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Tea Party After Action Report - Indianapolis - pic heavy!
« on: April 16, 2009, 11:08:32 AM »
I took yesterday off work to head down to the Tea Party protest in Indianapolis.  It was a trek, 2.5 hours each way, but it was ever so worth it.  It was cool (47 or so) and over cast but we didn't get any rain which was good.

We arrived just minutes (due to non-stop road construction) before the event was to start, but thankfully they held off on the kick-off for an extra 30 minutes.  The volume of people streaming into downtown Indy was absolutely staggering!

Estimates were that 8,000 would attend.  We hit that number I believe, if not many more.  The whole downtown area was packed.

Here's a picture of the Capital steps taken right after our arrival.



Things were just getting started, you would still easily move around.  That quickly changed.

By the time we had our opening prayer, you could barely move around.



It was a peaceful, well organized and fun event.  I would say most people there were with family.  Lots of kids, grandparents, husband & wife groups.  Lots of college kids and couples.  It was a great events by all counts.

Here are a few more pics.





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Re: Tea Party After Action Report - Indianapolis - pic heavy!
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2009, 11:09:22 AM »




The tea party theme was quite prevalent, of course.



The best part of the event was the key note speaker.  The YouTube sensation, Thomas Paine, was present and spoke for 20 minutes!  He was absolutely amazing and it was great hearing him speak live.  All I can say is WOW, his message was spot on and expertly delivered.

For those who don't know who I'm talking about:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYscnFpEyA[/youtube]

Here's a picture of him giving his address.  Notice the flag he's standing next to, it's a reproduction of the first battle flag of the Americans.



I am quite proud to have attended.  I can only hope we can keep the momentum of yesterday.
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Re: Tea Party After Action Report - Indianapolis - pic heavy!
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2009, 11:38:02 AM »
Awesome, FA!
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Re: Tea Party After Action Report - Indianapolis - pic heavy!
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2009, 12:12:55 PM »
Looks like a great turnout!
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Re: Tea Party After Action Report - Indianapolis - pic heavy!
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2009, 01:25:13 PM »
I love how Nancy Pelosi said on the networks that this whole things was basically organized by rich right wing organizations and it has no real merit.  She claimed it wasn't a grassroots effort that brought this into being, but an "astro-turf" effort... whatever that means.

She is so amazingly out of touch it's unreal.  That, or she's so desperate to downplay the disgust shared by millions of Americans that she's saying stupid stuff.  It's probably a little of both.
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Re: Tea Party After Action Report - Indianapolis - pic heavy!
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2009, 01:50:22 PM »
Quote from: Full-Auto on April 16, 2009, 01:25:13 PM
She is so amazingly out of touch it's unreal.  That, or she's so desperate to downplay the disgust shared by millions of Americans that she's saying stupid stuff.  It's probably a little of both.
On the contrary she is very much in touch...that's why she's lying; she knows these rallies will be the end of her agenda.
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Re: Tea Party After Action Report - Indianapolis - pic heavy!
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2009, 02:44:15 PM »
Dimocraps are probably assuming the fetal position just thinking about the next election cycle.   :fuelfire:
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Re: Tea Party After Action Report - Indianapolis - pic heavy!
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2009, 07:52:04 PM »
After yesterday's show of force, for the first time in the last few months..I am looking forward to the mid term elections!
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