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Nice pictures.
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Thanks. I've got about 70 or so, but I'm partial to the Sharks guy. He has the courage of his convictions!
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As a Ron Paul libertarian I'm kinda looking at these people and thinking 'where the hell where you the last 8 years, or even last fall when we had a chance to nominate a real libertarian/conservative?' Late is better than never, however. I'm not sure who started these but they have already been compromised by right wing talking heads. Which makes me as a libertarian not wanting to associate with them (although I still might go). What seems to have been started by grassroots, has already been commandeered by the likes of Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity and numerous other talking heads and career politicians.
I about threw up listening to these guys on the radio telling the people what the tea parties are about and what should or shouldn't be allowed. Glenn was saying things like don't bring any signs and don't mention Obama. blah blah blah
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I think the problem is that they were conceived by the compromise-ers themselves. This was never grassroots, at least in the same way most other protests are grassroots. Had it not been for the local conservative radio station, KSFO (owned by massive radio conglomerate Citadel Broadcasting, which is owned by Disney, I believe), the protest here in San Jose wouldn't have happened at all. There are similar stories popping up from the other Tea Parties.
BTW, did anyone go to the Alamo to see Beck try and explain the significance of the Alamo to the Tea Party "movement"? I'd love to see the mental gymnastics there.