Since we were up in Franklin, TN attending a show this weekend, My son and I drove up the road to attend the rally in Nashville. According to the end the FED website the rally was to be from 8:30 to 10:30. We showed up at 9:00 and only saw five other souls there. We stood outside talking and getting to know one another for an hour while waiting for others to show. None others showed up, so since we were freezing (it was in the teens) we left to get back to the show. I mentioned to my son that it was pathetic that out of all Tennessee only 5 were willing to show up to show opposition to the FED.
It turns out that we had wrong info. After calling a friend who I expected to be there, he informed me that they were meeting @ 10:00 at the Anchor (a church close by) and then marching to the FED building and then down to the IRS building. We met them at the IRS building. There were approx. 50 people there with homemade signs and a bullhorn. The rally seems to have been locally organized by the CAAA (Christian Action Against Apathy www.meetup.com/caaanashville/ ) although others were present not affiliated with the group.
While at the IRS building, a security guard came out and told individuals filming and taking pictures that they could not take pictures of the building. The ones taking pictures ask the guard “Where is the statute that says we can’t” and then proceeded to continue filming and taking pictures. He didn’t produce the law and finally left. We then marched down Broadway handing out literature and broadcasting info about the FED. The one with the bullhorn was very articulate and got people’s attention fairly well. Most of the people we approached were apathetic and some thought we were anarchists attempting to overthrow the federal government. My first reaction was to emphasize that it was the federal reserve not the federal government that we were trying to oust but it occurred to me that it may not be a bad idea after all if things keep going down the current path.
All in all it was an encouraging event to be with like minded individuals at least on the subject of the FED. But it was like a Ron Paul event - an uphill struggle to get light bulbs to light up.
Video and pictures were taken by several and I was told will be posted on this website sometime this week: www.popsiclesandgrenades.com/
Of course there was no media coverage even though the group had called all virtually all of them.