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	<title>Comments on: Free and Equal: &#8220;Chicago America’s Independence Day Tea Party: A Non-Partisan, Astroturf-Free Tea Party&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Steven R Linnabary</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steven R Linnabary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;An end to public health care&lt;/i&gt;

A few years ago while working in a homeless shelter, I would take folks to the local &quot;public&quot; health center.  It would take hours for paperwork to be processed...provided that the homeless had their paperwork in order (including current ID)

It was far easier to take them to the Free Clinic (which is privately funded)

&lt;i&gt;An end to public education&lt;/i&gt;

Where our children are taught the proper way to vote...always for the democrat!

And where our children are taught that police and school teachers are &quot;heroes&quot;, but never Ghandi.

&lt;i&gt;An end to public parks&lt;/i&gt;

Which are closed to the homeless, except during daylight hours.  And where one is prohibited from defending oneself from any manner of hoodlums and riffraff.

&lt;i&gt;An end to public roads&lt;/i&gt;

of course, soccer mom will just go out to her minivan and just sit there...because the government hasn&#039;t built a roadway in front of her house!

&lt;i&gt;An end to public libraries&lt;/i&gt;

which are closed most of the time anyway.  And prohibit any opposition candidates from campaigning on site, but allow democrats and republicans.

&lt;i&gt;An end to public police&lt;/i&gt;

Yeah.  I hate when I get mugged by a hoodlum, and a cop comes along an hour later and kicks me in the ribs and tells me to &quot;get up c***sucker, you can&#039;t sleep here&quot;! and get charged with loitering.  Then you file a report and if the cops don&#039;t find immediate evidence or find anything that they can say is conflicting evidence they charge you with filing a false report.  Some heroes!

&lt;i&gt;An end to public military&lt;/i&gt;

what??  how can we possibly invade and dominate other countries without a military??  And perform homo-erotic torture??

&lt;i&gt;An end to public politicians&lt;/i&gt;

We should get rid of politicians that cannot fund their own campaigns, rather than forcing taxpayers to fund them as democrats and republicans do.

You see Norris,  what you refer to as &quot;public&quot; is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt at control.  Why do you fear losing control to...freedom?

Unless of course that is the way you make your living.

PEACE</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>An end to public health care</i></p>
<p>A few years ago while working in a homeless shelter, I would take folks to the local &#8220;public&#8221; health center.  It would take hours for paperwork to be processed&#8230;provided that the homeless had their paperwork in order (including current ID)</p>
<p>It was far easier to take them to the Free Clinic (which is privately funded)</p>
<p><i>An end to public education</i></p>
<p>Where our children are taught the proper way to vote&#8230;always for the democrat!</p>
<p>And where our children are taught that police and school teachers are &#8220;heroes&#8221;, but never Ghandi.</p>
<p><i>An end to public parks</i></p>
<p>Which are closed to the homeless, except during daylight hours.  And where one is prohibited from defending oneself from any manner of hoodlums and riffraff.</p>
<p><i>An end to public roads</i></p>
<p>of course, soccer mom will just go out to her minivan and just sit there&#8230;because the government hasn&#8217;t built a roadway in front of her house!</p>
<p><i>An end to public libraries</i></p>
<p>which are closed most of the time anyway.  And prohibit any opposition candidates from campaigning on site, but allow democrats and republicans.</p>
<p><i>An end to public police</i></p>
<p>Yeah.  I hate when I get mugged by a hoodlum, and a cop comes along an hour later and kicks me in the ribs and tells me to &#8220;get up c***sucker, you can&#8217;t sleep here&#8221;! and get charged with loitering.  Then you file a report and if the cops don&#8217;t find immediate evidence or find anything that they can say is conflicting evidence they charge you with filing a false report.  Some heroes!</p>
<p><i>An end to public military</i></p>
<p>what??  how can we possibly invade and dominate other countries without a military??  And perform homo-erotic torture??</p>
<p><i>An end to public politicians</i></p>
<p>We should get rid of politicians that cannot fund their own campaigns, rather than forcing taxpayers to fund them as democrats and republicans do.</p>
<p>You see Norris,  what you refer to as &#8220;public&#8221; is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt at control.  Why do you fear losing control to&#8230;freedom?</p>
<p>Unless of course that is the way you make your living.</p>
<p>PEACE</p>
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		<title>By: mdh</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/07/free-and-equal-chicago-america%e2%80%99s-independence-day-tea-party-a-non-partisan-astroturf-free-tea-party/comment-page-1/#comment-76606</link>
		<dc:creator>mdh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sure they would have wanted to be.  Clearly there is an IL state party and probably local organization going on around Chicago.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sure they would have wanted to be.  Clearly there is an IL state party and probably local organization going on around Chicago.</p>
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		<title>By: paulie</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/07/free-and-equal-chicago-america%e2%80%99s-independence-day-tea-party-a-non-partisan-astroturf-free-tea-party/comment-page-1/#comment-76605</link>
		<dc:creator>paulie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Why is there not an LP activist/officer on this agenda?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Did any want to be included?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Why is there not an LP activist/officer on this agenda?</p></blockquote>
<p>Did any want to be included?</p>
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		<title>By: mdh</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/07/free-and-equal-chicago-america%e2%80%99s-independence-day-tea-party-a-non-partisan-astroturf-free-tea-party/comment-page-1/#comment-76596</link>
		<dc:creator>mdh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I notice that this event had people speaking as Greens, Republicans, and Naderites, but not a single mention on the schedule of someone speaking as a Libertarian.  While some of the people are Libertarians, they are headlining for other organizations.  Why is that?  

Why is there not an LP activist/officer on this agenda?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I notice that this event had people speaking as Greens, Republicans, and Naderites, but not a single mention on the schedule of someone speaking as a Libertarian.  While some of the people are Libertarians, they are headlining for other organizations.  Why is that?  </p>
<p>Why is there not an LP activist/officer on this agenda?</p>
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		<title>By: paulie</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/07/free-and-equal-chicago-america%e2%80%99s-independence-day-tea-party-a-non-partisan-astroturf-free-tea-party/comment-page-1/#comment-76587</link>
		<dc:creator>paulie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;It’s time to bring and end to the word “public”&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Good idea, let&#039;s use a more honest term like &quot;extortion-financed&quot; or &quot;monopoly&quot; or &quot;regime&quot;...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>It’s time to bring and end to the word “public”</p></blockquote>
<p>Good idea, let&#8217;s use a more honest term like &#8220;extortion-financed&#8221; or &#8220;monopoly&#8221; or &#8220;regime&#8221;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: paulie</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/07/free-and-equal-chicago-america%e2%80%99s-independence-day-tea-party-a-non-partisan-astroturf-free-tea-party/comment-page-1/#comment-76586</link>
		<dc:creator>paulie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Show your support. Pull your children out of public schools. Avoid public libraries. Refuse to play in a public park. Don’t ride on public roads. Don’t call a public police if your house is robbed. Or a public firefighter if your house is on fire.

Stand up for your beliefs!!!&lt;/blockquote&gt;


I&#039;ll tell you what; let&#039;s see if we can make a deal. Make taxes completely voluntary, and don&#039;t do anything to stop anyone from offering competing services. Then, I won&#039;t be forced to use inferior quality government services because they are financed with extorted money and thus either make any competing services economically unviable or legally precluded. 

Until then, I&#039;ll use government &quot;services&quot; as much as I can, and pay for them as little as I can get away with, while agitating to do away with them completely the whole time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Show your support. Pull your children out of public schools. Avoid public libraries. Refuse to play in a public park. Don’t ride on public roads. Don’t call a public police if your house is robbed. Or a public firefighter if your house is on fire.</p>
<p>Stand up for your beliefs!!!</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;ll tell you what; let&#8217;s see if we can make a deal. Make taxes completely voluntary, and don&#8217;t do anything to stop anyone from offering competing services. Then, I won&#8217;t be forced to use inferior quality government services because they are financed with extorted money and thus either make any competing services economically unviable or legally precluded. </p>
<p>Until then, I&#8217;ll use government &#8220;services&#8221; as much as I can, and pay for them as little as I can get away with, while agitating to do away with them completely the whole time.</p>
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		<title>By: libertariangirl</title>
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		<dc:creator>libertariangirl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i think your being sarcastic</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i think your being sarcastic</p>
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		<title>By: Norris Hall</title>
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		<dc:creator>Norris Hall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am just as mad as the rest of Americans.
Our socialist government is spending money like there was no end
It’s time to bring and end to the word “public”
An end to public health care
An end to public education
An end to public parks
An end to public roads
An end to public libraries
An end to public police
An end to public firefighters
An end to public military
An end to public politicians

It’s time to get rid of every socialistic institution in this country and hand it back to the private sector.

The private sector and market principles can do a better cheaper job than any government entity.

Show your support. Pull your children out of public schools. Avoid public libraries. Refuse to play in a public park. Don’t ride on public roads. Don’t call a public police if your house is robbed. Or a public firefighter if your house is on fire.

Stand up for your beliefs!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am just as mad as the rest of Americans.<br />
Our socialist government is spending money like there was no end<br />
It’s time to bring and end to the word “public”<br />
An end to public health care<br />
An end to public education<br />
An end to public parks<br />
An end to public roads<br />
An end to public libraries<br />
An end to public police<br />
An end to public firefighters<br />
An end to public military<br />
An end to public politicians</p>
<p>It’s time to get rid of every socialistic institution in this country and hand it back to the private sector.</p>
<p>The private sector and market principles can do a better cheaper job than any government entity.</p>
<p>Show your support. Pull your children out of public schools. Avoid public libraries. Refuse to play in a public park. Don’t ride on public roads. Don’t call a public police if your house is robbed. Or a public firefighter if your house is on fire.</p>
<p>Stand up for your beliefs!!!</p>
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		<title>By: C.Jines</title>
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		<dc:creator>C.Jines</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some photos and commentary of the event...
Chicago Tea Party:The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn
http://www.thoughtsongod.com/?p=4251</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some photos and commentary of the event&#8230;<br />
Chicago Tea Party:The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn<br />
<a href="http://www.thoughtsongod.com/?p=4251" rel="nofollow">http://www.thoughtsongod.com/?p=4251</a></p>
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		<title>By: Thane Eichenauer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thane Eichenauer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If anybody has more details on John Bambenek&#039;s put-back amendment, I&#039;d like to hear about it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If anybody has more details on John Bambenek&#8217;s put-back amendment, I&#8217;d like to hear about it.</p>
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