Freedom rally - april 17th

[Andy A]

Kathleen Parker - What Americans can do to discourage future McVeighs



The Pulitzer Prizes | Citation

Ms. Parker, a conservative writer for the Washington Post and others, was just awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary...perhaps her reasonable approach will take hold.

Let us hope so. The Tea Partiers are anything but McVeigh's. I lived in Edmond, OK at the time of the bombing and I am familiar with the backround presented in the Daily Oklahoman and other news media. Our nation has always had more than its share of violence but the Tea Party Movement is not a part of that heritage.
It is time for me to leave and let my voice peacefully be heard. Once again, all are cordially invited.

 

[Arkiehawg]

Let us hope so. The Tea Partiers are anything but McVeigh's. I lived in Edmond, OK at the time of the bombing and I am familiar with the backround presented in the Daily Oklahoman and other news media. Our nation has always had more than its share of violence but the Tea Party Movement is not a part of that heritage.
It is time for me to leave and let my voice peacefully be heard. Once again, all are cordially invited.

Pastor Stan Craig of Choice Hills Baptist Church said that he was prepared to, ?suit up, get my gun, go to Washington, and do what they trained me to do.?

April 17, 2010 Greenville South Carolina Tea Party......

I'm curious who "they" are? Perhaps God's warrior angels?


BTW...I haven't seen any news on the Walton County gathering....can you provide us an update?

 

[Alicia Leonard]

The Herald/Breeze had a reporter there and will have an article out on it in this week's edition.

 

[scooterbug44]

Will be interested to read the coverage - both the person who started this thread and the one who wrote an editorial to the Herald inviting everyone to this event started out okay (and had me mildly interested in their event) and then turned into raving loons.

Though I got a huge kick out of the editorial - they managed to go from "This is a non-partisan event and we don't want it pigeonholed/dismissed because of a fringe element" to "they are going to require us to have national ID cards to get jobs and we'll have bar codes on the back of our hands" in a few paragraphs with no discernible sense of irony. :rofl:

Should I tell them my government issued photo ID for border crossing has a microchip in it to better track me?

 

[Andy A]

Pastor Stan Craig of Choice Hills Baptist Church said that he was prepared to, ?suit up, get my gun, go to Washington, and do what they trained me to do.?

April 17, 2010 Greenville South Carolina Tea Party......

I'm curious who "they" are? Perhaps God's warrior angels?


BTW...I haven't seen any news on the Walton County gathering....can you provide us an update?

The turn out number wise was certainly less than hoped for but the enthusiasm of those attending was great. The main speaker was Mike Hill, candidate for the Florida house from I think Dist. 7. Anyway, the area North of the bay.
He is a small business owner, Air Force Academy graduate and for doing what his constituents want. He dislikes hypenated ethnic names such as African-American. In fact, he hates them. Says he is an "American" and nothing else. He is black. I only wish I could vote for him.

 

[Arkiehawg]

Thanks Scooter and AA for the complete overview of the party.

It would have been interesting to hear from Mike Hill. I agree with his opinion of titles. In fact, if I was king of America (hehe), I would do away with parties and require folks to run on THEIR own platform. But that's not going to happen. Too much money being pushed to the parties.

Shame that no one videotaped the "loon". That would have been "special".....

Thanks again for the report.

 

[scooterbug44]

I didn't go to the event - the people issuing invitations made sure of that w/ their rapid digression to crazytown!

 

[Arkiehawg]

I didn't go to the event - the people issuing invitations made sure of that w/ their rapid digression to crazytown!

My bad....

 

[Andy A]

Will be interested to read the coverage - both the person who started this thread and the one who wrote an editorial to the Herald inviting everyone to this event started out okay (and had me mildly interested in their event) and then turned into raving loons.

Though I got a huge kick out of the editorial - they managed to go from "This is a non-partisan event and we don't want it pigeonholed/dismissed because of a fringe element" to "they are going to require us to have national ID cards to get jobs and we'll have bar codes on the back of our hands" in a few paragraphs with no discernible sense of irony. :rofl:

Should I tell them my government issued photo ID for border crossing has a microchip in it to better track me?

Since I don't see fit to take the Beach Breeze/Herald any longer, I am unaware of the editorial of which you speak. I'll say this. The meeting was small, probably due partially to all that was going on Saturday, enthusiastic, informative (one CPA had a lot to say about the "tax cuts" and what they really are. If I understood her correctly it appears many are tax credits returned to people who paid no taxes in the first place.)
I know nothing about national ID cards and they were cetainly not mentioned in the presentations. BTW, I carry an ID card every day and have never found it to be a detrement in any way.
There were several speakers and an "open mike" period for those who had something they would like to say to the group. It was really a violent, out of control revolt.

 

[Douglas the Intrepid]

I thought we already had a national id card. Its called a social security card? I swear, people will get upset over anything. I look forward to reading the article in the Herald. Perhaps they caught pictures of Andy overturning cars....again! ;-)