Just GOT BACK FROM TEA PARTY PROTEST

[mstinamotorcity]

There were two groups of protesters.One group was laid off Auto workers,who want jobs for America.Then there were the Tea baggers. When I first arrived in Downtown Detroit I made it my business to first drive by Cobo Hall where the Auto Show is being held.I arrived there around 9:45 a.m. There were three men in U.A.W. jackets standing in front of the Cobo Center across the street with picket signs that read jobs for America. I went and found a parking space and parked.Jumped on the people mover at Bricktown and got out at the Renaissance Center where the G.M. Headquarters is located.I walked around the complex searching endlessly for the infamous tea baggers but somehow they were eluding me.After purchasing a cup of coffee from Mickey D's,I spotted them on the ramp overhead leaving out of the Rena Cen.there were about ten of them with their little teabag signs.Before I could catch up to them they had exited through the Hotel lobby and down Jefferson Ave.west toward Cobo Hall.I decided to catch the people mover around to Cobo Center to see how many protesters there were.As the train passed by i could see the protesters who had just left the Ren Cen walking in that direction.As we neared Cobo I could see a few more,so i decided to ride through back to my car so i could drive by and get a closer look.I went back to Cobo Hall and when i got there low and behold some actual tea baggers shivering in Detroit.They were on the other side of the street with police separating them from the U.A.W.There may have been twenty or so tea baggers.Some had pictures of our President as the Joker with the Stethoscope and God Bless America,and flags.There were no black eyes or busted lips,no foot up nobody's keyster.Only a group of people who should learn to dress for our beautiful Michigan weather.I left the tea baggers who's protest was to start at 9:30am but didn't get underway until about 10:45, around 12 noon.you know they were smiling for the camera.Sometimes i can't stand the MSM some things are just not news.

[ellie]

1. Thank you for the report!

My husband is up in Detroit today, I will ask him if he saw any teabaggers.

[mstinamotorcity]

14. got pics trying to get them

from my phone to my pc to DU

[ensho]

2. thanks for the report - interesting

nt

[Don Caballero]

3. Those protests are so racist

I saw in my city and could not get over the negative racial vibes I felt.

[GMA]

16. vibes?

That's how you tell if someone is racist? I'll have to try that. It's so much less rigorous than my method of actually listening to a person, or--oh no--getting to know him or her.

[GMA]

4. You sound like an anthropologist, tracking down a rare

tribe.

[mstinamotorcity]

8. I was so interested in meeting with this new

and relatively unknown species that has just surfaced since the election of President Obama.It was like going on Safari,these are some rare creatures and one only gets to see them during tea bag mating season.When they join with other tea baggers:P :P :P

[chollybocker]

36. "tea bag mating season"

made me LOL. And throw up a little, at the very thought. :)

[blondeatlast]

5. Interesting; many thanks for the report! nt

[bluestateguy]

6. Protesting against their country in a time of war

Disgusting.

[Flaneur]

7. ...is somethine many Democrats did during the last administration.

Please don't play false patriotism games. That's disgusting.

[ret5hd]

9. Calling out hypocrisy is neither false patriotism nor disgusting.

[Dogtown]

10. The point is

that WE were accused by them of being unpatriotic for such actions during the Bush administration. You've missed the posters *snicker* at the Rpublican hypocracy.

[blondeatlast]

12. It's the hypocrisy. nt

[Arkana]

39. Pretty sure the poster above was being sarcastic.

We were endlessly bashed for criticizing Dubya during "a time of war", but apparently because Obama's a Democrat (and black) it's OK to go at him.

[Joanne98]

11. Someone should have beaten them up. They are AGAINST jobs for America

The believe in FREE MARKET CAPITALISM

And that means they support...

GLOBALIZATION AND FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS!

SHIPPING JOBS TO CHINA AND INDIA!

And the complete destruction of the middle class in America!

They will deny this but....

THEY ARE LIARS!

[GMA]

13. Oh, yeah. That's a great idea.

n/t

[butterfly77]

15. I am also in Downtown Detroit today..

I couldn't get away or I would have taken a look see...

[patrice]

17. Good Work! Thank you!

I'd say infiltrate and educate, but I am concerned that these people are at least potentially dangerous.

[mstinamotorcity]

19. They play that crap

in some places but when you talk about bringing your tea bag game to Detroit you better be up on your s--t. We don't play selling wolf tickets here despite the fact there are so many people out of work don't let the smooth taste fool you,we got our hustle on and making it,so we are not afraid to purchase a dozen or so of a tea baggers wolf tickets or tea cups.And you are very welcome anytime i can give it to straight.

[Downtown Hound]

18. They want jobs for America yet support the Republicans Party?

I don't know why I'm still surprised at the immense stupidity of these people, but I am.

[rocktivity]

20. Upholding a near-decade old tradition

of being out-attended by the porta-potties!



:rofl:
rocktivity

[patrice]

29. I think I saw that rally. It was the weekend the rest of us had the White House quad completely

surrounded, streets packed curb-to-curb with people of ALL ages and types, and when it completed the square the beginning of our march met the end of the march, and STILL people were coming to join our resistance against Bush's War.

Everyone was spontaneously singing and rejoicing at finding one another, not at all like the sad desultory little bunch in this photo.

[gratuitous]

21. So, estimated attendance was 20 or so

Which will show up on Faux as 20,000, maybe 200,000. Do I hear 2 million? Zounds!

[mstinamotorcity]

22. got pics

trying to get them to DU,i e-mailed them to my self and now trying to figure out how to get them where everyone can see them.

[supernova]

23. You have to upload them to a pic hosting site

like photobucket or flickr. Once you do that, each pic will have a url. Copy that url in your DU post, then post the message. Then everyone here will be able to see your pics.

[Dappleganger]

24. Use this site to post your pics

http://imgur.com/register/

Nice and simple.

[patrice]

30. Upload them to one of the free photo servers like photobucket

(or just google "free photo servers"), once they are uploaded, copy the http://___________________ whatever and paste it into a message posted to this board.

[mstinamotorcity]

32. ok patrice

got the pictures loaded in the photobucket site having trouble with copying and bring link to du

[patrice]

38. There should be a "Save and Get link" button, click it and

then click in the "Direct Link" box, so that it is then selected/hilighted
With the link in the "Direct Link" box highlighted, hold down on the Ctrl key and push the letter "C" to Copy the link.
Come back here and start a post
Click in the Message box for your DU post
Hold down on the Ctrl key and push the letter "V" to Paste the link into the Message box for your post.

The picture below was linked here using a Copy & Paste of the link in photobucket.

[mstinamotorcity]

41. Hey I did it

i know it took me forever:hi:

[patrice]

43. Cool! . . . or I guess I should say, Cold! There really weren't very many of them were there.

You'll get better at the picture posting drill . . .

:hi:

[mstinamotorcity]

44. I feel like such a dweeb

My kids are usually the one doing tricks with the computer.And the tea baggers looked extremely stupid. They only showed up because it was media day at the auto show.They were trying to become famous.Maybe someone forgot to yell ACTION!!:fistbump: Thanks for the help

[patrice]

46. Please don't feel like a dweeb!!

I'd bet you have other talents AND you ARE learning the computer thingee!

:fistbump:

[mstinamotorcity]

42. the link is up

its near bottom of page of this post it may have been 20 ,25 but i think it will be kinda hard to beef up those numbers

[gratuitous]

25. Kick for pics

When they're ready . . .

[mstinamotorcity]

27. Trying to figure out

to do the url for the pics for my beloved DU. I have other DU ers helping me they will be available shortly.

[Hello_Kitty]

26. Interesting that they weren't dressed for the weather. Think they may have been from out of state?

[mstinamotorcity]

28. I don't know

But as soon as i get this crazy pic tech stuff together you may be the judge for yourself.:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[Bozita]

31. Detroit's Fox 2 11am newscast reported the presence of only TWO teabaggers.

A real jaw-dropping moment!

[EmeraldCityGrl]

33. K&R Thank you for braving the cold for this report.

[Motown_Johnny]

34. I was downtown from about 10:00 am until after 2:00pm and didn't see anything

and I drove right past the front of Cobo, had to make an illegal turn because people were parked in the thru land and I went straight through in the left turn only lane (at the stop sign, to go down to the river side of Cobo)



This must have been one very sad protest if I drove right past it and didn't even notice.

[Codeine]

35. Aaauuugh! Paragraphs! Space bar! Please! nt

[Motown_Johnny]

37. Rachel showed a couple pics

[mstinamotorcity]

40. okay everybody

i am tired of screwing with trying to get you this link.so i have the pics set up and i will supply you with this to view pics http://s940.photobucket.com/albums/ad247/mstinamotorcity/TEA%20PARTY%202010/ will work it out tomorrow.

[gratuitous]

45. My best guess is 16

Har-de-har-har. The pre-rally estimates were in the thousands. Thousands, I tell you!

I hope you didn't think I was nagging, Ms T. Reading my earlier post now (Kick for the pics), it looks like I might have been, but I wasn't.

[mstinamotorcity]

47. that was my whole

purpose for going to see these creatures in their natural habitat.we have been told that they migrate by the thousands,and beacuse i have never actually see this type of creature up close and personal i figured i would get the chance to tag them and keep track of them for futher study.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: