This article is posted at World Net Daily. It gives me hope for the future.
Americans are saying enough is enough to extravagant government spending and throwing more than 40 tea parties across the nation in protest of the recent bailouts and “stimulus” package.
Kellen Giuda, an architect who was recently laid-off, is organizing
his own New York City tea party. He has invited several prominent guest speakers, including politicians, elected officials, an author, blogger, a bond trader and a former contestant on “America’s Next Top Model” to speak out against excessive government spending.
“I saw Rick Santelli’s rant, live, and thought it was awesome,” he told WND. “All of this fiscal irresponsibility is absurd.”
He continued, “Then I started hearing about tea parties, and I decided to do it. It’s really exciting. There are a lot of people getting involved now.”
As WND reported, CNBC analyst Rick Santelli became a YouTube sensation after he spoke out against President Obama’s proposed $275 billion deficit-financed homeowner bailout plan and other massive spending measures with a call for a new “tea party” from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Giuda is working with Alex Zablocki, top staffer for New York State Sen. Andrew Lanza, to coordinate the New York event. Possible speakers include Kathleen Troia McFarland, deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs at the Pentagon from 1982 to 1985 under President Ronald Reagan; Brett Joshpe, conservative author and graduate of Harvard Law School; Sara-Racey Tabrizi, “America’s Next Top Model” contestant and professional model and various elected officials.
The tea party will take place Feb. 28, at 2 p.m. in City Hall Park in Manhattan.
Giuda said similar nationwide events are becoming very popular as a growing number of Americans prepare to take to the streets.
“It’s time we start fighting back with our own voice,” he said. “America has a history of revolting and standing up to unfair taxation. It’s really fun and exciting.”
Meanwhile, outraged citizens are organizing more than 40 tea party events across the nation. Official sponsors of the events include Top Conservatives on Twitter, Smart Girl Politics, Don’tGo Movement, FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity. Most of the tea parties will take place Feb. 27.
The following are a few scheduled tea parties:
Fayetteville, N.C. – Feb. 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the corner of Bow Street and Hay Street where the Liberty Point Resolves were signed
Washington, D.C. – Feb. 27 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the White House on the Lafayette Square Park side
Boston, Mass. – Feb. 27 from 11:50 p.m. to Feb. 28 at 1:50 p.m., location to be determined
Chicago, Ill. – Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. at Daley Plaza Civic Center
Atlanta, Ga. – Feb. 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Georgia’s capitol building in Atlanta
Orlando, Fla. – Feb. 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Lake Eola on East Robinson and North Rosalind Ave
Dallas, Texas – Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Victory Plaza located at 3090 Olive St.
Fort Worth, Texas – Feb. 27 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cowtown Bar & Grill located at 7108 Camp Bowie Blvd.
Houston, Texas – Feb. 27 at 12 p.m. at Fondren Lawn at Discovery Green
San Antonio, Texas – Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Alamo
Austin, Texas – Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Texas capitol building
Pittsburgh, Pa. – April 11 at Market Square on Forbes Avenue and Market Street
San Diego, Calif. – Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. north of the Star of India on San Diego Bay
Tulsa, Okla. – Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Veteran’s Park located at 2st Street and Boulder Avenue
Nashville, Tenn. – Feb. 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Legislative Plaza located at 6th Avenue and Union Street
St. Louis, Mo. – Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Steps of Gateway Arch located on Wharf Street
Portland, Ore. – Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Pioneer Courthouse Square at the corner of Broadway and Morrison
Kansas City, Mo. – Feb. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the J.C. Nichols Foundation located at 47th and J.C. Nichols Parkway
Cleveland, Ohio – Feb. 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at 1 Public Square
Denver, Colo. – Feb. 27 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the east capitol steps
Fort Myers Beach, Fla. – Feb. 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bowditch Park located at 50 Estero Blvd.
Lansing, Mich. – Feb. 27 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the state capitol building at 100 N. Capitol Ave.
Omaha, Neb. – Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Douglas County Courthouse located at 16th Street and Farnam Street
Asheville, N.C. – Feb. 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville
Greenville, S.C. – Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. on the Reedy River & Walking Bridge
Nashville, Tenn. – Feb. 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.at Legislative Plaza on 6th and Union
Shelby County, Ala. – Feb. 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the entrance to Eagle Point Neighborhood
Seattle, Wash. – Feb. 27 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. at Westlake Park at 410 Pine St.
Philadelphia, Penn. – Feb. 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Independence Hall
Los Angeles, Calif. – Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Santa Monica Pier
Sacramento, Calif. – Feb. 27 at 12 p.m. on north steps of state capitol on L Street
Springfield, Mo. – Feb. 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Lake Springfield Park
Sarasota, Fla. – Feb. 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Island Park and Marina Jacks at 41 Bayfront Drive and Ringling Boulevard
Phoenix, Ariz. – Feb. 27 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the state capitol building at 1700 Washington St.
Tampa, Fla. – Feb 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the federal courthouse on 801. N. Florida Ave.
Oklahoma City, Okla. – Feb. 27 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the state capitol steps
New York City, N.Y. – Feb. 28 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at City Hall Park
Wichita, Kan. – Feb. 27 at 11:30 a.m. outisde Sen. Sam Brownback’s office at 245 N. Waco
Davenport, Iowa – Feb. 28 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Main and Locust Street
Hartford, Conn. – Feb. 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the state capitol
Floridians Unite is looking down the road and planning an Orlando Tea Party for March 21.
“This will be a peaceful rally to unite our voices and express the love that we have for our great nation and the principles it was founded on,” states the Floridians Unite website. “We want to make our politicians hear loud and clear that we are tired of the bailouts, the wasteful Washington spending and the push towards the socialization of this country! We want less government! We want to decide where our hard-earned money goes instead of the elitist politicians in Washington taking it and using it to buy votes, doling it out to special interest groups and pork barrel projects! We want our constitutional rights preserved and protected, not trampled on!”
At the Pittsburgh, Pa., Tea Party on April 11, organizers are inviting people to help them reenact the Boston Tea Party of Dec. 16, 1773, by bringing one tea bag each to Point State Park with plans of actually tossing the tea into the Alleghany, Monongahela and Ohio rivers.
“Somebody in our government needs to finally pay attention,” said Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck on his radio program last week. “It is what I’ve been talking about that was coming for a very long time, and that is disenfranchisement, which will turn into anger and then turn into God knows what.”
CNBC analyst Rick Santelli is hoping those demonstrations will result in real change.
During the televised segment where Santelli revived the term “tea party,” CNBC panelist Wilbur Ross, chairman and CEO of WL Ross & Co., interjected, “Rick, I congratulate you on your new incarnation as a revolutionary leader.”
“Somebody needs one,” Santelli responded. “I’ll tell you what, if you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson, what we’re doing in this country now is making them roll over in their graves.”