Saturday, February 28, 2009  The Texas Tea Party, Cowtown Bar
and Grill, Fort Worth Texas, February 27, 2009  Yesterday I was
able to spend a couple of hours at the Texas Tea Party, the
anti-stimulus, anti-bailout, anti-campaign donor refund, and
anti-bank recovery protest. It was held at one of my regular
hangouts, Fort Worth's Cowtown Bar and Grill. Having this event
spontaneously erupt at my favorite watering hole is like a
dream. One of those What-If-I-Ran-The-World dreams. I halfway
expected to go to the Camp Bowie Starbucks this morning and have
the barrista give me Anti-Al Gore literature.  The crowd was
about 75% Republican, 10% Libertarian, 5% Undercover Democrats
who wanted to infiltrate the opposition, and 10% bewildered
regulars who were wondering what had happened to their favorite
bar and why it was so hard to find parking.  My biggest regret
is not getting there before the event started. (Work, work,
work....) There was a long line of people along Camp Bowie
holding up signs and waving flags. M