Though most did not recognize it, the statue honoring the president of the United States who "killed the bank" was a fitting centerpiece for the Tax Day Tea Party in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The radio station that provided the host for the event reported the crowd at 1000 people. However, at the height of the rally, there appeared to be at least twice that many gathered on the lawn of the state capitol.

Judging from both the signage and the crowd reaction to the various speakers, the gathered protesters were roughly split 50/50 between diehard GOP followers faithful to the likes of Newt Gingrich and real activists who know better.

With people and groups from various persuasions in attendance the only sustained chant that seemd to sweep the crowd was, "No more crap."  Richard Burr, the state's pro-amensty, pro-national service Republican senator, was not able to make the event but he did have a representative read a letter on his behalf that blamed things on the big spending Democrats. There was at most only muted applause for this effort punctuated by cat-calls of, "He voted for the bailout!"

B.J. Lawson, who shook up the state's Republican party by running for Congress as a dreaded Ron Paul Republican, made some of the most pertinent comments regarding how to take our country back from those in control of the money supply. Unfortunately, it was during his part of the program that four or five carloads of passionate Tea Party activists decided to show their support for the event by driving around the capitol square with their car horns jammed on, making it impossible for most of the crowd to hear Mr. Lawson.

The presence of GOP shock workers not withstanding, the event was still an encouragement for real activists in the freedom fight.  Amidst a crowd carrying End the FED, Don't Tread on Me and NO to Globalism signs, John Birch Society members easily passed on over 300 pieces of our literature to interested parties — young and old alike. With the same sort of popular uprising brewing that helped Andrew Jackson kill the bank, now is the time to organize with others and work to End the FED and Restore Sound Money. The insight of Jackson on this matter is well worth reading and sharing with your representative in Congress.

Note: Though Insiders and falsh hope operatives in the GOP like Gingich, Armey and Limbaugh are working to co-op the Tea Party movement, this popular uprising may just be beyond a scope they can deal with. Too much is becoming too obvious. As an example, though Bill LuMaye, the host and MC of the event, holds the time slot between Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity on the #1 talk radio station in Raleigh, he has made the 2008 Libertarian candidate for governor a regular guest on his show. And, it was only a fortnight ago, in advance of the G20 Summit, that he invited the State Coordinator of The John Birch Society on to his show to discuss what is happening with our dollar and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). There may be many challenges ahead, but it's hard not to come to the conclusion that at the moment anything is possible. Don't miss your chance to be part of the possible.

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weed said:

join 'em jbs never has had, and never will have, the visibility to make a difference going it alone. i would suggest convincing the "Insiders and false hope operatives in the GOP like Gingich, Armey and Limbaugh" of your beliefs, and letting them carry the message forward. a divided conservatism is a liberal's dream come true. strength in numbers is the only thing that will carry the day. let us begin to emphasize our commonality, rather than our differences. without people like limbaugh, hannity, buchanan, and gingrich, conservatism would have been belly up a long time ago; and calling them names is indicative of the small-mindedness that will limit your message to a whisper.

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Thomas Paine said:

	Wow, what can I say! great report. What a ground swell of Bircher's to save the day. As long as the internet remains free and open, freedom will spread and survive. Maybe some TV news reporters will actually get the point.
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Falkenroth said:

... Just don't turn this into a left vs right paradigm. That's what the elitest want to achieve to discredit us as a right wing extremist movement. Divide and conquer is the strategy they use to control the American public. Every American should be able to get behind this movement if they really do some research the subject. If the media divides us then we feel we must chose camps and that isnt good for Americans and they know it. Tyranny vs Liberty or freedom should be the focus. It's time to unite America on subjects like this and quit playing into the hands of these frauds.

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