The video stills, not to mention the video speak for themselves.
(follow the link at the top of the post, this is a screen shot, not an embedded video)
Truly one of those “time stood still” moments. A star is born? Certainly a life changed.
4/15/09 @ 14:02 Two more pictures added, added 1st sentence.
4/15/09 @ 23:36 added “offstage” picture
Lately, there are lots of visitors arrive at this blog from searching on the phrase “tea party” or “Boulder Tea party”. I have some links that will help but there’s not a wealth on information on it.
I suspect the reason it has such a high “hit” rate is the local paper has had such absolutely pathetic coverage. Visit the Daily Camera website and search on the phrase “tea party” and see how pathetic the results are.
With the Tea Parties tomorrow this seems appropriate…
I certainly hope so. Only wish I was more confident in this prediction.
Where’s Rambo when you need him?
Tea Party reporters for Pajamas TV, that would be the “PJTV Citizen Reporting Test Group ” who number over 500 are testing uploading pictures and videos today. You can view their efforts here.
The Obama administrations message to North Korea…
North Korea must “cease its provocative threats” and respect the will of the international community, which won’t accept the communist country unless it abandons what the White House calls its pursuit of nuclear weapons, Gibbs said.
I suspect Pyongyang has heard this message before.
I’ll tell you who they are, Jane and Oliver. They’re your worst nightmare: they’re small-governmenters first and party-loyalists second.
See my discussion at the bottom of this post.
Get your updates at Tax Day Tea Party.
See more here….
The administration should hope these top producers don’t go “John Galt” on them.
One other interesting factoid, the tax code contains 3,700,000 words. That’s a lot btw.
This fact stands out to me…
From 2009-2017, the number of retirees receiving Social Security will grow by 23.9%, the number of workers by only 4.3%. In other words, the number of retirees will grow more than five times faster than the worker population.
Read the other eight social security facts.
H/T to Amy Ridenour.
Yep, Social Security isn’t supposed to be in deficit until 2017. Surprise, the program made it 8 years early (almost). It’s not quite that bleak as surpluses are projected from 2013 to 2015.
Federal budget worrywarts (myself included) have been fretting for years about the arrival of the Dread Fiscal Year 2017, when Social Security was projected to start becoming a drag on federal finances.
Well, no need to worry about 2017 any more. Thanks to the worst economic downturn since the 1930s, the moment of reckoning is already almost here: According to both the budget proposed by the White House in February and projections issued by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in March, Social Security benefits ($659 billion, according to the CBO) will exceed payroll taxes ($653 billion) in fiscal 2009 for the first time since 1984. Payroll tax receipts generally hold up much better in recessions than income taxes, but job losses have been so severe that the CBO expects them to decline slightly from 2008, while benefits rise almost 9% because of cost-of-living adjustments and the beginnings of the baby boomer retirement wave. (See five reasons for economic optimism.)
It concerns me greatly, all the new government programs this administration is proposing (universal type health care, cap and trade) when we need to “fix” (or drastically overhaul) our present entitlement programs. The fact that the nation is in this situation, is exactly why politicians aren’t going to any tea parties. They are the problem, not the solution. If “We the People” really want “hope and change” we need a new brand of politicians. A pox on both of their houses (yea I know there’s a pun in there somewhere).
It appears that members of Congress are avoiding the Tax Day Tea Party protests. According to Neil Cavuto they’re on the wrong side of history. Actually I think that’s fine, there are few members of Congress that have the moral authority to attend these protests.
I had no idea the general public had developed such a distaste for the UN. Bravo.
From the Rasmussen article…
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of political liberals classify the U.N. as America’s ally, but just 15% of conservatives agree.
I’m sure the ranking is even higher in “you know where”.
