Jun 28, 2010

Tea Party Shouts Protest at Pelosi Fundraiser


Saturday June 26
Prominent  Democratic Party fundraiser, Stan Chesley, of exclusive Indian Hill, Oh. , offered his posh home to House Speaker, Pelosi, who is seeking dollars for her campaign war chest.  Earlier in the year, Chesley hosted  a similar gathering for Senator Harry Reid with the same price tag of $500.00 to $10,000.00 @ plate.  Local Tea Partiers volunteered shuttle work from a launch site at Livingston Lodge to the protest site at Camargo and Given Roads.

Despite her low profile visit with a small entourage of four SUVs, Tea Partiers sent out an open alert from Northern Kentucky and Ohio with an open invitation to protest her policies.  All age groups with various signs dotted both sides of the road.    

Jun 22, 2010

Memorial Day Service: Crown Hill Re-enactment


On Monday, May 31st., Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis was the scene for the annual re-enactment for the life and times for those in the blue & gray during the civil war with tents, storytelling by both confederate and union soldiers and 1800 period dressed women knitting while children played.

Jun 21, 2010

500 Festival Memorial Service


Memorial Day weekend kicked off on Friday, 28th. with a tribute to those who were fallen in all wars.  Every branch of service was represented during the Friday noon event presented by Rolls-Royce on the Circle in downtown Indy.  Among the dignitaries were Gov. Mitch Daniels, Mayor Greg Ballard, and Rear Admiral John Miller.  A rolling Caisson, wreath laying, and an F-16 missing man formation flyover were among the highlights. 


Jun 19, 2010

Indianapolis Prayer Rally

A week after the National Day of Prayer, another rally in Indianapolis with Mayor Ballard, Deputy Mayor Olgen, and concerned clergy and residents was held on May 22nd . On the downtown ‘Circle’, several clergy including James Jackson of ‘Fervent Church’ spoke passionately about the plight of those who cannot control their inter-personal relationships often erupting in violence. This was echoed by Mayor Ballard who had reviewed the increasing list of incidents that revealed horror stories among individuals who had no sense of self restraint or self control.

Jun 14, 2010

Rand Paul Takes Kentucky GOP Primary (Rand Paul series part 1)

A giant win in a step-up to becoming Kentucky’s GOP Senator to DC goes to Rand Paul.  This is his first time running for office, and he did it with grass roots support; specifically disenfranchised Kentuckians and Tea Party supporters.  This was another anti-establishment candidate including a backlash against the traditional GOP party endorsement.  Nationally, there are signs the GOP still does not either understand the movement or is simply in denial about the mood of their constituents and the founding values that once made the GOP the Grand Old Party of conservative principles that stood in stark contrast to the Democratic Party which favored larger government.  By today’s standards, even Ky. Office holders view him as too far right, but they would have said the same about many of the founders if they bothered to read what the founders stood for instead of passing congressional legislation they have not read and been complicit in a cumbersome system and dysfunctional representation.

After the primary win, a ‘unity rally’ was held near the Frankfort, Ky. State capitol at the McConnell building  where party officials officially endorsed his backing for November.  Those who feigned sincerity had to mask themselves with a grin and bear it routine.  Several things stuck in their craw.  Rand Paul won by giant proportions, won against his own party’s counter-endorsement, broke the back of business as usual within the KY. GOP, especially grassroots often taken for granted, and made the GOP look at its own unflattering and typically corruptive machine.  The man in the mirror is Rand Paul and the GOP has no choice but to embrace him if they want a win in November even if they find it hard to defend his image as a conservative with a libertarian bent and holding some ideas that may be philosophically repugnant to moderate Republicans.  In fact, such was the case when his appearance on the Rachel Maddow show dredged up a Louisville Courier news item where Paul questioned one of the tenets of the ’64 civil rights act.
The other segment of the unity rally brought not just avid local supporters and tea partiers but those from adjacent states as Ohio and Indiana.  The Lexington Herald carries the story:

Paul Wheeler of Indianapolis attended the event dressed as a colonial patriot “to lend Tea Party support” to Paul. He carried a sign that read, “Randslide in November”. Wheeler said Paul’s concerns about one portion of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was him “expressing his Libertarian philosophy that government should stay out of people’s business.” “This won’t hurt him, especially not in Kentucky,” Wheeler said of the interviews on MSNBC, National Public Radio and ABC, among others. Full Story
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