Addendum to Tax Day Tea Party Tallies

My buddy Jo Rae in Oregon sent me this update (YESterday morning–sorry Jo, just now getting to this.)

(By the way, Jo will be running for a seat in the House in 5 years. WHOO HOO! GO USA!!!!)

Salem had 3,500 (3,200 confirmed by signatures).  I was in Salem.

Portland had 1,000 as per the newspaper – but there were probably more

Corvallis over 350 (I was there also)

Albany about 200

Updated AGAIN-04.18.2009 1:56 pm

Filed under: National News, State News , April 15 tea party oregon, Oregon numbers corrected, tea party addendum

National Tax Day Tea Party Events

It is being discovered that some media personalities covering the Tax Day Tea Party events are not being honest in their descriptions of the events. They are purposely distorting activities and turn-outs. (This is not new-it’s an old socialist/communist tactic to try and misrepresent events. An attempt to control the people. Remember WE are the people.)

There were plenty of eye witnesses to hear and refute those who’s design is to attempt to play down the National Tea Party movement. Citizens came out by the tens of thousands. This is REALLY big folks, it’s hot, it’s live, and it’s happen’ right now. And it is one of the most thrilling adventures that you will ever experience. To be standing with thousands of your countrymen, and feeling that patriotism, and that love that made this country great.

There is a Spirit moving across this land, and it’s breathing liberty from impossibly high taxes, freedom from tyranny, freedom from propaganda and manipulation. I honestly do believe the Spirit of Almighty God is alive and working in this country for our good.

Make no mistake, Americans are getting sick and tired of the games that Washington law makers are playing with our monies.

People of all ages, all races, all walks of life are uniting for the overall good: to send a clear and distinct message to our administration in Washington (and in political seats all across the country local and state) that EVERY lawmaker can be replaced. He/she can be retired, and a better man/woman that actually loves this country can take their place.

We need to throw out all the politicians and replace them with true STATESMEN. There is a world of difference between a ‘politician’, and a ’statesman’.

We need statesmen today, and tomorrow, and 10 years from now, and so on down the road. Wake up America, apathy sleeps, action works.

There is a political revolution taking place in this country. The leaders cannot be pinned down to an elite set of individuals. The members/leaders of the resistance are regular joe citizens just like you and me. WE ARE THE PEOPLE. And WE CAN TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK. Oh YES, WE CAN.

I’m going to include the end count figures, of all the days activities (that was nationally coordinated). Know and understand that there were actually several hundred more tea party protests held in the very small towns and provinces across this great land. And there were also many senior citizens that weren’t able to attend in person because of disabilities, but they were there in spirit! In some areas, people stood in the rain for hours! These are the backbone of our nation. I am so proud of my country men, those that are standing up and saying “NO! WE ARE MAD AS HELL, AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!”

Tax Day Tea Party Turn Outs Across The Nation

Alaska-

Anchorage- 1200
Fairbanks- 300

Arizona-

Gilbert- 1,500
Lake Havasu- 2,000
Phoenix- 6,000
Tuscon- 3,800

Arkansas-

Little Rock- 8,000
Fayetteville- 1,000 MORE>
Mountain Home- 1700 (thanks to Chris T for update)
Texarkana- 500 est.

California-

Bakersfield – not yet reported
Chico- 300
Danville- 100
Fresno- 5,000
Modesto- 400
Monterey- 300 est.
Pleasanton- 1,000 est.
Redding- 1,000
Sacramento- 25,000
Sacto- 500
Santa Ana- 4,000
San Francisco- 1,000 est. MORE>
Rancho Cucamonga- 1,000
Ridgecrest- 400
Ventura- 400 or so people.
Van Nuys- not reported yet

Colorado-

Cannon City- 100 MORE>
Colorado Spring- 3,00o
Denver- 5,000
Fort Collins- 2,500

Connecticut-

Hartford-5000 MORE>
New Haven 1500-2000
Norwich- 500
New Milford-150

THANKS Tanya B for update on CT- FACE BOOK page- HERE>

Delaware-

Del Marva- 500 est. MORE>

Florida-

DeLand- 700 (thanks to Tabatha Grimes for the update) MORE>
Lakeland- 1500 (thanks to Jim L for update)
Naples- 3,000 MORE>
New Port Richey – 200
Ocala- 1,000
Orlando- 3,000 est. (Thanks Jim L and Mile R for update)
Port St. Lucie- 500
Sarasota- 1,000 MORE INFO>

Georgia-

Athens- 200
Atlanta- 20,000
Augusta- 1,800
Blairseville- 1,000 est.
Columbus- 650 (Thanks Manford M for the Update and photos)

Hawaii-
Honolulu – not reported yet

Idaho-

Boise- 4500
Pocatello – 300
Coeur d’Alene- 1,000

Illinois

Chicago- 5,000 MORE>
Crystal Lake- 300
Effingham- 500
Lake Sara- 900
Lisle- 1,000
Lennie Jarret reports on the Samsphere lit- I went to a small local one here. The paper reported 300. The actual number was about 600 (I counted). The organizers were expecting 50. It was a street corner protest instead of a rally.

Indiana-

Fort Wayne- 300 (another Tea Party scheduled for April 18) MORE>
Indainapolis- 10,000 MORE>
Lafayette- 250
South Bend- 200 Est.

Iowa-

Davenport- 300
Des Moines- 1,000 (Thanks to Danen S for the update)
Iowa City- 400

Kansas-
Dodge City- 100
Emporia — no numbers yet
Goodland-75
Hutchinson- 2000 MORE>
Junction City-135
Mission- No numbers yet
Olathe- no numbers yet
Topeka- 1,500
Salina- 57d Park- 2,500
Westmoreland- 80
Wichita- 2,000 Thanks to Bob Weeks for update via Samsphere…

(HUGE THANKS to Earl Glynn via the Samsphere group for LOTS of Kansas updates and the Kansas City update!)

Kentucky-

Louisville- 500 est. (prob higher)
Frankfort- 250
Paducah- 2000 (Thanks Christina J for the update, MORE>)

Louisiana-

Baton Rouge- 5,000 Thanks to Jeff B for the update! MOIRE>

Bossier- 1400
New Orleans/Metairie- 1,000

Maine-

Bangor- 300

Maryland-

Annapolis- 2,000 (Thanks to Janet for the update)
Bel Air- 300
Cumberland- 300 MORE>

Massachusetts-
Boston- 2500
Hyannis- 800

Michigan-

Adrian- 250
Ann Arbor- 500 (Thanks, again to EZ and her brother…)
Midland- 400 (Thanks to Emily Z foe the update)
Lansing- 4,000-5,000
Troy- 1000 (Metro Detroit area)

Minnesota-

Mower County- 100
St. Cloud- 800 MORE>
St. Paul 10,000

Mississippi-

Picayune- 250
Tupelo- 600
Jackson- 2,000

Missouri-

Branson 700
Joplin- 800 est. THANKS Cale H for update
Kansas City- 5,000
Jefferson City-300
Overland Park- 5,000
Springfield-400
St. Louis- 10,000 MORE>

rs.

Montana-

Billings- 500 (Thanks to Craig S for the update)
Fort Benton- 60
Great Falls- 200
Helena- 300

Nebraska-

Papillon- 200 MORE>
Lincoln- 2500

Nevada-

Carson City- 2,000
Elko- 75
Las Vegas- 5,000

New Hampshire-

Concord-1,000
Dover-100
Manchester- 2,500 MORE>
Wolfeboro -300

New Jersey

Belmar- 2000
Flemington 200
Hampton/Newton- 200-300
Morristown- 300 est. MORE>
Vineland- 100

New Mexico-

Albuqurque- 3000 Est. PHOTOS>
Santa Fe- 500

New York-

Albanay- 1,000 MORE>
Buffalo- 300
Massapequa- 300
New York City- 12,500
Rochester- 1000MORE>
Syracuse- 300
White Plains- 250

North Carolina-

Charlotte- 4,000
Davidson-150
Denton-600
Fayettville- 450
Goldsboro- 300
Greensboro- 1,500
Lincolnton-250
Mooresville-150
Raleigh- 1500
Statesville-250
Winston-Salem- 700

Ohio-

Ashtabula County- 300
Cincinnati- 5,000 est. MORE> and MORE HERE>
Cleveland- 5,000
Columbus- 7,000 MORE>
Medina- 200
Pataskala- 30
Toledo- 1200
Canton- 2000

Oklahoma-

Ada-300
Clinton-250
Enid-250
Lawton- 160
Muskogee-250
Tulsa- around 3,000 est. TULSA PHOTOS
Oklahoma City- 4,500

(23 more, efforting to get ALL, but avg. is around 300 each)

Oregon-

Astoria- 280
Portland- 2,500 est.
Salem- 1,000

Pennsylvania-
Easton- 300
Harrisburg PA had around 2,000 on the steps of the Capital, no noticeable signs of infiltrators, and very nice people: the most civil and polite “protest” you ever want to see, contrary to the DHS memo that labeled conservatives “extremists”. (Observed by Bill Collier)
eRIE- 500 Est.
Greensburg- 300-500
Meadeville- 200
Pittsburg- 400 est. THANKS Cale H for update
Wellsboro- 150 (Thanks to Juanita for the update!)

Rhode Island-

Providence- 1,000

South Carolina-

For map of South Carolina Tea parties HERE>
Charleston- 6000

South Dakota-

Sioux Falls- 600 (est. from photo)

Tennessee-

Chattanooga- 1,000
Knoxville- 1500
Murfreesboro- 3,000
Nashville- 10,000

Texas-

Abilene- 800
Austin- 5,000 est.
Beaumont- 200-300
Burleson- 900
Dallas- 7,000
Denton- 1,000
El Paso- 300
Fort Worth- 2,000
Houston- 15,000
Odessa- 1,000 MORE>
Plano- 200
Rowlett – 200
San Antonia- 16,000
Seguin – 200
Sugarland- 1,000 est.
Waco- 8,000
Woodlands- 5,000
Victoria-300

Utah-

Ogden- 200
Salt Lake City- 2000

Vermont-
Montpelier- 900-1000

Virginia-

Culpepper VA 300-400 people.
Lynchburg- 1,800
Newport News- 250
Richmond- 4,000 PHOTOS>

Washington-

More>
Bellingham- 4,000
Bremerton- 200 est.
Everett-800
Olympia- 5,000
Port Orchard- 200 est.
Redmond- 300
Seattle- 2,000 est.
Spokane 5,000
Yakima- 700

West Virginia-

Beckley- 274 (Thanks to Elaine for the update)
Charleston- 600
Martinsburg- 300

Wisconsin

Appleton- 2,000
Real Debate Wisconsin- http://realdebatewisconsin.blogspot.com/
Eau Claire – 300 MORE>
Madison- 6,000
Superior – 100 MORE>
- Wausau – 1,000 MORE>

THANKS to Steve E. for Updates on Wisconsin!

Wyoming-

Cheyenne- 500
Cody- 200-300 est.
…….we had hundreds turn out in Cody. People came from 60 miles around at least. Great speeches, and the weather was awful – rain and snow and wind. For a small town, we had a huge crowd. Their link is: http://twitter.com/CodyTeaParty and http://codyteaparty.blogspot.com/ From Julie O

Filed under: Finance , citizens revolt, citizens unite, national tea party, national tea party events, no more taxes, patriotism, public outcry, replace government, resistance, revolution, tax day tea party, taxation, taxes, tea parties, tyranny

He Has A WHAT Growing Out Of His Chest?

So the doctor says, “That’s no tumor, you have a tree growing out of your chest!”

Sounds like some goofy punch line from a joke my friend Seth would tell me, but it’s not a joke–it’s TRUE.

The Russian news agency MosNews reported the story late Monday night (April 13).

Artyom Sidorkin, 28 year old Russian man, was having chest pains and coughing up blood. (Of course that’s never a good sign.)

He goes to the doctor and they assume he has a tumor, probably cancerous.

They perform a “biopsy”. Though from the picture it looks as though they took a mile more tissue than just a normal small sample for biopsy. (Could that be one of the perks of “nationlized health care?” You really must take a gander at the picture in the article.)

The doctors, sure they’re dealing with a malignant tumor, are totally shocked to find a 5 cm fir tree (yes FIR tree) growing inside one lung. It was apparently doing well–the needles were green and  were growing and puncturing the walls of the guy’s lungs, causing the bleeding and irritation.

How did the tree get there? They think he ingested the seed, and it just  . . . sprouted and took root.

As far as I know, this has never been documented before, in the history of the world. It’s so fantastic, so bizarre, it sounds like some old B-grade horror movie from the 70s. But they’re saying it’s true and the picture looks real enough.

So, what’s the moral? Sorry, there isn’t one.  I’m still trying to figure out how the seed got into his lung.

If you have any ideas, feel free to share them.

Filed under: Strange News

Best April Fool’s Jokes Online 2009

Wired released the article. Now you can follow the link, go back,  and find out which ones you missed. Google always does well, but so far they haven’t topped their TiSP–that was my fav

Filed under: Computer, Tech

Google Introduces CADIE

CADIE stands for Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity.

Oh, this is a must-see for all the techies out there!

“Research group switches on world’s first “artificial intelligence” tasked-array system.”

Apparently the developers did such a good job, the computer has taken the initiative to create IT’S OWN WEBSITE no less. Pretty impressive, eh? Yeah, GO SEE. I left a comment, feel free to do the same.

But my favorite all-time Google venture has to be the TISP–remember that one???? Yeah, that was AWESOME!!!

When you need a chuckle, or a few minutes of  break-time for the brain, check this out–it’s a hoot!

Filed under: Business, Computer, Software, Tech , april fools, cadie, Google, joke, tisp, toilet internet service provider

Listen To The Music

The way we listen to our music is changing. Radio stations play specific tracks, and often repeat specific tunes till you’re sick of some of them.

To listen to what YOU want to actually hear, you have to either play your CDs or download your flava of sound to your portables, OR listen to Internet radio.

I like Internet Radio, I use Pandora–you can customize it. Occasionally I listen to MSN or Yahoo Music. I also have a pretty nice collection on my hard drive and on upteen gillion CDs and some DVDs.

I’m a fan of the Beatles, Blue October  Cold Play, The Killers, The Cure, Counting Crows, NIN–stuff like that (with a little Eminem thrown in for good measure.) I haven’t checked out the other free Internet stations, but I’ll have to now that I’ve learned about them from writing this blog.

So here are the stations I’ve found:

Free:

Pandora, Foneshow, Stitcher, Slacker, Live365, Shoutcast, LastFM, Jango, and then the ISP’s MSN, AOL, *& Yahoo Music.

Paid:

Sirius a satellite radio (pricey)

For more coherent info on the issue of satellite radio vs Internet radio, go here.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29957022/
If you have a fav Internet radio station that you like, that I haven’t listed, drop me a line and tell me about it please. I’d like to check it out!

Filed under: Computer, Tech , aol music, foneshow, Internet radio, jango, lastfm, live365, msn music, music, pandora, satellite radio, shoutcast, sirius radio, slacker, stitcher, yahoo music

Sprint’s Performance IMPROVING

I have friends around the country, and in the past 3 years or so, I’ve heard really bad feedback on Sprint as a carrier. Everyone I knew that had their mobile service thru Sprint would use it for a short time, find the service totally suckie when they were traveling, and subsequently drop Sprint for either T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, or Cingular (and Cingular was pretty crappy for a while there too by the way).

Oh but Sprint has come up in the world. According to the latest J.D. Power & Assoc report taken from one of their recent surveys, they found that Sprint is running just about neck-and-neck now with the power players like Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile.

There’s a reason for their success-hard work. They’ve actually put in the elbow grease (time/work/money) necessary to improve the product quality and become real players again. I’m glad to see it, because I believe we need diversity and plenty of options/choices. If one gets too big, then generally service will fall off and quality suffers. (Like in politics.)

In an excerpt from the article by Jason Gertzen of the Kansas City Star, he states:

“Since 2006, Sprint said, the company has invested more than $16 billion in network projects.”

Mr. Gertzen then goes on to say that Verizon is still top-dog, but that Sprint is definitely improving, and that Verizon is starting to slip.

For the entire (it’s short and sweet) article go here

http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/1096551.html

Here’s the latest list on all cell carriers in the U.S. courtesy of PhoneDog.com

National/Regional Carriers:

• AT&T
• T-Mobile
• Verizon
• Sprint
• Cingular
• Alltell
• CellularOne
• Nextel
• U.S. Cellular

Specialty Carriers:

• Centennial
• DigiTel
• Edge
• Helio
• NTelos
• Qwest
• SouthernLINC
• SureWest

Pre-Paid ONLY Carriers:

• AlltelU
• GoCingular
• Boost
• Cricket
• Liberty
• MetroPCS
• Net10
• T-Mobile-To-Go
• TracFone
• VerizonWireless Pay-as-you-go
• Virgin Mobile

http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-research/companies/default.aspx

Filed under: Business, National, Tech , Alltell, at&t, Boost, cell, cell phone, cellular, cellularone, centennial, Cingular, Cricket, digitel, edge, GoCingular, helio, jd powers, Liberty, MetroPCS, national carriers, Net10, nextel, ntelos, powers & associates, pre-paid only carriers, qwest, regional carriers, SouthernLinc, specialty carriers, sprint, SureWest, T-mobile, t-mobile-to-go, tmobile, tracfone, us cellular, verizon, verizon wireless, virgin mobile

Google Will Let You UN-SEND Your Email

Really . . . or that’s what they’re claiming. Who was it that tried to offer that service a while back?

I can’t remember, but apparently it didn’t take off. (If someone remembers, please refresh my memory on that.)

So, Gmail claims that it can now allow you to get mail back that you’ve already sent. The catch-it has to be within a 5 minute time frame of when it was sent.

We all do send things from time to time and then, immediately after hitting SEND, we think DOH! I wanted to include so-and-so in that post. Or,  WAIT-not from THAT addreeeesssss!

Personally I don’t see real feasibility in an unsend option, simply because it’s really not practical. Most of my email comes in almost immediately after being sent. Often under 5 minutes. And besides, sending a quick email is exactly that-QUICK. It’s not like we got drunk and decided to write a stupid letter to some former whatever and now need to get it back (which would be stupid-but I think several people can relate anyway, since we’re all human).

I use Outlook (the full version) and it gives me a LOT (stress lot here) more control than any webmail program. One of my tech buddies (and mentor) encouraged me to leave the unstable webmail world behind for the surer email programs a few years ago. I’m SO glad I listened, there really is an extreme difference.

BUT, if the unsend idea sounds heavenly to you, then go for it! Why not?

You can read the full (actually very short) article here if you’re interested in Google’s new unsend feature. And if you get the chance, drop me a line and tell what you think please, I’m curious as to what the general consensus will be.

http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-41801-140.html

Filed under: Computer, National, Tech , email programs, gmail, Google, options, Outlook, unsend, unsend email, webmail

Open ID For Added Security

As an added measure of safety on your personal computer, use an OpenID (or two).

An OpenID is basically a virtual key that allows you to access an array of other sites without having to create a username/password.

All you have to do is key-in your Open ID code to access a wide variety of websites. This saves time and it is much safer for you. Especially in this day of click hijackers and webpage code manipulators.

The OpenID code varies for each entity host. There are several, but the 3 I’ve used are: WordPress, Yahoo, and Technorati.

Signing up for an OpenID is very quick and easy. You can get one thru WordPress when you create a blog site thru them. During the sign-up you’ll be assigned your unique identifier, if you choose to accept one.

On WordPress your ID will be: YourUserName.wordpress.com.

For Technorati the ID is long and cumbersome. I think Yahoo is the easiest, really.

On Yahoo, once you establish your OpenID, from that point on, you’ll only need to key in “yahoo.com” in the OpenID space. And, both Yahoo and WordPress allow you to use a unique picture identifier also which adds another layer of security (esp with the Yahoo ID).

The way to deal with this is to set up your OpenID on one of the safe sites (like Yahoo). THEN next time you’re surfing, be sure to sign in AT THAT SAFE SITE FIRST. Then while you’re out roaming the Net, when you come across sites that respect/recognize the OpenID, they’ll publish the fact and offer that option when you sign up with them. This way you don’t have to give ANY information whatsoever to some site that you’re not sure of. So that if you create your OpenID thru Yahoo, then the tomorrow when you go online, make sure you’re signed into the account that you created your OpenID on. J Then go surfing/shopping/researching safer and simpler!

Links:

What Is An OpenID?: http://openid.net/what/

How Do I Get One?: http://openid.net/get/

Where Can I Use It?: http://openid.net/where/

____________________

From the OpenID website:

How do I get an OpenID?

Surprise! You may already have one. If you use any of the following services, you already have your own OpenID:

AOL

openid.aol.com/screenname

Blogger

blogname.blogspot.com

Flickr

www.flickr.com/photos/username

LiveDoor

profile.livedoor.com/username

LiveJournal

username.livejournal.com

Orange (France Telecom)

http://openid.orange.fr/

SmugMug

username.smugmug.com

Technorati

technorati.com/people/technorati/username

Vox

member.vox.com

Yahoo

http://openid.yahoo.com

WordPress.com

username.wordpress.com

Filed under: Computer, Security, Tech , clickjackers, navigate easier, online, OpenID, Security, self defense, sign in, speeds sign in, surfing

Facebook On Top Of Social Networking Big 3

MySpace has a run for it’s money against Facebook and LinkedIn (in that order) according to a public review conducted by uTest.

“uTest, a global network of more than 15,000 application testers — many of whom are current or former value-added resellers (VARs), application developers and solution providers, conducts its quarterly “Bug Battles” to uncover shortcomings, flaws and vulnerabilities in publicly available applications.  During the weeklong contest, more than 1,100 testers combed the three social networks for the quality, functionality and performance of their features and applications. uTest awarded cash prizes from a pool of more than $3,000 based on volume and quality of bugs and reports.

The testers found 243 application bugs and flaws in the Facebook SNS web application, of which 14.4 percent were deemed serious. While LinkedIn had 250 bugs, only 10 percent of these bugs were deemed serious.  MySpace had 225 bugs, of which 11 percent were serious. The test period was conducted prior to last week’s release of Facebook’s new homepage.”

To see the whole story from Channel Insider, go here: http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Reviews/Facebook-Triumphs-LinkedIn-MySpace-in-Bug-Battle-019220/?kc=CITCIEMNL03172009STR4

Filed under: Computer, Tech