[Fwd: [Peace-discuss] Fw: local tea party]

[John W.]

So who actually got the ball rolling for these "tea parties", and what is
their specific goal or purpose?

John Wason


On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:07 PM, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

 Outright NeoCons like Michelle Malkin are favouring the Tea Parties which
> should at the same time cause us to wonder about the sincerity and also be
> thankful for her conversion to the truth.  Of course I see Michelle as a
> shill and most of the new-found monetary and financial policy wisdom of
> political right is simply a Reactionary response to their loss of power more
> than any real repentance.
>
> It is my opinion that as we all go to the tea parties,
> that we remember that we are not about any LEFT-RIGHT paradigms,
> false or otherwise, but that we are simply about the Truth, and that
> there really is a common enemy that lies (in more ways than one) outside
> any left-right/progressive-reactionary paradigms.
>
> We should remember that it was a bipartisan effort that brought us the
> bailouts,
> and Rahm Emanuel, Obama, Pelosi, Bush, McCain and others almost too
> numerous to count
> that brought us the bailouts despite our protestations, letters, and phone
> calls which
> they both acknowledged and dismissed.
>
>
>
>
> u**** wrote:
>
> From Bill Gorrell
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- *From:* laborhour <laborhour at yahoo.com>
> *To:* u*****@********h.net <unionyes at ameritech.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2009 1:01 PM
> *Subject:* local tea party
>
>   *d****,
>
> thom hartmann, great progressive radio talk show host, suggests that
> lefties try to coopt these tea parties by bringing our messages to the
> participants.  This would not be counter-demonstrationing or disrupting the
> "tea parties."  Instead, we just show up with our signs like "tax the rich,"
> "break up the banks," "raise the minimum wage," "stop corporate welfare,"
> etc. and participate.  The idea is that people attending may see our points,
> as many of them may be disaffected people who don't really know what's
> going.  Moreover, there should be media coverage of the event.
>
> Get this out to your extensive list of contacts.
>
> Solidarity,
> bill gorrell
>
> What follows is a partial list of Illinois Tea Parties.  More parties and
> info is at taxdayteaparty.com/teaparty/illinois/
>
> City:* Champaign / Urbana
> *When:* April 15, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
> *Where:* 400 W. University Ave., West Side Park
>
> *City:* Bloomington
> *When:* April 15, Noon
> *Where:* Old Courthouse
>
> *City:* Effingham
> *When:* April 15, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
> *Where:* Pavilions at Lake Sara Beach just past Cardinal Golf Course
>
> *City:* Chicago
> *When:* April 15, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
> *Where:* Kluczynski Federal Building Plaza, 230 S. Dearborn
>
> *City:* Springfield
> *When:* April 15, 12:00 pm
> *Where: *Illinois State Capitol<http://www.meetup.com/Springfield-Illinois-9-12-Project/venue/912554/?eventId=10027481&popup=true>,
> 2nd and Capitol
>
>
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