Here are a few pics of my family and friends that I took at the Lone Star Tea Party. . . .
According to Ian McCann at dallasnews:
GRAND PRAIRIE – With signs, American flags and yellow "Don't Tread on Me" banners by the hundreds, Tea Party activists packed QuikTrip Park for a tax day rally Thursday night.
The rally at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie was one of many tax day protests held across the U.S. on Thursday. Participants said they were protesting against a government that spends too much and reaches too far into Americans' lives.
"I don't like the way the Congress is spending our money," Vincent Bustamante of Dallas said. "We need to get people in office who are fiscally conservative. I'm trying to educate people. That's why I'm here."
Signs related to economic issues dominated the Tea Party event at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie on Thursday evening.Similar rallies across the country also attracted thousands of Tea Party supporters with conservatives speaking. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addressed an event in Austin.
Republican candidates and officials touted the tea parties, billed as a resurrection of the 1773 Boston Tea Party, as a sign their party will see a surge of support in the November midterm elections.
Although the Tea Party movement, which is not its own political party, is strongly conservative, many organizers have stressed unhappiness with Democratic and Republican incumbents alike.
At the Grand Prairie event, organizers estimated attendance at 18,000, though no count from police was available. The ballpark has a seating capacity of about 5,400, but thousands more crowded the outfield.
Speakers included talk radio host Mark Davis, who was the rally's emcee. He rebutted accusations that the Tea Party movement is intolerant of minorities, immigrants and others.
Instead, he listed things that he said he and Tea Party activists oppose.
"We will not tolerate spending so high and a debt so massive that it threatens our children's future," Davis said.
He added to that list people who disregard the Constitution and government that does things individuals should do on their own, among others. Davis also had a jab for the Republican Party.
"We will not tolerate Republicans who talk a good game ... but who betray the voters when they go to Washington," Davis said. . . . .
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Obama talking about Tea Party protesters on Thursday "You would think they'd be saying thank you, that's what you'd think". . . . .I say WTF? You are spending our great nation into bankruptcy and taxes are going to increase dramatically in the next few years and you want a thank you? I don't think so. . . . .Most people want to say "F" you NOT Thank you. . . . :) :)
It was kind of ironic as we were leaving the Lone Star Tea Party in Grand Prairie where we were standing up against excessive government spending, higher taxes and the dismantling of our constitution we had to drive past the main post office on Sylvan in Dallas. The line many miles long of cars where people were dropping off their 2009 taxes before the midnite deadline. Wonder if they were "Thanking" Obama as they were dropping off their envelopes with thousand dollar checks wrote out to the government?
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To read the full article go to:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-teaparty_16met.ART.State.Edition2.4cc6398.html
GRAND PRAIRIE – With signs, American flags and yellow "Don't Tread on Me" banners by the hundreds, Tea Party activists packed QuikTrip Park for a tax day rally Thursday night.
The rally at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie was one of many tax day protests held across the U.S. on Thursday. Participants said they were protesting against a government that spends too much and reaches too far into Americans' lives.
"I don't like the way the Congress is spending our money," Vincent Bustamante of Dallas said. "We need to get people in office who are fiscally conservative. I'm trying to educate people. That's why I'm here."
Signs related to economic issues dominated the Tea Party event at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie on Thursday evening.Similar rallies across the country also attracted thousands of Tea Party supporters with conservatives speaking. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addressed an event in Austin.
Republican candidates and officials touted the tea parties, billed as a resurrection of the 1773 Boston Tea Party, as a sign their party will see a surge of support in the November midterm elections.
Although the Tea Party movement, which is not its own political party, is strongly conservative, many organizers have stressed unhappiness with Democratic and Republican incumbents alike.
At the Grand Prairie event, organizers estimated attendance at 18,000, though no count from police was available. The ballpark has a seating capacity of about 5,400, but thousands more crowded the outfield.
Speakers included talk radio host Mark Davis, who was the rally's emcee. He rebutted accusations that the Tea Party movement is intolerant of minorities, immigrants and others.
Instead, he listed things that he said he and Tea Party activists oppose.
"We will not tolerate spending so high and a debt so massive that it threatens our children's future," Davis said.
He added to that list people who disregard the Constitution and government that does things individuals should do on their own, among others. Davis also had a jab for the Republican Party.
"We will not tolerate Republicans who talk a good game ... but who betray the voters when they go to Washington," Davis said. . . . .
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Obama talking about Tea Party protesters on Thursday "You would think they'd be saying thank you, that's what you'd think". . . . .I say WTF? You are spending our great nation into bankruptcy and taxes are going to increase dramatically in the next few years and you want a thank you? I don't think so. . . . .Most people want to say "F" you NOT Thank you. . . . :) :)
It was kind of ironic as we were leaving the Lone Star Tea Party in Grand Prairie where we were standing up against excessive government spending, higher taxes and the dismantling of our constitution we had to drive past the main post office on Sylvan in Dallas. The line many miles long of cars where people were dropping off their 2009 taxes before the midnite deadline. Wonder if they were "Thanking" Obama as they were dropping off their envelopes with thousand dollar checks wrote out to the government?
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To read the full article go to:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-teaparty_16met.ART.State.Edition2.4cc6398.html
