Tea For Five: The July 5th San Jose Tea Party

On the weekend of July 4th, the latest round of Tea Party Tax Protests swept the nation. We attended the San Jose Tea Party, held on Sunday July 5th at the intersection of Stevens Creek and Winchester Boulevards, and interviewed Richard Geno, president of the the Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley, for his take. Well also flash back to the April 15th Tea Party in San Jose, as well as the birth of the meme by CNBCs Rick Santelli, and a CNN reporter who decided to make herself part of the news, rather than simply report it.

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