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Tea parties going global

More than 2,000 protests planned for Tax Day – even in Denmark

By Chelsea Schilling
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

While WND has found information for more than 700 tea parties, the American Family Association is reporting Tax Day protests for 2,000 cities – and Tax Day Tea Party claims the movement has now spread overseas.

With less than two days before citizens take to the streets, the mainstream media are beginning to report the widespread movement – but many major outlets are doing so in critical columns and television reports.

Media buzz

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote, “Republicans have become embarrassing to watch. And it doesn’t feel right to make fun of crazy people.”

He said the tea parties are not an accurate representation of public sentiment.

“They’re AstroTurf (fake grassroots) events, manufactured by the usual suspects,” he wrote.

USA Today reported that the nationwide protest would number only 500 U.S. town and cities, while a Forbes columnist argued that “federal revenues as a share of the gross domestic product will be lower this year than any year since 1950.”

MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show” denigrated the movement with puns for 13 minutes, calling it “insanitea” organized by conservative activists. She laughed out loud as she disparaged “tea-baggers” during the broadcast.

MSNBC’s David Shuster accused Fox News of “fluffing” the Tax Day tea parties after the news channel became one of few major media outlets to consistently report on the events.

Newsweek Senior Editor Daniel Gross said the movement was “AstroTurf” rather than grassroots because he alleges it began from the top down, according to NewsBusters.

“I think, when it comes to teabagging, the president should probably just ignore this,” Gross said. “He’s got 10 other things on his plate, you know, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, the banking crisis, the overall economic situation, health care. To get bogged down with a – you know, what seems to be a fringe group of people throwing consumer products into the lakes and rivers of this nation doesn’t seem to be worthy of his attention. …”

However, hundreds of U.S. dailies and local news stations are announcing Tax Day tea parties in various towns and cities.

Other guests at rallies

Meanwhile, a Huffington Post columnist mocked, “Yes, stand up. You’ve been pushed around by Obama for too long – nearly 80 whole days. You poor long suffering muted people.”

Nonetheless, as WND reported earlier, the Huffington Post has organized an online sign up for anyone to attend the events on behalf of its organization as “citizen journalists.” It asks them to write stories, photograph protests and film the events.

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“On tax day, April 15, there will be protests with conservative movement leaders across the country, railing against government and high taxes,” the website explains. “HuffPost is developing a citizen reporting team to keep track of this movement.”

The organization does not attempt to identify its volunteers, as WND was able to join the ranks of its “citizen reporters” with no questions asked.

ACORN spokesman Charles Jackson told WND the group has been planning rallies for the same day.

“ACORN is going to be engaged in a series of rallies across the country on April 15 in support of the priorities outlined in President Obama’s first budget – investments in education, health care, and getting Americans back to work,” Jackson said.

He continued, “This is the first we’ve heard of these ‘tea parties’ and, frankly, a gripe-fest by a bunch of conservatives whose preferred economic policies got us in this mess in the first place is of no interest to us.”

Meanwhile, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC has reported that 25 immigration enforcement advocacy organizations are announcing plans to support the historic Tax Day Tea Party events.

The groups are encouraging thousands of supporters to attend the tea parties and host tables with fliers and signs condemning tens of billions of dollars in taxes Americans pay annually due to non-enforcement of existing immigration laws.

“The vast majority of attendees and organizers with Tax Day Tea Party events are very concerned about the impact of illegal immigration on tax levels,” said William Gheen of ALIPAC. “Despite the fact that numerous polls indicate approximately 80 percent of Americans want more immigration enforcement, instead of Dream Act or Comprehensive Amnesties, Washington refuses to represent the will of the people and that is the definition of taxation without representation.”

Lee ADDS: The Leftists are planning anything they can ti disrupt TEA PARTY Movement activities. They are going so far as to LIE about THEIR OWN protest marches.

Remember the Anti War protests when the Iraq war began? Well, they don’t! One Liberal I viewed on Fox News DENIED that there was a protest about Iraq at any time! I can only assume he thinks we are as stupid as he is!

DO NOT ALLOW DISRUPTION! DO NOT LET THEM MUTE YOUR PROTEST!

The ‘SILENT MAJORITY is AWAKENING…GET THE JOB DONE!