Sarah Palin speaks to the "Tea Party" crowd.
Part of the 10,000 people who showed up in Searchlight.
The Tea Party Express buses.
I'm not much of a tea drinker, but when it comes to a "Tea Party", count me in! Yesterday, Patty and I drove the 100 miles to Searchlight, NV, the hometown of Democratic Senate leader, Harry Reid, and the kick off site for the Tea Party Express III tour. This third round of Tea Parties is due to make it's way across the U.S., arriving in Washington D.C. on tax day, April 15th, 2010. We arrived about 2 hours before the rally was scheduled to start, and I took a picture of the crowd and speakers stage, as the people poured into the rally, located about 2 miles north of Searchlight, NV, and about an hours drive south of Las Vegas. When we learned about this Tea Party, and that Sarah Palin was to be the keynote speaker, there wasn't much hesitation, we knew we wanted to attend, and lend our support. Along with millions of Americans who are frustrated, and angry with an out of control federal government, we felt it was time to get involved. What we saw, were thousands of normal, mainstream citizens, who gathered in the middle of the desert, on a windy day, exercising their constitutional right to assemble and voice their opinion. Much of the media, and a lot of political pundits would like people to believe, that the Tea Parties are a bunch of gun toting, right wing extremists, who should be marginalized, rather than allowing their voices to be heard. The central theme for this rally, was the call for a defeat of Harry Reid, who is up for re-election in November. When Sarah Palin addressed the crowd, and talked about common sense conservatism, and getting the budget deficits under control, the folks roared their approval. It was obvious that she has achieved a "rock star" status from the mostly conservative audience. From our days of living in Skagway, Alaska when Sarah was the Governor, I have always admired her conservative principles, her individualism, and her fearlessness to go against the established political machine. I'm convinced that she truly believes government should serve the people's will, not dictate what the government thinks is best for the people. I strongly believe that this next national election in November, will be one of the most important in our nations history. If the people don't rise up, and get the pendulum back near the center, it will demonstrate that either apathy, or a movement toward socialism is the dominant factor. I hope it's not the later.
Sarah Palin speaks to the "Tea Party" crowd.
Part of the 10,000 people who showed up in Searchlight.
The Tea Party Express buses.
I'm not much of a tea drinker, but when it comes to a "Tea Party", count me in! Yesterday, Patty and I drove the 100 miles to Searchlight, NV, the hometown of Democratic Senate leader, Harry Reid, and the kick off site for the Tea Party Express III tour. This third round of Tea Parties is due to make it's way across the U.S., arriving in Washington D.C. on tax day, April 15th, 2010. We arrived about 2 hours before the rally was scheduled to start, and I took a picture of the crowd and speakers stage, as the people poured into the rally, located about 2 miles north of Searchlight, NV, and about an hours drive south of Las Vegas. When we learned about this Tea Party, and that Sarah Palin was to be the keynote speaker, there wasn't much hesitation, we knew we wanted to attend, and lend our support. Along with millions of Americans who are frustrated, and angry with an out of control federal government, we felt it was time to get involved. What we saw, were thousands of normal, mainstream citizens, who gathered in the middle of the desert, on a windy day, exercising their constitutional right to assemble and voice their opinion. Much of the media, and a lot of political pundits would like people to believe, that the Tea Parties are a bunch of gun toting, right wing extremists, who should be marginalized, rather than allowing their voices to be heard. The central theme for this rally, was the call for a defeat of Harry Reid, who is up for re-election in November. When Sarah Palin addressed the crowd, and talked about common sense conservatism, and getting the budget deficits under control, the folks roared their approval. It was obvious that she has achieved a "rock star" status from the mostly conservative audience. From our days of living in Skagway, Alaska when Sarah was the Governor, I have always admired her conservative principles, her individualism, and her fearlessness to go against the established political machine. I'm convinced that she truly believes government should serve the people's will, not dictate what the government thinks is best for the people. I strongly believe that this next national election in November, will be one of the most important in our nations history. If the people don't rise up, and get the pendulum back near the center, it will demonstrate that either apathy, or a movement toward socialism is the dominant factor. I hope it's not the later.
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