Although I did not attend the Nashville tea party tax protest, my husband was there with his camera to record the event for, um, posterity.

He estimates the attendance at a thousand-ish.  Speakers at the event included Republican State Representative Marsha Blackburn and conservative radio talk-show hosts Phil Valentine and Steve Gill.

At one point during the rally, two young African-American women wearing Obama T-shirts began shouting "Obama! Obama! Obama!", and a young African-American man challenged the (overwhelmingly white) crowd to give back their Social Security checks and Medicare benefits, etc., if they were so opposed to "socialism".  That took a lot of guts.

Posted below are some photos from the event.  All images are the sole property of Jim DeMain.

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A tight shot of the crowd.  The sign with "TEA" on it really jumps out at me, as this is the acronym for the organization that employs me.  (Although we had nothing to do with the demonstration.)

Yo, comrades!

I think slackerism gets a bad rap, don't you?

This guy had a lot to say on a variety of issues.

Obama is the Anti-Christ.

This woman went for brevity.  I like that.

I'm not sure if he's dreading the prospect, or excited about it.

One sign just wasn't enough.

She seems very proud of this.

Gettin' "Rand"y!