Burleson Tea Party is about taxes (Tea Party/Tax Revolt updates and links)

Ft. Worth Star-Telegram ^ | April 8, 2009 | Bud Kennedy

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The Republic of Texas movement is coming to protest in Burleson next week.

So are "Citizen Patriots" who want to "take the fight" and promise "a coming storm."

So are Ron Paul supporters and John Birch Society activists obsessed with the Illuminati conspiracy, the Trilateral Commission and anything that smacks of a global economy.

They’re coming for their own little Tea Party.

From its beginnings as an anti-tax protest for people who don’t understand how much of our North Texas economy depends on federal spending, the April 15 event has evolved into a festival for the fringe.

Not all Tea Party events are run by cultists and conspiracy hobbyists.

But guess who’s coming to Burleson?

While mainstream Republican Party leaders will run the protests in Fort Worth and Weatherford — even promoting them as party events — the Burleson protest seems like a third-party event bashing both Democrats and Republicans.

Larry Kilgore of Mansfield, a former Constitution Party candidate now calling for Texas independence and running for governor in the 2010 Republican primary, said the Burleson Tea Party is on his side.

"They’re my supporters, and they support Texas secession," he said. "The United States is leading us down the wrong road. The only way to freedom is Texas secession."

That’s a surprise to Rex Russell of Burleson, president of the local Republican club and billed as the keynote speaker for the rally April 15 at the Burleson Commons shopping center.

"I got an e-mail from somebody asking me to speak," he said. "I don’t know these folks."

But he said the Burleson protest is nonpartisan.

"It’s about the fact that too much government and too much spending is going to get us in trouble," he said.

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[freekitty]

They always used the law as an excuse. They are nothing but crooks and something could be done about it; but they don’t want to.

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http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090408/ARTICLES/904089956?Title=Police-name-arrested-protesters
Police name arrested protesters

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http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou090408_jj_sugar-land-tea-party.b6d976ca.html
Woman protesting government spending

http://www.lakeshoretimes.com/articles/2009/04/08/rowlett_lakeshore_times/news/9938.txt
Rowlett residents organize TEA Party to protest taxes

http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-598-libertarians-like-protests-too.htmlhttp://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-598-libertarians-like-protests-too.html
Libertarians Like Protests, Too

http://www.kbmt12.com/news/local/42700252.html
Tax Protestors Planning “Tea Parties” in Southeast Texas

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_040809/content/01125112.guest.html
ACORN Can’t Stop Tea Parties

http://community2.myfoxorlando.com/_Tea-Parties-Liberals-revolt/BLOG/236678/72667.html
Tea Parties.. Liberals revolt!

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http://www.klkntv.com/global/story.asp?s=10153235
Tea Party To Be Held In Lincoln

http://scvtalk.com/2009/04/08/regarding-that-scv-tea-party-planned-for-next-week/
Regarding that SCV Tea Party planned for next week…

http://whenthegoinggetsweirdthetoughturnpro.blogspot.com/2009/04/indianapolis-tea-party-details.html
Indianapolis Tea Party Details

http://tulsateaparty.blogspot.com/2009/04/minority-of-one.html
A Minority of One

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http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12100982
Protesting with tea bags a bad idea in post-9/11 D.C.

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http://www.luminanews.com/article.asp?aid=4048&iid=161&sud=30
City Hall under siege

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“Police sharpshooters watched the protesters from downtown rooftops.”

Good lord! (shaking head)

Thanks so much for keeping us all informed ab!

[Holicheese]

Its kind of cool to find out that there were snipers there.
This was the kind of crowd that would have brought them coffee because it was cold.
My neighbor works for the marshalls. He was there “under cover”. There may have been some folks trying to score some Ciallis in the crowd or maybe trying to illegally cash their Social Security checks or something.