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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/feb/27/271405/tampa-tea-party-pour-scorn-stimulus-package/

‘Tampa Tea Party’ Pours Scorn On Stimulus Package

TAMPA - There were no tomahawk-wielding Colonials dumping boxes of English tea into the Hillsborough River, and fortunately, nobody was tarred and feathered.

But the protesters who gathered today on the steps of the federal courthouse in downtown to protest President Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus bill came with a message similar to their brethren 236 years ago: Take your tea and shove it.

“We wanted to let the people in Washington know how angry we are about the stimulus bill,” said John Hendricks, a Tampa-based consultant who organized the gathering.

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http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/02/tea_party_protest_houston.php
Lexington, Concord...and Discovery Green: The Revolution Begins

Inspired by the “Chicago Tea Party” of CNBC fame, right-wingers from coast to coast gathered to protest, um, a bunch of stuff. Creeping socialism, Wall Street, arms control, liberals in general, freeloaders... You name it, these folks are pissed about it. About 300 people (by very rough estimate) turned out to Houston’s tea party, which is ongoing until two on the hill that faces the amphitheater stage in Discovery Green.