I’m not good at judging crowd size. Today, San Antonio held their Tea Party rally at the Alamo. It was crowded, but not as crowded as a Fiesta Event. I’d guess 10 thousand people were there. Funny, even after the event, local coverage hasn’t given an official number.

I went because, I wanted to see what was happening at the Alamo. There was a largely pro-American, patriotic and “don’t tax me without representation” crowd.  Everyone was as friendly as if they were at a family reunion.

For some reason, our legislators are bound and determined to reward failure (i.e. bailout money for crooks, liars and bad decision making), but the Tea Party events, held around the country are a sign of solidarity, against such idiocy. Choosing April 15th (Tax Day) wasn’t a bad idea either.

The events I stayed for were (in order of appearance): Glenn Beck, Live Music, Pledge of Allegiance, Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, “God Bless America” (sung), Story of the Alamo, Katharine Moreno (an excellent immigrant story. I hope someone puts it on youtube) and Ted Nugent played the National Anthem.

Contrary to all the rumblings of Acorn being on the prowl, they weren’t there.

The many signs I saw were excellent, to the point and very creative. “Don’t Tread On Me”, “This is Texas, not Tax-us” and so on.

Here are a couple of pictures and a video to boot.

Alamo Plaza Closed Down for the Day

Texas flag on top of high building
Multiple American flags on Stage
Alamo in the Background

Short but powerful, uniquely Texan- Youtube Video (here)

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