Making History at the Tea Party

On April 15th, tax day, I attended one of the Tea Parties you probably heard about. I was curious, not quite sure what the whole thing was about, but feeling like maybe I agreed with them. So Whitney and I headed downtown and met JD and Kelly at the party.
The police man we asked told us there were a couple of thousand people there but the newspaper reported only 1500. Glenn Beck said the media would play it down (paranoid voice). The paper also said people were angry. I saw a few passionate people, outspoken people, and people who had to yell to be heard, but I didn't see many angry people. In fact, it had a party atmosphere. It is a tea PARTY after all, right? For the most part people were cheerful, friendly and well dressed. I saw the cutest purse!
See the guy in the Uncle Sam hat with tea bags hanging off it? My friend, JD, had a tea bag jammed into his sun glasses. He was born and raised in France and told us he had to watch this. He said he lived in France when it turned socialist and it is following the same pattern here, just that it is much worse here than it was in France. I wanted to ask him more about that, but we decided to move closer to the stage and lost him.

Dang. JD, if you read this, please comment and tell us more.

It's time to stand up for what you believe in. I felt so proud to be American at this rally. When the entire crowd sang the National Anthem loud and said the Pledge of Allegiance with pride it brought tears to my eyes. I'm proud to be an American.
Not so proud that my grandchildren will be raised in a country so very different than the country in which I grew up .