I was interested in what the reports would be over the tea-party on the 15th. Since much of the prelude to the event was being played down by the MSM.

President Obama was not aware of the tea-parties according to whitehouse representatives?
I find that a little hard to believe. If this is true what can we the people think of the situation? I would think a good leader would certainly be AT LEAST aware of what was going on at the grass roots of the country he is SUPPOSE to be running.

Take a look at Susan Roesgen of CNN in the midst of a tea-party crowd in Ill. Looks like Susan was trying (SHE FAILED) to whip up a little confrontation of her own. No wonder CNN is close to bust with both feet on a banana peel. Where on earth do these networks dig these people up? Were they missing in action when common sense were passed out? Clearly this woman was.

Next I whipped over to MSNBC and who should I run into but my favorite Keith Olbermann. I jest of course. I have seen nothing of Keith Olbermann that points to good journalist, commentator, reporter or anything of the kind. Those that pay his salary are being screwed royally. Apparently that does not matter and again may be the cause of this networks decline in the ratings also. Who in their right mind would watch this guy day in and day out?

Over the coarse of an hour Olbermann referred to the tea-party gathering as having a few hundred people. Diminish the impact apparently was the goal. Instead Olbermann comes off as being ignorant, stupid, deceptive or just a plain liar. Most likely all.

Apparently Olbermann and our own President are clue less about these tea-parties. They started at the GRASSROOTS by ordinary people who were flat fed up with EVERYONE in government. They are flat fed up with the Olbermanns in the media who think THEY CONTROL what “we the people” think or do.

I personally have watched this developing for several months. The GOP, Fox News or high powered politicians WERE NOT behind it. (no matter how much the opposition wishes it were true.) Most of the tea-party movement organizers haven’t ever organized, or even participated, in a protest rally before. General disgust has drawn a lot of people off the sidelines and into the political arena, and they are already planning for political action after today. The sleeping giant has awakened and is not likely to do another Rip Van Winkle in the near future.

All of the BULL**** foisted around on the networks show how worried they are. We the people … you and I, the Joe the Plumbers of the world are radical extremists. NO WE ARE NOT! We are every day people who are tired of being pushed around by the ELITE BUBBLE HEADS in Washington who have done this to long with little or no VIABLE OPPOSITION.

There were tea-parties all over the USA. It is estimated there were 300,000 attendees. Somehow that is a little more than the few hundreds reported by Olbermann don’t ya think?

This crowd is estimated at about 1,000. Crowd members wave American flags and hold up handmade signs today as they listen to speakers at the Trussville Tax Day Tea-Party held on the Mall in front of Trussville Middle School.

Protestors take part in a tea-party demonstration, today in Lafayette Park, across from the White House in Washington.

Harrisburg, PA

Harrisburg, PA

Boerne, TX

Alamo, TX

The Cleveland Tax Rally Video:
http://videos.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/2009/04/cleveland_antitax_rally.html

Then we have the Huffington Post and Andy Ostray.
His latest take on the tea-party movement:
Tea Parties: GOP Once Again Manipulating the Average Joe

Dear old Andy thinks the average Joe is simply some ignorant hack that can be dragged around forever by a nose ring and say nothing FOREVER.

Get a grip Andy … wake up and smell the real coffee.

Here is a comment I left on his post … he monitors all comments so doubtful it will see light of day unless he is shamed into it by this entry into this blog:

Andy,

It would be refreshing if you knew and reported the facts rather than your opinion or concept of what is going on.

The tea-parties are exactly what they are suppose to be. Grassroots everyday folks who are tired to the teeth of being shafted by the government (BOTH PARTIES). Get use to it … it’s not going away.

Fox News, the GOP and some of the smarter Democrats will follow the movement and even join in if they are smart.

I have watched this grow now for over 3 months. It is pushed by ordinary people who are FED UP. Now you can snivel, whine and gnash your teeth all you like (free speech you know?) in the end it is wasted effort … but nice try.