Report from the New York City Tea Party

futureofcapitalism.com ^ | Ira Stoll

[firebrand]

I informed the lefties before going to the police also. The woman in the red T-shirt said something about free speech. Had it all wrong of course. It’s nice to let people know before going to the authorities.

[militant2]

“Hi! I’m from The Department Of Redundancy Department, and I’m here to aid in helping you.”

Say again?? (just kidding!) :)

Militant

[Albion Wilde]

What is your point? You seem behind the curve on this issue.

[American Number 181269513]

Here is a top down picture of the event that I just found at this link. This looks down on the S W corner of 31st & 8th and the caption indicates it was taken when Lou Dobbs was speaking so that would be about 8:40 or so.

“The New York Times estimated that the crowd included about 700 attendees, but noted that only a third of the designated protest area was full”.

The “attendees” went into the designated area but were so far back they could not hear or see anything. The second pen was separated from the first (with the stage at the front) by traffic heading east on 30th street. Half of those who went into the second pen left and gathered on the east side of 8th avenue between 30th and 31st. Lou Dobbs even acknowledge that when he turned and said hello to us on the other side of the street.

Article and pic

[maryz]

Wow! I hadn’t realized the NY TEA Party was right in the city streets (Boston was on the Common).

[American Number 181269513]

Yes, this is how we do things here and it’s not just any street at any time. Penn Station/Madison Square Garden are just to the right and you can see the Farley post office in the upper right hand corner.

The police not only closed the lane to traffic on west side of 8th avenue where you see the pen, they also closed the east lane of traffic for the police to stand in and maintain the barrier holding back the crowd (which is where I was mostly).

So, 2 out of 5 lanes of car traffic closed along with the west side sidewalk closed to pedestrian traffic and with the rush hour car and pedestrian traffic increasing by the minute (5:30 to 9pm), not to mention another protest going on in front of the post office (Save Our Schools or some student protest for something) and perhaps a half dozen or so news trucks in the area you can see this is definitely not like a Searchlight Nevada type environment.

Yet, this is normal for me and I feel at home.

[maryz]

definitely not like a Searchlight Nevada type environment.

LOL! No, definitely not! Hard to ignore, I would think, even for the state-controlled media!

[Dajjal]

A friend emailed me this url (106 photos):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyiboken/sets/72157623866752306/
Tax Day Tea Party, NYC, April 15th, 2010

[maryz]

Great pictures -- thanks! Haven't seen another one where we had our own doctors in white coats protesting against ObamaCare!

[xkaydet65]

I saw the skel you’re talking about. At first he went around screaming “racist a—holes”. Then he spun around and tried the “They spat on me routine.” NYPD told him to move along, and one young guyin our crowd directed him to a methadone clinic. He came back later with a sign giveen him by the earlier skels who used the same signs as the goons in Boston, He got foul mouthed and was challenged by a 60+ former Marine in his USMC ball cap. The gyrene’s wife calmed him down but the skel took no chances and moved down toward 29th. Your description understated his appearance.

[firebrand]

A friend has his own photo of two great signs:

Rangel Should Be in a Rent Controlled Prison Cell

and

Nebraskans for Gillibrand
Thanks for the Kickback

[rmlew]

Did you see the 6th floor of the building on 31st across from the podium, where leftists placed a banner telling “Teabaggers” to leave?

[American Number 181269513]

No, I didn’t see that banner. Early on when I arrived I saw only one residential building on the east side of 8th avenue between 30th & 31st streets. It was a terraced building with several cameras pointed down at the rally and I think that is where the picture I posted was taken from. Was that where the banner was?

[rmlew]

I believe so. I need my sister to email me her pics. We were in the main pen, with Firebrand.

[American Number 181269513]

Oh ok. I’d like to see the pics. Will you post them?

[Albion Wilde]

Nice pix! Not a dumb white supremacist knuckle-dragger in sight! Thanks for the ping!