Yesterday was a great event.  Roughly 2,000 people showed up to protest excessive government spending in Pennsylvania.  The Pittsburgh Tribune has the story.

I captured some videos, which are posted below.

To illustrate the crowd size, here's a video of everyone walking across the Walnut Street Bridge, which is aptly named "People's Bridge":

Here's a short video after we unloaded off the People's Bridge:

Here's a video of Diana Reimer and Richard "Doc" Junod as the approach the Capitol steps:

Here's another video of the crowd chanting "Can You Hear Us Now?", which has become the rally cry for Tea Partiers nation wide:

Here's some more as we approach the steps:

Hear Us Now!

And in the spirit of esotericism, here's our independent truckers arriving at the Capitol, horns a 'blaring:

I've always paid attention to national politics.  Pennsylvania has always been pretty boring to me, but yesterday really put things into focus.  If we really want to be "grassroots", we've got to "take root" locally.  This was the first step in that direction.  It will not be the last.

Many thanks go out to Diana Reimer.  She's a great friend and an even better "community organizer".  And yes, she's got actual responsibility.

Onward and upward, my friends.

***UPDATE***

The Philadelphia Inquirer has some coverage, but it is from the Associated Press.  It seems they couldn't find the resources to send a reporter to the state building to cover this event.  You'd think that capitalism would be important to the people who run the Inquirer given their financial status, but they don't seem too concerned about getting Tea Partiers to buy a subscription.

Public Opinion Online has some limited coverage, and by limited, I mean one sentence.

Lancaster Online has some coverage, titled "A Bitter Tea Party".