Posted on 09/06/2009 4:17:24 AM PDT by kingattax
Tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected to descend upon the nation's capital next weekend to voice their concerns about what they call Congress' "nonstop tax-and-spend agenda" in the first-ever Taxpayer March on D.C.
The three-day event will begin Thursday morning at the D.C. Armory in Southeast Washington and is expected to end Saturday with a march from Freedom Plaza down Pennsylvania Avenue to a rally on the U.S. Capitol steps. Participants can attend workshops and lobby their congressmen while attending rallies on health care and the economy.
The National Park Service says it has issued permits for more than 2,000 people for the Freedom Plaza gathering. That number is a fraction of the crowd expected to show at the rally.
U.S. Park Police also expect a decent turnout because of the national attention the event has garnered from newspaper and television reports and from grass-roots groups organizing on the Internet. Organizers could be seen handing out fliers for the event at recent health care town-hall meetings in Maryland.
"Those health care town halls put an interesting twist on things," said Sgt. David Schlosser, a Park Police spokesman. "As it stands right now, it's obviously bigger than routine permits where you literally have three people. There should be a pretty good turnout - people are super ramped up for it."
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I sure hope we have a big Freeper turnout!
can you say 500,000
Yes I can—but I’d rather say 1 million—LOL!
I’ll be there! Looking forward to it.
It would be a great idea, if those who can’t go to DC, to show up in their town squares. Put one million people on 100 TV stations and you start a showball against big government. Time to let the RNC and DNC know we are sick of pols getting rich by using insider deals - see Charlie Rnagle and Duke Cunningham (now in jail).
Don’t let the Republicans corrupt the Tea Party movement. They are just as guilty as the liberals.
I can’t wait! :)
I disagree - they're only 80% as guilty. But I do agree that they needn't corrupt the Tea Party movement.
Only the conservative handful should be invited.
God bless you basil.
..first at City Hall in the AM and then a larger venue-(that can hold thousands) in the afternoon, where Glenn Beck had a camera panning on the crowd last time in the spring, and may have again.
Won't be the same as being in DC though.
Over 100 of us from Bay County, Florida, will be there. I can’t wait!!
Tax and Spend
Has Got to End!
Ill be there ,leaving from Ct. after the tea Party Bus has the rally here on Friday Afternoon. Hoping for a large Crowd
Exactly, I'm putting in a lot of time, effort, and money to be there, as is everyone else.
I don't want to go to a gathering polluted by a bunch of Republican politcians who have help caused this mess. I will consider it a waste of my time and efforts.
That sounds great where is your home town?
Oh how I wish we could be there! I hope this march finally shakes those inside of the Capital to understand that America has had it with their policies. NO Cap and Trade, no Healthcare reform, stop spending us into debt! I personlly am hoping that this one is larger than anything DC has seen before.
We must be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
You are right that the Republican leadership should stand aside, for the most part, and let We The People lead this movement, though.
In fact, there may be a fair number who are now in DC who are will be able to be counted on in the future, but let’s not dwell on that now. The important thing is that the people show that we are concerned about the Constitution and that we demand that all of those in DC begin to consider the Constitution as the Supreme Law of our country.
LIST OF GRIEVANCES?
ELITIST CONTEMPT FOR CONSERVATIVES • ACORN • SEIU • MARK LLOYD • MANUFACTURING CRISES AS A PRETEXT TO CEASE POWER • MOVEON.org • GEORGE SOROS • DEMONIZATION OF OPPONENTS • RACE BAITING • SOCIALIZED MEDICINE • FORCED ABORTIONS • CHARLIE RANGEL • SHOVING DOWN OUR THROATS YOUR SOCIALIST AGENDA • MEDIA BIAS • BAILOUTS • RAHM EMMANUEL • SAUL ALINSKY • INTRUSIVE, ABUSIVE, WASTEFUL, AND BURGEONING GOVERNMENT • PORK-BARREL SPENDING • UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATES • CONGRESSIONAL EXEMPTIONS FOR LAWS WE THE PEOPLE MUST OBEY • ACTIVIST JUDGES • WILLIAM AYERS • RASHID KHALIDI • TONY REZKO • JEREMIAH WRIGHT • INDOCTRINATING OUR YOUTH • BUILDING A DEPENDENT CLASS • VOTER FRAUD • DECEIT • COMPROMISING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY • EXCESSIVE TAXATION • LIBERAL FASCISM • HARRY REID • NANCY PELOSI • BARNEY FRANK • COMPROMISING NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY • EMBOLDENING OUR ENEMIES • MOVING TO RADICALLY CHANGE AMERICA • DEMORALIZING OUR TROOPS • PROTECTING US FROM OURSELVES • SHRINKING OUR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS • TRAMPLING ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT • FLAUNTING OUR JUDEO-CHRISTIAN HERITAGE • THE ECONOMY, STUPID • CREATING A NANNY STATE • UNEMPLOYMENT • RUNAWAY SPENDING • GEITHNER • RAILA ODINGA • YOUR CULT OF PERSONALITY • GAY MARRIAGE • ENVIRONMENTAL OVERKILL • RADICAL CZARS WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY • BROADCAST PERFORMANCE TAX • RESURRECTING THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE • POLITICIZED LAW • CORPORATE WELFARE AT TAXPAYERS’ EXPENSE
Probably a little too busy, eh? heh, heh, heh . . .
“certainly not a number that will pose any disruptions in traffic”
Methinks that, once again, grassroots conservatives have been grossly misunderestimated.(teehee)
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