Tax Day Tea Party

Yesterday I attended one of the thousands of Tax Day Tea Parties that were held across the nation.  I chose to attend one in a small town east of San Antonio.  Floresville is about 30 miles east of San Antonio and about 20 miles from my house.  I chose to go there instead of the big Tea Party in San Antonio because I thought that small towns need to be heard too and I am more of a small town person anyhow.  I happened to see one of my classmates there and so I sat with Shelby Koehler and his wife and had a nice visit with them while waiting for the event to get started.

They had a local band attempting to play some music and as Shelby said, the old German used to say “If you can’t play good, play loud.”  They played loud.  We were sitting at least fifty yards from the speakers and it was still loud even with my bad hearing.

Finally the event got started and the band quit making noise and it was okay.  We heard from General George Washington.

General George told us about how the country was founded and where it was going to now.  Next we had a speaker who happens to teach civics in Floresville High School and she told us about all the things that Washington is doing and trying to do that are against the Constitution.  That was very good and got several rounds of applause.  There were a few more speakers and some good ones and some bad ones.  You have to remember, it was a small town and you shouldn’t expect great motivators or orators.  It lasted about a hour and 45 minutes and that was about 30 minutes too long and the crowds started to break up.

I am not a good estimator but I guess there were between 200-300 people there.

  

I thought that it was a good turn out for a small town.  I had a good time and I am glad that I attended.