Up to two million march to US Capitol to protest against Obama's spending

The line of protesters spread across Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol, according to the Washington Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.

Demonstrators waved U.S. flags and held signs reading "Go Green Recycle Congress" and "I'm Not Your ATM." Men wore colonial costumes as they listened to speakers who warned of "judgment day" - Election Day 2010.

Richard Brigle, 57, a Vietnam War veteran and former Teamster, came from Michigan. He said health care needs to be reformed - but not according to President Barack Obama's plan.

"My grandkids are going to be paying for this. It's going to cost too much money that we don't have,"

he said while marching, bracing himself with a wooden cane as he walked.

Organizers say they built on momentum from the April "tea party" demonstrations held nationwide to protest tax policies, along with growing resentment over the economic stimulus packages and bank bailouts.

Terri Hall, 45, of Florida, said she felt compelled to become political for the first time this year because she was upset by government spending.

"Our government has lost sight of the powers they were granted,"

she said. She added that the deficit spending was out of control, and said she thought it was putting the country at risk.

Anna Hayes, 58, a nurse from Fairfax County, said she was worried about "Obamacare," Hayes explained:

"This is the first rally I've been to that demonstrates against something, the first in my life. I just couldn't stay home anymore."

Like countless others at the rally, Joan Wright, 78, of Ocean Pines, Md., sounded angry.

"I'm not taking this crap anymore," ... "I don't like the health-care [plan]. I don't like the czars. And I don't like the elitists telling us what we should do..."

Americans protesting against run away spending first began rising to prominence in April, when the governor of Texas threatened to secede from the union in protest against government spending.

Waves of tea party protests have crossed America since.

[57, 58, 78, veterans nurses. These must be the right wing extremists and racists the MSM is so persistently 'reporting' on...]

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Not Easily Ignored (but they'll try)

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[Wasn't sure about the >1M claim until I say this - realize that the crowd is in motion through the intersection and at one point fills the boulevard from end to end...]

This time lapse video comes from The Rhetorican:

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'Glenn Beck is an Actual Terrorist, and the People Attending his Rally in DC Tomorrow Are al-Qaeda in America'

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In a Sept. 11 post by Alex Pareene that was allegedly meant to reflect on the passing of eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Pareene launched into a hate-and-expletive-filled anti-President George W. Bush, anti-conservative and anti-Glenn Beck attack in his post. His first assault was on the prior administration.

"Shortly after (or maybe during) that day, our president at the time, a little [expletive] no one liked, handed over the reins to the most psychotic elements of his administration," ... "In the vast national wave of jingoism, paranoia, dread, and fear that followed, he and his friends led us into an unrelated war they'd been planning beforehand, allowed the CIA to wiretap and torture anyone they liked, and regularly insisted that our memory of that day should not be sullied with critical thinking or expressions of anything other than still-palpable fear."

He then took a shot at Fox News host Glenn Beck and those participating in tomorrow's 9/12 March on DC.

"On 9/12, people in New York (and DC) did not feel as ‘great' as Glenn Beck," ... "They just felt like [expletive]. They felt scared and confused and depressed. Many of them were drunk. And eight years later, normal people, with brains and souls, have decided that some emotional distance from that disaster is healthier and wiser than trying to recapture the dread. So thank [expletive] Christ that the Commander in Chief is no longer subjecting the nation to death porn."

Pareene hurled more insults at 9-12 Project participants and capped it off by referring to them as "al-Qaeda in America."

"No, this year it's limited to a nutty little cult leader on basic cable who is encouraging his radicalized band of fanatical followers to invade the cities where the tragedy actually happened in order to shock the populace back into fear," ... "Glenn Beck is an actual terrorist, and the people attending his rally in DC tomorrow are al-Qaeda in America."

Pareene and other left-wing critics of Beck's 9-12 Project have totally misunderstood Beck's intent. It's not to create euphoria, but as the Web site explains, it "is designed to bring us all back to the place we were on September 12, 2001" and overcome political divides.

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"Taxpayer March on Washington"

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Videos of [Saturday's] "Taxpayer March on Washington" are starting to get uploaded to YouTube, and some of them are just priceless. As most readers likely couldn't attend, it seems fitting to share what went on in our nation's capital Saturday.

To get you in the mood, let's start with author and motivational speaker Mason Weaver marvelously telling the crowd, "I thought you would want to hear a black man speak to you without a teleprompter," followed by Lloyd Marcus singing "2010" and Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) saying, "It is time Washington, D.C., became a No Czar Zone"

[extremist]

[racist]

[terrorists]

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Debate over protest numbers masks the historic nature of the event

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The battle over numbers who attended the protests at the Capitol continues today. ABC News actually had the temerity to publish the laughable estimate of 70,000. But I believe these guesstimates are missing the point.

No matter how you slice it, yesterday's outpouring was historic in nature; the first, genuine conservative grass roots protest movement in American history.

"What makes today's massive turnout around the country so significant is that it is the first truly conservative mass movement in American history.

Conservatism has had very little interest in developing a mass movement like labor, socialists, or communists have focused on. Even the candidacies of Goldwater and Reagan were more party-oriented than ideological in nature... I think it unfair for the media or the left to characterize this movement as "Republican."

It is definitely an opposition movement, however. Certainly there is mass unhappiness with President Obama and his policies. And there is opposition to the Democrats in Congress. But I doubt it all translates into electoral strength for Republicans.

The anger here is a reaction against a growing government, higher taxes, and the sense that the country that they grew up in is slipping away right before their eyes.

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Tea Party Protesters Chant 'Tell the Truth' to CNN Reporter

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With chants of "tell the truth," and "Glenn Beck," protesters made known their great displeasure with the former #1 cable network. The Beck taunt, of course, is a reference to the former CNN host turned FNC star.

Unlike her former colleague Susan Roesgen who insulted tea party protesters and was confronted on her bias, Desjardins didn't dismiss the protesters but instead asked them what they thought of congressman Joe Wilson, famous for his recent outburst that President Obama was lying about his health plan covering illegal immigrants.

Estimates for crowd sizes are starting to come in. We're talking at least a million people, folks.

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When truth trumps protocol

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After 8 years of blistering attacks on President Bush by the top echelon of the Democrat Party, suddenly they've become prudish about references to the country's Chief Executive.

How quickly they forget the instances when Bush was booed by the liberal side of the aisle when addressing the Congress in that same "hallowed" hall. Let's also recall an interview in December 2004 on Meet the Press in which Democrat Senator Harry Reid said

"President Bush is a liar." ... " That's how I feel, and that's how I felt. People may not like what I said, but I said it, and I don't back off one bit." [snip]

Lost in this entire deceptive diatribe is whether President Obama was telling the truth when he said millions of illegal aliens will not be covered in his healthcare plan. The fact is that Republicans have served on committees that proposed amendments to the president's plan which would assure that illegal aliens would not get coverage, but those amendments were defeated by Democrats.

Rep. Wilson served on such a committee and came away believing that the president was lying. If he was correct, his outburst may have been the only way to expose legislation that could be disastrous for the future of this country. If he was incorrect, all he did was breach a protocol that has been breached many times before.

[I dislike the disrespect that's taking place - but I dislike it less than the outright deception that's being passed off as sincere dialog - it's not, it's all an insulting play. We're being blatantly deceived, at which point anger and volume are an appropriate response to our being lied to - and a moderate tactic considering that if these folks don't knock off the deceit the next step is appropriately pitchforks...]

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Dems to Turn Joe Wilson into Sheehan-like 'Clownish Figure of Ridicule'

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You know Cindy Sheehan's star has really fallen with the liberal media when the likes of Mike Barnicle, compare her to GOP Congressman Joe "You lie!" Wilson. On Thursday's "Hardball," Barnicle, substitute hosting for Chris Matthews, declared,

"Democrats hope to turn Wilson into the Cindy Sheehan of the anti-health care reform movement. A clownish figure of ridicule who hurts his own side, more than he helps."

As the MRC's Brent Baker noted in research titled "Sheehan More Consistent Than Media: She Protests Bush and Obama, Media Only Bush", now that she is opposing a Democratic president, the media have turned on Sheehan...

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Flashback 2007: Bloody-Handed Condi Rice Protester Never Painted as 'Ugly' or Even Liberal

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Brent Baker revealed how the network news on Thursday night described Rep. Joe Wilson’s "you lie" comment at President Obama as almost an international incident, a "shout heard ‘round the world" that symbolized the "ugly" tone of anti-Obama sentiment and a sign of disrespect on Capitol Hill.

It’s probably not shocking to remember that on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, when Code Pink protester Desiree al-Fairooz screamed at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that she was a "war criminal" at a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, none of the networks described it as "ugly," and NBC painted it as another sign of disarray for Team Bush...

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Maureen Dowd: Joe Wilson's 'You Lie' Outburst All About Racism

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One of the biggest concerns most conservatives had about a Barack Obama presidency was that any criticism of him or his policies would be reported by liberal media members as an act of racism.

Sadly, such fears ended up actually being understated, for since Inauguration Day, the left-wing punditry have routinely depicted anyone with the guts to question the new President -- from Tea Party goers to town hall meeting protesters -- as wearing white robes and burning crosses on folks' lawns.

The latest example is New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd who in her most recent screed attributed Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-S.C.) "You lie" outburst during Wednesday's healthcare speech to the ignorant notion that

"Some people just can’t believe a black man is president and will never accept it"

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MSNBC Hosts: Rep. Joe Wilson A White Southern Racist

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According to MSNBC’s David Shuster on Friday, South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson shouting ‘you lie’ to President Obama was racism on display:

“The fact that Joe Wilson is from South Carolina...it strikes a lot of people as awfully close to the idea that maybe there was some sort of racist or bigoted element there.”

[Again and again; disagree with Obama (admittedly rudely), and it's really because you're a racist.]

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Maher Charges Racism Fuels Disrespect of Obama, Sees 'Subliminal Racism' on Drudge

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As an instance of “what I mean by subliminally racist,” Maher displayed on screen an actual DrudgeReport.com headline beneath a photo of Obama, “POLL HELL: OBAMA NEGS RISE.” In quite a stretch, he implied the racist angle:

“I just think for a certain number of people, when they see 'Negs Rise'-” ....

He trailed off, leaving viewers to imagine how he presumes “a certain number of people” will translate those words.

Cuing off that real headline, Maher then put up his own made up racist headlines as they would look on Drudge.

“some of the right-wingers are always dropping subliminally racist messages.”

[It's the Right that's always playing a race card. Uh-huh.]

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CNN's Lemon Praises Maher for Raising Anti-Obama Racism

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Left-wing “comedian” Bill Maher is setting the news agenda for CNN. Literally. With “Motivated by Race?” on screen, CNN anchor Don Lemon previewed his 7 PM hour Saturday night by citing Joe Wilson, “town hallers yelling at lawmakers” and those “refusing to let kids hear the commander in chief. And on and on and on.

What's behind it? Is it racial?”

In the subsequent segment, Lemon revealed his motivation was Maher, who Friday night on his HBO show charged racism drove Wilson's “you lie” shout and those concerned about Obama's address to school children. Lemon announced:

“I was watching Real Talk, Real Time with Bill Maher and I was like 'finally someone's talking about this, finally someone is talking about this.'”

Lemon made his exultation to guest Tim Wise, author of 'Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama.'

[Don't disagree with Obama.]

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MSNBC, Thy Name is Racist

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You would think MSNBC would have learned after getting caught in a deliberately doctored piece of video, which tried to portray town hall protestors as white racists. The video showed a man ‘packing heat' outside an event where the President was speaking, but was edited in such a way as to conceal the fact that the man was actually African-American.

Since that video aired (and was immediately exposed as altered Kyle Drennen on August 18th), MSNBC has continuously hammered home the message that town hall and Tea Party attendees, conservatives, Republicans, or generally anyone who opposes the President, is racist.

Some examples:

• Keith Olbermann, calling Fox News viewers ‘tin foil hatters, conspiracy theorists, paranoids and racists.'
• David Shuster profiling the Republican Party as ‘all white males with short haircuts.' ... angry and unhinged, with ‘no women, no minorities.'
• Tamron Hall was appalled "to have that southern white male shout down the first black president'.
• Ed Schultz echoes the ‘crazies' sentiment, and stating that some are likely ‘lunatics' who feel it is their ‘responsibility to take out the president'.
• Have reservations about former Obama appointed green-jobs czar Van Jones and committed 9/11 truther, and you are most definitely a racist according to Keith Olbermann.
• Mike Barnicle and Chuck Todd discussing 'if' race is the real reason for all opposition to President Obama.
• Chris Matthews saying that opposition to the President is based on ‘who he is, where he comes from, his background'.

This is a pretty significant race baiting resume submitted by MSNBC. Remember, this list only includes events happening since the bait and switch charge of racism that the network put forth using a doctored video.

As a general rule of thumb, those who continually play the race card to make an argument are, in fact, racists themselves.

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ABC’s Pierre Thomas Quizzes AG Holder on Race; Skips ‘Nation of Cowards’ Quote

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ABC’s Pierre Thomas landed an exclusive interview with Eric Holder on Wednesday’s Nightline, quizzing the Attorney General on race relations in America.

Somehow, however, the reporter managed to completely ignore Holder’s incendiary remark from February that America is a "nation of cowards" when dealing with race relations.

One would assume such a statement might be relevant to Thomas’ questions about the ongoing controversy involving the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Gates. But our correspondent ignored that context, even as he explained,

"[Holder] said the controversy in Cambridge proves more needs to be done in race relations."

[Now that most Americans are waking up to the fact that they elected an extremist they don't agree with, the left intends to 'hijack' the discussion and change it to one of race relations where they can rely on white guilt to silence all decent.

We can't let them; it's despicable in principle and such a distraction could have dire consequences if it allows the Left's agenda to move forward. Remember, once institutions are in place they're never removed... ]

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Liberal media insanity hits new high

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Mark today as the date that the mainstream media put a gun in its mouth and pulled the trigger.

The cover of Newsweek:

IS YOUR BABY RACIST?

Illustrated with a close up photo of a (white) baby. To ask the question is to answer it.

Welcome to the post-racial world of Barack Obama...

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[on the positive side {and consider the tea party posts positive}]


Remembering 9/11: We Are Americans

It has been eight years since the United States suffered the worst attack on our soil since Pearl Harbor. As we look back, we should take stock of what has transpired since then. We have sent our nation's soldiers into battlefields far from home to defend us. These brave men and women live in treacherous conditions, facing improvised roadside bombs, suicide bombers and other attacks. Yet they fight on in their mission to defend the United States and all of us without complaint.

Our all-volunteer service is made up of Americans of all races, creeds, and economic backgrounds. These soldiers are on the front lines of this battle, and there are others in the fight as well. We must continue to give our utmost support to the United States military and those that support their efforts. In light of this, I have added my name to a letter sent to President Obama urging him to remain committed to prosecuting the War on Terror in Afghanistan. Never have so few defended the liberty of so many. We must continue to support their mission because they will continue to fight for us.

President Reagan ended his first inaugural with this story:

Under one such marker lies a young man-Martin Treptow-who left his job in a small town barber shop in 1917 to go to France with the famed Rainbow Division. There, on the western front, he was killed trying to carry a message between battalions under heavy artillery fire. We are told that on his body was found a diary. On the flyleaf under the heading, "My Pledge," he had written these words: "America must win this war. Therefore, I will work, I will save, I will sacrifice, I will endure, I will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone." The crisis we are facing today does not require of us the kind of sacrifice that Martin Treptow and so many thousands of others were called upon to make. It does require, however, our best effort, and our willingness to believe in ourselves and to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds; to believe that together, with God's help, we can and will resolve the problems which now confront us. And, after all, why shouldn't we believe that? We are Americans. God bless you, and thank you.

As we look back to that tragic day eight years ago we take pride in the fact that we came together as a nation in the days, months and years that followed. We rose to the challenge that fateful day and we still can. And why shouldn't we believe that? We are Americans.

I thank all our servicemen and women, in and out of uniform, for keeping us safe over the last eight years in the face of enormous odds.

Please thank a veteran today. They certainly do not look for those thanks, but they have more than earned it.

- Sarah Palin

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