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| THE WILKOW MAJORITY PRE-PARTY |
| THE NEW YORK CITY TEA PARTY - 4/15/09 |
On April 15th, 2009, I went down to New York City for the Tax Day Tea Party. Andrew Wilkow of Sirius / XM's
Wilkow Majority show had a pre-tea party get together at the Patriot Saloon for fans of the show.
I drove down to NYC and met up with Rizzuto and Board-op Mike from the Wilkow Majority as well as Kayla from
Octane Channel at the Sirius Satellite Radio building. We took the subway down to the Patriot Saloon on Chambers
Street. When we got there, there were probably about 100 fans already there. People were just having a good
time.....drinking some beers....eating some food.....and meeting new people.....talking politics.
Andrew showed up about 30 minutes later with his wife Brittany. The bar erupted in cheers. By this point, the crowd
had swelled to about 300 people. Andrew and Rizzuto talked with all the fans. They took pictures with whomever
wanted pictures. The whole event was completely casual.
Andrew got up on the bar, gave a short speech, basically thanking everyone who had shown up, and we all went back
to just having a good time interacting with one another. I was happy to meet some of my Facebook and MySpace
friends in person. Then most of us walked up to the area where the official tea party was being held.
Wilkow Majority show had a pre-tea party get together at the Patriot Saloon for fans of the show.
I drove down to NYC and met up with Rizzuto and Board-op Mike from the Wilkow Majority as well as Kayla from
Octane Channel at the Sirius Satellite Radio building. We took the subway down to the Patriot Saloon on Chambers
Street. When we got there, there were probably about 100 fans already there. People were just having a good
time.....drinking some beers....eating some food.....and meeting new people.....talking politics.
Andrew showed up about 30 minutes later with his wife Brittany. The bar erupted in cheers. By this point, the crowd
had swelled to about 300 people. Andrew and Rizzuto talked with all the fans. They took pictures with whomever
wanted pictures. The whole event was completely casual.
Andrew got up on the bar, gave a short speech, basically thanking everyone who had shown up, and we all went back
to just having a good time interacting with one another. I was happy to meet some of my Facebook and MySpace
friends in person. Then most of us walked up to the area where the official tea party was being held.
| Here are some of the people at the Patriot Saloon before Andrew Wilkow arrived. By the time we left, the crowd swelled to about 400 people |
| The Wilkow Majority crew and I at the pre-party. Left to right: Rizzuto, Andrew, me, Board-op Mike. |
| The lovely Kayla from Sirius's Octane Channel. |
| Board-op Mike and Rizzuto on the subway ride down to the pre-party. |
| Andrew Wilkow , up on the bar, giving a quick speech and thanking everyone for coming out. |
With the steady increases in taxation, regulation and entitlement programs over the past 80 years, I would say the "Tea
Party movement" was looooong overdue. However, many in this nation have already staged Tea parties and many
more are still planned. April 15th, Kellen Giuda and David Webb organized the New York City Tea Party, which I
attended. News reports grossly underestimated the number of people that showed up to protest an overbearing
government that is taxing the citizens of this nation at confiscatory rates. Many news outlets estimated that only 2500 -
5000 people were there. However, the official crowd tally done by the New York City Police Department estimated
the crowd to be approximately 12,500 people. All I can tell you, is that I couldn't see the end of the crowd which took
up several city blocks.
The line up included several speakers as well as some entertainment. The speakers included:
- Former Speaker of House Newt Gingrich
- Andrew Wilkow of Sirius Radio
- KT McFarland, Security Adviser in the Reagan Administration and regular Fox News contributor
- S. E. Cupp, author and regular Fox News contributor
- Nick Rizzuto, Producer at Sirius Radio and founder of www.conservativepunk.com
- Brett Joshpe, Author, VP of Parcbench Media and General Counsel of the American Civics Exchange
- Kellen Giuda and David Webb the event's hosts
Are the tea parties going to change the country over night? Probably not. Did the Sons of Liberty believe their Tea
Party would have such an effect that more than 230 years later, citizens of this country would still be talking about their
actions? Probably not. But their Tea Party did change things for the better. And the possibility that the Tea Parties we
attend will change things for the better is great, so long as we take it seriously and show up in numbers that no one, not
even the liberal media can ignore. This is our chance to make history. This is our opportunity to tell a government that
they can no longer walk all over us and confiscate our hard earned money through oppressive taxation. This is our
time to do something great.
Party movement" was looooong overdue. However, many in this nation have already staged Tea parties and many
more are still planned. April 15th, Kellen Giuda and David Webb organized the New York City Tea Party, which I
attended. News reports grossly underestimated the number of people that showed up to protest an overbearing
government that is taxing the citizens of this nation at confiscatory rates. Many news outlets estimated that only 2500 -
5000 people were there. However, the official crowd tally done by the New York City Police Department estimated
the crowd to be approximately 12,500 people. All I can tell you, is that I couldn't see the end of the crowd which took
up several city blocks.
The line up included several speakers as well as some entertainment. The speakers included:
- Former Speaker of House Newt Gingrich
- Andrew Wilkow of Sirius Radio
- KT McFarland, Security Adviser in the Reagan Administration and regular Fox News contributor
- S. E. Cupp, author and regular Fox News contributor
- Nick Rizzuto, Producer at Sirius Radio and founder of www.conservativepunk.com
- Brett Joshpe, Author, VP of Parcbench Media and General Counsel of the American Civics Exchange
- Kellen Giuda and David Webb the event's hosts
Are the tea parties going to change the country over night? Probably not. Did the Sons of Liberty believe their Tea
Party would have such an effect that more than 230 years later, citizens of this country would still be talking about their
actions? Probably not. But their Tea Party did change things for the better. And the possibility that the Tea Parties we
attend will change things for the better is great, so long as we take it seriously and show up in numbers that no one, not
even the liberal media can ignore. This is our chance to make history. This is our opportunity to tell a government that
they can no longer walk all over us and confiscate our hard earned money through oppressive taxation. This is our
time to do something great.
| Random shots of the crowd. Unfortunately, none of my photos of the speakers came out properly. |
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