Tea Party Express Comes to Denver

I have long observed with considerable interest that whenever a person or group speaks out for freedom, basic human rights, or against injustice, they come under a snarling, baseless attack.

Having heard the Tea Party Protesters called everything from Astroturf by the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, to religious nuts, to mentally ill, I decided they must be up to something good and dropped in to check out the rally.

After speaking with those attending the rally and listening to the speeches I concluded that anyone who could attack these individuals must also believe that it was a tragic mistake to found this country in the first place… or they are simply insane.

The best I can remember, their objectives and beliefs are simple and intrude only on those who wish to oppress:

• They believe our government is overstepping its bounds and want limited government, one of the principles the country was founded on.
• They state this is not a Democratic or Republican issue… or any type of partisan issue.
• They are angry that our elected officials no longer listen to or represent us – and it should be noted that our Senators and Representatives were not there to learn what so many of their constituents want.
• They do not blame our elected officials for the mess the nation is currently in.  They blame themselves, you and me, for not keeping a close watch and demanding our rights be protected by those we elect.
• They do not hate President Obama.  But they do hate the socialist agenda he is pushing in.
• They are greatly concerned that over a trillion dollars of money that the taxpayer is expected to make good has gone to bail out insolvent banks that contributed heavily to the financial mess in the first place, that this money has been used to nationalize private corporations and businesses, and that this spending has served only to increase unemployment and worsen the economy.
• They oppose the healthcare legislation not because they do not believe health care is perfect, but because of the massive intrusion the health care legislation will cause in the lives of the American citizens who will find more of their choices regulated.  Same with Cap and Trade where the government will even be able to dictate what type of light bulbs we use… and somehow consider this more important than repairing the economy.
• They oppose the hate campaigns
• They believe the American public has a right to know what role the Federal Reserve Bank and other banking institutions have played in creating the collapse of the economy.  And honestly, any elected official who would oppose a fearless and thorough audit of the Federal Reserve Bank when the finances of every business and individual are subject to an audit by the government should be in a prison, not a political office.

What is at stake here is not “clean energy” or “healthcare” or “saving jobs with bailout money”, it is freedom.  A quick scan of recorded history tells you just how dear that is.  It is as if the woof and warp of the universe itself demands conditions in which man is not free to create, to keep the rewards of his labors, to make his own choices, speak his own mind and choose his own path.  The true irony is that it is not only the oppressors who demand servitude… those who are in chains themselves are often the first to object if someone suggests man could be free.  Need an example?  Abraham Lincoln, freed the slaves and was shot for having done so by John Wilkes Booth, a starving actor who believed he was “helping the south.”

I have seen statements that those who insist our government should be accountable to the people of this nation are mentally ill, quacks, zealots.  I ask you to do your own investigation.  Who is the madman?  The person who fights for his rights… and yours and mine in the process… or the person who shoots him for having done so?

Trust a politician to not see what is right under his eyes. Most have pretended not to notice the Tea Party Rallies, yet htey are occurring right under the shadow of the Capitol.

Crowds and signs stretch as far into the darkness as you can see

Organizer of the Tea Party Express

Denver Tea Party Organizer - who will be delivering copies of the shredded healthcare bill to our Senators

Women on the front row shredding copies of the health care bill

These children will be paying for the bailouts of 2009

As I mentioned above, our elected officials seem to prefer to cover their eyes and ignore the swelling ranks of citizens who are demanding that, once again, our elected officials represent us. This is never wise.  While Washington DC is attempting to dismiss somewhere between 1 and 2 million people from the Tea Party who marched on DC a couple months ago – perhaps the largest march in DC in the nation’s history – ignoring numbers of that magnitude is a sure fire way to be voted out of office.  And this rapidly growing group intends to do just that – Republican or Democrat, if you failed to listen and take action, you are out.

~ by markstout on November 4, 2009.