Nowhere to hide

Watched Fox News and Glenn Beck on the big Tea Party in Washington today, and also at places all over the country. I would have loved to go to DC, but figured if I drove all night to get there, I wouldn't be able to find a hotel/motel or any place to park. I also have to work.

Actually, I had a plan -- leave here Thursday, attend the tribute in Shanksville, PA, for Flight 93 on Friday, and arrive in DC today for the march. But I have to work (or will have no roof, that simple) and got a lot of work in for this weekend.

Would have loved to go to Quincy, IL, where a local rally is taking place, but same problem, though Quincy's a lot closer. Oh well, Will Rogers said something like, "We can't all be heroes. Someone has to sit on the curb and applaud."

So I also went just now and googled "News," and the mainstream media is actually reporting the Tea Parties. One Atlanta paper seems to be claiming credit for the whole thing, saying Atlanta was the site of the first Tea Party in February and that Georgians dressed in Revolutionary costumes led the march down the street in DC.

I'm just happy to see that the newspaper appears to want to put itself and its readership at the head of the column. Hmmmm, think Tea Parties might catch on?

Even the New York Times filed a report. I believe it was the Times that noted that the Comrade's helicopter flew over the crowds as it carried the Comrade to Air Force One en route to Minnesota, where he spoke to an audience who mostly agrees with him. And I'm sure all attendees were screened before they were admitted to venue. Don't want anyone shouting "You lie!"

Well, that's one tactic: in the face of criticism, run away and hide amongst friends.

As long as his helicopter actually flew over the citizens marching in DC, the Comrade can't pretend he didn't see them, can't pretend he doesn't know anything about any kind of disagreement with his views. But what do you want to bet he will anyway: "Protesters? What protesters?" If they aren't wearing purple, they just don't count?

After all, he's fabricating all kinds of health care reform things, too. For him, reality seems to be defined by his personal whims and fancies. However, if you don't look at reality, or refuse to accept it as is whether you like it or not, you're rarely very effective in dealing with it, no matter how much power you think you have.

It seems that quite a few politicians in Washington, on both sides of the aisle, confuse the trappings of power with power itself. If you have a Secret Service detail and a Gulfstream jet at your disposal, does that make you powerful? Leave us not forget that those are only perks, and the source of those perks is the voters -- still.

I suggest brooms as the symbol for the 2010 elections, as in "Clean Sweep."