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The Tea Party Revolution has picked up some real steam (there are some great pics and videos on Malkin’s site here).  Dozens more protests are being planned (PJTV has a list here or you can go to Tax Day Tea Party).  Despite the thousands of people who are (and will be) protesting, the thousands upon thousands who wrote/faxed/emailed their representatives to stop Porkfest 2009, and the level of public frustration and outrage, we are being ignored.

When the protests first began, I recall seeing one quick reporting blurb on Headline News.  I still have not seen this story picked up by any major news outlet.  While it is possible that I have missed some reports (I do have better things to do than watch the news 24/7) I do recall far more attention paid to the likes of Code Pink’s protests caught on CSPAN.  I am not naive enough to believe that the MSM will give us the same attention, but the total media blackout is a bit spooky.  We’re not even being made fun of by MSNBC…nothing but chirping crickets.

An occasional story will appear like this one from the Village Voice, which is not really reporting, but seems more like snickering from the “popular crowd” during a grade school book report given by the class geek.

The best you could say for them was that they happened. Rightbloggers were the main publicists for the 40-odd rallies, and may be encouraged to have gotten even a few thousand widely-spaced conservatives to make signs and stand outdoors for a hour or two.

But that doesn’t matter: these rallies were not meant to sway ordinary citizens, who probably barely noticed them, but to assuage the hurt feelings of true believers out there in the blogosphere who will be delighted to hear that, in this Age of Obama, even a small number of people who believe the same things as they do stood in streets and parks and yelled in loud voices, as we reported from the New York tea party, to accuse Obama of socialism, communism, and fascism.

The right-wing (I really hate that term – but that’s another discussion) blogs, for the most part, are echoing and amplifying this protest.  At some point I expect a critical mass to be reached.  At some point I expect us to be taken seriously.  At some point…ahhh who am I kidding.  At some point the MSM is going to wish they never helped Obooboo get into office.  Sure, there will be those who will follow PBO into the gates of hell, but perhaps when Katie Couric has to decide to sell either her Park Avenue apartment or East Hampton home to pay her tax bill the new car smell might actually wear off.

In the mean time, let it be known to those on the left that this great country of ours is now truly on the wrong path.  And in no way is this similar to the “wrong path” that liberals decried at every turn when GWB was in office.  They could never actually point to something real – just hoist invective up the flagpole for their friends to salute.  We have the force of history, economics, and the dire warnings of our founding fathers on our side.  Whatever we do, we do not need to give up.  We need to continually say – in one loud voice – NO!  The American People do NOT want to destroy our economy or our political system.  We WILL NOT become a pseudo-fascist country without a serious fight.  We must shout this over and over again to all who can hear us.  The left got where they are by being the squeaky wheel, we need to go one better and be as loud as new break pads.

Keep the pressure up on your representatives.  Make their fax machines burn through toner cartridges.  It will help stimulate the economy and might eventually get the point across.  There is no need for long letters – they won’t read them anyway.  Just use these words: What part of “NO !” do you not understand? But don’t stop with just the representatives, let’s get the other government agencies involved as well.  Someone find Tim Geithner’s fax number and blow up his machine;  or the HHS director.  Better yet, here is the Department of Energy’s fax number 202-586-4403 (Secretary Stephen Chu).

Now for some good news, there is an effect occurring.  Those I talk to who once supported Obooboo (though for the life of them couldn’t tell me why), are now strangely quiet.  The effects on the stock market, and the real-world impact to their 401K’s seem to be chilling the fire that once blazed in their bellies.  The excitement they had now seems to be replaced with unspoken disappointment – like a kid who opens a Christmas present from their favorite relative and finds a sweater.  Normally, I would vote for letting Obama’s stupidity speak for itself, but the man is too damned dangerous to run around unchecked.  We need to keep the light on his past deeds and future plans, constantly pointing them out to everyone before the evil trinity of Reid, Pelosi, and Obama pull an Edward Smith and sink the country.

For if they succeed, “I told you so” will hardly seem like the right thing to say.