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In a growing trend all around the country, thousands of angry citizens are taking to the street in protest of President Obama’s out of control spending and march toward socialism. The latest protest happened today in Cincinnati, Ohio and drew an estimated 4,000 people according to police. We can all thank CNBC reporter Rick Santelli for his rant against Obama and inspiration to begin demonstrating publicly against Obama’s policies which reward failure and punish the rest of us.
Video report from WKRC in Cincinnati:
Report from WLWT:
CINCINNATI — Thousands of Tri-State residents gathered Sunday on Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati to voice their opposition to government spending bills recently signed by President Barack Obama.
The group called itself the Cincinnati Tea Party, modeled after the Boston Tea Party of 1773.
Many of the demonstrators carried signs with slogans that said, “Honk if I’m paying your mortgage” or “Stop spending my allowance.” Some even wore tea bags on their hats to make their point.
Cincinnati police estimated the crowd at 4,000 people. Many who spoke with News 5 Sunday afternoon said they’re angry, including Rep. Jean Schmidt.
“I bet there’s 5,000 people here and they’re mad, just as I’m mad. They have a right to be mad at the unbridled spending that’s happening in Washington,” said Schmidt.
Protesters argued that the government shouldn’t be spending money it doesn’t have and they fear taxes and deflation will follow.
“The money you have now will be worth half as much next year, if they keep spending this money. They’ve got to stop spending this money,” said Mike Sparks.
Protestors signed a petition rejecting the stimulus package. Organizers said they planned to gather again on April 15 and march the petition to city hall.
Hooray for these people that they aren’t afraid to speak against The One. People aren’t going to sit idly by Obama and the Democrats in congress march us to socialism and cause horrendous inflation.
Their feelings are mirrored around the country by everyone who pays their mortgage and didn’t overspend yet is now paying pay irresponsibility. Furthermore, those of us who rent are even more ticked off since we chose to rent rather than buy a home we couldn’t afford yet we’re now paying someone else’s mortgage because they lived beyond their means.
There have been dozens of these “Tea Parties” around the country in the last couple months and they’re only growing every month. I applaud their efforts and hope it increases in size and volume.
Check out Tea Party Revolution for protests happening in your area. The next big day is April 15th, for obvious reason.
Update
Promo video for the “Tax Day Tea Party” on April 15th:
Update
A montage of reports from around the country:
Guest submitted video – excellent summary:
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Nate…..Will I be seeing you in Annandale on April 25th?
I’m a resident of Northern Virginia also!
Unfortunately April 15th is a Wednesday so I won’t be able to attend. Anything that happens on a weekend my wife and I would definitely be there covering it for the site.
If you attend the DC event you should write up a story on it for us all.
Nate …….The “Tea Party in Annandale Virginia is April 25th which falls on a Saturday.All the other Virginia events are on Wednesday the 15th of April.
Hey D.D Mao, let me look into this and get back to you! If its a Saturday Nate and I will probably be out there with our tea bags!!!
Hey, did you buy a mega ticket for the Nissan Pavilion country concerts this summer? We will be there tailgating!!! You know that’s were us conservatives go to chill with like minded people.
CG……..We’ve been to Nissan many times but this year because of my in-laws health problems we are just playing our schedule by ear and not making any long term plans.Also enjoy Wolftrap but it seems they have the people we like during the week where you have to get up for work the next day……Bummer!
I was surprised to see on the American Tea Party site that many, many parties are being scheduled for April 15th! There were even SEVEN scheduled in CALIFORNIA! Who knew there was a conservative or sane person in California?? *LOL*
There’s an email circulating around telling people to send a teabag to the White House between April 1st and 15th. There’s an addendum to that saying send only the tea bag labels with a note because of USPS regulations and scanning machines. I think I’ll send a bunch of labels with the note saying, “I’m only sending the labels because I can’t afford to give away my tea anymore.”
The ammended idea on the tea bag mailing that I’ve heard recommended is to take a photo of a tea bag and send that. Obviously it’s all about creativity. Still though realize that there is an throng of people in some off-site warehouse in DC wading through and filtering the mail that is sent. For all we know they could all just be scanned and digitally forwarded to your Congressman and/or President (I don’t think the Surpeme Court has receives fan mail). This then avoids the Antrax Congress contamination scares of the past.
BTW a group of photographers and videographers collaborated on producing the following Cincinnati Tea Party & Glenn Beck Rally video just released this weekend. This photo essay refutes the media characterization that the crowd was ‘hostile’ as it was very much family friendly and ‘professional types’ attended. It’s not to say that non-desirable types weren’t at this open public event. It just isn’t that they were but a insignificant fringe element. Funny how the reporter zeroed in on this though and ignored the majority crowd.
http://www.youtube.com/wa.....gHp6XbxKsQ Hope you enjoy this ‘labor of love’ creation.
912rMedia, thank you for this link. Great video, and I’m posting it as a third update to the article, so anyone who wants can view it right here on You Decide Politics!!
I hate tea – won’t drink it, even though I’m southern and iced tea is the “house wine of the south”. So I have plenty of tea bags I don’t mind sharing with Obama at all. *L*