Tea parties around the country yesterday tapped into the collective angst stirred up by a bad economy, government spending and bailouts. The rallies were directed at President Barack Obama's administration on a symbolic day: the deadline to file income taxes. Cory, the kids and I decided to head down to our local tea party protest at the State Capital, here is Boise. I have never been one for protests, although I respect those who do make a stand for what they believe in. It was really cool. Some people were dressed up like Benjamin franklin but most were just regular hard working Americans wanting their voice heard. I really admire how passionate they are. Thousands marched down to the capital and gathered in front of it where we heard a few speaches to get people riled up and we even broke out in song, singing the national anthem and other patriotic songs. They even served a roasted pig, for symbolic reasons. One thing I really liked was how peaceful the protest was. Everyone was so friendly. The protest ended with a prayer for our country. I love being a republican!
I posted some pictures of some of the signs. Enjoy!
My favorites: "Show us the birth cerificate" " I'll keep my money, my freedom, & my guns. You can keep the CHANGE!" "Yes we can! Financially enslave America" "America, Land of the homeless"
The guy who was holding the homeless sign really was homeless, I think..... I wish I would have gotten a picture of his face.
Cory made a little sign on his computer before he left work. We all got a chance to hold it. If you want to learn more about Tax freedom day click here. It is pretty amazing.
5 comments:
I didn't hear about these until they were done. That's awesome that you went. There was a TEA party in the Tri-Cities too. I have no idea if we held one here.
I wasn't able to go but glad you did!
Yes there was one in TC!
Good job on going to a tea party! We went too! Too bad we couldn't go to the same one. Maybe next time!
Tea parties. Now that it's over, I wonder if it did any good or if it just gave people like us hope that there ARE alot of people like us out there. It ISN'T just hollywood, this is everyday hardworking people that want america to survive
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