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Revolt, Repeal, Retire: Time for a New Tea Party

Written by Audrie Zettick on February 26, 2009

A host of taxpayers will make their voices heard this Friday, February 27 at noon (EST) and beyond at regional or virtual “tea party” protests. Coordinated by groups Top Conservatives on Twitter, Smart Girl Politics and the #Dontgo Movement, it was originally billed as a Chicago Tea Party in response to CNBC on-air personality Rick Santelli’s rant on a Chicago trading floor about needing a new taxpayer protest a la the Boston Tea Party.  It has spread like wild fire to a nationwide effort.  

The intent is to let Congress know that we want them to repeal all their irresponsibile spending bills.  If not, we’ll retire THEM in the 2010 election.  We are mad.  We know technology.  And we intend to use it toward that end.

Congress must repeal :

The Mortgage Bailout
The $1 Trillion Pork-Laden Stimulus
The Auto Bailout
The Wall Street Bailout

If you are like me, you’ve been busy.  You have obligations (hey, we’re selling our family business this week AND my local tea party in Harrisburg is scheduled for when my scout troop has a cookie booth obligation!).  Nonetheless, there are so many ways to participate, you can find one.  I will.

• Find a local event (see this list or this list.  (Not all are on Friday, Feb. 27).   You can RSVP and network with others on these local events on Facebook here.  But if you are not a Facebook user, fear not.  Just use the info off the other links I gave above.  
• Host a local event (again, can be for any date). Find helpful guidelines here.
• Twitter at that time, using the hashtag #teaparty
• “Attend” the virtual tea party in Second Life (I’m new to this, but may try.  The worst that can happen is that I wander around lost in a virtual world….they say they’ll have signposts to follow, so perhaps this can’t be any worse than IKEA.  The best that can happen is that people think I AM actually tall and thin…).  Here’s a link to a video about how Second Life works.  And here is info on where the protest will be: 
• Friday, February 27, 2009
  9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. SLT/PST
  12:00 n. - 12:30 p.m. EST
  Sagamore Island Dock
  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sagamore/165/155/32
  Follow markers from the landing point (gazebo) to the dock

If you want to make a sign for the protest, here are suggested slogans.

Or get a chuckle out of the related videos on the tea party protest theme posted on Michele Malkin’s blog. 

Here, I have the inspiration for the entire event.  See you at the Party.