February 27, 2009
Tea Party/Producers Strike Today
Despite every intention to be there a forgotten pediatrician's appointment for my eldest made it impossible for me to get firsthand photos and video of the Obama Tea Party in Denver today. There's one shot posted in Michelle Malkin's coverage here. I'm impressed by the breadth of this event with good representation in not just Chicago but San Diego, North Carolina, Oklahoma City, Nashville, Portland, Alabama, Lansing, Cleveland, Houston, Atlanta, Tampa, Orlando, Austin, Hartford, and Washington D.C, courtesy of John Lilyea at 'This Ain't Hell.'
The list is even longer according to TCOT Report, which also has more photos and coverage.
UPDATE - 2-28-2009: Many more Denver photos and stories can be found at Slapstick Politics via El Presidente and at People's Press Collective by Zombiehunter (with photos), Ben and Mr. Bob.
My friend Russ was featured in several photos with his unique John Galt sign.
Other than that my favorite sign slogans are:
FREE MARKETS NOT FREELOADERS
Your Wallet Is The Only Place The Democrats Want To Drill!
and
One
Big
A**
Mistake
America!
Obama Administration
Posted by JohnGalt at February 27, 2009 4:41 PM
This is Russ Shurts, Eric's friend with the 'John Galt' sign. Follows are my impressions of the event. There were about 200 people there, mostly Republicans but with a sprinkling of Libertarians and other assorted types. They were all very concerned/unhappy about the current state of affairs in this country and wanting to put a stop to the march towards socialism we are currently on. I was very pleased that the first speaker was a woman who sang the national anthem and then spent her first 5 to 10 minutes giving a brief biography of Ayn Rand and then discussing how much Atlas Shrugged so very much describes the situation we are finding ourselves in right now. I was not pleased (though not surprised) that the vast majority of the people attending truly did not understand Ayn Rand’s basic philosophy/message, nor the fact that because of this lack of understanding they would consistently undercut the positions they were supposedly advocating by the things that they said.
The people attending were uniformly polite, not angry or overly demonstrative. In fact one of the speakers, Jon Caldara who fills in for Mike Rosen on KOA, started his speech by commenting that he figured most everyone there was very uncomfortable about doing such a thing because they were typically the type of people who would not even be inclined to disagree with let alone protest established authority. Most everyone I saw was nodding in agreement when he said this.
I’m not sure it made even the smallest dent in the problem we are currently facing, but as my friend Randall Laff said in inviting me to attend with him, “We have to do something.” And he is quite right. We are rapidly losing this country and the freedom that always came with it. If something isn’t done soon, it will not be a fitting place for human habitation.
This is Russ Shurts, Eric's friend with the 'John Galt' sign. Follows are my impressions of the event. There were about 200 people there, mostly Republicans but with a sprinkling of Libertarians and other assorted types. They were all very concerned/unhappy about the current state of affairs in this country and wanting to put a stop to the march towards socialism we are currently on. I was very pleased that the first speaker was a woman who sang the national anthem and then spent her first 5 to 10 minutes giving a brief biography of Ayn Rand and then discussing how much Atlas Shrugged so very much describes the situation we are finding ourselves in right now. I was not pleased (though not surprised) that the vast majority of the people attending truly did not understand Ayn Rand’s basic philosophy/message, nor the fact that because of this lack of understanding they would consistently undercut the positions they were supposedly advocating by the things that they said.
The people attending were uniformly polite, not angry or overly demonstrative. In fact one of the speakers, Jon Caldara who fills in for Mike Rosen on KOA, started his speech by commenting that he figured most everyone there was very uncomfortable about doing such a thing because they were typically the type of people who would not even be inclined to disagree with let alone protest established authority. Most everyone I saw was nodding in agreement when he said this.
I’m not sure it made even the smallest dent in the problem we are currently facing, but as my friend Randall Laff said in inviting me to attend with him, “We have to do something.” And he is quite right. We are rapidly losing this country and the freedom that always came with it. If something isn’t done soon, it will not be a fitting place for human habitation.
Posted by: Russ Shurts at February 28, 2009 3:14 PM | What do you think? [1]