5,000 Attend Tea Party Cincinnati

Nationwide "Tea Parties" keep rolling on. Cincinnati had a big on on Saturday, March 14. Tea Parties are protests against the socialist regime of Barack Obama and the massive, piggish spending of your money, your children's money, and your grandchildren's money, bailing out failing companies, the exponential growth of Government, suppression of our constitutional rights, and so much more. Chicago had a Tea Party on February 27. Since then, the movement (and the anger) just keeps building. So far, 150 Tea Parties have either taken place or are scheduled. Oh, did I say anger? Yes I did. We're mad as hell. The Tea Party in Cincinnati, Ohio was impressive. There are reports of over five thousand people attending and it appears those reports are accurate (police reports confirm). The rally was held in Fountain Square and the square and surrounding areas were packed to hear speakers and to vent at what people believe is wrong about the Pelosi, Obama, Reid administration. More taxes, more spending, bailouts and larger government. Full Post at Invincible Armor... RELATED: Thousands Support Cincinnati Tea Party Cincinnati Tea Party Pictures Cincy Tea Party Pics More Ohio Tea Party reports at BlogNetNews Best Chicago Tea Party Video I've Seen Tax Day Tea Party Schedules, Nationwide List of Future Tea Party Events Google 2009 Tea Party Search Now 200 Photos of Chicago Tea Party Essential Tea Party Gear SurgeUSA.org Rick Santelli's Tea Party Tax Day Tea Party April 15 Chicago News Bench RSS Feed Cool Stuff...

CeaseFunding for CeaseFire?

Is CeaseFire effective? Ask someone in St. Louis, where funding was cut by Gov. Blagojevich a while ago. Writes the blog St. Louis CofCC:

"There is an easy solution to stopping violent crime without a program that relies on state grants; in fact, it’s free — the city’s denizens should stop being violent. If they don’t, making them behave in the only fashion that has been demonstrated to work isn’t that expensive."

Agreed. Unfortunately, a lot of very stupid people live among us. They have stupid parents. This is acknowledged indirectly by CeaseFire itself, which feels a need to pepper bad neighborhoods with signs telling the criminally primitive to not shoot people. Incredible. Can you imagine signs telling people "Don't Jump Off of Buildings" or "Don't Stab People"?

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers have voted to re-instate an anti-crime program that was cut from East St. Louis and other communities last year by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. However, the Illinois House vote on Thursday to revive the scuttled CeaseFire program faces opposition in the Senate, where leaders have stood behind Blagojevich in his ongoing budget battle with lawmakers. FULL STORY...

Cincinnati Magazine looks at the difference between Chicago's CeaseFireand theirs. Seems theirs has not been as successful as ours. "The major difference between CeaseFire Cincinnati and CeaseFire Chicago," they write, "comes down to one thing: money. Until last month, Avondale’s program lacked the funding to hire any full-time outreach workers; instead, the Partnering Center employed just two part-timers. “The model argues that [outreach workers] are the biggest X factor,” Krings Barnes says. If those workers can’t spend any time discussing alternatives to crime with current and would-be criminals, the program will fail before it has a chance to take off."

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