Rep. Cornyn Booed, Called a ‘Traitor’ at Austin Tea Party

When Sen. John Cornyn took the stage at the July 4th Tea Party in Austin, Texas, he was booed and called a “traitor” and “the problem,” because he voted for the Wall Street bailout last year.

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Sen. Cornyn Booed, Called a ‘Traitor’ at Austin Tea Party

When Sen. John Cornyn took the stage at the July 4th Tea Party in Austin, Texas, he was booed and called a “traitor” and “the problem,” because he voted for the Wall Street bailout last year.

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UPDATE at 7/6/09 11:03:20 am:

Apparently, at the tea party in Washington DC there were plenty of Paulians in attendance.

If anything, most of those in attendance Saturday seemed to be independents or libertarians of the Ron Paul slant; Congressman Paul’s book ‘The Revolution’ was promoted widely on vendor stands at the event.

What If They Gave a Tea Party and Nobody Came?

Regular readers probably know that I’m not the biggest fan of the “tea party” demonstrations, but I was surprised to see so little media coverage of the July 4th events. Here’s a thread to discuss the implications…

National Geographic’s July 4th Special

It’s pretty cool that National Geographic is putting full-length shows on YouTube with minimal advertising, and allowing embedding. Lots of interesting stuff on fireworks in this one…

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Happy Independence Day

Happy 233rd birthday, America, and happy Independence Day to all LGF readers!