Tea Party Anyone????

[caren66]

As some of you may have seen on another link of this board I announced I was leaving this group based on lack of communication and the lack of desire for our participation. Upon further discussion with friends today they have encouraged me to try this one more time.

There is just too much going wrong in our country right now to sit on the sidelines. It appears that more people are beginning to see the light and have a big desire to participate in a tea party on the fourth of July. It will also prove to the much of the mainstream media that we have staying power and April 15th wasn't just a fluke - that we are serious and the politicians will need to pay attention to us. It is imperative that we keep up the pressure so that everyone turns out to the voting booths in 2010 - we need to save whatever we can of the country as we know it today.

Since the organizers here aren't willing to tell us anything, I am proposing that we start planning our own Fourth of July Tea Party. My concern is that we only have 3 weeks to arrange something and that is not alot of time.

The General Manager where I work has offered to let us use a large piece of land with a pond on it in Ft. Lauderdale. It is located off of State Road 84 (Marine Mile), so it is convenient from 95 and 595. Since it is private property no permits would be required. I don't know if it would even be possible to come up with sound system, speakers etc.

I have never been involved in something like this before and aren't even sure what direction to head in. Is anyone interested? Does anyone else have any ideas or suggestions? Is there anyone out there that would be interested in setting up an organizational meeting ASAP?

This is my last shot, I can't sit by and do nothing and really don't feel like traveling to West Palm.

Thanks,
Caren

[anna]

I am a very recent member and I have been surprised by the lack of info. regarding what the tea party is organizing. I didn't know we were planing to go to Palm Beach.

I too am horrified by what is happening and I don't know how to get things started, but I will come to your Ft. Lauderdale spot. Question: Does a protest on private property give us any visibility?

There are loud speakers that work on batteries which are fairly loud, but I don't have access to any of these.

I wanted to read the Declaration of Independence out loud and then brainstorm together and write our own, about all of the things that we feel are being wrongly handled by Obama and his crew.

I don't think that I've been very helpful, but I've tried.
Anna

[caren66]

Thanks Anna - you give me hope and I am glad you responded. I have been feeling frustrated and by myself lately. I am hoping that maybe this line of communication might be enough to get a response of some sort from the organizers of the Tea Party that was suppose to take part in Hollywood.

I know it's private property but I fear that it is too late to get permits for anything else at this location. If we get responses and think people are interested we could go forward with setting this up and notify the radio, tv and print media about the time, date and location. I really don't know the legal issues involved but would assume as long as the property owners agreed it would be OK for the press to come there. I really don't see any difference from the press coming to the Federal Building or to a piece of property??

The group itself wasn't planning on going to Palm Beach that was my backup plan. That group seems very organized for the 4th and are also offering a chartered plane to go to Washington for 9-12 which is more than is happening on this site.

Thanks again for responding

[annette]

I agree,I'm haviving troublr getting info. Maybe something is wrong with this site. Lets not give up. I'm ready to fight for our country and am ready for a rocking 4th of July teaparty. Lets get together and get planning!! Our great country is at risk of being destroyed and it's up to us to protect it. Our elected officials seem to have their heads in the sand.

[joelender]

Build a better mouse trap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Remember - your protest must be conspicuous or it is of no positive use.
If it is - always count me in.

[chiefez]

We just continue on. We have a rally every Saturday at Oakland Park Blvd & Federal Hwy. Last Saturday we were also at the quickly called "rain" rally at the Federal Building on Broward Blvd. This week we will be at the Broward Federal Building on Broward again. We continue to get new participants. Last week two joined our rally and today I spoke with another person who said they were going to show tomorrow. There have been decent turnouts for the legislature office holders rally in their districts. These small rallies do not need to be large to garner support and get new protesters. I have noticed that the public response (horn blowing and waving) to our rallies has continued to get better and better. It will be interesting to see how large our gathering is tomorrow and how the other groups do. There are other projects taking place as well. We cannot bring about change in Washington until late next year but we can continue to support those candidates we like . One stop-gap measure being addressed and worthwhile supporting is the 10th Amendment Sovereignty issue.