This is one of my favorite signs from the Wichita Tea Party Protest held on February 27, 2009. Cheryl Green is the creator of the sign; I am merely the photographer.
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Wichita Tea Party News Coverage on KSN Television
The Wichita Tea Party protest as covered by KSN Television, February 27, 2009. A very good job by reporter Josh Witsman.
“Someone needs to go and cut up Congress and President Obama’s credit card, because it’s not their credit card — it’s our credit card.”
Wichita Tea Party: Susan Estes
Susan Estes addresses the crowd at the Wichita Tea Party protest, February 27, 2009.
Wichita Tea Party: Nancy Armstrong
Nancy Armstrong addresses the crowd at the Wichita Tea Party protest, February 27, 2009.
Wichita Tea Party: Cheryl Green
Cheryl Green explains why she’s protesting at the Wichita Tea Party, February 27, 2009.
Wichita Tea Party Citizen Report
A citizen report submitted by John Todd. Photos are available by clicking here. More coverage and video can be viewed by clicking here.
An estimated 100-plus citizen activists assembled today near Second and Waco Streets to participate in a protest of the federal stimulus package and bailouts. The event was billed as The Wichita Tea Party. Two men drove 200 miles from Garden City to attend. Other Kansans were here from Abilene, Hutchinson, Andover, and Augusta.
A gentleman from the Kansas City area came dressed in a pink pig suit with a sign denouncing “pork spending.” He delighted the crowd.
In addition to children, one lady brought her dog with a protest sign around his neck, reading “I didn’t read it either.”
A couple of middle-aged women from Wichita arrived early at the event indicating that this was their first involvement in citizen activism, and that they were hot about the stimulus spending that was emanating from Washington.
Staffers from Congressman Todd Tiahrt’s office participated along with dozens of like-minded citizens and several activist coalitions complaining about the stimulus.
The crowd carried signs, waved at passing cars whose drivers honked and gave thumbs-up signs marking their approval of the tax protest movement.
The event was a tremendous success and shows just what grassroots citizen activists can do to express their feelings of frustration towards a government that appear to have lost sight of the people who actually pay the bills. A general feeling among the crowd was that many of our leaders in Washington are moving our country towards an involuntary redistribution of wealth known as socialism.
They also appreciate the members of the Kansas congressional delegation who voted against the stimulus package.
Wichita Tea Party Photos
In Wichita, it was a cold day with a freezing wind, but quite a few protesters –human, canine, and porcine — came out to show their displeasure with the direction of our country. Appreciation was also expressed for the members of the Kansas Congressional delegation who voted against stimulus pork and bailouts.
Click here for more photos from this event. Or, click here for an automatic slideshow.
See more coverage by clicking on Wichita Tea Party.
In Wichita, Angry Citizens Revive Boston Tea Party Protest
Wichita Tea Party organizer Nancy Armstrong talks about Friday’s Wichita Tea Protest on KAKE Television:
Coverage at KAKE Television is at Angry Citizens Revive Boston Tea Party Protest.
Other stories at Voice For Liberty in Wichita are at
Wichita Tea Party
Area Residents Plan Wichita Tea Party
Wichita Tea Party, from AFPWichita Tea Party, from AFP
Here’s a message from Americans For Prosperity’s Kansas state director Derrick Sontag about the Wichita Tea Party this Friday.
It started with people like you, logging on and signing our petition at NoStimulus.com, and now we have a full-blown grassroots movement on our hands.
One such activist, Nancy Armstrong, supported Hillary Clinton in the 2008 primary and even went on the road, campaigning for the former New York Senator. But while on the campaign trail, Nancy learned more than she anticipated about the Obama campaign. Now she’s joining the fight against the massive deficit spending bill by organizing the Wichita Tea Party, part of the nationwide grassroots movement that’s spreading like wildfire from coast to coast.
Join Nancy at a rally this Friday outside Senator Sam Brownback’s Wichita office:
Wichita Tea Party
11:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 27
Senator Sam Brownback’s Office ( Farm Credit Bank Building, 245 N. Waco, Wichita)Let’s help support this cause tomorrow — bring your homemade signs and show your appreciation to Sen. Brownback for opposing this federal bailout bill, and your frustration for this bloated spending bill.
This stimulus package is not only detrimental to our national economy, but it has immediate implications right here in Kansas. Our state faces a $1 billion budget shortfall, and we need budget reform — now. This federal bailout bill for the states will be too much of a temptation for our legislators, who may see this as a way to avoid making those tough budget decisions that come with real and meaningful budget reform.
