Kowabunga

Today was the Tax Cut Coalition Rally at the Minnesota State Capitol, and I am very glad I headed up early as there was a competing event on the Capital Mall sponsored by the Sierra Club. When I arrived, there were already about a hundred people at the State Capitol for the rally. That was the tip of the iceberg.

By the time the rally actually started, the gathering crowd hit some 5,000 people in size, greatly dwarfing the "Global Warming" rally that was held a few hundred feet away.

Two cohorts from the Townhall Meetup made an appearance. After a bit of chit-chat with Mark and Linda, I drifted off to pursue some additional photo ops.

There was quite a bit of signage, many of which were quite novel in their statements; some poked fun at Al gore, while others were blunt and to the point on taxation.

The list of speakers was extensive, and included several Minnesota State Reps including Mark Buesgens, Mary Liz Holberg, Marty Seifert and a couple of others, followed by Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann and Congressman John Kline, then, last but not least, Jason Lewis of KLTK and the main driving force for the Tax Cut coalition and this rally. And yes, there were several speakers from various allied organizations.

With the Sierra Club pushing its "Global Warming" alarmist agenda within hearing range of the sound system, much fun was poked at them, all of it was good natured.

The running theme of the event was the need for cutting taxes in Minnesota, and reducing state spending, which is destined to bloom by over $3 BILLION in new spending during the next biennium budget. This includes spending the $2 BILLION surplus plus over $800 MILLION in new confiscation, er, taxes.

Although Pawlenty has pledged to veto new taxes, it is clear that he will need the help of all Minnesotans in contacting their State Reps and Senators in order to assure that his vetoes will be sustained.

All in all, it was a great deal of fun and I am very glad I went. Next time, I'll have a real digital video camera instead of relying on my digital camera, which I managed to fill up the memory card in the middle of the rally. I didn't have enough memory to shoot even one picture of the "Global Warming" rally.

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Tax Cut Coalition Tax Cut Rally Minnesota Jason Lewis Sierra Club Global Warming