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The New American Tea Party Coming to Tennessee
The New American Tea Party has gone conservative viral. Instapundit has details . There is a national Facebook page here .
Tennessee has a local event coming up this Friday at noon at the Legislative Plaza in downtown Nashville. Details will be posted here as they become available, so bookmark this post, Digg it, etc. The Tennessee New American Tea Party Facebook page is up as well. I will also be posting details to my Twitter page, http://www.twitter.com/moorethoughts (yeah, I know I was behind, but I’m caught up now!).
UPDATE
The Tennessee Tea Party is coming. We have confirmed Robin Smith, the chairman of the Tennessee GOP, and expect other confirmations to come tomorrow. Friday, high noon, Legislative Plaza, Nashville – be there!
February 24th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
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February 24th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
How does one learn about it without joining some social networking site?
February 24th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
There is no site set up that I am aware of, but I’ll post all the details here as I get them. Speakers should be announced shortly.
February 24th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Durnit. I wish I could be at this rally, alas, I HAVE TO GO TO WORK SO I CAN PAY FOR ALL OF THESE DEADBEATS MORTGAGES.
February 24th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
You, my friend, are there in spirit.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
I’ll be there.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
I will see if I can be there.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Nathan,
I’ve emailed Michael Del Giorno and Phil Valentine to let them know about this, and posted on the Facebook site. Trying to get the word out.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:22 am
I’ll be there!!
February 25th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
can’t go…i have to work. funny thing about conservatives; the majority of us do! would be nice to do something like this at an after-work time. good luck though.
February 25th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Ditto to above. I must work Friday and do my part to bailout, stimulate, rescue…etc…
It’s my duty, don’tcha know. Thanks to all of you who will be there in my stead!
Viva La Revolution.
February 25th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
A real effective protest will be we, tax payers, all stop paying tax to the government who irresponsibly spend our money. Atlas Shrugged. Then, without money, washington will start pay attention to its real tax payers.
February 25th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Somebody schedule it at: http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=page&page-id=68
February 26th, 2009 at 2:11 am
Ok, posted in Clarksville’s Leaf Chronicle blog. I’m looking forward to exercise my right to peacefully assemble, while I still have it. Hopefully there will be more than a few of us making the drive down.
February 26th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Is anybody spreading the word? It’s hard to spread without more detail other than “noon at Legislative Plaza”. Does anybody have a PLAN?
February 26th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Here’s how to do this properly!!!!
http://theconservativerevolution.com/freedomworks/how-to-organize-your-own-tea-party-protest/
How to Organize Your Own “Tea Party” Protest
The internet is abuzz with chatter about organizing protests around the country to put an end to this madness on Wall Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. But I’ve talked to many people out there who have never organized a protest, and so they don’t have a clue where to begin. Here are 10 simple steps that you can follow to organize a protest in your own community. If you want more help, just send me an email at bsteinhauser @freedomworks.org and I’ll work with you one on one to help make your protest a success.
1. Pick a location, date and time in your town. I’d suggest main street at an intersection with lots of traffic.
2. Tell your friends, family, co-workers and everyone else you know about the protest. Build an rsvp email list so that you can provide quick updates if something changes. You should also create a facebook group so that the group can communicate with one another.
3. Make 5-10 signs with legible slogans that send a clear message to the public and the media. Write in BIG LETTERS.
4. Call your local talk radio hosts and ask them to announce the location, date and time on the air for a few days leading up to the protest. Send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper announcing the protest. Email the bloggers in your area and ask them to post a notice about the protest.
5. Write a press release and email, mail and fax copies to the local tv stations, radio stations and newspapers. Call the reporters that cover local events or politics and leave messages on their voice mail.
6. On the day of your protest, show up with your group, be loud, visible, happy and engage the public. Wave your signs, make lots of noise and move around to get attention. If reporters interview you, give them some good sound bytes for their stories. Stay on message and keep your answers short and coherent.
7. Bring sign-in sheets to capture the names, emails and phone numbers of everyone who attends the protest and/or says that they support what you are doing. You will then have a big list of people that can plan the next, much bigger and louder, event. Also bring handouts with one page of quick facts about why you are protesting in the first place.
8. Add your pictures, video and an after-action report to your facebook group, and send this stuff to the bloggers and reporters that you originally contacted. Ask them to post the photos, story and video.
9. Thank everyone who attended via email and phone, and set up a meeting to plan your next event. Now you have a list of people in your community that can help make the next protest huge. Encourage everyone to commit to bring at least one friend to the next protest.
10. Organize a carpool and go find a friend in your neighboring town or county and help them organize a protest there. You and your people are now veterans and should be able to keep the momentum going around your area.
Email me if you have any questions or want some ideas for signs. bsteinhauser @freedomworks.org
Good luck!
February 26th, 2009 at 9:04 am
If someone will just post a contact name, I’ll volunteer to help organize!
February 26th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Requiring Facebook registration to get details is asinine! Please use an open website to publish details!!!!
February 26th, 2009 at 10:14 am
You can contact Judson Phillips if you’d like to help at judson@judsonphillips.com.
Thanks for your offer to help.
February 26th, 2009 at 10:43 am
The head of the Tennessee GOP Robin Smith will be speaking
February 26th, 2009 at 11:55 am
I was going to take my family to Atlanta but since that is a four hour drive from North Central Alabama, Nashville is a lot closer at 2 hours. Where exactly is the Legislative Plaza? Next to the Tennessee State Capitol?
Please advise…Thanks.
February 26th, 2009 at 11:58 am
That’s awesome!
Legislative Plaza is directly south of the Capitol. It lies between Union Street and Charlotte Pike on Sixth Avenue North. I look forward to seeing you guys there.
February 26th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
The idea of starving the Fed Gov’t by withholding tax payments is interesting. But how do we do that, since my/our employers actually pay it each month after taking it out of my/our paycheck without any agreement from me/us?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Gentlemen, while we are all angered at the recent burning of our US Constitution and the Bill of Rights and agree that we needed to have a TENNESSEE TEA PARTY…I believe that after Rick Santelli lost his cool and recommended that we have a Chicago Tea Party this Summer, all of these events to include NASHVILLE was put together way to fast without prior planning and notification. 99.7 should have been pumping us up for months and gotten the wordd out. I and 50 buddies whould have take a day of vacation but did not find out about this event until 2 days ago. LETS PLAN A HUGE EVENT ON APRIL 15th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO SLACK
February 27th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
That’s a great idea, 101st
February 28th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Keep my abreast of all things about this spending and locations of meeting.
March 10th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Hey everybody, I just heard about this New American Tea Party and think its a great idea!! I live in Jackson and want this idea to spread through out TN. How do I get something started here?