Thread: Tax Day TEA Party Reports

Folks, they are already coming in. The city of Alvin, Texas with a population of 21K already has about 300 people on the streets. Austin, Texas is already packed with over 1,500. Lots of speakers like Congressman Michael McCaul, Sen. Dan Patrick, and Rick Perry.

East Texas towns like Tyler, Jacksonville and Nacogdoches will be among 1,951 cities across the nation hosting a citizen-sponsored, Tax Day Tea Party at noon today. 73 cities in Texas ALONE!

We will be leaving at about 3pm to attend the one in Houston from 4pm until when every. We are expecting over 5000 people! Everyone I know is going and we will bring back lots of pictures and video.

Small counter protest in Southlake, Texas in Support of Obama.

Do these idiots know its not a protest about Obama but about the spending????? i guess not

Originally Posted by jamesw62

Small counter protest in Southlake, Texas in Support of Obama.

Do these idiots know its not a protest about Obama but about the spending????? i guess not

My wife works in Southlake. We are supposed to join the group at 3:30 today. As far as the counter protesters, Southlake is the rich part of town. That's where local celebrities live, like Pat Sommerall. I leased a condo to an ex-baseball player here http://tinyurl.com/cjkcxm (that was a $2000 commision too!) It is mostly gated communities where the illegals are their nannies and landscapers. So of course these people have their head up their butts, they don't live in the REAL world.

Lets RALLY PATRIOTS AND SHATTER DREAM AMNESTY!!!

HELP NEEDED NOW!!


http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-153245.html

I'm not good at judging the numbers in a crowd. But there was a good turnout, not as massive as like the Alamo and such, but there was no where left to park without parking illegally. I can't even venture to guess how many just were able to drive by and honk because there was no place to park. I parked illegally......bad girl, but the police said it was ok as long as they were moved by 2 o'clock, then they'd start ticketing, so I left earlier than I would have liked to. I know traffic was backed up on the highway with people trying to get in. From the sounds of things, I think we surpassed what the event people thought. Great speakers, music, great crowd. Some families brought blankets and a picnic lunch and made a day of it with their kids. If ACORN was there, nothing happened while I was there. We had Police there, but not a difficult thing since the Police Department was on the same grounds and they stayed back and just basicly told all of us about the parking warning and maybe helped a mom with kids or an eldery person across the street. Illegal immigration was brought up as an issue, pertaining to the Constitution and rule of law and government trying to dismantle the Constitution, the tax drain and not assimilating, etc.. Very nice, peaceful, but active crowd.

we are haveing one here. Starts 5 or 6 o clock. Phoenix, AZ

Originally Posted by koobster

we are haveing one here. Starts 5 or 6 o clock. Phoenix, AZ

there are 6-7 in the Dallas- Fort Worth metro area

5,000 attend tax-day 'tea party' at Capitol
By John Ingold
The Denver Post
Posted: 04/15/2009 09:30:41 AM MDT
Updated: 04/15/2009 03:57:27 PM MDT

Tax protesters gathered at the state Capitol today as part of a nationwide series of demonstrations. (John Sunderland | The Denver Post)


More than 5,000 people crowded onto the west side of the state Capitol this afternoon, as part of a nationwide string of tax-day protests dubbed "tea parties."

Speakers at the protest, including a number of Republican activists, lawmakers and candidates, railed against current federal spending, President Barack Obama and Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter. They called the economic stimulus package fiscally irresponsible, and they accused politicians who supported it of ignoring the voice of the people.

"The people in power deceived us," Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck told the crowd during the rally, "and we were complacent. We are complacent no more."

Protesters at the rally carried signs with slogans such as "Obamanomics:
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* Watch video of the "Tea Party" at the state Capitol.

Chains we can believe in" and "We're not Europeans, we're Americans." A number said they believe the president's economic policies are pushing the nation toward socialism and financial ruin.

"It's pretty sad that I've lived 65 years and never had a reason before to protest something," said Bertha Holland, who carried a sign that read, "Don't stimulate. Liberate."

"What's happening scares me," she added.

The event was monitored by a number of Colorado State Patrol troopers and Denver police officers, although no incidents were reported.

The Colorado event was organized by Brian Campbell, a Republican who said he is challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter in the 2010 election. Campbell said he began organizing such "tea parties" — a name meant to invoke the Boston Tea Party of 1773 — earlier this year after seeing a message on the social-networking site Twitter about similar events around the country. He said he is worried about what the country's future will look like for his five children.

"They need to be able to be free," Campbell said. "They need to be able to fail or succeed in a free way. I don't know anything else to do but fight."

Campbell said he intended the event to be nonpartisan
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— he said he also invited a number of Democrats to speak — and strictly focused on financial issues. Rally attendees, though, had broader aims. Some held signs protesting illegal immigration, abortion, a cap-and-trade carbon tax, and the Internal Revenue Service.

Toward the end of the rally, a man on a megaphone began shouting that income tax is unconstitutional. Earlier in the day, one man held a sign saying "Where's the birth certificate," an apparent reference to rumors — deemed false by the state of Hawaii — that Obama was not born in the U.S.

Meanwhile, a number of liberal groups conducted their own counter-campaign during the day, holding a news conference before the tea-party rally, then milling about
A number of liberal groups conducted their own counter-campaign, holding a news conference before the tea-party rally. Here, the founder of ProgressNow Colorado, Michael Huttner, holds up a small broom, signaling "We're Here to Sweep Up Bush's Mess." (THE DENVER POST | ANDY CROSS)
the crowd during it. Representatives from the groups — which included ACORN, Colorado Progressive Action, Environment Colorado, NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado and ProgressNow Colorado — said they support Obama's budget and the stimulus package, much of which Obama has vowed will go to infrastructure projects.

"It's the first time in recent history that I can remember that we can celebrate the investment in our critical public infrastructure," said Jessie Ulibarri with Colorado Progressive Action. "If we want to move beyond this recession, we have to invest in these public structures."

Michael Huttner, the founder of ProgressNow Colorado, said the "tea parties" were not the grassroots movements they claim but instead "AstroTurf."

"The tea parties are the latest version in a months-long campaign against change, organized by right-wing think tanks and lobbyists who have done well over the last eight years under George Bush," he said.

Huttner said national conservative political groups such as FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity have been linked to the movement.

But Campbell said the Denver event was locally planned and funded. He said the audio equipment and podium were donated and that any other costs were paid for out of his pocket.

"We think the sponsors are all these people who came and brought things with them," Campbell said.

John Ingold: 303-954-1068 or jingold@denverpost.com
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_12147073

Wow! I wasn't expecting to see so many people, and they said there were even more before we got there! Here are some pics of the event.







They are estimating about 2000 people where I was at. I was going to print some ALIPAC fliers but my printer ran out of ink halfway through the first page. There was NO representation for the anti-illegal taxes that we have to pay, just me.

There was a GREAT TURN OUT!

About 1000 attend Colorado Springs Tea Party
Story By: Bea Karnes
Source: KOAA

Published Wed Apr 15, 2009, 12:12 PM MDT
Updated Wed Apr 15, 2009, 04:06 PM MDT

About 1000 people were on-hand for a tax-protesting Tea Party in Acacia Park in Colorado Springs at the noon hour. In Denver, thousands gathered at the state capitol.

Protesters are angry about federal and state spending, and about the debt that's being imposed upon future generations of Americans.

13 Tea Parties are being held around Colorado Wednesday, the deadline to file income taxes.

The Tea Party movement appears to have begun with a rant on CNBC by Rick Santorelli earlier this year.

Watch complete coverage on News First at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.

http://www.koaa.com/aaaa_top_stories/x1 ... -Tea-Party