The Chicago Tea Party

CNBC Asks Santelli to React to Tea Parties: 'I'm Pretty Proud of This'

2009-04-15T19:57:00.000-05:00

CNBC Asks Santelli to React to Tea Parties: 'I'm Pretty Proud of This'

Crowds gather in Madison, Milwaukee for tax protests

2009-04-15T19:48:00.001-05:00

We had a great time at the Tea Party today. There were well over 5000 people at the capital. Something is big building. Hopefully conservatives can take advantage of this anger against out of control taxing AND spending.

Crowds gather in Madison, Milwaukee for tax protests - JSOnline

Tea Party in Madison, WI

2009-04-13T12:08:00.000-05:00

http://www.fightbackwisconsin.com/

Tax Day Tea Party in Chicago

2009-03-09T16:23:00.001-05:00

You can get more information here.

Date: Wednesday, April 15th.
Time: 12:00 PM Central Time.
Start: Daley Plaza, 50 W Washington St..
End: Michigan Ave Bridge (Tribune Tower).

59% Still Believe Government Is the Problem

2009-03-01T20:06:00.002-06:00

"A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 59% of U.S. voters agreed with Ronald Reagan that “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”

St. Louis Tea Party Protests Stimulus Plan...

2009-03-01T15:12:00.002-06:00

Lets go...I want mine!

"Hennessy said he got the idea after Rick Santelli, a CNBC market commentator in Chicago, last week called for a tea party to protest Obama's anti-recession plan. Santelli's comments became a YouTube hit, and similar "tea parties" were planned in other cities."

Santelli's Head Spins on Bank Stress Tests

2009-02-23T10:35:00.002-06:00

Getting grilled by his colleagues again on CNBC.

FYI
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The Enforcers Assault Rick Santelli

2009-02-22T19:27:00.000-06:00

The Enforcers Assault Rick Santelli

The White House Rebukes Santelli

2009-02-20T19:23:00.006-06:00

What would you expect a Socialist administration to say?

UPDATE
And Ricks Response to the White House here.

UPDATE 2
Rick rips the White House a new one on Kudlow tonight. Beautiful.

Rick Sounds off...again.

2009-02-20T11:03:00.007-06:00

You can find it here and here.

A little more measured today....bummer.

Picks it up a little here in a debate with a Democratic strategist on Kudlow.

And it was three against one this morning on the TODAY show.

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

2009-02-19T14:24:00.006-06:00

HT: The picture above is from The Market Ticker

We, America, are at a crossroads. The old way of getting ahead, through massive credit and unsustainable leveraging, is over. Period. Money was too easy to get. The problem is, we are now in denial. The market needs to adjust. Prices are too high. Demand is low. We had a boom, and now we (should) have a bust. This is the way free markets operate. Is it painful? Yes. Is it necessary? Yes.

We are at a crossroads. Why? Because we feel entitled to the prosperity we had in the past. It has been so long since we had a real recession, so long since we had to fight for our well being, so long since we have had to regroup and re-invent ourselves. Our standard of living is going to go down for some time. Period. People are going to lose their jobs. Businesses are going to fail. Some cities and counties, possibly even states (hello CA) are going to fail. Are we going to recover? We always have. Does that guarantee future success? No. Has every other great power on the history of the planet eventually failed? Yes. Does that mean it has to happen to the US now? No.

Great powers fail from within. What we are doing now, in the name of “compassion”, in the name of “fairness”, is changing what made America great. What we are doing now is stealing from our children and our children’s children. What we are doing is saying Capitalism doesn’t work, the government knows better. What we are saying is that “We are all Socialists now”.

Really? We are ALL Socialists now?

There are no free lunches!

Capitalism works. It is often painful, many times ugly, but it always works.

Socialism is always painful, always ugly, and it never works.

Let Capitalism work!

Rick's still on fire. Someone has to fight for this.

2009-02-19T12:32:00.000-06:00

Part 2 here.

Watch the original post below first.

Yikes!

2009-02-19T12:00:00.001-06:00

www.readthestimulus.org

"$850 Billion, 1588 pages, and counting... somebody needs to read it

Ricks Party

2009-02-19T11:47:00.000-06:00

If you know of any other Chicago Tea Party blogs or websites that start up, please comment here.

The man who started it all....Rick Santelli.

2009-02-19T11:24:00.002-06:00

The silent majority starts fighting back here.

Update: Rick was on Kudlow tonight and said there definately will be a Tea Party in Chicago in July. Check back here for updates......