To get things started, check out pics and this report from Chicago. Oh. And have I mentioned what Rachel Maddow and Howard Dean think of all this? Roughly the same as some of our more “pragmatic” conservatives, as it turns out. Obligatory italicized “nuance” reminder to follow: Nuance. **** Zombyboy has a photo spread from the Denver tea party. Send along others and I’ll link them here. **** Journalism. Squared.

Well, what did you expect? Somebody has to pay back teacher’s unions, both for their political support and for their willingness to indoctrinate children in the ways of progressive thought, provided they continue to get theirs. And as choice tends really to fuck up even the bestest totalitarian plans, it — like dissent — needs to be carefully managed and controlled. For the greater good. From the Washington Examiner: With

Is “science” clearing the playing field for action to be taken? For the children…?

I see a few folks lingering at the periphery of the Capitol building on East Colfax, but only a handful are actually carrying signs — and of those, at least two are advertising something from Quizno’s called a “$4 Torpedo.” So it’s too soon to tell exactly what kind of turnout we’ll have here in the Mile High City. On the plus side, I have seen a number of people