Tea Party protesters are civil, bathed and decent.
POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Sunday, April 26, 2009 16:18
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Just think - within a mere ten years of that "recklessness", America was the richest, most powerful nation on Earth - and remained so until at least 2001.
Seems like we could use some of that kind of reckless socialism right about now!
Mike
By 1944, much of the major powers of the world had been bombed out, or had a major military campaigns ravage large parts of their land. The U.S. was the only major power that hadn't had any battles fought on its home ( mainland ) soil.
I guess you're in favor of breaking out a world war, and really hyping up the military industrial complex, to get us out of this fix, huh?
Isn't that what you've been advocating all along?
Or have you changed your tune now that there's a Democrat in the White House?
Seems that once the war STOPPED in 1945, we still had a pretty strong economy, though. Strong enough that we were able to help rebuild Germany and Japan's economies, as well as most of Western Europe.
So you seem to think that only war can drive an economy, and I think maybe there are better ways to spend that same money and get less destruction out of it.
Mike
Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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Quote:Yup. And everyone keeps forgetting it. We try to bring transparency to the debate and as always happens, if it gains any momentum at all, the 2 polarizing parties get themselves involved in some form or fashon to cloud the message.
Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
The Tea Parties were started by Ron Paul supporters.
I was reminded of Braveheart. When Robert Bruce's father learned of Wallace's rebellion he said: "Son. You will embrace this rebellion to win symphathies from our lands in the north. I will then curry English support by condemming it in our lands to the south" That's what happened to the Tea Parties. A core of americans disaffected by their non-representing representatives started a movement of rallies. Since the R's are the opposition party they right away jumped on the wagon when they saw the popular support we were getting. In response to that the D's condemmed it outright and mocked everything with "Teabagging" references and derision...quickly forgetting how disent was so very "patrotic" from 2003-2008.
Lost in the resultant fog was our message: "You cannot spend what you do not have" Both parties are placing our posterity on a sacrifical slab, it just so happens that the current congress is doing it faster than the older republican congress did. Irregardless the wild spending MUST STOP. That was the intent of the parties. The logical extension of that message is to only tax what is needed to function the government, to not grow government further, and to reduce what we have grown to date. It's really quite easy to understand. If you've ever played Sim City, prosperity is assured if you get your city debt free with a balanced budget and low taxes. A delicate balance for sure, and it only happens when you make sacrifices up front with the understanding that the repair process takes time.
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"Yup. And everyone keeps forgetting it. We try to bring transparency to the debate and as always happens, if it gains any momentum at all, the 2 polarizing parties get themselves involved in some form or fashon to cloud the message.
I was reminded of Braveheart. When Robert Bruce's father learned of Wallace's rebellion he said: "Son. You will embrace this rebellion to win symphathies from our lands in the north. I will then curry English support by condemming it in our lands to the south" That's what happened to the Tea Parties. A core of americans disaffected by their non-representing representatives started a movement of rallies. Since the R's are the opposition party they right away jumped on the wagon when they saw the popular support we were getting. In response to that the D's condemmed it outright and mocked everything with "Teabagging" references and derision...quickly forgetting how disent was so very "patrotic" from 2003-2008.
Lost in the resultant fog was our message: "You cannot spend what you do not have" Both parties are placing our posterity on a sacrifical slab, it just so happens that the current congress is doing it faster than the older republican congress did. Irregardless the wild spending MUST STOP. That was the intent of the parties. The logical extension of that message is to only tax what is needed to function the government, to not grow government further, and to reduce what we have grown to date. It's really quite easy to understand. If you've ever played Sim City, prosperity is assured if you get your city debt free with a balanced budget and low taxes. A delicate balance for sure, and it only happens when you make sacrifices up front with the understanding that the repair process takes time."
Exactly.
Very well put.
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BSCM: Indeed, very well put.
We do indeed share some common ground, believe it or not.
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"But you know Rue, I'll make it personal for you ... A panhandler approaches you 2 blocks from a homeless shelter and asks for money. He smells of booze. Do you give it to him?"
No. But then, I never give anyone money on the street - not people with tables set up to collect for 'keeping kids off drugs', not 'religious' organizations - not even the Salvation Army at x-mas.
I want to make sure that when I give money it will go where I want it to go. Which means I go home and research the organizations I donate to (not all of them 'charities'). And then I donate a LOT.
OTOH, aside from checking for personal risk (is he carrying a weapon and /or acting aggressive or erratic ?), my views about him (or her) would be pretty innocuous. Many men on the are veterans with PTSD. Many people on the street suffer from mental illness, and 'self-medicate' as a result. Many people on the street, even families, are there due to economic fallout. I would NEVER go so far as to say he should be tarred and feathered. Not even as hyperbole, not even to illustrate a point.
That YOU would jump to that extreme says something unflattering about your state of mind, and that of the people around you.
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"All the Tea Party protesters are nothing but RACISTS!" J.G. 
J.G. - Spokesperson for the wise and sophisticated Left, interviewed by NBC Sunday as an expert on the subject.
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J.G. - Spokesperson for the wise and sophisticated Left, interviewed by NBC Sunday as an expert on the subject.
And speaking of spokespeople, here we see notable Republican spokesperson and one of the most influential evangelical leaders and male-prostitute-user Ted Haggard in a favorite position...
And here's "America's Mayor" and one-time Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani in his natural habitat...
Mike
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"This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism, straight up. That is nothing but a bunch of tea-bagging rednecks. And there is no way around that."
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"This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism, straight up. That is nothing but a bunch of tea-bagging rednecks. And there is no way around that."
And this is why I hate liberals.
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"This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism, straight up. That is nothing but a bunch of tea-bagging rednecks. And there is no way around that."
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Who are you more proud of Rue? The low-life skank who said it, or the in-the-tank, one-sided propagandists at NBC, who once again embarass a once-respected news network by airing a delusional mental case like JG? I'll bet you're proud of both. Does she have any proof to support her assinine statements? Of course not. Like you, she just knows everything.
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