[leapfrog0202]

And how often do you get out on the streets, get loud mad and visible? It’s all well and good to tell others if you are doing it, but don’t preach if you aren’t.

I am doing so here in NM with our Tea Party and we couldn’t buy news coverage or publicity if we tried. Getting visible only works to a point without coverage or publicity.

[wku man]

I marched with the Idaho Second Amendment Alliance a few months ago, through the streets of Boise. I'm in the process of trying to raise funds for a Veterans' Day rally I hope to organize this fall. I'm also trying to get my own national Tea Party-affiliated group, POVUS.org (Pi**ed Off Veterans of the United States) organized, funded, off the ground, and out there making waves. All this while waiting for the VA to get around to operating on my back so I can walk normally again. Is that enough for now?

Our local Tea Party group is more concerned with going on local talk radio shows and organizing golf tournaments than with doing anything of value. I'm glad yours is active, but I can't imagine not getting news coverage. I'm a former radio and TV reporter, so I know good and doggone well how common slow news days are, especially over the weekend. Local news organizations jump at any opportunity to cover local events of significance, rather than the same ol' small-to-medium market BS. So maybe you're not reaching out to them? Try finding someone who can write a press release, and fax or e-mail blast it out to every radio, TV, print and online news group in your area. Call into local talk shows to talk about your rally. Write letters to the editor. You'll get coverage.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!