Month: April 2009

If you’re interested in the very successful Santa Ana Tea Party, Laer has the story (and pictures).

Quisp thought we wouldn’t care about one person’s views, because Sean Hannity broadcast from Atlanta, but I care a lot. The view from the podium (so to speak) is always going to be different from the view from the ground. Quisp observations are also a reminder that, contrary to the

From suek: I went to one in Ventura. It seemed well attended, but I’ve never been to a protest before either…so who knows! In the designated area by the County Courthouse where they had a microphone and speakers, someone said that they had about 500 people. It didn’t look like

From Danny Lemieux: And, here’s the report from Chicago: I counted about 5,000 – 7,000 participants packed into the Federal Plaza. Everyone was very well behaved. It looked like a very diverse crowd – suits, jeans, black, white, Asian, old, young, very young (many people apparently took their kids out

Rockdalian attended the Joliet Tea Party and had this to say: Attended the local ( Joliet, Illinois ) Tea party at the courthouse. Arrived about 11:30am to find about 50 people already gathered. Event began around noon, by then the crowd swelled to more than 300. The event kicked off

Charles Martel just got back from the San Francisco Tea Party and filed this report: I just returned from the San Francisco tea party about 20 minutes ago. It went far better than I hoped. I’m an old newspaperman, so I learned long ago how to estimate a crowd size

Obama may not care about the tea parties (or even know about them), but a lot of people do care.  Here’s an excellent link with updates about the turnout at tea parties all over the nation. As for me, I’m working hard today to earn money to pay my taxes.

The Onion picked the most extreme act it could think of — cold-blooded, point-blank murder — pretended Obama wa the culprit, and imagined how the press would respond.  As you might expect, the result is hilarious.  Mind you, this is not an attack on Obama.  It is a direct assault

I love dogs, but I’ve found unsavory the media’s obsession with the First Family’s new dog.  I can’t help but suspect that the various media outlets are using the dog story as a way to fill space without actually having to report on real news.  For that reason, I pretty

It’s a teeny story, but I found amusing that a building that once was a funeral home will now be a preschool.  A reminder, one that we sometimes need, that life goes on.

No doubt you’ve heard — especially because it’s spread out on the top of Drudge — that the NHS issued a general warning against the domestic terrorism dangers of “right wing extremists” especially vets.  It didn’t identify any specific group, but just said extremists on the right can be dangerous.

I will blog today.  I promise.  I’ve got good stuff lined up, but just have to get some deadline work done first.

As a fainter myself, this guy has my complete sympathy: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwGFDnIVeU[/youtube] I hope it wasn’t anything serious that caused him to pass out.

Thanks to Ymarsakar for the link to this Blackfive article, which explains that, in all likelihood, Obama contributed little, if nothing, to the rescue scenario.  The SEALS and/or Marines, however, contributed a great deal.