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Tea Party Participants...LIVE Thread, please post pics and updates here
04/15/09

Posted on 04/15/2009 5:29:39 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

Please post what is happening at your tea party here, your location and attendance...and as always, lots of pictures:)


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421 posted on 04/15/2009 1:34:16 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

RE: “Some disruptions going on in Madison, Wisconsin...apparently counter protestors have arrived...

Crowd gathers for Madison tax protest; counter-rally expected
By Steven Walters of the Journal Sentinel”

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Disruptions? In Madison??? Obama’s goon squads arriving from Chicago???????????????????????? You betcha!


422 posted on 04/15/2009 1:34:39 PM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m guessing that’s Sacramento, right?

Those are some of the best pics of the day, for sure!


423 posted on 04/15/2009 1:35:29 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ("We all know where this is coming from. What concerns me is where it is going." - advance_copy)
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To: STARWISE

Great pics from the Chicago Tea Party here:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2242484&id=5305064&l=a8c2f28d57


424 posted on 04/15/2009 1:35:41 PM PDT by Velveeta
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To: nufsed

Roll your mouse over the picture and comments/location will appear. I got the pictures from the SF Chronicle website.


425 posted on 04/15/2009 1:36:00 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: exit82

You’ll never get what else I got. Heh.

And you’re IN IT AGAIN!!!!

Do you remember standing next to a lady singing the Star Spangled Banner REAL LOUD? and not on pitch either, now that I mention it?

I got it on tape and you are in it. Want me to upload it?


426 posted on 04/15/2009 1:36:47 PM PDT by Fishtalk (The Messiah's Secret Plan to Stimulate Economy: Make Democrats Pay Their Taxes!)
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To: GQuagmire
Worcester is a big town/city, I would bet more than that, we will have to wait and see I guess. There were FReepers going to that one. Springfield, where I had to be anyway, had at least that many, maybe more, I am not good at guessing numbers either! Massive traffic jams. Had no idea where I was going, since I don't know the town, or where exactly it was. Followed traffic LOL. No camera.
427 posted on 04/15/2009 1:36:50 PM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: jcb2009; TornadoAlley3; the-ironically-named-proverbs2
This is the image on WJLA's website next to the story on the Tea Party:

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0409/613520.html

Did you guys see *anyone* there with scarves over their faces??

428 posted on 04/15/2009 1:39:49 PM PDT by Is2C (http://www.persecution.com)
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To: gidget7

stay away from the Pike aka Pirate Alley! LOL


429 posted on 04/15/2009 1:43:24 PM PDT by GQuagmire (Who is EveningStar?)
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To: TornadoAlley3
A couple hundred in Duluth, MN. Great speeces, crowds cheered, chanted USA, said the pledge of allegiance, went on for a few hours, the crowd dumped tea into the harbor, the westernmost port of the Atlantic Ocean. Sorry no crowd pics. I'm too cheap to switch over to a digital camera.

Might sound like a small crowd until you consider this county voted for Kerry (65.2%) over Bush in higher margins in 2004 than any other MN county. And went for Obama in similar margins. As one person said at the rally this is beyond Democrat or Repbulican.

http://duluthteaparty.blogspot.com/

430 posted on 04/15/2009 1:43:51 PM PDT by Rameumptom (Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
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Was at the Madison, WI rally. Huge crowd. Estimates have it at over 5,000. Of course the media was there before the party actually started and reported only several hundred were there. There was a staging area with shuttles about 5 miles away, but there were no where near enough buses to get everyone there on time. People started walking so there was a long line of people marching to the capitol. Great guest speakers and a loud and energized crowd. The picture earlier of the Madison crowd probably only shows about a 1/3 of the actual size.


431 posted on 04/15/2009 1:44:04 PM PDT by ryanwi2008
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Here is a link to a post I had already made about the Tea Parties in Fayetteville, NC. There is a link to the pictures also.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2229201/posts?page=16#16


432 posted on 04/15/2009 1:44:37 PM PDT by dstarr (I've learned that artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.)
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I decided against uploading the one with me singing the National Anthem.

Thank Me Very Much.

VIDEO GEORGETOWN DEL

433 posted on 04/15/2009 1:46:29 PM PDT by Fishtalk (The Messiah's Secret Plan to Stimulate Economy: Make Democrats Pay Their Taxes!)
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To: tcrlaf
Took a peek at CNN to see why people were so mad at them, and their announcer was talking about the Tea Parties. He asked if it was really a grass roots movement, or was “some rich Republican paying them” to be there. Blaming others for what they do is a typical liberal tactic (e.g. Soros).
434 posted on 04/15/2009 1:47:44 PM PDT by Humal
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MSM photos, from Yahoo News Photos search:


People take part in a tax day protest in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Protests took place around the country to demonstrate against recent bailouts and excessive government spending. Protesters gathered at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)



People hold signs at a tea party rally, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, on Fountain Square in Cincinnati. Organizers estimated a crowd of around 4,000 people attended the tax day protest. Protesters began gathering at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)



Robert Paul, of Norwalk, Iowa, center, applauds during a tax day protest, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Protesters gathered at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)



Nancy Woodrow, of Glen Rock, Pa., holds up a sign in the rain during a tax day protest on the steps of the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Protesters around the country are gearing up to rally against tax day with 'tea parties.' Organizers say they're steamed at government spending since President Barack Obama's administration took over and are planning their own mini-revolts. The rallies are designed to echo the original Boston Tea Party more than 235 years ago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)



A sign is seen on the lawn of the Statehouse a rally at the Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt., Wednesday, April 15, 2009. The rally on tax day was one of many in a national Tax Day Tea Party protest. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)



Wendy DeVier of Lexington, Ky., waves a flag on the Capitol steps as she joins a tax-day protest in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Protesters gathered at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)



Richard Holland, a member of the Plymouth Rock Foundation, hands out flyers during a tax day protest on the Boston Common in Boston, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Protesters began gathering at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)



People take part in a tax day protest rally, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, on Fountain Square in Cincinnati. Protesters gathered at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)



People take part in a tax day protest in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, April 15, 2009. Protests took place around the country to demonstrate against recent bailouts and excessive government spending. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)



Several hundred protesters participate in a tax day protest on the Boston Common in Boston, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)



Ron Babin, center in white, speaks during a tax day 'tea party' protest Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at the Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Protesters gathered at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)



Theresa Patrie, an engineer from Lynn, Mass., attends a tax day protest on the Boston Common in Boston, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)



Karen O'Neill of Huntingdon Valley, Pa., holds a sign in the rain during a tax day protest on the steps of the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Protesters around the country are gearing up to rally against tax day with 'tea parties.' Organizers say they're steamed at government spending since President Barack Obama's administration took over and are planning their own mini-revolts. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)



People march at John F. Kennedy Plaza, also known as Love Park, in Philadelphia, during a tax day protest, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)



People march near City Hall, left, at John F. Kennedy Plaza, also known as Love Park, in Philadelphia, during a tax day protest, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)



People gather at John F. Kennedy Plaza, also known as Love Park, in Philadelphia, during a tax day protest, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)



People gather during a tax day 'tea party' protest Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Protesters began gathering at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)



Sherry Klein holds a sign as she drives past a tax day protest in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Protests took place around the country to demonstrate against recent bailouts and excessive government spending. Protesters gathered at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)



435 posted on 04/15/2009 1:48:09 PM PDT by onemiddleamerican
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To: Rameumptom
Duluth News Tribune reporting 700 attended. They've got pics of the crowds but I'm not paying for their article.

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436 posted on 04/15/2009 1:48:24 PM PDT by Rameumptom (Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
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San Antonio Tea Party.

Ted Nugent came out about 1 P.M. and did a sound check by playing the National Anthem and spoke for a minute.

You can see his cowboy hat near the stage light.


437 posted on 04/15/2009 1:48:43 PM PDT by red-dawg (The Obama Administration : A Man-Caused Disaster.)
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bnctaxprotest.jpg

Joe Alley (left) of Sheridan and his friend Todd Wolf of Bristol were among the hundreds of people who gathered at the Naperville Municipal Center today for the annual Taxpayer's Tea Party to protest "excessive government spending, borrowing and taxing." Similar "Tea Party" protests took place in downtown Chicago. (Chuck Berman / Chicago Tribune)
 

Hundreds gather in Boston

Across the country

(AP Photo/Ed Reinke / April 15, 2009)
Protestors line the Capitol steps during a tax-day protest in Frankfort, Ky. 

Can you hear them?

(AP Photo/Ed Reinke / April 15, 2009)
Protestors listen to a speaker during the tax-day rally on the Capitol steps in Frankfort, Ky. Russell Wirtalla, of Somers, joins a crowd of anti-tax protesters for a "tea party" on the south side of the Connecticut state Capitol building in Hartford, Conn. Similar events are being staged all over the country on the day state and federal tax returns are due.

Staging a protest

(AP Photo/Sean D. Elliot / April 15, 2009)
Russell Wirtalla, of Somers, joins a crowd of anti-tax protesters for a "tea party" on the south side of the Connecticut state Capitol building in Hartford, Conn. 

Tax Day "Tea Party" Protestors Rally Around The Country

(Getty Images/Win McNamee / April 15, 2009)
Protesters take part in a rally as part of the national Tax Day Tea Party to protest taxes and government spending in Lafayette Park April 15, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Obama critics

(AFP/Getty Images/EMMANUEL DUNAND / April 15, 2009)
Demonstrators against US President Barack Obama's national tax, stage a protest in Staten Island, New York. 

Day of protest

(AFP/Getty Images/EMMANUEL DUNAND / April 15, 2009)
Demonstrators against US President Barack Obama's national tax, stage a protest in Staten Island, New York.

Stating their case

(AFP/Getty Images/EMMANUEL DUNAND / April 15, 2009)
Demonstrators against US President Barack Obama's national tax, stage a protest in Staten Island, New York. 

Just say no

(AFP/Getty Images/EMMANUEL DUNAND / April 15, 2009)
Demonstrators against US President Barack Obama's national tax, stage a protest in Staten Island, New York.

Marking national tax day

(AFP/Getty Images/EMMANUEL DUNAND / April 15, 2009)
Demonstrators against US President Barack Obama's national tax, stage a protest in Staten Island, New York.

New York demonstrations

(AFP/Getty Images/EMMANUEL DUNAND / April 15, 2009)
Demonstrators against US President Barack Obama's national tax, stage a protest in Staten Island, New York.

Staging a protest

(AFP/Getty Images/EMMANUEL DUNAND / April 15, 2009)
Demonstrators against US President Barack Obama's national tax, stage a protest in Staten Island, New York.

U.S. Constitution

(AFP/Getty Images/KAREN BLEIER / April 15, 2009)
A protester hold a copy of the US Constitution during a "tea party" demonstration against taxes in Lafayette Park across from the White House on April 15, 2009 in Washington, DC.

438 posted on 04/15/2009 1:49:00 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: GlennBeck08

WOOOHOOOOO, lets hear it for Marquette! Video of the Escanaba Tea Party can be seen at www.deltacountytv.com/video.php?ID=2&PAGE=6 :)


439 posted on 04/15/2009 1:49:58 PM PDT by Enigo54 (What we don't have makes up for what we don't have)
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To: Enigo54

http://www.deltacountytv.com/video.php?ID=2&PAGE=6 oops..lol


440 posted on 04/15/2009 1:51:02 PM PDT by Enigo54 (What we don't have makes up for what we don't have)
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