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Some Tea Party activists from across the country are planning a 'national strike' on January 20, the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama's inauguration.

The idea of holding an economic protest sprung up during the holidays as the result of a conference call held by various Tea Party group leaders, according to Allen Hardage, a conservative grassroots organizer from Georgia.

"Tea Party activists are frustrated that despite a huge turnout over the last year Congress is ignoring them," says Hardage, who is national operations director for the planned strike. "The question is that if the elected officials ignore you, what do you do to exercises your right to self-governance? So we decided to hold a National Day of Strike where we go after the large donors of the people pushing this radical agenda."

Hardage says the idea of the one-day strike is to focus attention on the businesses that support the most liberal members of Congress as well as groups that advocate "big government" policies.

But Hardage says the move will not be a boycott: "Here we are exposing the agenda of some of the most widely known companies in America and letting the consumer decide. If a corporation decides to jump into politics to the tune of millions of dollars, then they need to expect that they will alienate some of their customers."

The strike is being promoted online through the organizers' Web site through Web sites of various Tea Party groups and on social networking sites.

CNN reached out to a number of national Tea Party organizations. While some were aware of the planned strike and some not informed, none said they were going to actively take part in the event.

JMU DJ wrote:Sounds like the "Don't put gas in your car day." Those have worked brilliantly

Appaholic wrote:This is my problem with the TEAbaggers.....if you are going to plan a strike protesting taxes (Taxed Enough Already?), then plan it on April 15, not Jan 20. The fact they are planning it to basically protest the inauguration of Obama is so transparant that their movement is anti-Obama, not anti-big govt/anti-taxes. It's as if they think government spending went to hell on Jan 20, 2009, but prior to that, the government was spending our tax dollars in a responsible manner...wher they fok have they been? Welcome to the party.....idiots...

Appaholic wrote:This is my problem with the TEAbaggers.....if you are going to plan a strike protesting taxes (Taxed Enough Already?), then plan it on April 15, not Jan 20. The fact they are planning it to basically protest the inauguration of Obama is so transparant that their movement is anti-Obama, not anti-big govt/anti-taxes. It's as if they think government spending went to hell on Jan 20, 2009, but prior to that, the government was spending our tax dollars in a responsible manner...wher they fok have they been? Welcome to the party.....idiots...

AZGrizFan wrote:

Appaholic wrote:This is my problem with the TEAbaggers.....if you are going to plan a strike protesting taxes (Taxed Enough Already?), then plan it on April 15, not Jan 20. The fact they are planning it to basically protest the inauguration of Obama is so transparant that their movement is anti-Obama, not anti-big govt/anti-taxes. It's as if they think government spending went to hell on Jan 20, 2009, but prior to that, the government was spending our tax dollars in a responsible manner...wher they fok have they been? Welcome to the party.....idiots...

No, but Obama HAS perfected the art of spending money we don't have.

dgreco wrote:I could be wrong but I thought it was on the 18th and it was a protest to the Congress because it is the day they go back in session. If that is the case then I see them doing justice to their cause and protesting properly.

Appaholic wrote:

dgreco wrote:I could be wrong but I thought it was on the 18th and it was a protest to the Congress because it is the day they go back in session. If that is the case then I see them doing justice to their cause and protesting properly.

That would be a little more credible.....the symbolism, not the group itself....

AshevilleApp wrote:

Appaholic wrote:
That would be a little more credible.....the symbolism, not the group itself....

Nope, it's the 20th. Looks like they need some organizational help.

http://teapartypatriots.ning.com/profil ... -of-strike

AshevilleApp wrote:

Appaholic wrote:
That would be a little more credible.....the symbolism, not the group itself....

Nope, it's the 20th. Looks like they need some organizational help.

http://teapartypatriots.ning.com/profil ... -of-strike

Appaholic wrote:

AshevilleApp wrote:

Nope, it's the 20th. Looks like they need some organizational help.

http://teapartypatriots.ning.com/profil ... -of-strike

Re: the link...

Looks like they need some help figuring out exactly who they are & who is their enemy....the posts are comical...

AZGrizFan wrote:

Appaholic wrote:This is my problem with the TEAbaggers.....if you are going to plan a strike protesting taxes (Taxed Enough Already?), then plan it on April 15, not Jan 20. The fact they are planning it to basically protest the inauguration of Obama is so transparant that their movement is anti-Obama, not anti-big govt/anti-taxes. It's as if they think government spending went to hell on Jan 20, 2009, but prior to that, the government was spending our tax dollars in a responsible manner...wher they fok have they been? Welcome to the party.....idiots...

No, but Obama HAS perfected the art of spending money we don't have.

mainejeff wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
No, but Obama HAS perfected the art of spending money we don't have.

No.......Bush did that.

Col Hogan wrote:

mainejeff wrote:
No.......Bush did that.

So, since Bush perfected it...it's OK for Obama to continue...

Is that your logic, mj...

AshevilleApp wrote:

Appaholic wrote:
Re: the link...

Looks like they need some help figuring out exactly who they are & who is their enemy....the posts are comical...

I enjoyed reading it myself.

mainejeff wrote:

Col Hogan wrote:
So, since Bush perfected it...it's OK for Obama to continue...

Is that your logic, mj...

Did I say that a-hole?

Col Hogan wrote:

mainejeff wrote:
Did I say that a-hole?

I asked a simple yes/no question, a-hole....

Are you afraid to answer it...

mainejeff wrote:

Col Hogan wrote:
I asked a simple yes/no question, a-hole....

Are you afraid to answer it...

Questions have question marks (?) at the end of them........A-HOLE.

mainejeff wrote:

Col Hogan wrote:
I asked a simple yes/no question, a-hole....

Are you afraid to answer it...

Questions have question marks (?) at the end of them........A-HOLE.

Col Hogan wrote:

mainejeff wrote:
Questions have question marks (?) at the end of them........A-HOLE.

So, since Bush perfected it...it's OK for Obama to continue ????????

Is that your logic, mj ???