Tea Party Open Thread - Where did you go? What did you see?

This is what we did in Fort Lauderdale. I never thought we would get this much of a turnout. And, I am so impressed with all of the different people: young, old, black, white...
you'll see.
We are ready for more...
http://picasaweb.google.com/JSky12/TeaPartyFortLauderdale?au...

ZigiMe.com

The MSM helped our cause. We now have the potential of 10 times as many attending constitutional workshops and other workshops to educate people. They are ripe for the information. I wish you would all stop it with this neocon stuff... it is not about leaders but about people, educating them one at a time. In order to do this, getting them in one place is a good start.

You will see a lot of them 'got it' at our tea party in NH, here are some photos which include many people holding signs about the constitution, banks, and sovereignty, which is the key to the whole matter... when I mentioned that the Federal Reserve is a private bank who answers to no one but who runs the country and that now Obama just handed our economy over to the foreign world bankers as it were at the G20, they understood. I did not get any strange looks of confusion...

Now we have MSM videos of Kissinger praising Obama for bringing in the 'world order' (that blows the two party theory out of the water) and of Greenspan explaining to an interviewer how the Fed answers to no one.

Check out some of these:
http://s193.photobucket.com/albums/z229/andy58-in-nh/TeaParty/

It's an opportunity that NONE of you should have passed up.

Of course the lefties are so ingrained in defending Obama they don't want to hear or understand what just happened at the G20 to pave the way for the global currency so they can't even answer to that but you will always have this partisanship to fight.

You must keep on keepin' on so to speak!

We had a great event yesterday in Buffalo, NY! About 400 people. We weren't about taxes and such. Check out our program agenda for what we put together. Protest march then back to a club for the inside event with educational video's and speakers. The crowd was fired up to the max! We had em roaring.

I asked the people, how many of them know what an oligarchy is. About 10%.The Forms of Government from Overview of America was played first. The people were riveted to the tv's and screen. I mean, like hypnotized. My girlfriend went to get us some beers but didn't want to leave the bar area and walk through the crowd because the place was packed and everyone was just standing there, watching.

After that we had a Lenny Roberto from www.PrimaryChallenge.org come up to speak. Talk about power and passion. He explained about gerrymandering, fusion, district, becoming committeeman ....

Next we showed the "Join With Us" video that was put together. There were tears in eyes, and this was not a mellow video. The place was ours. It was great. (where can i upload this video to, Youtube disabled the audio)

We had numerous request for the videos, and whats next..

The G. Edward Griffin video from the Revolution March, Karl on fiat currency, Money - a Brief History of Money video. Jim on Restoring the Republic and Joe on Preparing for an Economic Collapse.

Our 5' Campaign for Liberty banner was on the front of our speaker platform. We handed out an assortment of literature, all the dvd's went, republic magazine. We had a money - loss of purchasing power banner made.

Rus Thompson opened his speaking time with "What a great day for a Revolution!"

Pictures coming.

Today's news article.
http://www.buffalonews.co...

Event program
http://buffaloliberty.com...

Tony M

Jesse Ventura?????????????????????????????????????????

the neocons pretty much ran ours.
The chairman of the local republican party contacted me about their plans..the idea was to have it on April 18th at a local steakhouse.
We could all go and have lunch and bring teabags..I was okay and you think this will accomplish what ?
I don't think they held it...

Rogers Mayor Steve Womack was in the crowd listening to speakers on Wednesday. "It's good to see people riled up," Womack said. "They have a right to be."

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www.reclaim.org

There's a guy holding up a sign reading THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS A PRIVATE BANK THAT OWNS AMERICA. It is clearly legible in the photo.

The White haired guy talking in the video is Dennis Richardson a state rep. from my area.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_E3uL1m7Ys

Greetings Paulistas,

Wednesday at the downtown Santa Ana, Ca Tea Party we unveiled our Campaign for Liberty Table Display. About 20 of us crashed the Tea Party armed with, signs, C4L brochures, slimjims, 1000 HR1207 flyers, pocket Constitutions, Freedom to Fascism DVD, C4L stickers and bumper stickers--we where loaded with materials. And do you know what? This type of activism works!!!

The link here http://ronpaul.meetup.com/1550/photos/?photoId=8183506&photo... includes some pictures of yesterdays event -table display included. I will have better pics of the display taken and perhaps video.

The angry and dismayed crowd where grasping for whatever hope they can hang their hats to. These people-young and old flocked to our table for 2 ½ hours. We signed up 42 people who had genuine interest in our little lobby, and we also managed to get more people to sign the End the Fed petition. Now, many are hearing Dr. Paul's enlightening message, and it feels good to have made this happen.

This type of activism should not end, and we, like St. Paul (that other saint of old) MUST continue spreading the message by getting involved in these types of events. Judging from yesterday's response, the general public is ready for it or very close to ready.

We can take this country back one neighborhood, city, county, and state at a time.

Yours in freedom

In response to Appleton, WI Tea Party (This is an excerpt of what) Steve Kagen (D) had to say in response to our Tea Parties: (Economic Stimulus Plan) "It allows us to transform our economy... and invests our hard-earned tax dollars right here at home... I am confident it will begin to put us on the path towards economic recovery."

Folks, we are in big trouble. As I predicted, they (The Communists) are Laughing at us.

I do believe it is 11:00 PM, it is time to start final preparations.

4500 people showed up! I was fortunate to have had the chance to be an organizer. The minority leader of the Republicans, John Boehner showed up with Congressman McCarthy (who is on the House Financial Services Committee). The day before they had asked to speak and we respectfully declined, it was time for the people to speak to Washington, not Washington to speak to us. There were some neo-conservative speakers allowed, the radio personalities who helped us promote the event (they promoted it as theirs...lol). It was a huge success. I spoke about HR 1207 and gathered so many signatures I could not count them yet. And, my Congressman was there to hear the speech. I discussed the history of central banking in the US and how our forefathers warned us about the dangers and how this third central bank has caused the crisis. The crowd roared to many points. I was cut short however during my speech due to being infiltrated at the last minute by a 'helper'. LONG story. But, there is a rEVOLution brewing here in central Cali and the grassroots is strong now. We will continue. Here is the email Congressman McCarthy had to send me a few hours before I spoke, after we had such huge momentum:

Dear Leslie:

Thank you for contacting me in regards to H.R. 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009. Like you, I agree that government needs more accountability and transparency.

As you know, H.R. 1207 would eliminate restrictions on GAO audits of the Federal Reserve and open Federal operations to enhanced scrutiny. H.R. 1207 was introduced in the House on February 26, 2009 and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services, which I am a member of. Currently, the committee has not scheduled legislative hearings on this bill, and the bill has not been brought to the House floor for a vote. As your Representative in Congress, be assured I have noted your comments and will keep them in mind as the legislative process continues.

Thanks again for contacting me on issues of importance to you. If you would like additional information on services my office can provide you, my votes and positions on issues facing our nation, and to subscribe to receive periodic "e-newsletters," please visit my website at http://kevinmccarthy.house.gov/.

300-400 people. A sea of Gadsden flags. Most of the speakers were pro-war, pro-torture, pro rendition, anti-liberty neocons. 1 speaker was good, and spoke passionately about the debt and spending, and liberty.

Overall, the controlled opposition succeeded in watering this event down. CFL had a big presence, but that was not reflected in the majority of the speakers.

The best thing about it is that many neoconned people got exposure to a very nicely supplied CFL table. There is a window of opportunity to reach out to these folks. Don't waste it by bitching about how much Glenn Beck sucks. We know already. Now get out there and engage neocons and neolibs. Explain to them that Glenn Beck and Keith Olbermann are tools and corporate shills, and that they need to turn off the TV, and read.

Lastly, ACORN was there. I saw people who were obvious infiltrators asking to take my picture and tell me if they were not from a news paper, yet refused to say who they were with.

Edit: All the neocon speakers touted reducing the income tax rates, flat tax, or fair tax. They still do not get it on eliminating the federal income tax and replacing it with nothing.

Cleveland, OH –

I had a professional 4’ x 5’ sign with Ben Bernanke on the front,I found the sign on DailyPaul. It called for the Audit of the Federal Reserve with the statement of “The last official act of a government is to loot the country.”

It would gather looks like I couldn’t believe. I had 150 C4L audit the fed pamphlets, had a speech prepared regarding the Federal Reserve that lasted 30 seconds. People would come up to me and ask for a picture with the sign with their children, parents, and friends. I passed out every single one of the pamphlets I had.

When someone would ask to take a picture with the sign I would let them, but only under one condition. That condition was to just listen to me for 30 seconds after the picture. They would take the picture and I would launch into my speech along with C4L handouts. When I would start my speech, the ones around me would stop listening to the speakers and would gather around me to hear what I had to say.

Shortly after talking, dozens of hands would appear grabbing for the flyer. I blew through the flyers within 15 minutes and people of all ages and races and political backgrounds would thank me and tell me to never stop what I am doing.

Thankfully I ran across, completely by chance, about 20 different C4L members in the crowd and End the Fed signs galore. One of the fellow liberty members had extra flyers for HR 1207. I believe I was given an additional 100 and those were passed out within 30 minutes.

Of course, when I ran out of signs, I would have people snap pictures and I would still ask for 30 seconds of their time. So they had the HR 1207 picture to refer to.

Hell, I even ran across and old high school teacher of mine over 12 years ago. He will never forget what he learned today as he knew of nothing about the Federal Reserve.

By the way, I ended up on Rachel Maddow’s show on April 9, I believe. You can see the video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19jfGsvk40A and I pop up around 3:20 screaming, “Who wants to print some money?!?!! I want to print some money. The Federal Reserve can, why can’t I!!?!?!?!” It is quite funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19jfGsvk40A

She mocked me a bit and I would surely love the opportunity for her to have me on a telephone interview. She was questioning why would people actually question the Federal Reserve? I mean the insanity!

If you feel like bugging Rachel one day to perhaps let her have an average citizen explain why the Federal Reserve is important issue to the every day American, please feel free to email her about the “Who wants to print some money” guy. She can be reached at Rachel@msnb.com.

Another update from Cleveland -

Just an FYI for those who may like to know...
With the efforts of quite a few of our members from several northeast
Ohio Campaign For Liberty MeetUp groups that attended tea party
events all over the northeast section of Ohio, and stood outside in some
not so nice weather at several post office locations, as well as set up a
table here and there to pass out literature and educational material...
I am proud to be able to tell you all that we managed to distribute the
following list of materials today.
(1) Over 1000 DVD copies of America Freedom To Fascism
(2) More than 1500 "Your Fired" PINK SLIP pre-addressed post cards.
(3) Another 2000 "IT'S TEA TIME" pre-addressed post cards.
(4) Plus over 1000 T.E.A. Taxed Enough Already pre-addressed post cards.
(5) Well over 2000 End The FED tri-fold double-sided handouts.
(6) More than 500 of the We The People tri-folds.
(7) 200 business size promo cards for the upcoming End The FED rally.
And that is only the items that I "know" about for sure because I handled
almost every one of them at least once myself.
But it never could have happened without the dedicated help of so many
of our members from so many of the northeast Ohio groups.
And I want to thank ALL of you that helped make it happen. No matter what part
you played in this great event. From those who were out and about to those
who helped fund the whole happening from behind the scenes. THANKS!
I believe we reached out to a lots and lots of people today in oh so many ways.
And from what I could see in the eyes of America today...She is awakening.
Now.
Let's get ready for April 25th.
It is time to END THE FED!!!
If you are not signed up already...DO IT NOW!
The Cleveland group is already one of the largest groups out there.
We are getting closer to being the largest group in the country.
Can we do it? Time will tell.
A far cry from the sixteen members we had just about a month ago.
Check it out.
http://www.EndTheFedUSA.ning.com/group/ClevelandEndTheFED

"Happy Trails"
Tumbleweed Steve

A short video that wasn't even shown yesterday:

http://web.thedailycourier.com/video/vidpage.html?v=0416Tea

By Margery Eagan

"OK, so there were lots of nuts. But there were plenty of calm, informed and reasonable non-nuts, too, regular Janes and Joes scared to death by out-of-control government spending. And lots of them showed up for yesterday’s tea parties - at least 500 on Beacon Hill and perhaps as many as 1,500 at Christopher Columbus Park..."

Article continues here:

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articlei...

was talking to a friend and IF there were about 2000 parties (not ALL of them were on the 15th either) and there's an average of 1500 per party... then that's well over 3 Million people

And since I just pulled those #'s out of thin air (just glancing at the #'s), if I cut that in HALF, it's Still over a Million People, that's more than the million mom/man/whatever march.

And if 1 person showing = a group of people who didn't show... wow.

columbus tea party pics / videos
http://snardfarker.ning.com/profiles/blogs/columbus-oh-tea-p...

1200 at the noon teaparty...

2000 at the evening...

...a local talk show host, Garret Lewis of 1230 AM Waco was telling me not to political stump, as he knows I plan to challenge [as a libertarian...no chance] the Waco legislative district's state rep next year...

...well, just as he was trying to prep me 'not to stump' my friend was behind the mic stumping for me, while this was going on. When my friend was finished, I got my turn, and I went through a 5 minute litany of Jefferson's opinions on debt-based banking. The crowd roared like hell.

"No one has the natural right to the trade of money lender, but he who has money to lend." - Thomas Jefferson

The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Library Edition (Washington: Jefferson Memorial Association, 1903) Vol XIII, p. 277-278

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2OzRCnJzLE&feature=related

I went to both. What a grand time! I couldn't hear speeches because I was too far back in the crowd, but there were so many people to talk to, it didn't matter. My only complaint was that it was too cold! Boston is windy, especially down by the waterfront where the second party was held, the better to dump the tea into the harbor.

I brought a sign that had lots to read on it, as well as Michael's two Audit the Fed posters. I noticed people taking multiple photos, I assume so they could read it later. One side said this:

In the beginning . . .
There were no towns, just families,
There was no state, just towns,
There was no nation, just states...

Then . . .
families made towns,
towns made states,
states made a nation . . .

In 1913 a few men, just a few,
made the Federal Reserve System,
and the Congress, the one
that the families and the towns
and the states depended upon to uphold the law,
let them do it, and so
something quite beyond
our control, beyond the
control of even our Congress,
took over the Lives and Liberties of
WE, the Families,
that make the Towns,
that make the States,
that make the Nation . . .

It is time to AUDIT the FED,
at least that for now . . .
and then to END the FED,
to take back what is ours . . .
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness, and Peace . . .

and the other side said this:

From The Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts . . .

Article V
All power residing originally in the people, and being derived from them, the several magistrates and officers of government, vested with authority, whether legislative, executive, or judicial, are their substitutes
and agents, and are at all times accountable to them .

Article XVIII
A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of the constitution, and a constant adherence to those of piety, justice, moderation, temperance, industry, and frugality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free
government . . .

Another awesome video! - great interviews - and combination
of YAL president, Andrew Sharp being interviewed on the radio
live during the event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BgohcraoKY

Musician, Blimpographer...Hear my music: www.myspace.com/americanpirates
my videos: www.youtube.com/conservativefunds

There's a great report here:
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread455346/pg1

in Fayetteville, Ar.!
http://s349.photobucket.com/albums/q375/ARgrammy/tea%20party...
Politically & culturally diverse crowd, several Gadsden flags, College Repubs were handing out HR1207 brochures.
There were a lot more people than it looks like in the photos.. on the patios behind the trees.
edit: I just went to the FB page for the event, where they estimated 1500 in attendance!!

test

there will be a tea party april 18th at historic washingtons crossing in bucks county, pa. if any of you are near i would encourage you to show up. if you need directions or anything i'd be happy to help you out. it's only two hours long, starts at 1:00 pm.

http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9013177

"Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it."
--Jane Wagner

I think 15000 is a little too high for Sacramento...it was more like 5-7k people at it's peak. But there were constantly people coming and leaving, so it's hard to tell

264 locations reporting.

AK Anchorage 1200
AL Auburn 500
AL Birmingham 5000
AL Fairhope 400
AL Fort Payne 250
AL Hoover 7000
AL Huntsville 3000
AL Mobile 3000
AL Montgomery 500
AL Tuscaloosa 500
AL Wetumpka 200
AR Fort Smith 300
AR Little Rock 700
AR Rogers 500
AZ Cottonwood 300
AZ Lake Havasu City 500
AZ Phoenix 8000
AZ Sierra Vista 350
AZ Tucson 7000
CA AL/Dockwiler Beach 2500
CA Carmel Ranch 1000
CA Escondido 2200
CA Fresno 6000
CA Modesto 5000
CA Napa 50
CA Oceanside 1000
CA Palm Desert 2000
CA Palm Srpings 200
CA Riverside 300
CA Sacramento 15000
CA San Diego 300
CA San Francisco 500
CA San Jose 2200
CA Santa Ana 2000
CA Santa Rosa 250
CA Seal Beach 1500
CA Temecula 1000
CA Valencia 500
CA Ventura 2500
CA Walnut Creek 270
CO Colorado Springs 1500
CO Denver 5500
CO Durango 250
CO Estes Park 300
CO Fort Collins 2000
CO Grand Junction 2000
CO Loveland 700
CT Hartford 5000
DC Washington 3500
DE Georgetown 200
FL Deland 750
FL Eustis 1500
FL Ft. Lauderdale 3000
FL Jacksonville 1500
FL Lake City 550
FL Lakeland 3000
FL Live Oak 650
FL Melbourne 1000
FL Naples 2000
FL Ocala 1000
FL Orlando 2000
FL Panama City 2000
FL Pensacola 3000
FL Port Richey 1200
FL Port St. Lucie 600
FL St. Augustine 1000
FL Tampa 2000
FL Vero Beach 2000
GA Augusta 2000
GA Atlanta 20000
GA Cumming 200
GA Gainesville 500
GA Roswell 300
IA Cedar Rapids 600
IA Davenport 500
IA Des Moines 1000
ID Boise 2500
ID Moscow 400
IL Algonquin 5
IL Chicago/Fed PI 10000
IL Elk Grove Village 7
IL Indianapolis 8000
IL Lisle 2000
IL Peoria 3000
IL Nauvoo 65
IN Anderson 100
IN Angola 100
IN Bloomington 200
IN Columbus 1000
IN Elkhart 400
IN Evansville 500
IN Goshen 400
IN Hammond 100
IN Huntington 400
IN Indianapolis 2500
IN Jasper 150
IN Kokomo 500
IN Lafayette 300
IN Plymouth 100
IN South Bend 400
IN Terre Haute 200
IN Tipton 150
KS Manhattan 500
KS Ottawa 70
KS Overland Park 10000
KS Wichita 1000
KY Elizabethton 400
KY Louisville 1500
KY Paducah 2000
LA Alexandria 500
LA Baton Rouge 3000
LA Covington 500
LA Monroe 600
LA Shreveport 5000
MA Bangor 400
MA Boston 1700
MA Cape Cod 300
MA Springfield 600
MA Worcerster 700
MD Annapolis 4000
MD Bel Air 500
MD Westminister 500
ME Augusta 200
MI Grand Rapids 3000
MI Holland 400
MI Houghton 250
MI Lansing 5000
MI Marquette 100
MI Plymouth 3000
MO Camdenton 300
MO Grand Rapids 3000
MO Jefferson City 200
MO Kansas City/Downtown 4000
MO Kansas City/Lees 300
MO Springfield 1500
MO St. Louis 12000
MO Popar Bluff 250
MN Duluth 1000
MN St. Paul 10000
MS Gulfport 2000
MS Jackson 2000
NC Asheville 2500
NC Charlotte 2000
NC Currituck 200
NC Davidson 150
NC Edenton 400
NC Fayetteville 400
NC Gastonia 100
NC Goldsboro 300
NC Greensboro 1500
NC Greenville 200
NC Hickory 1000 maybe
NC Hillsborough 500
NC Lincolnton 300
NC Mooresville 150
NC Morehead City 1200
NC Pasquotank Co. 200
NC Raleigh 1000 plus
NC Statesville 250
NC Winston-Salem 3900
NE Omaha 1000
NH Concord 500
NH Victory Park 900
NH Manchland 500
NH Plymouth 200
NJ Flemington 750
NJ Morristown 1500
NM Farmington 1000
NV Carson City 3000
NV Elko 100
NV Las Vegas 2200
NY Albany 3000
NY Buffalo 400
NY Endicott 300
NY Fishkill 4100
NY Jamestown 120
NY Nanuet 100
NY New York City 6000
NY Rochester 1000
OH Dairy Hut? 50
OH Ashland 600
OH Canton 1500
OH Cincinnati 5000
OH Cleveland 5000
OH Columbus 7000
OH Dayton 3000
OH Eastlake 40
OH Jefferson 500
OH Lisbon 200
OH Mansfield 1500
OH Wiloughby 75
OK Batrtlesville 250
OK Oklahoma City 6500
OK Tulsa/2 loc 7000
OR Astoria 300
OR Beaverton 1000
OR Eugene 1500
OR Salem 3500
PA Greensburg 800
PA Harrisburg 3000
PA Philadelphia 600
PA Sugar Grove 200
RI Providence 2500
SC Columbia 3000
SC Greenville 1500
SC Greenwood 400
SC Myrtle Beach 1000
TN Bristol 200
TN Chattanooga 2000
TN Hendersonville 1500
TN Kingsport 1000
TN Knoxville 2000
TN Memphis 3000
TN Nashville 10000
TX Abilene 1050
TX Alamo 15000
TX Allen 200
TX Amarillo 750
TX Austin 3000
TX Baytown 600
TX Beaumont 750
TX Belton 2000
TX Browsville 600
TX Caldwell 100
TX Carrollton 300
TX Conroe 800
TX Dallas 5000
TX Decatur 200
TX Fort Hood 500
TX Fort Worth 5500
TX Houston 10000
TX Longview 1500
TX Lubbock 2000
TX Odessa 500
TX McAllen 1000
TX McKinney 600
TX Paris 400
TX Richardson 300
TX San Antonio 15000
TX Tyler 1400
TX Weatherford 500
TX Woodlands 6500
UT Salt Lake City 3000
VA Harrisoburg 300
VA Lynchburg 2000
VA Newport News 700
VA Reston 500
VA Richmond 5000
VA Roanoke 750
VA Winchester 350
VA Virginia Beach 2000
WA Bellevue 1000
WA Bellingham 3000
WA Colville 200
WA Everett 550
WA Issaquah 200
WA Olympia 5000
WA Renton 100
WI Appleton 2000
WI Madison 8000
WI Wausau 175
WV Clarksburg 300
WV Huntington 100
WV Wheeling 1200

TOTAL 508627

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
-- Patrick Henry

We had a good turn out on a cold and windy rally for a small community.
Even got some local press coverage, with less spin than what I've seen from other coverage.

http://www.kpax.com/Global/story.asp?S=10193941
Wednesday's chilly and windy weather didn't stop nearly 300 people from turning out in Polson to express their passionate distaste for over-taxation and excessive government spending.

People of all ages hoisted American flags, held signs, and some even stood up on a podium in Riverside Park to talk about the importance of taking action and being heard.

One retired man who got up and spoke to the large crowd at the Lake County "tea part", saying he is representing those who had certain expectations heading into retirement. David Myerowitz said those expectations are being taken away by the government because of financial irresponsibility.

"It's a combination of government incompetence and corporate greed that got us to this point, and we are tired of it" commented Myerowitz. "If the government is going to continue with the same garbage year after year, Republican and Democrat, we need to get rid of them, and get new people in there, and that's what we are saying."

Several of the protesters we talked with say they hope that Wednesday's tea party protests will make waves in D.C., and they don't plan on stopping until they are heard.