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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 12:27 AM
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Tea Party Protests Planned (Santelli Related)
Source: 11Alive.com

ATLANTA - Tea parties are being planned for this coming Friday in more than a dozen U.S. cities, including Atlanta.

They won't be silly tea parties like the one from Alice in Wonderland, but serious demonstrations like the Boston Tea Party of 1773 that protested British taxation.

The one set for noon on the steps of Georgia's State Capitol is being planned by several local groups that recently banded together on the internet.

"The time for rhetoric is gone and it's time for action," says Debbie Dooley of Duluth. She and co-organizer Michael Mealling met face to face for the first time Tuesday.

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The grassroots protests are spreading around the country thanks, in part, to a recent on air outburst by CNBC Business Reporter Rick Santelli.



Read more: http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=127332&catid=3
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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 12:30 AM
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1. I hope they're using decaf...
I'd hate to think of what a group of caffeinated Freepers would do...
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 12:33 AM
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4. Probably like this - well maybe the decaf ones
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8 track mind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 12:40 AM
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5. That cracks me up every time i see that photo! n/t
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 12:31 AM
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2. love how they call rich whiners the "grassroots"
yeah, of crabgrass maybe.
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 03:59 PM
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11. my guess: the small group of rich whiners get major MAJOR Corp Media Establishment coverage
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GinaMaria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 10:19 PM
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13. There's an executive media producer already involved
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 12:32 AM
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3. Oh great, another Brooks Brothers revolt
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 12:43 AM
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6. meh, according to their FB page, they only have 106 participating
so far. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=57118321610

Official Sponsors for this event are:

Top Conservatives on Twitter (TCOT) ~ http://www.topconservativesontwitter.org/

Smart Girl Politics ~ http://smartgirlpolitics.ning.com/

Don'tGo Movement ~ http://www.dontgomovement.com/ (are they promoting constipation? :rofl: )

Americans For Prosperity ~ http://www.americansforprosperity.com/

FreedomWorks ~ http://www.freedomworks.org/
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CitizenPatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 12:57 AM
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7. the freeps were braying about this on digg
I left them a note reminding them not to forget their porta potties!!!

:rofl::rofl:

(remember the rally they had all the porta potties and no people???)

they dugg me down!!!! I was just trying to help!

:rofl:v:rofl::rofl:
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 12:57 AM
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8. Oh, NOW they're protesting.
Fuckers.

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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 07:40 AM
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9. it`s really amazing how ignorant these people are
Edited on Wed Feb-25-09 07:41 AM by madrchsod
using the example of the boston tea party is wrong. i guess these morans forgot to read the history of the boston tea party.

will they dress up as indians?
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 07:48 AM
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10. The Boston Breast Milk Party!

Selfish babies, who want the country to fail, are going to get together in a big rubber ducky and throw their teats overboard!
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GinaMaria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 10:18 PM
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12. This has been in the works since August
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5102005

This didn't suddenly occur. It is not spontaneous. This is a stage media stunt. Get ready to counter protest.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-09 08:57 AM
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14. What do tea bags have to do with the stimulus package? I get it's a protest, but
geez.
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-09 11:04 AM
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15. This will be strong economic stimulus
for the porta-pottie industry...

:evilgrin:
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-09 11:18 AM
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16. I guess GE Financial will be giving back their share of the bailout?
What was it? $9Billion?

No?

I heard Rick was good for the money.
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niceypoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-09 11:30 AM
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17. Let them have their little fantasy
They act like crybabies everytime they lose an election. In their pitiful minds, calling it a "tea party" somehow magically makes it patriotic. 15 or 20 Waddling, dumpy, middle aged white guys with potbellies, mullets and star spangled bandanas tied around their heads dressed as fake indians.

:rofl:
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gabby garcia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-26-09 11:32 AM
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18. being partially Native American
I would take great offense at that.
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