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The Tea Party--It's origins and what it stands for

Many people know of the Tea Party but few actually know how it came to be. Because it is such a threat to liberals the (Harry Reid) have made strong attempt to besmirch the organization. But Diane Rufino, a member of the Eastern N. C. Tea Party has pulled some information together into a sucinct article that we think accurately portrays how the Tea Party came to be. Here's Diane's account: by Diane Rufino, July 29, 2011 [http://forloveofgodandcountry.wordpress.com ]

It is said that the Tea Party movement started with a rant by Rick Santelli, of CNBC, on the trading floor of CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) Group in Chicago on Feb. 19, 2009 but the real truth is that it started even before that.

Of course we all know that the Tea Party movement started many years ago, on December 16, 1773, with a simple act of civil disobedience in rejection of a small tax on tea - "a 3 pence." On that evening, approximately 100 "radicals" from Boston, members of a secret organization of American Patriots called the Sons of Liberty, dressed up as Mohawk Indians, boarded three East India Company ships, and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party would have as a direct consequence (albeit in 1775) the firing of the first shots of the Revolutionary War.... and soon, our independence from a tyrannical ruler.

Just as John Adams commented that the American (tax) revolution was in the hearts of the colonists even before a drop of blood was spilled at Lexington - "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution" - our current (conservative, tax/spend) revolution has been in the hearts and minds of ordinary hardworking folks even before Barack Obama took office.

Conservative voters were already questioning why banks were being bailed out (Bush signed a $700 billion plan to bail out banks), why were billions of their tax money being spent on government programs, and why were they willingly saddling their children with government debt.

Then when Obama was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2009, he quickly appointed people (czars) like Larry Summer and Tim Geithner to his team who were all seen as people who were part of the problem.

Anti Obama Tea Party Protest causes Fuss | Handphone information

Anti Obama Tea Party Protest causes Fuss Posted in category: News at: July 29, 2011 by admin

Critics of President Barack Obama marked national tax day Wednesday with “tea party” protests that Republicans are calling the birth of a grassroots opposition, but Democrats dismiss as a fraud.

Initially small crowds gathered under blustery skies in Washington, New York and Boston to protest taxes, government bailouts, and Obama’s big-spending budget proposals.

Organizer Eric Odom said protests would take place across almost 800 cities in a “new day for the freedom movement.”

The demonstrations, styled on the famed 1773 Boston Tea Party revolt against British colonial taxes, came as Americans rushed to meet the annual deadline for filing income tax returns.

Protests featured teabags, iced tea and other tea-related props, complete with a planned re-enactment of the original dumping of tea into Boston harbor.

But despite the catchy theme, there were questions about whether the scattered, mostly Republican forces would be able to make an impact, let alone achieve the six-figure turnout predicted by Odom.

For now, Obama’s far-reaching economic policies, including a 787-billion-dollar anti-recession stimulus package, have broad support.

A USA Today/Gallup published Wednesday found a majority of Americans favor Obama’s expansion of the government’s role in the economy, at least for now.

In Washington, up to 1,000 people gathered mid-morning near the White House with placards including “Stop Big Government” and “Taxation is Piracy.”

“My money is disappearing,” said one protester, Marilyn Henretty 70, a retiree. “We are tired of being taxed without representation.”

On New York’s Staten Island, about 100 people waved flags and placards. “Read my lipstick: no new taxes,” one read.

Several dozen people in Boston rallied, footage from CNN television showed.

Protests were also scheduled across Democrat-dominated California, including on Los Angeles’ famous Santa Monica Pier.

“What is happening now is unfair,” said Alice Broich, who was organizing a protest in Palm Springs. “When you see mom and pop businesses going under and people losing their homes while these big businesses and CEOs are getting bailed out, it’s wrong.”

Dick Armey, chairman of the conservative Freedom Works group, described the tea parties as “the shot across the bow as taxpayers defend themselves against out of control government spending.

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