A Tea Party

Being that the healthcare bill is going to be rammed through the House of Representatives this coming Sunday and being that our own Representative has expressed from the outset that he will be voting yes (parts of this state are strongly union), about 300-400 people gathered outside of his office this afternoon from Noon through 1:00PM. There was one guy holding a "no $ for war" sign but he left after 15 minutes that was it for the "opposition". People walking by were very interested and very surprised when they heard the actual procedures being attempted. A lot of people are just thinking "Healthcare = good" and "Yes, any political process will have compromises and paybacks" but when you talk to someone who hasn't really explored the facts, they become quite amazed and curious. There was one school-yard bully who drove past yelling that we were all idiots and he gave us the finger but he didn't stop for any reasoned debate; he was just the political version of a feces flinging monkey... Pictures will be posted soon -- they are planning another event tomorrow, same place, same time. Our local radio station had a small writeup. Our local newspaper did not but they did have a reporter there interviewing people and taking photographs so it's probably just not online as yet...