Tea Parties Represent Deep Concern of Americans

All Tea Party Photos by Alfredo

The Tea Parties across our nation where thousands of people participated represented the deep concern quickly spreading across America. Those participating with this grass roots showing of concern were young and old, Republicans and Democrats, people of different races and ethnic backgrounds. Yet the media wrongly labeled them as crazy right wing radicals, racists, and other derogatory terms. The media, except for Fox News, also failed to cover this outpouring of concern, essentially attempted to ignore it, as did the current administration in Washington. Yet if it were a left wing cause where 5 people gathered on a street corner it would have been front page "news" to the main stream media. Fortunately, people do understand how today's media works and that is why circulation and viewership have dramatically shifted downward.

The people at the Tea Parties were very friendly and orderly, nonetheless the common thread was very deep concern about the current course and future direction of our country. Universally people are concerned about out of control spending and a Congress that approved the largest spending legislation in the history of the world, without even reading it. They are concerned about too much control at the federal government level over business, banking, the auto industry, and their personal lives. They are concerned over inevitable higher taxes and the cost of living. They are concerned about loss of jobs. And they are concerned about the loss of personal freedoms. There is an anger over Washington, with both parties, and the lack of responsible represenation. Yes, there also is a deep concern over the media, their strong bias, their failure to report the truth and objectively report the real news that Americans deserve in a democracy such as ours.

The "radicals" at the Tea Parties were grandmothers deeply concerned about the future of their grandchildren. The "crazies" were young people very concerned about their immediate future and that of their country. The "right wingers" were democrats, some of whom were having second thoughts about voting for Obama. If the media had correctly and objectively covered the Tea Parties they would have sensed the deep concern of ALL Americans and the grass roots level simmering movement that will only get stronger as time goes on.