Mark Polege
Keyboard Militia
About 10 months ago I watched as the first Tea Party took place on the icy shores of the Mississippi River in downtown St.Louis and the media said nothing…or very little. In the following weeks I saw the major media ignore Tea Party groups where many times before outspoken liberal groups had gotten plenty of airtime. It was at that time that I, like many, realized that we could not rely on the media to accurately cover these events and that it fell on the shoulders of citizen journalists to answer that call.
There have been many times in our nation’s history when ordinary citizens have stood up and answered the call of freedom with their time and their talents. Whether we like it or not, this is one of those times. Because many of us are not funded by some political organization hell-bent on its own agenda, we must maintain our day jobs and sacrifice money and time away from the ones we love in order to stay strong in this fight to defend our Constitutional freedoms. Since I work as a freelance photographer and web designer, my contribution has been amassing a large collection of images of the St.Louis region’s Tea Party events and sharing them with the public so they can accurately see what the Tea Parties are really about. Many of those photos can be found on my Flickr page.
Now, in an effort to continue my work to spread truthful reporting of the Tea Parties along with the hidden truths of the current administration and the increasingly Left, I have now begun designing a series of posters for the general public. The series features some of my photography coupled with an inspiring quote from one of our founding fathers. In these trying times we all need some inspiration, myself included. I hope these photographs inspire you like they have me. Visit the Keyboard Militia store and help support citizen journalism. Thank you for supporting the Keyboard Militia blog and God Bless America.
