T(taxed) E(enough) A(already) aka TEA Parties
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Synaptrik wrote:
There wasn't as much objection when Reagan, Bush1, Clinton, and Bush2 ran up the debt.
Overlooking the fact that Obama has run it up more than all of the above added together... Actually, many (myself included) complained about the Bush/Paulson/Geithner bailout run-up as well.
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So what exactly are these 'tea' parties going to do to change things?
Well, unlike some gay rights protest somewhere, these will not be taken serously by the media, ridiculed by the left, and ignored by everyone else, but even that makes the point as much as any thing else. There is opposition, and it is being denied fair access to the processes of democracy. Sooner or later, it will have to come up with an affective means of expressing itself that everyone will listen to.
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.
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Well, unlike some gay rights protest somewhere, these will not be taken serously by the media, ridiculed by the left, and ignored by everyone else, but even that makes the point as much as any thing else. There is opposition, and it is being denied fair access to the processes of democracy. Sooner or later, it will have to come up with an affective means of expressing itself that everyone will listen to.
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.
Stan Shannon wrote:
Sooner or later, it will have to come up with an affective means of expressing itself that everyone will listen to.
and it will get nasty.
Mike - typical white guy. The USA does have universal healthcare, but you have to pay for it. D'oh. Thomas Mann - "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." The NYT - my leftist brochure. Calling an illegal alien an “undocumented immigrant” is like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist”. God doesn't believe in atheists, therefore they don't exist.
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A whole lot less than the original did.
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Stan Shannon wrote:
Sooner or later, it will have to come up with an affective means of expressing itself that everyone will listen to.
and it will get nasty.
Mike - typical white guy. The USA does have universal healthcare, but you have to pay for it. D'oh. Thomas Mann - "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." The NYT - my leftist brochure. Calling an illegal alien an “undocumented immigrant” is like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist”. God doesn't believe in atheists, therefore they don't exist.
Mike Gaskey wrote:
and it will get nasty.
It is inevitable. You cannot treat people who represents the social and political traditions the nation was founded upon with such contempt while promoting and encouraging the most anti-American vitriole imaginable. I have no hope that these protests will have an affect, but they do represent a last sincere attempt to be civil about it.
Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.
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Rob Graham wrote:
A whole lot less than the original did.
Where's a crazy British Monarch when you need one, eh?
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
Oakman wrote:
Where's a crazy British Monarch when you need one, eh?
Well, you'd probably come a little unstuck if you started peeing blue. :laugh:
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Oakman wrote:
Where's a crazy British Monarch when you need one, eh?
Well, you'd probably come a little unstuck if you started peeing blue. :laugh:
"Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -- P.J. O'Rourke
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Ours is in Annapolis, I recieved a facebook invitation, I'll take the day off and bring the family. I plan on brining expensive beer and some cheap tea, I'll throw the tea into the Cheasapeak and drink the beer and chant anti-Obama (anti-Makulski, anti-Cardin, anti-Hoyer) slogans. I may go and buy a book at a book store, or a new computer periferal. Eat at the local food niches. I know socialists burn business harass people and are profane: Conservative protests have to be fun and support our local businesses... and be a family activity. :)
modified on Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:31 PM
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Ours is in Annapolis, I recieved a facebook invitation, I'll take the day off and bring the family. I plan on brining expensive beer and some cheap tea, I'll throw the tea into the Cheasapeak and drink the beer and chant anti-Obama (anti-Makulski, anti-Cardin, anti-Hoyer) slogans. I may go and buy a book at a book store, or a new computer periferal. Eat at the local food niches. I know socialists burn business harass people and are profane: Conservative protests have to be fun and support our local businesses... and be a family activity. :)
modified on Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:31 PM
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Ours is in Annapolis, I recieved a facebook invitation, I'll take the day off and bring the family. I plan on brining expensive beer and some cheap tea, I'll throw the tea into the Cheasapeak and drink the beer and chant anti-Obama (anti-Makulski, anti-Cardin, anti-Hoyer) slogans. I may go and buy a book at a book store, or a new computer periferal. Eat at the local food niches. I know socialists burn business harass people and are profane: Conservative protests have to be fun and support our local businesses... and be a family activity. :)
modified on Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:31 PM