I arrived at Spanish Landing around 10:30, well ahead of the 11:00 start time for the Tea Party, but there were already a lot of people there.
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The organizers were selling T-shirts. They had ordered only 100, and they were sold out before the event officially started.
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While most of the people were in the park centered around the speakers' platform, a handful of people were along Harbor Drive, drawing honks and waves from passing cars. This later grew to several dozen people along the road.
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Most folks seemed to have made their own signs. There were more A's for creativity and effort than for execution.
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The part below the line might help you become Barney Frank's cellmate.
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There were patriots of all ages there -- quite a few kids, in fact.
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An eager crowd awaits the speakers.
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I love waterboarding!
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Somebody brought along a big banner of the Constitution, with Sharpie markers so that everyone could sign.
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The guy in the white baseball cap is Richard Rider, local Libertarian activist and frequent candidate for office. His "Dick Rider for Supervisor" signs in the early 90's were a huge hit for amateur comedians. Rider was the only person I recognized at the protest, as local politicians and media seem to have avoided it.
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Obama was about as popular as Arnold Schwarzenegger...
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... whose likeness disgraced a piƱata.
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Lady Liberty was there.
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