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

[John W.]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:37 PM, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

 The tea party thing started up again 16 December 2007 in Boston with group
> of Ron Paul backers
> who reorganized as the "Committees of Safety" in July 2008 and had a major
> meeting
> in Boston Fanueil Hall on 14 December 2008.
>
> The present round of TeaParties got started in Seattle by
> conservative-libertarian blogger LibertyBelle who organized a
> President's day protest of the "Stimulus" bill on 16 Feb 2009.  It was at
> this point that Michelle Malkin picked up on
> the Seattle Tea Party and she and others started publicizing it.  There was
> another anti-stimulus protest in Mesa AZ a couple of
> days later, and then Rick Santelli's rant from Chicago, calling for a
> Chicago Tea Party.  Obama's press secretary Gibbs(?) attacked
> Santelli personally which activated the opposition.  The use of Twitter and
> Facebook brought together people from different
> ideological backgrounds, libertarian, conservative, paleocon, anarchist,
> etc.
>
> There was a significant turnout for several "teaparties" at different
> locations on 27 Feb 09 coinciding with the CPAC in WDC.
>
> There are presently several different groups organizing nation-wide
> teaparties for 15 April 09.
>

Well, all the ones I've heard anything about have involved
conservatives/libertarians who simply don't want to pay taxes.  I saw photos
of the Mesa, AZ protest, and with only one exception the signs were all
profoundly ignorant.  Example:  "President Obama, where's my big-screen
plasma TV?"  Rick Santelli is certainly someone I wouldn't want to be
associated with in any way.

In sum, when one group wants no stimulus of any kind, while another group
recognizes the need for a stimulus but isn't happy with the way in which the
stimulus has been handled to date, I fail to see how the two groups could
meaningfully do a coordinated protest.

John




> John W. wrote:
>
> 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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