The Ramona, CA and Rancho Penasquitos Te…

The Ramona, CA and Rancho Penasquitos Tea Parties

April 15th. Tax Day. The day of doing a yearly chore that many of us detest. This is also the a day when many of us gathered to peaceably assemble in protest to the bailouts, the (unread) stimulus bill, an ignorant Dem-lead Congress, and Obama’s socialist policies which are being shoved down our throats at breakneck speed. Here are some photos; new camera with a tremendous learning curve, but I thought they turned out good.

I looked online for the nearest Tea Party and had two choices: Escondido or Rancho Penasquito. I chose Rancho P because I had wanted to get my hair done before 5PM. While driving on Main Street I was delightedly surprised to find that Ramona had one! I cancelled my hair appointment and joined them.

The Ramona Tea Party.

This is Kathy. She’s mailing out her income taxes. I loved her T-shirt and requested her photo.

More Tea Party attendees arriving. Headcount done: 150 and growing.

Pro Obama counterprotest: 7. Their signs included congratulating Obama for “success” and the tired old “hate is not a family value”. One of ours, carrying the yellow Gadsden flag, went over to talk to them. It was peaceful. One sheriff was assigned to this Tea Party—he was told maybe 35 people will show up, but it turned out much bigger.

Onto Rancho P, on the intersection of Rancho Carmel and Black Mtn Road. The Tea Party was in full swing when I arrived.

“Real men live within their income. Girly men get bailout$. Total whimps (sic) call themselves legislators.”

Weatherbeaten moi, with my sign.

Self-explanatory.

Obama Express

An American patriot.

Traffic was very heavy. The support was heartwarmingly tremendous!! Only a handful of obscene gestures.

This was obviously bigger than the Ramona event, with more people arriving during the five hours I was there. I don’t know what the headcount is.

We were a noisy bunch! All four intersections were covered with people and lining down the block.

Across the street and starting to get dark but still going strong. I eventually joined and should have sooner; it was less cold and windy.

High school patriots. I have several pictures of the many young people who showed up and these guys are representative.

The late shift has arrived. It was past 9PM and I was getting ready to leave; I was hungry and it was very cold. The noise level did not abate!!

I anjoyed it! The Tea Parties were awesome, with great community support and no ACORN in sight; not one nut.

All photos by Elizabeth M. Taylor