Thank you is all I can say to those of you who came to the Middle Georgia Tax Day Tea Party yesterday. I'll have more on the show today, including the local media's reaction and the final tally of petition signers, but again I just want to say thanks to those of you who joined us in Warner Robins and those who joined us in Eastman as well. You can find pictures from the event on our station's website here, and Lynne, who attended the Tea Party, took a bunch of pictures which you can find here (Thanks Lynne!).
Here are the links to the local media stories on the Tea Party: 13WMAZ, 41NBC, Fox24, and the Macon Telegraph.
National mainstream media coverage was decidedly negative. The New York Times said that the Tea Parties were more about "group therapy" than solutions. CNN sent a "reporter" out to argue with one of the tea party participants, and then call it anti-government and anti-CNN.
The Republican Party is hoping to get some momentum from the Tea Party movement. It will only happen if they renounce their past and come up with some real ideas. I'm not seeing that in Washington these days. In Texas, Governor Rick Perry pointed out that technically Texas can secede from the Union at any time. If they do, I'm moving there.
The Obama Administration barely acknowledged the Tea Parties, but when he did he claimed that he has already cut taxes and said that he wants a simpler tax code. It's called the FairTax. Obama, by the way, is one of the rich people he wants to tax. He made $2.7 million last year. Good for him—now if only he wasn't so self-loathing.
Congressman Jim Marshall, who will receive a large number of petitions (the official number will be announced during the show), stayed far away from the Tea Parties. Instead, he went to a government high school where he'd get a friendlier crowd.
Big state news came out yesterday when Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle announced that, due to health reasons, he would drop out of the race for Governor but would run for re-election as Lieutenant Governor, an interesting statement in itself. This could mean a whole new crowd of candidates for Governor, including possibly House Speaker Pro-Tem Mark Burkhalter. It is interesting for Cagle to leave the race just hours after the release of a poll showing him with a commanding lead.
Republicans and veterans are not happy about the DHS report about "rightwing extremists." Meanwhile, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano stands by the report, but orders to the media is that only one question about it is allowed.
JPMorgan Chase wants to give back the TARP money. We should be encouraging this.
Former Congressman Tom Tancredo was disrupted by an unruly student protest while speaking at the University of North Carolina. Liberals love freedom of speech, as long as they're the ones choosing who has that freedom.
Iran has complained to the United Nations about Israeli "threats." I bet the UN takes those threats more seriously than Iran threatening to wipe Israel off the map.
Government officials say that in recent months the NSA has been intercepting private e-mail messages and phone calls beyond the legal limits given by Congress. Remember that when government takes a power it will always expand it.
Georgetown University covered Jesus' name prior to a speech by President Obama at the White House's request. They can only handle one Messiah at a time.
United Airlines is going to start charging heavy passengers double to fly their airline. If you take up two seats, you pay for two seats; it makes sense to me.
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