First, here's the e-mail I received from my friend Lynn Mitchell in Virginia:
Lynn's been spending the day uploading pictures and blogging the protest, so check out her blog for the fabulous photos and commentary!Donald,
We did it!! The 9/12 March on Washington yesterday was absolutely breath-taking, an emotional experience for many who thought they would never see that many conservatives in one place at one time. It was a sea of faces, flags, signs ... young, old, short, tall, all shapes and sizes, some on walkers or canes ... it was the face of America.
To march down Pennsylvania Avenue -- which is a wide street -- shoulder-to-shoulder with like-minded patriots took your breath away. As far ahead of us as we could see was a sea of people carrying flags and signs ... behind us as far as we could see was a sea of people carrying flags and signs. Chants would go down the street like a vocal wave ... approaching as a low roar in the distance, catching up with us as we joined in, and washing over us to continue down the street to the thousands behind us.
I am telling you ... there is something going on in America. You have seen it in California ... I have seen it in Virginia ... and we have both seen it in every state between us.
Yesterday we made history. Will conservatives continue on this quest to take back our country ... or will they quietly slip back into their complacency of the past 30 years?
Time will tell.
I am busy posting photos today -- I took 600 photos yesterday -- of the faces, the signs, the flags and banners. I'm 56 years old ... I never thought I would see this day.
Keep up the good work and the good fight on the Left Coast. We will do the same here. And thank you for being a conservative educator who is not indoctrinating our children into the culture of the Left.
Best regards,
Lynn Mitchell
SWAC Girl
Also, Darleen over at Protein Wisdom linked to my Wilshire report yesterday, "Hundreds of Thousands." Darleen makes the definitive case on the numbers in attendance in D.C. yesterday. Plus, my friend Skye at Midnight Blue attended the rally. She argued in the comments here that the crowd was over a million, for sure.
Mike at Cold Fury linked with his post, "More Tea Party Coverage." Stogie at Saber Point did so as well, "America Flips Obama the Bird: Mass Tea Party Convincingly Rejects Obamunism."
Okay, my friend The Rhetorican is like a whirlwind of blogging! He linked with, "9/12 Tea Party West." And my new friend Andrew Berman also linked with, "How Many People Attended The 9/12 March?"
And don't miss the towering figure of the blogosphere, The Blog Prof, who links with, "Thousands Turn Out At Tea Party West In LA." In addition a new towering (thundering?) figure, Thunder Pig: "9-12 March on DC and Tea Parties Across the USA."
My longtime blogging buddy Blazing Cat Fur picked up on the "Real Hope" t'-shirts, which feature the caption on the back from Matthew 12:21, "In his name the Nations will put their hope."
I think that's most who've linked, but check Dan Riehl as well, "9/12 Attendance Issues Addressed." Related: My good friend Doug's post at the Daley Gator, "9/12 Tea Party – Only Thousands? Or At Least A Million? You Decide." And the Red Hunter, "Tea Party 9-12-09 March on Washington DC," and the Astute Bloggers, "DEDUCTIVELY WE CAN PROVE THAT THE "TENS OF THOUSANDS" FIGURE THE MSM HAS BEEN USING TO DESCRIBE THE 912 NATIONAL TEA PARTY IS FALSE."
Plus, Kenneth Davenport's been doing some hot blogging of late. See, "Media Ignores D.C. Anti-Obama Protest - No Surprise." More good stuff at Carolyn's Closet, "United We Stand."
I apologize if I've missed anyone who linked to my 9/12 post. Feel free to send me an e-mail (at my Blogger profile), and I'll work on getting some more roundups posted this week.
Bonus Post: Don't miss Pat Austin's powerful essay, "Editor of HuffPo's Health Unit Mocks Death of Cornell Student."
That's a lot of good links you posted here, Donald. I should have been sleeping, but like a good book, I just couldn't put it down.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a GREAT week for conservatives! First Van Jones, then ACORN, and now an historic march on Washington. The media may try to undervalue the crowd size and some politicians might laugh and belittle the importance, but I believe many politicians cherish their jobs enough to drop their blind support for anything and everything the messiah wants.
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ReplyDeleteI especially like the "death by a thousand cuts" that is being used on ACORN. You can add NY to the list. I would not think that is the only videos they have for these two are using Alinsky's (sp)) on them.
I think it was Mao that stated, "In advantage lies the seeds of disadvantage and in disadvantage lies the seeds of advantage."
Not being able to attend the D.C. march personally will turn out to be one of the great regrets of my life. But I was there in spirit. I watched all of Fox's coverage of it as well as PMSNBC and the Communist News Network (CNN). It was a good week, indeed, for conservatives, but I wonder what this week holds.
ReplyDeleteI will be watching the TV talking heads today to see what the headlines are. I personally believe that the President, for one, will completely ignore the march. And so, too, will Nancy and Harry Reid. As for the rest, I think the best we can probably hope for is a stiffening of Republican spines.
And a greater push from the left to force their socialist agenda down our throats; even if they have to use a sharp stick.
Acorn just lost their funding from the current transportation and housing appropriations bill, on a vote of----get this----83 to 7!!!
ReplyDeleteAlso, watch Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity tonight for news of a SMOKING GUN that is likely to cause ACORN a whole lot more pain!