We've GOT TEA! Believe You ME!

Here is your TEA PARTY REPORT...From your faithful blogger who drove to Lansing, Michigan.

Right away I found a Revolutionary War soldier...so I had to help him out with his look and my '76 Flag.

My sis came down from up north last evening, and after supper, we sat down and made up a bunch of signs. Boy, howdy, did we ever.

The turnout was great, the weather cooperated and although it was chilly, at least it had stopped raining (it rained ALL DAY yesterday and was windy and cold) so at least we had sunshine! I have no idea how many showed up but there were people as far as I could see in four directions. We saw people in the windows of the capitol building four floors up, so perhaps they were trying to estimate the crowd. Everyone seemed so happy (relief that the day was finally here!) and friendly, and FUNNY. (I didn't see ONE radical nut job that Janet Napalitano warned Homeland Security about!) There were so many funny signs! Americans, even in the bad times, can still have their sense of humor!

The sign on the left made me snicker. I did a lot of snickering today!

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My sister taking a phone call...her husband called to tell her they owe more taxes ... and no, I'm not kidding! They're small business owners trying to make it in this state that really "socks it to" the businessman.

See this little grandma here? She ducked under her sign just before I shot the photo...little stinker!

Just had to get a photo of the papparazzi taking pictures of me....

This is my sis....she's so cute. She's standing on the Capitol steps making her opinion known. We decided to go as housewives (hehe....what a stretch that was for the two of us! Hehehehahahohoho!) and we made signs to coordinate with that idea....we felt like celebrities, we had our pictures taken so much!

I found this sign about Geithner particularly humorous!

I made this sign, and it was extra, so I shared it with this young guy. He didn't bring a sign and I felt sorry for him...the flip side of it said:

"SAY WHAT? THE U.S.S.A.? UNITED SOCIALIST STATES OF AMERICA??" And pictured with those words was the hammer and sickle.

Teabags deposited upon the steps of the Capitol....

This guy brought a constitution with him...I imagine he might have very willingly shared it with any politician that may have shown up!

Listening to speeches...and at one point, the speaker had all of us take out our cellphones, and we dialed, and hit send so that we ALL CALLED WASHINGTON AT ONE TIME! It was HILARIOUS! I do believe we probably shut down the system. I've been calling Washington a lot lately, so I knew the number without being told because it's programmed into my phone! (My bad...)

Even the canines protest!

These signs got a lot of attention, my niece's was drawn by her...and was so cute and so true. We made my sister's because we'd heard that ACORN was going to show up and disrupt...we have a system down, my sister does the artwork, and I do the lettering. So we're all set for the next Tea Party.

My sister, my niece and myself standing in our positions waiting for the rally to begin. We had a lot of fun, and it was sunny and windy, kind of chilly and our feet got cold. We had quilts, chairs, a packed lunch and cold cokes and water, (And I'm so glad we did!) all our signs and our '76 flag. We didn't sit down from about 10:40 until 1:00, and at one o'clock we couldn't stand it anymore and we all sat down and ate our lunches while the speakers gave their speeches. Joe the Plumber was there and he spoke to us. I am so glad we went, my niece just LOVED it and we had a lot of fun taking pictures of other people's signs and they loved our signs.

And that is the end of my public service for today. I'm "tard"...I know I'll sleep well tonight! How was your tea party?