Protesters gathered outside Odessa City Hall for a Taxed Enough Already Party.

THE STORY: Protesters gathered outside Odessa City Hall for a Taxed Enough Already Party.

THE LINK: www.oaoa.com/news/party_29414___article.html/conaway_tea.html

THE POLL: Did you attend a Tea Party on Wednesday?

>> Yes: 35 percent (17 votes).

>> No: 42 percent (20 votes).

>> I will attend one later this week: 23 percent (11 votes).

YOUR COMMENTS:

>> longmont: "I just got three questions for the tea baggers. Anyone can answer. How much taxes did you pay? How much do you want to pay? Which government services do you enjoy that you want to give up?
"Don't tell me what others should give up, just you will personally give up for lower taxes."

>> donrogtroy: "A TEA PARTY?
"Are you guys for real???
"Oh yeah,that'll make OSAMA change his mind about all these new taxes/government programs..............
"Oh look,here comes the tooth fairy."

>> texan4change: "You can have your Tea Party. Since I make less than 250,000 I will take my tax cuts. My president is doing the best that he can with the mess he inherited. It took 8 years to get into this situation. It will take more than 3 months to get us out."

>> pheenobarbidoll: "Socialism is not a concrete philosophy of fixed doctrine and program.
"And yes, public schools, and city services do in fact fall under the umbrella of socialist services.
"I wonder where all the ire towards expanding government interference was when the Patriot Act was signed....Personally, I'd rather GM be run by the government than my phone be tapped or my right to due process be removed.
"Some of you people have very odd priorities."

>> danaco: "Funny how word from the Democratic Congress blames Republicans for the Tea Parties all across America.
"This is not about Democrat vs. Republican. It is about the idiocy in our government. People are tired of this and it's time to take our country back. I hope this serves as a wakeup call and people begin to back up their protests in the polls.
"The government works for us and I think they should be FIRED!"

>> fenderbassman: "Alright first off those have nothing really to do with socialism. Those are services provided because of our tax dollars. Socialism is a political theory advocating state ownership of industry. GM. America was built on the idea of independance from a large governing body. What this administration is doing is destroying the idea of a captolist nation. One where we screw up fix the problems and go on. Between Reagan and Clinton we went through different recessions but we made it through stronger because the government did not interfere. I am not a fan of what our past administration did but the blame does not start there...it goes back to Carter and his truely socialistic views."

>> WTXDem: "These people seem to have short memories. These billion dollar bailouts, economic recession and a necessary increase in taxes are the result of eight years of complete Republican ‘leadership.' Where were you when Bush was bloating the government's debt and creating more government departments? No big government?...now, you're for small government? Hypocritical. As for no socialism, then those of you who depend on the fire department, police department, city services in general, highways, local streets or airport services, medicaid or medicare, public schools or state universities need to stop using these ‘socialist' services and agencies immediately! You shouldn't encourage socialism!"