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Last year I wrote that the Tea Party demonstration in Washington was a "transformative event," and I described it through the eyes of a participant: Sometimes an event occurs which is transformative in a way that everyone who sees it or participates in it instantly is aware of. Yesterday's demonstration in Washington DC is one of those rare happenings in my opinion. The Daily Mail said 2 million Americans participated. My friend Charlie Martin extrapolated from the pictures an attendance figure of 2.3 million. Here is a time lapse of the parade portion of the event so you can get...

Thank you 8/28 rally attendees. Thank you Glenn Beck. The atmosphere here in DC was so sweet while y'all were here.

Cafe Folks Explore Glenn Beck's Pursuit of Honor Local retired banker and former right tackle, not to be confused with this writer's brother who played left tackle, D. L. Holiman quoted his hero Ronald Reagan before he had even sugered and saucered his coffee this morning, "Reagan said 'to say the federal government was spending money like drunken sailors would be to insult the sailors since they were at least spending their own money'. What would Reagan say about the Obama/Pelosi/Reid deficit. The CBO is projecting a fiscal year 2010 budget deficit of $1.34 trillion (with a T). Combined with...