TEA Party

Well, we did it! We attended the local T.E.A. Party today and I was impressed with the number of people who turned out. I'm sure bigger cities had more people, but this small area had a really fair amount of people. We got there early for the 6:00 start, and the kids were amped from the music and the energy of the crowd. We soon met up with another mother with two young children and they ran around for a bit. Once the speakers started though, the kids were too restless for us to stay and it wasn't fair to those around us to have them running wild. So we left about an hour and change after we got there, but had a good time while we were there and we even got interviewed on the local news station, although I didn't see us make the final cut tonight.

It was good to see so many Americans taking part in a demonstration of solidarity against what is going on in our country. It was interesting to me that the music played in the warm up to the party was mostly (all?) country and I can't help but wonder if that is due to the deepness of the south that we are in, a preference of the hosts, or simply the fact that so many country songs are patriotic and embrace American-ism. In any case, it was a nice experience, and although the kids may not understand what it was, and I got no pictures because we were busy chasing them around, we'll always be able to tell them that this is where it started, and they were there, if it does produce results.