Elaine Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Sounds like a classy crowd :001_huh: Bill, You obviously disagree, and that's fine. So far, this has been a really pleasant thread and I am asking you to not ruin it. Put us all on ignore if you need to but, enough already. C'mon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Bill, you are so naughty. We're not going to ruin a perfectly healthy conversation by corrupting it w/ a political debate. I'll just end this here. Reaganomics worked. Lower taxes are the answer today. The people have spoken loudly today. The battle is just beginning. De-regulation (that is to say the abdication of the Governments role in safe-guarding the transparency and honesty of the financial sectors) FAILED in a huge way. Reaganism failed. So I'm staying home and celebrating Barack Obama Day :D Bill :patriot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineFarmMom Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 We couldn't make it to a tea party today :( So instead we had our own Ronald Reagan Day :). We watched a video about him. We read. We talked. Good times. Yes, a tribute to The Gipper made me feel a little bit better. And hopeful. We didn't go either. :( Our music lessons and soccer eat up our Wednesdays. But I like your way of spending the day. He was THE BEST!!!!!!! They just don't make good presidents like him anymore...someday maybe!! I'm so excited, though, that people are taking a stand! I just hope it will be enough to help our children's financial future. Teresa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineFarmMom Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 The liberal media did not want to give us any attention, so they did not show up. No way!!! Really? I'm shocked! They're usually so eager to get both sides! :lol: Teresa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph the vet Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 De-regulation (that is to say the abdication of the Governments role in safe-guarding the transparency and honesty of the financial sectors) FAILED in a huge way. Reaganism failed. So I'm staying home and celebrating Barack Obama Day :D Bill :patriot: You know I love you and your chickens, Bill, but I guess I wouldn't call the 25 years of economic growth and peace during and following Reagan's term "failure" but to each his own. I went to our St. Paul tea party at the Capitol. There were 4-5,000 there when I left (near the beginning as we had baseball practice). It was peaceful, respectful. The kids had a great time reading all the signs. My favorite sign was "Obama went to the White House and all I got was a middle class tax cut big enough to pay for this lousy sign"....but maybe that's because I was holding it.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katiebug_1976 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I wanted to attend one, but there wasnt one that I was aware of close enough to my house. :glare: Oh well, I was there in spirit! Hope they will all make a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverfront Headmistress Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 My family attended; it is too hard to estimate the crowd size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_us/tax_day_protests This article is from Yahoo news this morning. Tens of thousands across the country. No violence has been reported that I know of. And regardless of what the article says, I can personally tell you that it's not all a right-wing thing. Not even all Rebublican. Libertarians are heavily involved as are a few other small third parties. Campaign for Liberty is a driving force in the movement as well. Also note the small piece about TX govn. This is what is being referred to in the TX thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineFarmMom Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 So I'm staying home and celebrating Barack Obama Day :D Bill :patriot: Hey, I think there's $50 billion of the spending bill set aside to fund that activity. I think it was somewhere following that lovely and oh-so-needed train they'll build between Vegas to LA. :lol: Teresa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Great turn out here. The organizers expected 500 and 3500 showed up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_us/tax_day_protests This article is from Yahoo news this morning. Tens of thousands across the country. No violence has been reported that I know of. And regardless of what the article says, I can personally tell you that it's not all a right-wing thing. Not even all Rebublican. Libertarians are heavily involved as are a few other small third parties. Campaign for Liberty is a driving force in the movement as well. Also note the small piece about TX govn. This is what is being referred to in the TX thread. There were a whole group of Ron Paul supporters right behind us. They were the nicest guys, and boy did they know their history!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCA Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Our family went! I was amazed at the turnout. I think the papers said we had over 2000 attending here! It was a great time with great people. We loved reading all the signs and getting to know others around us! And yes, we had a lot of Ron Paul supporters too ... including us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Indeed Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Some of my family went, others of us were cleaning our church for Wednesday night service. I really regret not all of us going, and my hubby does too. Next time we will all be there :D - the right wing Republican extremist that we are! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 We went to one. Was about 300-600 people ( two dfferent estimates lol) but it was very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfarm Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Hilary, thanks for translating for me to LG.:D That is exactly what the sign meant. LG's confusion reminded me of that thread a while back about culture, accents, etc. I thought the sign made perfect sense--it never occurred to me that others wouldn't understand it. Boy, if that one threw you, I've got plenty more that would really be cryptic. My Granny was an absolute fount of creative "rural" sayings:lol:. I wonder how much regional variety there was among the signs across the country? And, sadly, how much cookie cutter rhetoric there was...? I LOVE regional and cultural differences! And I love seeing individual thought, not the ones that have obviously been mass produced and handed out to people who look to others to tell them what to think and when to express it. I am very glad we attended, as 10yo dd had somehow gotten a very distorted view of what was going to happen. She wanted to know what we would be shouting so she could practice (sorry, sweetie, no chants) and actually was planning to take a change of clothing so that when we were running away from the police, she could duck into an alley and change so that they would not be able to find her (again, sorry, dear. No police, no running, no need to change). Where do kids get these ideas:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillary in KS Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I am very glad we attended, as 10yo dd had somehow gotten a very distorted view of what was going to happen. She wanted to know what we would be shouting so she could practice (sorry, sweetie, no chants) and actually was planning to take a change of clothing so that when we were running away from the police, she could duck into an alley and change so that they would not be able to find her (again, sorry, dear. No police, no running, no need to change). Where do kids get these ideas:confused: LOL! Um...the news? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 De-regulation (that is to say the abdication of the Governments role in safe-guarding the transparency and honesty of the financial sectors) FAILED in a huge way. Reaganism failed. So I'm staying home and celebrating Barack Obama Day :D Bill :patriot: you missed it --that was April 1st ;) I'm fine w/ our gvt enforcing laws. The problem is they ignore the laws on the books then decide to amputate a leg cuz they were negligent in applying a little antibiotic to a toe in the first place. If you think this is all about Reaganism you aren't paying very close attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Hopefully all this will give some fuel to the Fair Tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbie in OR Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Sounds like a classy crowd :001_huh: Aw, come on...it was supposed to be funny...:001_smile: And it was a great crowd....I loved knowing we were all there (Obama supporters et all) for the same purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralloyd Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 MY dh went to the one in our small town (population 13,000). There were about 100 people. It was a VERY cold day, so I'm sure this kept some away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5knights3maidens Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I just feel horrible. I didn't find out about this until last night at church! I read the news etc. I guess my head is in the clouds. :glare: Wish I attending one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Hopefully all this will give some fuel to the Fair Tax. Yep, that's what I'm hoping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Hopefully all this will give some fuel to the Fair Tax. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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