Anti-Government, but don't touch my Medicare

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Originally posted by Niki2:


It's amusing, when you think about it:

The Tea Partiers yell and scream about wanting to get rid of government and "save the country". Yet:

The Second Amendment rally in Washington DC, people complained that the mass-transit system wasn't up to their "standards". Government-created; I wonder what they'd bitch about without it?

The one over in Virginia, close as they could get WITH their weapons, was held in a state park. State parks, remember, paid for by government?

Not only that, but the fact that they COULD openly carry their weapons was made possible by that Socialist/communist/nazi/facist Obama by recent legislation.

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Well, yes and no. Several states already had open-carry laws before Obama was elected. Heck, some of them had them before America was even America! :)

What Obama DID do, though, which would come as quite a shock to these people, if they ever stopped hollerin' "He's gonna take our guns!" - is he signed the legislation allowing open-carry in the national parks. And for that, did one single member of those pro-gun rallies stand up on the stage and say, "Thank You, Mister President, for allowing us to be hear today with our guns!"?

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It goes on and on...would be interesting to see how they dealt with the results of doing away with big government.

Yes, I know some of that stuff was paid for by state government; and I know they're not against ALL government, but to hear them, then watch them utilize what the government "bought" them (like Medicare and Social Security) just makes me smile.

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Yup, that big ol' government that can't do ANYTHING right. Where did the tea-baggers hold their protests? Places like the mall in DC - (a national park), Boston Commons (a national park, and one of the oldest), and other public, federally-funded parks and outdoors areas. So far as I've seen, not a one of them has been on land that was leased and paid for by private individuals. They value "freedom", all right - especially when "free" is the cost of the public park land they hold their protests on, to protest spending money on things like parks.

How did these people GET TO the public parks they met in to hold their protests? Many complained that the public transportation systems they used weren't up to the task - which is supposed to somehow bolster their case for spending less money on such things.

"Hero" claims that everyone who works or shops has seen massive unprecedented tax hikes (hidden ones, apparently, since he can't find them no matter how many times I ask for details). Doesn't it also stand to reason that every single person who attended a Tea Party protest in a public park, or who got to that protest via bus, train, plane, automobile, etc. - even by FOOT, if they used a sidewalk to do so - was the direct beneficiary of the tax system that paid for those things?

It IS funny, in a way. These people are supposed to be the great example of how smart Americans are. Yet they seem hopelessly uninformed about... well, EVERYTHING, really.

We should have a pledge sheet that we take around to the Tea Parties, asking people to sign up to NOT take federal welfare, for anything, ever. That includes use of the roads, highways, interstates, public schools, libraries, airports and air travel, and more.

The guy asking people to throw bricks through windows to protest government spending? Yeah, he's on Social Security Disability. I'm sure he'll tell you that he wants that taken away, since he didn't pay for it and is freeloading off ME, for one. Think he'll sign my pledge?


Mike

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
What Obama DID do, though, which would come as quite a shock to these people, if they ever stopped hollerin' "He's gonna take our guns!" - is he signed the legislation allowing open-carry in the national parks. And for that, did one single member of those pro-gun rallies stand up on the stage and say, "Thank You, Mister President, for allowing us to be hear today with our guns!"?

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Here in Michigan, that *was* the attitude in Lansing, when a gathering intended to protest abuses (which never came around to happening) ended up a celebration of the right to bear arms instead, and the prevailing attitude seemed to be "Well, I don't like him, but he's been pretty cool on this issue", followed by a shrug as they then find something else to bitch about.

I think, provided they practice safe handling procedures and obey the law, just leavin the gunbunnies alone will cause this to eventually become a non-issue when the expected abuses never come - it's not like they don't have other things to piss and moan about, yanno ?

But that epic freakout "OMG he's got a gun, it's gonna jump out of the holster all by itself and kill everyone in sight, aieee, aieee" bullshit, that just feeds the frenzy, honestly.

Thankfully Michigan has almost none of that kinda attitude, and as such, it was a very celebratory atmosphere rather than a panic.

-F

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That was my point, Mike darlin'; that they couldn't have been there with their guns on if Obama hadn't changed things...AND that no matter how they got there, "big government" made it possible--unless they took a cab. No, wait, cabs travel on roads... spread their wings and fly maybe?

And curse you for mentioning the guy on disability, I was saving that for my next salvo post!

Oh, Frem, f'r'heaven's sake, don't turn it into a second amendment thing, that's not what it's about. It's about being anti-government while happily using everything the government provides...shees, you know what will happen if you get folks going on THAT one!


"I'm just right. Kinda like the sun rising in the east and the world being round...its not a need its just the way it is." The Delusional "Hero", 3/1/10

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