Quincy Tea Party!!!

I attended today's Tri-State Tea Party in Quincy, Illinois. The day turned out to be a great investment in time owing to a great turnout of some 12,000 people, wonderful weather, terrific Washington Park environs, and fabulous speakers.

I walked about, taking pictures of people's posters and flags. The first that really grabbed my eye was held by a young girl sitting behind us.

Unlike how the MSM wants to paint Tea Party goers, it truly was an event with a family atmosphere. There were many families present ... oh, the dreadful indoctrination! I'm sure the Left will be aghast. Just look at this!

















There was a bit of an international flair with this fabulous lady's Peruvian dress and terrific poster:







Her sign reads: "National Health Care??? Que paso? I took the wrong plane? Cuba? Venezuela? Who is the President? Hugo Chavez? Fidel Castro? I want my America back!!! Say no to national healthcare!!











But, this one still remains one of my favorites:






This lady needs to put a trademark on it and make big bucks ... capitalism, baby, capitalism!

As I walked around, I read the many posters and signs. I saw NOTHING that was racist or whacko -- just honest frustration expressed by honest-to-goodness real people. There were various small vendors selling food and tea party essentials. (I got a really cool T.E.A. cap.) At one point during the day, it was announced that ABC News was reporting that the huge Tea Party in Washington, D.C. had crowds estimated at 1.2 million. Later in the afternoon, they said now the estimate was 2 million. However, since I've been home, all I've seen are the various news "outlets" saying tens of thousands. Hmmmmmmm ... but several sources say that CNN, ABC, and even an English newspaper at one point were claiming close to 2 million.

Although I wasn't able to stay for the entire event, I was able to hear some of my favorite speakers before leaving: Bill Hennessy of The St. Louis Tea Party Coalition, Kevin Jackson of The Black Sphere, and Jim Hoft of GatewayPundit.

The day could not have been better! Tomorrow I'll be checking out different websites to see what tea parties around the country looked like and how many people they drew.

Special Announcement: The next Tea Party will be held at Frontier Park on the St. Charles Riverfront on Friday, Oct. 2nd. The pre-rally will start at 4:00 p.m. with the rally taking place 5:00-7:00.

Speakers:

• Emcee Diane Jones, 1220 KPLW Radio Personality, Washington, MO

• Paul Curtman, U.S. Marines, "The U.S. Constitution"

• Catherine Bleish Liberty Restoration Project, "State Sovereignty and the 10th Amendment"

• Dr. Bob Onder, M.D. A.B, Washington U; M.D., Washington U; J.D., St. Louis U, "Healthcare Reform"

• Stephanie Ruback, Critical care R.N. (CWA)

• Kevin Jackson, Author of "The Big Black Lie"

Information booths open at 3:30!

Don't forget your lawn chair (rain or shine)

Sponsors: Show Me Patriots, I Heard the People Say website; KFAV Radio 99.9 KFAV-KWRE 730 will be broadcasting live