Baton Rouge, State Capitol (Photo Geauxlouisiana)
Posted on 09/01/2009 6:23:35 PM PDT by GVnana
Thousands attend tea party protest in ABQ
A vocal crowd of over a thousand people gathered near Montgomery and Louisiana Boulevard in Albuquerque Wednesday to protest the federal government's spending habits.
Retired teacher Yvonne Estrada gave up her bowling night to join thousands of other New Mexicans Wednesday who turned out to voice their concerns about the economy and the federal government's spending habits.
Estrada says she's worried about where America is headed. She joined a march of several hundred people along a busy Albuquerque street during rush hour. Her sign read, "I am not your ATM." Estrada says she wouldn't have any money in her checking account if she ran things the way Congress does.
Organizers of the event say about 3,000 people showed up to express their opinion about the government.
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Video at link.
(Excerpt) Read more at kob.com ...
(Don't be thrown off by mentions of Montgomery. That's the name of the street!)
Momentum is definitely building!
“Organizers expected a big turnout and they got one.”
Ping.
Thousands turn out in Albuquerque, New Mexico? The liberal, Democrat, L.A. of the southwest? Govenor Bill Richardson!
Thousands! I have died and woke up in Heaven!
Check out the video. We’re winning.
about 3,000 people showed upThat's a lot of Albuquerqueians.
I love the anchor accentuating “THOUSANDS”. LOL!
Maybe some NM’ers can confirm this but I have heard a lot of old time Mexican-Americans who have been citizens for a long long time or parents and grandparents were born in the USA who live in NM do not like Obama.
A lot of these people are long time Dems and they really do not like O.
Great turnout and a great job by those who showed up.
I watched the video! I’m ecstatic! Really! If we are winning in Albuquerque, we are winning the war!
The Voice Of America Rally - Sept 5th, 2009
RSVP for the Event here!
*3621 RSVP’s as of 8/31*
Vitals
Date: September 5, 2009
Schedule:
12:00pm - Onsite Parking Opens
1:00pm - Music begins, food and merchandise vendors begin
3:00pm - National Anthem
3:05pm - Speakers/Town Hall Program Begins
6:00pm - God Bless America/Event Ends
Location: Voice of America Park Museum, 8070 Tylersville Road, West Chester Ohio
Parking: Parking locations will include a mixture of onsite locations, area businesses and schools. We will have and encourage the use of shuttles running from Hope Church, Lakota East High School and Lakota West High School. We are asking for $2 per adult to help offset some of the cost of the shuttles. VOA Onsite parking will be available for $5 for the purchase of a MetroParks pass if you do not already have one. Handicap parking will be available onsite along with the VIP Parking. Please reference the map and list of parking locations below.
Check out the MAP
VOA Handicap Parking - Entrance off of Tylersville Rd East of Cox Rd
VOA VIP Parking Pass Holders - Entrance off of Tylersville Rd East of Cox Rd
VOA Onsite parking at Metroparks enter via Cox/VOA Dr
Hope Church Shuttle - 4934 Western Row Rd Mason, OH 45040
Lakota West High School Shuttle - 8940 Union Centre Blvd West Chester, OH 45069
Lakota East High School Shuttle - 6840 Lakota Ln Liberty Twp, OH 45044
West Chester Medical/UC Physicians - University Dr West Chester, OH 45069
Other Details: No seating will be provided except in the VIP and food court tents. No alcohol is allowed or served. Please be considerate of others and do not bring large items that would block the view. Signs are permitted and encouraged!
Entertainment 1:00pm-3:00pm
Jim Klosterman (as Uncle Sam)
Dan Rivers
The Anntones
Speakers 3:00pm-4:45pm
Meteorologist Rich Apuzzo
Honduran Immigrant Harleen Holland
Cancer Survivor, Activist, and Houston Tea Party Member Tracy Miller
Physical Therapist and Small Business Owner Chris Orecchio
Ohio Freedom Alliance's Jason Rink
Dayton Tea Party Founder Rob Scott
Author Thomas Tabback
Cincinnati Tea Party Founder Mike Wilson
Lawyer, Grassroots Activist, and Candidate for Indiana's 9th District Todd Young
East German Immigrant Harald Zieger
Town Hall 4:45pm - 6:00pm
Submit a Question for the Town Hall!
Elected Officials Invited to Town Hall
(Green are attending, white have not responded, red have declined)
House Republican Leader John Boehner Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Congressman Geoff Davis Congressman Mike Pence
Congressman Steve Driehaus Congresswoman Jean Schmidt
Congressman Baron Hill Ohio Governor Ted Strickland
Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate John Kasich Congressman Mike Turner
T.P.’ers are Socialists?
L0L!
I'm working on it.
Baton Rouge, State Capitol (Photo Geauxlouisiana)
WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Odumbas* is probably getting all wee weed up as the protests grow and his poll numbers continue to tank.
Thousands? Wow!
Wonder what we'll have when the busses hit the South?
There were thousands of people there and very little media coverage.
Of course the actual attendance was under reported by 90%.
Thats why there needs to be a way to foolproof counting a crowd.
Just put up a balloon with a camera and input the photo into a PC equipped with the proper software and the days of the COMMIE PRESS MANIPULATING CROWD SIZE DATA ARE OVER.
The press report said 3000, are you saying there were 30,000 there?
I was talking bout BR.
I lived in El Paso for a year while my son was deployed to Korea, and was pleasantly surpised at how many of the the “old-time Mexican American” residents of EP were quite conservative, and NOT AT ALL happy about ILLEGAL immigrants pouring across the border and demanding all the perqs of being citizens of this country. They also did not like the idea of our country becoming a nation “under Government”, instead of “under God”!
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