Michelle Malkin » Massive: Tax Day Tea Party USA; Updated

Massive: Tax Day Tea Party USA; Updated

By Michelle Malkin • April 15, 2009 03:52 PM

I just have one word: Wow. More than 800 tea parties across the country. Here’s your first photo/vid round-up from the events across the country, large and small, every corner of this great nation (hit your refresh button often…I’ll keep updating…11:20pm…just added tons more crowd pix and vid…trying to keep ‘em all in one post to give you the full breadth and scope of the protests — not just the size, but the reach, a true sense of which is missing from the MSM coverage. More coming…):

Mandeville LA:

Raleigh NC sent via iphone by reader Wendy:

Cincinnati via Alex Jamieson h/t Justin Binik-Thomas:

Dallas:

Young Citadel Cadets spoke at the Charleston SC tea party – via Cadet Steven Munoz:

Grand Rapids MI via L.D. at RightMichigan:

Eau Claire WI via reader Dan:

Snowy in Bozeman MT from reader Cara V.:

Vid from Phoenix:

See what others have said

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#678222

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:32 pm, DagneyT said:

Just got home from the San Antonio’s Tea Party! WOW! Talk about ENERGY! We collected e-mails from folks so that we can all be informed of future plans. This is not the apex, the acme, this is the Genesis! Beltway folks, this is only the beginning!!!
#678225

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:38 pm, jangar said:

I’ll believe in change when I see people learn how to vote and disregard the crap that is spoon fed to them on the boob tube durning election season.
#678228

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:44 pm, mattm said:

On April 15th, 2009 at 8:01 pm, mattm said:

I attended the Springfield MA protest. I would say about 300 people most of the time maybe some more at times. It was a mixed group, from young to old, retired to business people. One, maybe two cooks. They stayed out of the way for the most part.

Three TV stations were present with live reports. Numerous cars honked, say 30% to show support, even some city workers in city vehicles and transit authority buses.

Only “violence” type events were several black bus riders yelled racist remarks out the window and a Obamabot to yelled “Shut the f**k up! You have no right to protest! Obamaaaaa!’ and sped off. Coward.

Best part, it was outside the Post Office.

I forgot to mention. It was less than a mile from the Springfield Armory, AKA the site of Shays Rebellion.
#678232

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:46 pm, scottthong said:

Amazing media about turn – AP devotes 900+ words to unbiased coverage of Tea Party

ATLANTA – Whipped up by conservative commentators and bloggers, tens of thousands of protesters staged “tea parties” around the country Wednesday to tap into the collective angst stirred up by a bad economy, government spending and bailouts. The rallies were directed at President Barack Obama’s new administration on a symbolic day: the deadline to file income taxes.

Organizers said the movement developed organically through online social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter and through exposure on Fox News.

There were several small counter-protests, including one that drew about a dozen people at Fountain Square in Cincinnati. A counter-protester held a sign that read, “Where were you when Bush was spending billions a month ‘liberating’ Iraq?” The anti-tax demonstration there, meanwhile, drew about 4,000 people.
#678233

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:49 pm, jangar said:

Only “violence” type events were several black bus riders yelled racist remarks out the window and a Obamabot to yelled “Shut the f**k up! You have no right to protest! Obamaaaaa!’ and sped off. Coward.

The best the left has to offer. Same condition lgm suffers from…lack of brain tissue; product of liberal edu/indoct camps.
#678234

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:50 pm, maroonedinmarin said:

We had around 500 in Reston, VA tonight, despite the cold and rain.

http://maroonedinmarin.blogspot.com/2009/04/tax-day-tea-party-in-reston-va.html
#678235

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:51 pm, Pat said:

Favorite poster I saw on O’Reilly: a portrait of G. Washington and the bubble above his head said “WTF?”

He was spinning in his grave, but maybe today gave him hope.
#678238

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:55 pm, jangar said:

He was spinning in his grave, but maybe today gave him hope.

Which has sadly been missing for a number of months, if not years. But this domestic battle is not over, not by a long shot, and deals with so much more than taxes and foreign affairs. America has a larger problem…one of the heart and the corporate lack of morals.
#678239

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:57 pm, RetFireman said:

But this is what Fox is like 24/7.

And I am sure you watch as much Fox News as you listen to Rush Limbaugh.

There is very little on earth as disingenuous as the Liberals complaints about Fox News and their alleged cheer leading for the Republican Party.

They never say a word concerning CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC or NBC’s BLATANT cheer leading for the Democrats and Liberals, how they have been pushing the Liberal agenda FOR DECADES…openly, BLATANTLY. Then along comes this little news group that decided to not follow the Liberal Mantra and decided that maybe there is more to a story or the world than what the Liberals and Democrats dictate, and they go ballistic. They just cannot stand anything or anyone that does not toe the Liberal line or spread the Liberal lies and agenda.

However, just like with Rush, there is rarely a Liberal ANYWHERE that actually watches Fox News. Instead, they merely parrot what their Liberals Overlords tell them to in order to fit in with the rest of their little clique. Individual thought is not just ignored, it is actually frowned upon by Liberals. It is one thought, one voice, one party. Any dissenters are to be soundly thumped either metaphorically or legitimately.

LGM is nothing more than one more Liberal drone, spreading the filth he…especially as an alleged public school educator…is told to spread in the local Labor Bulletin and on the Liberal Hate-Sites he oozes around on.
#678241

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:58 pm, Judabuggs said:

On April 15th, 2009 at 6:47 pm, FilmLadd said: HOLD THE TEA PARTIES OUTSIDE THE NEWS STATIONS AND NEWSPAPERS! SHOVE THIS DOWN THE MEDIA’S THROAT!

They are the REAL reason we have become a socialist, collectivist nation!

FilmLadd, I agree wholeheartedly!!! Thanks for the suggestion.
#678242

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:58 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:55 pm, jangar said:

But this domestic battle is not over, not by a long shot, and deals with so much more than taxes and foreign affairs. America has a larger problem…one of the heart and the ~~corporate~~ societal lack of morals

Fixed it for ya!
#678244

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:00 pm, rcool487 said:

Attended the tea party in Indianapolis, Indiana with my parents and friends. It was wonderfully patriotic and inspiring!
Don’t tread on me!
#678245

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:02 pm, Ragspierre said:

Freemind??? said:

I would respect these protests, for at least that are intellectually honest and fair.

Now lacking your approval would be one of those disappointments in life that I think I can deal with very nicely.

If you ~~don’t~~ won’t see what’s there…I can’t hep ya.
#678247

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:02 pm, jangar said:

RetFireman said:

Well said. Except for ‘oozes’, might I suggest ’sleezes’?
#678248

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:04 pm, RetFireman said:

You know…I am really horrible at guessing as to how many people are anywhere. I posted a couple of pics I took from inside the Capital looking outward, and there is just thousands of people out there.

I was forced to leave at a little after 2 in the afternoon, long before it ended, and there were still people coming. It was scheduled to go until 3pm, but it was showing no sign of slowing when I left. I arrived just after it started as well, and there was just thousands and thousands of people all over the place.

There had to be anywhere between 15-20 thousand…AT LEAST all around there. The people took up almost an entire city block. And I mean, shoulder to shoulder. It was incredible.

I only wish I could figure out how to post the pictures so that they would at least expand completely so as people could see them better, and not just the small pictures that are showing.
#678249

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:04 pm, jangar said:

Thanks Phil.
#678250

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:07 pm, Ragspierre said:

FYI, lpg (or whatever)…

Obamanomics IS fascist economic policy.

I’d spoon-feed you the references, but your little mind would improve if you research it yourself.

And, for Freemind???, I have said in print that fascist economic policy has dominated U.S. politics since at least the 1930s. If you want the link to my writing on the subject, lemme know.

Even Winston Churchill thought it was pretty shiney economic theory during the ’30s.
#678251

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:09 pm, Just A Grunt said:

Reporting in from Atlanta
#678253

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:12 pm, DannoJyd said:

I made it to the 4:00 pm Kalamazoo, MI. protest. About 1,000 people attended. We marched around the court building with signs waving until 5:00 when several radio personalities, the head organiser of the party, and 1 ex-politician gave speeches. Everyone was well behaved.

There were appx. 6 leftists there. They tried to create some friction. They failed. One of them asked me in passing if I heard one of the speakers state that America isn’t democratic anymore. I told him that no one had said anything of the sort. I waited until he walked away. As I wasn’t feeling well due to my alergies raging I probably looked like I wanted to hurt him. I didn’t care one way or the other.

What a proud day for America.
#678256

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:15 pm, RetFireman said:

They kept saying on the radio that it was supposed to be the largest rally in the country. Looking at how many people were there, I would say they were pretty darn close. I have not seen that many people at a rally/protest at the State Capital EVER. The last time I saw that many people, was when I saw Ronald Reagan give a speech on those same steps in October of 1984. It was that speech, as I stood on the same grassy spot, that turned me into a life-long Conservative.
#678259

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:18 pm, mizzoujgrad said:

On April 15th, 2009 at 8:14 pm, freemind25 said:

Couple things, Freemind, Couple things . . . /end Obama-speak

First, the people I ran into who were protesting today were just as unhappy with Bush and the Republicans big spending as they are with Obama’s. The President’s trillion dollar deficits are what finally pulled them away from their jobs, kitchen tables, churches and blogs to show their displeasure with both parties.

Also, Michelle has made a point of keeping track of the big-spenders on both sides of the aisle for years. She’s principled and consistent, just like these grassroots protesters.
#678263

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:22 pm, RetFireman said:

I would love to see the police reports from each and every one of the TEA Party areas. I would be willing to bet that there were no arrests, nothing out of the ordinary, nothing wrong at all.

In Sacramento, there was a CHP presence around the Capital grounds, and they were as relaxed as they possibly could be. There were no SWAT teams positioned anywhere, there were no police in riot gear posting in general places, nothing. In fact, it pretty much looked like the usual cadre of Capital Smokies, just all by the building, instead of spread all over.

When I went walking around looking for any of the alleged “counter-protesters”, I asked people if they has seen or heard any of them. There was only one person who said they had seen or heard anything, and what he described to me sounded like nothing more than one of the local Residentially Challenged Urban Nomads who happened to stagger through, yelling, cussing and carrying on towards anyone around him. Apparently, he was shooed away by the CHP’s and that was it.

I would LOVE to see any single Liberal protest/rally that could EVER claim such a thing. EVER!
#678265

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:24 pm, Wellsy said:

Got another Tea Party report from Dayton, OH. Good strong turnout and great speakers equal a success.
#678267

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:27 pm, blues said:

I was not able to attend the tea party in Pgh.’but I am very happy to hear about how successful the parties were. I would like however to urge all people who believe in the cause to remember on ELECTION DAY.Do not be fooled by the politicians actions from now on.No matter what they do ,or how much they seem to be concerned from today on.Remember they are only concerned with keeping their cushy,do-nothing jobs.Take America back by taking their jobs away from them.AS I,ve said before—’TWO CYCLES-NO INCUMBENTS.it is time for the productive people to stop having to worry about keeping our jobs—Let anyone who wants to run for office worry about keeping theirs.
#678269

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:32 pm, joannmandolin said:

Anderson Cooper: “it’s hard to talk when you are teabagging.”

you oughta know-

St Louis Tea Party
10,000!!!
Real numbers, not million man march
numbers!
Good people, good message!
#678270

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:32 pm, Kimmer said:

Came back a couple of hours ago from the Tea Party in Overland Park, KS (Kansas City area). Estimates from local news gave numbers of about 10,000.

Overheard a comment:

“Oh. My. God. We have started a revolution!”

I hope this is correct. God bless this movement.
#678271

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:34 pm, imannee said:

Hey Anderson Cooper! No “teabagging” here…Just BREWERS & we’re brewin’ a REVOLUTION!!!
#678272

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:35 pm, freemind25 said:

The President’s trillion dollar deficits are what finally pulled them away from their jobs, kitchen tables, churches and blogs to show their displeasure with both parties.

You do realize that Obama has only increased non-discretionary spending by 7%. The reasons for the increase in the deficit are mainly entitlement spending and a large decrease in revenues, caused by two main factors: tax cuts and entitlement programs. If you are so concerned with deficits did you oppose the tax cuts. These tax cuts cost about 1.1 trillion dollars. We had a budget surplus in 2001, this money could have been used to reform the entitlement programs, instead it was given away. If people were so concerned about the debt burden of there children why didn’t they decide to sacrifice and pay higher taxes now so there children wouldn’t have to later?
#678275

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:39 pm, MichaelO said:

About 5,000 in Dallas; brief video of bipartisan disgust and pictures.
#678276

On April 15th, 2009 at 11:40 pm, fred5676 said:

A nice photo set from Tulsa:

http://www.outragedpatriots.com/tulsa_tea_party_photos.htm
#678288

On April 16th, 2009 at 12:07 am, traveler49 said:

I just got home from a very large turnout in Portland, OR. Great patriotic speakers and a lot of enthusiasm. Salem Oregon had close to 5000 patriots attend and 2000 in Medford. Several more cities in Oregon all had good turnouts. I sure got a lot of odd looks from the libs while walking to the event downtown with my sign. Probably the first conservative they’ve ever seen.
#678293

On April 16th, 2009 at 12:12 am, JHSII said:

freemind25:

You might be more credible as having a free mind if you didn’t simply repeat something out of the liberal handbook.

Tax cuts only cost if you believe that all money belongs to the government and they should determine how much we should be allowed to keep or have.
Tax cuts are not “given away” unless you believe that the people have no right to the money they earn.
#678294

On April 16th, 2009 at 12:16 am, Laree said:

I got my slide show up and photos for the Denton, Texas Tea Party we had a surprise, Jesus showed up. He was wearing authentic biblical garb.

http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/04/denton-texas-tax-day-tea-party-april.html
#678296

On April 16th, 2009 at 12:22 am, Cathy B said:

It was an amazing night in Phoenix. The Phoenix police climbed the AZ senate building and counted aprox 6K people…we had over 60 speakers, from local talk radio personalities to state senators, each had 3 min max…if they went over, we chanted NO MORE TAXes or No More Bailouts. It was a blast! We did have some people that came to try to bust up the excitement and disrupt with a camera and bull horn in hand..but the crowd was very patient and held signs in front of the camera and the person with the bullhorn was overshadowed with calls from the patriots, USA, USA! I will never forget this night, and I hope to do much, much more for the state of AZ…and the USA!

Michelle, I will try to get some video and pics to you tomorrow.

Good night my fellow Right wing extremists, I am proud to know all of you!
#678298

On April 16th, 2009 at 12:28 am, Ragspierre said:

These tax cuts cost about 1.1 trillion dollars. We had a budget surplus in 2001, this money could have been used to reform the entitlement programs, instead it was given away. If people were so concerned about the debt burden of there children why didn’t they decide to sacrifice and pay higher taxes now so there children wouldn’t have to later?

Sorry, dude.

You’ve slipped from Freemind??? to “Enslavedidiot” in my book.

The tax cut…for all Americans…resulted…as usual…in increased revenues.

Since 2001, we’ve had an attack on our homeland that threatened…was designed to threaten…our entire economy. It shut the nation down for weeks, or don’t you recall?

Since 2001, we had a recession…blamed on a new President Bush who hadn’t anything to do with it.

Since 2001, we have been fighting World War IV, and doing it pretty much on our own.

Since 2001, we had a massive distortion of the market in the form of “housing for all” that was forced down the throats of the financial community by Janet Reno, among others.

Since 2001, we have had an extension of the fascist economic policies that have been prevalent since the 30s, featuring a Faustian bargain between anti-capitalist businesses and government.

Since 2001, we have seen a continuation of the consolidation of power in the Federal government, with billions of dollars in costs imposed on our economy by regulation, direct taxation, and disincentives that kill innovation and the desire to achieve.

If we took all the total GDP of the U.S., and gave it to Congress and Obama, it would not BEGIN to meet the burden they have imposed on us…they and their predecessors.

We have to take this nation back. If you don’t see that, you are intentionally blind, which is the worst form of idiocy.
#678301

On April 16th, 2009 at 12:34 am, Living in the PSRK said:

Couldn’t attend today but the San Luis Tribune reported that “hundreds” attended the Atascadero protest.

From the comments section for this article:

SLORider wrote on 04/15/2009 04:56:34 PM:
Say what you want about Republicans, but when I asked the crowd how many were Democrats there were hands raised. Democrats can be over-taxed too! Hundreds of people were there–1,500 overall is probably about right as people were coming and going.

SLORider also posted some pics in the comments section (page 3, as I recall).

I know that there were follow up protests in Santa Maria and Pismo Beach. I’ll see if I can get data.
#678302

On April 16th, 2009 at 12:35 am, Dimsdale said:

On April 15th, 2009 at 10:57 pm, RetFireman said:

But this is what Fox is like 24/7.

And I am sure you watch as much Fox News as you listen to Rush Limbaugh.

There is very little on earth as disingenuous as the Liberals complaints about Fox News and their alleged cheer leading for the Republican Party.

They never say a word concerning CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC or NBC’s BLATANT cheer leading for the Democrats and Liberals, how they have been pushing the Liberal agenda FOR DECADES…openly, BLATANTLY. Then along comes this little news group that decided to not follow the Liberal Mantra and decided that maybe there is more to a story or the world than what the Liberals and Democrats dictate, and they go ballistic. They just cannot stand anything or anyone that does not toe the Liberal line or spread the Liberal lies and agenda.

However, just like with Rush, there is rarely a Liberal ANYWHERE that actually watches Fox News. Instead, they merely parrot what their Liberals Overlords tell them to in order to fit in with the rest of their little clique. Individual thought is not just ignored, it is actually frowned upon by Liberals. It is one thought, one voice, one party. Any dissenters are to be soundly thumped either metaphorically or legitimately.

Absolutely well spoken! Hear, hear!

Nothing is more fun that listening to some liberal Ph.D. spout off about Fox or Rush, particularly Rush, i.e. “how can you listen to him?”, and then be asked the simple question: “what did they actually say that makes you think that?” There never is a good answer, if any answer at all, because they don’t listen. If they did, they couldn’t say the things they say.

It is particularly galling to do this to supposed scientists who are effectively making bad assumptions with zero data. I always say that I hope their science is better supported with facts than their politics. Then I turn up the radio even louder, LOL!
#678311

On April 16th, 2009 at 12:50 am, miron said:

We had a tea party here in Yakima, WA last Saturday and then again today. One of the highlights of today’s event was not even initiated by humans. Not long after we started at 3pm Pacific, we saw a bald eagle soaring above where all those in attendance could see. We then chanted USA! USA! USA!
#678312

On April 16th, 2009 at 12:52 am, Living in the PSRK said:

http://www.santamariatimes.com/

Video at the above site for Pismo Beach and Santa Maria Protests. From the video, it looks like a few hundred people were at Pismo. There wasn’t any text on the site, just video.
#678323

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:03 am, Living in the PSRK said:

Several hundred people showed up at the Pismo Pier to protest paying taxes.
Photos by Jayson Mellom 4-15-09
#678326

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:04 am, RetFireman said:

OK, I just couldn’t stand the fact that the pictures I posted were so small. It lost so much of what was on people’s signs and such. So, I re-edited them and used them full sized and in HD.

Enjoy.
#678333

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:14 am, Living in the PSRK said:

Need a link please, RetFireman.
#678335

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:18 am, Swing Shift CEO said:

My First Protest: Silent No More

Don’t tread on us.

This nation was built on sacrifice, it has been maintained by sacrifice, and it will only be saved by sacrifice. May we be equal to the task.

–Swing Shift CEO
#678337

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:19 am, RetFireman said:

My name is the link
#678338

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:27 am, CyberCipher said:

Announcing the first official Tea Party Baby: I promised everyone photos. Here they are.

My collie says:

They’re just not the photos that people were expecting.
#678343

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:46 am, ent said:

According to this website, there were over 2000 tea parties across the country!

http://www.teapartyday.com/
#678344

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:47 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

CyberCipher,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Wonderful pictures.
#678345

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:50 am, Swing Shift CEO said:

CyberCipher, congrats on the little one. Too cute.
#678351

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:58 am, ent said:

By the way, if you conservatively estimate an average turnout of 1000 people per tea party and multiply that by 2000 tea parties, you get 2 MILLION participants! …on a week day during the afternoon.

The Boston Tea Party only had a few dozen participants and look at what it accomplished.
#678352

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:59 am, chotii said:

There were anywhere between 150-200 people at the corner of the Woodinville-Redmond Road and 124th St in Kirkland, Washington. For such an unlikely location (all four corners of a busy intersection), and in such a liberal part of the country, I was pleased at the turnout.

Lots and lots and LOTS of cars honked and waved and thumbs-upped. The guys driving big rigs (garbage trucks, 18 wheelers, UPS-sized vans and so forth) seemed to be uniformly glad to honk their approval. Even one public bus driver did! Every time they honked and called out to us, our folks would whoop and holler. I came home hoarse! Some even took pictures of us from their cars while they waited for the light to change. One woman had a flag in her car (!!) and waved it out the window when she saw us. Who carries a flag in their car??

A lot of people tried to pretend we weren’t there. The people in hybrids and SmartCars seemed especially likely to try to make believe we didn’t exist. One woman stopped at the corner (when she had a green light to turn, making people jerk to stops behind her) to yell at a man near me, saying that if none of us make over $250K, what do we have to complain about? But hers was the only negative voice I heard.

There were people there with professional cameras, so I’ll let them post their pictures (whoever they are). My pictures didn’t turn out well! (boo)
#678354

On April 16th, 2009 at 2:05 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

Lots and lots and LOTS of cars honked and waved and thumbs-upped.

Same at the tea party I attended. I bet that was common almost everywhere.
#678355

On April 16th, 2009 at 2:05 am, Common Sense said:

My family is already planning for the July 4th Tea Party in Denver. We all promised to bring at least one more person with us.

Having it on a holiday will make it much easier, not everyone can take off in the middle of the day.

Our plan is to take everyone to the protest/rally, then head back for a July 4th BBQ.

What a great way to celebrate our nation’s birth!
#678356

On April 16th, 2009 at 2:05 am, Wayfaring Stranger said:

Announcing the first official Tea Party Baby…

Congratulations to you and Mrs. CyberCipher on the new tax deduction!
#678357

On April 16th, 2009 at 2:06 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

OK, Marxists, Now It’s Your Turn…

On May 1st (May Day), show us how many people you can get to come out in a massive grassroots show of support for your Socialist agenda.

Show us grassroots support in 2,049 cities around the USA,
many with multiple thousands of people in attendance.
#678360

On April 16th, 2009 at 2:10 am, Common Sense said:

Here are the pictures from Denver
#678361

On April 16th, 2009 at 2:18 am, tbear44 said:

My favorite so far: Tea party today–tar and feathers tomorrow.
Thank you all and good job and God bless!
#678363

On April 16th, 2009 at 2:26 am, California Red said:

CNN and Maddow derided the days events by calling it teabagging.

I hope this movement will continue to grow. I’d liek to beleive that the people won’t stand for wholesale restructuring of the American political and economic system.
#678366

On April 16th, 2009 at 2:26 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

Can anyone think of any historical precedent for what happened today?

2049 locations across the USA, in all 50 states plus D.C, with what had to be well over a million people turn out.

Has there ever been anything like that on anything other than an election day?

When the MSM talks about “historical”, it seems that all they want to talk about is the color of Obama’s skin.

What happened today was truly historical.

God Bless You all!
#678378

On April 16th, 2009 at 3:25 am, RetFireman said:

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:27 am, CyberCipher said:

WOW!!!! Congrats!!!! And such a beautiful wife too. How lucky and blessed you are to have such a beautiful family. Good luck to the 4 of you…even though the collie is jealous. Don’t worry, just rub her belly a little extra the next few days and the collie will be fine.

Prayers for all of you.
#678381

On April 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am, RetFireman said:

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:58 am, ent said:

By the way, if you conservatively estimate an average turnout of 1000 people per tea party and multiply that by 2000 tea parties, you get 2 MILLION participants! …on a week day during the afternoon.

The Boston Tea Party only had a few dozen participants and look at what it accomplished.

But…but…but…according to the Queen of Trolls, lgm, there was only 100,000 people. He claims that you get more people showing up for a high school play.

Don’t tell me that lgm doesn’t have a clue about what he is talking about. Please don’t tell me that he is the biggest moron and Liberal parrot in the blogosphere. I trust EVERYTHING he says to be the goddess honest truth. After all…someone of his stature surely knows what he is talking about and would NEVER lie to us…would he?
#678394

On April 16th, 2009 at 5:27 am, plymouthacclaim said:

Rockwall, TX (east of Dallas) was expecting 400-500. We had 2000+. Also plenty of supportive honks and waves from the road. Working on posting stuff now. It only lasted about an hour and a half, though. Wayyyy too short. Got home then crashed around 9 (big lack o’ sleep lately).
#678405

On April 16th, 2009 at 6:46 am, bansharia said:

great job all who participated in expressing their anger and frustration while CELEBRATING our beloved Country yesterday.
for those of you who continue to try to make this a GOP bashing event screw you and the horse you would tax me for to ride in on.
#678408

On April 16th, 2009 at 6:52 am, RetFireman said:

Bush inherited a surplus that should have gone to entitlements, but instead he gave it away…

No one protested what Bush did for 8 years, and now after two months you are tired of it with Obama…

I apologize for the paraphrase, but that was the gist of what is being said, correct? Well, let’s just clear some of this Liberal website rhetoric up, shall we?

The Government is not supposed to have surpluses. When the Government has a surplus, that is not a greenlight to go ahead and create new beurocracies and to expand the entitlements that layabouts get. No!

What it means when the Government has a surplus is one thing and one thing only…that they are OVER TAXING THE POPULACE! What Bush did was not give away the Government’s money, what he did was return AMERICAN’S money. He returned the surplus back to the very people that had been over-taxed in the first place. Where he screwed up was in doing both…correctly returning the over-taxed money, and then creating the Liberals favorite thing…new beurocracies and entitlements. On top of it all, he finally answered the terrorists and acknowledged the war that was declared on us by Bin Laden under the Clinton Administration which they had ignored. He tried to do too much while not increasing taxes. He should not have played Democrat. He should have stuck to the “American’s are over-taxed”. We were all not happy with him, and for you and anyone else to claim that Conservatives and Republicans did not complain is to be disingenuous and incredibly dishonest.

So why are people hitting the streets? Because Der Fuhrer ran his campaign under the promise of “change”. Well, the people that voted for him from anywhere other than the Uber-Liberal side did not intend for this “change” to mean more of the same spending, only making it bigger and more expensive. They did not think that “change” meant to tax them back into the stone age. They did not intend his “change” to mean making this country the latest in a long line of failed Socialist experiments, regardless of how loud us Conservatives were in warning that it was going to happen were he to be elected. They thought “change” meant a return to fiscal responsibility. They thought when he claimed to be fiscally conservative that he was actually serious and that his idea of fiscal conservative was the accepted definition, and not just some made up nonsense just to get elected because someone wrote it on his teleprompter.

They are mad because there has been no change for the better. There has only been a change towards Socialism/Marxism, record inflation, record unemployment and total destruction to the way of life that made America what it became over 230 years.

And for you and anyone else to think and state anything different is a straght out lie, straight out dishonesty and typical Liberal hypocrisy.

Bush did not run his campaigns or Presidency on “change”. Your false god did.
#678410

On April 16th, 2009 at 6:53 am, bansharia said:

the Carson City rally was great idea that they lined the streets vs just gathering in one spot will have to use that concept going forward very clever gang. While I love to chant USA USA etc and listen to speakers yammer on stretch out and spread the word,
BRILLIANT !
#678414

On April 16th, 2009 at 6:58 am, bansharia said:

Ret,
one guy at our rally in Harriburg PA was doing the say X and crowd yells no or yes thing and he made mistake of trying to get people to chant yes to give us jobs not taxes…….
am happy to report that went over very poorly needless to say people said um NO we dont want jobs from gov lolo
#678419

On April 16th, 2009 at 7:17 am, pressto said:

I notice Fox and CBS has reports about it on their homepage, but CNN and ABC makes no mention of the hundreds of thousands who protested yesterday.
#678422

On April 16th, 2009 at 7:29 am, bansharia said:

pressto,
hell obambi claimed he knew nothing of the the parties. it is too pitiful for words and funny
bot line: they fear REAL Americans it is like they are holding their breath with fingers in their hmm ears ( dont want to be blocked ) and saying na na na I cant see you just go away.
and this my child is why they are called the blue ( in the face ) party.
#678425

On April 16th, 2009 at 7:34 am, RetFireman said:

There are Gov. jobs that we do need. They are police, fire, military. Anything else is bureaucracy that can be done better in the private industry. Then again, pretty much all the Gov. is supposed to provide is police, fire, military.
#678426

On April 16th, 2009 at 7:38 am, plymouthacclaim said:

Here’s Rockwall, Texas

We had around 2000, despite planning for 400-500 and despite the number of other protests in the DFW metroplex.

A couple of videos to come after they upload to youtube…
#678428

On April 16th, 2009 at 7:49 am, DesertLover said:

I had a great time at the Phoenix Tea Party …

I felt a great sense of pride seeing thousands (I would estimate 7500 or more) of my fellow Americans taking part in what I hope was a “Rite of Passage” from being the “Silent Majority” to a “We Will Never Silent Again Majority” …

The “Sleeping Giant” has finally been awakened and is on the prowl …

There are those in the current administration that have said they should “Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste” …

Well … that works both ways …

The “real” crisis that affects our economy has been grossly mishandled by this administration and made worse with the excessive and non-stimulative spending …

This has spurred the people to action and has galvanized them ino a force that we can only hope has finally seen the error of its ways and will never again return to sitting on the sidelines and being passive …

This must be “The Beginning” and we must stay active in defending our rights and opposing any efforts to take those rights away from us …

“The squeaky wheel gets the grease” … we must join together and become a never ending squeak …

Semper Fidelis and God Bless the USA
#678436

On April 16th, 2009 at 7:59 am, DesertLover said:

“We Will Never Be Silent Again Majority”

Now it’s correct !!!
#678443

On April 16th, 2009 at 8:10 am, stillontheroad said:

I have to laugh – I went to the tea party here and looking at the signs that so many people had made themselves that stated their feelings was just plain insipring. When I think of the LibTard lines of Hope, Change, and Yes We Can – simple slogans for simple sheep looking for free hand outs – I just laugh.
#678445

On April 16th, 2009 at 8:11 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

On April 16th, 2009 at 1:27 am, CyberCipher said:
Announcing the first official Tea Party Baby: I promised everyone photos.

Congratulations!
#678454

On April 16th, 2009 at 8:20 am, RetFireman said:

Roads, sewage, infrstructure…all of it can and has been done by the private sector, and usually far cheaper with great results.

Take as a prime example the reconstruction of the overpasses on I-5 following the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. It went out to bid between the private sector and the state. The private sector was given the bid, and the contract contained a clause that stated should the contractor finish sooner than the quoted time, he would be given a bonus based on how many days ahead of plan he finished. The contractor threw as many men as he could at the project, working twenty-four hour shifts and finished the bridges/overpasses about two months ahead of schedule. They were not only completed ahead of time, but were far superior to the ones the state had planned.

As a result, the state, which never believed that the contractor could ever finish ahead of time in the first place and thus had never any intention of honoring the deal, refused to pay. Of course the contractor took the state to court and won.

The reason that he was able to finish ahead of schedule was not just based on throwing money and manpower at the project, however. Since he was a private contractor, he was not tied up with the common beaurocratic crap that always goes along with any government run operation. He had full reign over the project and could deal with it as he saw fit.

The state, however, based their belief that he would be unable to complete it ahead of time and in fact, was counting on it going far beyond the quoted time, on the way they are made to work. They are not only used to being tied down with the beaurocracy that follows any job they do, they actually figure it into their bids.

So in the end, it was a better product finished months ahead and the contractor now is famous in California for his work and is repeatedly called on to deliver what he promises in the time he quotes or sooner. He still puts the bonus into each of his bids as well.

So, infrastructure can and should be done by the private sector. It creates jobs, helps the economy far more than Government jobs do and is not strapped by beaurocratic BS.
#678475

On April 16th, 2009 at 8:51 am, floam said:

We had a great turnout and very successful TDTP in Lansing. Beautiful warm, sunny day with 4000+ strong. A Detroit NBC affiliate reported 7000 strong. Wow–just an amazing day when folks, who never protested anything in their lives, came out to make a statement. All of our speakers, which included Joe the Plumber, were fantastic and we truly thank him for supporting those of us in MI who want to rid ourselves of a clueless governor and legislature….hard to do in a state that is owned and corrupted by the unions. Congratulations to all of us across our great country for making 4/15 a huge successful event……let’s continue this in D.C.
#678481

On April 16th, 2009 at 8:54 am, bansharia said:

just watched the MM and an NC vid over at hotair and am bummeed they both called the RALLIES revolts.
With all due respect to the two of them what happened yesterday was a celebration by Americans and for America. you aint seen the revolts yet.