Even though we were all considered suspect by DHS, patriotic Americans came out in droves in San Antonio, TX yesterday. I haven't heard anyone hazard a guess as to the head count, but it was well into the THOUSANDS!  Ours was by design, non-partisan.  I manned a booth that took names and e-mail addresses of attendees who wanted to remain in touch with the group for future events.  For those pundits & politicians out there who are breathing a sigh of relief that "it's over", think again!  It won't be over until the folks on the Beltway get their collective house in order, and spending under control!  Until then, we will continue to send them loud and clear messages.  Click "more" to see some pictures.

We had only one ugly incident, a man with a crude hand made sign that said "save white America".  I couldn't get the cops to get him out of there, he had the same freedom as the rest of us, afterall.  I did go up to him and tell him his sign was offensive, to which I received applause from attendees within earshot.  One lady came to the table asking us where the GOP table was?  We told her this was a non-partisan get-together, so they would not have a table.  A young man wearing a pro-Obama t-shirt came by the table to ask us a few questions "trying to understand what this was all about".  He was very polite, and we happily answered his questions, including "What did you think when Bush signed the original TARP bill" to which we obviously answered we were against as well.  That seemed to have surprised him.  Here are some views from yesterday.



Wish I could have taken a picture from atop one of these buildings, because this just doesn't show you the size of the crowd.



This was taken 2-3 hours before "show time"!



My friend Carolina, from Colombia, is quite an artist for being a robotics engineer.



How better to illustrate "pork"!  Some folks really got into it!  Note that it was not all "white"!



The Alamo is sacred ground, and there were not people in front of it, though this looks like it. 



We had a very diverse crowd, and it stayed very peaceful and had a "party" atmosphere. 

Some got into the original spirit of the party.



Some would have you believe this was child abuse.  She loved posing, and her hands say "see how special I am"! 

Our committee documentors (who filmed it all for a documentary I'll post when it is done), estimate the crowd at 15,000.  The local paper downplayed it to 5,000. 



This is where I spent most of my day, signing up folks with their e-mails.  This was a beginning, not the end of this movement.  We are building a database so we can stay in touch.  Our next event will probably be on Independence Day, July 4, 2009.  We are the formerly silent majority that is quiet no more! Steve Vaus proudly played this for us on the 15th.  We must take America BACK!