08 Jul 09 23:37, JIM HOLSONBACK wrote to ROY WITT:

 JH>> I'm off for the local tea party.

 RW>> I would have been, but with 100 degree temps, I'm not going to
 RW>> suffer that. Especially when the crowd here is estimated to be at no
 RW>> less than 15, 000.

 JH> It was right warm here as well, with 94 the high for the day.  A
 JH> couple things helped with that, one being that ours didn't start
 JH> until 530pm.

That's about the time of the highest temps around here. Between 4 and 7,
it's pretty damned hot.

 JH> In addition to the heat, I'm sure the lure of other 4 July activities
 JH> kept the crowd smaller than it might have otherwise been.

There is a burn ban and a fireworks ban here, so the only fireworks places
to go are where the county allows it.

 JH> I think I saw that they may have another one of these get-togethers
 JH> in Sep, the weekend after Labor Day.

That would work better here. It's a warm, but not blazing hot around here
at that time of year.

 JH> That may not work out too well here since that's football season, and
 JH> here in central AL most everyone is a rabid college football fan, and
 JH> they all root for either AL or Auburn.

Then you can imagine what it's like here with the Aggies and Longhorns.

 JH> Anyway, it was pretty interesting to see that many people interested
 JH> enough to come out, and it was an eclectic mix of conservatives of
 JH> various stripes - including independents, libertarians, Ron Paul
 JH> rooters, Constitution party, etc.

Our Governor was supposed to be at this one, but I haven't heard much
about it.

                R\%/itt

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