Topic: Tea Parties, Grassroots??
Fanta46's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:26 PM
Ther is almost 400 million people in this country and all the TEA party can claim showed up is thousands.
Not 100's or even 10's of thousands, just thousands!
And most of them were house wives looking for a social gathering to show off their arts and crafts talents!laugh

Thomas3474's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:27 PM
In my city it was a big deal and stopped traffic in all directions around the capital.Considering it was a Wednesday and a workday that was a pretty good turnout.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_12147073

willing2's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:28 PM
True results won't be available til after the weekend.

Fanta46's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:28 PM

In my city it was a big deal and stopped traffic in all directions around the capital.Considering it was a Wednesday and a workday that was a pretty good turnout.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_12147073


I have pics of the Denver protests!

You could have put them all in a VW Van!laugh laugh

yellowrose10's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:29 PM
Edited by yellowrose10 on Wed 04/15/09 07:31 PM

Thomas3474's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:30 PM
Fanta if you like taxes so much you can always send as much as you want to the Federal government anytime you want.The rest of us would like to have at least one year where our taxes are not growing by leaps and bounds from everything from energy to gas taxes.

yellowrose10's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:32 PM
sorry but i don't see why the amount matters. people are speaking out for what they believe in

Thomas3474's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:33 PM

Hundreds turn out for 'tea party' protest at Southlake Town Square

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/041609dnmetteapartysouthlake.daa0fccb.html


that was in southlake alone



Considering that the tea party protests were largely promoted over the radio I would have to say it was a sucess and will only grow larger with time.It would have been interesting if it was on a Sunday.I'm sure the numbers would be triple.

Fanta46's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:33 PM
Denver & the west
5,000 attend tax-day 'tea party' at Capitol

out of 2,506,626 people!

Pathetic!

The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of the City and County of Denver was 598,707 in 2008, making it the 26th most populous U.S. city.[7]The 5-county Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated 2008 population of 2,506,626 and ranked as the 21st most populous U.S. metropolitan statistical area

Fanta46's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:35 PM

sorry but i don't see why the amount matters. people are speaking out for what they believe in


The amount who protest is a direct reflection of the amount who consider it an important issue!

prisoner's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:36 PM
:smile: I don't know and i don't care if Fox News did organize The Tea Parties. After all,the other news networks did coddle the current President through the entire election turnabout is fair play i just think it's great that the average American citizen can go out and protest and express their dissatisfaction with "The System" in a non-violent way be seeing you

Thomas3474's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:37 PM
I agree with yellow rose.It is not the numbers that are important.What is important is that people showed up,seeds were planted,and it made headline news all over the world.Obama heard the voices of the people loud and clear and he knows he will have a growing problem on his hands.These crowds will not get any smaller.

Thomas3474's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:39 PM


sorry but i don't see why the amount matters. people are speaking out for what they believe in


The amount who protest is a direct reflection of the amount who consider it an important issue!



ha,ha,ha ohhhhhhhhh thats funny laugh laugh laugh

rofl

rofl

Lets have a protest for people who want to have more taxes.Lets see how many people show up for that one!

Fanta46's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:39 PM
Edited by Fanta46 on Wed 04/15/09 07:44 PM

Fanta if you like taxes so much you can always send as much as you want to the Federal government anytime you want.The rest of us would like to have at least one year where our taxes are not growing by leaps and bounds from everything from energy to gas taxes.


Your taxes havent increased one iota!

This year they have decreased in fact!

If you make less than 250,000 a year they are scheduled to decrease even more.
If you make more than that they arent scheduled to increase until the economy recovers on a firmer foot!
Eventually they will though if you make more than 250,000 a year.

Fanta46's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:42 PM

:smile: I don't know and i don't care if Fox News did organize The Tea Parties. After all,the other news networks did coddle the current President through the entire election turnabout is fair play i just think it's great that the average American citizen can go out and protest and express their dissatisfaction with "The System" in a non-violent way be seeing you


You should protest the corrupt Republican Party and Fox news.
If you don't then you are just willing pawns to their robbing Americans out of control of our Gov!

Sheeple!

TJN's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:44 PM
Keep watchingMSNBC and getting the truth noway noway noway

Thomas3474's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:44 PM
I think the smokers would disagree with you.I also wasn't just talking about Federal taxes.I am also talking about state and local taxes.You are also dreaming if you don't think Obama is going to raise taxes by huge increases this year.

prisoner's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:44 PM
:smile: i agree with yellowrose also it's not about the numbers it's about the fact that people used Tax Day to non-violently protest the current Administration,an Administration who has a Tresurey Secretary who is a tax-cheat and that is not propaganda that is a fact,what would happen to us if we did not pay our taxes? be seeing you

MirrorMirror's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:45 PM
:smile: Its not average people.:smile: Its just a republican rally.:smile:Its all republican politicians and spokepeople.:smile:

yellowrose10's photo
Wed 04/15/09 07:45 PM

I think the smokers would disagree with you.I also wasn't just talking about Federal taxes.I am also talking about state and local taxes.You are also dreaming if you don't think Obama is going to raise taxes by huge increases this year.


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