NH Tea Party - Thank You NH Grassroots!
Posted April 17th, 2009 by Jane Aitken
Video of Remarks from the son of former Governor Meldrim Thomson, the NH Governor who coined the phrases, 'Axe the Tax'! and 'Low Taxes Are the Result of Low Spending'.
And here is Tom, swinging the axe on the steps at the Capitol, as only NH men can do:
Here are some photos of some of the best signs that were at our event:
The Constitution, the Founders, yellow flags, and sovereignty messages were aplenty.
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Numbers?
Jane,
How many were in Concord? Manchester only had about 1,000. It looks like there were a lot more in Concord.
BZ
"Many of us agree that you and I have no right to use coercion against people who don't owe us anything. The same prohibition applies to groups of people who constitute the government. The reason is simple: unjust acts do not become just when legalized. "
Let's tally things up from
Let's tally things up from last Wednesday's tea parties.
Number of Presidents burned or hanged in effigy: zero.
Number of American flags burned or trampled: zero.
Number of police cars firebombed: zero.
Number of protestors wearing bandanas over their faces: zero.
Number of storefronts vandalized: zero.
Number of molotov cocktails hurled: zero.
Number of protestors arrested: zero.
Well, you get the idea. No wonder the left thinks the tea parties were utter failures.
“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds”
-Sam Adams