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“Two Trillion Tons and Deeper In Debt”

Modern version of the famous song "Sixteen Tons".  Download, listen, laugh, cry … and pass it on to those that voted for our evil government. Apologies to Tennessee Ernie Ford, although I am sure he would approve of this modern version.

"Two Trillion Tons and Deeper In Debt "

Tax Day TEA Party count nearing 2,000 U.S. cities

Tax Day TEA Party count nearing 2,000 U.S. cities

April 04, 2009 12:10 am Eastern By Chelsea Schilling © 2009 WorldNetDaily

Mainstream media may run, but they can’t hide from protest tidal wave.

While WND has been tracking 400 individual tea parties across the nation, the American Family Association has announced its count is nearing 1,600 – for Tax Day alone.

The AFA, planned to coordinate 1,000 Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties to be held at 12 p.m. on April 15 in front of city halls across the nation.

But the group is pleasantly surprised as is stands to double that goal before Tax Day is here.

"Our goal was to have a TEA party in 1,500 cities. We are nearly 100 cities above our goal and still growing," said Donald E. Wildmon, AFA chairman.

The AFA sponsored TEA parties are in addition to hundreds of parties planned by other groups. Taxpayers are also organizing tea parties for Independence Day and various Saturdays so people with conflicting work schedules may attend.

Meanwhile, a Google Maps list shows several locations of citizen tea parties – so many that the United States is nearly hidden behind a sea of blue markers.

Wildmon said the protests are essential because the government’s reckless spending is burdening America with insurmountable debt.

"The runaway spending by President Obama and Congress will have a definite negative effect on our families," he said. "We are leaving a debt of trillions of dollars to be paid by our grandchildren and great-grandchildren."

The organization launched a Tea Party Day website so volunteer organizers may register their protests with AFA . The website also provides a list of other protests across the nation that are not organized by AFA .

Tell Congress to stop spending America into the ground! Sign the WND petition demanding lawmakers stop the bailouts, stimulus bills and march toward socialism and national destruction.

Michael DePrimo, special counsel to AFA President Tim Wildmon, told WND that AFA has been inundated with e-mails from citizens who want to attend or organize tea parties in their own cities.

"We’re trying to get people to attend these and we’re also encouraging others if there is no tea party in their community to start their own," he said. "All we’re trying to do is really generate activity to try to try to get people to attend these rallies to really send a message to Washington."

The group encourages tea party attendees to bring a cell phone and call the president, 202-456-1414, and Congress, 202-224-3121, while attending the rallies.

While many mainstream media outlets have provided little to no coverage of the nation’s numerous tea parties so far, DePrimo said the growing movement is proof that Americans no longer need them to launch a widespread revolution.

"I think the media does whatever the media choose to do," he said. "We’re all aware that the media have a liberal bias. I suppose if it’s big enough, they will report on it. If they think it really may spur some change in Washington that the media elites don’t want, they may ignore the story altogether."

De Primo continued, "The good news is that with the Internet , Facebook, texting and with all the ways we can communicate today, we don’t necessarily need the mainstream media anymore. The message can get out without them."

WND has also launched its own tea party forum so citizens may exchange ideas, information and announcements about the "revolution." After reviewing various website protest listings and e-mails from many readers, WND found 400 tea parties scheduled for upcoming months and compiled one of the most complete lists on the Internet. Here are some scheduled tea parties:

Alabama

Auburn University – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Samford Lawn

Birmingham – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Veteran Park on Highway 17 Valledale Road

Huntsville – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., vacant lot (lot k) across the street from Clinton Avenue post office

Decatur – Saturday, March 28, at the Rhodes Ferry Park, (also known as River Park)

Mobile – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the USS Alabama battleship

Montgomery – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Alabama Statehouse located at 11 South Union Street

Springdale – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in downtown Springdale, exact location to be determined

Trussville – Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., location to be announced

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the quad, 1000 University Blvd.

Alaska

Anchorage – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., federal building in Anchorage

Wasilla – Wednesday, April 15, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wasilla Lake

Arizona

Bullhead City – Wednesday, April 15, at 6 p.m., location to be announced

Lake Havasu City – Wednesday, April 15, at 5:30 p.m., London Bridge

Phoenix – Wednesday, April 15, at 6 p.m. at capitol building

Prescott – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Courthouse Square

Tucson – Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in front of Joel D. Valdez Main Library on 101 N. Stone Ave.

Arkansas

El Dorado – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Fayetteville – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Fayetteville Square

Little Rock – Wednesday, April 15, at 3 p.m., Arkansas state capitol

Monticello – Wednesday, April 15, time to be announced, at Monticello Town Square

Mountain Home – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Town Square

Paragould – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Rogers – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., downtown Rogers, Frisco Stage

S pringdale – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

California

Atascadero – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Sunken Gardens on El Camino Real

Bakersfield – Wednesday, April 15, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., courthouse at the Liberty Bell

Chico – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., city plaza in downtown Chico

Citrus Heights – Wednesday, April 15, from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., intersection at Greenback Lane and Sunset Boulevard

El Cajon – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Post Office, 401 Lexington Ave.

Escondido – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., 403 N. Escondido Blvd.

Eureka – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., county courthouse, 5th and I Street

Fresno – Wednesday, April 15, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., SaveMart Center at Fresno State University, at Shaw and Highway 168

Glendale – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., 613 East Broadway

Hollister – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., corner of San Benito and 4th St.

Los Angeles – Saturday, July 4, from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Santa Monica Pier

Los Angeles – Wednesday, April 15, at 1 p.m. at Santa Monica Pier, 101 Colorado Ave.

Los Angeles South Bay - Redondo/Manhattan Beach – Wednesday, April 15, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Marine Field followed by a march to Jane Harman’s office on Rosecrans and Continental

Merced – Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at University of California, Merced in the academic quad

Modesto – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 1010 10th Street

Napa – Wednesday, April 15, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Mike Thompson’s Napa District office, 1040 Main Street

Norco/Eastvale – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Limonite/15 and Sixth St./15

Oceanside – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Oceanside City Hall, 300 N. Coast Highway

Orange County - Santa Ana – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Plaza of the Flags, Santa Ana Civic Center - behind the Superior Court building bounded by Flower Street, Santa Ana Boulevard and Civic Center Drive

Pasadena – Saturday, April 11, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 100 N. Garfield Ave.

Rancho Cucamonga – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., 12300 Foothill Blvd.

Redding – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay

Redlands – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., intersection of Redlands Boulevard and Orange Street, downtown

Sacramento – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at state capitol building on L Street

San Bernadino – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. from Meadowbrook Park to Joe Baca’s Office, 201 N. "E" St.

San Diego – Saturday, April 11, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., West Basin on N. Harbor Dr. across street from airport, Spanish Landing Park

San Diego – Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. post office at Sports Arena Midway, 2535 Midway

San Diego - North County – Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. post office at 11251 Rancho Carmel Dr.

San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valley – Wednesday, April 15, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Van Nuys Civic Center Plaza - 6200 Van Nuys Blvd. near the courthouse

San Francisco – April 1 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Civic Center Park, one block from Nancy Pelosi’s office at 450 Golden Gate Ave.

San Francisco – April 15 at 11 a.m., meet at Civic Center Park in front of city hall. March will start at San Francisco City Hall and go to federal building where Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office is located..

San Jose – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at IRS offices at 55 S. Market Street, across the street from Saint Joseph’s Cathedral

San Mateo – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at corner of South El Camino Real and 31st Street in front of Hillsdale Shopping Center

Santa Ana – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., tentative location at Santa Ana Civic Center

Santa Barbara – Saturday, April 4 at 2:30 p.m., meeting at Santa Barbara County Courthouse

Santa Monica – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Santa Monica Pier, 100 Colorado Ave.

Santa Rosa – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa Ave, between 3rd and 4th Street

Stockton – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Weber point, downtown Stockton, Center Street

Temecula – Wednesday, April 15, 11 a.m., Duck Pond

Ventura – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., sidewalks adjacent to Ventura County Government Center

Victorville – Wednesday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., corner of Bear Valley Rd. and Cottonwood Ave.

Yucaipa – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Yucaipa Boulevard and Oak Glen Road

Connecticut

Hartford – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., north steps of state capitol

New Haven – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Long Wharf, I-95, Exit 46

Norwich – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Marina Area near gazebo

Ridgefield – Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m. at Ballard Park

Stamford – Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m. at 96 Broad Street (Starbucks/library location), corner of Broad and Bedford

Colorado

Colorado Springs – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at city hall, 107 North Nevada

Denver – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the west steps of the capitol, 200 East Colfax

Grand Junction – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 12th Street and North Avenue

Fort Collins – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Fort Collins City Hall, 300 Laporte Ave.

Loveland – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Hwy 287 and Hwy 34

Delaware

Dover – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be announced

Georgetown – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., circle in Georgetown

Laurel – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be announced

Florida

Crestview – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Main Street in front of courthouse

DeLand / Daytona Beach – Wednesday, April 15 at 12 p.m., city hall

Eustis – Wednesday, April 15 at 12 p.m., Ferran Park, downtown

Ft. Lauderdale – Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., federal building, 299 East Broward Boulevard

Fort Meyers – Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Centennial Park

Fort Walton Beach – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Fort Walton Beach Landing

Inverness – Saturday, April 18 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., at the old historical courthouse, One Courthouse Square

Jacksonville – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., either Jax Landing or Friendship Fountain

Lakeland – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Kryger Overlook Park (Lake Mirror), one block from city hall

Live Oak – Wednesday, April 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Millenium Park

Melbourne – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., city hall

Miami – Wednesday, April 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be announced

Naples – Sunday, April 5 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Fleischmann’s Park across from Coastal Mall at the gazebo, seating available for elderly and disabled

Naples – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Pine Ridge Road and U.S. 41

New Port Richey – Wednesday, April 15 time and location to be announced

Ocala – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., downtown at the square

Orlando – Saturday, March 21, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the amphitheater at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando

Orlando – Wednesday, April 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be announced

Palm Beach – Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., location to be announced

Panama City – Wednesday, April 15 from 3 p.m. to dark at Sherman Avenue Post Office

Pensacola – Wednesday, April 15 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at downtown courthouse, Palafox Street and E. Garden St.

Port Richey – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Gulfview Square Mall, at southwest corner of U.S. 19 & Embassy

Port Saint Lucie – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.at the IRS building at 7410 South U.S. Highway 1

Punta Gorda – Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Gilchrist Park, 400 W. Retta Esplande

Saint Augustine – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., Historic downtown, at Castillo De San Marco’s Park grounds on the Bayfront

Sarasota – Wednesday, April 15 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Ed’s Tavern Main Street Lakewood Ranch

Stuart – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.,main post office, Johnson Street

Tampa – Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Gaslight Park, downtown Tampa

West Palm Beach – Wednesday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be announced

Tallahassee – Thursday, March 17, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., 400 South Monroe

Tallahassee – Thursday, March 19, at 5 p.m. at the Leon County Commission Chambers, 5th floor, Courthouse

Venice – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Gazebo-Centennial Park on West Venice Avenue

Vero Beach – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., county administration building

Georgia

Atlanta – Wednesday, April 15 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.at the capitol building located at 206 Washington St.

Atlanta – Saturday, July 4, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the capitol building located at 206 Washington St.

Augusta – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Leesburg / Greater Lee County – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Lee County Courthouse

Macon – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Rosa Parks Park, downtown

Gainesville – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., downtown Gainesville

Richmond Hill – Wednesday, April 15, from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., at old Kroger parking lot at corner of Hwy 144 and Hwy 17

Savannah – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be announced

Warner Robbins – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be announced

Hawaii

Hilo – Wednesday, April 15, at 4 p.m., at Hilo bayfront at King Kamehameha Statue

Honolulu – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the state capitol building

Maui – Wednesday, April 15, from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Kaahumanu Avenue at intersection with Kahului Beach Rd.

Idaho

Boise – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., at the state capitol building

Burley – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Overland Bridge over the Snake River just off exit 208

Coeur d’Alene – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Walt Minnick’s office, 1900 Northwest Blvd.

Idaho Falls – Wednesday, April 15, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., downtown Idaho Falls

Rexburg – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Teton River bridge, by Jack in the Box and Albertson’s, 459 N. 2nd E

Illinois

Urbana – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be determined

Champagne/Urbana – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. location to be announced

Chicago – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Daley Plaza Civic Center at 50 Washington St.

Chicago – From Saturday, July 4, at 7 p.m. to Sunday, July 5, at 5 a.m. at Belmont Harbor on Lake Shore Drive

Lisle – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. the community park

Peoria – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 p.m. to 2 p.m. at parking lot of Peoria Public Library

Rockford – Tuesday, April 14, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., on banks of the Rock River behind Rockford Public Library

Springfield – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., Illinois state capitol, 2nd and capitol

Indiana

Anderson – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Bloomington – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. outside the Shower’s building, corner of W 8th St. & N. Morton St.

Columbus – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Elkhart – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Elkhart City Square, Main Street, between High Street and Franklin Street, bounded by Waterfall Drive

Evansville – Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m., Evansville Civic Center

Fort Wayne – Saturday, April 18 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. downtown at Courthouse Square on Main Street

Indianapolis – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in downtown Indianapolis, exact location to be announced

Lafayette – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., pedestrian bridge over the Wabash River downtown

Iowa

Bettendorf – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., 2023 Ridgeway Court

Davenport – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at 4th and Main Street (in front of office of Rep. Bruce Braley D-Iowa)

Des Moines – Saturday, April 11, at 2 p.m.,west lawn of state capitol building

Iowa City – Wednesday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Burlington Street Bridge

Kansas

Manhattan – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Triangle Park on Anderson

Overland Park – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Johnston Community College

Salina – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Salina County building, 300 W. Ash

Wichita – Wednesday, April 15, from 4:15 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wichita post office on West Harry Street, north of airport, bring homemade sign

Kentucky

Bowling Green – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Henderson – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., in front of city hall, 20 North Main Street

Louisville – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Jefferson Square (tentative location), 10th and Jefferson St.

Lexington – Saturday, March 21, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Robert Stevens Courthouse Complex, 150 North Limestone

Paducah – Wednesday, April 15, time to be announced, at riverfront

Louisiana

Alexandria – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. downtown ampitheater on the Red River

Baton Rouge – Wednesday, April 15, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the steps of the capitol building

Covington – Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m. at the Trailhead by the Reagan statue

Lake Charles – Wednesday, April 15, at 5 p.m. at Lake Charles Civic Center on Lakeshore Drive

Mandeville – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 :30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Mandeville lakefront

New Orleans – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. near the giant American flag at the Veterans Memorial, intersection of Causeway Blvd. and Veterans Blvd.

Shreveport – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at downtown Shreveport Riverfront

Maine

Augusta – Wednesday, April 15, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Capitol Park

Bangor – Wednesday, April 15, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in front of federal courthouse

Maryland

Annapolis – Wednesday, April 15, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Campbell Park on the dock/boardwalk at Annapolis Harbor

Frederick – Wednesday, April 15, 3 p.m. at city hall

Salisbury – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at downtown Salisbury

Massachusetts

Boston – Wednesday, April 15, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at City Hall Plaza

Boston – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m. at Ivy Restaurant at 49 Temple Place

Boston – Saturday, July 4, from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Griffin Harbor on Congress Street Bridge

Lowell – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at JFK Plaza / Lowell City Hall

Newburyport – Saturday, March 28, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., 60 Pleasant St., City Hall

Worcester – Wednesday, April 15, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Lincoln Square (in front of the auditorium)

Michigan

Bancroft – April 11 from 9 a.m. to sundown at Camp Stasa, 7963 Cork Rd.

Jackson – Wednesday, April 15, at 6 p.m., Oaks Park, birthplace/first convention of the Republican Party

Kalamazoo – Wednesday, April 15, from 4p.m. to 6 p.m., federal courthouse, W. Michigan Ave.

Lansing – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Michigan State Capitol, 100 N Capitol Ave

Port Huron – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at in front of Grove Mall at the end of I-94, Pine Grove between Garfield and Sanborn

Sault Ste. Marie – Wednesday, April 15, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Ashmun St. near the Power Canal

St. Paul – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at capitol

Minnesota

Duluth – Wednesday, April 15, at 12:15 p.m., Harbor Drive (behind the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center)

Milaca – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Rochester – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., east side of Silver Lake, 840 7 St. NE

St. Paul - Twin Cities – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Minnesota state capitol

Mississippi

Greenwood – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Gulfport – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Jackson – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., in downtown Jackson, exact location to be determined

Jackson – Saturday, May 16, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.on the steps of the capitol building

Missouri

Jefferson City – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., state capitol, 201 W. High Street

Joplin – Wednesday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., location to be determined

Kansas City – Wednesday, April 15, at 4 p.m., Liberty Memorial

St. Louis – Wednesday, April 15, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be determined

Sikeston – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 p.m. to 2 p.m., downtown

Montana

Missoula – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., downtown Missoula, exact location to be announced

Billings – Saturday, July 4, location to be announced

Billings – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., post office on 27th street, just off I-90

Bozeman – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., downtown Bozeman

Kalispell – Wednesday, April 15, time to be announced, downtown

Missoula – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., location to be announced

Nebraska

Lincoln – Wednesday, April 15, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., location to be announced

North Platte – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., where hwy 83 crosses the South Platte river

Omaha – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Douglas County Courthouse, 17 and Farnam

Nevada

Carson City/Reno – Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 101 N. Carson Street in front of state capitol building and Supreme Court

Las Vegas – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., at sidewalk across from Sunset Post Office at 1001 E Sunset RD

New Hampshire

Manchester – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., Victory Park

New Jersey

Flemington – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., northwest corner of Main Street and Court Street

Morristown – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., the Green in Morristown

Newark – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., visiting Sens. Lautenberg and Menendez offices, Gateway Center One, 782 McCarter Highway

Trenton – Wednesday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at New Jersey State House, 125 W. State St.

Piscataway – Wednesday, April 15, at 6 p.m., location to be announced

New Mexico

Albuquerque – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., Independence Grill, 6910 Montgomery Bllvd.

Farmington – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., Farmington Museum and Visitor’s Center, 3041 E. Main

Hobb s – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Las Cruces – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be announced

Santa Fe – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Silver City – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., Gough Park

New York

Albany – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Corning Preserve

Buffalo – Saturday, March 28, at 2 p.m. at the Terminus of the Erie Canal

Buffalo – Saturday, April 18, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., 199 Deleware Ave

Corning – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., Centerway Square

Fishkill – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Doug Phillips Park

Gardiner – Wednesday, April 15, from 64 p.m. to 8 p.m., the Rail Trail, Route 44/55

New York – Wednesday, April 15, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., location to be announced

New York – Saturday, July 4, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at South Street Seaport and Pier 17

Riverhead – Wednesday, April 15, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Riverhead Riverfront

Rochester – Wednesday, April 15, at 11 a.m. at Genesee Crossroads Park

Rome – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Fort Stanwix

Staten Island – Tuesday, March 31, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., 265 New Dorp Lane

Staten Island – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., Rep. Michael McMahon’s office, 265 New Dorp Lane at corner of Edison Street

Syracuse – Wednesday, April 15, time to be announced, federal building

North Carolina

Asheville – Wednesday, April 15, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., in front of the Asheville City building and the Buncombe County Courthouse

Charlotte – Saturday, April 4, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Marshall Park (uptown Charlotte)

Charlotte – Wednesday, April 15, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., City Hall lawn at 600 E. Trade Street

Edenton – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Edenton Courthouse Green, Court and Water Streets

Elizabeth City – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., sidewalk in front of Pasquotank County Courthouse, 206 E. Main Street

Fayetteville – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., Liberty Point Resolves Marker, Corner of Bow and Persons Street

Franklin – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., town gazebo in downtown Franklin

Greensboro – Wednesday, April 15, location and time to be announced

Hillsborough, Orange County – Wednesday, April 15, county courthouse or parking lot of old Wal-Mart on Churton St.

Morehead City – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Parkway Shopping Center (near K-Mart)

Raleigh – Wednesday, April 15, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the state capitol building on East Edenton Street

Rutherford – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Rutherford County Courthouse lawn

Smithfield – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Winston-Salem – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Winston Park Square

North Dakota

Bismark – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., federal building, 220 E. Rosser Ave

Ohio

Ashland – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Fin Feather and Fur, 652 U.S. HWY 250 near the 250/71 interchange

Ashtabula – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Ashtabula County Courthouse

Canton – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown Canton, exact location to be announced

Cincinnati – Saturday, March 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Fountain Square at the corner of Fifth and Vine Streets

Cleveland – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Public Square, downtown Cleveland

Columbus – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 7:20 p.m., Statehouse on High and Broad

Dayton – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in downtown Dayton, exact location to be announced

Mansfield – Wednesday, April 15, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Central Park Gazebo

Medina – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Medina Town Square

Tiffin, Heidelberg University – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on campus

Toledo – Wednesday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., location to be announced

Wauseon (Fulton County) – Wednesday, April 15, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Fulton County Courthouse

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at state capitol step

Tulsa – Wednesday, April 15, from 11:25 a.m. to 1:25 p.m. at Tulsa City Hall, 175 E. 2nd

Oregon

Astoria – Wednesday, April 15, at 5:30 p.m., post office on 750 Commercial. Meet at corner of 2nd and Marine Drive @ 5 p.m., we will park there and walk to post office

Beaverton – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., location to be announced

Bend – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in downtown Bend at Troy Field on Bond Street.

Dalles – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., location to be announced

Eugene – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., location to be announced

Grant’s Pass – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Klamath Falls – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., Veterans Memorial Park

La Grande – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

M edford – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Oregon City – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., location to be announced, call 503-998-6299

Portland – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., location to be announced

Roseburg – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Salem – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at capitol building, in the park

Tillamook – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., location to be announced

Spokane – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at capitol building, in the park

Pennsylvania

Allentown – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., location to be announced

Erie – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:15 p.m. to 7 p.m.at Republican Party headquarters, Perry Square, downtown Erie

Harrisburg – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m. west steps of capitol building

Lancaster – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Musser Park in Lancaster City on corner of Lime and Chestnut Street

Matamoras – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Mid-Delaware Bridge (Port Jervis-Matamoras Bridge), Pennsylvania Avenue

Meadville – Wednesday, April 15, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Arch Street U.S. post office

Philadelphia – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at downtown Philadelphia, exact location to be announced

Philadelphia – Saturday, April 18, at 10 a.m. at at Penns Landing Waterfront, meet with signs and poster

Philadelphia – Saturday, July 4, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Independence Hall

Pittsburgh – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at downtown Pittsburgh, exact location to be announced

Pittsburgh – Saturday, April 11, at 12 p.m. at Allegheny Landing

Sharon – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., downtown Sharon, on the bridge overlooking the river on State Street

West Chester – Saturday, April 4, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., on corner of High Street and Market Street

Wilkes-Barre – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Market Street Bridge

Rhode Island

Providence – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at state capitol steps (city side across from Providence Place Mall)

Warwick – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. location to be announced

South Carolina

Charleston – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Old Customs House building, East Bay St. and Market St.

Columbia – Wednesday, April 15, from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at state house, 1101 Gervals Street

Myrtle Beach – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Chapin Park, 1600 N. Kings Hwy

South Dakota

Sioux Falls – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Terrace Park, Coval Lake (free lunch and entertainment)

Tennessee

Brownsville – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., Brownsville Courthouse

Chattanooga – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Ross’ Landing (downtown behind aquarium)

Clarksville – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Agriculture Pavilion, Clarksville/Montgomery County Fairgrounds

Cookeville – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Courthouse Square

Franklin (Williamson County) – Wednesday, April 15, 6 p.m., location to be announced

Hendersonville – Wednesday, April 15, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., location to be announced

Kingsport – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Memorial Park, Fort Henry Drive, across from D.B. High School

Knoxville – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.,downtown, World’s Fair Park, 525 Henley Street

Lewisburg – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Rock Creek Park on Farmington Road

Martin – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Memphis – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Audobon Park

Mt. Juliet – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Charlie Daniels Park, 1038 Charlie Daniels Parkway

Murfreesboro – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., 111 East Main Street at the square

Nashville – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., location to be announced

Somerville – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., meet outside courthouse in Somerville on hwy 64 side

Springfield – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., downtown Springfield on the square

Tullahoma – Wednesday, April 15,4:30 p.m., South Jackson Civic Center, 404 S. Jackson St

Wartburg – Wednesday, April 15, 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Wartburg Courthouse

Texas

Abilene – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., post office on Pine Street

Alpine – Wednesday, April 15, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Railroad Park, E. Holland Ave

Austin – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on south steps of state capitol building

Austin – Saturday, July 4, time and location to be announced

Amarillo – Saturday, March 28, 11 a.m., Randall County Annex, I-27 & Georgia

Amarillo – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., Potter County Courthouse and 6 p.m. at post office

Arlington – Wednesday, April 15, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., location to be announced

Beaumont – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., U.S. post office, Walden Road

Belton – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Confederate Park, at park and rife on I-35 Frontage Road on Nolan Creek. Participants are asked to bring a tea bag and poster.

Boerne – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Main Plaza

Brownwood – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wendlee Broadcasting parking lot, 600 Fisk

Bryan / College Station – Wednesday, April 15, 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tanglewood Park, 3900 Carter Creek Parkway

Brazoria City – Wednesday, April 15, time to be determind, Angleton, County Seat (likely by the Steven F. Austin Memorial Statue) call 979-319-5911

Burleson – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., across the street from Wal-Mart, 951 S. W. Wilshire Blvd.

Corpus Christi – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., location to be announced

Dallas – Saturday, July 4, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Victory Park

Dallas – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., location to be announced

Dallas – Wednesday, April 15, from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Dallas City Hall

Denton – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Courthouse on the Square, 110 W. Hickory

El Paso – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be announced

Floresville – Wednesday, April 15, at 7 p.m. at courthouse

Fort Worth – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., location to be announced

Fort Worth – Saturday, July 4 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cowtown Bar & Grill

Gonzalez – Wednesday, April 15, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., 820 St. Joseph Street

Houston – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. across street from downtown post office

Huntsville – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. post office on 11th Street

Kerr County – Friday, April 24, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Guadalupe River at Louise Hays Park pavillion, speakers, barbecue, please feel free to bring children

Kerrville – Wednesday, April 15 at 11 a.m. at Kerrville County Courthouse at 700 Main Street

Lockhart – Wednesday, April 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Lockhart Courthouse, 110 S. Main

Longview – Wednesday, April 15 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Gregg County courthouse lawn

Lubbock – Wednesday, April 15 5 p.m., Gazebo at the county courthouse, Broadway and Texas Avenue

Marble Falls – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., rotary flagpole in Lakeside Park

McAllen – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Midland – Saturday, April 18, 10 a.m., Vietnam memorial at Midland International Airport, local and state politicians will be present with "open mic" time for citizen

Nacogdoches – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.at downtown square

New Braunfels – Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., gather around local plaza and down Main Street into town

San Antonio – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be announced

San Angelo – Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m., Tom Green County Courthouse

Seabrook – Wednesday, April 15, 6 p.m., Clear Lake Park

Sherman – Wednesday, April 15, 10 a.m., Grayson County Courthouse lawn

Sugar Land – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sugar Land City Hall at Town Square

Waco – Saturday, July 4, time and location to be announced

Woodlands – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., location to be announced

Tyler – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., location to be announced

Utah

Provo – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., post office (East Bay), 210 East 900 South

Salt Lake City – Wednesday, April 15, downtown Salt Lake City, 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at federal building plaza, 125 South State Street — also — 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at post office in Salt Lake City, 1795 W. 2100

St. George – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Vermont

Montpelier – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., State House Lawn

Rutland – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., downtown Rutland, Main Street Park, sign waving begins at 4 p.m.

Virginia

Abingdon – Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m., the site where the Kings Mountain Men met in 1780 in Abingdon

Annandale – Saturday, April 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike

Charlottesville – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., downtown mall by the pavilion

Franklin County – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., in front of the Franklin County Courthouse, 40 East Court Street, Rocky Mount

Lynchburg – Wednesday, April 15, 6 p.m., downtown - waterfront

Peninsula / Newport News – Wednesday, April 15, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oyster Point City Center

Richmond – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Kanawha Plaza in downtown Richmond, 8th and Canal Street

Reston – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Lake Anne Village Center, 1609 Washington Plaza

Richmond – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., location to be announced

Roanoke – Wednesday, April 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Along Roanoke River, Wiley Drive, near footbridge at the old Victory Stadium site

Virginia Beach – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Central Plaza, Towne Center (across from Sen. Webb’s Office)

Rutland – Wednesday, April 15, downtown Rutland, exact time and location to be announced

Washington

Anacortes – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m, corner of 12th and Commercial Avenue, call 360-293-7044

Bellingham – Wednesday, April 15, from 4p.m. to 6 p.m, Guide Meridian near Bellis Fair Parkway

Everett – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Kennewick, Richland, Pasco – Wednesday, April 15, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., John Dam Plaza, located between George Washington Way and Jadwin Avenue, north of Knight Street

Mt. Vernon – Wednesday, April 15, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. on corner of College Way and Riverside Drive (1 block from freeway exit)

Olympia – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m. on the capitol steps

Seattle – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., Westlake Park by the arch, 410 Pine St., downtown Seattle

Spokane – Wednesday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., location to be announced

Spokane – Wednesday, April 15, from 4:30 pm to 6 p.m., Spokane Convention Center on Spokane Falls Blvd.

Vancouver – Saturday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Clark County Courthouse lawn

Yakima – Wednesday, April 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., west side of Yakima County Courthouse

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Lafayette Park

Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Washington, D.C. – Saturday, July 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Upper Senate Park adjacent to Capitol building on north side

West Virginia

Beckley – Wednesday, April 15, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at large fountain on Neville Street, across from university book store

Charleston – Wednesday, April 15, 12 p.m., at state capitol

Martinsburg – Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m, on square between Queen and King Street

Wheeling – Wednesday, April 15, time and location to be announced

Wisconsin

Appleton – Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Fox Banquets, 111 E. Kimball

Fort Atkinson – Wednesday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., municipal building, Main Street

Madison – Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at state capitol

Milwaukee – Wednesday, March 25, 9 a.m., Wisconsin State Fair Park

Wyoming

Cheyenne – July 4, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the state capitol building

Cody – Wednesday, April 15, time to be announced, Cody City Park, Corner of Sheridan and 9th / Beck and 9th

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National TEA Party Day - April 15

National TEA Party Day - April 15

On April 15, be part of the Taxed Enough Already (TEA) party rally in your community.

On the day you pay your taxes, Wednesday, April 15, join others across the country and in your hometown who will be participating in TEA party rallies in front of their city halls.  The TEA party rally will begin at 12 noon. See this video - the momentum is growing!

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Are you fed up with a Congress and a president who:

  • vote for a $500 billion tax bill without even reading it?
  • are spending trillions of borrowed dollars, leaving a debt our great-grandchildren will be paying?
  • consistently give special interest groups billions of dollars in earmarks to help get themselves re-elected?
  • want to take your wealth and redistribute it to others?
  • punish those who practice responsible financial behavior and reward those who do not?
  • admit to using the financial hurt of millions as an opportunity to push their political agenda?
  • run up trillions of dollars of debt and then sell that debt to countries such as China?
  • want government controlled health care?
  • want to take away the right to vote with a secret ballot in union elections?
  • refuse to stop the flow of millions of illegal immigrants into our country?
  • appoint a defender of child pornography to the Number 2 position in the Justice Department?
  • want to force doctors and other medical workers to perform abortions against their will?
  • want to impose a carbon tax on your electricity, gas and home heating fuels?
  • want to reduce your tax deductibility for charitable gifts?
  • take money from your family budget to pay for their federal budget?

If so, participate in the TEA party rally, the Taxed Enough Already (TEA) party.

Bring your cell phone and call Congress and the president while attending the TEA party rally (Representative and Senators, 202-224-3121; President, 202-456-1414). Tell Every American about this effort by forwarding this invitation to your friends.  Together we can make a difference.

National Tea Party Day

“Not Yours To Give” Col David Crockett On Bailouts

Col. David Crockett, US Representative from Tennessee
Originally published in "The Life of Colonel David Crockett," by Edward Sylvester Ellis .

One day in the House of Representatives a bill was taken up appropriating money for the benefit of a widow of a distinguished naval officer. Several beautiful speeches had been made in its support. The Speaker was just about to put the question when Crockett arose:

"Mr. Speaker–I have as much respect for the memory of the deceased, and as much sympathy for the sufferings of the living, if suffering there be, as any man in this House, but we must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for a part of the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. I will not go into an argument to prove that Congress has not the power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right, as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right so to appropriate a dollar of the public money. Some eloquent appeals have been made to us upon the ground that it is a debt due the deceased. Mr. Speaker, the deceased lived long after the close of the war; he was in office to the day of his death, and I have never heard that the government was in arrears to him.

"Every man in this House knows it is not a debt. We cannot, without the grossest corruption, appropriate this money as the payment of a debt. We have not the semblance of authority to appropriate it as charity. Mr. Speaker, I have said we have the right to give as much money of our own as we please. I am the poorest man on this floor. I cannot vote for this bill, but I will give one week’s pay to the object, and if every member of Congress will do the same, it will amount to more than the bill asks."

He took his seat. Nobody replied. The bill was put upon its passage, and, instead of passing unanimously, as was generally supposed, and as, no doubt, it would, but for that speech, it received but few votes, and, of course, was lost.

Later, when asked by a friend why he had opposed the appropriation, Crockett gave this explanation:

"Several years ago I was one evening standing on the steps of the Capitol with some other members of Congress, when our attention was attracted by a great light over in Georgetown. It was evidently a large fire. We jumped into a hack and drove over as fast as we could. In spite of all that could be done, many houses were burned and many families made houseless, and, besides, some of them had lost all but the clothes they had on. The weather was very cold, and when I saw so many women and children suffering, I felt that something ought to be done for them. The next morning a bill was introduced appropriating $20,000 for their relief. We put aside all other business and rushed it through as soon as it could be done.

"The next summer, when it began to be time to think about election, I concluded I would take a scout around among the boys of my district. I had no opposition there, but, as the election was some time off, I did not know what might turn up. When riding one day in a part of my district in which I was more of a stranger than any other, I saw a man in a field plowing and coming toward the road. I gauged my gait so that we should meet as he came to the fence. A s he came up, I spoke to the man. He replied politely, but, as I thought, rather coldly.

"I began: ‘Well, friend, I am one of those unfortunate beings called
candidates, and—

"Yes I know you; you are Colonel Crockett. I have seen you once before, and voted for you the last time you were elected. I suppose you are out electioneering now, but you had better not waste your time or mine, I shall not vote for you again."

"This was a sockdolager…I begged him to tell me what was the matter.

" Well , Colonel, it is hardly worth - while to waste time or words upon it. I do not see how it can be mended, but you gave a vote last winter which shows that either you have not capacity to understand the Constitution, or that you are wanting in the honesty and firmness to be guided by it. In either case you are not the man to represent me. But I beg your pardon for expressing it in that way. I did not intend to avail myself of the privilege of the constituent to speak plainly to a candidate for the purpose of insulting or wounding you. I intend by it only to say that your understanding of the C onstitution is very different from mine; and I will say to you what , but for my rudeness, I should not have said, that I believe you to be honest.
But an understanding of the Constitution different from mine I cannot overlook, because the Constitution, to be worth anything, must be held sacred, and rigidly observed in all its provisions. The man who wields power and misinterprets it is the more dangerous the more honest he is.’

" ‘I admit the truth of all you say, but there must be some mistake about it, for I do not remember that I gave any vote last winter upon any constitutional question.’

“ ‘No, Colonel, there’s no mistake. Though I live in the backwoods and seldom go from home, I take the papers from Washington and read very carefully all the proceedings of Congress. My papers say that last winter you voted for a bill to appropriate $20,000 to some sufferers by a fire in Georgetown. Is that true?

" Well , my friend; I may as well own up. You have got me there. But certainly nobody will complain that a great and rich country like ours should give the insignificant sum of $20,000 to relieve its suffering women and children, particularly with a full and overflowing T reasury, and I am sure, if you had been there, you would have done just as I did.’

" It is not the amount, Colonel, that I complain of; it is the principle. In the first place, the government ought to have in the Treasury no more than enough for its legitimate purposes. But that has nothing with the question. The power of collecting and disbursing money at pleasure is the most dangerous power that can be entrusted to man, particularly under our system of collecting revenue by a tariff, which reaches every man in the country, no matter how poor he may be, and the poorer he is the more he pays in proportion to his means. What is worse, it presses upon him without his knowledge where the weight centers, for there is not a man in the United States who can ever guess how much he pays to the government. So you see, that while you are contributing to relieve one, you are drawing it from thousands who are even worse off than he. If you had the right to give anything, the amount was simply a matter of discretion with you, and you had as much right to give $20,000,000 as $20,000. If you have the right to give to one, you have the right to give to all; and , as the Constitution neither defines charity nor stipulates the amount, you are at liberty to give to any and everything which you may believe, or profess to believe, is a charity , and to any amount you may think proper. You will very easily perceive what a wide door this would open for fraud and corruption and favoritism, on the one hand, and for robbing the people on the other. No, Colonel, Congress has no right to give charity. Individual members may give as much of their own money as they please, but they have no right to touch a dollar of the public money for that purpose. If twice as many houses had been burned in this county as in Georgetown, neither you nor any other member of Congress would have t hought of appropriating a dollar for our relief. There are about two hundred and forty members of Congress. If they had shown their sympathy for the sufferers by contributing each one week’s pay, it would have made over $13,000. There are plenty of wealthy men in and around Washington who could have given $20,000 without depriving themselves of even a luxury of life. ‘ " The congressmen chose to keep their own money, which, if reports be true, some of them spend not very creditably; and the people about Washington, no doubt, applauded you for relieving them from the necessity of giving by giving what was not yours to give. The people have delegated to Congress, by the Constitution, the power to do certain things. To do these, it is authorized to collect and pay moneys, and for nothing else. Everything beyond this is usurpation, and a violation of the Constitution.

" ‘So you see, Colonel, you have violated the Constitution in what I consider a vital point. It is a precedent fraught with danger to the country, for when Congress once begins to stretch its power beyond the limits of the Constitution, there is no limit to it, and no security for the people. I have no doubt you acted honestly, but that does not make it any better, except as far as you are personally concerned, and you see that I cannot vote for you.’

"I tell you I felt streaked. I saw if I should have opposition, and this man should go to talking, he would set others to talking, and in that district I was a gone fawn-skin. I could not answer him, and the fact is, I was so fully convinced that he was right, I did not want to. But I must satisfy him, and I said to him:

" Well, my friend, you hit the nail upon the head when you said I had not sense enough to understand the Constitution. I intended to be guided by it, and thought I had studied it fully. I have heard many speeches in Congress about the powers of Congress, but what you have said here at your plow has got more hard, sound sense in it than all the fine speeches I ever heard. If I had ever taken the view of it that you have, I would have put my head into the fire before I would have given that vote; and if you will forgive me and vote for me again, if I ever vote for another unconstitutional law I wish I may be shot.’

"He laughingly replied; ‘Yes, Colonel, you have sworn to that once before, but I will trust you again upon one condition. You say that you are convinced that your vote was wrong. Your acknowledgment of it will do more good than beating you for it. If, as you go around the district, you will tell people about this vote, and that you are satisfied it was wrong, I will not only vote for you, but will do what I can to keep down opposition, and , perhaps, I may exert some little influence in that way.’

" If I don’t , said I, ‘I wish I may be shot; and to convince you that I am in earnest in what I say I will come back this way in a week or ten days, and if you will get up a gathering of the people, I will make a speech to them. Get up a barbecue, and I will pay for it.’

" No, Colonel, we are not rich people in this section , but we have plenty of provisions to contribute for a barbecue, and some to spare for those who have none. The push of crops will be over in a few days, and we can then afford a day for a barbecue. This is Thursday; I will see to getting it up on Saturday week. Come to my house on Friday, and we will go together, and I promise you a very respectable crowd to see and hear you.

" ‘Well , I will be here. But one thing more before I say good-bye. I must know your name.

" ‘My name is Bunce.’

" ‘Not Horatio Bunce?’

" ‘Yes .’

" ‘Well, Mr. Bunce, I never saw you before, though you say you have seen me, but I know you very well. I am glad I have met you, and very proud that I may hope to have you for my friend.’

"It was one of the luckiest hits of my life that I met him. He mingled but little with the public, but was widely known for his remarkable intelligence and incorruptible integrity, and for a heart brimful and running over with kindness and benevolence, which showed themselves not only in words but in acts. He was the oracle of the whole country around him, and his fame had extended far beyond the circle of his immediate acquaintance. Though I had never met him , before, I had heard much of him, and but for this meeting it is very likely I should have had opposition, and had been beaten. One thing is very certain, no man could now stand up in that district under such a vote.

"At the appointed time I was at his house, having told our conversation to every crowd I had met, and to every man I stayed all night with, and I found that it gave the people an interest and a confidence in me stronger than I had ever seen manifested before.

"Though I was considerably fatigued when I reached his house, and, under ordinary circumstances, should have gone early to bed, I kept him up until midnight , talking about the principles and affairs of government, and got more real, true knowledge of them than I had got all my life before.

"I have known and seen much of him since, for I respect him - no, that is not the word - I reverence and love him more than any living man, and I go to see him two or three times every year; and I will tell you, sir, if every one who professes to be a Christian lived and acted and enjoyed it as he does, the religion of Christ would take the world by storm.

"But to return to my story. The next morning we went to the barbecue , and, to my surprise, found about a thousand men there. I met a good many whom I had not known before, and they and my friend introduced me around until I had got pretty well acquainted - at least, they all knew me.

"In due time notice was given that I would speak to them. They gathered up around a stand that had been erected. I opened my speech by saying:

" Fellow-citizens - I present myself before you today feeling like a new man. My eyes have lately been opened to truths which ignorance or prejudice , or both, had heretofore hidden from my view. I feel that I can today offer you the ability to render you more valuable service than I have ever been able to render before. I am here today more for the purpose of acknowledging my error than to seek your votes. That I should make this acknowledgment is due to myself as well as to you. Whether you will vote for me is a matter for your consideration only. "

"I went on to tell them about the fire and my vote for the appropriation and then told them why I was satisfied it was wrong. I closed by saying:

" And now, fellow-citizens, it remains only for me to tell you that the most of the speech you have listened to with so much interest was simply a repetition of the arguments by which your neighbor, Mr. Bunce, convinced me of my error.

" It is the best speech I ever made in my life, but he is entitled to the
credit for it. And now I hope he is satisfied with his convert and that he will get up here and tell you so.’

"He came upon the stand and said:

" Fellow-citizens - I t affords me great pleasure to comply with the request of Colonel Crockett. I have always considered him a thoroughly honest man, and I am satisfied that he will faithfully perform all that he has promised you today.’

"He went down, and there went up from that crowd such a shout for Davy Crockett as his name never called forth before.

"I am not much given to tears, but I was taken with a choking then and felt some big drops rolling down my cheeks. And I tell you now that the remembrance of those few words spoken by such a man, and the honest, hearty shout they produced, is worth more to me than all the honors I have received and all the reputation I have ever made, or ever shall make, as a member of Congress.

"Now, sir," concluded Crockett, "you know why I made that speech yesterday.

"There is one thing now to which I will call your attention. Y ou remember that I proposed to give a week’s pay. There are in that House many very wealthy men - men who think nothing of spending a week’s pay, or a dozen of them, for a dinner or a wine party when they have something to accomplish by it. Some of those same men made beautiful speeches upon the great debt of gratitude which the country owed the deceased–a debt which could not be paid by money–and the insignificance and worthlessness of money, particularly so insignificant a sum as $ 1 0,000 , when weighed against the honor of the nation. Yet not one of them responded to my proposition. Money with them is nothing but trash when it is to come out of the people. But it is the one great thing for which most of them are striving, and many of them sacrifice honor, integrity, and justice to obtain it."