Not to get all political on you here, but I’ve been asked about the Tax Day Tea Parties sweeping the United States today, 15 April 2009. Today is of course the dreaded due date for Income Tax in the U.S. A bunch of folks have decided to go beyond the usual gripes, stand up and be counted.
Blogger Michelle Malkin has the best background I’ve seen here.
“On Feb. 21, the grass-roots Internet group, Top Conservatives on Twitter, founded by Michael Patrick Leahy and powered by Rob Neppell, announced “simultaneous local tea parties around the country, beginning in Chicago, and including Washington DC, Fayetteville NC, San Diego CA, Omaha Nebraska, and dozens of other locations” on Feb. 27…
An Internet-based coalition spearheaded by TCOT, Smart Girl Politics, and the DontGoMovement formed to coordinate today’s Tax Day Tea Party. It is a totally unprecedented phenomenon that no Beltway GOP guru or elected leader can claim credit for. The grass-roots coalition has held open planning meetings on BlogTalkRadio every week and maintained the transparency that Washington abandoned during TARP/porkulus/budget process. They’ve spent weeks helping first-time political activists get connected, obtain permits, and learn the ropes.
Along the way, many different taxpayers’ groups, talk show hosts, individuals, and websites have stepped up to the plate to pitch in.
There’s lots more info for patriots out there even for the People’s Republic of Minnesota.
You can follow my #TCOT political tweets @JohnShepard. I’ll be attending a Tax Day Tea Party in my own back yard tonight.
Back to your regularly scheduled programming. At least ’til 5.
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A small group gathered at a local watering hole for the Slayton, Minnesota, Tax Day Tea Party, after work on April 15th . This wasn’t a large, complicated rally with professional politicians giving long speeches. A local resident took the initiative to bring together a few people to talk about taxes and spending. We talked about the impact of taxes on our farms and businesses. We talked about how Federal spending will bankrupt our children and grandchildren. We talked about an administration that calls freedom-loving Americans terrorists and ignores the perils of Islamo-fascist jihad and Sharia law in our own state. We talked as concerned citizens, with not an elected politician in sight.
Hm. Note to self. Got to get trackbacks working with this theme. Crossposted above comment at:
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