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Drove down to our State capitol for a TEA Party.  As ususal, some good, fiery rhetoric along with some advice on how to stop the madness.  I took the Fuji and, I gotta tell ya, it did GREAT.  You can see all the images here.       http://tinyurl.com/28l5tcf    I caught this guy who turned out to be a UPI photog.  He was drenched with sweat.  When I asked if I could get a shot of him, he graciously consented.  Then (and this took me by total surprise), he said, "Hey!  That's one of those new Fujis!  Mind if I take a look at it?"  The last two shots were taken by him.  He gave me his card and ask if I'd email the images to him.  He said it was REALLY impressive and wished he could get by with just an HS-10.



"Hey!  Is that one of those new Fujis?!"


See this guy?


See him now?  See him up along the railing of the building?  These where handheld and uncropped!

We don;t have "Tea Parties" here in Canada.  I only recently heard of them from Jeff Meyers on Face Book.  I really don't understand the concept. 

Anyway the photos are great,.  Don't let anyone say you are not a portrait photographer.  You have taken an awesome picture of that gentleman.

Quote from: JudyB on July 10, 2010, 10:34:47 PM
We don;t have "Tea Parties" here in Canada.  I only recently heard of them from Jeff Meyers on Face Book.  I really don't understand the concept. 

Anyway the photos are great,.  Don't let anyone say you are not a portrait photographer.  You have taken an awesome picture of that gentleman.

We of the TEA Party movement are, generally, in revolution against what we consider a government that is totally out of control.  The concept of our country is that the government is the people represented by our congressmen and senators.  Supposedly, we dictate to them how and what should be done.  What we have in place now is the classic case of tyranny... the roles have reversed themselves through passivity and complacency.  Many of our people have been dumbed-down and have made government their god and ruler/king/emperor.  This cannot and will not stand.  It was not designed that way.  TEA is an acronym for Taxed Enough Already but has evolved the same way the original Tea Party in Boston evolved over 200 years ago.  It isn't one particular person or thing but a combination of grievances against what is in place.  We want to get back to the Constitution.  Not the tyranny.

Gary, that's a fine explanation of the TEA party.

And what a great experience with the UPI photographer and testimony for your HS10.  

PS:  I finally found that fellow in the red shirt, in the last photo! 

 An absolutely amazing hand held shot on that 3rd image! Good shot of the photog also.

Glad to know you support the TEA movement Gary, you're a great american.

I found this as a link on Jeff Meyers Facebook.  It gives a lot of information and now that I have taken the time to read it I understand more.

Check it out Here

Jeff Meyers is  man that has worked with Dobson , spoken on KKLA and has set up a leadership program for youth to be Christian Leaders in all areas of life the coming years.

Quote from: JudyB on July 11, 2010, 12:21:12 PM
I found this as a link on Jeff Meyers Facebook.  It gives a lot of information and now that I have taken the time to read it I understand more.

Check it out Here

Jeff Meyers is  man that has worked with Dobson , spoken on KKLA and has set up a leadership program for youth to be Christian Leaders in all areas of life the coming years.

What you have is OPINIONS.  Some of the information is correct in that, while the TEA Party Movement does have Christians in it, it also has democrats and republicans and libertarians.  It is NOT about Christianity but is strongly Christian.  It is not about democratic or republican or libertarian doctrine.  Those are the very things that put "them" against "us".  It is about returning to the Constitution as our governing force.  The Constitution was founded on Judeo-Christian principles.  It's simple really but the intellects try to intellectualize and put something there that isn't.  The current politicians, in their arrogance, think that they dictate policy, law, edicts, etc to US, the common citizen while they do not have to obey the very laws they spew forth in total abandon and disregard.  The Constitution says it's the other way around.  What the current set of politicians have done was usurped the power from the people.  They have claimed the monies of the people as their own and spent (illegally, in many cases) this nation into a debt we will NEVER get out from under.  They have brought disgrace and dishonor to the nation's capitol through their actions and the people are getting VERY disgusted with it and are now, through this movement and others like it, preparing to take back our country and rid it of this malignancy.  It won't happen overnight because it didn't get this way overnight.  But, it will happen.  City by city.  State by state.  Just as chemotherapy rids the body of a cancer cell by cell, we will cleanse the malignancy from our country.  Make no mistake about it.  

 http://www.louisvilleteaparty.org/about/  in a nutshell.

 Gary, this is most likely the wrong place for this but I must say though I support the TEA party movement
I firmly believe our nation will not and cannot be salvaged by the government or any of the precious few organizations that are now on the scene in such an attempt. I think, as a nation and SOCIETY, we have strayed too far from God's will. Our nation has been blessed and can be again however I believe nothing short
of divine intervention will stand.
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Quote from: jimiam on July 12, 2010, 03:17:20 PM
Gary, this is most likely the wrong place for this but I must say though I support the TEA party movement
I firmly believe our nation will not and cannot be salvaged by the government or any of the precious few organizations that are now on the scene in such an attempt. I think, as a nation and SOCIETY, we have strayed too far from God's will. Our nation has been blessed and can be again however I believe nothing short
of divine intervention will stand.
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Thanks for that, Jim.  Our preacher did a whole sermon on that verse.  Matter of fact, he was on Glenn Beck a couple of days before he delivered that sermon and a LOT of people were wondering if that visit gave him pause to rewrite big portions of it.  The sermon was spectacular and he got applause throughout with a standing ovation at the end.  It was quite apparent that the sermon was God-inspired (as they all should be).  Turned out to be one of his best.