoints of the country's government.
We believe in limited government, fiscal responsibility and the free market and think thats something Americans should get behind, said Jared Gordon, Central Valley Tea Party spokesperson.
(Excerpt) Read more at visaliatimesdelta.com ...
Did you come by the FreeRepublic table to say hi?
If so, I’m sorry that I missed you ... if not, why not? LOL
15,000 is awesome. YEA!!!
Had 400 here in San Diego. Outdoors, in the sun, had a blast!
Congrats to all. Looks like it was a HUGE succes!!
15,000! Awesome!
Inside the Main building looking West.
I figured I'd include this Black lady with her sign, if only to make it harder for certain Celebrities (that I shall not name) to claim we are all racists.
Lots of families were there, they even had places for the future terrorists to play.
A fellow was traveling the crowd with his pet pig. A little bit of photoshop trickery done on my part to highlight our congressional friend.
This fellow attracted quite a crowd with his spot on sign. Notice all the cars in the background. Quite a walk for some!
A video report just posted by ABC News Channel 30:
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=6898346
Here’s the Fresno Bee’s take on the historical patriotic event:
“The events are meant to harken back to the Boston Tea Party, and organizers consistently say they are nonpartisan affairs. Yet it took only moments to recognize that many in the crowd at the Ag Center were no fans of President Barack Obama and policies generally associated with Democrats.”
NSS!
http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/1514926.html
Ohhhh, how cute...the hat. Hi Amy, Hi Mama_Bear. Love the booth and wish I could have been there. Great crowd!
Can’t get anything past the sharp eyed news reporters at the Fresno Democrat, er, Bee. Wonder why they’re going belly up?
Good to hear. I hope you have some new Freepers, too.
There’s nothing partisan about being patriotic, you Fresno Bee twit! Obama is an admitted anti-American, anti-Liberty, anti-capitalism Marxist! Look it up!
Should be. Hundreds of people filed by our table and many of them took flyers or cards.
Seeing as how most of the people are mad at the feds and the RATS are running the show that's a necessary outcome. They might have added quite a few were mad at Arnold too, but I suppose that would alter the template too much.
Is anyone keeping a running total of the attendance at all of the 4th of July Tea Parties? Someone did for the April 15th ones and the total attendance was pretty impressive.
My estimate is that only about 400 attended the Tea Party in Austin, Texas. That would be only about 10% of the attendance of the April 15 Austin Tea Party. I wonder what the national total is. Glad to hear aboiut the Tulare event.
way to go!!!!!!
Outstanding job!
For a buck, you can’t beat that with a stick.
NSS! ROFL!!!
A tall "Uncle Sam"
Abe Lincoln
4 legged FRiend
Even "Elvis" was in the building!
Indoor crowd overview (even more outside at the booths, etc.!!)
More news links for the event:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285785/posts
http://www.fresnobee.com/406/story/1514926.html
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