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Friday, September 11, 2009
My jump into activism
Tomorrow, September 12, 2009 I will be traveling with my parents down to Washington DC for the March on Washington. As I’ve gotten exceedingly frustrated with the path this country is on I have become more vocal and wanted to attend a local tea party rally on July 4th. But with no one to watch my girls I was unable to. But this was how the seed was planted for the DC trip. My Dad knew about the Sep 12th rally and suggested it. Luckily I was able to coerce convince my good friend June to watch the girls for me.
We’ve decided to join a bus trip down instead of driving and having to deal with the nightmare of parking, etc. The rally will start off at Freedom Plaza where there will be speakers. From there we will march 1.1 miles to the Capitol Building for a continuance of the rally and many more speakers.
And instead of just going to join in we will be armed with a 4’ x 6’ banner as well as flyers and postcards. Our goal is to not just oppose the ever-increasingly heavy tax burdens or the never-ending slide towards socialized medicine, but to bring back to the forefront of everyone’s mind what this country was founded on. Our individual rights have been eroding further away under each administration. So much so that many don’t think first of individual rights. And I for one want to make sure my children grow up knowing this country was founded as a Republic with a government whose sole purpose was (and still is) to protect our rights as individuals.
Here is everything we’ll be bringing with us. My Dad was the brains and behind the content and I designed them in Photoshop. We had them printed at Vista Print.
Banner:
Front of the Postcard: (click to enlarge and you can read it)
Back of the Postcard:
We’re expecting a strong media presence so keep an eye out for me on the news!
p.s. Sunday I will finally post about their first day of school. It's been a busy week here.
We’ve decided to join a bus trip down instead of driving and having to deal with the nightmare of parking, etc. The rally will start off at Freedom Plaza where there will be speakers. From there we will march 1.1 miles to the Capitol Building for a continuance of the rally and many more speakers.
And instead of just going to join in we will be armed with a 4’ x 6’ banner as well as flyers and postcards. Our goal is to not just oppose the ever-increasingly heavy tax burdens or the never-ending slide towards socialized medicine, but to bring back to the forefront of everyone’s mind what this country was founded on. Our individual rights have been eroding further away under each administration. So much so that many don’t think first of individual rights. And I for one want to make sure my children grow up knowing this country was founded as a Republic with a government whose sole purpose was (and still is) to protect our rights as individuals.
Here is everything we’ll be bringing with us. My Dad was the brains and behind the content and I designed them in Photoshop. We had them printed at Vista Print.
Banner:
Front of the Postcard: (click to enlarge and you can read it)
Back of the Postcard:
We’re expecting a strong media presence so keep an eye out for me on the news!
p.s. Sunday I will finally post about their first day of school. It's been a busy week here.
4 Comments:
love it... i love how it's all about the truth and what is and not individual views. bring back what this country is supposed to be about. the rights. the people. it worked for so long for a reason, we need to get back to it.
oh, i hope it doesn't confuse people that me and your dad seem to have the same blog. ;)
I wish I was so educated in politics. haha
Sorry June. :) You're all fixed.
Yesterda was AMAZING! Will post picks later today.
Like Sue, the Tea Party movement seems to be dominated by people making their first "jump into activism". This, in fact, was my first foray into any kind of street demonstration.
Hopefully, growth of the movement (now 6 mo. old) will continue and evolve into a political force that returns this country to its Founding Ideals, just as the original Tea Party culminated in the Declaration of Independence.
The suspense is killing me!!! J told me about the turnout -- must've been amazing.
Thanks for representin'!
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