It’s April 15th, and the Tax Man wants your hard earned cash. You just spent hours slaving over incomprehensible tax forms. You are done, one way or the other, and you hope you did it right. But then, with sixty thousand plus pages in the tax code, who can be sure? It makes the Porkulus package look like a short story, which is no small feat.

Liberals love to talk about “sustainability.” At least when they are talking about our backyard vegetable gardens. But a growing number of people are becoming alarmed at something that is not sustainable. The massive growth and rapacious appetite for our money that defines our federal government today. These people came out today in hundreds of cities to protest the out of control government spending that is quickly becoming the defining issue of the Obama/Reid/Pelosi White House and Congress.

I attended the Seattle rally at Westlake Plaza, a popular location for protests. It was one of the largest crowds I have ever seen there. Here is a partial crowd shot.

In case you are just listening to the mainstream media outlets and didn’t hear about hundreds of thousands of people who turned out to protest government spending and just wanted to know about the important events today, the Obama’s got a dog. Whoopie.

Here are a few of the sentiments expressed there today.

Yes, there were a couple pitchforks there.

The full gallery of pictures from the Seattle protest is here.

On the way to Seattle, I stopped at another protest in Redmond that I chanced upon. It was smaller, but filled all four corners of a busy intersection there. I was pleasantly surprised by the enthusiasm of the people driving by. They were honking and waving constantly. Big government supporters are trying to dismiss this movement as small, but it is clear to anyone paying attention that the issue of massive government taxing and spending is striking a chord in many people who have never picked up a sign to protest anything before. Here are some pictures from the Redmond protest.

The full gallery of pictures from the Redmond protest is here.

To get involved in the Seattle area, go to Liberty Belle’s blog and subscribe to the Seattle Son’s and Daughters of Liberty network for alerts about future events here.