{"id":6646,"date":"2009-09-12T22:46:29","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T22:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/09\/dc-tea-party-pics.html"},"modified":"2009-09-12T22:46:29","modified_gmt":"2009-09-12T22:46:29","slug":"dc-tea-party-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/09\/dc-tea-party-pics.html","title":{"rendered":"DC Tea Party Pics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some shots my daughter took at the protest (with her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001O9ARD6?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=lifeunderth0d-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001O9ARD6\">Sony Cyber-shot<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=lifeunderth0d-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001O9ARD6\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0px !important\" \/>). I think this is my favorite:<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dont tread on me.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/dont%20tread%20on%20me.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nThough, I like this one too (yeah, I know, it&#8217;s not technically a protest picture):<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"the capital.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/the%20capital.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nThe Gadsden Flag, and variants, were pretty popular:<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gadsden snake.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/Gadsden%20snake.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a nice shot of the Capital building and the crowds. It looks like they didn&#8217;t get a good spot, as far as the speakers are concerned, but it was a great spot for pictures:<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"capital building that we own.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/capital%20building%20that%20we%20own.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nPretty cute baby signage:<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"baby debt.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/baby%20debt.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nThis one is pretty funny and true! Some animals are more equal than others:<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"congressional farm.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/congressional%20farm.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nLying Obama signs were also pretty popular:<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"lying Obama.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/lying%20Obama.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nAs were Marxism signs:<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"oh bummer.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/oh%20bummer.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nOh if only politicians would listen to the taxpayers when we say, &#8220;Enough!&#8221;<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"protest sign.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/protest%20sign.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nBut all they want is our money:<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Obama as Uncle Sam.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/Obama%20as%20Uncle%20Sam.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nHere are a couple shots my husband took on his Blackberry. Pretty good for a cellphone shot:<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"captial protest.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/captial%20protest.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nWe could not figure out what this flag represents. According to Wikipedia it&#8217;s either Alabama, St Patrick&#8217;s cross or Help I&#8217;m in distress (I&#8217;m betting it&#8217;s that one :-): <span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"st patricks cross.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/st%20patricks%20cross.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s one from my 13-year-old&#8217;s cell phone:<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"capital.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/127\/import\/capital.jpg\" width=\"526\" height=\"400\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nMy husband&#8217;s impressions of the protest: polite and friendly crowds, filled with people determined to see a change in government&#8217;s involvement in their life. It was a grassroots, Reaganesque type revolution. Conservatives never protest and here there were taking to the streets to protest for a return to fiscal conservatism, smaller government and freedom from the long reach of the government.  He agreed with Steve Baldwin (one of the speakers at the protest): Obama and Congress have woken up conservatives and this is the start of a whole new movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some shots my daughter took at the protest (with her Sony Cyber-shot). I think this is my favorite: Though, I like this one too (yeah, I know, it&#8217;s not technically a protest picture): The Gadsden Flag, and variants, were pretty popular: Here&#8217;s a nice shot of the Capital building and the crowds. 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