First Blog

Well, here I go. My first blog entry. Surely, a momentous historical occasion.

I went to a Tea Party yesterday in Denver. It started at noon on the west side of the capital building and there were about 5 to 6 thousand people present. The crowd was composed of a fairly diverse group of people. The event started with the pledge of allegiance and the singing of the national anthem. The sound system was poor as I had difficulty in hearing some of the speakers. However, what I did hear was in line with my thoughts on limiting the federal government, reduce federal spending, reduce federal taxation, a fairer and simpler federal tax.

I'm also dismayed with the news coverage. The coverage seems to range from describing a gathering of right wing, bigoted, knuckle dragging, lunatics to sour grapes republicans. I also find it interesting how certain news people enjoy using "Tea Bagging" as a double-entendre. I didn't even know there was a sexual meaning for it.

Here locally, channel 9's report would have a viewer or reader believe the rally was an impeach Obama focused event. I never heard any such thing. They also focused on Republicans and Democrats as if that's what the frustration is about. It's not.

The frustration is with a congress that's not doing their job of representing us. Unfortunately, that frustration gets targeted at the President. I think that the office of the president is a convenient target for that frustration. But it's the congress that needs to focused on. Our senators and representatives need to be communicated with and told what we think and believe.