The Searchlight Eggsperience
by Chris Burgard
They weren’t gunshots but the pops were startling nonetheless. As the eggs hit the windshield, visibility immediately became a problem.
Jerry Ragle was pretty shaken as he pulled the Tea Party Express bus to a stop. He had just prevented 40,000 lbs. of tour bus from crashing into 15 or 20 people.
I was on that Tea Party Express bus conducting some interviews for Right Network’s new show: “RUNNING”.
Throwing eggs may be funny when you are in high school, but none of us were laughing then.
We were just coming into Searchlight, Nevada for the Tea Party Express’s ”Showdown in Searchlight.” They had picked Searchlight, Nevada as the kick-off location for their “Just Vote Them Out Tour” because it happens to be Harry Reid’s hometown.
We were just passing the Nugget Casino when the “drive by egging” occurred. Jerry got his bearings back, reported the incident to a female police officer and then took us the rest of the way in to the event.
Sarah Palin, Joe Wurzelbacher, Andrew Breitbart, Victoria Jackson, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons and others were scheduled to speak.
Cars were parked on the side of the highway for miles before the event location. After the event, traffic to Las Vegas was so backed up that it took us over an hour and a half to go five miles.
I don’t know the total number of people that were in attendance. I do know that the valley floor was packed full of people. The surrounding hilIs were packed full of people. The ridges above the hills were lined with people, and vehicles. People had camped out in RVs, trailers, motor homes, tents and cars. It would have taken a pretty big football stadium to hold all of those folks. The fact that this was a dusty bowl in the middle of nowhere made it all seem pretty surreal.
I may have missed Woodstock but I can say that I was at Searchlight.
It wasn’t till the MSM news reports started to come in that the sinking feeling of Déjà vu hit me….
CNN and Veronica Whitfield were among the first to report:
“Hundreds of people, at least dozens of people – we haven’t gotten a count of how many people turned out there…“
In 2005 and 2006, while Brown Berets and La Raza activists angrily intimidated, racially insulted and verbally abused people at border security protests, Janet Murgia and the MSM were going after Lou Dobbs and others for promoting hate speech.
In 2009, when 70,000 people were in the streets of Honduras supporting their Constitution the MSM led the world to believe that the streets of Tegucigalpa were literally on fire for the Left.
Now while tens of thousands gather in the desert and Harry Reid supporters launch their embryonic missiles at passenger buses…the MSM goes after Sarah Palin for verbiage.
What about the truth?
When does journalistic irresponsibility cross the line to bias? How heavy does bias have to become until it turns into propaganda?
The journalistic Rubicon hasn’t just been crossed, it has been erased.
Was there anger and the potential for violence in Searchlight, NV?
You betcha, smack dab in the core of Harry Reid’s supporters.
Will you read about it in the Times? Heck no.
What if Jerry Ragle hadn’t been an experienced, professional driver? What if that bus would have killed 15 or 20 people?
Would CNN and their journalistic brethren have gotten the numbers right then?
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Only the deamoncrats are allowed to get away with violence in America…remember all the 'Kill Bush' signs…nobody did a dam thing about that!!
Gotta just love that one "peaceful protester" for Harry Reid and his whole "Get him away from me or I'm going to jail today!" comment…
Liberal "intelligence" and "peacefulness" on display for all the world to see!
The more the MSM ignores and under reports the Tea Party gatherings, the more impact the gatherings will have and the greater the loss of credibility the MSM will have.
It's like keeping the lid on a pressure cooker.
Chris Burgard, thanks………nice to hear from someone who WAS actually there when the incident
happened. Although those of us in support of the TPM are not surprised by this behavior, there are
Independent voters who do not pay attention to politics until a week before the election, who will
hear of this incident & wonder why the Left is behaving badly.
I wonder if those eggs were fertilized…
Just keep feeding them the rope…
Where is PETA on this? Senseless killing of embryo chickens as a political statement? Shocking!
"It wasn’t till the MSM news reports started to come in that the sinking feeling of Déjà vu hit me…."
Welcome to the nightmare.
Our military personnel have dealt with this for years and years, both during and after Vietnam. It rose its ugly head whenever the military were sent somewhere by the same people that were sending them, like the 1st Gulf War. Only one way to deal with it and that is the same road traveled by our military, grin and bear it, for this too shall pass and the truth will light the way!
TBB – Typical Bully Behavior
What if Jerry Ragle hadn’t been an experienced, professional driver? What if that bus would have killed 15 or 20 people?
Would CNN and their journalistic brethren have gotten the numbers right then?
Sure, they would have gotten the numbers right. The report would have been:
Right Wing Extremist Runs Down Peaceful Protesters
democrats are now the "party of blame". (can't take credit, saw this on another post and it seems quite fitting)
This is off subject, but was the article on secession that was posted before this one removed?
Good analogy.
Find the egg throwers and arrest them! Throwing anything in a crowd or a moving vehicle is a FELONY! STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES, and a FELON MASQUERING AS A SUPPORTER IS STILL A FELON! Just looking at these IGNORANT clowns is enough to make anyone wonder if they haven't already legalized drugs in Nevada!
There are starving kids in Haiti and all over the world! I am appalled that these reid supporters would waste food like this!
Supporters of Dingy Harry are cowards.
Sad to say it is true, when the progressive/socialist protest (or riot like its a G-8 meeting) iMSM's script is to usually blow up the numbers, ignore the violence, and call it patriotic to dissent. When Americans that oppose the socialisation of our country (its official now, just listen to Sen. Dingle, Rev. Sharpton, and Howard Dean's comment on the health-bill) are presented as racist nutjobs. I am more scared about the bust of the CHRISTIAN radicals. It seems to be a warning to people not to protest the about the government.
I wonder if the Reid supporters used 'pork' to pay for the eggs?
I am really getting sick of bitter hate-filled narrow minded ntolerant violent left-wing liberals! Enough is enough already. And the really pathetic thing is if you actually talk to then and ask them their views or why they are doing what they are doing…THEY HAVE NO IDEA!
Do your part to defeat this traitor, buy a Ford and send Government Motors into bankruptcy.
The Lying Hateful Left launched their "embryonic missiles at passenger buses"…
…while the Law-Abiding, America Lovin' Tea Party launched their "embryonic political movement" straight at Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and the corrupt and craven Obama administration…
…the Lying Leftist Media will choke on "the numbers" they're forced to report in November 2010 and 2012…
Don't forget the 9-11 Truthers, Code Pink, Bill Ayers and his Weather Underground, Chris Matthews, Keith Olberman, Ed Shultz, MSNBC…
What about Bidens motorcade that hit some people???
The 911 conspiracy theorists were bi-partisan nutjobs. The came from the left and the right.
Ahh, no problem….
The headline for that would have been:
Vice Presidential Motorcade Assaulted by Right Wing Extremists
TA DA!
Kristine,
Nut jobs always have to be stopped whatever their cause may be.
A true Christian would not advocate the killing of others.
Wrong is wrong regardless of the "noble" cause.
The bus could have crashed into the crowd owing to lack of visibility for the driver. Every single person identified as an egg-thrower on the various videos should be charged with vandalism, reckless endangerment and anything else applicable, fined and maybe even sued in court.
Make it NOT pay to show up to events as a professional Harry Reid stooge.
And don't forget about the spit they launched at a member of congress.
Do you folks have any idea what a bunch of pussies you look like going on & on about this……..please man up & move on…………….or challenge the Ried supporters to a no holds barred pillow fight.
Or the driver could put on his wipers.
Prove it!
Show me an image of a "Kill Bush" sign, since they were so plentiful. I triple dog dare ya.
Return fire!
“What does that have to do with the price of eggs on Sunday?”
Yes…why?
Seriously?!?! Did you try googling "kill bush" images?
Do as I say, not as I do…. is the motto of the entire Left, NObama Administration, Liberal, Democratic movement.
There is not enough credible info out there about the militia yet to really pass judgement. What alot of folks consider an "arsenal" others would consider a gun collection. I can't pass judgement based on MSNBC or CNN news.
BTW…….how would bombing & killing law enforcement officers attending a funeral spur an armed insurrection against the govt?
You guys should really mount cheap wireless cameras on all sides of the bus and feed it to a DVR
If someone on the right threw eggs at the presidents limo there would be jail time, wreckless endangerment is not funny when pedestrians and heavy vehicles are in the mix.
These people should be jailed, and Harry Reid should be held to his own standard and resign because of the Hate that his speech engenders.
Let be clear, I think the charge agains the right is BS, I thnk the argument that politicians should be held accountable for the actions of their followers is BS, but if they want to play that game, then play it.
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LOL…..I agree!
I believe the people that threw the eggs should be charged with, reckless endangerment, for putting the lives of others in danger of injury or death!!!
I used to drive a bobtail, and I know what it takes to stop a vehical that size, and a bus is even heavier than a bobtail !!!
The state police should be investigating this issue !!!!!
Where are the lawyers ???????????????
It would seem that many liberals think they are better than the rest of us. Many of them are even under the delusion that we are nothing but unintelligent, Bible thumping, gun toting red-necks completely ignoring the fact they almost always back away from a good debate and just as often resort to name calling and insults. What's more is that it always seems to boil down to a "do as I say, not as I do" situation. For them the rules do not apply just as our "leaders" displayed by voting to exempt themselves from the very health "reform" laws they mean to impose on the rest of the nation. Disagree with President Obama on any issue and suddenly you are a racist. Never mind that we also disagree with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Ried and the rest of the democrats. They will stop at nothing to silence opposition. In one breath they criticize those who disagree with them, or their masters, and in the next breath they will pay homage to free speech.
Meanwhile the MSM is silent about the eggs but should anyone dare to even look at a democrat cross eyed and the liberal media comes unhinged. Yeah, I would call that bias. Worse is that, as the post mentions, they are all guilty of propagandizing as well. The sad part is that even a free press has fount itself influenced by greed and therefor susceptible to bias thereby compromising the truth for sake of money.
You ever hear of the phrase;
Say it don't spray it?
I could not agree more Tex, yet the way it was played in the Media was off. I read the indictment, saw the web site, and something is way off. No word of overthrowing the government, or any hint they were doing anything extra-ordinary. When you consider that the Government allows the Jihadi training camps to operate in Islamberg, NY and Oklahoma, and will not interfere at those areas because of PC concerns. But these guys are busted for just training, and it is Screamed by MSM that it is CHRISTIAN Militia. Sounds fishy.
Ok, there are only a couple of time I have said this to someone, but you are a complete idiot!
Not hard to find, hell, I still see the bumper stickers on cars, usually next to a hag a tree stick and the piece sign.
I wonder if the MSM will report on old Harry-boy getting voted out of office! Provided there isn't some emergency to stop the Nov. elections.
I like the vote/support idea.
I don't watch the MSM too much but will have to check to know which products not to buy.
Gain some credibility; condemn this type of activity. I condemn the spitting at a congressman. But I suspect that you think throwing eggs at the windshield of a 40,000 lb bus and creating the potential of serious injury is OK because it was for all the right reasons.
"Prove it" is code for "I hate black people." I know, cuz the talking Ed Schulz doll outside my window told me so last night. And since he had the knife, he wins.
The lawyers are all sitting around reading the new health care bill and figuring out where they can make their money suing based on the bill.
OMFG – a whole egg! What brave tea-baggers they were!
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is that enough, or would you like to see more?
One of three Dim-0-Krats believe in some level of a 9/11 conspiracy.
You wanna tell me the right shares a similar percentage of nutjobs?
Show yourself some. They're readily available online, at actual Libtard protests.
Your one option — It's no wonder you took it. After all, it's your one option — change the subject.
Just like Clyburn the other day — He wants to talk about anything other than the monstrous piece of legislation he just passed. Change the subject – "THEY CALLED ME THE N WORD!!"
Never mind that he lied, and that everyone knows he lied. He still succeeded in changing the subject.
Your one option — to change the subject. You really don't have a choice, do you?
Anybody concerned with the safety implications of conducting an interview with the driver aboard a moving bus on a crowded highway?
Typical libtard. Yeah – google it – there are a LOT of kill Bush signs – not to mention a movie that was about assassinating him.
SAVE THE EGGS!
Probably food stamps or WIC.
Oh speaking of Joe Wurzelbacher, was it ever determined whether or not JTP is related to the Wurzelbacher who was a figure in John McCain's Keating Five scandal from the eighties?
Hard boil them first – lol
You're supposed to venture outside of the Intensive Care Unit to conduct such interviews.
Has anyone asked Harry Reid if he condones the actions of his supporters? That seems to be the standard question if the supporter of a Republican candidate happens to sneeze in anyone's direction.
When the violence erupts, and it's coming, it will be the left that caused it. The rage that will be vented on these people will be stunning in its intensity, a testimony to the years of resentment the right wing has held in check as the left acted out. The left will scream for protection, decrying the right wing as hate mongers, but it won't matter. Once this lid comes off, the fight will not be stopped until one side wins.
No one spit at a congressman. It didn't happen. It's a non-story. A fabrication.
Mik is repeating outright lies again I see.
Thank you. Why is it that all of the non-account tolls are the stupidest ones who can't think things through? NO wonder they are Progressive Obama voters. Can't think past 5 minutes into the future.
They were all over the place MORON, pull your head out of your lying ass, dipshit TROLL.
You probably had them made and still have one in your mommies basement.
As another poster here wrote,,,,,,,,GOOGLE IT MORON, besides you already know damn well it is true, you are just one of those lying sacks of excrement ( a democrat/commie )
Liberalism will soon be a WASM, and I can hardly wait.
Sadly they don't need to think, the leftist-controlled media does their thinking for them.
My prediction as well……..it's the only way to finally settle this.
Prove it, I triple dog dare you ! If anything had happend and there was actually proof ( you know that thing that is required to tell truth from lies ,,,,, oh never mind your a lib troll so you wouldn't know anything about the truth ).
Never mind commie troll.
Standard programed leftist agit-prop response. The reason this violent facist attack is being discussed here is because kool-aid drinking leftists like you proclaim themselves to be about peace, love, non-violence, anti-facism ( the ultimate big-lie ), tolerance, anti-hate (the next biggest big-lie ), etc… and yet leftists like you continually prove that you are narrow minded, intolerant, violent, fascist, haters, and if the marxist media hadn't been carrying water for marxists like you by covering up and/or sanitizing your hypocritical behavior the failure that is the marxist/secular humanist ideology would have STAYED in the ash-bin of history where it belongs.
Watch the video for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ3bNhSYG6Q
Have you hugged a hen today?
Why so angry Jim?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ3bNhSYG6Q
Why so angry Jim?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ3bNhSYG6Q
Yes, Harry Reid should have already denounced this violent and anti-democratic hate attack by his followers. Everyone should call his offices, and the media, and demand that he not only denounce these egg-throwing haters but he must immediately adopt a plank in his campaign declaring egg-throwing assaults unacceptable and purge his campaign of egg-throwing assault supporters.
All this talk of eggs is making me hungry. Two over easy please : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ3bNhSYG6Q
keepdad, you are soooooo right !
Thanks. I saw a blog on the \”incident\” in Big Journalism after I posted my comment. Absent any solid evidence that the incident occurred, I can only conclude that it did not and the Congressman probably fabricated the incident. If someone had spit on him/her, I would condemn that act. I would note that the Congressman is from the \”Show Me\” state. If he/she can't show me, then there is no reason to believe it.
I loaded up a jpeg of a egg right before I began typing this.
Power down your computers t-bagsters else I'll yoke your fat butts right through the interwebtubes!
Dare me, c'mon, who wants to be a i-egg splattered tea-bagger!
Choke??? that is putting it nicely….. what until the fed goes after AT&T and any other company that complains about this OBLABLA care issue!!!
Well, even a blind pig can find an acorn sometimes.
Personally ex, I think he should denounce eggs altogether, as they are an evil animal product. ( :>)
If some of that broken egg had accidentally splattered on a vegan, just imagine the damage it
might have done to their health. Not to mention the hazardous substance cleanup expense.
AHH mik
another troll i will ignore
Me too! My question to clarify, why does the post keep going to error?
They were busted for a plot to kill police.
As long as militias operate within the law, they are free to do so.
However we must always be vigilant.
the video proved nothing, when he had the cop to point out the supposed perp he was pointing every where. It was a white guy, damn they all look alike
The day was supposed to start with a press conference in Laughlin and then a caravan to Searchlight, but the hotel seiu employees threatened to walk out if the hotel management allowed it to be held there. The hotel then canceled the presser or at least revoked permission to use the venue. The hotel and the union thugs were more than happy to take our money though.
See, already we have something we can both agree on… thanks for the post.
It proved he was spit on…
You obviously missed the fact that there was a police officer at the right hand of the Congressman and next to the protester with his hands up to his face yelling at the Congressman. Try watching the video again with both eyes open and you'll notice the officer didn't even flinch; didn't even look at the protester; didn't miss a step walking with the Congressman. If that protester had spit on the Congressman do you, or anyone, really think that office would have done nothing? Yeah, the Congressman may have gotten sprayed, but spit on, no way.
It may have proved, "say it don't spray it. How many people do you spit on when you talk.
lol! There was an entire movie about assassinating Bush. Are you seriously calling out conservatives because they don't own a "Kill Bush" sign?
That's really weak, dude. Do you have an Obama Joker t-shirt?
Oh cool, so does that make PETA "pro-life?" I can't wait to see the cat fight over the unborn foul.
Now see, if Tea Partiers threw more eggs, you'd know that only makes it worse.
Omg, careful folks, or "gleeking" on someone could be classified as hate speech.
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