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After the latest round of primaries, some lessons can already be drawn from this political year. Incumbents are not popular, especially Democratic incumbents. Democrats' big government programs are hugely unpopular. Economic distress has made Americans yearn not for more government but for less. How to explain something contrary to the New Deal historians' teaching that economic distress increases support for big government? Clues can be obtained, I think, by examining what amounts to the founding document of the tea party movement, Rick Santelli's "rant" on the CME trading floor in Chicago, telecast live by CNBC on Feb. 19, 2009. That...

After action report of yesterday's Chicago "Can you hear us NOW?" march on the media. Approximately 100 patriots gathered at 4:00pm outside of ABC news studios on State Street in Chicago. We sang God Bless America, The National Anthem and chanted "report the news" "do your jobs" "can you hear us now?" etc... After about 1/2 hour, we marched on over to CBS News studios. The folks at CBS saw us coming and pulled down the window shades to the studio. LOL, cowards. More chanting commenced. The protest was to last until 6pm, but I left at about 5:30 as...

Kevin Jackson, author of The Big Black Lie, will be speaking at a Chicago Tea Party Rally at Millennium Park on Saturday October 17th. Specifically, this rally will call out the DNC, the White House, and the Henry Gates/Al Sharpton/Jesse Jackson Axis of Race-Baiting.

This is a five minute video of the Chicago Tea Party, featuring just the talk by Jonathan Hoenig.

This is a 20 minute video from the Chicago Tea PartyPics from the event, at which crowd estimates range from 1,000 to 5-10,000, (in case you didn't hear that from the lamestream, praise-almighty-obama-all-the-time 'journalists.')

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2009 CONTACT: Julie Johnson (312) 575-9500 (office) (847) 691-9278 (cell) julie@urqmedia.com MEDIA ADVISORY: “Chicago Tea Party” Hundreds Prepare to Gather in Protest of Socialism CHICAGO, IL – Following the lead of CNBC’s Rick Santelli’s call for a Chicago Tea Party, DontGo Movement (www.dontgomovement.com) is hosting their own at the Daley Plaza Civic Center in Chicago. Protesters will be dressed in black as a symbol of the impending death of the free-market system. The Tea Party will take place at 11:00am on February 27th. DontGo Movement will be protesting, along with many other organizations, the fact...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats unveiled a $410 billion spending bill on Monday to keep the government running through the end of the fiscal year, setting up the second political struggle over federal funds in less than a month with Republicans. The measure includes thousands of earmarks, the pet projects favored by lawmakers but often criticized by the public in opinion polls. There was no official total of the bill's earmarks, which accounted for at least $3.8 billion. The legislation, which includes an increase of roughly 8 percent over spending in the last fiscal year, is expected to clear the...

Here is video of Rick Santelli destroying Obama's Mortgage Plan on Larry Kudlow yesterday. Every time Santelli opens his mouth, it is a breath of fresh air because he is telling the common-sense truth, which we are not hearing much of these days. Santelli directly responds to the charge by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs that he has not read Obama's plan. . . . . . (Watch Santelli)

There will be a Chicago Tea Party and Rally Opposing the Bailouts in Fort Worth, TX on Friday February 27, 2009. Time: 3:00 P.M. till dark Location: Cowtown Bar and Grill, 7108 Camp Bowie Blvd., outide stage area Be there or be square!

Saving America: Time to hit the streets? Augusta Chronicle Editorial Staff Sunday, February 22, 2009 Jim DeMint's gentlemanly air and refined tone belie a power and an urgency in his words. The stately senator from South Carolina sees America's unique centuries-old system of freedom dying out. And he thinks we may have to take to the streets to save it. "I would think it's time to start thinking about peaceful demonstrations," he told us last week. Seriously? "Seriously. "The power of the people is there. Freedom is in the people's hands right now, and it's about to slip through." Of...

Seattle on Monday. Denver on Tuesday. Mesa AZ on Wednesday. Overland Park, Kansas today. What a week, huh? We got the anti-stimulus, anti-entitlement protest ball rolling — and now the movement, spurred further by CNBC host Rick Santelli’s call for a “Chicago Tea Party,” is really taking off. David Hogberg at Investor’s Business Daily has a nice piece out today spotlighting the growing taxpayer revolt the rest of the MSM won’t cover. He interviewed our registered commenters Liberty Belle Keli Carender, who spearheaded the Seattle anti-pork protest, and HuskerGirl Amanda Grosserode, who organized today’s anti-stimulus demonstration against Democrat Rep. Dennis...

UPDATE 2/20/09: It appears Obama’s White House is mocking CNBC’s Rick Santelli’s criticism of the Obama admin’s housing plan. Apparently: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs poked fun at Santelli by inviting him to come to the White House to read the details of Obama’s plan. “I’d be happy to buy him a cup of coffee,” Gibbs said. In a nod to Santelli’s caffeinated style, Gibbs then wryly added: “Decaf.” All I can say to Gibb and Obama is… PICK ME! PICK ME! I’m ready, you idiots….Back to your usual programming….~~~ Oh fer heavens sake, are these people brain dead...

The trading floor buzz on whether the government's plan to save the economy will actually help the markets, with Jason Roney, Sharmac Capital; Wilbur Ross Jr., WL Ross & Co. and CNBC's Rick Santelli

Quick Takes: A “Stimulating” Week’s Worth of Blogging in One PostSubtitle:Chicago Tea Party Taking on Steam Nationwide***********************EXCERPT************************* After the famous Rick Santelli rant at the Chicago Board of Trade, efforts across the country to protest the Obama vote buying no-stimulus bill are increasingly being identified as “Tea Parties.”Michelle Malkin has been on the forefront of the revolution with a current wrap up here that includes videos, photos, songs and ideas for protests large and small. Earlier in the week she posted photos she took at one such event in Arizona.I especially like the one behind the Pelosi Plane which says...

Seattle on Monday. Denver on Tuesday. Mesa AZ on Wednesday. Overland Park, Kansas today. What a week, huh? We got the anti-stimulus, anti-entitlement protest ball rolling — and now the movement, spurred further by CNBC host Rick Santelli’s call for a “Chicago Tea Party,” is really taking off. David Hogberg at Investor’s Business Daily has a nice piece out today spotlighting the growing taxpayer revolt the rest of the MSM won’t cover. He interviewed our registered commenters Liberty Belle Keli Carender, who spearheaded the Seattle anti-pork protest, and HuskerGirl Amanda Grosserode, who organized today’s anti-stimulus demonstration against Democrat Rep. Dennis...

[Ht/ Pharmboy] Joe Scarborough sent us a little love this morning . . . Morning Joe opened today with the instant-classic clip of CNBC’s Rick Santelli on the floor of the CBOE yesterday, calling out President Obama over the mortgage bailout. Scarborough seconded Santelli’s sentiment, but wondered whether Santelli was similarly outraged when the government was bailing out Wall Street. Mike Barnicle assured him that Santelli had not been: “No, he didn’t make the same argument when we bailed out Wall Street and he didn’t make the same argument when we bailed out General Motors.” Except Santelli did. I emailed...

The VIDEO that went viralFull Transcript (thanks to http://freedomeden.blogspot.com/2009/02/rick-santelli-tea-party.html)   RICK SANTELLI: The government is promoting bad behavior. Because we certainly don't want to put stimulus forth and give people a whopping $8 or $10 in their check, and think that they ought to save it, and in terms of modifications... I'll tell you what, I have an idea. You know, the new administration's big on computers and technology-- How about this, President and new administration? Why don't you put up a website to have people vote on the Internet as a referendum to see if we really want to...