Tea Party protesters are civil, bathed and decent.
POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Sunday, April 26, 2009 16:18
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Limbaugh is accurate 99% of the time. Everyone should listen.
He's more credible than most of the msm.
you forgot the in.
Oh, you mean 'Everyone should listen IN ' ???
Prefix isn't what you meant, I'm sure.
Prefix dear, as in coming before a word, not postfix. As in "inaccurate"
Rather a fail there I'm afraid.
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Originally posted by rue:
"And whoever drafted that DHS document referencing emerging 'right-wing extremism' should be among the first in line , right after their 'superiors'..."
Starting with BUSH, perhaps ?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090416/pl_politico/21300
Earlier vet. report drew no fire
While the American Legion and conservative commentators have pounced on a recent Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremism, calling it politically motivated and slanderous toward veterans, a 2008 FBI report with similar findings generated little controversy or coverage.
The 2008 report, produced while President Bush was in office and titled “White Supremacist Recruitment of Military Personnel Since 9/11,” found that although veterans don’t make up a large percentage of “white supremacist extremists,” they have taken on leadership roles in the movement.
The DHS report circulating this week dedicated just one section to “disgruntled military veterans,” where it referenced the 2008 report.
Sure , let him go first...First in crime , first in line...
The white supremacist thing rather limited the scope of the FBI's report , so it drew little attention by comparison to the new Dept. of Hokey Security dragnet , into which about 75% of the populace would fit , by their broad and (over)reaching definitions...
It's 'political profiling' , plain and simple...
The difference between this current alert and the FBI's prior report is apples vs. fish -- Not much alike , when seriously considered...
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Quote:Those were my words. I stand by them Rue. As a person who did not attend a party you cannot understand the spirit of self-suffency present. Speech after speech focused on 2 topics:
Originally posted by rue:
Not according to a poster who was at a tea party: "And then I saw the grand absurdity of a downtown panhandler gravitate towards the mass of humanity thinking this was like a Colts game or something where he could fleece beer/drug money. What he encountered was a mass of people who had heard speeches on the subject of self-suffenciecy and when he started begging I thought the people were going to tar him."
1. Our government's newly bloated growth and the certain doom of unsustainable debt.
2. A focus for each person on doing their part to "do for themselves" and to lessen as much as possible their dependence upon government.
The guy who was panhandling was looking for drug money. Period. 3 blocks east and 1 block north of our location is a mission that feeds and shelters homeless. I did not mention in the post eariler that while we tea-partiers were sharing our mutual belief not to grow government, we were also asked by at least one speaker to give "time talent and treasure" as we can, and the nearby mission was actually mentioned as an example of things people could do. But should we give this guy money for drugs or booze? Everyone there knew exactly what he was doing. Saying that we'd "tar" him was of course going too far. Certainly a poor choice of words on my part and they play right into the hands of those trying to cast doubt on the intentions of the gatherings...such as you.
But you know Rue, I'll make it personal for you with a question, and I'd like you to answer honestly as the kind spirit you are. You are on the street. A panhandler approaches you 2 blocks from a homeless shelter and asks for money. He smells of booze. Do you give it to him? Answer me truthfully and then maybe I'll tell you a true story of what happened to my wife when she did just that 3 years ago.
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Even the damn Conservatives admit nefarious and duplicitous motives behind their support of said protests, you know.
The Tea Parties: We’ve Seen It All Before
http://www.lewrockwell.com/mcmaken/mcmaken129.html
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"Conservatives have been doing this since the fifties. In order to enhance the popularity of their cause, they pretend to be the ideology of low-taxes and decreased spending, espousing the many benefits of austere government.
Then, as soon as they are in power, they quickly forget all about the ideals of small government and focus on what really matters to them: nationalism, war, and doling out the spoils of political victory to their friends.
So yes, the Tea Party protestors are right that Obama is spending recklessly, and they’re right that deficits are out of control, and they’re right that taxes are outrageously high.
But their inconsistency on these issues is embarrassingly obvious. And for those of us who can remember the last time the Conservatives pretended to oppose big government, we’ll just unhappily wait for the next time a Republican is in office and all the Conservatives suddenly realize that big government is fine as long as their guy is in charge."
They've played that card often enough that no one buys it no more, and the credibility of their movement and party is about what it deserves to be.
Mud.
-Frem
It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it
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Actually, the big gov't socialist plans to take your freedom and redistribute the wealth from the achievers to the low life slackers have been around for a while now.
Welcome to the comfort and enlightenment of true civilization.
Chicago-Tribune circa 1934
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Chicago-Tribune circa 1934
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
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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Err. you tards do know that the Tea Parties were started by Ron Paul supporters.
The Repubs just jumped on the bandwagon.
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*bonks Wulfie on the head for using an unnecessary slur*
I am very well aware of that, and in all honesty if they REALLY want to fix the problems, some of them damn fools are even welcome...
But it's not like we don't also see the very transparent attempt at transforming a very real reform movement into yet another GOP power grab, just look at the mess Bob Barr and company made of the Libertarian party cause folks were neither cynical nor skeptical enough and trusted them.
Better that we don't let that happen here, right ?
If they're really up for reform, by all means welcome to the party, but if you wanna do to us what they did to the LP ?
Oh hell no - and as such, they're gonna have to prove themselves, and so far they ain't done that, if anything, they've just cast themselves further into suspicion in light of all but ADMITTING that very intent.
Trusting them right now to instigate reform against the current administration is as foolish as trusting the Clinton Globalistas to reform the former administration, something which I most pointedly did not do, as you well recall.
Don't mistake those who wanna tighten up the leash, for those that simply desire to hold it - haven't we made that mistake enough already ?
While I am indeed bitterly skeptical, I did see a rather heartwarming moment in all of that, really how often do you get to see a Nader Green and a Bush Conservative stop snarling at each other long enough to spit curses at someone else ?
Just wait till you see what we got in store for May Day, my friend.
-Frem
PS. I don't do political correctness, but using the word retard or abbreviates for some folk is actually insulting to mentally retarded folk, since they in fact don't know any better - and the folk you're meaning to insult DO.
"dumbfucks" would have been somewhat more accurate there, guy.
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Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
Err. you tards do know that the Tea Parties were started by Ron Paul supporters.
The Repubs just jumped on the bandwagon.
And you let them take over, and were only too happy to turn the controls over to them, after the way they treated Dr. Paul.
And then YOU, Wulfie, you didn't even go out and support them.
I guess we can see where your honor and principles really lie, eh?
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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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?
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