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A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA Tea party 'extremists' rock and reload July 4 Independence Day fireworks of protest cover all 50 states Posted: May 11, 2009 8:49 pm Eastern By Chelsea Schilling
The American Family Association is now sponsoring Independence Day tea parties in more than 640 U.S. cities in all 50 states. The Taxed Enough Already, or TEA, parties will be held at 12 p.m. in front of city halls across the nation. "Our goal is simply to keep the grass-roots organizations mobilized," said Michael DePrimo, special counsel to AFA President Tim Wildmon. "We don't want people to think of it as a one-time event and then have it fall by the wayside." AFA is hosting a Tea Party Day website so volunteer organizers may register their protests. The group encourages tea party attendees to bring cell phones and call the president, 202-456-1414, and Congress, 202-224-3121, while attending the rallies. DePrimo told WND the recent Tax Day protests were extremely popular and successful. A new poll reveals many Americans support beliefs of tax protest organizers. According to a Zogby poll commissioned by the O'Leary Report that was released April 28, the survey of 3,937 voters in the last election shows a full 57.1 percent of respondents somewhat or strongly support beliefs of tea party organizers, while 39.3 percent somewhat or strongly opposed them. The margin of error is +/-1.6 percent, according to Zogby. Sign WND's petition for 'Re-Declaration of Independence'! Even 52.6 percent of respondents with no tax liability supported the tea party movement while only 41.8 percent did not. Of those with tax liability, 58 percent supported the protests while 39.4 percent did not. Military service members and their families (60.7 percent expressed support) were more likely to support the core beliefs of tea party movement than their non-military peers (48.5 percent expressed support). (Story continues below) AFA lists hundreds of tea party organizers who are scheduled to coordinate the July 4 events, and it is adding more by the day. DePrimo said volunteers who do not see their location on the list should visit the Tea Party Day website to add their tea party information. The current list includes the following towns and cities: Alaska Anchorage, Juneau, Wasilla Alabama Birmingham, Daphne, Fairhope, Florence, Fort Deposit, Fort Payne, Gadsden, Gallion, Hartselle, Headland, Huntsville, Jasper, Killen, Leesburg, Scottsboro Arkansas Bella Vista, Conway, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Malvern, Mountain Home, Mulberry, Searcy, West Memphis Arizona Arizona City, Camp Verde, Cottonwood, Marana, Mesa, Tucson, Vernon California Alpine, Arroyo Grande, Bakersfield, Bishop, Bloomington, Brentwood, Buena Park, Camarillo, Chino Hills Dana Point, Discovery Bay, Fillmore, Fontana, Fremont, Huntington Beach, Irvine, La Quinta, Laguna Woods, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Olivos, Napa, Newbury Park, Ojai, Orland, Oxnard, Palm Desert, Pinole, Salinas, San Clemente, San Diego, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Santa Paula, Shingle Springs, Simi Valley, Temecula, Thousand Oaks, Tracy, Ventura, Visalia, Vista, West Covina, Yorba Linda, Yuba City, Yucaipa Colorado Arvada, Carbondale, Colorado Springs, Cripple Creek, Denver, Elbert, Estes Park, Greeley, Littleton, Pagosa Springs, Peyton, Sterling, Westcliffe Connecticut Glastonbury, Mystic, New Milford, Plainfield Delaware Smyrna Florida Apopka, Arcadia, Bell, Bradenton, Brandon, Bronson, Clearwater, Cocoa Beach, Deland, Englewood, Estero, Eustis, Fernandina Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Walton Beach, Gainesville, Gulf Breeze, Homestead, Inverness, Jacksonville, Kissimmee, Lakeland, Lithia, Marianna, Melbourne, Miami, Navarre, North Port, Orlando, Perry, Royal Palm Beach, Seminole, Shady Grove, Tallahassee, Venice, West Palm Beach, Wildwood Georgia Albany, Alpharetta, Bainbridge, Baldwin, Baxley, Brunswick, Camilla, Columbus, Cumming, Duluth, Enigma, Fayetteville, Griffin, Guyton, Hiawassee, La Fayette, Lawrenceville, Loganville, Marietta, Mcdonough, Monroe, Newnan, Richmond Hill, Ringgold, Senoia, Statesboro, Sugar Valley, Sunny Side, Talking Rock, Trion, Tunnel Hill, Valdosta, Warner Robins Hawaii Kihei Iowa Bondurant, Burlington, Dubuque, Iowa City Idaho Almo, Arimo, Garden City, Idaho Falls, Nampa, Pocatello, Priest River, Rexburg, Sandpoint, Twin Falls Illinois Algonquin, Arthur, Barrington, Berwyn, Bloomington, Champaign, Chicago, Flora, Hoffman Estates, Homer Glen, Joliet, Marion, Marseilles, Moline, Naperville, Neoga, Normal, Palatine, Pekin, Peoria, Rockford, Rolling Meadows, Spring Grove Indiana Bloomington, Bryant, Columbus, Fort Wayne, Greenwood, Highland, Huntington, Indianapolis, Knox, Kokomo, Lafayette, Otterbein, Portage, Rossville, South Bend, Speedway, Terre Haute, Tipton, Valparaiso, Warsaw, Westfield, Zionsville Kansas Athol, Garden City, Independence, Olathe, Overland Park, Salina Kentucky Alvaton, Bowling Green, Brownsville, Burkesville, Corbin, Covington, Edmonton, Frankfort, Glasgow, Jenkins, Lexington, Louisville, Owensboro, Richmond, Somerset, Utica Louisiana Covington, Deridder, Leesville, Maurepas, Minden, New Iberia, New Orleans, Opelousas, Pineville, Slidell, Sulphur Massachusetts Attleboro, Boston, Fall River, Middleboro, Nantucket, West Roxbury Maryland Bel Air, Cumberland, Dundalk, Lutherville Timonium, New Market, Salisbury, Silver Spring Maine Machias, North Yarmouth, Portland, South Portland, Standish Michigan Allendale, Big Rapids, Byron Center, Clare, Emmett, Farmington, Fife Lake, Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, Hersey, Holland, Holt, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Midland, New Baltimore, Owosso, Port Huron, Taylor, Ypsilanti Minnesota Stewartville, Walker, Watertown, Winona Missouri Bethany, Camdenton, Cassville, Chillicothe, Dexter, Doniphan, Eureka, Farmington, Festus, Hannibal, Harrisonville, Joplin, Kansas City, Lees Summit, Malden, Marshfield, Poplar Bluff, Saint Peters, Springfield Mississippi Bay Saint Louis, Byram, Forest, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Hernando, Purvis, Ridgeland, Tupelo Montana Billings, Boyd, Clinton, Sunburst Nebraska Omaha Nevada Eureka, Gardnerville, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Reno New Hampshire Berlin, Keene, Newport New Jersey Bloomsbury, Caldwell, Clark, Clifton, Colts Neck, Deptford, Englishtown, Hillside, Jackson, Keansburg, Little Silver, Manahawkin, Milltown, Morristown, Newton, Towaco, Wayne, Westfield, Woodbury New Mexico Carlsbad, Clovis, Hobbs, Reserve New York Bronx, Buffalo, Camden, Candor, Commack, Elmont, Gardiner, Greene, Honeoye Falls, Huntington, Ithaca, Kew Gardens, Lindenhurst, Lyons, Marion, Massapequa, Norwich, Olean, Plattsburgh, Port Jervis, Poughkeepsie, Rome, Shoreham, Smithtown, Utica, Warrensburg North Carolina Albemarle, Buxton, Denver, Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Hampstead, Kernersville, King, Kure Beach, Lincolnton, Maysville, Morganton, Murfreesboro, Newton, Pinehurst, Shelby, Weaverville, Wilmington, Winston Salem North Dakota Williston Ohio Bascom, Chillicothe, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Defiance, Galion, Girard, Holgate, Kingsville, Mansfield, Medina, Newark, Republic, Springfield, Sylvania, Wellsville, Zanesville Oklahoma Atoka, Bartlesville, Bixby, Crowder, Glenpool, Hulbert, Jenks, Lawton, Mcloud, Miami, Oklahoma City, Okmulgee, Sasakwa, Tulsa Oregon Banks, Beaverton, Clatskanie, Eugene, Gold Beach, Newberg, Portland, Saint Helens, Veneta Pennsylvania Bernville, Butler, Canonsburg, Chicora, Coopersburg, Erie, Franklin, Greensburg, Johnstown, Linesville, McKees Rocks, Ridgeway, Somerset, Union City, West Grove Rhode Island East Providence, Pawtucket South Carolina Boiling Springs, Charleston, Columbia, Ladys Island, Moncks Corner, Mount Pleasant, Myrtle Beach, Okatie, Spartanburg, Townville, York South Dakota Belle Fourche, Rapid City, Tea Tennessee Brentwood, Collierville, Cordova, Crossville, Franklin, Germantown, Greenbrier, Greeneville, Harriman, Jackson, Johnson City, Kingsport, Knoxville, Maryville, Memphis, Mountain City, Munford, Murfreesboro, Paris, Signal Mountain, Unionville Texas Abilene, Amarillo, Arlington, Athens, Aubrey, Austin, Azle, Bastrop, Bedford, Big Spring, Borger, Canyon, Carrolton, Cleburn, Clyde, Coldspring, College Station, Coppell, Copperas Cove, Corsicana, Crockett, Crowley, Dallas, Denton, Dublin, Duncanville, Edinburg, El Paso, Friendswood, Garland, Gatesville, Georgetown, Gilmer, Godley, Graham, Grapevine, Hamlin, Howe, Huntsville, Keller, Kerrville, Laredo, League City, Lewisville, Lindale, Little Elm, Livingston, Lubbock, Lufkin, Lumberton, Mansfield, Melissa, Midland, Monahans, Mount Pleasant, New Braunfels, Orange, Palestine, Paris, Pasadena, Plano, Red Oak, Rockwall, Round Rock, Rowlett, San Angelo, San Antonio, Sealy, Sherman, Spring, Stephenville, Sugar Land, Sulphur Springs, Terrell, Tomball, Tye, Tyler, Uvalde, Waco, Weatherford, Wylie Utah Bountiful, Orem, Provo, Saint George, Springville, Washington Virginia Abingdon, Charlotte, Colonial Heights, Covington, Culpeper, Danville, Gainesville, Midlothian, Nokesville, South Boston, Stafford, Woodbridge Vermont Essex Junction, West Rutland Washington Bellingham, Clarkston, Granite Falls, Greenacres, Moses Lake, Olympia, Paterson, Puyallup, Richland, Spokane, Wenatchee, Yakima West Virginia Clarksburg, Daniels, Parkersburg Wisconsin Antigo, Delavan, Eau Claire, Fort Atkinson, Kaukauna, Reedsville, Superior, Wausau Wyoming Greybull, Powell, Riverton WND has been hosting its own tea party forum so citizens can exchange ideas, information and announcements about the "revolution." WND readers have been sending information on upcoming tea parties, including the following protests: Alabama Birmingham – Saturday, July 4, time and place to be announced California Buena Park – Saturday, July 4, 12 p.m. at city hall, 6650 Beach Blvd., bring flags, banners, signs; lunch to follow Los Angeles – Saturday, July 4, from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Santa Monica Pier San Diego – Saturday, July 4, time and place to be announced San Francisco – Saturday, July 4, time and place to be announced Colorado Denver – Saturday, July 4, time and place to be announced Florida Fort Walton Beach – Sunday, May 17, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Emerald Coast Convention Center, 1540 Miracle Strip Pkwy Orlando – Saturday, July 4, time and place to be announced Georgia Atlanta – Saturday, July 4, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the capitol building located at 206 Washington St. Rome – Saturday, July 4, 11 a.m, location to be announced Illinois Chicago – From Saturday, July 4, at 7 p.m. to Sunday, July 5, at 5 a.m. at Belmont Harbor on Lake Shore Drive Louisiana Lake Charles – Saturday, July 4, time and place to be announced Massachusetts Boston – Saturday, July 4, from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Griffin Harbor on Congress Street Bridge Mississippi Jackson – Saturday, May 16, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.on the steps of the capitol building Laurel – Saturday, July 4, location to be announced Montana Billings – Saturday, July 4, location to be announced New Jersey Margate – Saturday, July 4, time to be announced, Washington and Amherst Avenue New York New York – Saturday, July 4, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at South Street Seaport and Pier 17 Pennsylvania Philadelphia – Saturday, July 4, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Independence Mall Texas Austin – Saturday, July 4, time and location to be announced Dallas – Saturday, July 4, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Victory Park Fort Worth – Saturday, July 4 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cowtown Bar & Grill Waco – Saturday, July 4, time and location to be announced West Virginia Wheeling – Saturday, July 4, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on steps outside WesBanco Arena Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. – Saturday, July 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Upper Senate Park adjacent to Capitol building on north side Washington, D.C. – Saturday, Sept. 12, march on the capitol Wyoming Cheyenne – July 4, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the state capitol building Are you planning a tea party? WND is your place to launch the tea party revolution. If you would like to include your tea party in this list, send the city, date, time, location and point of contact to WND.
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