Great photos and links to local and national news coverage here:
http://teapartyexpress.wordpress.com/
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Tea Party Express - Day 7, Texas
Tea Party Express Caravan
Day 7 – September 3
San Antonio and Waco, Texas
What’s the deal? We managed to get through the entire San Antonio tea party without hearing one single drawl. Are we not in Texas? We must be, because we were smack dab in the center of the Alamo plaza today. It was CROWDED. I’d estimate 1,200 turned out, but we were so cramped in the middle, and spread out around the edges, it’s hard to get a good guess.
The tea partiers were so very kind and welcoming. Regrettably, it was ridiculously hot – and humid. At least that’s what I think they call it. It was only around 80 degrees, but I was soaking wet all day, like everyone else. It’s hard to carry on a conversation because at least one of the parties has liquid dripping from their face the whole time. The musicians and singers had to stop 3 separate times to call for a medical doctor to attend some overheated patriot. I heard they are all 3 doing well now. These are brave, committed folks.
It looked like every local news outlet in town came by. We were in the same place from which Glenn Beck broadcast his April 15th Tea Party day show. LOTS of Beck fans in the crowd! Sold more Sarah Palin shirts here than anywhere else, so far.
John talked with the counter-protester for a few minutes. His sign read “Universal Healthcare = Human Right.” I think my favorite sign of the day was “Think Green. Recycle Congress.”
William and Selena Owens both spoke briefly. I sure like them.
We’re meeting all the TPE caravan workers – Tiffany, Donald, Calvin, Ryan…great people.
Waco, Texas
Boy, is Waco Tea Party organized. They all wear matching shirts, had staff badges, and had a local forum going long before the TPE arrived at around 5pm. The stage set in a huge lawn bowl was great. I think there were as many as 2,500 people. Candidates were relegated to one area of the edge of the lawn with their tables and flyers. No candidates or politicians are allowed to speak on the stage. I like that.
Griff did another live package right at the end of the tea party. I guess the news folks still see the growing movement – it’s not Astroturf, because Astroturf doesn’t GROW!
FOUR tea party stops tomorrow. Time for bed!
Day 7 – September 3
San Antonio and Waco, Texas
What’s the deal? We managed to get through the entire San Antonio tea party without hearing one single drawl. Are we not in Texas? We must be, because we were smack dab in the center of the Alamo plaza today. It was CROWDED. I’d estimate 1,200 turned out, but we were so cramped in the middle, and spread out around the edges, it’s hard to get a good guess.
The tea partiers were so very kind and welcoming. Regrettably, it was ridiculously hot – and humid. At least that’s what I think they call it. It was only around 80 degrees, but I was soaking wet all day, like everyone else. It’s hard to carry on a conversation because at least one of the parties has liquid dripping from their face the whole time. The musicians and singers had to stop 3 separate times to call for a medical doctor to attend some overheated patriot. I heard they are all 3 doing well now. These are brave, committed folks.
It looked like every local news outlet in town came by. We were in the same place from which Glenn Beck broadcast his April 15th Tea Party day show. LOTS of Beck fans in the crowd! Sold more Sarah Palin shirts here than anywhere else, so far.
John talked with the counter-protester for a few minutes. His sign read “Universal Healthcare = Human Right.” I think my favorite sign of the day was “Think Green. Recycle Congress.”
William and Selena Owens both spoke briefly. I sure like them.
We’re meeting all the TPE caravan workers – Tiffany, Donald, Calvin, Ryan…great people.
Waco, Texas
Boy, is Waco Tea Party organized. They all wear matching shirts, had staff badges, and had a local forum going long before the TPE arrived at around 5pm. The stage set in a huge lawn bowl was great. I think there were as many as 2,500 people. Candidates were relegated to one area of the edge of the lawn with their tables and flyers. No candidates or politicians are allowed to speak on the stage. I like that.
Griff did another live package right at the end of the tea party. I guess the news folks still see the growing movement – it’s not Astroturf, because Astroturf doesn’t GROW!
FOUR tea party stops tomorrow. Time for bed!
Tea Party Express - Day 6 El Paso, TX
Tea Party Express Caravan
Day 6– September 2
El Paso, Texas
We managed to get to the El Paso rally a bit early. Hooray! We were all dressed and nearly rested and ready to go. The TPE buses pulled in right in front of us and got to work setting up their stage and sound system. These folks are really pros. Gianna is memorizing the music from the program and walks around singing, “I need a bailout. Somebody rescue me” – a song by the Rivoli Revue. It’s pretty cute.
Mandie has become the official Tea Party dog. She is so well-behaved. I have no idea what happened. She used to bug me like crazy, and on this long trip she just lays around wherever we put her and hasn’t been demanding at all. I guess she wants to stick around on the journey. Good dog.
Fact I did not know about El Paso – it has a HUGE democrat voter registration dominance. I suppose the TPE organizers knew this, and wanted to give the locals a rallying point. I saw folks meeting one another and looking a bit relieved to find others in their town who shared their feelings about government growth, interference and increasing taxes. That’s encouraging. I’d guess we had around 250 folks out, which I think is outstanding for a Wednesday morning with nearly zero local news coverage – at least from what the locals said. Especially when there are so many residents who want to be taken care of by the nanny state.
The crowd may have been smallish, but they had big enthusiasm. They gathered before the singing of the Star Spangled Banner by Diana Nagy, and sang together, a capella. It was sweet. When the show started, they were more than welcoming. Griff shot a live package from the middle of the tea party that will air during Hannity or Greta tonight.
Our fellow button-people friends, Brian and Brigitte, joined the tour today. Nice to bump into them.
Folks around El Paso sure are polite.
Now, off to San Antonio.
Day 6– September 2
El Paso, Texas
We managed to get to the El Paso rally a bit early. Hooray! We were all dressed and nearly rested and ready to go. The TPE buses pulled in right in front of us and got to work setting up their stage and sound system. These folks are really pros. Gianna is memorizing the music from the program and walks around singing, “I need a bailout. Somebody rescue me” – a song by the Rivoli Revue. It’s pretty cute.
Mandie has become the official Tea Party dog. She is so well-behaved. I have no idea what happened. She used to bug me like crazy, and on this long trip she just lays around wherever we put her and hasn’t been demanding at all. I guess she wants to stick around on the journey. Good dog.
Fact I did not know about El Paso – it has a HUGE democrat voter registration dominance. I suppose the TPE organizers knew this, and wanted to give the locals a rallying point. I saw folks meeting one another and looking a bit relieved to find others in their town who shared their feelings about government growth, interference and increasing taxes. That’s encouraging. I’d guess we had around 250 folks out, which I think is outstanding for a Wednesday morning with nearly zero local news coverage – at least from what the locals said. Especially when there are so many residents who want to be taken care of by the nanny state.
The crowd may have been smallish, but they had big enthusiasm. They gathered before the singing of the Star Spangled Banner by Diana Nagy, and sang together, a capella. It was sweet. When the show started, they were more than welcoming. Griff shot a live package from the middle of the tea party that will air during Hannity or Greta tonight.
Our fellow button-people friends, Brian and Brigitte, joined the tour today. Nice to bump into them.
Folks around El Paso sure are polite.
Now, off to San Antonio.
Tea Party Express - Day 5 New Mexico
Tea Party Express Caravan
Day 5 – September 1
New Mexico
OK, this is getting hard. Keeping our family of 4, plus the dog, propped up and energized for hundreds of miles of driving every day, setting up and tearing down in the sweltering heat, and missing the majority of the fantastic scenery in these great cities is challenging. It reminds me of the bus tour John and I took through Europe a few years ago. It should have been billed as a tour of all the great truck stops of western Europe. But it did help us get our feet wet and give us an idea of where we'd like to come on the next trip to Europe - Italy! I guess this cross-country tour will help us figure out which parts of the U.S. we'd like to visit for longer stretches. So, we’re plugging along, and reminding ourselves that this is bigger than just the travel. We’re fighting to keep our country and to finally be heard. So, we press on.
We didn’t get a very good handle on the time zone change, and ended up pulling into Albuquerque about an hour into the rally. It was in a huge bowl of a park, with no easy access for our gear. We calculated out the time and distance to Las Cruces tonight, and decided if we left that minute, without setting up one thing at all… we’d still be a half-hour late to the next stop! So, we jumped out long enough to snap a few photos of the 500 or so folks, most of whom seemed to have taken a long lunch break to tea party with us, and then hit the highway again. It was around 90 degrees, and the locals were calling it quits a bit early citing the heat.
The drive to Las Cruces was scenic, and the rally location was next to a beautiful lake. We pulled in about 10 minutes after the first bus arrived. The two busses don’t come along at the same time. It seems one of the drivers is a bit quicker than the other. In fact, he flew by us at warp speed at least a half-hour outside of Las Cruces. Passed us like we were out for a Sunday drive. That big thing can really move!
The rally drew at least 1,000 folks – possibly 1,500 (I’m getting much better at estimating crowd sizes…practice, practice, practice.) Had a little interview with the CNN reporter, in which I had to try to explain the special toilet paper on our table – given to us by BanksterBusters.com in Las Vegas. It has the faces of dozens of offending politicians, complete with sassy nicknames. Yeah, not really my area of expertise, and since we personally make nearly everything we typically carry, I’m pretty sure it was clear how unfamiliar I was with the product. Oh well. It was nice to be noticed, even with my hair sticking to my sweaty face and my clothes soaked from the high temps and hard work.
One great thing about New Mexico: when I tell someone my name, I don't have to spell "Gallegos" slowly. They already know how to spell it!
Our family is starting to get into a groove with packing and unloading. Too bad we couldn’t keep the mosquitos from eating us alive!
Day 5 – September 1
New Mexico
OK, this is getting hard. Keeping our family of 4, plus the dog, propped up and energized for hundreds of miles of driving every day, setting up and tearing down in the sweltering heat, and missing the majority of the fantastic scenery in these great cities is challenging. It reminds me of the bus tour John and I took through Europe a few years ago. It should have been billed as a tour of all the great truck stops of western Europe. But it did help us get our feet wet and give us an idea of where we'd like to come on the next trip to Europe - Italy! I guess this cross-country tour will help us figure out which parts of the U.S. we'd like to visit for longer stretches. So, we’re plugging along, and reminding ourselves that this is bigger than just the travel. We’re fighting to keep our country and to finally be heard. So, we press on.
We didn’t get a very good handle on the time zone change, and ended up pulling into Albuquerque about an hour into the rally. It was in a huge bowl of a park, with no easy access for our gear. We calculated out the time and distance to Las Cruces tonight, and decided if we left that minute, without setting up one thing at all… we’d still be a half-hour late to the next stop! So, we jumped out long enough to snap a few photos of the 500 or so folks, most of whom seemed to have taken a long lunch break to tea party with us, and then hit the highway again. It was around 90 degrees, and the locals were calling it quits a bit early citing the heat.
The drive to Las Cruces was scenic, and the rally location was next to a beautiful lake. We pulled in about 10 minutes after the first bus arrived. The two busses don’t come along at the same time. It seems one of the drivers is a bit quicker than the other. In fact, he flew by us at warp speed at least a half-hour outside of Las Cruces. Passed us like we were out for a Sunday drive. That big thing can really move!
The rally drew at least 1,000 folks – possibly 1,500 (I’m getting much better at estimating crowd sizes…practice, practice, practice.) Had a little interview with the CNN reporter, in which I had to try to explain the special toilet paper on our table – given to us by BanksterBusters.com in Las Vegas. It has the faces of dozens of offending politicians, complete with sassy nicknames. Yeah, not really my area of expertise, and since we personally make nearly everything we typically carry, I’m pretty sure it was clear how unfamiliar I was with the product. Oh well. It was nice to be noticed, even with my hair sticking to my sweaty face and my clothes soaked from the high temps and hard work.
One great thing about New Mexico: when I tell someone my name, I don't have to spell "Gallegos" slowly. They already know how to spell it!
Our family is starting to get into a groove with packing and unloading. Too bad we couldn’t keep the mosquitos from eating us alive!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Tea Party Express - Day 4 Vegas/Flagstaff
Tea Party Express Caravan
Day 4
August 31 – Las Vegas, Nevada and Flagstaff, Arizona
Phew! Whose idea was it to hang out in the parking lot in Las Vegas, in August, at mid-day?! The temperature was at least 102 degrees, but that didn’t keep the tea party crowd from coming out early, and hanging in there for hours waiting for the big buses to arrive, and then exercising their rights at the rally. It had to be close to 2,000 people. Don't mean to complain. The energy was as high as the temperature. And the TPE organizers have done a really good job at planning the stops, locations and times. There are only so many hours in the day, and there are quite a few miles to cover. It's working so far!
Saw our first “counter-protester” in Vegas. It was one guy carrying his “We support Obama Healthcare and Stimulus” sign, but I noticed he was all alone. Or maybe he had a mouse in his pocket. Anyway, it's American to express your opinion, so...good job, guy.
Local news outlets came out to cover the rally, and I heard it was broadcast live on CNN and Fox News. Hmmm…anyone see any coverage of that? I know TPE has several “embedded” media outlet reps traveling across the country with them. From what I’ve heard, the coverage is pretty fair, and I’ve heard several compliments for the CNN reporter’s coverage being courteous and accurate. Good job, CNN.
Wayne Root came out to address the crowd, and Sharron Angle finished up her 6-stop tour on the Tea Party bus. The local organizers in Las Vegas really work hard at these tea parties, and could sure use some financial support. The arrangements, and the continued political activism, can get pretty expensive.
The drive from Vegas to Arizona crosses the Hoover Dam, as most of you likely know. It was the first trip across for our little girl. She was pretty excited to see all the activity. But the heat started to get to our car, towing all our gear. We had to pull over and let the engine rest more than once climbing the hills. It was hot, hot, hot.
Second counter-protest I witnessed was in Flagstaff. We had around 900 Tea Party Patriots gathered in the evening after the workday, and about 15 or maybe even 20 counter-protesters across the street carrying their signs. Most said “Public Option – Yes” or “Healthcare now” or similar. They only hung in there for about an hour, though. Our tea party lasted around 2 hours. I guess it’s just not that fun for some. I sure appreciate the peaceful demonstrations. I feel so American. Just wish they could get some bigger numbers out to support their anti-anti-big-government cause. Too bad.
Day 4
August 31 – Las Vegas, Nevada and Flagstaff, Arizona
Phew! Whose idea was it to hang out in the parking lot in Las Vegas, in August, at mid-day?! The temperature was at least 102 degrees, but that didn’t keep the tea party crowd from coming out early, and hanging in there for hours waiting for the big buses to arrive, and then exercising their rights at the rally. It had to be close to 2,000 people. Don't mean to complain. The energy was as high as the temperature. And the TPE organizers have done a really good job at planning the stops, locations and times. There are only so many hours in the day, and there are quite a few miles to cover. It's working so far!
Saw our first “counter-protester” in Vegas. It was one guy carrying his “We support Obama Healthcare and Stimulus” sign, but I noticed he was all alone. Or maybe he had a mouse in his pocket. Anyway, it's American to express your opinion, so...good job, guy.
Local news outlets came out to cover the rally, and I heard it was broadcast live on CNN and Fox News. Hmmm…anyone see any coverage of that? I know TPE has several “embedded” media outlet reps traveling across the country with them. From what I’ve heard, the coverage is pretty fair, and I’ve heard several compliments for the CNN reporter’s coverage being courteous and accurate. Good job, CNN.
Wayne Root came out to address the crowd, and Sharron Angle finished up her 6-stop tour on the Tea Party bus. The local organizers in Las Vegas really work hard at these tea parties, and could sure use some financial support. The arrangements, and the continued political activism, can get pretty expensive.
The drive from Vegas to Arizona crosses the Hoover Dam, as most of you likely know. It was the first trip across for our little girl. She was pretty excited to see all the activity. But the heat started to get to our car, towing all our gear. We had to pull over and let the engine rest more than once climbing the hills. It was hot, hot, hot.
Second counter-protest I witnessed was in Flagstaff. We had around 900 Tea Party Patriots gathered in the evening after the workday, and about 15 or maybe even 20 counter-protesters across the street carrying their signs. Most said “Public Option – Yes” or “Healthcare now” or similar. They only hung in there for about an hour, though. Our tea party lasted around 2 hours. I guess it’s just not that fun for some. I sure appreciate the peaceful demonstrations. I feel so American. Just wish they could get some bigger numbers out to support their anti-anti-big-government cause. Too bad.
Tea Party Express - Day 3
Tea Party Express Caravan
Day 3 - August 30
Ely, Nevada
Ely- there had to be about 150 Nevadans out to Tea Party in the nice, shady park. Close to half of them were veterans, including the sales manager of the local radio station, KDSS, JC Ward. A nice man, father of 5, I think he said. (His youngest girl is beautiful!) He told me a brief, but harrowing story of a night he spent buried in sand next to enemy tanks during Desert Storm. Sorry for complaining about the heat and having to stand at the tea party, JC.
Met a nice man, Therman Mullins, carrying a huge Navy Jack - Don’t Tread on Me flag (the one with the red stripes and the straight snake, not the yellow one with the coiled snake). He told me all about the flag’s history, which I regret was unfamiliar to me. He said he had sons on submarines, and that his particular flag was important to the seamen on those subs. I was impressed by how many US military veterans there were out there tea partying. Interesting.
Bumped into some fellow button people. Stephen has his son with him, and his son’s girlfriend. They are from Colorado and are making the entire trip with the TPE. Also met Jonathan and his wife, two of the few conservatives in Manhattan (that’s in New York, for those of you who are as bad at US geography as I am). He sells buttons on the weekends at home, and gets rude comments and even gets spit on (yikes). But he does it anyway and is a patriot for spreading the message.
Smooth, easy day of traveling, except for the smoke. Mike, a dedicated tea partier from Reno who is leaving the TPE today to get back to work, said there’s a fire in southern California. We’re not getting much news on this trip…I guess we’re just making it, instead!
Day 3 - August 30
Ely, Nevada
Ely- there had to be about 150 Nevadans out to Tea Party in the nice, shady park. Close to half of them were veterans, including the sales manager of the local radio station, KDSS, JC Ward. A nice man, father of 5, I think he said. (His youngest girl is beautiful!) He told me a brief, but harrowing story of a night he spent buried in sand next to enemy tanks during Desert Storm. Sorry for complaining about the heat and having to stand at the tea party, JC.
Met a nice man, Therman Mullins, carrying a huge Navy Jack - Don’t Tread on Me flag (the one with the red stripes and the straight snake, not the yellow one with the coiled snake). He told me all about the flag’s history, which I regret was unfamiliar to me. He said he had sons on submarines, and that his particular flag was important to the seamen on those subs. I was impressed by how many US military veterans there were out there tea partying. Interesting.
Bumped into some fellow button people. Stephen has his son with him, and his son’s girlfriend. They are from Colorado and are making the entire trip with the TPE. Also met Jonathan and his wife, two of the few conservatives in Manhattan (that’s in New York, for those of you who are as bad at US geography as I am). He sells buttons on the weekends at home, and gets rude comments and even gets spit on (yikes). But he does it anyway and is a patriot for spreading the message.
Smooth, easy day of traveling, except for the smoke. Mike, a dedicated tea partier from Reno who is leaving the TPE today to get back to work, said there’s a fire in southern California. We’re not getting much news on this trip…I guess we’re just making it, instead!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Tea Party Express - Day 1 and 2
Yesterday we joined the Tea Party caravan in Sparks, Nevada. The Sparks Tea Party started with a multi-partisan Candidate Forum and Town Hall meeting from 3-5pm. I don't know how often that's ever been done in northern Nevada, but it seemed unusual. Candidates from the American Independent Party, Democrat and Republican parties took the stage, and most took questions from the audience of concerned voters. It was very informative, and I really enjoyed seeing so many candidates of so many different stripes all addressing the taxpayers at the same venue.
There were representatives from several local political groups, parties, candidate tables and vendors selling everything from food to flags. Plenty of room for everyone to mill around and pick up something that would help them express their positions on the various issues.
I sneaked behind the scenes and got to meet one of my very favorite Fox news reporters - Griff Jenkins. http://www.foxnewsradio.com/category/blogs/griff-jenkins/#axzz0Pe4M36T3 He always does the really amusing reports, which are much-needed while I'm watching the continuous loop of doom and gloom these past months, and I confess, I'm a huge fan. I'm actually pretty jaded, having grown up in the entertainment industry, and I'm rarely impressed by "personalities" or entertainers. Had it been Glenn Beck, I would have nodded a cool, "hey, Glenn." Bill O'Reilly - a simple, "Mr. O'Reilly. But there I was, shaking his hand and gushing, "I'm a huge fan. Can we get you anything," like he was Elvis. Whatever. So, I'm a dork. It was a nice treat to meet him. I even snapped a photo of him with my beloved husband, John - the T-Shirt Guy.
The Tea Party Express buses (two of them, beautifully wrapped with the map and TPE logo) http://teapartyexpress.org/ came storming in from their first stop in Sacramento at around 5:30 and got the big show going. Good music, speakers, raffle prizes from AngerisBrewing.com...what a show. Even though it was super Nevada-indian-summer-hot, I had a great day. Our whole family enjoyed it. And we sold a bunch of stuff to help us pay a little bit to Debbie for the expenses of the tea party rentals.
I'm not great at estimating crowds, especially when they're all spread out, but I'd venture a guess we had around 1,500 Tea Party Patriots in Sparks. RGJ said it was only 500. Hmf. I'll post photos as soon as I figure that part out on this blog deal.
My favorite part of the day, aside from meeting Griff, that is, was when the veterans were all called forward to the stage. Rivoli Revue sang a song "Freedom Isn't Free" about veterans, and the fallen, while Mark Williams and Deborah Johns (more about them here: http://teapartyexpress.org/about/index.html ) walked down the line and thanked each vet looking at them eye-to-eye. Well, if there was a dry eye in the house, somebody needs Restasis.
In fact, it didn't get any less emotional while I watched the repeat of that scene in Winnemucca (around 150 folks) and Elko (about 1000) today. If this next part happened in Sparks, I missed it, but in Winnemucca and Elko, after Deborah and Mark passed down the line of vets, members of the Tea Party crowd came through and shook hands, hugged and kissed each veteran, too. It seemed quite spontaneous, and was very moving. And after driving the same route as this story mentions... http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009908260332 Good lord, hasn't anyone thanked a vet lately? Why don't you go find one and say something nice to them, like, "hey, thanks for risking your life so I can do what I please with my life here," or...? Give it a try. I'm going to. BTW, Thanks, Debbie Landis, Alan Gilly, Christen Gonzales, Roy Fraticelli, Tim Torres, Robert Gallegos, Joe Gallegos, Randy Hix, Dale Williams, and all you AngerisBrewing Tea Party Patriot veterans. I love my country, and I love my freedom. I appreciate you.
Now, time to get packed to visit Ely tomorrow.
There were representatives from several local political groups, parties, candidate tables and vendors selling everything from food to flags. Plenty of room for everyone to mill around and pick up something that would help them express their positions on the various issues.
I sneaked behind the scenes and got to meet one of my very favorite Fox news reporters - Griff Jenkins. http://www.foxnewsradio.com/category/blogs/griff-jenkins/#axzz0Pe4M36T3 He always does the really amusing reports, which are much-needed while I'm watching the continuous loop of doom and gloom these past months, and I confess, I'm a huge fan. I'm actually pretty jaded, having grown up in the entertainment industry, and I'm rarely impressed by "personalities" or entertainers. Had it been Glenn Beck, I would have nodded a cool, "hey, Glenn." Bill O'Reilly - a simple, "Mr. O'Reilly. But there I was, shaking his hand and gushing, "I'm a huge fan. Can we get you anything," like he was Elvis. Whatever. So, I'm a dork. It was a nice treat to meet him. I even snapped a photo of him with my beloved husband, John - the T-Shirt Guy.
The Tea Party Express buses (two of them, beautifully wrapped with the map and TPE logo) http://teapartyexpress.org/ came storming in from their first stop in Sacramento at around 5:30 and got the big show going. Good music, speakers, raffle prizes from AngerisBrewing.com...what a show. Even though it was super Nevada-indian-summer-hot, I had a great day. Our whole family enjoyed it. And we sold a bunch of stuff to help us pay a little bit to Debbie for the expenses of the tea party rentals.
I'm not great at estimating crowds, especially when they're all spread out, but I'd venture a guess we had around 1,500 Tea Party Patriots in Sparks. RGJ said it was only 500. Hmf. I'll post photos as soon as I figure that part out on this blog deal.
My favorite part of the day, aside from meeting Griff, that is, was when the veterans were all called forward to the stage. Rivoli Revue sang a song "Freedom Isn't Free" about veterans, and the fallen, while Mark Williams and Deborah Johns (more about them here: http://teapartyexpress.org/about/index.html ) walked down the line and thanked each vet looking at them eye-to-eye. Well, if there was a dry eye in the house, somebody needs Restasis.
In fact, it didn't get any less emotional while I watched the repeat of that scene in Winnemucca (around 150 folks) and Elko (about 1000) today. If this next part happened in Sparks, I missed it, but in Winnemucca and Elko, after Deborah and Mark passed down the line of vets, members of the Tea Party crowd came through and shook hands, hugged and kissed each veteran, too. It seemed quite spontaneous, and was very moving. And after driving the same route as this story mentions... http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009908260332 Good lord, hasn't anyone thanked a vet lately? Why don't you go find one and say something nice to them, like, "hey, thanks for risking your life so I can do what I please with my life here," or...? Give it a try. I'm going to. BTW, Thanks, Debbie Landis, Alan Gilly, Christen Gonzales, Roy Fraticelli, Tim Torres, Robert Gallegos, Joe Gallegos, Randy Hix, Dale Williams, and all you AngerisBrewing Tea Party Patriot veterans. I love my country, and I love my freedom. I appreciate you.
Now, time to get packed to visit Ely tomorrow.
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