Facebook Transplant Part 15 - Originally Posted 18/9/09

Been busy with my MA and family life, so not had much time to sit and rant. However, the march last week on Washington by a variety of Libertarian and Conservative groups deserves some comment. It has only come to my attention today thanks to a great email going around with pics of the march. A google search will find you as many as you want. My ignorance is purely down to the fact that the media did not deam it worth reporting here in the UK.

Now this march is perhaps one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I can only hope that it happens here soon. Between this and the Proms last Sunday (with associated Jingoism and flag waving) I actually feel slightly optimistic for once. the silent majority of centre and centre right people are out there and they will be heard eventually. The days of a small "enlightened", liberal clique telling us what to do and think all the time for our own (and everyone else's) good are nowhere near over, but at least some cracks are beginning to show.

It was also largely peaceful - unlike the anti-war marches of the past or the G20 marches in London recently. No arrests as far as I know. I may not agree with 100% of the reasons why people were marching (I am too authoritarian and have too many socialist ideas), I am encouraged that the silent, non-liberal majority are beginning to speak out. Perhaps its time here as well, although the aforementioned clique is far more embedded in our society than it is in the US.

Anyhow, here are some links that I scrounged off the net from a variety of sources to demonstrate the indifference shown in the UK.

Traditionally “right” wing papers in the UK, yet still strangely dismissive – the veneration of St Obama has permeated even here I fear. The Telegraph sticking to the 1000s number when clearly it was way more than that is especially surprising.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1213056/Up-million-march-US-Capitol-protest-Obamas-spending-tea-party-demonstration.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6184800/Thousands-of-tea-party-protesters-march-against-Barack-Obama-in-Washington.html

Predictably derisive bollocks from the UK’s favourite liberal rag – anyone who opposes taxes, socialism, rampant welfare etc is obviously a right wing nut job who is safely ignored – they couldn’t possibly represent any normal, sane, moral demographic could they? Of course, at least they bothered to do the story – a quick look online at the other leftie rag (The Independent) showed that it doesn’t seem to have bothered. I wonder if it would have been bothered if the 75K people that is being claimed as the number of protestors had turned out to protest against Bush? You bet they would have been.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/13/barack-obama-denounced-washington-march

The red-tops (tabloids) also did not bother – what with X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing, Subo in the US etc there were obviously far more important things to cover.Awesome picture. Having been surrounded by 40K people last weekend, I would say that this easily dwarfs that – certainly more that the 10s of 1000s being claimed.

http://iowntheworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/capitol-view-lo-res.jpg

Overall I am amazed at how little coverage this amazing event got over here – and its is another shameful example of how our media, even the “right” wing media, is firmly entrenched in the St Obama camp. Pitiful really. 2010 is going to be a political nerd's dream year - Labour will finally crash and burn in the UK (although being replaced by the almost as annoying Conservatives under Davey Boy) and Obama will see catastrophic results for the Democrats in the mid-term elections. Overall, good times.