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The "tea parties" will never have any sort of impact for various reasons. One of the major reasons is that they aren't a threat to any politician's power. For example, a recent "party" on Long Island drew 300 people. However, that's a deep blue district; in the last election, the Dem won with over 100,000 votes: 70% of all votes cast. The number of people who turned out for the "party" represents just 0.2% of all who voted. Street protests rely on numbers to have an impact; all 0.2% does is show that Dem Rep. how weak his opposition is....

The grassroots organizer for the first "tea party" tax protest in Montana says that the event's success indicates the concern in Montana about taxes and spending in Washington, DC. Between 500 and 1,000 people rallied on Saturday at Depot Park in Kalispell as part of the Flathead Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party is the inspiration for the modern day demonstration and event organizers tell us the rally was a non-partisan and peaceful. Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg released a statement in reaction to the "new age" tea parties saying, "Montanans are understandably outraged at the dangerously irresponsible spending in Washington,...

No one plans to dress up like Indians and dump tea into the James River, but a few Founding Fathers will be present when anti-tax protesters gather at Kanawha Plaza on April 15 to hold a "Tax Day Tea Party." Part of a nationwide movement, Richmond organizers have recruited hundreds of volunteers to conduct skits, listen to speeches and voice protests against high taxes and big government spending. Nationally, more than 300 such rallies are scheduled on April 15, according to the National Taxpayers Union. In Virginia, "tea party" rallies also are scheduled in Abingdon, Charlottesville, Franklin County, Lynchburg, Peninsula/Newport...

Washington’s continued mishandling of the economic crisis has disquieted the electorate. The bad economic numbers, the precipitous decline in the stock market, the dramatic increase in government spending and the tax increases lying just over the horizon paint a picture of an out-of-control federal government grasping at straws in the search for solutions. snip In the case of the current crisis the blame appears to have been assigned almost totally to Obama, at least by the thousands of U.S. taxpayers attending near-spontaneous “tea parties” in protest of the Democrats agenda of more taxes, increased spending, higher deficits and a surge...

The City of Burleson received a request to close a portion of the State Highway 174 frontage road between McNairn Road and Suzanne Terrace to hold a rally entitled the “Burleson Tea Party” on Wednesday, April 15. The City’s Special Events Committee (which consists of representatives of the City’s fire, police, public works, and emergency management departments) reviews requests for street closures to determine the impact on public safety, health and welfare. That committee met on Thursday (April 2) to review the request from the group hosting the Burleson Tea Party. The committee expressed its safety concerns to representatives of...

Organizers of two "tax day tea parties" ask people not to mail tea to elected leaders, but politicians are getting plenty of tea mail anyway. Mike Biundo, a coordinator of a tea party protest April 15 in Manchester, advised supporters to send the label of a tea bag, not the bag or tea leaves. "People are fired up and they want to express themselves," he said. "We just want to make sure they do it in a responsible way." A "suspicious" white envelope of loose tea leaves prompted the brief closure Wednesday of the Manchester office of Rep. Carol Shea-Porter....

Hundreds showed up at a tea party in Cape Coral, and they were not happy. The political activists expressed their anger over taxes and what they call out-of-control government spending. Attendees wanted just three minutes to speak their mind and hear what others had to say. "We don't like what's happening to our country. We're tired. We don't want more taxes. We don't want a big government. We don't want Washington running car companies and insurance companies. They can't even run themselves," Beth Neuhausel said. Taking center stage, or stump, was the stimulus and bailouts. Mary Rakovich said, "The spending...

Spending is up 8.7%over previous year By Matthew Spina NEWS STAFF REPORTER New Yorkers howl every year about their state budget. This year it’s more visceral. State leaders are about to assault the nation’s highest-taxed state with a new round of taxes and fees. In the middle of a recession, no less. “It’s just a sad commentary on New York State that our local representatives aren’t listening to their constituents,” said Colleen C. DiPirro, president and chief executive of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce, a group with an ear to effects on the upstate economy. “I can assure you this...

Santa Ynez, CA March 30, 2009-Taxpayers from around the central coast will gather in Alameda Park in Santa Barbara on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 to send a message to leaders of both parties that the citizens of Santa Barbara County are angry with the bailouts, debt, pork projects, and reckless and wasteful spending that is rampant in Sacramento and Washington DC. As part of the national movement of Tax Day Tea Parties, tens of thousands of American taxpayers are expected to unite across the country in the spirit of the Sons of Liberty who in 1773 protested the British government...

The Sacramento River in Redding may not be Boston Harbor, but that hasn't stopped a group of locals frustrated at recent tax increases from planning their own version of the Boston Tea Party on Tax Day, April 15. "Our historic slogan is 'No taxation without representation,' " said Greg Mann, a Redding organizer with www.bostonianteaparty.com. "It seems to still ring and resonate with people today." Mann's 6 p.m. tea party at the Sundial Bridge in Redding coincides with two other anti-tax rallies to be held earlier in the day at Redding City Hall. At noon, a group organized by Teapartyday.com...

Received last night via Email. Tax Day Tea Party Issues with TaxDayTeaParty.com - Explanation Posted: 29 Mar 2009 06:44 PM PDT An international effort to shut down the TaxDayTeaParty.com website has been detected by our technical staff. Internet experts commonly call this type of attack a Denial of Service (DOS) attack. Corrective measures are being implemented, and the site should be fully accessible again within 48 hours. Unfortunately, these DOS attacks are very difficult to trace. In this case, the attacks have come from both domestic and international sources. All we know for certain at this point is that a...

The coalition responsible for the February 27 and April 15 Tea Parties has been under an orchestrated, coordinated distributed denial of service (ddos) attack since Friday, March 27. Efforts to thwart the attack continue. The attacks prevent the public from reaching the organization’s main site and prevent administrators and volunteers from updating information on the site. While the attacking IP addresses indicate locations in Russia, China, and other European and Asian locations, the attack is most likely being conducted by a United States citizen or political group opposed to the Tea Party concepts of smaller government, lower taxes, strict adherence...

BUFFALO — About 1,000 men and women encircled speakers Saturday afternoon at the Buffalo inner harbor to protest taxes and almost everything about Albany. With the USS Little Rock as a backdrop and the dilapidated Memorial Auditorium in the foreground, many people carried protest signs. An emotional Clarence man rushed up to the speaker and put $20 in protest money on the podium. Protesters were discouraged from tossing tea in the water, but a stream of citizens rushed to the stand and donated cash. “People came forward with loads of cash. I had no idea this would happen,” said Jim...

Western New Yorkers say they're up to their eyeballs in taxes. Now, they're using a party to protest proposed tax increases. It was quite a scene at the waterfront Saturday as hundreds of western New Yorkers didn't hold back criticizing what they call a floundering state government. Western New Yorkers at Saturday's tea party tax revolt had a clear message for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Governor Paterson. Tax activists, some in costume and others not, all had the same message. They're tired of dysfunctional government that they say only know one thing, raising taxes. Small business is going to...

A tea party to protest government spending and taxing is canceled. Canceled by the government. Why? They feel too many people could show-up. Lynn Rosko planned to hold a tax payer tea party at Jaycee Park in Cape Coral on April 1st. The idea was announced at a Cape Coral City Council meeting, then an e-mail blast by the Republican Party and it was mentioned in the local media. With all of that attention, the City of Cape Coral felt there could be more than 500 people attending the tea party. Therefore Rosko needed to get a permit and insurance...

As Glenn Reynolds has repeatedly noted at Tea Party Central, the media treatment of the Tea Party phenomenon has largely been a case of studied neglect. Now the picture may be changing. The Tea Parties scheduled to occur on April 15 will not go unnotced. On his FOX News show tonight Sean Hannity just announced that he will be covering the Atlanta Tea Party live on Tax Day. He will also be checking in on other such parties around the country. I hear we'll be having a good one here in the Twin Cities as well. Hannity is tapping into...

They are mad as hell at Albany and they aren’t going to take it anymore. A group of frustrated Western New York taxpayers are planning to gather Saturday in Buffalo to demonstrate their displeasure with the New York state government and its political leaders. The event - dubbed the Erie County and Western New York Tea Party - won’t actually involve any dumping of tea into Buffalo’s inner harbor, according to its lead organizer, long-time community advocate and Grand Island resident Rus Thompson. People will, however, be invited to dump their property tax bills where many of them no doubt...

A group of angry citizens showed up at the Statehouse Wednesday in hopes that state lawmakers will hear their gripes. They staged a rally called "Revolt at the Statehouse." The group turned out for a variety of complaints, most of them tax related and they have come from as far away as Hammond and Muncie. Organizations including the Libertarian Party helped coordinate the rally along with a number of internet blogs from different political viewpoints. "You've got the Pacers asking for a bailout, you've got the AIG mess and on a state level there's been little action on the big...

If you are feeling taxed enough already, you may want to lend your voice to a protest in downtown Cleveland on Wednesday, April 15. Cleveland is one of about 150 cities in the United States where Organizers of National Tea Party Day want help demonstrating a dislike for taxes. The day was picked, of course, because April 15 is the deadline to file federal income tax. The tea in the name stands for "taxed enough already" and the aim is to attract anybody who wants to vent about federal, state or local taxes. Ralph King, a self-described working stiff from...

About 500 people gathered in downtown Lexington on Saturday to protest government spending as part of a national event. The protest, in front of the Fayette County District Court, is part of the series of “Tax Day Tea Party” events occurring across the nation. Organizers have also planned protests in Bowling Green and Louisville slated for April 15, the day taxes are due. Participants at the rally displayed signs, dressed in costume and brought packets of tea, which were collected to be sent to Gov. Steve Beshear’s office. Speakers at the rally included local businesspeople, State Rep. Stan Lee, R-Lexington,...