Where are the teabag events in the Boston area?

[AllieB]

I work in the city and I was wondering if there will be a dozen or so whackadoodle freepers down by Park Street. I may have to swing by on my way to the commuter rail.

[JenniferJuniper]

1. only thing I could find:

"I was at a Tea Party yesterday in Newburyport MA. And I’m a sponsor and organizer of one of the Tax Day Tea Parties in Massachusetts on April 15th (12:00 pm at the State House, Boston)."

I'm sure it will be a ball. Or two.

[JenniferJuniper]

2. Oh, and if you do go

Don't forget your clackers.

[AllieB]

3. Thanks. I figured they'd be too chicken to stand at Park Street at rush hour.

Too many people with brown skin would scare them.

[EsotericWombat]

4. Wait... really?

They're having these BS protests modeled after the Boston Tea Party and nothing is going down at, for instance, Boston Harbor? IDIOTS!

[JenniferJuniper]

5. Can't say for sure they aren't doing something there but

I couldn't find anything but the comment about the State House meeting. Maybe someone else knows more. Or maybe they're planning a march to the harbor to do some teabagging there.

Although they are probably afraid all them MA libruls going out for walks on their lunch hour might try to push them in.

[Trigger Hippie]

6. Here's some info I found:

http://teapartyboston2009.wordpress.com/.

Should be hilarious! I may stop and take some pics. :D

[EsotericWombat]

7. Interesting

Only one mention of Boston Harbor there, and it's in the comment section, and not about dumping tea in there. HISTORY FAIL

I'm going to be there too. Actually I intend to cover it all journalist-like

[AllieB]

8. I will try to get there after work. Did you see all the 'grass roots'

that are going to be there? It's like the who's who of whiny RW nutjobs who are well-funded by RW groups. Kris Mineau of the Family Institute will be there. I would love to egg that bastard.

[JenniferJuniper]

9. David Tuerck was an economics professor of mine

I just remember sleeping through his lectures.

Wish I could make it, if just to laugh along with the crowd that will be there to watch the sad little group with their tea bags. Lunch time on the Common? Spectators galore.

[theobromophile]

15. True...

...there were a lot of high-powered speakers. I don't think that the tea party group actually paid any of them, though - they just asked them to arrive. The whole thing looked like it had an operating budget of about $1,000.

[AllieB]

17. It was funded by RW groups. Don't kid yourself.

I'm sure you enjoyed yourself.

[AllieB]

10. Did anyone go? Interested in reports because I can't seem to escape the office today.

:-)

[Trigger Hippie]

11. I stopped by and took some shots before my camera battery

conked out. Here's my shots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/get_it_while_you_can/sets/72157616734518513/



There were about 200 people with about half of them over 60. Lots of Don't Tread on Me flags and utterly ridiculous protest signs. I walked around with a huge grin on my face, just to stifle giggles. These people are soo ridiculous!

[AllieB]

12. Take away the signs and it looks like an AARP meeting.

Or a Weight Watchers meeting.

[Trigger Hippie]

13. Haha! It really did! (nt)

[David Tea]

18. Where from?

Do you think most of the tea baggers there were from Massachusetts?

[theobromophile]

14. tea party in Boston

I went. The sound system wasn't as good as it could have been; it would have been fine for a few hundred people, but not the crowd (over a thousand, at least) that showed up. Lots of moms with kids.

Michael Graham dumped tea crates into Boston Harbour - more environmentally friendly to do that and fish them out than dumping actual tea or tea bags, probably.

[AllieB]

16. are you sure? The Boston police put the number at @400.

My husband works right near there and he said it looked like 200. Bear in mind we're used of anti-war protests where thousands show up.