Posted by
Dave The White House Slave on Sunday, September 13, 2009 12:00:00 AM
I was not able to attend the DC protests, mostly due to my own financial situation. I now work for about 60% of what I earned last year and will soon take on a 2nd job. Atleast I'm able to find work! But the prospect of 7 day work weeks does not make me feel all warm and fuzzy. Yesterday I attended a gathering in Worcester Massachusetts at the very busy intersection at Lincoln Square. At the peak of the event there were about 100 of us holding homemade signs and waving at drivers, many of whom honked in support of our cause. We got the bird from two drivers and the "your crazy" sign from a couple more. But it was largely a positive 90 minutes of waving and chatting with people who I deem as normal Americans.
The highlight for me was a woman who was taking oxygen and sitting in a wheelchair with a sign that read, "leave my health care alone!" Several of us went over to meet this true patriot. I made the comment several times how this was not an angry "mob" or "astroturf", but a peaceful group of very concerned citizens. When I got back home I was able to catch the last hour or so of Glenn Beck and the DC Tea Parties. There were estimates of well over a million people, and this could be the largest gathering ever on the mall. This is about freedom, lower taxes, less government, and a restored sense of who's in charge. We are. We're in charge. And this wave won't crest until 2010.