Tens of thousands of conservative protesters, many complaining that the nation is racing toward socialism, massed outside the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, angrily denouncing President Obama's health-care plan and other initiatives as threats to the Constitution.

The crowd -- loud, animated and sprawling -- gathered at the West Front of the Capitol after a march along Pennsylvania Avenue NW from Freedom Plaza. Invocations of God and former president Ronald Reagan by an array of speakers drew loud cheers that echoed across the Mall. On a windy, overcast afternoon, hundreds of yellow "Don't Tread on Me" flags flapped in the breeze.

"Hell hath no fury like a taxpayer ignored," declared Andrew Moylan, head of government affairs for the National Taxpayers Union, urging protesters to call their representatives. The demonstrators roared their approval.

"We own the dome!" they chanted, pointing at the Capitol.

Where were these people while the last President and his administration along with the Republican Party squandered away $559 billion dollar surplus 'they' were handed in 2000?  Where was their "fury" then?  Where was this "fury" just 6 years ago in 2003 when former President GW Bush and his party pushed through, what these same people consider a "socialist" program, called the Medicare Prescription Drug plan --that wasn't paid for?

Where was this "fury" when the former President pushed for a war in Iraq during a time we were busy trying to catch the guy that actually attacked us on 9/11?  Where was this "fury" while that same administration and it's Republican Party spent trillions of dollars on an unjustifiable war in Iraq?  Where was this "fury" when we found out there really weren't any WMD in Iraq, which meant we had "WASTED" trillions of dollars fighting a war we didn't need to fight and now we're having to spend trillions more to get the job done in Afghanistan that the previous administration screwed up?

Actually when you think about it, this just goes to show you what the Republican Party is all about.  When it comes to their pocketbooks and helping their fellow citizens -- they rally against such an idea on foot -- by the thousands.  When it comes to invading another nation for oil or power however, they sit on their rear ends, twiddle their thumbs and accuse others of being unpatriotic.