posted March 16, 2009 04:52 PM            

To be fair, people are also pi$$ed at Olympia Snow, Susan Collins and Arlen Specter, so called republicans who could have stopped the bill(s) in the Senate but went along to get along. Republicans are furious at all three of these RINOs and plan to run candidates against them in their next election.

'Tea Party:' Stimulus bill too steep
By Amber Ellis • aellis@enquirer.com • March 16, 2009

DOWNTOWN - Dawna Frost had a simple message for anyone who glanced her way: "I live off what I make. Government needs to live on what they already take."

The Mason resident was one of thousands who showed up Sunday at Fountain Square for the Cincinnati Tea Party, an effort designed to show disapproval for "wasteful government spending." The group wants Congress to repeal the $787 billion stimulus package that President Barack Obama has championed as a way to create jobs and give the economy a boost.

"The thought of all this spending makes me angry," Frost said. "I'm tired of being angry."

Other protesters wore Revolutionary War-era costumes, sported "Got Tea?" shirts and raised signs with messages like, "Give us Liberty, not debt" and "No more bailouts."

"There is a movement going on in this country," said former U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot. "You can see it here today."

Sean Lynch of Colerain Township brought his children. His 8-year-old, Isabel, held a "Stop spending my allowance" sign, and 5-year-old Kate raised one that read "Stay out of my piggy bank."

"I'm frustrated with the way things are going in Congress. They need to remember that they work for us, and right now, we don't approve," Lynch said as he propped up a sign for his son Charlie, 2.

"This is not a Democrat thing or a Republican thing," he said. "It's a government thing."

The Sunday rally was one of dozens that have taken place across the country in recent weeks.

The anti-bailout protests started last month when Rick Santelli of CNBC complained about Obama's $75 billion mortgage-relief plan. Santelli accused the government of promoting bad behavior and sarcastically asked people at the Chicago Board of Trade whether they'd like to pay for their neighbor's mortgage. His rant was picked up on the Drudge Report and posted on YouTube.

His call for a Chicago Tea Party along Lake Michigan spread rapidly via the Web, and people started planning mini-versions of the Boston Tea Party, a 1773 revolt where colonists dumped tea into the harbor in protest of what they considered unfair taxation from England.

Cincinnati police said unofficially that about 4,000 protesters showed up Sunday, less than the 6,000-plus people lead organizer Mike Wilson had projected.

"The American people are outraged. All you have to do is look around," said Dave Kern, a Liberty Township trustee. Kern was one of two trustees who made a political statement last month by voting against asking for stimulus money to build a new firehouse and township hall.

A lone Obama supporter made her way through the edge of the gated area, shouting "O-bam-a" to jeers from the crowd.

Other, less-vocal proponents of the spending plan blended in. Some passersby voiced disagreement, too.

"I'm alone. I'm very alone right now," said Cathy Moss of Price Hill.

Hoisting a "Spend, baby, spend" sign in the air, she said she agreed with the stimulus plan, although she knew Sunday she was far outnumbered.

"This is the worst economic crisis of our lives. We've got to do something."

Before the two-hour rally ended, dozens of people had lined up to buy an "Obamacard," a novelty credit card that belongs to "Neda Bailout" and is designed to "spread the wealth."

"I figured what better place to be than here," said Ken Raber of Beavercreek, Ohio, as he gave a customer change for the $1 card.

Sporting straw hats with tea bags around the brims, Jena Russo, 19, and her dad, Dave, said they drove from their Bridgetown home to make a statement.

"I just think government is getting too big, too out of control. There is no more 'We the people,' " Dave Russo said.

Five-year-old Kaylee McChesney posed for pictures. Her tongue-in-cheek "Where's my free pony?" sign attracted lots of attention.

Her mom, Lisa, said she's concerned that Kaylee's generation will be left on the hook for "today's excessive government spending."

"It's going to overshadow her entire life. As a parent, I think this is unconscionable. Now is the time to do something," said McChesney, of Mason.

Lynch, a father of three, said he didn't think he would wake up today and find that "we changed the world."

"I don't think anything is going to change overnight," he said.

"But this is a start."
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090316/NEWS0108/903160337

posted March 16, 2009 05:04 PM            

With a few notable exceptions, the national media has ignored the tax revolt movement against the porkulus package, omni-pork spending bill, and bottomless bailouts that began in Seattle on President’s Day; continued in Denver on the day of the Generational Theft Act signing; spread to Mesa AZ during President Obama’s massive mortgage entitlement push; spurred protest in Overland Park KS; and evolved into the Tea Party movement across the country.

But local politicians and local newspapers/TV are definitely on notice. Thousands of folks converging in places like St. Louis (1,500), Greenville (2,000), Fullerton (est. 15,000), and Cincinnati (5,000) are getting harder to ignore.

And now, it seems, word is getting around in Washington. The White House, the NYTimes (which has mocked the tax revolters) tells us, is worried about a populist backlash against bailout-mania. Naw. Really? You don’t say:

Starting to get a clue:

It’s here, baby. Open your eyes. More Cincy Tea Party photos via RWNJ:

Via WCPO, making the message crystal-clear:

Tea party supporters say their reasons for demonstrating on Fountain Square are simple.

“To actually show the state and federal government that we’re displeased with the way that they’re handling our money. That’s our money,” said George Piper.
And: “This is not a Democrat thing. Or a Republican thing. It’s a government thing.”

Wait until April 15…
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/03/16/no-duh-white-house-worried-about-bailout-backlash/

posted March 17, 2009 02:46 PM            

well its about time! this is basically a grass roots version of what obama said he wanted, people getting together and letting their opinions be known.

PLUTO IN CAPRICORN. and in '10 URANUS IN ARIES too!!

now things are getting INTERESTING!! whatever you think of obama...people are waking up and THAT IS GOOD.

posted March 18, 2009 06:14 PM            

but honestly, is obama asking people to spread information about his policies/bills (as per your zeig heil post) really that threatening? is this post here not the other side of the same coin? do you think no one is "fomenting" discontent?

revolution, civil war, as i also said above, have been very definite possibilities ASTROLOGICALLY no matter who was voted in. and misinformation abounds on all sides...

posted March 18, 2009 10:32 PM            

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p.s. do you honestly read the enquirer??

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posted March 19, 2009 10:50 AM            

I notice you chose to magnify...what Obama SAID he stood for. Well, what he said he stood for he is now rejecting.

Words, just words and how easily O'Bomber is throwing those words he used to get himself elected under the bus. It's getting crowded under that bus.

So katatonic, what are you objecting to? Is the story you tagged as an "Enquirer" story a lie? People aren't protesting the Porkulus bill and O'Bomer's 4 Trillion dollar budget bill?

I don't care where the truth comes from. I don't read the Enquirer but their story is true. I live in the St Petersburg Florida area...and I also don't read the Tampa Tribune or the St Petersburg Times.

posted March 19, 2009 01:51 PM            

i emphasized SAID because people voted for the ideas put forward in the campaign. now you may think obama is going back on what he said, but you may be misreading his actions. the man is enmeshed in a system of politicking that he has SAID he wants to change. how do you do that? like kennedy, who went after the big guys who thought he owed them favours? that might be considered stupid in view of the results..

i am NOT saying that we know what obama is doing or why. i don't presume to read his mind nor do i accept the obviously biassed press (on either side) version of what is going on. i am saying that he said he wanted to know what WE thought/wanted. and he is getting it. people who were stumped and disheartened just a year ago are shaking off the apathy and coming out.

posted March 19, 2009 01:51 PM            

i emphasized SAID because people voted for the ideas put forward in the campaign. now you may think obama is going back on what he said, but you may be misreading his actions. the man is enmeshed in a system of politicking that he has SAID he wants to change. how do you do that? like kennedy, who went after the big guys who thought he owed them favours? that might be considered stupid in view of the results..

i am NOT saying that we know what obama is doing or why. i don't presume to read his mind nor do i accept the obviously biassed press (on either side) version of what is going on. i am saying that he said he wanted to know what WE thought/wanted. and he is getting it. people who were stumped and disheartened just a year ago are shaking off the apathy and coming out.

posted March 19, 2009 03:42 PM            

If an article isn't printed in the New York Times is it possible..in your mind..that it's still the "truth"?

O'Bomber has broken just about every campaign promise he made. In other words, O'Bomber lied to the American people to get himself elected and O'Bomber Kool-Aid drinkers gulped those lies down like they were dying of thirst.

Yes, O'Bomber has created change. He's spent about 1.5 Trillion dollars we don't have on a Porkulus Bill..which didn't solve the problem, he's submitted a pork laden budget of almost 4 Trillion dollars we don't have, he's proposed spending 564 Billion dollars...as only a down payment on a Marxist Socialist Health Care system to replace the best health care delivery system in the world, he's proposed a cap and trade tax on energy which will run to about 2 Trillion dollars to solve a climate emergency which doesn't exist...and which will dramatically raise the price of almost everything used by consumers, including a massive increase in electricity bills for consumers..about $1800 additional per year and he's proposed US military personnel pay for their own medical expenses when they get shot or injured on active duty.

That's plenty of change but people all over America are starting to wake up..including lots of democrats. O'Bomber has done all that in only 2 months in office.