The Houston Tea Party on Friday was Total Bullshit

I went to the "Tea Party" on Friday at 5pm at Discovery Green in downtown Houston. This so-called "Tea Party" was total bullshit, a total con job by a bunch of Republican religious right calling themselves "The Houston Tea Party Society". Half of the sign holders in the park were advocating attacking/combating "illegals". All the speakers felt obligated to devote a third of their speeches to asserting "this is a Christian nation" and our country "was built on the foundation of Judeo-Christian faith". The speakers went on to bring up the oh-so vital topics of Right-to-Life and how as Tea Partyists we must recognize the inherent worth of unborn children. The crowd was exhorted to "vote against all incumbents!", because "our representatives are not doing their jobs!" Nowhere did I hear of any call for simply eliminating ALL taxes, scant (no) mention was made about eliminating 99.9%+ of all government or more extreme (anarchist) measures, or such basic pro-liberty issues as ending the drug war, legalizing consensual behaviors or ending the outrageous wars in the Middle East.In short, apparently the neocon forces have completely co-opted the Tea Parties in the Houston area, and this "Houston Tea Party Society" is nothing more than probably a right-wing religious-right sleeper cell that was put into action to steal our Tea Party idea.Because the Tea Party idea was completely the creation of the Ron Paul R3VOLutionaries and the minarchist and anarchist wings of the libertarian and voluntaryist movements.Needless to say, the University of Houston's local National Public Radio station affiliate gave the rally big time coverage earlier in the day. No doubt, NPR wanted Houstonian libertarians to show up and get the idea that libertarianism is supposed to be about believing in Jesus, fighting abortion, and joining the other sheeple in "voting for change".I attempted to get on the speakers' list so I could rebut some of this insanity, but was informed by the manager/bouncer guarding the stage that the speakers were reserved well in advance and I wouldn't be able to address the crowd. You can imagine some of the things I would have brough up in my speech.Nowhere did I hear any aggressive condemnations of the President, Bush, the Clintons or the other war criminals.As soon as I found out I would not be allowed to speak, and heard more exhortations by the Jesus freaks on the loudspeakers, I cut my losses and left the park.No doubt the rally was broadcast on the news and in the papers. Hey, this shit was MADE for TV.