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Entries from April 2010

Black Conservative Touts Ronald Reagan Values (Update)

April 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Lloyd Marcus makes it a point to tell audiences that he is not an African-American; instead, he says, “I’m an American.”  And that’s exactly what he did when he took the stage to open the Tea Party Express III rally Monday afternoon in St. Charles, Mo. After entertaining the crowd of more than 500 conservatives [...]

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Plans for Tea Party Violence Revealed (Update)

April 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment

More and more allegations of right-wing violence are making their way into the headlines these days.  Because many have proven to be without merit despite big money being offered for proof they happened, I set out to find out the truth about these allegations, I infiltrated the crowd at the Tea Party Express III rally [...]

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Is She Greedy? Small Business Owner Pays Employees $400K, Pays Herself 20 Cents an Hour (Update)

April 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Many people on the left like to paint business owners as greedy.  Sandy Richter owns Sandy’s Back Porch, a garden center and gift shop in Belleville, Ill., and she doesn’t fit that description. One person in a crowd of more than 500 who attended the at the Tea Party Express III rally Monday afternoon in [...]

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College Student Understands What’s at Stake (Update)

April 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Despite a 30-minute deluge of rain, more than 500 people showed up for the Tea Party Express III rally Monday afternoon in St. Charles, Mo.  I spoke with dozens of people during more than three hours I was on site.  One who stood out from the rest was a college student named Josh Ciskowski. A [...]

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Despite Rain, It Was A Good Day for a Tea Party (Update)

April 5th, 2010 · No Comments

Despite a heavy downpour, it was a good day with more than 500 in attendance at the Tea Party Express III rally held Monday afternoon at Frontier Park in St. Charles, Mo.  One of the things that made it “good” was my chance to meet Lloyd “Tea Party Anthem” Marcus in person for the first [...]

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Tea Party Express Rally Draws 500 in St. Charles

April 5th, 2010 · No Comments

Even a 30-minute downpour of rain just prior to the event didn’t dampen the spirits of more than 500 people who attended the Tea Party Express III rally at Frontier Park in St. Charles, Mo., just across the Missouri River from St. Louis. The photo above shows a view of the crowd about an hour [...]

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Bunning: ‘Dems don’t want to help unemployed’

April 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment

U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) issued the following statement this morning on the failure of Congressional Democrats to extend the unemployment benefits that are scheduled to expire today: “Before the Senate adjourned for the Easter Recess, Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats had agreed to pass a one-week extension of unemployment benefits that was fully paid [...]

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