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A truly disconcerting image- confirmed locations for Tax Day Tea Parties
April 15th.
Write that date down; people- it could very well mark the beginning of the end. With the notoriously conservative Tea Party movement gaining steam, is it time to take the ‘United’ out of ‘United States’?
An off-the-cuff and seemingly harmless comment from CNBC drone Rick Santelli- who called for a Chicago ‘Tea Party’ in response to Obama’s handling of the worsening economic situation- has now developed into a full-blown national movement.
On April 15th, hundreds of thousands of PO’d red meat eatin’ Americans will converge on the streets to protest the Obama administration’s policies and platforms. Over 360 cities nationwide have been confirmed as protest staging points, and conservative luminaries like Newt Gingrich and Sean ‘Rough Rider’ Hannity will lend their considerable girth and celebrity to ensure a sense of bloated spectacle.
The Tea (Taxed Enough Already) Party-people consider themselves a coherent and diverse network of Americans from every conceivable walk of life. They are cultural warriors fighting against the tax-happy, spend-happy ways of the evil Obama cabal, real American patriots, and staunch defenders against the creeping evils of Socialism.
In reality, their ‘movement’ is incredibly divisive, a mindset that stands in sharp contrast to Obama’s calls for bipartisanship in this time of great national need. Their arguments have the potential to divide the country along titanic lines not seen since the bloody days of the Civil War.
Think I’m exaggerating here? The Tea Party movement is an incredibly dangerous concept, fuelled by the usual gushes of sycophantic support from the conservative news media (here’s looking at you, Fox). Consider a recent poll posted on Sean Hannity’s website, asking his loyal followers if they thought America was ripe for ‘revolution’. Or perhaps you’ve heard some of the vitriolic treasonous crap spewing forth from the mouth of Fox’s resident white-haired lunatic, He Who Shall Go Unnamed. You can tune in to his show practically any day of the week for an (increasingly) thinly veiled call to arms against the President and his evil liberal cronies.
The Tea Party Movement is basically a flag for Republicans disenfranchised by last year’s election results to rally behind. Give it up, guys. You lost fair and square. Obama and his policies have the mandate of the people- unlike a certain Bush I could mention.
If the country continues down this dark path, a second Civil War might not just be a cool idea for a sci-fi novel anymore. Can you imagine the potential for chaos if some of these ‘protesters’ decide to exercise the Second Amendment and bring their weapons to these rallies? There’s a thin line between peaceful protest and bloodthirsty patriotic fervor, especially if those protesting are used to being on the side of the mighty status quo.
I hope April 15th comes and goes without major incident. And I hope the protesters fail in their mission to bring their message to a national audience. It’s a message of fear, prejudice and, quite frankly, hate.
President Obama was elected democratically, according to the doctrines set forth by the Founding Fathers. The Tea Party movement represents a real danger to the tenets of democracy Americans have embraced for centuries.
There are now only 1351 days left until the End of the World.
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The Conservatives are the ones who kept saying "America Love it or Leave it" the past eight years, so if they don't love it, they should leave it.
The problem with that is most of the civilized world is more Liberal then the US. To go someplace more conservative they would have to head to Iran.
So, I'd give them a break- if those nutjobs want their own country, let them have Alaska.
There is a difference between loving what you already have, and some traitors coming around to ruin it. You dont go into someones house and demand they change their whole ideology and then tell them if they dont like it to leave.
The Constitution is a contract, if you violate it, you are in breach of contract, and all agreements are null and void, if you dont like freedom so much, you traitors should be the ones leaving, to somewhere more comfortable like China. They have what you are aiming for.
As far as the tea parties, they are not republicans or conservatives, they are freedom lovers, the republicans are trying to co-opt them to keep us all from banding together to fight against tyrrany.
If you go against what this country stands for, you are a traitor, what forking part of the constitution is so unbearable to you forktards anyways?
Free speech? Your using it now.
Self defense? Only an idiot would put his life in the hands of revenue workers (police).
No quartering of troops in your house? You want the cops or military showing up at your house and kicking you out so they could be comfy while you freeze?
Freedom from unreasonable search? You want your every move questioned by the government?
Due process? You want to disappear with no recourse?
Trial by jury? You want arbitrary law?
The list goes on people, what forking part of the Constitution is so unbearable?
I just read the most socialistic ideology written by Mr. Wyatt. The Tea Party is a push for fiscal responsibility, Constitutionally Limited government, and free markets. Stop being ignorant and calling names.
it's all much a-do about nothing!! I bet there wont even be 500 people across the us involved in this crap!!!
Jimmy and Brad,
Spineless liberal cowards. Naysayers! It's you guys that should leave America. Liberal whacko's both of you. Small minds create small thoughts. Crap (Jimmy) is something that YOU spew! You guys are both "nutjobs" to quote "brad".
It truly shows your ignorance when all you can do is try and insult, albeit quite ineffectively.
Hey Wyatt! If "April 15th comes and goes without major incident" like you said, what the heck would you write about>
Wyatt, dont be such a tight sphincter. Dissent is the highest form of patriotism, dawg.
You're joking, right?
I mean, you understand the foundation of this representative republic is the willingness and ability to express differences of opinion, right?
Oh. Right. Gotcha. Only when the expression is against Chimpy Bushitler McHalliburton's Smirky Rodeo Ride Through History. The One Who Has Been Promised Us deserves different, nay, better, treatment.
Right?
You complete ass. You have beclowned yourself.
Remember a couple of years back when dissent was "the highest form of patriotism?" You can still see the bumper stickers on the Volvos.
I guess some protestors are more equal than others.
<i>The Conservatives are the ones who kept saying "America Love it or Leave it" the past eight years</i>
That's a lie. You're a liar, brad.
<i>To go someplace more conservative they would have to head to Iran.</i>
American conservatism wants less government, not more. We want classical liberalism. Maybe if you weren't such a provincial progressive, you'd know what the word "liberal" means in the rest of the English speaking world.
<i>Obama and his policies have the mandate of the people</i>
Obama was elected after pledging to end the war in Iraq, lower taxes on 95% of the country, bring new faces to government, and run the most ethical administration ever. If he were doing any one of those things, you could make a weak argument that his policies had a mandate. Unfortunately, he's even more of a liar than you are.
Man, you are just so far behind the times.
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Seriously. Wake up. Get with it. This whole, "OMG, this Tea Party thing might divide the nation" idea ignores about 40 years of US history. We've been on the brink of Civil War ever since at least a certain movement called 'the counter-culture'.
We didn't start the fire. It was always burning. You man Obama isn't exactly what I'd call a reconciler, and if your, "He's our President, so we should rally behind him." comments don't smack you in the face with their irony, then you are incapable of getting a clue.
"It’s a message of fear, prejudice and, quite frankly, hate."
No it's not. Why don't you go to one and see for yourself? Everyone is welcome.
I'm bringing my kid, not my firearms. Frankly, you're the one who's prejudiced. You've prejudged us based on--what? Some stereotype of The Other you've imagined, I think.
Bush won in 2000 and by greater margins in 2004. The left embraced conspiracy theories to reject his legitimacy for all eight. Obama wins by a narrow margin and immediately proceeds to embrace middle and lower class taxes, confiscation of private industry, legalization of 40 million aliens, dismantling of our missile and nuclear deterrence immediately following a North Korean exercise and numerous other actions not part of his campaign promises. And we're told to "shut up and sit down"?
Having not held the criminals accountable for the economic plight (Fannie & Freddie) and instead rewarding and empowering them, you on the left are faced with two options: reform or deal with our rebellion. Fortunately the great Republican Thomas Jefferson validates our demand for an end to this economic tyranny and political corruption.
How do I know we will prevail? Because we're the only ones paying the checks. Without us, you go hungry. No soup for you.
But...isn't dissent the highest form of patriotism, as we've heard endlessly the past eight years? We're patriots, Wyatt, and you port-siders are the Establishment.
Yes, we want a revolution...at the ballot box in 2010...to run you dirty, grasping collectivists out of power.
Wyatt, you are a moron. Where were you when the stupid people protested Bush? Was it the end? No. I guess free speech only works when you see fit. Nice.
When did "speaking truth to power" become unfashionable?
Oh, yeah. On Jan. 20.
Are you a moron? When the Left was protesting for the last eight years, the line was "Don't question our patriotism". Now you're calling premature blood libel?
Grow up. We're making noise now so people might vote differently at the next election. You know - voting, like in the Democratic process you're pretending to defend.
Or do you really want to silence dissent? You know - like you accused the Right of doing for the last eight years? Are you the real fascist?
There were more than 500 people at the last one of these "Tea Parties". But hey, keep pretending that there won't be more than that across the country.
Wyatt: your definition of "hate" is speech with which you disagree.
Ummm....OK?
What happened to "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism?"
Guess it is more like "Free speech for me and not for thee!"
Near as I can tell, if all the idiot Lefties (like brad, Jimmy, and Wyatt) were to extract their cranial cavities from their anal sphincters as the same time, the resulting sound would render the rest of us deaf for a week.
"it's all much a-do about nothing!! I bet there wont even be 500 people across the us involved in this crap!!!"
Jimmy doesn't read much. The Tea Party protests have been happening all over the country for months, and 500 seems about the average turnout for each. Of course, folks who use multiple!!! exclamation!!! points!!! tend not to be the most informed.
And +1 on the "whatever happened to 'dissent is the highest form of patriotism?'" blasts. We predicted that. Let's not forget "speak thruth to power", either.
This column was the most lame-brained, disingenuous, and quite frankly offensive sophomoric twaddle I've ever read.
Moronic pablum. Try getting an education and a mind.
Wyatt, if there's a Civil War coming, I'm taking dead aim at you, my friend.
<i>Remember a couple of years back when dissent was "the highest form of patriotism?"</i>
Naturally, that only applies when it's idiot leftist nutjobs doing the dissenting...
I won't try to correct the more egregious of your comments -- others are doing a fine job of that. I would draw your attention to one inconvenient fact, however. Bush I won a higher percentage of the vote than Obama. As soon as you say that Bush I had a greater mandate than Obama, I will start paying attention. I'm not holding my breath.
The new revolution is past partisan BS, it is the system that is broken.....well, not broken for the government who has the monopoly on everything, including power not granted to it by the constitution, stop playing red and blues you morons, its God given rights, not some idiot in a phone booth.
While you libtards are trying to wreck this country, we the people have been preparing for war. You might want to STFU and get out of the way while real men take care of business.
I see that the lefties have shifted from dismissal to slander.
What are you afraid of, pinkbots? A few too many people showing up who aren't buying the bullshit?
Weak sauce, Wyatt, weak sauce. Your stirring stick's a bit inadequate, as well.
The Tea Party movement is pretty amazing.
Bipartisan? Yup, unlike Wyatt Shev and his circle jerk of friends, the Tea Party contains people of all political persuasions.
Even more amazing, it's getting Republicans, most of whom have never protested anything in their entire life (think about that, oh professional protester), out of their comfy chair and out in the streets.
When the protesters are actually employed at real jobs and have real lives (in stark contrast to the usual gang of underachievers that get protest permits), it's something a real journalist would have interest in exploring.
Looks like most of the real journalists are working for Fox News, the only fair network anywhere.
And you wonder why this paper went out of business. There can be no dissent or even discussion if The One has decided what is best for us. Resistance is futile.
Seriously? Suddenly when leftists like "Obama Sycophant Examiner" Wyatt get their preferred ideology in power, protests become scary and terrible and they are going to destroy the country blah blah blah.
Wyatt, Gary is waiting in your room with a bra on his head hoping that Lisa will pop out of your 286 PC. If you run quick, Chet won't tell Mom and Dad.
I had a difficult time reading this juvenile 'argument' with a straight face. Clearly, the only free expression of speech which you consider acceptable is speech with which you agree. You are the antithesis of the true meaning of the term "liberal." Instead, your attitude is oppressive and an example of fear-mongering. All the things many of the left unjustifiably claimed about Bush. Can you say "projection?"
The Teas Part protests are a revolt against milch-cow status. So you are telling us that if we don't just shut up and take it, the alternative is revolution?
Look in the mirror for your "divisiveness", buster. We are not a means to your ends, regardless of any vote.
But...but...I thought dissent was the highest form of patriotism? It sure was when the president had an (R) after his name!
The first Tea Parties were happening BEFORE Rick Santelli ever uttered a word. Here's a tip Wyatt. Try Google! Unless they're too busy helping the Chinese government censor internet content or turning over the email addresses of Chinese dissidents.
Thanks. I think I lost 3 IQ points reading this drivel. May God have mercy on your soul.
Wyatt,
I get that you hate and fear me. I don't really understand why, but that's your choice. Perhaps it's because you don't really know me. Perhaps it's because you can't conceive of people like me. I don't know. It's really not my problem unless you somehow force it upon me.
It saddens me that you feel the need to project your dreams of violent revolution onto me. I don't think that way.
It's about NOT destroying the future.
"In reality, their ‘movement’ is incredibly divisive, a mindset that stands in sharp contrast to Obama’s calls for bipartisanship"
Obama may call for bipartisanship, but it is his actions that are divisive. Bipartisanship, to him and to you, must mean uncritical acceptance of every radical policy he proposes.
Republicans riot in the ballot box, silly. Only Democrats riot in the street.
I'm positive he expressed the same reservations about the protests against Bush after his calls for bipartisanship in support of our soldiers in the field.
As for 500 people, try over 450 SITES will have protests; the numbers in the previous protests were over 15,000 (and limited by traffic flow) on a single site, with scores of others elsewhere on a single day. There will be at LEAST a half-million in the streets nationwide on April 15th; count on it! Of course, the MSM will do everything they can as the Administration's propaganda unit.
Try getting your head out of the sand, Obamatrons!
Mr. Shev,
Did you even interview any of the organizers or participants who are planning to attend? I've never attended any political demonstration in my life, and I am not a member of the Republican Party, but I will be attending this tea party.
Most of the people attending these are middle-class average Americans who work for a living and keep this country's economy going. We work 9-5, raise our children, live within our means, and are tired of the government and all of you "self-obsessed" political junkies acting like you know who we are and what this movement is about. You don't know squat!!!
Basic principle: thieves should be shot. When the government acts outside its constitutional powers, it forces its revenue agents into the role of thieves, and the government loses legitimacy, becoming a Racketeer Influenced Corrupt organization. I didn't write the Constitution. I didn't vote for the programs which violated it. I didn't come up with the interpretations that permitted a frog that lives its whole life in California, and which is in no product, no trade, and no commerce to justify regulations on property that is wholly within California under the rubric of "interstate commerce'.
So put the blame where it belongs. On the thieves.
Yes- Violent revolutions are so often started by moms with kids in strollers, grandparents and people who can't make it to protests during office hours because they are at work. Our country will be in terrible shape if these lunatics who go to work, pay their bills and generally oppose passing on problems and debts to someone else have any influence on public policy. Quick- repeal the "freedom of assembly" clause and mandate spending of a few more trillion dollars before it's too late!
The Constitution guarantees the right to peacefully assemble. Are you arguing that the right to protest is undemocratic?
You're an idiot.
Oh,NOW I get it...when GW was President and the pro jihadi left did all it could to hamper the war effort and to paint GW as 'Hitler',it was because HE was being 'divisive'...but now that Bozo Negro is President when people protest his policies then WE are the ones who are being 'divisive'....such is what passes for logical discourse in trendy lefty salons these days....'twas ever thus
Yes it's divisive. And I hope to God it IS revolutionary. Because if it's not, the Tea Party movement doesn't have a point.
Obama is the most divisive President in my memory and I'm in my sixties. He has a greater favorable rating in his own party and a greater unfavorable in the other than even Bush and BDS was part of the Democratic DNA for the last eight years. When given a chance to reach out to Republicans, his response was "I won". He did. So?
Obama has turned his loyal opposition into a force completely and utterly opposed to everything he does. Bipartisan? Nonpartisan? Obama is the most partisan President since maybe FDR. Maybe longer. He is hyper partisan. And everyone outside the Church of Obama knows it.
The left should have thought of that decades ago. It has been perfectly alright for the last 8 years for the left to protest, demostrate, harrass, break windows, and subject police and ordinary citizens to all sorts of ill mannered, childish, and dangerous behavior. We have been told ad nauseum that 'dissent is the highest form of patriotism'
Yet when their oposition threatens to dissent, it is a danger to the country. You bloody hypocrits.
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