Don’t Tread on Them (NY Times speaks - Tea Party/Tax Revolt links and updates)

The New York Times ^ | April 7, 2009 | Lawrence Downes

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Not glowering sky nor mud nor threat of hailstones sufficed to deter about 300 souls from massing on the sodden village green in Northport, N.Y., that afternoon.

They were a band of like minds bent on dire provocations seldom witnessed in the harborside hamlet on Long Island Sound. It was a day for brandishing signs, shouting imprecations and donning silly clothing: tricorn hats and breeches, bonnets and petticoats. A few carried pitchforks, the better to jab the message home. We good farm folk are fed up and will be silent no more.

Their enemy: a tyrannical government heedless of the people’s will and blind to its manifold injustices. Their tactic: a Boston-style tea party, a symbolic rebellion for times that once again are trying men’s souls.

Tea parties are a recent phenomenon, spawned in the red-meat districts of right-wing talk radio and cable TV. It was strange to see the rebels reach Northport, whose antiques ’n’ potpourri Main Street, with a half-dozen empty stores, could use a little federal stimulus.

But down at the park gazebo, the green lawn was rumbling with grass-roots anger. Actually, its grass-rootiness was highly debatable. What were the citizens angry about? The stimulus? Not really, said one organizer. He had problems with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Laws impeding capital formation. “Indict Charlie Rangel,” said a sign. “Lowlife Obama!” roared a man in the crowd, causing giggles.

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Updates and links downthread.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223920/posts
Attacking The Tea Party Movement

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223858/posts
Another Update on the Orange County, NC Tax Day Tea Party

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223729/posts
Tea Party Flyers

[abb]

http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=18622
Locals Protest Obama Policies

http://www.beaufortobserver.net/Articles-c-2009-04-06-233426.112112_TaxDay_Tea_Parties_are_coming_to_a_location_near_you.html
Tax-Day Tea Parties are coming to a location near you

[2ndClassCitizen]

The nyt article was dripping with sarcasm and deriding the people at the event.

If this were a group of liberal people, the article would describe the event completely differently. The libs are definitely hate-filled against anything that disagrees with them.

[fortunate sun]

How wonderfully condescending of them to take note. Obviously “Pinchie Boy” has left his bathhouse buddies to come up for air.

[abb]

http://pasadenasubrosa.typepad.com/pasadena_sub_rosa/2009/04/pasadena-tea-party.html
PASADENA TEA PARTY

http://www.htrnews.com/article/20090407/MAN0101/904070550/1984/MAN04
Protesters mad about taxes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/06/anti-tax-tea-party-protes_n_183814.html
Anti-Tax Tea Party Protests Nationwide: What You Need To Know

http://www.theunion.com/article/20090407/NEWS/904069967/1024/NONE&parentprofile=1056
Jeff Ackerman: Just my cup of tea — a state job inspecting fruit

http://blogs.kansascity.com/unfettered_letters/2009/04/time-for-a-tea-party.html
Time for a tea party

http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/cgi-bin/c2.cgi?053+article+News.Local+20090406173832053010
Tea Party to protest government spending

http://www.enctoday.com/news/toward_44814_nbsj__article.html/liberty_made.html
Philosopher says progress being made toward liberty

http://www.themonitor.com/news/mcallen_25098___article.html/common_tea.html
Local conservatives finding common ground over tea

http://www.cantonrep.com/business/x1098988864/-Tax-Day-Tea-Party-set-for-April-15
‘Tax Day Tea Party’ set for April 15

[abb]

From the last graf of the article.

Too bad hardly anyone noticed.

They made him look, didn't they? And write about it in the NY Times, lol.

[Red_Devil 232]

Bob Beckel appeared on Fox News yesterday morning to sneer at the nationwide event. He derided tax revolters in Montana, joking that ‘It was a good thing it wasn’t a vodka party, because I guarantee you they all had guns.

[Lockbox]

How wonderfully condescending of them to take note. Obviously “Pinchie Boy” has left his bathhouse buddies to come up for air.

Maybe the NYT and GM can get a discount if they fill for bankruptcy together.

Side note, hey Keller, how's that Danfur thing working out?

[mware]

Bob Beckel appeared on Fox News yesterday morning to sneer at the nationwide event. He derided tax revolters in Montana, joking that ‘It was a good thing it wasn’t a vodka party, because I guarantee you they all had guns

I will wager you some Duke or Lord across the pond was saying the same thing, (except it was whiskey instead of vodka) back in 1776.

[Canedawg]

“Tea parties are a recent phenomenon, spawned in the red-meat districts of right-wing talk radio and cable TV”
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If talk radio is in the red-meat district, is The Slimes from the sushi district?

[abb]

http://www.enewscourier.com/local/local_story_096212016.html
Taxpayer Tea Party set for April 18

http://amcongop.blogspot.com/2009/04/shadegg-to-attend-tea-party.html
Shadegg to Attend Tea Party

http://montereycoteaparty.blogspot.com/
The next Monterey Co. TEA (”Taxed Enough Already”) Party will be held on April 15th from 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. in Monterey at “The Window On The Bay” park located on Del Monte Ave. across from Lake El Estero (Camino El Estero) and right before the Monterey Wharf.

http://thelibertysphere.blogspot.com/2009/04/leftwing-saboteurs-threaten-tea-party.html
Leftwing Saboteurs Threaten Tea Party Protests

http://www.nationalrepublicrat.com/sacramento-tea-party-be-there-we-will/
Sacramento Tea Party - Be There, We Will…

http://theglennbeck912project.com/2009/04/07/will-you-be-joining-glenn-in-attending-the-san-antonio-tea-party-on-april-13th/
Attending a Tea Party? Volunteers needed to help.

http://earlcapps.blogspot.com/2009/04/charleston-tea-party-report.html
Charleston Tea Party report

http://bfnnetwork.com/node/209749
Brevard Tea Party coming to the Space Coast on April 19th

http://lstaxdayteaparty.blogspot.com/2009/04/google-maps-2009-tea-parties.html
Lee’s Summit Tax Day Tea Party

http://kcmogop.blogspot.com/2009/04/because-i-havent-posted-this-info-in.html
KC Tax Day Tea Party

http://southbaytaxdayteaparty.typepad.com/south-bay-tax-day-tea-party/2009/04/common-sense.html
South Bay Tax Day Tea Party

http://houstontps.org/?p=139
More Tea Party TV

http://intheupstate.net/will-tea-parties-lead-to-the-tea-party/
Will TEA Parties lead to The TEA-Party?

http://mcallenteaparty.blogspot.com/2009/04/calling-for-help.html
Calling For Help!!!

http://www.cnycentral.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=283416
Tea Party protest coming to Syracuse area

http://bcsteaparty.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/the-american-form-of-government/
Bryan/College Station Tea Party

http://godlesscapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/04/atlas-shrugged-and-tea-party-revolts.html
Atlas Shrugged and the Tea Party Revolts

http://www.americanconservativedaily.com/2009/04/jessica-hughes-invites-you-to-attend-the-nacogdoches-texas-tea-party/
Jessica Hughes invites you to attend the Nacogdoches Texas tea party

http://www.redstate.com/mutnodjmet/2009/04/06/pelosi-office-tea-party-415-san-diego-tea-party-411/
Pelosi Office Tea Party (4/15); San Diego Tea Party (4/11)

http://elkcoteaparty.blogspot.com/2009/04/tea-party.html
Tea Party
There are two tea party rallies planned for Goshen and at least one in
Elkhart.

http://www.wakelp.org/2009/04/tax-day-tea-party.html
Tax Day Tea Party
Come party like it’s 1773 at the State Capitol Building (East Side) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Look for the LPNC table under the Liberty Penguin Flag.

http://thenewtj105.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/new-location-for-west-tennessee-tea-party/
NEW LOCATION For West Tennessee Tea Party

http://centristatheart.blogspot.com/2009/04/west-chester-tea-party-highlights.html
West Chester Tea Party highlights

[SkyPilot]

Typical NY Slimes double standard.

It sees in this mess a "noble throng"......

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http://orulibertarians.blogspot.com/2009/04/tax-day-tea-party.html
There will be a Tulsa Tea Party on April 15th that we would encourage everyone who supports limited government to go. Here is some information on the rally:

http://blogonsc.com/archives/1016

Tea Parties Cannot Be Stolen By GOP
Tea Party Events Need To Be Independent Events

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http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20090407/OPINION03/904070325/1014/OPINION
Zanesville Tea Party

http://www.dailyuprising.com/blog/dailydissent/santa-barbara-county-tea-party-observation-photos/
Santa Barbara County Tea Party Observation and Photos

[sergeantdave]

Lawrence Downes dabbed rouge on his sunken cheeks and checked his lipstick in the mirror. He had a heavy date with Boxcar Barney to spray “I Love Obama” graffiti on the walls of the Kennedy Center. The miniature purple-dyed poodle in his fruited purse whimpered.

“Hush, Marilyn. Here’s a nice piece of tofu to munch on.” Lawrence brushed a piece of tofu from his Che bikini top and adjusted the replica Pict chain-mail hung around his waist.

“These right wingers in their hats look so funny,” he said to himself. Then he wrote: “The tee parties is a cymbal of krazy rite-wingers and their asledged greevances with peeple and them all sorts of polytikal polices in the Obama whitehorse.”

The sentence didn’t look right. That word “whitehorse” looked strange. No matter, the city editor could correct any mistakes. Besides, he couldn’t read and Obama knew where he lived anyway.

Lawrence adjusted the pink needles hanging from his eyelids and squirted engine oil on his head to tamp down an unruly lock of orange hair.

[Jimmy Valentine]

"Bob Beckel appeared on Fox News yesterday morning to sneer"

Beckel is one of the great smirkers and sneerers operating.

He needs to be reminded of what happened in the year 2000 when he openly talked about turning electors to Gore from Bush.

The push back was so huge that he actually ran away for about two weeks. He called the head of the Republican Party to ask to have "the dogs called off."

[Man50D]

It was strange to see the rebels reach Northport, whose antiques ’n’ potpourri Main Street, with a half-dozen empty stores, could use a little federal stimulus.

Only to socialists would someone who defends the Constitution and seeks to reverse government expansion be considered a rebel.

[Rockiette]

I understand the NYT’s is losing readership and the stockholders are furious, they want Pinch and his effete mob to leave the paper, they said he and his fellow morons are ruining the bottom line and they demand that he leave. Capitalism raises it’s attractive head and will finally rid the world of Soro’s loving, America hating scum who have run out of time.