Tea Party Held On OU Campus

Oklahoma blogger Jason Fritts documented quite nicely the tea party at OU on Monday. For those of you who don't know what these 'tea parties' are all about: They are gatherings of taxpayers and voters who believe the federal government is overstepping its bounds relative to spending and power.

The concept is rooted in revolutionary history, of course, but ignited by Rick Santelli's cable television rant of a few weeks ago.

Jason writes that there were about 100 to 150 people in attendance, and he lamented that there weren't more folks in attendance given the population near campus.

To read his complete report on the event (with tons of photos), visit http://iam.jasonfritts.com/.

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Norman 'Tea Party' Set For Wednesday, 5 P.M. At Train Depot

You've probably heard about such-and-such 'tea parties' on talk radio and wondered, "What in the world?" Well, these are basically grass-roots movements state to state, city to city to protest governmental overspending and bailouts.

There's a big one set for Oklahoma City on April 15 (tax day), but did you Normanites know there is one scheduled for Norman? It's at 5 p.m. at the historic Santa Fe Train Depot, and the group's e-mail address is normanteaparty@yahoo.com.

To learn more about these tea parties and what they stand for, visit okcteaparty.webs.com.

And if you happen to go, please snap a shot or two or take a video and e-mail me at thenormanfiles@gmail.com so I can post to the site.

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