Nationwide March for Ron Paul New Year's Eve

[qwerty]

http://www.nolanchart.com/article672.html


MORE;

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z-d9eIMmAPk (HELP THE VIDEO, PLEASE!)

http://ronpaulmarch.com/

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[voytechs]

Timing is bad for most people. Central NY has already organized its march (http://ronpaul.meetup.com/210/calendar/6857173/) for the 29th, this was before the New Years idea came up.

[qwerty]

Timing is bad for most people. Central NY has already organized its march (http://ronpaul.meetup.com/210/calendar/6857173/) for the 29th, this was before the New Years idea came up.

Ok, but most of people are going to do it on 31st. As you see from the web-site...

Why not have another in 31st ?


;)

[qwerty]

Asheville, NC 4

Atlanta, GA 26

Austin, TX 10

Baltimore, MD 2

Boise, ID 3

Boston, MA 16

Buffalo, NY 1

Charlotte, NC 2

Chicago, IL 27

Cleveland, OH 1

Colorado Springs, CO 0

Columbia, SC 8

Concord, NH* 5

Dallas, TX 24

Denver, CO 5

Des Moines, IA* 2

Detroit, MI 5

Edinburgh, Scotland 0

Fort Myers, FL 4

Houston, TX 24

Jackson, MS 1

Lancaster, PA 6

Las Vegas, NV 9

Lexington, KY 1

Livermore, CA 3

Los Angeles, CA 48

Miami, FL 18

Minneapolis, MN 8

Montreal, Canada 4

New Orleans, LA 9

New York, NY 25

Norfolk, VA 2

Olympia, WA 3

Orange County, CA 5

Orlando, FL 18

Philadelphia, PA 16

Phoenix, AZ 27

Pittsburgh, PA 3

Portland, OR 19

Raleigh, NC 8

Richmond, VA 3

Rome, Italy 0

Sacramento, CA 10

Salt Lake City, UT 9

San Diego, CA 19

San Francisco, CA 18

Seattle, WA 30

Shreveport, LA 0

Spokane, WA 6

Springfield, MO 0

Tulsa, OK 4

Washington, DC 18

West Palm Beach, FL 3

Wichita, KS 1

York, PA 0

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[qwerty]

The video is climbing up, please help it!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z-d9eIMmAPk

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[qwerty]

http://www.nolanchart.com/article672.html

Give it a thumb up from the bottom of the page!

[blakjak]

Timing is bad for most people.

Agree. Most people have plans on Dec 31.

[qwerty]

Agree. Most people have plans on Dec 31.

Yes, for the night...

But why couldn´t you sacrifice few hours in the afternoon for revolution.... ;)

[qwerty]

Nationwide March for Ron Paul New Year's Eve
Another grassroots event is planned for New Year's Eve to have Ron Paul Meetup Groups march in major cities throughout the country.by Walt Thiessen
(Libertarian)

When Greg Thompson of Louisiana was out in San Francisco last week for their Tea Party rally marching with the local meetup groups, he was holding signs and passing out leaflets and such. Thompson has never done anything political before, so this was all new to him.

He said, "It was an eye opener to see just how excited and passionate everyone was about it. People who saw it were kind of surprised. In terms of publicity it was a really good thing. That got me thinking about doing it on a larger scale."

Thus the Ron Paul March idea was born. The plan is to get all the meetup groups across the country to March on the same day, New Year's Eve in cities across the USA. As so often happens with these grassroots ideas, the whole thing came together pretty quickly. A website was built and quickly launched. Email messages went out to meetup groups in major cities around the country, urging them to commit people willing to do the New Year's Eve march. Despite the fact that it's only a little more than seven days from now (and just 14 days after the idea was conceived), a great deal has already been accomplished. Nearly 400 marchers have already committed to the date.

Thompson says the ultimate goal is to get about 10,000 people marching, waving signs, and handing out literature that day. He says they're currently on track to get one or two thousand committed, and he admits that the quick timeframe is a bit of a hindrance. Nevertheless, he is pleased by the response he has seen to his brainchild thus far.

"There are roughly 100,000 meetup members across the country. We feel that if we can get 10% of them out there, it will be a success," said Thompson. "We only had about 100 in San Francisco, yet that still seemed pretty substantial. In Austin, Texas they had over 1,000 people. It was a huge presence, you know? So it doesn't take all that much in order to have an impact, especially if you can get the local media to pay attention."

While Thompson only contacted meetup groups in major cities, there's no reason why meetup groups in smaller cities and towns couldn't get involved too. Even if the local group only had 10-20 people for such a march locally, it could make an impact in a small population center, particularly within the context of the larger, major city marches.

"We're doing what we can to notify the media about this," Thompson continued, "But we're also hoping the various meetup groups will contact their local media as well." He also noted that they are planning to collect homemade videos of the marches from whichever meetup groups choose to film their activities, to turn it into a documentary or film of sorts. "So if any of the meetup groups want to film their event and pass it along, that would be great!" he said.

You can learn more about the Ron Paul March at their website at http://www.ronpaulmarch.com.

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[Lucid American]

I don't want to rain on any parades . . . this might be a good event to simply make sure everyone's got their Ron Paul accessories on in public and everything, but . . .

- timing is short
- exisiting regular NYE crowds will severely dilute visibility of the Paul marches, making them seem piddling or non-existent at all
- let's face it -- most NYE celebrants will not give a damn about politics on NYE

I just think efforts are better spent laying a good plan for events, and this seems more like an afterthought.

[qwerty]

I don't want to rain on any parades . . . this might be a good event to simply make sure everyone's got their Ron Paul accessories on in public and everything, but . . .

- timing is short
- exisiting regular NYE crowds will severely dilute visibility of the Paul marches, making them seem piddling or non-existent at all
- let's face it -- most NYE celebrants will not give a damn about politics on NYE

I just think efforts are better spent laying a good plan for events, and this seems more like an afterthought.

I just happen to think we need all the name recognition we can get... :confused:


Since when have we start thinking like that ? We need to EVERYTHING WE CAN to win these primaries...Of course there are ALLWAYS skeptisism, but like many times before you have been proven to be WRONG!


It´s on daily paul too now, http://www.dailypaul.com/node/17303

[akforme]

I think we gotta make it work, we need to show organization.

[qwerty]

I think we gotta make it work, we need to show organization.

We will, having 3 skeptics here in the forum. doesn´t change the fact that it will be HUGE!

[dirknb@hotmail.com]

Yes, for the night...

But why couldn´t you sacrifice few hours in the afternoon for revolution.... ;)

Throwing a big party, have to set up for it.

[qwerty]

Throwing a big party, have to set up for it.

You can do most of the work day before 31st.... ;)

To get some free-time for 31st...

[qwerty]

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[Question_Authority]

I think it is a great idea. I cannot think of a more fun and exciting way to spend New Year's Eve than hanging out with Paulites and cheering and marching, etc. We can dress up in a fun way with Ron Paul gear and even festive bead-necklaces, funny hats, etc. We can carry balloons (or tie them to your clothing somehow to keep your hands free...whatever....let's get creative and have fun with this!!!

I mean, aren't we all basement dwelling losers anyway? What else would we possibly have going on that night? :D

One thing, though, Concord NH is not the best place to do this in NH. Portsmouth has a "First Night" celebration, so there will be tons of people milling around downtown. So, as the NH Seacoast meetup organizer I am just going to organize a march for Portsmouth.

[qwerty]

I think it is a great idea. I cannot think of a more fun and exciting way to spend New Year's Eve than hanging out with Paulites and cheering and marching, etc. We can dress up in a fun way with Ron Paul gear and even festive bead-necklaces, funny hats, etc. We can carry balloons (or tie them to your clothing somehow to keep your hands free...whatever....let's get creative and have fun with this!!!

I mean, aren't we all basement dwelling losers anyway? What else would we possibly have going on that night? :D

One thing, though, Concord NH is not the best place to do this in NH. Portsmouth has a "First Night" celebration, so there will be tons of people milling around downtown. So, as the NH Seacoast meetup organizer I am just going to organize a march for Portsmouth.

Awesome!

Perhaps, you tell everyone you know about it ? ;)

And help this video!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z-d9eIMmAPk

[qwerty]

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[Lucid American]

Of course there are ALLWAYS skeptisism, but like many times before you have been proven to be WRONG!

Hey, easy there Tex.

On second thought this should be easy to plan, considering everyone else in the free world is already planning to be out.

[qwerty]

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