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Looking for a July 4 Teaparty?
One list can be found by clicking on the image in the upper left or by going to Tea Party Patriots. A second list may be found at Tea Party Day. Be sensible. These parties are both a grassroots movement and the efforts of a number of regional and national groups with agendas. The followers of Ron Paul are heavily involved in some areas. The Libertarian Party is also an organizer in places. If Barry Obama’s “real” birth certificate is not something you worry about, or the actions of the Tri-Lateral Commission bore you, you might find some of the people at a Tea Party just a little off-putting. A large number of people with a variety of beliefs are joining together for this movement. Bite your tongue or keep it firmly planted … Read entire article »
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Tea Party Set to Music
This video uses some of the pictures I took at the April 15 Rochester Tea Party. It was put together by an ex-Marine. Previous in series Next in seriesTable of contents for American Tea PartyTime for a Tea PartyTea Party VideoTea Party News and ViewsAcorns and Oaks – Seeds of ChangeTea Party and TodayPhiladelphia Tea PartyUpcoming Tea PartiesMy Last DollarRochester Tea Party a SuccessLocating a Tea Party Near YouTea Parties and FreedomAndrew Sullivan and the The Tea Tantrum MovementRochester’s Tea Party on Tax DayTea Party Turnout NationwideWhy Hold a Tea Party Protest?More Rochester Tea Party PicsTea Party Set to MusicLooking for a July 4 Teaparty?Rochester, N.Y.’s 2010 Tea PartyRochester NY’s 2010 Tea Party … Read entire article »
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More Rochester Tea Party Pics
Previous in series Next in seriesTable of contents for American Tea PartyTime for a Tea PartyTea Party VideoTea Party News and ViewsAcorns and Oaks – Seeds of ChangeTea Party and TodayPhiladelphia Tea PartyUpcoming Tea PartiesMy Last DollarRochester Tea Party a SuccessLocating a Tea Party Near YouTea Parties and FreedomAndrew Sullivan and the The Tea Tantrum MovementRochester’s Tea Party on Tax DayTea Party Turnout NationwideWhy Hold a Tea Party Protest?More Rochester Tea Party PicsTea Party Set to MusicLooking for a July 4 Teaparty?Rochester, N.Y.’s 2010 Tea PartyRochester NY’s 2010 Tea Party … Read entire article »
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Tea Party Turnout Nationwide
This is 2009 information. UPDATE: 4-17-2009 20:00 538 reports 306 sites and 262,025 attending Pajamas Media reports 617,568 attending Jim Geraghty at NRO reports 341,477 attending UPDATES marked *** and notes on them will follow the table. The massive number of Tea Party protests held on Tax Day are over. While the counts are unofficial, there are some numbers available. The city counts for the nationwide Tea Party protests yesterday can be found at Freedom Press. I have used their numbers as of 5:30 yesterday. Please feel free to check my addition, and totals. I tried to see what Pajamas TV had but their site is blank at this moment. It appears as if this list is short about 250 protests. STATE PARTIES ATTENDANCE Alabama 5 11,800 Alaska 2 1,500 Arizona *** 7 17,300 Arkansas *** 5 11,500 California 16 40,400 Colorado 8 14,670 Connecticut 4 7,150 Delaware 1 500 Florida 8 10,900 Georgia *** 14 26,300 Hawaii 1 500 Idaho 3 5,800 Illinois 6 8,300 Indiana 4 10,750 Iowa *** 4 4,500 Kansas *** 12 18,390 STATE PARTIES ATTENDANCE Kentucky 3 4,250 Louisiana 3 7,400 Maine 1 300 Maryland 3 2,600 Massachusetts 2 3,300 Michigan 6 6,450 Minnesota 3 10,900 Mississippi 3 2,850 Missouri *** 6 17,200 Montana 4 1,060 Nebraska 2 2,700 Nevada 3 7,075 New Hampshire 4 3,900 New Jersey *** 11 4,710 New Mexico 2 3,500 New York *** 29 27,205 STATE PARTIES ATTENDANCE North Carolina 11 9,850 North Dakota 0 0 Ohio 8 20,730 Oklahoma 7 8,710 Oregon 3 3,780 Pennsylvania 7 3,850 Rhode Island *** 2 4,000 South Carolina 1 6,000 South … Read entire article »
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Rochester’s Tea Party on Tax Day
The 2010 Tea Party can be found at this link. The 40 who braved the cold in March for the Rochester NY Tea Party were joined today by over 1,000 more Americans fed up with politics as usual. It’s sunny and in the 50’s with a brisk wind here in Rochester, NY. Three stops were planned for the Tea Party, a downtown park, the County Office Building and City Hall. About 600 at the park heard speakers and sang songs. They marched down a closed Main Street to the County Building for another rally and grew to around 1,000. By the time the marchers moved to City Hall, the crowd had swelled even further. The crowd held all races, and every age group from toddlers to the elderly. The Geneseo College Republican Club … Read entire article »
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Andrew Sullivan and the The Tea Tantrum Movement
Back when Andrew Sullivan was a conservative, he sent lots of traffic this way with a number of links. So, I feel a certain sadness with his change of perspective over the last few years. Andrew wrote a piece titled The Tea Tantrum Movement for The Atlantic. It is his take on the Tea Party protest movement based on an admitted hour or so of on-line research. He professes to have emerged from his rigorous course of research perplexed, bothered and bewildered. He describes the movement as “some kind of amorphous, generalized rage on the part of those who were used to running the country and now don’t feel part of the culture at all”. He calls it “adolescent, unserious hysteria”. Andrew makes the error that most liberals insist upon, that this is a … Read entire article »
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Locating a Tea Party Near You
How to Find a Tea Party Near You Pajama’s Media list of parties National Tea Party Day site Tax Day Tea Party site, by state Twitter search on topic Previous in series Next in seriesTable of contents for American Tea PartyTime for a Tea PartyTea Party VideoTea Party News and ViewsAcorns and Oaks – Seeds of ChangeTea Party and TodayPhiladelphia Tea PartyUpcoming Tea PartiesMy Last DollarRochester Tea Party a SuccessLocating a Tea Party Near YouTea Parties and FreedomAndrew Sullivan and the The Tea Tantrum MovementRochester’s Tea Party on Tax DayTea Party Turnout NationwideWhy Hold a Tea Party Protest?More Rochester Tea Party PicsTea Party Set to MusicLooking for a July 4 Teaparty?Rochester, N.Y.’s 2010 Tea PartyRochester NY’s 2010 Tea Party … Read entire article »
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Rochester Tea Party a Success
The 2010 Rochester Tea Party can be found at this link. How to Find a Tea Party Near You Pajama’s Media list of parties National Tea Party Day site Tax Day Tea Party site, by state Twitter search on topic The Rochester, NY Tea Party protest held yesterday was a resounding success. Over 40 concerned citizens ranging in age from college students to seniors met at the Main Street bridge over the Genesee River to dump tea into the water. Speakers detailed the historic Boston Tea Party and linked its message to current events. A short march was held, to the corner of Clinton and Main, in front of the convention center where NY Governor Patterson was appearing. The “Fair Share” leftists were inside, out of the wind, pushing their message of punishing the successful with higher taxes. … Read entire article »
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Why Hold a Tea Party Protest?
April 18th, 2009 | Comments Off
On a bitterly cold March day, 40 of us braved the elements to hold Rochester, New York’s first Tea Party protest. Governor Patterson was in town, just down the street, and we wanted to let him know we were unhappy about his budget for 2009. New taxes, new fees, and the same old politics as usual in Albany. We also were angry about the actions of the Obama administration and our elected representatives in Congress. Spending bills had shot through Congress without time for evaluation and consideration, and without any effort to include the Republican minority. Promise after promise that Barry Obama had made during his campaign had already been broken in less than the first 100 days of his administration. We listened to speakers, sang patriotic songs and marched with our … Read entire article »
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