A great day to be an American

April 15th, the day millions of Americans dread, is here. But this year wasn't like other years when we refill the government coffers. This is the year where hundreds of thousands of Americans, many who are sick and tired of seeing their taxes go up, and many others who are sickened by the amount of spending that not only President Obama is endorsing, but what George Bush endorsed when he was President stood up and said enough is enough.

And while the idea for T.E.A.(Taxed Enough Already) Parties are being attributed to "far right wing" extremists, that is not the case. Today I saw people from many walks of life, and while there were some, well, lets just say "interesting" people, most were there to show their disgust with the bureaucrats in Washington D.C. I saw people who had shirts proclaiming themselves "Fiscally responsible Democrats." I saw people who are sick and tired of having their hard earned money being wasted. I talked to people who claimed that they never had thought about coming to a rally, but felt they had to do something to feel like they are being heard.

All in all, it was a positive experience. I am glad that I went down and participated. I am one of those who never pictured myself attending something like this, but after the last 3 years of ridiculous amounts of money being flushed down the toilet (Even worse, the amount since September is enough to make you throw up in your mouth.) something had to be done to show my disgust. There were estimates of between 600-700 people in attendance, and I had the privilege of meeting a few of them. Here are some pics from this afternoon:

My friend from church, Cara Linde, with the killer sign she made for the occasion. You will notice this sign somewhere else further down in the pics. She called about 30 minutes before the rally and was thinking of not going. When I told her it was her patriotic duty, she changed her mind.

This is towards the beginning of the rally. Cars were honking in support. Of course there were also naysayers who drove by who like it when the government wastes their money, but I didn't get any pic of them.

When I saw this couple with their kids here, it made me wish I would have brought Alexandra and Lorelai with me so they could see what we have the right to do in this great country of ours. That, and I love this dude's sign.

Another pic towards the beginning. An hour later there was standing room only this close.

More people lining the street to wave at passing cars.


This is just one side of the crowd that showed up.

I saw these guys and loved all three signs. The middle one hits the nail on the head. This is not just a Republican or Democrat problem. Both parties are guilty of spending money that we don't have.

I saw this guy walk all over the place with that flag. He could have been off doing something else with his afternoon, but decided to spend his time in the park. I am glad he was there and let me take his photo.

This sign needs no explanation.

I told you Cara's sign would make another appearance. When she had to leave she asked the man in charge if he would like to use her sign in front of the speaker's table, and he gladly obliged.

The three stooges. Sad but 100 percent true.

Nice simple sign that pretty much spells it out for you. The first picture I took of he she wasn't looking. This one she smiled for me, but alas, the sign covered up her mug.

More young adults out letting their voices be heard. I only hope that my girls would have the courage to do this at that age. I think they will.

Talk about a family affair! I spoke with this lovely lady for a few minutes about how we both felt we had to do something. She told me that it was a good experience for her kids to be at the rally. Even though her children saw some of the negativity that certain motorists driving past exhibited, it was still worth it.

This lady looked very happy to me to be there.

Yet another nice young family I encountered today. I loved their kids shirts. They read, "I'm 3 years old and already owe 33,000!"

Another creative sign. I love the addition of the floaty!

Another good sign.

It was nice to see so many people who wanted to be there this afternoon.

This girl and her friend both had these shirts.

Another view from the speaking area.

My second favorite sign of the day! Thank you President Obama!

When I asked these lovely ladies if I could use their picture for El Donaldo Blogo, they wanted to make sure that I wasn't going to be negative towards them. When I explained I was 100 percent on their side, they were more than happy to oblige.

For those of you who haven't seen the Youtube video of Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP for the South East of England, he sums this sentiment up perfectly.

This doesn't have to do with the rally. I just like the dog.

And last but not least, my favorite sign of the night. Yes I did give Obama props for giving the order to take out those dirt bag pirates, but I still loved this sign.

Hopefully some of you were able to make it to Tea Parties in your towns, and were able to have your voice heard. If not, I have a strong feeling that these will not be the last tea parties. Like I heard someone say earlier today, something is brewing in this country, whether people like it or not.

Idiot Of The Week

This week it wasn't hard to find my idiot. It is none other than Mr. Charles Rangel (D) from New York. Lets go over a quick peek of his resume shall we?

• Been a congressman since 1971 representing the 15th congressional district of New York.


• Chairman of the Ways and Means committee


• Chief tax code writer for the United States


• Yes, you read that right. He writes the tax code. The man knows the U.S. tax system
  
  

  With the above information now in your brain, consider this:

This week it was found that Mr. Rangel has not paid $75,000 of taxes he owes on a villa that he owns in the Dominican Republic. He rents it out at around 500 bucks a night. He claims that he didn't know that he was supposed to pay taxes on it, and that he would amend his tax returns. Now keep in mind the bulleted points above, and re-read my last sentence.

Not only that, but this story also broke about how he owns four rent controlled apartments, that are meant for lower income residents. But good ol Charlie uses one of the for a campaign office, one to live in, and who knows what the other two are for. Oh yes, one more thing. The rent he pays on all four places is about half of what other apartments rent out at.

So congrats to Mr. Rangel. Somehow you have been in public office for 37 years, and no one told you that taxes were kinda something that had to be taken care of. And of course, he is a powerful man, so only a big OOPS! on his part, and the payment is made. Not even a slap on the wrist. Now, lets see Mr. Joe Sixpack try and pull this stunt. I may not be a rocket scientist, but I don't think it would end well for him.

Is it any surprise congress has like a 9 percent approval rating? Mmm....nope. Have a good weekend everyone.

Thoughts from a worker bee

Ah, April 15th, tax day. There are a few things on my mind, so I might as well get them out there. First off, I will jump into the whole tax thing. There was this bit that I heard Jim Rome do about 7 years ago, and every time at this year I think about it. He was talking about how his favorite thing to do is watch the local news interview people at the Post Office, who are waiting in line at 11:55, trying to get that return postmarked so they aren’t late. And that how you just know that about half of the people there will get the post mark at 12:01, and will have a penalty. Because after all, everyone knows how happy and willing post office workers are to help you when they are stuck at their jobs till midnight taking returns. They are just about as helpful as the guy who is behind the counter at the DMV.

Has anyone been watching baseball since the season started up a couple weeks back? I know I have, and it has been enjoyable so far. That is, except for one little thing. It just doesn’t seem right that some of these games are being played in football like conditions. Over the weekend I was watching highlights of a game played in Cleveland, and it was SNOWING! Are you kidding me? Once again, I need to call out Al Gore. I bet the good people of Cleveland are wishing that your bull crap was true, because I don’t think they like having to be dressed up in their Cleveland Browns best to go watch the Indians play. Even Seattle is affected by it. I was watching the shellacking that Kansas City (Which by the way, KC is sitting at 8-5 right now...isn’t it usually about mid May by the time they hit 8 wins?) was putting on the Mariners last night, and you could see the breath of all the players out on the field. I could have sworn that they were all taking a big smoke break.

So I want everyone across the nation to do their part to get the weather where it needs to be for baseball. Go buy some cows, and put those bad boys in your front yard. If Co2 is what makes us warm up, then the more cows the better. After all, they produce more Co2 than your Tahoe does. (Funny how you don’t hear the global warming nut jobs shouting from the rooftops that we need to kill all cows and become vegans. I guess they don’t want to give up the bliss that is a Porterhouse.)

OK, last but not least on today’s agenda…the Nintendo Wii. We have a Wii in the Sorenson household, and we love it. There are many things that you can do with it, and Nintendo is adding more all the time. Just last night I downloaded some classic NES games to play. It was nice playing Super Punch Out and Super Mario Brothers 3 again. I even have some PacMan action going on, if you want to go back even further. If you haven’t had the joy of playing one, give us a ring and come on over, we would love the company.

But for those of you out there who are lucky enough to own a Wii, I have a favor to ask you. The cool thing about the Wii is that you are able to become “friends” with other Wii owners. Every Wii has a code, and when that code is shared with other systems, the systems become friends. You can them trade Mii’s, and they are coming out with games that you can play against others online. Right now our Wii system only has one friend. I know that all the Mii’s that our girls have created are yearning to crawl out to other peoples’ systems, and to play in their games. So the favor I ask is this: Please send me your Wii code so we can become friends. And since it takes two to tango, here is my Wii code. 1585 0527 6165 6045.

So there you have it. A little pinch of politics, a dash of sports, and some game system talk. I must say this is a good all around post. Have a good Tuesday everyone. And stay tuned, I am trying to think up a contest that I can do to give away some World Famous DonSalsa. (Don’t worry Mike and Cindy, when you guys come over, I will make you some.) And don’t forget your taxes…millions of illegal immigrants and welfare cases are depending on you!