Well ... you really showed up over the weekend. Those of you who participated in the Tea Party protest in Washington sure did make a splash. You are to be congratulated. You did it! You showed up in numbers that not only surprised the DC police, but that I suspect shocked the political class. I was at an event last evening where I had a chance to shoot the breeze with both of Georgia's U.S. Senators. Let me tell you, my friends ... you've made an impact. There will be a lot of Senators and Representatives heading back to their Capitol Hill offices today trying to figure out just what this tremendous showing means.

The White House seems to already have it figured out. Presidential dog-washer David Axelrod said yesterday that the people who showed up in Washington yesterday "don't represent mainstream American views." So ... there you have it.

I'll tell you who else is surprised. That would be the New York and Washington press corps. As my father would have said, "They didn't know whether to s___ or go blind." (Where did these Marines get all of these colorful sayings?) The media, you see, has an ideological platform to support; and trying to give the appearance of presenting an objective picture of what happened media in Washington over the weekend, while protecting their ideological platform, turned out to be almost impossible.

The first issue to come up was the parsing down of the crowd size. Many lamestream media outlets described the protest as "thousands." Then it grew to "tens of thousands." But in fact, the number could have been as high as 1.5 million protestors. Sadly, it took a British newspaper to report the higher figure. To visually see how many people showed up in Washington, take a look at this time lapse video. Pretty neat, huh?

Also take a look at two instances that occurred on CNN, while trying to cover the Tea Party protests over the weekend. The first is CNN trying to do a story on Rep. Joe Wilson:

Toward the end of the live broadcast, the anchor just turns around to address the crowd because she is being drowned out by the protestors. The next is CNN interviewing a Tea Party protestor. You can tell exactly what this anchor is thinking, but this protestor handled himself with civility and eloquence.

If you ask Obama or his advisors like David Axelrod ... they will tell you that this DC protest does not represent the mainstream view in America. That's also what they said over the month of August for people who voiced their opinions at the healthcare town halls. This is the strategy of the left: marginalize the outcry. Make them feel isolated. It's harder to fight something if you feel that you are alone.

If you really want some change in Washington, you can't let Washington and the mainstream media marginalize you in this manner. You have to continue this sentiment through next year's election and beyond.

My question: Was this a moment or a movement. If this is truly a movement, you have to keep the momentum going through election time because that is when you can really make a change.

We can hope, can't we?

But in case you haven't heard ..... you Tea Partiers have brought back the issue of race. This is the other way the MSM chooses to handle these protests. The liberal media can't, for the life of them, understand that there could be this many people who are not in love with massive and overbearing government. So they are trying to come up with other reasons why so many people would gather in protest, and the one reason they keep returning to is race. They continue to believe that this outcry has nothing to do with our imperial federal government but has everything to do with the color of the president's skin.

Take a look at this screen shot, for example, from CNN. Along with its coverage of the Tea Party in Washington over the weekend, CNN questioned whether or not this had anything to do with race.

In another example of race-baiting, Maureen Dowd of the New York Times wrote a column accusing Rep. Joe Wilson of racism. She says, "Surrounded by middle-aged white guys -- a sepia snapshot of the days when such pols ran Washington like their own men's club -- Joe Wilson yelled "You lie!" at a president who didn't. But, fair or not, what I heard was an unspoken word in the air: You lie, boy!"

Oh .. .and while we're at it, everyone knows that the Asian woman who called a foot-fault on Serena Williams over the weekend is a die-hard racist and probably has a white sheet and hood in the back of her car.

Even ACORN has jumped back into the race issue ......

It seems that there was a Tea Party tax protest scheduled for Independence Day in Gwinnett County. The event was going to take place in the parking lot of the old Macy's at Gwinnett Place Mall. Gwinnett Place is a Simon mall. The parking lot where the event was to take place is privately owned. The owner of the property had given permission. Last week the Simon people asked the event organizers to come to a meeting. Even though Simon did not own the property, there were some contractual agreements that gave Simon control over what could and could not be done there. So ... the Tea Party is now history. Julianne Thompson, the co-organizer of the event, tells us that Simon didn't like the fact that the word "protest" was being used to promote the event --- besides, Simon doesn't like "political events" on property they control.

So .. there you go. The Scheduled Atlanta Tea Party is history. The vendors, fireworks, children's activities ... all of it cancelled. No alternative location could be found on such short notice. So, on this Independence day, we want to thank Simon Property Group, Inc. for standing up for the cause of liberty. Not.

There are other Tea Party tax protests in the Atlanta area for Independence Day. Check out this list of nationwide protests to find one near you. 

OK .. I'm going to make some people mad with this one, but would you folks please put this asinine "tea party" idea to rest? I'm just a wee-bit tired of hearing excited stories about people sending tea bags to their congressmen. Sorry ... but how LAME!

OK .. first of all; these tea bags are NOT getting to the people you're sending them to. Do you remember 9/11? Do you remember the anthrax scares that came along after 9/11? Well ... maybe you also remember that they set up a mail processing facility for members of congress after the anthrax letters were sent. Now you folks actually think that your tea bags are going to go ripping through that mail processing facility and end up being dumped on some congressman's desk? Yeah ... and Obama's going to give a speech without a teleprompter any day now.

Do we need action? Yes, absolutely. We've lost control of this government. We're rapidly approaching the point ... give it two years or so ... where the majority of eligible voters in this country will be getting checks from the government instead of paying taxes. Can you guess how these people will vote? It certainly won't be for anyone who promotes self-sufficiency. And you think we're going to turn this thing around by mailing tea bags that will get thrown away in some postal handling facility miles away from the office of the elected official you sent them to?

Not trying to rain on your parade .. but you're taking the easy way out here. "Hey, we're in a jam, but I DID something! I mailed a tea bag to my congressman! When the history of the 21st century is told I'm going to be right there because I mailed a tea bag!"

Over two hundred years ago young patriots dragged their naked feet down icy roads - leaving a trail of blood - to fight for independence. And you're sending tea bags. Put a tea bag in the mail and your job is done.

Use your tea bags to make tea and do something meaningful. Go around your workplace or neighborhood and register voters who actually produce and contribute to our society. Trust me, there are enough people out there registering the parasites, find the producers who don't vote - convince them that their vote is needed and would count - and sign them up. Then take a copy of their voter registration, put it with the other copies you've already collected, and send them to your congressman. It sure would count for a lot more than a tea bag. If you think all your co-workers and friends are already registered ... then design a little "I'm voting in 2010" pledge form and get them signed. Then send copies of those. What do you think an elected official is going to pay attention to? A tea bag or a pledge to vote in 2010?

Quit taking the easy way out here. Anyone can go to the grocery store and buy tea bags. Takes a bit more to hit the pavement and find voters.

From now on ... no more calls about your great tea party protests. If that's all you have to offer go find a copy of People Magazine and dig in.