Nashville Tea Party

Earlier toady, I got the opportunity to participate in my first official political rally!  Despite the unpleasant weather, difficulties of Nashville parking, and being fairly sick, I carried my hand-made poster downtown and staked my ground at Legislative Plaza with many other good Americans for the Nashville Tea Party.

There were actually many tea parties taking place all around the country today, most of which are listed here.  The primary purpose of these rallies was to bring attention to the outrageous level of spending from Obama and Congress right now and let them know that manyAmericans are unhappy about it.

There were plenty of well made signs with strong, concise messages being carried by my fellow protestors.  Some examples include, "Obamanomics:  Chains We Can Believe In" and If I'm Paying Your Mortgage, When Can I Move In?"  There were several speakers, such as Rep. Susan Linn and Tennessee Republican Party Chair Robin Smith, who delivered short messages about how the spending has really gotten out of hand and encouraged citizens to voice their discontent with it all.

It really was a lot of fun, and hopefully it will lead to more events like this in the future where opinions of the majority can be expressed.  I will definitely be in attendance, even if it makes me look like a jobless hippie.

Here are a couple of pictures from the rally that I found on the internet (Al Gore's most famous invention).  I'm in the first one with the white hat holding my cell phone up to take my own pictures of the event.  The other (hat tip to Libertas Populi) is of the guy I walked with from the parking deck to Legislative Plaza.  I don't know his name, but I like the sign he made.  Since you're probably dying to know, mine read, "'Punished With A Baby'?  Let's Punish Our Kids With Debt."  It wasn't very pretty since I only had time to make it after arriving at the rally (some people have to work), so I'm not showing it to you.

Some good pictures from the other tea parties around the country can be seen here.

Note:  I'm deeply sorry for not posting in over a week.  I hope you all had enough Xanax to get you through this difficult time.  

A Momentous Occasion

Today, a remarkable and exciting thing happened in America.  No, I'm not talking about about B. Hussein Obama getting inaugurated.  The adjectives I use for that event are actually tragic and devastating.  There was another event that took place today that has been a long time coming.  Betty Clair and I have anticipated this moment for months.  

At approximately 2:32 p.m. central standard time, I put her car through yet another emissions test, which it had failed yet again last week.  This time, however, it passed with flying colors and we will finally be allowed to get her a Tennessee car tag.  It only took several months of mechanic work and hundred of dollars to get to this point.  (Thank you again for your influence, Mr. Gore.)

Thank you, Mr. Gore

Well, it looks like Betty Clair and I will have to spend hundreds of dollars on unnecessary car repairs, again. Thanks to all the hippies and tree-huggers, the state of Tennessee has an emissions test that all automobiles must pass in order to apply for a state license plate. The "Check Engine" light was on in both of our vehicles when we moved here; thus, we automatically fail the aforementioned test. The state completely disregards the fact that both of our automobiles are running perfectly fine and that neither one of them is actually polluting more than any other typical vehicle on the road. The heinous offense we have commited is that we simply allowed that dreaded little orange light to show up on the dashboard. Now we are forced to empty our wallets to change that in a desperate attempt to help save Mother Earth.

A couple of months ago, we has to spend about $800 on my truck alone to get the repairs done to turn my warning light off. Now, it appears that we will have to spend even more to repair Betty Clair's car. The mechanic, seemingly in a regretful manner, simply said, "Welcome to Tennessee." I'm sure he and many others in his profession have seen this circumstance many, many times since this initiative was implemented. Owners of safe, well-running cars and trucks are forced to spend gross amounts of money every year to have minor changes made to their car so this test can be passed and we don't burn up the planet with all our carbon use.

This frustrating dilemma exists due to things like the agenda being pushed by Al Gore and other crooks in his line of work. It is difficult to comprehend how this state program does very much to actually reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere. (It's actually not even a pollutant, but that topic requires another post entirely.) My truck is running exactly the same now as it did before we spent hundred of dollars on it, and I am quite certain that Betty Clair's car will respond the same way. We simply have to spend these exorbitant amounts of money so that Mr. Gore and his cohorts can sleep easier at night since they feel as if they are saving Mother Earth. I don't think he would pretend to care quite as much if his bank account didn't benefit greatly from this cause. However, he certainly makes sure that his own comfort isn't compromised by any of these standards, though, as evidenced by the fact that he leaves his car idling during speeches so that it is nice and cool upon his return. Additionally, his electricity bill at his personal residence here in Nashville shows more electricity usage in a month than the average home does in an entire year. That doesn't seem very eco-friendly to me. How is it that he is able to help impose these silly restrictions on average Americans in hopes of saving the planet, but he is the biggest (again, pun intended) hypocrite around when it comes to his own affairs? Will the mainstream media ever call him out on it? That doesn't seem likely. Now, he is also even calling for acts of civil disobedience as a means to prevent construction of new coal plants. Yes, he is encouraging people to break laws to further his cause. I don't think he would do so himself, though. That would require too much energy, and maybe his excuse is he doesn't want to breathe too hard and pollute the air with all his carbon, which is not the only hot air he expels.

I, for one, believe this whole claim of man-made climate change is the most widely employed scam on the human race ever, so all this trouble of ours makes me particularly furious. Unfortunately, the media has jumped on the bandwagon and Americans seem to blindly listen to anything they are told by people like Katie Couric, George Clooney, or Oprah (more people who fuss about this problem after arrive in private jets or limousines). Hopefully, history will one day look back on this ploy and realize what a shame it was how so many people were duped by this idea. Until then, I guess we just have to suck it up and spend all our money on pointless automobile work that has no impact whatsoever on how hot it is tomorrow.