Tea Party at Annapolis, Maryland

By Katherine Black

      Cold rain flowed rapidly down the gutters as we picked our way toward the dock area of Annapolis, which was once the temporary Capitol of America from 1783-1784. And now it was the Capital of the state of Maryland.    It was Tuesday, April 15, 2009, the day Americans pay their taxes. As we drove around looking for a parking place, people of all ages walked toward the dock with signs, some written on their rain ponchos, some being carried.  But the true story was written on their bent figures pressed down by wind and rain. They were human signs determined and not deterred by the downpour.

     The crowd, estimated at 3,000 people, stood in the pouring rain for two hours to let their leaders know that socialism would not be tolerated in "their" Republic.  They were patriots, just as true as the ones who were cold and wet all through the winter at Valley Forge who also fought without support from their government.  Those historical patriots fought for principles and values and so did the crowd of modern day patriots who came to the Annapolis Tea Party. 

     They wanted less government spending, not more.  Some said they wanted government to get out of the business of schooling their children, others said they wanted a third party because the ones in power no longer cared about what they thought, or their values and principles, only what special interest groups wanted.  A single mother, who had a small business said that once in power representatives forgot that just under half of the people they represent were still Marylanders with different beliefs and values then those who put them in office. The government becoming "big daddy" to a lot of victims and encouraging entitlement was spoken aloud by the crowd.  Some wanted us to hear that big government was expanding into their lives and pocketbooks in ways that took away their liberty.   

     Older men spoke of factories closing and jobs being taken overseas that they felt belonged to them. One of the grass root website speakers declared that she was tired of social engineering by leaders. The crowd roared at that comment as they did at many other ones.  Others spoke of illegal immigrants, who either came here to take their jobs.  Others were upset that the jobs Americans needed had been outsourced.  This was Middle America at its best, moral, hard-working, people that loved God and their country.   

     What it may have been was the beginning of a great shift into a third party system, or the beginnings of a revolution where those that, make the money, no longer allow those, who serve them, to spend it without their approval.  I actually felt that Americans were ready, with the technology of the 21st century, to birth a true democracy instead of a Republic.  Time will tell.

People involved in the Tea Party Movement http://www.teapartyday.com/Locations.aspx 

b.  People involved in the defending our constitution

http://www.defendourconstitution.org/id4.html 

c.  State Sovereignty  groups all over the United States

http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/ 

d.  Those leaders involved in the Patrick Henry Caucus

http://thepatrickhenrycaucus.org/   

Even though Glen Beck is a Mormon, I believe God is using his show to arouse the public to just how many of their personal rights are being eroded on a daily basis by a government of tyranny.    He has a show  at 5:00 pm on Fox cable news.  He states the truth in entertaining ways.

e.   The Glen Beck 912 Group which stands for 9 principles and 12 values and calls America back to the unity experienced after 9/11. http://theglennbeck912project.com/