Uh-oh… It’s a bird, it’s a plane… It’s a black male preacher addressing a crowd of .. ahem, 600 or 700 Southern, white people who can’t read, write or speak very well. (Or, that’s what the corporate-controlled mass media would have you believe!!)
Apr
17
Ok, so we’re still high from an awesome tea party and are eager to see how the media will look upon it. The Houston Chronicle (which about 2,000 left over protesters decided to march on) reported the Houston Tea Party, in this author’s opinion, very fairly.
Here’s an excerpt
Protesters turned out by the thousands Wednesday in Houston and other cities across the nation to voice their displeasure with big government spending and what they called the erosion of people’s constitutional rights.
Among those taking part in the Tax Day Tea Parties was Tim Volzer, who took an hour away from work to attend a rally of 450 people in Pearland pushing for less government spending. The roofing company salesman wore a sign on his back that summed his feelings: “No taxation without representation, Bro.”
See the full article here: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6374948.html
Apr
16
If you haven’t seen it, you must. HALC member and videographer extraordinaire Bryan Thome has put together this excellent video summarizing the Houston Tea Party.
A note from Bryan:
Thanks to the many volunteer organizers that made this event possible. Felicia Cravens is the lead Houston Tea Party organizer.
http://twitter.com/Somethingfishie
Audio track: “Hope Anthem” (remix) performed by Marc Scibilia
Available for free download.
http://marcscibilia.com
Apr
16
To get a sense of how big the crowds were at the Houston Tea Party yesterday you have to look at this photo.
The crowds were so huge they had to shut the entrances to the event. People continued to wait outside and I even saw a few young folks jumping the fence to evade police to enter the event! check out the gallery and videos below.
Bill Tofte Addresses the crowd about Constitutional overstepping and HALC’s two pet issues, Audit the Fed and supporting State Sovereignty.
Apr
15
Today, groups across the country are organizing Tax Tea Parties. Objecting to the gargantuan amounts of money spent by the government to bail out failing businesses and banks. For many of us who have been involved in this movement, we’re delighted to see so many people finally waking up but the obvious question really is…
…what now?
Skeptics of these tea parties are saying that the attendees are just blowing off steam and will quietly retreat into silence once “they get it out of their system.” That these events are simply random acts of liberty.
One of the most damaging events in any movement are random acts. When the world doesn’t change, and random acts can lead to burnout and failure. As a movement, we must know how to replicate success, but more importantly, how to grow stronger. What is the event after the event?
We at the Houston Area Liberty Campaign feel we have the answer.
HALC has developed a local plan that intends to make it easy to participate, join forces and get results. We encourage you to explore our site, learn our mission and join our fight. The only way to affect real change, is to join forces and work toward a common goal.
Don’t let this tea party become a random act of liberty.