Tax Day Protest Photos - from Paul Darby (grokker on huffpo) in Baton Rouge Louisiana

this was a fun assignment. the baton rouge protest seemed to have a rather

impressive turnout, i'd estimate low 4 figures. anyway here are the photo

descriptions:

 

1817 - entering capitol park

1864 - a wide shot of the protesters from the park

1900 - a sign that seems to be mocking how often obama says "uh"

1903 - a shot of several signholders on the steps of the state capitol, with

one above all saying "vote liberals out"

1913 - this sign helpfully explains that TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already

1939 - a bunch of signs from the back still

1957 - sign reads: "bankers: go to jail. do not pass go. do not collect

$200,000,000"

1965 - sign reads "socialism is not an american value"

1969 - a moderately cryptic-looking sign that simply reads "who is john

galt". not the first or last atlas shrugged reference

1975 - liberty does not equal socialism

1979 - a four-panelled sign with various slogans

1986 - one of my favorite signs reads, "warning i'm a bitter christian

clinging to my gun"

1999 - sign reads: "if i quit my job, will i make more money?"

2004 - sign reads: "i voted for palin. i'm a right-wing extremist"

2009 - wider shot of the sign in 2004, with sign-holder

2022 - young man holds sign reading "just another right-wing extremist"

2034 - some hold-outs from mardi gras hold signs, one which says "throw me

something pelosi!"

2057 - sign reads "4 trillion debt, 9000 socialist earmarks stop!"

2058 - a Baton Rouge Tea Party sign with teabags hanging on it

2068 - sign reads "i love big oil, quit taxing it!"

2073 - dapper gentlemen holds sign reading "god save our nation!"

2089 - young man with sign: "proud member of homeland security's right wing

radicals"

2104 - sign reads "calculis [sic] is easy. Tax forms impossible"

2107 - "say no to obama's politics"

2130 - i love big oil again, and "stop pork barrel spending"

2133 - the first sign that finally indicates that maybe there are SOME

non-republicans here

2147 - sign reads: "common sense, not common cents"

2148 - sign reads "stop out of control spending" with a dollar being flushed

down a toilet

2177 - a wide shot of some signholders, this time from closer to the front

of the action

2181 - a little girl's sign reads "dont steal my future!"

2184 - a trio of signs, including one that has obama in a green felt cap and

the slogan "robbin' hood"

2204 - a single hand waving a small american flag reaching up above the

chaos

2224 - sign reads "the constitution is not an instrument of blah blah blah,"

you read it.

2225 - a lady holds a sign reading "i'm with stupid [right arrow] he paid

his mortgage" it should be noted that there is no one stage right. photo

2333 shows this irony a bit better.

2231 - an anti-acorn sign

2264 - a little girl holds a sign reading "you are not entitled to what my

daddy has earned"

2303 - a wide shot of the crowd at its peak, and from near the front

2313 - a little girl, sister of the one from 2264, holds a sign saying "my

daddy wanted to be here but he's at work!"

2324 - yet another sign from these girls reads "my daddy works hard for his

money, let him keep it!"

2333 - wide shot of the lady holding the "i'm with stupid" sign from 2225

2398 - another sign from these girls. i'm guessing daddy made them, but i

didn't ask.

2415 - the little girl holds up the flip side of the previous sign, which

has just an american flag on it.

2438 - a sign that seems to suggest that obama, like Mr. T, just wanted to

take our pocket change.

2457 - a sign asking whether you'd prefer to drink tea or kool-aid

2497 - another wide shot of the cheering crowd, just before the end of the

last speaker

2516 - a little girl with a sign reading "10 years old and already $30,000

in debt!"

2538 - the same little girl and her mother booing something the speaker said

2555 - sign reads "obamanomics: chains we can believe in"

2575 - young woman holds sign reading "Oh Crap!" with the O in the obama

style.

2583 - same woman appears to be bowing under the burden of her sign's

weighty message

2625 - sign reads "higher taxes so other can sit on their [insert democrat

donkey]"

2635 - another trio of signs, including one that reads "we the people are

now owned by the chinese"

2693 - wide shot of the crowd slowly starting to disperse

2711 - a better shot of the little girl with the "my daddy wanted to be

here" sign

2739 - a little boy holds up a sign reading "socialism is coming!"

2774 - a little girl holding two signs

2783 - the same girl, dressed as an indian, with two signs

2793 - an empty baby stroller with signs piled all over it

2811 - the same baby stroller, with the family carrying signs and loading a

little girl into the stroller

2816 - a lady holding a sign reading "barney frank is a heterophobe"

2822 - woman with sign "tax protest is patriotic"

2854 - a pair of children with signs, "keep your hands out of my piggy bank"

and "a bully took my lunch money"

2871 - a dog wearing a shirt reading "i didn't read the bill either"

2958 - same dog, face shot

3024 - a little girl in a stroller with a canopy reading "libery until

death"

3036 - a loyal huffpo reader holding a sign tossing some of the religious

right's rhetoric back at them

3067 - a little boy standing alone holding a sign reading "stop spending my

future!"

3129 - a young family poses with signs

3144 - the empty lectern after everyone left

 

--

education:

n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their

lack of understanding.

 

~ambrose bierce

Done