Well .... I am back in FB Jail again .....

 I am back in FB Jail .... this time for 30 days .... No Posting, Commenting, Liking, Sharing .... no nothing .... 

My Crime this time was sharing a Substack titled "The Joy of Death" about a man coming to terms with his HIV/AIDS condition.    So .... it was either, the title of the piece, which the FB algorithm might interpret as recommending suicide .... or it might have been the picture he attached to his post that triggered the Jail Sentence .... I'll link it here .... You decide .... 

The Joy of Death    ~Martin Geddes

I will work on creating an alter-ego on FB.  My "Cindy Mack" alter-ego, whom many of you accepted a friend request from, was immediately attached to my "Cindy Pierce Mackinnon" account by FB and therefore has the same penalties as my main account ... so I somehow need to create a totally separated new account.   I have a FB friend who is also in FB Jail a lot and who has managed to successfully have an alternate account and she gave me some advice .... I'll work on it this weekend.    Here are some possible names I might try ..... 

Cindy Loo-Who
Lucy Sue
Lucinda Jail-Bird

Any ideas from any of you???

I created this BLOGspot account back in 2008 when Obama was running for office and I kept getting in trouble in another group I frequented (before there was FB).  Even South Beach Diet Online was blocking Conservative Speech 14 years ago!!     Also .... I have apparently been a bit of an outspoken Patriot for quite a while!  Yay Me!!

It's Friday!!    I will be headed to Urbano's in Flower Mound for Lunch with some like-minded Patriot Friends!!   Then later today, Tom and I will be going to BJ's Brewhouse in Lewisville .... Come Join us at either place!  Or at BOTH places!! 

Meanwhile, Since I cannot share on FB, I will be sharing HERE and hopefully getting Tom to post links to this page on occasion! 

I also encourage you to follow:

Radio Patriot  

Brian Cates on Telegram  

Me - on Truth Social   - And Follow people I share on there

Martin Geddes' Substack 

Michael Smith's Substack

El Gato Malo's Substack  ~The Bad Kitty 

Dr. Robert Malone's Substack

And if you want to go down the same Rabbit Hole that led me to all of this ... Fall of the Cabal


And that is all for the moment .... Until I remember more .... 

Links I posted March 2009 ....

I am surprised how relevant these still are .... I would have liked for it to all have been wrong ....


'Manchurian Candidate’ Starts War on Business: Kevin Hassett


More than a bad day: Worries grow that Barack Obama & Co. have a competence problem by Michael Goodwin


Obama on education: right talk, wrong walk   Star Parker on Obama and Education:

Morning Bell: Accelerating Us Off a Cliff From the Heritage Foundation ... a list of things that Bush did that most conservatives disagreed with ... and that Obama is ramping up!!

We The People Stimulus Package A Thomas Paine YouTube video .... He is GREAT!!


‘Investing’ Our Way to the Poor House Heritage Foundation ... I love Obama's Orwellian turns of phrase .... no more mention of terrorism .. it is now "man caused disasters" ..... Toxic assets and now called "Legacy Assets"

American Tea Party Anthem (with words) by Lloyd Marcus The Beginning of the Tea Parties ... this YouTube video was very popular.

The World Is Watching
Outcry against Obama agenda heard around the globe A British member of the European Parliment speaks to the Prime Minister of Great Britain and it sounds like how I would like to talk to Obama ... exactly. Also .... Seems Europe is losing it's love for Obama ...

Links I posted Feb. 2009 ....

Bracing Ourselves America prepares for the worst, and Republicans suddenly seem serious ... by Peggy Noonan

Ad from CATO Institute Disagreeing with Obama's Stimulus plan ....

Rick Santelli's RANT .... this is where and when the Tea Party came to life for me!!

Lewisville Republicans

Tom and I joined the Lewisville Area Republican Club today at Casa G's for a Luncheon. They had a pretty big turnout ... more than they expected ... and had to add more tables to get everyone in. Tom and I were not members of this club ... but we joined during the meeting today. It was very interesting!!

I could tell that we ended up being surrounded by "regulars" at these meetings because they kept commenting on how they only recognized maybe half the people who were there ... and they were surprised by the turnout! The people we sat near said they think the turnout will decline after the local run-off elections in April. I didn't get a chance to really converse with them ... but I think they are VERY WRONG. Politics as these people know it changed this past year and changed even more this past Sunday with the Democrats ramming Healthcare through to law. They have no idea what the "Tea Party Effect" is going to be on their group. I expect it to be BIG!

Texas held their primaries in March and after that vote there were several candidates who ended up in Run-offs to be the Republican on the Ballot in November. These people, or their representatives, were at this meeting today and they each got to introduce themselves and speak briefly about their campaign. There were CLEARLY some strong emotions in the room about who the Lewisville Area Republican Club wanted to see win the Run-offs. It was very interesting to Tom and me to watch the dynamics in the room. We have lots to learn! And these people aren't afraid to call a liar a liar!! Wow.

The run-offs are in April. We'll see if the attendance at these meetings declines afterwards. I suppose they might, given that a number of the attendees today were the people running for office, although I'd like to think those people remain active in the group, win or lose.

The main reason Tom and I attended this meeting was to hear the guest speaker Gail Lowe, Chairman of the Texas State Board of Education. Gail has been neck deep in the recent Textbook issues with the Social Studies Curriculum and we wanted to hear what she had to say. Suffice to say that the Mainstream Media has it ALL WRONG. ((No big surprise there ... but still it disappoints me.)) From what she had to say, it sounds like common sense won the day pertaining to what to add, what to remove, and what to keep in the Texas Social Studies Textbooks .... but what a scary battle it was! I have asked her for a copy of her speech and she promised to email one to me. I cannot do it justice from my memory ... but I am slowly beginning to understand how deeply ingrained Socialist thought has become in our schools ... and it is frightening. I will post a copy of her speech when I get it.

Thankfully, the Texas Textbook committee seems to have 10 conservatives and 5 liberals on it right now and the conservatives won the day. Also thankfully, what appears in Texas textbooks becomes the basis for most of the other textbooks in the nation ... and that means a more conservative social studies curriculum is about to be on it's way into the classrooms of America. I had no idea how much "history" had changed in our textbooks. Of course, teachers will still teach with their own personal slants .... they shouldn't, but you know they will! But the Textbooks will still have George Washington and Thomas Jefferson as great American men (people wanted them removed) .... America will be portrayed in a positive light and the USSR in a negative light (people tried desperately to reverse those in this curriculum) .... Christmas and Easter will still be mentioned as American Holidays (removal was attempted) .... the Bill of Rights will still contain the 2nd amendment ... (it was left out in proposals) ... and the list goes on and on. You will see when I post her speech.

Gail received a standing ovation and much applause at the end of her speech .... and many requests for copies of it!

Tom and I have been selected to be delegates to the Texas State GOP Convention in June. We will be representing Senatorial District 9. We showed up at our district convention and applied ... mentioned we have been involved in the Tea Parties ... and we got selected. We are getting involved. I will try to write more about what we are doing and what is going on.

If you feel strongly about what is happening in America right now .... GET INVOLVED!! Find a local Tea Party and attend a rally .... there will probably be one near you on April 15th. Get on Facebook and make friends with other Conservatives! It helps to know there are others out there who share your concerns!! Get informed! Read ... Listen ... Converse!!! Look for me on Facebook ... add me as a friend .... and I can direct you to others who share your concerns and are working to recover America.


Let's Take America Back .... 11-2-10 ....

“The American” makes Endangered Species List!

By JB Williams .....

Here is the link to the original article printed in the Canada Free Press .... http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/15743

This column is the subject of a book I am working to finish, as justice to this topic cannot be done in a single column, or even a short series of columns.

But it is such a pressing matter at this moment in American history that I didn’t want to wait for book publication to address the very real threat to freedom inherent with the death of uniquely American principles and values.

“The American” is officially on the list of endangered species today, and unless we do something to save this vital species quickly, freedom will exist nowhere on earth. Doubt this statement for even a second, at your own peril!

After 232 years of unparalleled freedom, liberty and prosperity, the United States of America is on the brink of collapse. Yes, in part due to evil political forces who long ago sold their souls for an ounce of wealth and power, pushing the nation into a corner to further their quest for even more power—but to a larger degree, due to the decline of the American spirit from sea to shining sea.
The land of the free and home of the brave is now controlled by the entitlement generation. That magical generation that comes along in every free society, once the people at large have forgotten the price and value of individual freedom.

Once the people have been trained to despise that which we all once held in common, the love of freedom and liberty, and focus all attention upon that which divides, our racial, religious, sexual and economic “diversity,” placing that which divides us above that which once united us, the nation cannot stand!

Class envy becomes the driving force in all political decisions. Deep seated division and dissention rule the day and people look to take that which they feel entitled to, from those who used their freedom to “earn.”

To be sure, we currently have the most corrupt anti-American government in the history of the United States. But what bothers me more is how we got here, and how the decline of “Americanism” is likely to make matters much worse, before things can get any better.
At the end of the day, the American people get the government they vote for, and today too many Americans are voting for a government that promises “free stuff” in place of “freedom.” There is no running from this reality.

As is the purpose of a good vacation, I had the opportunity to leave the phone, email and news behind and spend a few days in the sun and surf with my family. It gave me an opportunity to clear the cobwebs. It also provided an unexpected but interesting lesson which I want to share with readers.

Years ago, you couldn’t get a half a mile off shore in the Gulf of Mexico without having a family of dolphin swim up beside the boat and almost leap into the boat and pop a top with ya. This time, the dolphin wouldn’t come within twenty feet of the boat, and I couldn’t help but wonder what had changed.

In talking with a local area boat captain later that evening, I learned that the local government had outlawed feeding dolphin some years earlier, instituting a $10,000 fine if you are caught feeding dolphin even once.

We have never fed the dolphin in the first place, but apparently, many others had and over time, the dolphin had become too friendly with boaters, too dependent upon meals from vacationers and eventually, an endangered species in the Gulf as the dolphin either died from a boat prop, or had lost the ability to feed themselves after snow birds returned home up north.

The only way to save the dolphin was to outlaw the feeding of dolphin, so that these beautiful mammals could regain their ability to survive in the wild.

And then it hit me, how odd that we were able to figure out the damage done to dolphins by making them dependent upon “free food” – but could not make the same judgment in light of the life long damage done to entire generations of human beings, by the same mistakes that had cost dolphins and many other species their very lives, to the point of extinction in some cases.
I began to wonder why we were intelligent enough to recognize the dangers involved in free-feeding dolphins, but not see the same dangers involved in free-feeding human beings, creating the same kind of dependencies that put many other species on the endangered list.

Then I realized – if dolphins could vote, it would still be legal to feed them…

Welfare is not an act of personal generosity. It is a political strategy for gaining and holding power.
Charity requires the consent of the giver, without which, it’s tyranny, not charity.

Today’s “left” (the current cabal running Washington DC) is only generous with the earnings and assets of others. How many times do we have to see the embarrassing charitable donations, or lack thereof, in people who preach about welfare the most?

Barack Obama and Joe Biden have the worst history of personal charitable giving of any two men to ever enter the White House, yet they are the most “welfare” minded individuals in US history. Though they have a dismal record of giving personally, they demand that all others make sacrifices for the “needy,” which they have never made individually.

As I have said before, welfare is not an act of charity or generosity. It is an act of tyranny against America’s most productive, and a political strategy aimed at empowering people like Obama and Biden, not average citizens.

If dolphins could vote, we would be encouraged to feed them in order to gain their political support, and in the end, their political dependency upon those who promise to feed them forever.
But since dolphins can’t vote, we can’t free-feed them.

Since government dependents make perfect Democrat voters, we must continue to feed them even though the result is an entire generation of entitled dependents increasingly unable to feed themselves in the wild.

The end result is a dying breed in the land of the free and home of the brave. “The American” is officially on the endangered species list as a species no longer as interested in personal freedom as socio-economic equality – A growing number of Americans who have been trained by their feeders to feel entitled to the spoils of others who have toiled and sacrificed for the natural fruits of their labor.

So long as American citizens continue to choose the life of a parasite, free-feeding upon the benefits earned by others, they will continue to vote their feeders into power. For a time, this will seem a fantastic victory for the “have-nots” until the atrophy of individual survival skills sets in, and the “haves” opt out, leaving the feeding trough empty.

What happens next will shock many Americans. When those who have been trained not to feed themselves are no longer being fed by others, they will first turn to violence, and then, begin to die completely ill-prepared to survive on their own.

What has been done to this generation of American citizens, all in an evil political strategy aimed at empowering the political elite while enslaving both “haves” and “have-nots,” is nothing short of criminal.

If there is a $10,000 fine for free-feeding dolphin, there should be mandatory life imprisonment for those who insist upon free-feeding human beings. Destroying the life of a dolphin is bad enough, but doing even worse to human beings is unforgivable.

In the end, nobody will react more violently than those who were so easily fooled by the promise of free-stuff. None will be more aggressive in their demands for access to the earnings of others. – None will pay a greater price for the disaster they created either!

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Well said, Sir. You are exactly Right!

From Naval Aviator, Commander Jerry Wilson


We lived in California during the winters of 2007 and 2008. We became addicted to Fox News and watched O'Reilly and Hannity and Colmes every night. When we got back home, we upgraded our cable to get Fox. I watched the Presidential campaign very closely. Initially because I thought the Democrats would nominate Hillary Clinton and then in astonishment when they chose an even more hard-left candidate. All of last year I told everyone I could that Obama was not a Democrat, he was a Marxist. He is far to the left of any European leader and even our far left party, the NDP.


I read Saul Alinsky when I was in University. I studied him and his writing carefully. When Bill Ayers and his idiot wife were bombing and killing people at random in the Weather Underground, Weather Underground and the Black Panthers were closely allied. I read David Horowitz's account of changing from a Marxist to a conservative after seeing that the government was afraid to prosecute members of the Panthers for murdering his personal assistant. He suddenly understood the evil that Marxism really was.


After the student radicals failed in creating a Marxist revolution in the United States by violent means, they embraced Alinsky. You would be wise to read " Rules for Radicals " because it outlines how Hillary and Obama planned to get into power, and what they intended to do when they got it..Socialism is not the correct descriptor for what Obama and the Democrats are doing. They are going to be much more far reaching than anything Sweden has ever been able to do. Obama is following Alinsky's plans, those set out in "Rules for Radicals" and his other writing. The Democrats are attempting to create one party rule in the U.S. and in achieving that, will create crisis after crisis by their own actions and use those crisis to nationalize the means of production in the U.S.


You are in the middle of a communist revolution and few in the U.S. can actually see it for what it truly is.

The U.S. is now on the path of financial destruction. The Constitution has been shredded and individual human rights are being trampled. In less than 8 months. Obama has used a recession to take over the two largest industries in the U.S. He will debase the Dollar and is on the road to creating an incredible energy shortage that will allow him and Congress to take over the energy industry.


But by and large I think that by the 2010 elections, the Democrats will have gerrymandered electoral districts to the point that it will be impossible for them to lose control of both houses of Congress. The incredible increase in the money supply is going to create Zimbabwe and Venezuela style inflation, and with it, controls on the currency and the amount of money that can be taken out of the country.


I love America, I cannot believe how the ignorance of the American public has created a situation whereby they are going to lose their Republic and slip into an age of repression and tyranny.


I may be nuts, but so far I have been 100% in my predictions of what Obama was going to do, because I merely had to look at "Rules for Radicals" to see what was coming next. I read Glenn Beck's book, " Common Sense " and in it re-read Thomas Paines pamphlet with the same name. I recommend the book.


When the storm finally hits (and it will), those of you who supported the Obama administration will be affected as well. It won't just be us gun owners or Flat-Taxers, or Pro-Lifers that get hit. You'll be right there next to us. You all thought the Conservatives were nut cases. You know, all of us who believe in God, small government, the Second Amendment, etc. You thought you could just go back to sleep after the election was over. In your world, America will continue as before. You'll still have the same rights, the same nice house, the same big screen television. After all, your high school football team won and the other team lost - go team! Even if you have bothered to look up from the daily grind since Nov 4th, you dismissed everything that has occurred as "politics as usual--the same old stuff".


In the end, it'll all be OK won't it? Not this time.


There are a growing number of citizens in the US that are ready to fight to shut down the government's grab of personal freedom, it's blatant abuse of the constitution, and it's attempt to replace the American way of life with socialism. You have to listen carefully to hear them, but they are there. I won't start that fight, but when it goes down I will join it.

As for you, why, you'll be shocked because you didn't see it coming. And eventually you'll be saddened when you see that we have truly lost the way of life with which you grew up. You'll be saddened that your children and grandchildren live in a socialist, government-controlled gulag where their every movement from cradle to grave is tracked by the government. But most of all, you'll be saddened by the death of friends and relatives who are brave enough to fight and die for something they believe in.


You know, McCain wasn't much of a candidate. I'll give you that. He was the lesser of two evils for most of us. I don't blame you for not voting for him since, at the time, you didn't know what we all know now. But at least John McCain was an American. He was a supporter of the American way of life and he understood that you can't negotiate with terrorists. He understood and appreciated the sacrifice made by my father and other members of the Greatest Generation.

Mark my words friends. All across America groups are forming. They are forming out of anger and out of desperation at the thought of losing America . They're not militia groups, terrorists as the Department of Homeland security would have you believe; they are Americans, loyal to the constitution. They are mothers and fathers and grandparents . They belong to groups like the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, the Peaceful Resistance, the Constitution Party, the Young Conservatives, the 9/12 Project, and Grassfire. Right now they are fragmented, each focused on their own cause. But sometime in the next two years, our government is going to do something really stupid and these groups will come together. Watch for it, wait for it--get ready. It will happen.


When that event happens, whatever "it" is, our great country is going to plunge into chaos for a while. I pray to God that we make it through that time and emerge a stronger, smarter country.


Naval Aviator, Commander Jerry Wilson

Live Free or Die Fighting

The Difference Between Liberals and Conservatives ...

I didn't write this .... but once again, I agree ... so I am posting ....

If a conservative doesn’t like guns, they don’t buy one. If a liberal doesn’t like guns, then no one should have one.


If a conservative is a vegetarian, they don’t eat meat. If a liberal is, they want to ban all meat products for everyone.


If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy. A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.


If a conservative is homosexual, they quietly enjoy their life. If a liberal is homosexual, they loudly demand legislated respect.


If a black man or Hispanic is conservative, they see themselves as independently successful. Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government protection.


If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation. A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.


If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels. Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.


If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church. A liberal wants all churches to be silenced.

If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it. A liberal demands that his neighbors pay for his.


And the list goes on .... feel free to add your own!!!

You Tubes YOU Need to See!!

I guess there are a lot of people who are not on Facebook yet .... and that is where I do most of my political posting .... they just make it so easy!!! I may try to post some of the really excellent stuff here, too ... for the none Facebook Members to see. But honestly guys ... Facebook is the best place to reconnect with long lost family and friends .... get with the 21st Century!!

The following cartoon was made 50 years ago!! Long before Obama and Pelosi, FOX and CNN, Beck and Limbaugh ....back in the days when Communism and Socialism were considered to be VERY BAD THINGS !! The cartoon applies so well to what is happening RIGHT NOW in America ....




Also ..... this is a nice compilation of videos and stills and music from the 9/12 March on Washington DC. I think some of the graphics are a lot overdone ... but overall, you get the feeling of patriotism and pride (and concern) people felt on that day .....

9/12 March on Washington

Tom and I got a great deal on airline tickets to Washington DC to attend the 9/12 March on Washington. $140 apiece, round trip, from DFW to Dulles on American airlines!!! Tom's brother and sister-in-law, Steve and Ellen, live in Virginia and we made plans to stay with them and take the Metro into DC on Saturday morning for the March.

Tom and I headed to DFW at about 7:30am Friday morning ... 9/11 .... flying on 9/11 ... are we crazy? We used the little scanners to get our boarding passes and were offered a chance to upgrade to 1st Class for a very affordable cost ... so we jumped on that!!! Tom's birthday is 9/12 and so this was just the beginning of Happy Birthday Tom!!

We saw Ronda Evans, a woman I used to teach with and who occasionally joins us at BJ's. She was on the same flight with us. She and her in-laws were also flying to Washington to join the March. Her Mother-in-law was in a wheelchair! But they felt very strongly that they needed to be part of this! I was impressed. I had a feeling that a lot of the people on our flight were going to be involved in the March, but I was the only one wearing the patriotic T-shirt.

1st class is the way to travel!! Bloody Mary's and a nice breakfast .... lots of leg and shoulder room ... very comfortable. The flight went well and we arrived at Dulles at 1:30 .... took the big land cruiser people mover shuttle things to the main terminal ... got our rental car and head to Steve and Ellen's house. Steve met us with hugs and Beers!! What a great host! Ellen got home from her first week of school and we all went out to dinner .... Steak and beer .... yummy!!

Steve and Ellen don't quite know what to make of our wanting to be part of this March. There has been no news coverage of the event and they were unaware that it was happening. When they looked in the Washington Post Weekend Guide there was a mention of a "Black Family Reunion" on the Mall ... "come join with half a million of your black family members for a huge family reunion" .... but no mention of the Conservatives converging on the Capitol. To be honest, Tom and I had no idea what to expect .... there were 100,000 people registered for the event .... would they all show up? Would others show up? There is not a central organizing force behind this Conservative movement, despite what the mainstream media seems to think. We knew there were people from the Dallas group coming ... but had no plans to meet up with them anywhere .... we hoped to maybe see a sign at Freedom Plaza saying "Texans gather HERE" ... but we were mostly there on our own.

Saturday dawned cool and cloudy .... possible showers .... so we packed a backpack with rain gear and cameras and gum and maps and headed to the Metro Station in Springfield, VA. Both Steve and Ellen figured we wouldn't see much traffic at the Metro .... WOW WERE THEY WRONG!!! The metro station was PACKED .... lines at every machine to get tickets .... LONG LINES! This was a good sign of things to come. Everyone in line was excited and energized by the number of people there at the Metro Station. We were at the very end of the Blue line ... so when the train arrived it was empty and we piled on. There were numerous stops on the way into Washington DC and at every stop there were people trying to get onto the metro ... they kept piling onto our train until there wasn't even standing room available anymore. People with signs and patriotic shirts and flags and emotion. People from all over the USA. Many people traveling alone .... and many traveling in small groups from their hometown. Old, young, families, couples, singles .... not going to lie, most were white .... but there were representatives from all walks of life.

We planned to get off at the Federal Triangle stop and cross Pennsylvania Avenue to get to Freedom Plaza where the March was supposed to start at 11:30. We arrived at The Federal Triangle stop at 10:30 am and the stop was body to body people chanting "USA! USA!! USA!!!" As we were getting off of the train, Tom heard a woman (who was staying on the train say "This is frightening!" and Tom turned to her and said .... "No Ma'am .... this is Democracy!" and several people around him agreed!

We climbed the Down escalator, which had been turned off, up to street level, while others rode the up escalator ... both escalators were packed with people. When we got up to street level it was body to body up there, too as we tried to move towards where we thought Freedom Plaza was .... but the mass of bodies was moving up Pennsylvania Avenue already ... so we simply turned and started walking with people. Tom and I weren't carrying flags or signs .... we were simply adding our count of 2 to the total count. Tom wore his "Member of the VAST Right Wing Conspiracy" T-shirt ... and I wore my "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happy Hour" T-shirt. And we walked and we talked to people near us ... and we took video and we were simply AWED by the amount of people surrounding us! The signs were creative ... the people were polite and everyone was so inspired by the number of people, the sheer size of the group.

Thank goodness the day was overcast and not too hot. At one point the sun came out and things heated up quickly ... but then it went back under the clouds and it was very comfortable at street level.

Oh ... I forgot to mention. Tom has a pulled calf muscle and a bad knee ... on opposite legs ... so he felt he needed good shoes for the March. He pulled out his old hiking boots which had been stored in the garage for years. I guess they offer good support .... I was wearing my Berkenstock sandals .... we didn't know what to expect as far as how much time we would be on our feet. So ... anyway .... When we got off of the Metro at Federal Triangle Tom noticed that the sole of one of his boots was beginning to come off .... and a few steps into the March, the other sole began to come off! This really sucked .... because it sure didn't help with the ankle or knee issues! I guess storing the boots in the hot garage caused the glue/soles to deteriorate. I wish I had gotten video of how the shoes looked as he walked .... it looked actually dangerous. And uncomfortable.

BUT .... we were so overwhelmed with the crowd and the patriotism! We could see the Capitol Building in the distance and people filled Pennsylvania Avenue as far as we could see both ahead of us and behind us. We walked for a little while with an elderly couple ... the husband was a World War II vet ... he had been at Iwo Jima. Tom thanked him for his service and the man said "It was my priviledge." Tom then mentioned that this March was truly a historical event. The man agreed but added that "Yes ... but I didn't want to ever see the day when we would have to do this."



At one point we stepped out of the March to stand by some fountains and just shoot video of the people passing by. We looked for counter-protesters .... there was one man sitting on a wall shouting that we all were racist. He was alone and no one was paying any attention to him. I took the time to film some video for my sister who lives in Australia. She doesn't know about or understand what is happening in America right now. She thinks I am over-reacting to things and was very worried about me going to Washington DC. I think she thought We would be alone ....

Tom and I have noticed all along, since our first Tea Party on April 15th in Dallas, that the crowds gathered are all very polite and well-mannered and good citizens .... they threw trash away in Trash cans .... if they couldn't find a trash can, they backpacked it out. The same thing happened in Washington DC. The trash cans quickly became overflowing and at one point I noticed it had spilled out onto the pavement. The next time I turned to look ... the trash on the pavement had been picked up. Compare this to the mounds of trash left from the Obama inauguration address in January 2009. <------ Pictures from 9/12/09 and 1/20/09

I will admit that at one point I did get a little scared .... where Pennsylvania Ave. hit 3rd street, the crowd turned unto 3rd street even though the Capitol building was still way up ahead of us. But there were barriers and police on horseback and motorcycles blocking us from going further and turning us onto 3rd street. I did not like being within a crowd headed in an unknown direction for an unknown reason. Off to the side I saw the FOX TV Van and further up 3rd we saw the CNN Van ... and then I saw the Washington Monument to my right and the huge crowds to my left .... basically they had turned us into the Mall as the Capitol grounds were already full of people .... it wasn't even noon yet and there were still untold thousands of people behind us. But the March was over for us. I was fine once I knew we had been turned because the Capitol grounds were full. And once I saw FOX News nearby.

Tom and I milled around the mall area on the edge of the sound from the speakers on the Capitol grounds. We couldn't really hear what was happening. The only "ugliness" we experienced in the whole March was near the CNN van where people were calling each other stupid names and insulting their mothers and such. We moved away from there quickly .... ridiculous.

All the nearby restaurants and bathroom facilities were packed with people ... Tom's shoes were blown ... the sole finally came off of one shoe so now he was limping ....and there was a metro station nearby so we decided to return to Virginia ... we had done what we had come to do ... which was basically be counted! I had hoped to meet several people I know from Facebook ... we all had each other's phone numbers ... but the sheer size of the crowd would have made an easy meeting impossible. We had also hoped to experience a couple of pubs in the area, but Tom's shoe situation kept us from really going anywhere in comfort. We also knew that once the Rally was over the Metro would be packed with people trying to get back to where they came from ... so we got a jump on the crowd.

While waiting for our train in the metro station, a very tired looking woman sat down next to us. When an elderly US Vet came up, she stood up and gave him her seat. A few minutes later I looked at her standing near the track and she looked so tired that I suggested Tom get up and offer her his seat ... she gratefully sat down. She explained that she had been at work since 6:00am at Voice of America where she broadcasts to Iran. She was granted asylum here in America in the early 80's and has been sending messages of support to Iran ever since. I asked her what she thought about what was happening in DC today and she said "At least you CAN do this .... did you hear what happened in Iran after our last elections?" I told that I had heard and I apologized for our government's reaction to the protests in the streets .... I told her I thought we were wrong to say nothing, do nothing after encouraging those very protests. The woman started crying and hugged me and said "Thank you." Then her train showed up.

Tom and I rode back to the end of the Blue Line .... each of us deep in thought about what we had seen and heard and experienced ... we were eager to see how it was being reported. We got back to Steve and Ellen's and watched FOX News on and off the rest of the afternoon. The size and scope of the March was amazing to see!

This day was also Tom's Birthday and we decided to go out to a German Restaurant in the area. Steve and Ellen already had plans to attend a concert that night .... so Tom and I went on our own. Good German Oktoberfest Beer and Good German Food!! Great way to end a wonderful, historical day!

To All Grandpas ....

To: All Grandpas

John is 63 years old and owns his own business. He is a life-longRepublican and sees his dream of retiring next year is now gone. With the stock market crashing and all the new taxes coming his way, John knows he will be working for a good number more years.

John has a Granddaughter. Ashley is a recent college grad. She drives a late model car, wears all the latest fashions, and also likes going out and eating out a lot. Ashley campaigned hard for Obama, and after he won the election she made sure her Grandfather (and all other 20Republican family members) received more than an earful on how the world is going to be a much better place now that Obama won the election.

Ashley recently found herself short of cash and cannot pay her bills, again. As she has done many other times in the past, she e-mailed her Grandfather asking for some financial help. Here is his reply:

Sweetheart, I am replying to your request for more money. Ashley, you know I love you dearly and am sympathetic to your financial plight. Unfortunately, times have changed. With the election of President Obama, your Grandmother and I have had to set forth a bold new economic plan of ourown....the 'Ashley Economic Plan'. Let me explain. Your grandmother and I are highly productive, wage-earning tax payers. As you know, we have lived a comfortable life and in return have forgone many things like fancy vacations, luxury cars, etc. We have worked hard and were looking forward to retiring soon. But this plan has changed. Your president is significantly raising our personal and business taxes. He says it is so he can give our hard earned money to other people. Do you know what this means, Ashley? It means less income for us. Less income means we must cut back on many business and personal expenditures. One example is, we were forced to let go of our receptionist today. You know her. She always gave you candy when you visited my office. Did you know she worked for us for the past 18 years? I can't afford her anymore.That is a taste of the business side.

Some personal economic affects of Obama's new taxation policies include none other than you. You know very well that over the years your gandmother and I have given you thousands of dollars in cash, tuition assistance, food, housing, clothing, gifts, etc., etc. By your vote, you have chosen another family over ours for help. Judging from your Email requesting more money, I recommend you call 202-456-1111. That is the direct telephone number for the White House. You yourself repeatedly told me I was foolish voting Republican. You said Mr. Obama is going to be the people's president and is going to help every American live a better life. Based upon everything you have told me and things we heard from him as he campaigned, I am sure Mr. Obama will be happy to send a check or transfer money into your checking account. Have him call me for the transaction and account numbers, which by now I know by heart.

Perhaps you now can understand what I have been saying for all my life: those who vote for the president should consider what the impact of an election will be on the nation as a whole, and not just be concerned with what they can get for themselves (welfare, etc.). What Obama voters don't seem to realize is all of the "government's" money he is 'redistributing' to illegal aliens and non-taxpaying Americans (deemed "less fortunate") comes from tax money collected from income tax-paying families. Remember how you told me, "Only the richest of the rich will be affected"? Guess what, honey? Because of our business, your Grandmother and I are now considered to be the richest of the rich. On paper, it might look that way. But in the real world, we are far from it. But, as you said while campaigning for Obama, some people will have to carry more of the burden so all of America can prosper. You understand what that means, right? It means that raising taxes on productive people results in them having less money.

Less money for everything, including granddaughters. Congratulations on your choice for "change". For future reference, I encourage you to attempt to add up the total value of the gifts and money you've received from us over the years, and compare it to what you expect to get over the next four years from Mr. Obama.

Remember, we love you dearly... but from now on you'll need to call the number referenced above when you need help.

Love, Grandpa.

PS: How was your recent trip to Jamaica ? I have never been there but I hear it is lovely this time of year.