‘Tea Parties’ — A New Political Movement Is Brewing (Tea Party/Tax Revolt updates and links)

Fox News ^ | April 4, 2008 | Peter Roff

[abb]

Washington’s continued mishandling of the economic crisis has disquieted the electorate. The bad economic numbers, the precipitous decline in the stock market, the dramatic increase in government spending and the tax increases lying just over the horizon paint a picture of an out-of-control federal government grasping at straws in the search for solutions.

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In the case of the current crisis the blame appears to have been assigned almost totally to Obama, at least by the thousands of U.S. taxpayers attending near-spontaneous “tea parties” in protest of the Democrats agenda of more taxes, increased spending, higher deficits and a surge of borrowing to pay for it all. These mass protests, which have been occurring in different spots almost weekly — 2,000 people in St. Louis, 3,000 people in Cincinnati, 6,000 people in Orlando — promise to culminate on Tax Day, April 15, with at least 300 protests at sites large and small according to the “official” Tax Day Tea Party Web site.

As was the case with the Obama campaign, the new “Tea Party Movement” is bringing people out to engage in politics, many for the first time in their lives. And, again, as was the case with the Obama presidential campaign, these activists are making liberal use of new media technologies like Twitter and Facebook to find supporters and allies, to meet each other and to establish a sense of community...

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The “Tea Parties” augur the beginnings of a new political movement, it is now clear, that may eventually exceed the power of MoveOn.org and others of the new liberal pressure groups in their ability to influence the votes of politicians in Washington as well as state capitals in every region of the country.

[abb]

Updates and links downthread.

[abb]

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[MrLee]

Bangor, Maine, Federal Court House, 1-3pm on the 15th.

[abb]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222107/posts
Tax Day party count nearing 2,000 U.S. cities

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222073/posts
Northport Harbor “tea party” protests big government (Liberal paper actually didn’t use usual spin)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2221991/posts
Dr. Orly tea party in Studio City, California

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221856/posts
Tea Party in Brownwood, Texas

[abb]

http://www.cjonline.com/news/local/2009-04-04/tea_party_rally_held_at_statehouse
‘Tea party’ rally held at Statehouse

[Edit35]

Tea Party - Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Apr. 18, 1-3pm

Washington Crossing Park, the exact spot where Gen. George Washington and his ragtag army crossed the Delaware River to beat the Hessians, and thus inspired a nation to independance.

www.tea4change.com

Be there, or be square.
Be there, or we’ll smoke your hair.
Be there, or you ain’t got a pair.
Be there, or you won’t be aware.

[abb]

http://www.noozhawk.com/local_news/article/040409_economy_emerges_as_a_demonstration_of_discontent/
Economy Emerges as a Demonstration of Discontent

http://www.rgj.com/article/20090404/NEWS/904040330/1321
Incline tax issue prompts concerns about state impacts

http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/dennert/archives/2009/04/republican-yout.html
Republican Youth Leadership Summit + TEA Party This weekend

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzhlYmFkYzc4YmZlMjk1MDk4MzY5ODNmZWEzZjJiNjM=
Re: Things Change [Ramesh Ponnuru]

[abb]

http://stopsocialism.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/are-taxpayers-finally-fed-up-enough-to-revolt/
Are taxpayers finally fed up enough to revolt?

http://tammybruce.com/2009/04/hosting_santa_barbar.php
Hosting Santa Barbara’s Big, Cool Tea Party Saturday, 4/4

http://www.menifee247.com/2009/04/menifee-tea-party-tax-revolt.htm
Menifee Tea Party - Tax Revolt

[ErnBatavia]

Palm Desert, California - April 15.....Mrs. Bat and I are already weighing the "poster board" options.

...pretty sure at least one of 'em will say "Arrogance? how dare Obama enslave my grandkids".

Another front-runner: "Barack in '08, Broke in '09"

[ArmyTeach]

Tea Party brewing in Fairbanks, Alaska 15 April, 1300-1500.
Y’all come!

[Newfy]

Wouldn’t it be great if someone could grab the reins and organize all these people into a new Party to replace the dying GOP?

[abb]

http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/brewing_11671___article.html/party_protests.html
‘Tea party’ protests brewing

http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/news_detail.php?ID=172454
Radanovich’s Office Evacuated Because Of Tea Bag

http://www.thenews-messenger.com/article/20090404/NEWS01/904040314
TEA PARTY RALLY IN FREMONT

http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2009/04/03/opinion/columnists/lionel_waxman/doc49d66685df51a878722599.txt
Pay your taxes, then protest April 15 at Tucson Tea Party downtown

http://www.tylerpaper.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090404/NEWS08/904040312
Local Leaders Join Forces With Grassroots Effort

http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2009/apr/04/patrick_germond_looking_forward_tea/
Patrick Germond: Looking forward to tea

http://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/letters/story/803602.html
Send Washington a tax day message

http://www.blackhillsportal.com/evps/evitem.cfm?id=1623
Rapid City Tax Day Tea Party

http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=10128580&nav=menu227_8
Stevensville residents get into ‘tea party’ protests

http://www.theunion.com/article/20090403/WEBUPDATE/904029980/1006/NONE&parentprofile=1053
‘Tea party’ tax protest April 15

http://www.thedestinlog.com/opinion/let_8643___article.html/taxes_support.html
COLUMN: It’s time to tea off on taxes, America

[Kartographer]

This should be the offical song of all Tea Parties:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U6Yg9ckZv8

[abb]

Wouldn’t it be great if someone could grab the reins and organize all these people into a new Party to replace the dying GOP?

I would be satisfied if we could seize control of the existing GOP, turn it inside out, and utilize the infrastructure already in place.

[MrLee]

Yup.

[MrB]

Sounds less chaotic that what I am thinking is going to be necessary,

a big ol’ RESET, including clearing out all federal laws, politicians, and employees, and starting over with the base Constitution and Bill of Rights.

[abb]

http://yonkersinsider.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/westchester-tea-partytax-cuts-now-pre-rally-meetings/
Westchester Tea Party/Tax Cuts Now pre-rally meetings.

http://getbigideas.blogspot.com/2009/04/nc-tax-tea-party.html
NC Tax Tea Party!

http://www.reteaparty.com/2009/04/tea-party-coverage-continues-to-grow/
Tea Party coverage continues to grow

http://amfreenet.com/2009/04/tea-party-bulgarian-style-with-and-sf-update/
Tea Party, Bulgarian Style — with an SF Update

http://taxingtennessee.blogspot.com/2009/04/tea-paty-slogans-and-signs.html
Nashville Tax Day Tea Party

http://dontletmestopyou.blogspot.com/2009/04/lincoln-tea-party-sat-april-11.html
Lincoln Tea Party - Sat. April 11

http://huntingtondaily.com/2009/04/04/357/
Huntington TEA Party

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/19094400/detail.html
‘Carolina Sweet Tea Party’ Brings Hundreds Of Protesters To Uptown

http://mark12ministries.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/fort-worth-tax-day-tea-party/
Fort Worth Tax Day Tea Party

http://usanewsthatmatters.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9118791428895678!503.entry
Tea Bag Sends Terror Through Rep. Carol Shea-Porter’s Staff

[Safrguns]

All these Tea Parties... and “Revolts”....

But how many are actually going to stop paying their taxes?

At the Boston Tea Party, not only did they refuse to pay the tax, but they destroyed the property of the oppressive government by dumping the tea.

Is that what these parties are about? encouraging Americans not to pay their income tax? I would be all for it if I knew that I wasn’t going to be alone.

Or is this just symbolism over substance?
So far, I don’t see much press coverage of even that.
I’m afraid that regardless of how many people participate in these “revolts”, nobody in a position of power is really going to care, because it simply has no teeth.

Maybe if we really DID revolt, by actually de-funding this unconstitutional government, something could come of it.
I already know how the press would report it.... So maybe it is time to start defunding them too.

You really think the mainstream media cares what we think of them as long as we pay the bill through our cable company?

They just yawn.

[12chachacha]

Poster board: “Socialism is for sissies”

[Marty]

“The Tea Party” seems a natural choice, easy to remember, easy to understand and with historical significance. Everybody would know what we’re about.