Tea Party activists rallied on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to protest the health care bill and demand meetings with their respective members of Congress. The “Code Red Health Care Rally,” featured Republican speakers, including Reps. Mike Pence, R-Ind.; Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.; Tom Price, R-Georgia; and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.

More images from the Tea Party Rally can be found on my archive. (Click here)

The Barnum and Bailey Circus rumbled into town with the ceremonial parade of the elephants though the city and past Capitol Hill.

The combination of unhappy republicans and elephants marching on the nation’s capital is just too funny.

Our newspaper is covering the tragedy in Haiti, but like most papers, we rely on the wire services for photos and stories.

I know this should be a place where I write about my own original thoughts, but this needs to be an exception. I was reading my friend, Scott Strazzante’s blog today and he has a piece from the other day titled “Reflections.”

Scott is an award-winning photojournalist with the Chicago Tribune, and he has some thoughts on the tragedy in Haiti.

As I was reading this train of thought about his feelings about the Haiti earthquake and not being one of the photojournalists on the ground there covering the disaster, I realized that I had most of those same thoughts. Then I realized that he said it better than I probably ever could.

So instead of reading my ramblings on the subject, go and read Scott’s. He is much more eloquent and I could not agree more with what he says.

Scott’s Blog: www.strazz.wordpress.com

It does not happen often, but last night I got the late call about a fire near where I live. The reporter who called said it probably was nothing big. At least nothing big as far as a newspaper is concerned, but probably a big deal to the homeowner.

So, I jumped off the couch, missing the end of CSI, and headed a couple of blocks down the road to see what was going on.

When I arrived, it was pretty much under control. One of the police officers on the scene said it appeared to be an electrical fire in the basement that was brought under control fairly quickly. All that remained as a lot of smoke.

I called it in to the paper and told them that it was not anything major, again as far as a newspaper is concerned, but I figured I may as well hang out a bit to see if there was a photo to be made. I admit it is nothing special, but I am always fascinated by the way light plays through smoke at night with shadows and silhouettes.

Not a great photo, but still kind of interesting I think.