Baton Rouge Independence Day Tea Party, UDPATED
posted at 9:42 am on July 6, 2009 by Laura Curtis
The Baton Rouge Tea Party folks did a fabulous job on the Independence Day Rally. In spite of the brain-melting heat there was a turnout of around 500 people, according to an unofficial police estimate. Meaning I asked a cop and he took a wild guess. There wasn’t a good angle to get the entire crowd, but here are a few photos so you can judge the crowd size for yourselves. About 40 yards down from the steps was another crowd of 75-100 people in a grassy area with shade. There were also some pretty good signs.
One of the first speakers was a woman who lived in Cuba when Castro took power. She gave a very sobering talk about parallels between what happened in Cuba and what’s happening here today. Other speakers covered cap-and-tax, health care reform (with a nice plug for Cato), and a heads up on how to get free activist training so we can be more effective rabblerousers.
The GOP was attempting to recruit and failing miserably. What do you make of that?
Update: Shocking – or, not really so shocking, but it should be – the Baton Rouge news outlets did not report on this gathering, even though at least one station was there. As of this writing, the only news on the web for this tea party is this post.
Imagine, for a moment, 500 anti-war activists going unreported. Or 500 illegal alien advocates. It would never happen.
Well. They can ignore us, but we won’t go away. To the contrary, I received an email with info for a protest in about six weeks. I’ll be there.
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The state run media is doing everything in its power to shield its messiah and further his Marxist/communist agendas. This country is very sick.
rplat on July 6, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Same thing here in Brunswick, Georgia, on the southern coast. We had around 700 people attend our Tea Party yet not a word was written in the local newspaper. Typical, since it’s only use is as bird-cage liner.
bradley11 on July 6, 2009 at 9:45 AM
About 3,000-4,000 in San Antonio despite the heat. No press there.
Daggett on July 6, 2009 at 9:45 AM
The only reason it would go unreported would be because the reporter would be too busy organizing the event to report on it!
SouthernGent on July 6, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Yes it would. And it has.
Not too familiar with this protest thingy, are you?
Grow Fins on July 6, 2009 at 9:47 AM
I’m imagining 500 downsized media hacks in the unemployment line.
whitetop on July 6, 2009 at 9:48 AM
I attended a tea party in Florida with 3500 in attendance on 7/02 (a Thursday nite) – it was awesome and it was 100 degrees. Everyone knew there were only 50 states and no one said we were not a Christian nation. Fascinating!!
Will be there in DC on 9/11 too for the BIG protest – I am tired of being ignored – Obama and his so-called policies must be taken DOWN. The media won’t be able to ignore that one.
Ris4victory on July 6, 2009 at 9:48 AM
When Fox News covered the tax day tea parties with zeal, the talking point became Fox News created the tea parties.
Not much excuse for local news not covering it, but I’m kind of glad that Fox News didn’t overtly participate.
myrenovations on July 6, 2009 at 9:48 AM
MSM: “Eh. Ignore them. They’ll go away.”
Like hell!
davidk on July 6, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Google “antiwar protest ignored by medi” and you’ll find dozens of similar complaints by leftist groups.
Quit playing the victim card.
Grow Fins on July 6, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Ack! – “antiwar protest ignored by media”
Grow Fins on July 6, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Without so much as a byline on page D14?
Not too familiar with this truth thingy, are you?
Bishop on July 6, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Thank You! I’ve been searching for ‘tea party’ stories since I got online this morning.
bridgetown on July 6, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Over 15K in Dallas, despite really nasty heat.
michaelo on July 6, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Jacksonville had a thousand and I haven’t heard what the turn out in St. Augustine was.
Cindy Munford on July 6, 2009 at 9:52 AM
The media is too busy with the Jackson side show. When the major event in a society is the funeral of a perverted, drug addicted pedophile, then that society is very very sick.
rplat on July 6, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Grow Fins:
No it wouldn’t. And it hasn’t. Man! That was easy to do!
Vince on July 6, 2009 at 9:54 AM
All I can say is thank God for the internet and the ability to get information from sources other than the media. It’s incredible to me that no one reported on any of these protests.
4shoes on July 6, 2009 at 9:55 AM
We had about 5000 here. Too many surrounding communities had their own. But, no media coverage. Planning a statewide Labor Day in Austin. Maybe they can’t ignore that.
HoustonRight on July 6, 2009 at 9:55 AM
We live in troubling times. When journalism ignores a good story to further political agenda.
shick on July 6, 2009 at 9:55 AM
At how many lefty rallies do they do these things?
1. sing the National Anthem
2. recite the Pledge of Allegiance
3. Pray as a group for America
4. sing God Bless America
5. recite passages from the Declaration of Independence
I could go on and on, but you get the idea – pride of COUNTRY in an upbeat & organized fashion dominates the theme at the tea protests, not hate and screaming and acting like fools.
Ris4victory on July 6, 2009 at 9:56 AM
<blockquoteGrow Grow Fins on July 6, 2009 at 9:49 AM >
Not the victim. Just makes us more determined. Another “unintended” consequence.
HoustonRight on July 6, 2009 at 9:59 AM
It sounds as though there were some good tea parties around on the 4th. I’m sorry the media ignored them again. I was afraid the day itself was sort of a bad choice, and I didn’t see a lot of chatter about them beforehand.
AnninCA on July 6, 2009 at 9:59 AM
35,000 (yes, 35K) in Dallas. Yet the Dallas Morning News originally reported the turnout was light. I noticed this morning they pulled the original story and now are reporting the right numbers. In addition, there were TV trucks everywhere but barely a mention of the event (if that) on news broadcasts. It is truly INCREDIBLE how the MSM molds the news to fit their ideology. I keep thinking they can’t possibly get any more blatant in their slant, and then they do.
noworldcitizen on July 6, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Dallas was reporting 35K including a caravan all the way from Abeline. SWEET!
HoustonRight on July 6, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Any of those things is like thrusting a cross in front of a Vampire. A DEM would repel at any of those things.
Jeff from WI on July 6, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Shoot, 2/3 of the “conservative” punditry thought the tea parties earlier this spring to be entirely too lowbrow to be relevant. You know, it’s those little people acting up again …..
BigD on July 6, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Here’s how it’s done. Larger media should take note of the accuracy and professionalism:
“
More than 100 turn out for tea party protest in Carlisle
by LARA BRENCKLE Of The Patriot-News
Saturday July 04, 2009, 1:18 PM
Saying they were disgusted with rampant government spending, reckless tax increases and a terrifying assault on personal liberty, more than 100 people participated in a tea party protest on the courthouse square in Carlisle today…”
More photos
forest on July 6, 2009 at 10:03 AM
The MSM is crumbling. If all they rely on for funding is the federal govt. they will be in for a rude awakening. Just as the newspapers are falling one by one, your local affiliate is probably having trouble as well. These are business founded on capitalism. They will not exist if commercial advertisers pull the rug out. The irony will be that many of the FOX stations will be here and they won’t. This is why so many people are afraid of Sarah.
http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin
izoneguy on July 6, 2009 at 10:04 AM
C’mon, Ed–there are more important things going on, like the burial of a dyed-white plastic entertainer.
jgapinoy on July 6, 2009 at 10:05 AM
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/07/04/live-from-dallas-tea-party/
izoneguy on July 6, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Sorry, I mean LAURA.
jgapinoy on July 6, 2009 at 10:05 AM
HoustonRight on July 6, 2009 at 10:00 AM
35k people?!!!
And not mentioned on national news?
wow. just wow.
bridgetown on July 6, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Let’s see:
There are 10 hits. 2 from Newsbusters, 1 from Free Republic, 1 from Atlas Shrugs and many of them reference a Cindy Sheehan led protest (3/21/09) against Obama’s war policy being ignored.
In a word, fail.
Pablo on July 6, 2009 at 10:06 AM
We had about 500 on July 4 in Morgan County, Alabama. No report of the event that I’ve seen even though the local radio host for Huntsville and a state senator were there. A reporter that a friend of mine knows from The Decatur Daily (a left-leaning newspaper) told my friend prior to the Tea Party that he hoped no one would show up. This movement will continue to be ignored until we get as aggressive as the left gets.
KickandSwimMom on July 6, 2009 at 10:07 AM
great showing… Raleigh, NC had a successful Independence Day Tea Party, too. Between 1500-2000 showed up for the tea party, during the course of the day. Not all stayed the entire afternoon, but they stayed long enough to register with various grassroots organizations to begin to fight for, or against, the issues that were important to them. Photos are being posted at http://www.ncteapartyrevolution.com
Videos of all the speakers will be added this week, as time permits.
The next big step for North Carolina, is to try to get 10,000 people to DC for the 9/12 March and Tea Party event in September.
tmedlin on July 6, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Here.
Scroll to “Posted at 7:31 am” and to “Posted at 10:56 am.”
davidk on July 6, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Michelle was at the Dallas tea party? Well, no wonder there were 35k people there.
Daggett on July 6, 2009 at 10:10 AM
If Houston was not experiencing Mojave Desert-like conditions for months now and if you combined Sugar Land and the Woodlands, there would have been throngs of people. Let the media ignore us all they want. Maybe they’ll hear us in Nov 2010.
TxAnn56 on July 6, 2009 at 10:13 AM
yes but this morning they were sure to have on the news about the China riot. Must be because not enough Muslims went to the tea parties!
Conservican on July 6, 2009 at 10:13 AM
This is the first post on Hot Air that I have seen. We had 1200 in our small town Saturday morning and the local paper did have an article with pics. The media will ignore us at their own peril.
d1carter on July 6, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Charlotte was reported to have about 2500 attendees, according to the Parks and Rec folks. Even more incredible, the local media at least acknowledged that it was going on and even had an interview with a coherent attendee. Maybe there is a glimmer of light…
c.u.shoeless on July 6, 2009 at 10:17 AM
I was on vacation last week, but I know there were three tea parties in Delaware (one in each county) and there was zero media coverage.
BigD on July 6, 2009 at 10:19 AM
I was at the downtown H-Town(that’s Houston for the non-Texan) tea party. Despite the insane heat, there had to be at least a couple thousand people there. And I only stayed for the first half, so there may have been more arriving late.
I saw local newsvans along with a helicopter hovering above us, so the Houston press was at least covering this(to what extent I’m not certain). But the blackout throughout the national media is pathetic. Hell, at least the Tax Day Tea Parties got derogatory coverage. I’ll settle for that over nothing.
It sounds like the only way the drive-bys will ever wake and realize this is not just a bunch of “racist teabaggers” as that dude Johnny Garafolo insinuates is to organize a march on DC and/or turn this movement into an electoral bloodbath next November. The GOP gaining 50+ seats in the House ala 1994 would be pretty hard to ignore.
Doughboy on July 6, 2009 at 10:19 AM
I love the signs…..Chains I can believe in. Good one.
AnninCA on July 6, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Michelle Malkin attended that one. I’m convinced that MSM consciously seeks to avoid her at all costs. Not one MSM interviewer wants to get caught anywhere near her because
the interviewer would then have to try to match wits with her–and the network would have to burn the film out of embarrassment.
BuckeyeSam on July 6, 2009 at 10:20 AM
I ♥ the sign: “Chains We Can Believe In”
(but I don’t ♥ the notion of being enslaved by Barry & Co.)
VibrioCocci on July 6, 2009 at 10:21 AM
You make a good point. The media finds the one hate sign and makes the story all about that. It might be better to let them ignore the events.
AnninCA on July 6, 2009 at 10:22 AM
AnninCA on July 6, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Ya beat me to it!
VibrioCocci on July 6, 2009 at 10:23 AM
That is exactly what we volunteers were discussing before the start.
HoustonRight on July 6, 2009 at 10:24 AM
I am afraid the helicopter was there for the car fire on 59 behind the GRB. And yes about 6:30 we started seeing alot more joining as the sun was going behind the buildings.
HoustonRight on July 6, 2009 at 10:26 AM
http://www.wafb.com/
http://www.2theadvocate.com/
Contact the news in BR! Even if it’s to their comments section on different stories.
I went to the Castle Rock, CO Tea Party.. CR is just outside of Denver, a small community, couldn’t believe the turnout. Only NBC(local) showed up…
reshas1 on July 6, 2009 at 10:27 AM
If you go to Michelle’s link above and follow her directions you can see and listen to her speech. It’s worth watching.
WildBillK on July 6, 2009 at 10:29 AM
BR native here and we noticed this lack of coverage around my household… the only time we saw any coverage of it was when we had the local NBC affiliate’s news while out for dinner.
(The NBC affiliate here has had virtually no news department for years, as the ABC and CBS affiliates own the audience for news here.)
teke184 on July 6, 2009 at 10:37 AM
About 200 here in Lincoln, NE, from what I could tell. The local ABC affiliate showed up, shot some film, and interviewed a couple of peeps. No idea if it ran on TV or if the paper covered it. At our April 13 tea party, which attracted around 400 people, the local paper estimated around 150, so I had no desire to see if they covered this one (much less cover it accurately or objectively.)
We sang the anthem, recited the Pledge, sang God Bless America, and listened to various speakers — a local pastor, a Nebraska businessman, war vets and local activists — all of whom were well-spoken, succinct and direct in their comments. Plenty of signs, including the above-mentioned ‘Chains we can believe in.’
jonrademacher on July 6, 2009 at 10:38 AM
The GOP will soon be the OEP (Old Extinct Party).
Sarah Palin would do well to distance herself from the Huckabigots, the Ruling RINOs and all the other Republicans responsible for the communist takeover of America by the Democrats.
jay12 on July 6, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Tea Party in Florida
It was HOT! But it was a great turnout. A few hundred people from our small town.
Indian Outlaw on July 6, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Laura – I am originally from BR. Glad you are bringing this to the light.
BUT we need to do better informing the media the event is going to take place. This event was not on the Advocate, WAFB or WBRZ calendar of events.
Yes, the news people should be news people and find the story, but they don’t.
If you want the news on the air, go see them two weeks in advance. Email them WRITTEN background information. Prep them a few days before the event. Give them special “credentials”, parking and easy access. Know their deadlines. And if it is in Print, Pre-write the story and make a few additions IMMEDIATELY after the event and email them high quality pictures.
All news is now packaged, except the investigative stuff. With cutbacks, 75% of what you read that is local are press releases with a lunch or phone follow-up.
It is time we learn from ACORN!
barnone on July 6, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Hire your own PR person to make a clip? Today, the media might well run it. That used to be unheard of, but I think you’re right. They have no real staff to cover stuff.
AnninCA on July 6, 2009 at 10:49 AM
It tells me that the conservatives base is not ready to forgive and forget just yet. Especially after the Crap-and-Betrayed Eight helped the House pass the largest tax increase in history.
I think the GOP will be able to make amends with a lot conservatives between now and the midterms. But it’s gonna require the party heads to start backing candidates like Rubio and Toomey and quit offering up the same tired old RINOs who will sell us out the first chance they get.
They also need to swallow their pride and get out of Sarah Palin’s way. Let her become the public face of the party and the national leader of the conservative revolution.
Doughboy on July 6, 2009 at 10:50 AM
This wasn’t a case of the news being unaware of the events. This was the news not caring.
I’ve got family in the local media who has worked at WBRZ in the past as well as The Advocate and I’ve worked at The Advocate myself.
Let’s just say that they’re not exactly in line with what the local population believes and, instead, are more in line with what they learned in J-school and, in the case of WBRZ and The Advocate, in line with what their owner wants to hear.
teke184 on July 6, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Update: Shocking – or, not really so shocking, but it should be – the Baton Rouge news outlets did not report on this gathering, even though at least one station was there. As of this writing, the only news on the web for this tea party is this post.
We live in troubling times. When journalism ignores a good story to further political agenda.
shick on July 6, 2009 at 9:55 AM
It is proof that B.R. has no honest news outlets anymore.The Advocate is and will always be liberal, but for Wafb channel nine to go this route is just a wakeup call to the sad truth. There is no honest journalism just propaganda. If they can`t spin it they won`t cover it. hoping it will go away .I`m a firm believer that truth like cream will always bubble to the top if one can but wait.
LSUMama on July 6, 2009 at 10:53 AM
I tried to go to one in Baltimore, but couldn’t find it.
Count to 10 on July 6, 2009 at 10:54 AM
As Ghandi said,
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win.”
milemarker2020 on July 6, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Several hundred at our party here in Arkansas too; nothing in the paper about it, and I didn’t see any TV coverage either, although in fairness I don’t watch local news so unless the clip is on their websites, I wouldn’t know if it aired.
I’m not sure what it’s going to take to get some coverage. Maybe we need to protest in their newsrooms?
Hope I can make it to DC in September — THAT would be awesome.
NoLeftTurn on July 6, 2009 at 10:59 AM
If Houston was not experiencing Mojave Desert-like conditions for months now and if you combined Sugar Land and the Woodlands, there would have been throngs of people. Let the media ignore us all they want. Maybe they’ll hear us in Nov 2010.
TxAnn56 on July 6, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Amen. Same here but hoping for rain today. I hope your news there is better than here.These people suck and I think if we band together, go after local advertisers . Then we might push back.
LSUMama on July 6, 2009 at 11:00 AM
I wonder when they will start doing this? IMO it’s already much too late. All they do is trash Democrats and then hope for the best. It’s not going to happen for them because the Democrats do a much better job of trashing the opposition.
Once again in 2010, the GOP will not know what hit them. And it’s nobody else’s fault.
jay12 on July 6, 2009 at 11:00 AM
According to an e-mail sent to a friend from Glenn Beck, the nearest one to us (in Newark) was Big Elk Mall in Elkton, MD. We went to that one, where I’d guess there were about 200 – 300 heads.
The turnout was better for the April 15th tea party in Wilmington on the waterfront, despite the pouring rain that day.
Surprisingly, the Cecil Whig did have some a blurb about it in today’s edition, but you have to $ub$cribe to read the story.
UltimateBob on July 6, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Straight-up redneck racism….for shame
LimeyGeek on July 6, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Well, the economy has also cut staff to the point where they aren’t the same as in the past. Shipping them a prepackaged PR release isn’t a bad idea. It’s a quick and dirty story for them.
AnninCA on July 6, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Too Bad Hurricane Chris wasn’t singing about Holly Berry being Taxed Enough Already!
jrab01 on July 6, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Laura, great post!
“Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Barack Obama loses his.”
maverick muse on July 6, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Let’s just say that they’re not exactly in line with what the local population believes and, instead, are more in line with what they learned in J-school and, in the case of WBRZ and The Advocate, in line with what their owner wants to hear.
teke184 on July 6, 2009 at 10:52 AM
EXACTLY!
LSUMama on July 6, 2009 at 11:14 AM
I was at the Dallas Tea Party. It was amazing. Michelle was electrifying and we had numerous other wonderful speakers. Best of all the organizers are compiling a list of companies that condone or encourage the liberal agenda. This will be sent out to all tea party participants so that we can begin to show our dissatisfaction by avoiding their products.
BTW Michelle is even more beautiful in person! (I am woman and not embarrassed to say that!) :)
Aggie85 on July 6, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Local media, especially small town papers, are usually looking for stories to report. Call your local paper before events and let them know what’s going on, or send an e-mail to the local beat reporter. They appriciate the tips and will be more likely to give you a fair shake than the bigger media.
forest on July 6, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Forgot to add that I wanted to pass on this poem. A friend sent it to me right before the tea party:
AWAKEN
One Man awake,
Awakens another.
The second awakens
His next-door brother.
The three awake can rouse a town
By turning
The whole place
Upside down.
The many awake
Can make such a fuss
It finally awakens
The rest of us.
One man up,
With dawn in his eyes,
Surely then,
Multiplies.
– Lawrence Tribble
late 1700s
Aggie85 on July 6, 2009 at 11:18 AM
If it upsets you that your local newspaper refuses to acknowledge tea parties because THEY feel they are unimportant, then stop paying for something that upsets you. Not subscribing to something that you think is misrepresenting your view points and misleading is just common sense.
volsense on July 6, 2009 at 11:18 AM
The media has collectively gone from:
“All the news that’s fit to print”
…to:
“All the news that fits, we print“
landlines on July 6, 2009 at 11:19 AM
jgapinoy on July 6, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Heh – I’m tempted to start every post from now on the way Chevy Chase used to on Weekend Update: “This breaking news just in –
Generalissimo Francisco FrancoMichael Jackson is still dead!”barnone on July 6, 2009 at 10:47
BRZ was there, with a camera. Next time there’s a protest, I’m going to take pictures of all the news organizations that are there, and splash that all over the web – with links to their non-coverage.
Laura on July 6, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Nah, it’s nowhere near too late. In fact, I’d argue it’s too early. The GOP can’t do anything right now aside from oppose what the Dems are doing. They don’t have the numbers to stop any of it if the Dems are united.
The key right now is to be vocal in their opposition and to prevent as many defections(the Porkulus Three, the Cap-and-Tax Eight) as possible. Next year when the midterms are approaching, that’s when they need to offer up effective candidates for office who can articulate conservative alternatives.
Doughboy on July 6, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Aggie85, I was manning the camera on her right (the profile shot) and I can assure you from a male perspective; she is indeed more beautiful in person. Never manned a big form camera before, but she made it REAL easy to look good doing it :))
michaelo on July 6, 2009 at 11:22 AM
The Central OR Tea Party was (I’m told) the largest in OR at 1200 people. I haven’t found any media coverage from anywhere in OR yet.
Geez, you’d think we’re Code Pink. Will we start interrupting Congress sessions or something now? Oh, wait, we’re too civil.
jdfister on July 6, 2009 at 11:25 AM
You did a great job with the camera!
Aggie85 on July 6, 2009 at 11:29 AM
The Boise Tea Party was more of a 4th BBQ with hamburgers and hot dogs. We had about 300 at any time over the 4 hours. We also got zero media.
JIMV on July 6, 2009 at 11:36 AM
My husband and I attended the Boston Tea Party that started at the Common at noon, then moved down to Columbus Park on the Harbor,close to site of the original Tea Party. Hard to tell, but we guess-timate that about 500 people attended – lots of enthusiasm, good speakers, petitionss to sign. We searched the Boston Globe for any mention, and not surprisingly, there was NONE. We were on line at Starbucks to get an ice tea and had our “Don’t Tread on Me” flag hanging out of our backpack. The woman behind us in line asked, “Is that some sort of political group?” We explained that we were attending the tea party and that this flag has its roots in revolutionary times. She had NO IDEA what a tea party even was…she said she’s from Baltimore, “a very Democratic town”….and that she believes that government’s job is just to tax and spend. We tried in the short time we had to “set her straight”, but clearly for some it’s hopeless.
4Freedom on July 6, 2009 at 11:38 AM
I got into a disagreement with a Seattle fellow, not the brightest bulb in the firmament, who sanctimoniously advised that the Washington state Tea parties resulted in 40-60 lemmings in Olympia. I fed him the dozen towns that had events, all of which he denied, some photo’s from the 500 or so who turned out in Bellingham, and then news and crowd reports from Olympia, where they had around 1500.
When I last checked into the forum, he was still in denial and waiting for the official DNC fax laundered through his leftist approved media. Till then all reports were ‘lies’…
JIMV on July 6, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Now here’s how it’s done: The Advertiser reported on the Lafayette tea party. They also mentioned some other Louisiana tea parties that did not get covered.
Laura on July 6, 2009 at 11:49 AM
We had a tea party in Greensboro GA. I would guess around 200 people attended. The organizers did a great job. There were reporters there from Athens, GA. It did make the paper.
I am not sure if this link will work. I tried.
builderswife on July 6, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Being present at the party is the same as admitting guilt to being an accomplice to aidding and abetting in conspiracy to destroying the United States of America.
Hope and Change in a new light that they refuse to see.
bluegrass on July 6, 2009 at 12:04 PM
We had about 70-100 in Nanuet, NY (Rockland County just north of NYC) and there was another not too far from there (New City, NY) but I don’t have numbers on that one. The local newspaper covered both events with some pics. The event we attended was from 12-4 and people were coming and going so its hard to say how many actually attended, but not more than 100 I think. We were at a small park near a busy intersection and there were a lot of supportive horn honkers. The only sign up attempt was a petition for Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Fed, which many people signed. I am unable to find any press coverage of the NYC event (7/1) or events in Albany, the state capitol, in their papers (i.e., NYT, Daily News, Post), although there are blogs reporting on them.
mph on July 6, 2009 at 12:06 PM
I will be at the activist training you linked to above. I hope to meet you there. I will help you email those pictures to all my BR contacts.
barnone on July 6, 2009 at 12:08 PM
The Media will avoid us, however, the choice to have tea parties in competition with the fourth was a poor decision based on emotion and not strategy.
Ed Graef on July 6, 2009 at 12:11 PM
What 4th competition? Except for the fireworks, there was no other news. No politics, limited sports, no business.
The media had nothing else to cover.
barnone on July 6, 2009 at 12:13 PM
I will be at the activist training you linked to above. I hope to meet you there. I will help you email those pictures to all my BR contacts.
barnone on July 6, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Thank you for the info I didn`t know. I will be there.
LSUMama on July 6, 2009 at 12:22 PM
barnone on July 6, 2009 at 12:08 PM
LSUMama on July 6, 2009 at 12:22 PM
I’m thinking about going.
For Steamers in other states, that training is taking place over the next few weeks in Punta Gorda (7/9), Sarasota (7/10), Richmond, Denver and Tampa (7/11), San Antonio (7/18), Baton Rouge (7/22), Dallas (7/23). It’s free, including a free lunch, and
The topics look interesting but I think the schmooze factor would be even more valuable – hooking up with like-minded people who are willing to take a day off of work in order to get more involved politically. The org putting it on is part of the Sam Adams Alliance.
Laura on July 6, 2009 at 12:43 PM
There was a big rally in the St. Louis area, in Washington, Mo. You wouldn’t know it happened by reading the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Its headline this morning was about a tattoo parlor opening in downtown.
Star20 on July 6, 2009 at 12:57 PM
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