By Joe Kovacs

WEST PALM BEACH

,
Fla. – Many Americans from coast-to-coast turned Independence Day 2009
into a "counterattack" against what they call the high-spending,
freedom-shrinking policies of President Barack Obama and members of
Congress, irrespective of party affiliation.

An unidentified couple displays a sign as they wait for the Independence Day tea party to commence In West Palm Beach, Fla., July 4, 2009 (WND photo / Joe Kovacs)

With some 2,000 rallies taking place in all 50 states, cities such as West Palm Beach, Fla., were typical of the angst vented against recent government action.

Approximately
1,000 people turned out in this affluent region for an evening
featuring brief speeches and hundreds of homemade signs.

Among those carrying a placard was Barbara Allen of Juno Beach, Fla.

Get ready for Sept. 12! Visit the one and only "tea party store" now.

"We
have the wrong people in Congress right now," Allen told WND. "There's
535 of them and there's a lot of bad guys in there on a bad mission and
we need to counterattack and get 'em out. The bad mission is we're
gonna be in a state of socialism here if we don't stop this nonsense of
spending [and] spending."

Barbara Allen of Juno Beach, Fla., displays a message at the West Palm Beach tea party July 4, 2009 (WND photo / Joe Kovacs)

She stressed the tea partiers, who take their name from the 1773
Boston Tea Party, are promoting the principles of the U.S. Constitution.

"We're
about common sense. We're not about Democrat, Republican, Libertarian.
We want our freedom. We don't want to lose our freedom."

The holiday get-together was a follow-up to the first national tea party that
took place on April 15, the deadline to file federal income tax returns

.

By Joe Kovacs

WEST PALM BEACH

,
Fla. – Many Americans from coast-to-coast turned Independence Day 2009
into a "counterattack" against what they call the high-spending,
freedom-shrinking policies of President Barack Obama and members of
Congress, irrespective of party affiliation.

An unidentified couple displays a sign as they wait for the Independence Day tea party to commence In West Palm Beach, Fla., July 4, 2009 (WND photo / Joe Kovacs)

With some 2,000 rallies taking place in all 50 states, cities such as West Palm Beach, Fla., were typical of the angst vented against recent government action.

Approximately
1,000 people turned out in this affluent region for an evening
featuring brief speeches and hundreds of homemade signs.

Among those carrying a placard was Barbara Allen of Juno Beach, Fla.

Get ready for Sept. 12! Visit the one and only "tea party store" now.

"We
have the wrong people in Congress right now," Allen told WND. "There's
535 of them and there's a lot of bad guys in there on a bad mission and
we need to counterattack and get 'em out. The bad mission is we're
gonna be in a state of socialism here if we don't stop this nonsense of
spending [and] spending."

Barbara Allen of Juno Beach, Fla., displays a message at the West Palm Beach tea party July 4, 2009 (WND photo / Joe Kovacs)

She stressed the tea partiers, who take their name from the 1773
Boston Tea Party, are promoting the principles of the U.S. Constitution.

"We're
about common sense. We're not about Democrat, Republican, Libertarian.
We want our freedom. We don't want to lose our freedom."

The holiday get-together was a follow-up to the first national tea party that
took place on April 15, the deadline to file federal income tax returns

.