[ChocChipCookie]

Tom Martin is the founder of American Preppers Network and a great guy.

[roses of sharon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoA

Rick Santelli and the “Rant of the Year”

[Question Liberal Authority]

Rush Limbaugh had a thing in the 1990’s where people sent tea bags to congress.

[Parley Baer]

My vote is for Obama. IMHO his outrageous policies started the tea party movement.

[ilgipper]

Rick Santilli. Period. His famous rant on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade kicked this off, and Americans all over the country became active.

[kidd]

The TEA movement started at the end of the Bush term when TARP was passed. It was initially an uncatalyzed, unrecognizable group of citizens who were shocked that Bush approved TARP.

The tea bag idea was the first catalyst. By itself, it was a good idea, but would have been a mail-in effort and not a personal time commitment. As such, I don’t think it would have sustained a movement by itself.

A second catalyst was needed. Rick Santelli (CNBC) called for Chicago Tea party on Feb 19, 2009. His passionate call for action on live TV, following Obama’s plans to spend unheard of amounts of money, struck a chord.

Things really took off after Santelli spoke.

Next, local citizens all around the country took on the effort and organized their own TEA parties.

Who started the TEA party movement? Concerned citizens and a couple of key catalysts. I give more credit to Santelli as the more effective catalyst.

[bootless]

Rick Santelli - CNBC

[AuntB]

Thank you Tom Martin, for writing this.

Sunday, February 07, 2010
Beware: Rinos in Conservative clothing...DICK ARMEY

“We don’t intend to turn the Republican Party
over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn’t make any sense at all.””
— President Ronald Reagan

Time to listen up, Tea Party people!!! We’ve warned you before that political opportunists will hi- jack your movement for their causes! And Dick Armey did just that!

“In a telephone interview with The Arizona Republic, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, FreedomWorks’ chairman, delivered a surprisingly harsh assessment of Hayworth, with whom he served on Capitol Hill:

” It’s hard for us to believe that J.D. Hayworth could mount a credible challenge to John McCain. Obviously, we’ll watch the race. But J.D. had a fairly short, undistinguished congressional career with virtually no initiative on his part. I just don’t see any reason why we should be concerned about that race.”
So...what is this really all about??

AMNESTY, that’s what.

Armey is one of the squatter support squad of the GOP. He wants to do away with enforcement. He wants amnesty. That’s why he won’t support Hayworth.
In fact, Armey wants to increase immigration!

The McCain camp likes to throw the non issue Abramoff accusation at J.D. of which he was totally cleared, but one of Armey’s top advisers, Horace Cooper, actually got indicted for taking Abramoff bribes. OH! The irony!
[snip]

http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2010/02/beware-rinos-in-conservative.html

[knarf]

I did, in a fit of frustrration stated, “I’m ready for another tea party” .... a few weeks later ....

[Salvation]

In answer to the author’s question I would say that “We did, right here on FR.

I remember posting right after Obama got elected about having a Tea Party — things were just going in the wrong direction!

(Little did I know how terrible Obortion O’s direction would really be.)

[smokingfrog]

Santelli

[Randy Larsen]

I did!

Just don’t tell anyone...please!!!

[DanielRedfoot]

There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it...

[Ramius]

Sam Adams?

[Jim Robinson]

Here’s an early mention on FR:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024992/posts

To: Candor7

I wish we could mail teabags to mccain but security will not allow that.

Perhaps we should mail clothespins to McCain HQ to let him know he stinks.

37 posted on Mon Jun 02 2008 15:26:14 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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And another:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2191554/posts?page=1

Tea bags to the White House

certrtwngnut | 02-22-2003 | certrtwngnut.
Posted on Sun Feb 22 2009 14:28:10 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by certrtwngnut

Instead of dumping the tea in the ocean as the original patriots did, let’s each of us send a tea bag to Mr. Obama. Let them be heaped upon Mr Obama as he is heaping decades of debt upon our children & grandchildren.

[Poser]

Santelli, publicized by Beck. It’s not a mystery.

[Jim Robinson]

Here’s another:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096053/posts

To: OCCASparky

It’s time for ‘Boston Tea-Party II’.

10 posted on Thu Oct 02 2008 13:18:32 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) by maineman
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[freekitty]

We need to keep it that way. We don’t need moderate repubs or paulbots running us.

[nutmeg]

It was Rick Santelli on February 19, 2009 on CNBC.

I'll never forget his Rant of the Year!

I sure wish the Fox Business Network would snap up Santelli... he shouldn't be associated with NBC in any way, IMO.

[iopscusa]

Thanks for posting, the Prepper’s Network is very good. good place to Take notes on reaction to Social Breakup!