Orlando Tea Party, Re-Setting the Stage for Tax Day!

March 27, 2009 by Steve Schultz @GeniusbyOsmosis · Leave a Comment
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I’m sure most of you are aware of Tax Day Tea Parties that will be occurring nationwide on April 15th. If you aren’t sure where yours is or are interested in hosting one check here.

Orlando hosted a Saturday Tea Party and Police said it reached approximately 4,200 protesters. What were they protesting? Well here are their signs:

“Repeal the Pork or our Bacon is Cooked”
“Obama Lied, Liberty Died”
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money”
“You can’t blame Bush anymore”
“Have Shovel, Where’s Bridge?”

They had a number of speakers covering the obvious topics, socialism, the economy, and the Bush/Obama failouts, er, bailouts that is. What really excites me about these pre-tax day tea parties is that the protestors have a purpose. One of the attendees was quoted in the Orlando Sentinel saying,

“The goal was to get people united, to let people know that they aren’t alone in their feelings on despair,”[...]“We want to speak out against the push toward socialization that we feel is taking place in our country.”

This is how America feels. Can this be ignored? No matter what the donkey bloggers say. Despite the tingling feelings Keith Olbermann & Chris Matthews get. No matter what, our country will be taken back. Government was made by the people and will be taken back by the people. You can’t stop us. This conservative grass roots movement is one that will mark history. It’s not about Democrats & Republicans. I am neither. I am American. I am conservative. I believe in something more than just Bush’s erratic spending habits and Obama’s Chicago style politics, and I think you do too. Let’s not let them be more of the same and show up to the nearest Tax Day Tea Party near you.

Tags: bailouts, chris matthews, keith olbermann, Orlando Sentinel, President Bush, president obama, tax day, Tea Party

Conservative Tea Parties from the Twitter-sphere & Facebook

March 7, 2009 by Steve Schultz @GeniusbyOsmosis · 1 Comment
Filed under: News, Social Media

It was just a while back I began seeing a plethora of fellow conservative tweeters calling for tea parties nationwide. While some have already occurred in locations like Chicago, D.C, and Denver there are still plans for a much grander tea party scheduled for Tax Day. How did this begin? Well, thank social media.

If you go to Hashtags.org or even just Twitter Search and search under #teaparty (#teaparties, #teapartys, #teaprty, #teapart, #teapartstream) you will see a number of Tweeters assisting in this movement. While many are attributing the “tea party revolution” to Santelli’s rant, these were being discussed even before then. There are Facebook groups popping up all over supporting the movement. You can actually go to www.taxdayteaparty.com and check out all the scheduled tea parties in your state. Some states aren’t quite there yet, like Iowa, but there is still plenty of time to locate the party nearest you or host one yourself.

Through these two social networks (Twitter & Facebook) they have been able to organize with sponsors like Michelle Malkin, Smart Girl Politics, #TCOT, and more. Without the tools social media provides this movement would have never had the opportunity to get this off the ground. They have received free publicity from a number of news networks, liberal/progressive bloggers have been ranting & raving “conspiracy theory,” and they’ve been able to leverage these tools to generate nationwide interest and participation. April 15th is more than a month away and you’ll see Texas already has six teaparties hosted and scheduled in different cities.

Conservatives have always been known as the “think tank” types that don’t rally & don’t protest. This only enhances the significance of the tea party movement. Conservatives are obviously sick and tired of pork, trillions of dollars of debt, and encouraging the entitlement culture. Granted, spending over the last 8 years hasn’t been much different. We had seen the largest expansion of government in our Nation’s history under President Bush.

While we don’t deny this fact, conservatives are not willing to continue this executive shopping spree for another 4 years under President Obama. We’re no longer willing to support our government’s rejection of fiscal responsibility.

The question was posed on Twitter just the other day, what if China calls our Nation’s debt? Quick to reply, one tweeter said, “Time to get the Lincoln bedroom ready for the big sellout.” Others said we could just change our country’s name to “The United States of America, powered by China.”

Again, while many liberal commentators have downplayed the results of the tea parties we’ve seen thus far, I’m quite sure that the nationwide Tax Day Tea Party will be one that can’t be ignored. Why you ask? Social Media. It’s what we’ve been blogging about all along. We’re past the days of radio ads, telemarketing, and television ads. While those have a purpose on the campaign trail social media represents action. TV, radio, & news represent reaction. We are finally using grassroots politics to change our Nation. Let Kirk Shinkle of US News know that this IS A NOBLE STAND!