TEA party draws about 500 protesters
4/15/2009
MICHAEL STRAND
Beka Romm had brought 300 fliers with her to Salina, and they were gone just 20 minutes after the crowd started to gather Wednesday in the commons between the Salina Public Library and the City-County Building. Some 200 more were quickly printed and given out, so Romm estimated 500 people had gathered to protest the tax-and-spend — or is it borrow-and-spend, or borrow-and-stimulate, or borrow-and-bail — policies of the federal government. The Salina TEA Party was one of hundreds organized around the country on the deadline for filing income tax returns, and it was one of several that Romm, of Topeka, a political activist who grew up in Bennington, was planning to attend. The events were inspired by the Boston Tea Party, an early event in the American Revolution, with “TEA” an acronym for “Taxed enough already.” Many in the crowd carried signs with such sayings as “Don’t Tread on Me,” “Give us Liberty, not debt,” and “Obama and Pelosi, the Detrimental Duo.” Though a few in the crowd hollered things like, “No politicians, I don’t want to hear from any politicians,” it was mostly politicians or their representatives who spoke.
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sewupkansas says....
This movement is not about being a Rep or a Dem, it is about being an American. It is not about being a "citizen of the world" either. Obama is a slick talker, and unlike many who post on here, uses correct grammar. The ideas he proposes and promotes however are like garbage wrapped in beautiful Christmas paper. They look wonderful under the tree, and we admire them from afar. He doesn't want to let us inspect them tooo closely, but rather rip off that paper in hilarious excitement, there may even be a nice box inside; but soon the stench is going to hit us and reality is going to set in. We opened the wrong package, all because we were deceived! Be aware of from whence we came, and do not abandon your Heritage for a box of "...." wrapped in silver and gold.
7/11/2009
American Hero says....
America, love it or leave it.
7/11/2009
Fed Up says....
Samantha-- Thank you. Your thoughts are very close to my own.
7/11/2009
FED UP WITH IT ALL!!! says....
TO THOSE THAT THINK THE HEALTH CARE BAIL OUT IS FOR THE FREE LOADERS WELL THINK AGIAN I HAVE A 2YR OLD AND ONE ON THE WAY THERE DAD LEFT US AND ONCE I GET MY CHK OF ABOUT 500 EVERY 2 WKS PAY DAY CARE AND PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND BILLS PAID I HAVE ENOUGH FOR GAS TO GET TO WORK AND THAT IS IT I CANT AFFORD INS FOR MY KIDS DUE TO LACK OF JOBS IN THIS TOWN I AM IN SCHOOL TO BETTER MYSELF BUT STILL NEED THE HEALTH INS HELP FOR THEM SO STOP AND THINK B4 YOU SPEAK NOT EVERY ONE GETTING HELP IS FREE LOADING SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO BETTER OURSELFS TO GET OFF IT. BUT I DO AGREE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT NEED TO BE BOOTED OFF SO THEY HAVE TO STAND ON THERE FEET 1ST AND THEN ASK FOR HELP!!!
7/10/2009
To city worker comment says....
To the city worker who is talking trash, I don't thank you are a city worker I think your trying to start somethink.Why because if you work for the city our tax dollars makes your check each week I don,t think your that dum. If you do work for the city I will feel bad for you for not seening outside you small world.
7/10/2009
Samantha says....
TO FED UP!The truth lies in not blindly following a party whomever they nominate,being naieve enough to vote for obama and not looking at whats happening in front of your face,take note of how many of his campaign promises he keeps,think for yourself,don't expect a free ride from the gov't,and protest's like the tea parties are excellent venues.They just had another tea party in texas between thirty and forty thousand people attended,any light bulbs come on?
7/9/2009
Impeach the Kenyan says....
What libs don't know is that 99 percent of Americans are employed by small businesses, yet Obama gave over a trillion dollars to BIG businesses. That's why America has lost three million jobs since Obama took office; small businesses didn't get a bailout package!
7/8/2009
Fed up says....
Samantha, how about you enlighten the rest of us. What is the truth?
7/8/2009
Samantha says....
You fools,rep.or dem.You swallow any lies your party shoves down your throat.
7/7/2009
says....
This page shows why people elsewhere in the US think that Kansans are all idiots.
7/7/2009
the man says....
If Obama supporters are drinking kool aid, you people are smoking crack. The conservatives have you under their thumb, and you don't even know why.
7/6/2009
KooKooKaChew says....
I have to chuckle when I read most of these posts. The Dem. V. Rep. debate is not unlike the same arguments heard in bars all over the world regarding peoples favorite sports team. I guess it does work as a distraction from the real issues. It seems to me that both Dem. and Rep. administrations have been in power for the last few decades, and personal liberty has been compromised by each, in their turn. The Tea Parties are not a bad idea IF they are not co-opted by one of the political teams. They may actually be a positive for the country if some real changes can be made. Remember, the First Amendment allows for discourse and the dissemination of information. The Second Amendment gives us the tools to make those changes an unresponsive governing class is unwilling or unable to make.
7/6/2009
small business owner says....
To all you libs out there.. i have been a small business owner through the Bush years and didn't have my taxes raised - we are preparing now to counterbalance our taxes that the BLOBama administration will for sure smack us with... and that will be by raising our rates. Which sucks because we have wonderful customers. We already pay 33% of every dollar that we make. He's got to pay for all that FREE healthcare that all those lazy freeloaders think they are entitled to somehow. (yes, we have our own insurance and really don't care to pay for the healthcare of others that are slackers.) BTW we went to the teaparty and we are in our early 40's, there might of been older folks there but, there was also kiddies in their 20's with children of their own attending... it was nice to see that not everyone is blindly following the great BLObama.
7/6/2009
Informed Individual says....
We can look at Obama and say he did not raise taxes on middle class or lower class...Im sure everyone heard they raised taxes on tobacco what class uses the most tobacco products..middle class and lower class...not a smoker? Here is another one for you..currently it is being discussed to raise the taxes on sweetened drinks in the name of health..who consumes most sweetend drinks..middle class, lower class. More taxes are coming from Obama..Someone has to pay for the health-care overhaul..which estimated numbers have reach at least a trillion dollars over 10 years..where are those going to come from? As far as reference to the Boston Tea Party and using it for this party...Is it so far fetched, looking into the future, if we continue down the same road of being governed that their could be another civil war? People will stay oppressed for so long..our rights are being taken away every day in the name of protecting others...don't think it is...Look at what SRS does..Your guilty till proven innocent. Look at the IRS, smoking bans, fireworks bans, being loud on your own property, political correctness...ect..
7/6/2009
WRINKE MAN says....
HERES TO THE SALINA LIBERAL WHOM SAYS IT IS A WRINKEFEST.WHERE WERE YOU. WHEN I GOT SHOT AND CARRY METAL IN MY BODY 65 YRS DO YOU SPEEK GERMAN OR JAPANS THINK ABOUT IT I CAME BACK HOME AND MY OLD JOB WAS GONE MY WIFE AND SON LIVE WITH HER PARENTS, I STARTED DIGGING SEWER DITCHS BY HAND ALL DAY AND WORK MY WAY UP TO ONING A PLUMMING COMPANY WAS HARD TO KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE FROM DAY TO DAY.AND PAY TAX'S NOW THAT I'M OLD AND WRINKE HOW MUCH TAX'S DO YOU THINK I'VE PAYED FOR YOU. NO ONE HELP PAY MY WAY NO ONE GAVE ME FOOD STAMPS NO GAVE ME MILK FOR MY KIDS BUT I GAVE MY MONEY TO YOU SO YOU COULD DO HAVE A JOB.
7/5/2009
Jan says....
in response to city worker,calling people 'morons',...the word is elephant.And yes,jackass fits your ilk fine.
4/21/2009
don says....
to salina liberal,you can run,dance,but you can't hide.All of your spin won't change the truth.It didn't take long did it?
4/21/2009
marianne says....
all of the gullible folks who voted for obama because he is a 'rock star',and never questioned what change? are just starting to learn a harsh lesson,trouble is...they brought us all down with them.
4/21/2009
A citizen that don't make much but still has to pay: says....
A citizen that don't make much but still has to pay: To bad that we the public can not do what the constitution says to do. Those when our government is not working and it hasn’t for a long time then overthrow it and build a new one. Let the government feel some of what we feel maybe they should take a cut in pay like the people getting social security will. Let those politicians who make six figures and more get knocked down to $30,000 a year and see if things don't change. We could use the rest of their salaries to fix things and to BAIL the country out I will not lie I voted for Obama because he promised change but now Ron Paul looks so much better
4/20/2009
says....
A citizan that don't make much but still has t0 pay:to bad that we the public can not do what the constitution says to do. That when our government is not working and it hasn't for a long time then overthroe it and build a new one. Let the government feel some of what we feel maybe they should take a cut in pay like the people getting social security will. Let those politicians who make six figures and more get knocked down to $30,000 a year and see if things don't change. I will not lie I voted for Obama because he promised change but now Ron Paul looks so much better
4/20/2009
The Syko One says....
I don't recall Bush raising taxes. So far Obama hasn't had to raise taxes. Oh wait, that's not right Obama has raised taxes. Mostly on the very people he promised would not see any of their taxes increased. Reagan had to deal with the mess Carter left us in, I wonder who is going to have to clean up Obama's mess
4/19/2009
says....
Always be careful what you ask for. If you do not want a bailout or want the government to balance the budget then write your congressperson. You feel good right now because you have a job. In the central part of the United States, we have not felt the blunt of the blow. It is coming like a wave crashing against the sea shore. If you have never saw poverty, it is easy to talk tough. I say to you that the American people elected the congress folks to represent them, then we the american people need to write them or elect someone we want, trust and who will make the right difference. I have lived in a country that lost everything. The money was not good and piled up in piles to take like souveniers. I saw wonderful intelligent people that could not get an education because they could not get a loan or find a job to support them to go to college. I saw gas lines with no natural gas running thru them and electrical lines that were shut off to towns because no one could afford to pay for electricity. I pray that you that believe in the freedom of speech can persuade congress to do the right things. Never give up your rights to protest, but please know what you are fighting for by studying the facts instead of believing someone that just likes to complain that there is truly a problem. Research is also in your rights and power in the USA. If I were going to protest, I would research everything and keep it to exactly what it wrong and have a plan to fix that problem. Do you realize that when you talk about a tea party such as the boston tea party, it started the revolutionary war. If you want to go to that extreme, then know that you will force the death of yourselves and a nation. No, I do not believe you have studied anything. You are following a blow hard that knows nothing.
4/19/2009
joe joe says....
We can talk forever about wise gov't spending but until we read our constitution (10th ammendment) and get the money out of Washington D.C. politicians hands and put it back in states control, we will get nowhere. D.C. just uses the money to control, manipulate, and buy people off. And a good job they do!
4/18/2009
Salina Liberal says....
How many in the crowd paid higher taxes this year because of new tax policies? Bush ran a trillion dollar deficite and no tea parties on his watch. If you are not part of this obvious right wing propoganda piece you are a complete tool being used by them. What is the matter with Kansas indeed.
4/18/2009
Kansaswind says....
Bravo for the people. Once a politican gets to washington he/she doesn't even know we exist. Of the People, By the People and for the People, not for thoes FRAUDS in Washington.
4/18/2009
Janice says....
hey,salina liberal,once again you show what fine,sweet folks you liberals are in your heart,..a wrinklefest huh.If they are old enough to have wrinkles they are probly on medicare,you younger non worker,gov't handout slouchs are the ones on medicade...or welfare..or drugs
4/17/2009
Youngster says....
I'm 24, I was there, and I am proud to be standing with others that are concerned about congress and the liberties they're taking putting ME into debt.
4/17/2009
Just Me says....
Someone called the TEA Party a "wrinklefest". It may have been but doesn't the older generation have the right to stand up for their beliefs. They have "been there - done that". Besides the younger taxpayers were probably at a job trying to earn enough money to pay their taxes. Heaven help us all - especially the future generations that will have to pay for all these bailouts.
4/17/2009
says....
let the auto companys get themselfs out. I can name about 50 car companys that were not bailed out. And Ford is still here.
4/17/2009
Jason says....
People are worried about this stimulus spending for good reasons. When a business makes a decision to invest money, it does so knowing that the marketplace is going to be the ultimate judge of that decision. The discipline of the marketplace forces us to make good decisions, so we spend a lot of time trying to invest wisely and get good returns. If we invest poorly, the market penalizes us. Can anyone tell me what the return is on the $787 billion stimulus plan? I can guarantee this....those dollars are not being spent efficiently. I am concerned that the money, being spent inefficiently, will have little impact on the economy and then we'll be in debt for almost another trillion and what did we get? We got hooked for more interest and further crowding out of the private sector. Good luck to all. You are going to need it.
4/16/2009
jeffro says....
Short notice? Fox News first announced this planned and sponsored "grass roots" initiative on April 2nd. And as far as Bush II goes, while he did not raise taxes per se (he did have some tax credits repealed), he sure never met a spending bill he didn't like...he NEVER vetoed a single spending bill during his entire presidency. When the bills started coming due for his unjust, aggressor war on Iraq then the economy began its slide into the tank...just in time to lay the whole mess in someone elses lap. Talk about getting tea-bagged...
4/16/2009
PHX Tea Party says....
The news media tried to black out or attack most of the TEA protests because they don't want to show millions of disgruntled Americans that we're not alone. Here in Phoenix, the TEA party drew about ten thousand people on short notice. And many of us couldn't go because of work schedules or lack of information about times and locations, so multiply that by a factor of ten or twenty who would be there if we could.
4/16/2009
Citizen Kane says....
"DallasTX" where do you get your moronic information? Bush lowered taxes. How can you not know this? Oh, perhaps your another Liberal who doesn't pay their taxes. Could that be the reason your posting false info? I have the tax tables from 1990 thru 2007 and you can easily see what taxes were under Clinton and Bush. Clinton taxed us to death (middle class that is).
4/16/2009
politicians are the problem says....
The ironic thing is that McCain was in favor and campaigned for a stimulus package too. And if he got in and proposed the exact same package, the dems would have sang the same song that republicans sang. the problem is not obama or dems or republicans. Its the american people who put up with the CRAP from our political system period. Not from one side or another...from BOTH. But hey, i bet no one posting here will do anything about it...vote on party lines next time and then wine and complain, throw a party to wine and complain in a group setting and repeat every four years just the same. Ignorant Americans who don't know any better and are fine with handing their rights over to a government that represents themselves...now thats the real problem.
4/16/2009
Salina Liberal says....
What a wrinklefest. Most of that crowd looked like it was on Medicaid.
4/16/2009
shadowwraith says....
people did complain about bush's tax increases....what obama is wanting us to do is out of the question!! He made out to clear out our national debt but instead he is telling us to give him more of our hard-earned money so he can go around and play with it... he doesn't care about the american people... he is quite content with playing mister socialist tyrant... that is what he wants our nation to become and by God he is going to have it!! he will do whatever he can to accomplish what the people don't want him to do... what do you expect from someone who can't legally prove that he is an american citizen.
4/16/2009
Dallas,Tx says....
BUSH increased taxes for 8 years where were the "Tea Partys" then ?? I guess you need someone to blame.
4/16/2009
Citizen Kane says....
I didn't see any "raging Liberal" comments on here. Could it be that pathetic souls like "Political Mama" have finally "wised up" and realized that voting for a Democrat is an abomination of their right to vote?
4/16/2009
NOBAMA says....
This is exactly why I didn't vote for Obama...because he's an idiot!!! "Hey everyone! I'm going to fix our debt problems by creating more debt!" What a freaking genius!!
4/16/2009
Dog says....
How much longer with it be before we are broke. I hope the Dems and Rhino's wake up before the next election. If they want Socialism they will be able to travel to Cuba and get a lesson why it doesn't work. I don't want cradle to grave support, No body will work under that system. Obama can you hear us now.
4/16/2009
says....
"Please Stop Stimulating Me!" is a good one, too.
4/15/2009
says....
Definitely more then 500 people there. I didn't get any flier handed to me? SO how many others didn't receive a flier?
4/15/2009
EducateYourself says....
Perhaps they should have started these protests years ago when Bush was in office and raised our taxes and our national debt to an all-time high!? Or how about when Reagan was in office? Where were they then? Ahhhh, that's right...happy in their wealth and ignorant still to this day.
4/15/2009
says....
im in iraq working and i see every day waste that should not be i hear i dont have to pay for it DUMB some people dont understand that is are tax dollars they are throwing a way dumb dumb
4/15/2009
Constitution Katie says....
More people arrived after Romm made that estimate. There were at least 600 there, probably closer to 700.
4/15/2009
City Worker says....
its funny, these morons are blaming Mr. Obama for 8 years of Bush's blunders. Typical Republicans. The donkey(jacka$$) fits them better than the elpephant
4/15/2009
ConstitutionKatie says....
I was there at the Tea Party, and more people arrived after Romm made the estimate you quoted. There were AT LEAST 600 people there, possibly closer to 700. When we paraded in a loop around the big city block that encompasses the City-County Building and the Salina Public Library, the front of the parade made it back to the starting point while people were still filing out of the starting point to make their way around--in other words, the line was nearly half a mile long! And that was with many folks walking two abreast. So when you hear the national news saying "several hundred" people protested on Tax Day in Philadelphia, or "several hundred" in Dallas, please bear in mind that little ol' Salina fielded 700 people at the Tea Party. The national news media are saying that "several" cities had Tea Parties today. Well, according to the latest count from a website that tries to serve as a clearinghouse for Tea Party information (www.americanteaparty.com)--but is unable to keep an accurate count because Tea Parties kept springing up from the grassroots faster than anyone could keep track of, so a few may be missed in their count--there were more than 1,800 Tea Parties around the country today, in nearly 600 cities. So when you hear the national news media say "several," assume that means several HUNDRED. "Several cities"? Nope, nearly 600 cities. "Several hundred" in attendance in cities of over a million people? We can probably assume that means several thousands or several tens of thousands!
4/15/2009
Asking for help says....
You tell them! Help us with low or no incomes don't enslave us to living check to check just to pay taxes and loans. Please stop!
4/15/2009
Leader's needed says....
Why are we spending money we don't have? This kind of behavior is what put us in this situation both myself as an individual and our country as a whole. I am learning to manage what little I have better and I think our leaders should do the same with our country. What happened to a balanced budget? Stop increasing our debt and be the strong leaders you can be.
4/15/2009
JDAnderson says....
I agree totally that the government is trying to spend its way out. Seems like throwing money at it instead of using your brains.
4/15/2009
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jim says....
I keep reading comments about the eight years that Bush over-spent and over-taxed. Apparently, most people forget that the president has no control over either taxes or spending. That's all done by our wonderful congress.
7/11/2009
sewupkansas says....
This movement is not about being a Rep or a Dem, it is about being an American. It is not about being a "citizen of the world" either. Obama is a slick talker, and unlike many who post on here, uses correct grammar. The ideas he proposes and promotes however are like garbage wrapped in beautiful Christmas paper. They look wonderful under the tree, and we admire them from afar. He doesn't want to let us inspect them tooo closely, but rather rip off that paper in hilarious excitement, there may even be a nice box inside; but soon the stench is going to hit us and reality is going to set in. We opened the wrong package, all because we were deceived! Be aware of from whence we came, and do not abandon your Heritage for a box of "...." wrapped in silver and gold.
7/11/2009
American Hero says....
America, love it or leave it.
7/11/2009
Fed Up says....
Samantha-- Thank you. Your thoughts are very close to my own.
7/11/2009
FED UP WITH IT ALL!!! says....
TO THOSE THAT THINK THE HEALTH CARE BAIL OUT IS FOR THE FREE LOADERS WELL THINK AGIAN I HAVE A 2YR OLD AND ONE ON THE WAY THERE DAD LEFT US AND ONCE I GET MY CHK OF ABOUT 500 EVERY 2 WKS PAY DAY CARE AND PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND BILLS PAID I HAVE ENOUGH FOR GAS TO GET TO WORK AND THAT IS IT I CANT AFFORD INS FOR MY KIDS DUE TO LACK OF JOBS IN THIS TOWN I AM IN SCHOOL TO BETTER MYSELF BUT STILL NEED THE HEALTH INS HELP FOR THEM SO STOP AND THINK B4 YOU SPEAK NOT EVERY ONE GETTING HELP IS FREE LOADING SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO BETTER OURSELFS TO GET OFF IT. BUT I DO AGREE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT NEED TO BE BOOTED OFF SO THEY HAVE TO STAND ON THERE FEET 1ST AND THEN ASK FOR HELP!!!
7/10/2009
To city worker comment says....
To the city worker who is talking trash, I don't thank you are a city worker I think your trying to start somethink.Why because if you work for the city our tax dollars makes your check each week I don,t think your that dum. If you do work for the city I will feel bad for you for not seening outside you small world.
7/10/2009
Samantha says....
TO FED UP!The truth lies in not blindly following a party whomever they nominate,being naieve enough to vote for obama and not looking at whats happening in front of your face,take note of how many of his campaign promises he keeps,think for yourself,don't expect a free ride from the gov't,and protest's like the tea parties are excellent venues.They just had another tea party in texas between thirty and forty thousand people attended,any light bulbs come on?
7/9/2009
Impeach the Kenyan says....
What libs don't know is that 99 percent of Americans are employed by small businesses, yet Obama gave over a trillion dollars to BIG businesses. That's why America has lost three million jobs since Obama took office; small businesses didn't get a bailout package!
7/8/2009
Fed up says....
Samantha, how about you enlighten the rest of us. What is the truth?
7/8/2009
Samantha says....
You fools,rep.or dem.You swallow any lies your party shoves down your throat.
7/7/2009
says....
This page shows why people elsewhere in the US think that Kansans are all idiots.
7/7/2009
the man says....
If Obama supporters are drinking kool aid, you people are smoking crack. The conservatives have you under their thumb, and you don't even know why.
7/6/2009
KooKooKaChew says....
I have to chuckle when I read most of these posts. The Dem. V. Rep. debate is not unlike the same arguments heard in bars all over the world regarding peoples favorite sports team. I guess it does work as a distraction from the real issues. It seems to me that both Dem. and Rep. administrations have been in power for the last few decades, and personal liberty has been compromised by each, in their turn. The Tea Parties are not a bad idea IF they are not co-opted by one of the political teams. They may actually be a positive for the country if some real changes can be made. Remember, the First Amendment allows for discourse and the dissemination of information. The Second Amendment gives us the tools to make those changes an unresponsive governing class is unwilling or unable to make.
7/6/2009
small business owner says....
To all you libs out there.. i have been a small business owner through the Bush years and didn't have my taxes raised - we are preparing now to counterbalance our taxes that the BLOBama administration will for sure smack us with... and that will be by raising our rates. Which sucks because we have wonderful customers. We already pay 33% of every dollar that we make. He's got to pay for all that FREE healthcare that all those lazy freeloaders think they are entitled to somehow. (yes, we have our own insurance and really don't care to pay for the healthcare of others that are slackers.) BTW we went to the teaparty and we are in our early 40's, there might of been older folks there but, there was also kiddies in their 20's with children of their own attending... it was nice to see that not everyone is blindly following the great BLObama.
7/6/2009
Informed Individual says....
We can look at Obama and say he did not raise taxes on middle class or lower class...Im sure everyone heard they raised taxes on tobacco what class uses the most tobacco products..middle class and lower class...not a smoker? Here is another one for you..currently it is being discussed to raise the taxes on sweetened drinks in the name of health..who consumes most sweetend drinks..middle class, lower class. More taxes are coming from Obama..Someone has to pay for the health-care overhaul..which estimated numbers have reach at least a trillion dollars over 10 years..where are those going to come from? As far as reference to the Boston Tea Party and using it for this party...Is it so far fetched, looking into the future, if we continue down the same road of being governed that their could be another civil war? People will stay oppressed for so long..our rights are being taken away every day in the name of protecting others...don't think it is...Look at what SRS does..Your guilty till proven innocent. Look at the IRS, smoking bans, fireworks bans, being loud on your own property, political correctness...ect..
7/6/2009
WRINKE MAN says....
HERES TO THE SALINA LIBERAL WHOM SAYS IT IS A WRINKEFEST.WHERE WERE YOU. WHEN I GOT SHOT AND CARRY METAL IN MY BODY 65 YRS DO YOU SPEEK GERMAN OR JAPANS THINK ABOUT IT I CAME BACK HOME AND MY OLD JOB WAS GONE MY WIFE AND SON LIVE WITH HER PARENTS, I STARTED DIGGING SEWER DITCHS BY HAND ALL DAY AND WORK MY WAY UP TO ONING A PLUMMING COMPANY WAS HARD TO KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE FROM DAY TO DAY.AND PAY TAX'S NOW THAT I'M OLD AND WRINKE HOW MUCH TAX'S DO YOU THINK I'VE PAYED FOR YOU. NO ONE HELP PAY MY WAY NO ONE GAVE ME FOOD STAMPS NO GAVE ME MILK FOR MY KIDS BUT I GAVE MY MONEY TO YOU SO YOU COULD DO HAVE A JOB.
7/5/2009
Jan says....
in response to city worker,calling people 'morons',...the word is elephant.And yes,jackass fits your ilk fine.
4/21/2009
don says....
to salina liberal,you can run,dance,but you can't hide.All of your spin won't change the truth.It didn't take long did it?
4/21/2009
marianne says....
all of the gullible folks who voted for obama because he is a 'rock star',and never questioned what change? are just starting to learn a harsh lesson,trouble is...they brought us all down with them.
4/21/2009
A citizen that don't make much but still has to pay: says....
A citizen that don't make much but still has to pay: To bad that we the public can not do what the constitution says to do. Those when our government is not working and it hasn’t for a long time then overthrow it and build a new one. Let the government feel some of what we feel maybe they should take a cut in pay like the people getting social security will. Let those politicians who make six figures and more get knocked down to $30,000 a year and see if things don't change. We could use the rest of their salaries to fix things and to BAIL the country out I will not lie I voted for Obama because he promised change but now Ron Paul looks so much better
4/20/2009
says....
A citizan that don't make much but still has t0 pay:to bad that we the public can not do what the constitution says to do. That when our government is not working and it hasn't for a long time then overthroe it and build a new one. Let the government feel some of what we feel maybe they should take a cut in pay like the people getting social security will. Let those politicians who make six figures and more get knocked down to $30,000 a year and see if things don't change. I will not lie I voted for Obama because he promised change but now Ron Paul looks so much better
4/20/2009
The Syko One says....
I don't recall Bush raising taxes. So far Obama hasn't had to raise taxes. Oh wait, that's not right Obama has raised taxes. Mostly on the very people he promised would not see any of their taxes increased. Reagan had to deal with the mess Carter left us in, I wonder who is going to have to clean up Obama's mess
4/19/2009
says....
Always be careful what you ask for. If you do not want a bailout or want the government to balance the budget then write your congressperson. You feel good right now because you have a job. In the central part of the United States, we have not felt the blunt of the blow. It is coming like a wave crashing against the sea shore. If you have never saw poverty, it is easy to talk tough. I say to you that the American people elected the congress folks to represent them, then we the american people need to write them or elect someone we want, trust and who will make the right difference. I have lived in a country that lost everything. The money was not good and piled up in piles to take like souveniers. I saw wonderful intelligent people that could not get an education because they could not get a loan or find a job to support them to go to college. I saw gas lines with no natural gas running thru them and electrical lines that were shut off to towns because no one could afford to pay for electricity. I pray that you that believe in the freedom of speech can persuade congress to do the right things. Never give up your rights to protest, but please know what you are fighting for by studying the facts instead of believing someone that just likes to complain that there is truly a problem. Research is also in your rights and power in the USA. If I were going to protest, I would research everything and keep it to exactly what it wrong and have a plan to fix that problem. Do you realize that when you talk about a tea party such as the boston tea party, it started the revolutionary war. If you want to go to that extreme, then know that you will force the death of yourselves and a nation. No, I do not believe you have studied anything. You are following a blow hard that knows nothing.
4/19/2009
joe joe says....
We can talk forever about wise gov't spending but until we read our constitution (10th ammendment) and get the money out of Washington D.C. politicians hands and put it back in states control, we will get nowhere. D.C. just uses the money to control, manipulate, and buy people off. And a good job they do!
4/18/2009
Salina Liberal says....
How many in the crowd paid higher taxes this year because of new tax policies? Bush ran a trillion dollar deficite and no tea parties on his watch. If you are not part of this obvious right wing propoganda piece you are a complete tool being used by them. What is the matter with Kansas indeed.
4/18/2009
Kansaswind says....
Bravo for the people. Once a politican gets to washington he/she doesn't even know we exist. Of the People, By the People and for the People, not for thoes FRAUDS in Washington.
4/18/2009
Janice says....
hey,salina liberal,once again you show what fine,sweet folks you liberals are in your heart,..a wrinklefest huh.If they are old enough to have wrinkles they are probly on medicare,you younger non worker,gov't handout slouchs are the ones on medicade...or welfare..or drugs
4/17/2009
Youngster says....
I'm 24, I was there, and I am proud to be standing with others that are concerned about congress and the liberties they're taking putting ME into debt.
4/17/2009
Just Me says....
Someone called the TEA Party a "wrinklefest". It may have been but doesn't the older generation have the right to stand up for their beliefs. They have "been there - done that". Besides the younger taxpayers were probably at a job trying to earn enough money to pay their taxes. Heaven help us all - especially the future generations that will have to pay for all these bailouts.
4/17/2009
says....
let the auto companys get themselfs out. I can name about 50 car companys that were not bailed out. And Ford is still here.
4/17/2009
Jason says....
People are worried about this stimulus spending for good reasons. When a business makes a decision to invest money, it does so knowing that the marketplace is going to be the ultimate judge of that decision. The discipline of the marketplace forces us to make good decisions, so we spend a lot of time trying to invest wisely and get good returns. If we invest poorly, the market penalizes us. Can anyone tell me what the return is on the $787 billion stimulus plan? I can guarantee this....those dollars are not being spent efficiently. I am concerned that the money, being spent inefficiently, will have little impact on the economy and then we'll be in debt for almost another trillion and what did we get? We got hooked for more interest and further crowding out of the private sector. Good luck to all. You are going to need it.
4/16/2009
jeffro says....
Short notice? Fox News first announced this planned and sponsored "grass roots" initiative on April 2nd. And as far as Bush II goes, while he did not raise taxes per se (he did have some tax credits repealed), he sure never met a spending bill he didn't like...he NEVER vetoed a single spending bill during his entire presidency. When the bills started coming due for his unjust, aggressor war on Iraq then the economy began its slide into the tank...just in time to lay the whole mess in someone elses lap. Talk about getting tea-bagged...
4/16/2009
PHX Tea Party says....
The news media tried to black out or attack most of the TEA protests because they don't want to show millions of disgruntled Americans that we're not alone. Here in Phoenix, the TEA party drew about ten thousand people on short notice. And many of us couldn't go because of work schedules or lack of information about times and locations, so multiply that by a factor of ten or twenty who would be there if we could.
4/16/2009
Citizen Kane says....
"DallasTX" where do you get your moronic information? Bush lowered taxes. How can you not know this? Oh, perhaps your another Liberal who doesn't pay their taxes. Could that be the reason your posting false info? I have the tax tables from 1990 thru 2007 and you can easily see what taxes were under Clinton and Bush. Clinton taxed us to death (middle class that is).
4/16/2009
politicians are the problem says....
The ironic thing is that McCain was in favor and campaigned for a stimulus package too. And if he got in and proposed the exact same package, the dems would have sang the same song that republicans sang. the problem is not obama or dems or republicans. Its the american people who put up with the CRAP from our political system period. Not from one side or another...from BOTH. But hey, i bet no one posting here will do anything about it...vote on party lines next time and then wine and complain, throw a party to wine and complain in a group setting and repeat every four years just the same. Ignorant Americans who don't know any better and are fine with handing their rights over to a government that represents themselves...now thats the real problem.
4/16/2009
Salina Liberal says....
What a wrinklefest. Most of that crowd looked like it was on Medicaid.
4/16/2009
shadowwraith says....
people did complain about bush's tax increases....what obama is wanting us to do is out of the question!! He made out to clear out our national debt but instead he is telling us to give him more of our hard-earned money so he can go around and play with it... he doesn't care about the american people... he is quite content with playing mister socialist tyrant... that is what he wants our nation to become and by God he is going to have it!! he will do whatever he can to accomplish what the people don't want him to do... what do you expect from someone who can't legally prove that he is an american citizen.
4/16/2009
Dallas,Tx says....
BUSH increased taxes for 8 years where were the "Tea Partys" then ?? I guess you need someone to blame.
4/16/2009
Citizen Kane says....
I didn't see any "raging Liberal" comments on here. Could it be that pathetic souls like "Political Mama" have finally "wised up" and realized that voting for a Democrat is an abomination of their right to vote?
4/16/2009
NOBAMA says....
This is exactly why I didn't vote for Obama...because he's an idiot!!! "Hey everyone! I'm going to fix our debt problems by creating more debt!" What a freaking genius!!
4/16/2009
Dog says....
How much longer with it be before we are broke. I hope the Dems and Rhino's wake up before the next election. If they want Socialism they will be able to travel to Cuba and get a lesson why it doesn't work. I don't want cradle to grave support, No body will work under that system. Obama can you hear us now.
4/16/2009
says....
"Please Stop Stimulating Me!" is a good one, too.
4/15/2009
says....
Definitely more then 500 people there. I didn't get any flier handed to me? SO how many others didn't receive a flier?
4/15/2009
EducateYourself says....
Perhaps they should have started these protests years ago when Bush was in office and raised our taxes and our national debt to an all-time high!? Or how about when Reagan was in office? Where were they then? Ahhhh, that's right...happy in their wealth and ignorant still to this day.
4/15/2009
says....
im in iraq working and i see every day waste that should not be i hear i dont have to pay for it DUMB some people dont understand that is are tax dollars they are throwing a way dumb dumb
4/15/2009
Constitution Katie says....
More people arrived after Romm made that estimate. There were at least 600 there, probably closer to 700.
4/15/2009
City Worker says....
its funny, these morons are blaming Mr. Obama for 8 years of Bush's blunders. Typical Republicans. The donkey(jacka$$) fits them better than the elpephant
4/15/2009
ConstitutionKatie says....
I was there at the Tea Party, and more people arrived after Romm made the estimate you quoted. There were AT LEAST 600 people there, possibly closer to 700. When we paraded in a loop around the big city block that encompasses the City-County Building and the Salina Public Library, the front of the parade made it back to the starting point while people were still filing out of the starting point to make their way around--in other words, the line was nearly half a mile long! And that was with many folks walking two abreast. So when you hear the national news saying "several hundred" people protested on Tax Day in Philadelphia, or "several hundred" in Dallas, please bear in mind that little ol' Salina fielded 700 people at the Tea Party. The national news media are saying that "several" cities had Tea Parties today. Well, according to the latest count from a website that tries to serve as a clearinghouse for Tea Party information (www.americanteaparty.com)--but is unable to keep an accurate count because Tea Parties kept springing up from the grassroots faster than anyone could keep track of, so a few may be missed in their count--there were more than 1,800 Tea Parties around the country today, in nearly 600 cities. So when you hear the national news media say "several," assume that means several HUNDRED. "Several cities"? Nope, nearly 600 cities. "Several hundred" in attendance in cities of over a million people? We can probably assume that means several thousands or several tens of thousands!
4/15/2009
Asking for help says....
You tell them! Help us with low or no incomes don't enslave us to living check to check just to pay taxes and loans. Please stop!
4/15/2009
Leader's needed says....
Why are we spending money we don't have? This kind of behavior is what put us in this situation both myself as an individual and our country as a whole. I am learning to manage what little I have better and I think our leaders should do the same with our country. What happened to a balanced budget? Stop increasing our debt and be the strong leaders you can be.
4/15/2009
JDAnderson says....
I agree totally that the government is trying to spend its way out. Seems like throwing money at it instead of using your brains.
4/15/2009
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