***Tea party 2009!***

[GaryJohnston]

Who's going?

Get to one to take a stand against tyranny!

The amount of people who can't pay their taxes this year has increased by 3 fold from last year. Yet Obama is telling those folks "Not to worry about it. Government will get your back. Well just pass another spending bill! YES WE CAN!"

Never mind responsible Americans like you and me who pay our taxes and mortages and live within our means.

DOWN WITH SOCIALISM, RADICALISM AND FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY!

AMERICA FOREVER!

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[Kermit]

Yeah! Let's go teabag some fools!!! Santelli's right. We need to teabag every fucking American we see!!!

[ChumpDumper]

The amount of people who can't pay their taxes this year has increased by 3 fold from last year.Are you raising money for them? Is this what all the money is being spent on? If so, that's a very worthy cause.

If not, why not?

[balli]

I'm not going. I don't hate America.

[jman3000]

I'm gonna be downtown tomorrow anyway... so i might just walk to the alamo and check it out.

it'd be cool to check out the right's new messiah, glenn beck.

[ChumpDumper]

Let me know if he cries.

Who am I kidding? Of course he'll cry.

[jman3000]

He just loves America.

Geez.

[Winehole23]

If not, why not?Just make out your check to FreedomWorks.

[ChumpDumper]

I'll send them a patch of Astroturf.

[JoeChalupa]

Are they with us or against us!!?!?!?

[JohnnyMarzetti]

http://pavlovianobeisance.com/images/tea.jpg

[Viva Las Espuelas]

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psssssst democrats are attending too.
:donkey

[ChumpDumper]

Which ones?

[Crookshanks]

Which ones?

Well gee Chump - we don't have a list of EVERY individual who is planning on attending these events. You probably are referring to big name democrats or politicians - but you see, that's what you guys aren't getting. It isn't so much the democrat politicians that are supporting these tea parties - it's the average American citizen who's fed up with the government!

I've heard phone calls from many people involved in planning these events, and all of them said the thing that surprised them was how diverse the group was - it includes republicans, democrats, independents, senior citizens, college students, housewives and professional businessmen.

Oh - and this is for all of you who are making fun of the term "tea" parties. It stands for:
Taxed
Enough
Already

[NASCARdad]

Only real Americans understand.

[ChumpDumper]

Well gee Chump - we don't have a list of EVERY individual who is planning on attending these events. You probably are referring to big name democrats or politicians - but you see, that's what you guys aren't getting. It isn't so much the democrat politicians that are supporting these tea parties - it's the average American citizen who's fed up with the government!So average Americans are organizing this and are the featured speakers at these events? Great.


Oh - and this is for all of you who are making fun of the term "tea" parties. It stands for:
Taxed
Enough
AlreadyTeabagging is what they are making fun of.

[AmericanPsycho]

Wouldn't liberals be accused of being unpatriotic?

[Crookshanks]

So average Americans are organizing this and are the featured speakers at these events? Great.

This is from the website taxdayteaparty.com

"The Tax Day Tea Party is a national collaborative grassroots effort organized by Smart Girl Politics, Top Conservatives on Twitter, the DontGo Movement and many other online groups/coalitions."

As for who will be featured speakers, I don't know. I know that many known conservatives will be covering the event in several cities. Sean will be in Atlanta, Neal Cavuto will be in Sacramento, and I think Karl Rove is going to be in New York. They aren't speaking, they're just covering it for the news.

I know Ted Nugent will be at the Alamo tomorrow - he's playing the National Anthem. Another guest will be Marcus Luttrell, a navy seal who wrote the book "Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10".

[braeden0613]

I hate the fact that Republicans are using this to their advantage, (where was this type of thing when Bush was raping the treasury?) but it's good to see people are organizing against outrageous taxing and spending.

[jman3000]

I am kinda miffed that Joe the Plumber will be in Atlanta with Hannity and not in SA with Beck.

:depressed

He's just an average Joe.

[MannyIsGod]

Its laughable to have some of these speakers at these tea parties. Karl fucking Rove? Really? He was behind every single one of Bush's programs including THE LARGEST ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

As for who will be featured speakers, I don't know. I know that many known conservatives will be covering the event in several cities. Sean will be in Atlanta, Neal Cavuto will be in Sacramento, and I think Karl Rove is going to be in New York. They aren't speaking, they're just covering it for the news.

[td4mvp21]

I like how all of a sudden we live under tyranny, you know in the span of merely 3 months after Bush left office.

[Winehole23]

I heard the same is true of Glenn Beck. Not speaking, but attending as a member of the press.

[Winehole23]

Its laughable to have some of these speakers at these tea parties. Karl fucking Rove? Really? He was behind every single one of Bush's programs including THE LARGEST ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.I love the effortless transition to the commentariat. Karl Rove, roving reporter.

[Winehole23]

I like how all of a sudden we live under tyranny, you know in the span of merely 3 months after Bush left office.Not utterly without justice, some people think Bush was a tyrant, so what's the diff?

The continuity has been striking. Obama challenged the court that freed the Uighurs and won to keep them locked up; he is fighting to prevent discovery of warrantless wiretapping, and he seeks to maintain Bagram AFB and other secret sites as law-free zones in the GWOT. His DOJ still uses the same legal rationales as Bush and according to Glenn Greenwald, is willing to go even further in some cases.

Like Bush, a war in Asia is an idee fixe with Obama. The objective has not been clearly spelled out, nor has any exit strategy. Looks like nation building. It could take awhile.

On the home front, the mortgage and finance sectors have been socialized. It looks like socialism, but actually, what happened is big finance sucked all the (our, remember fees and interest) wealth out of giant equity bubbles, then threw their insolvency in the taxpayer's lap when their bets went bad. Now they're going to mine the future prosperity of the US taxpayer. It's the only store of wealth left for predatory banks, insurance companies and bank receivers. Our government appears reluctant to manage the problem. I wonder why.

It isn't tyranny yet. But Obama seems to have *handed the keys to the kingdom* to the very firms who ran our economy into the ditch. Scary. The tendency is oligarchy IMO.

[Winehole23]

I hate the fact that Republicans are using this to their advantage, (where was this type of thing when Bush was raping the treasury?) but it's good to see people are organizing against outrageous taxing and spending.It riled a few old line fiscal conservatives, but there weren't very many of those in the Bush years. Not in the mainstream of the party. The GOP faithful were quiet as church mice on spending, too.

[Winehole23]

Plus, the bailout puts all that in the shade.

[braeden0613]

It riled a few old line fiscal conservatives, but there weren't very many of those in the Bush years. Not in the mainstream of the party. The GOP faithful were quiet as church mice on spending, too.
true. here's an interesting article on the subject http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory185.html

[GaryJohnston]

I'm not going. I don't hate America.

But you DO hate America, you do.

You and your kind want to change American into a socialistic state, rejecting all ideals that made us the greatest outpost of liberty in the history of the world, one nation under God. You believe in huge government supremacy, thereby rejecting the Declaration. You want the European model here, a model impeades growth, prosperity, and individual liberty to make a better living for yourself. You care not about a person prospering by, and on their own merits(that is, liberty) if it disrupts movement towards a utopian state, you, far left liberals, and Obama want. You want government handouts. You don't want to achive on your own. You're lazy.

Case in point, look at the economic shit storm in California created by liberal beliefs, and look at the economic prosperity that exists in Texas created by conservative beliefs.?

But Im still guessing you want the former.

[ChumpDumper]

:lol

[Kermit]

But you DO hate America, you do.

You and your kind want to change American into a socialistic state, rejecting all ideals that made us the greatest outpost of liberty in the history of the world, one nation under God. You believe in huge government supremacy, thereby rejecting the Declaration. You want the European model here, a model impeades growth, prosperity, and individual liberty to make a better living for yourself. You care not about a person prospering by, and on their own merits(that is, liberty) if it disrupts movement towards a utopian state, you, far left liberals, and Obama want. You want government handouts. You don't want to achive on your own. You're lazy.

Case in point, look at the economic shit storm in California created by liberal beliefs, and look at the economic prosperity that exists in Texas created by conservative beliefs.?

But Im still guessing you want the former.

Did you pay Hannity for that?

[implacable44]

I am amazed at the level of denial that exists -- actually cowardice. If you want to be socialist then at least have the balls to say it. Freaking cowards.

[ChumpDumper]

I am amazed at the level of denial that exists -- actually cowardice. If you want to be socialist then at least have the balls to say it. Freaking cowards.There are already many elements of socialism in our current government. It's never going to be fully socialist or fully laissez faire.

[clambake]

what the hell are you talking about?

[implacable44]

There are already many elements of socialism in our current government. It's never going to be fully socialist or fully laissez faire.

says who ?? the Moron ?

We are a Republic - well "were" a republic.. not a democracy Dung -- soon we will be full on socialist -- at the very least. What is to prevent it

[Crookshanks]

I am amazed at the level of denial that exists -- actually cowardice. If you want to be socialist then at least have the balls to say it. Freaking cowards.

I hear the calls from people who escaped from countries like Russia, or former Soviet bloc nations like Poland, and they are frightened to see what is happening in the United States. They say "we already saw this movie - we know how it ends!" And many of them also say they remember their parents denying what was happening until it was too late.

But the one that really got to me was the Cuban immigrant who said he was lucky because he had a place to escape to - the greatest country in the world - The United States. And then he said - but if America fails, where do we have to escape to?

[LnGrrrR]

The military is socialist. :)

[ChumpDumper]

says who ?? the Moron ?Says anyone who isn't an idiot.


We are a Republic - well "were" a republic.. not a democracy Dung -- soon we will be full on socialist -- at the very least. What is to prevent itAre you saying you can't prevent it?

[ChumpDumper]

I hear the calls from people who escaped from countries like Russia, or former Soviet bloc nations like Poland, and they are frightened to see what is happening in the United States. They say "we already saw this movie - we know how it ends!" And many of them also say they remember their parents denying what was happening until it was too late.

But the one that really got to me was the Cuban immigrant who said he was lucky because he had a place to escape to - the greatest country in the world - The United States. And then he said - but if America fails, where do we have to escape to?So you are saying the United States is going to undergo a violent communist revolution.

I disagree.

[implacable44]

Says anyone who isn't an idiot.

Are you saying you can't prevent it?

I am waiting for your answer -- the Moron's guide to why the US(S)A will never be "FULLY" socialist.

[Kermit]

hear the calls from people who escaped from countries like Russia, or former Soviet bloc nations like Poland, and they are frightened to see what is happening in the United States.

No offense, but what happened to create a communist Russia is absofuckinglutely nothing like what is happening here. Nothing. They are not related and they never will be.

[ChumpDumper]

I am waiting for your answer -- the Moron's guide to why the US(S)A will never be "FULLY" socialist.Folks wouldn't like it.

That's why.

[JoeChalupa]

So is this the new face of the Republican party? OR the new beginning of a new third party?

[implacable44]

Folks wouldn't like it.

That's why.

which folks ? I mean according to Newsweek and USA Today a month ago - we already are all SOCIALISTS. .. which folks wouldn't like it and be able to prevent it ?

[clambake]

how are you a socialist?

[ChumpDumper]

which folks ? I mean according to Newsweek and USA Today a month ago - we already are all SOCIALISTS. .. which folks wouldn't like it and be able to prevent it ?Please give links to the articles you cite. You have been known to misinterpret them.

[implacable44]

see the feb 16th issue of newsweek Moron. You misinterpret things ... "nothing to see here"..

[ChumpDumper]

see the feb 16th issue of newsweek Moron. You misinterpret things ... "nothing to see here"..From the article

We remain a center-right nation in many ways—particularly culturally, and our instinct, once the crisis passes, will be to try to revert to a more free-market style of capitalism

I interpret this as saying we remain a center-right nation in many ways—particularly culturally, and our instinct, once the crisis passes, will be to try to revert to a more free-market style of capitalism.

[clambake]

:lol

[implacable44]

From the article

We remain a center-right nation in many ways—particularly culturally, and our instinct, once the crisis passes, will be to try to revert to a more free-market style of capitalism

I interpret this as saying we remain a center-right nation in many ways—particularly culturally, and our instinct, once the crisis passes, will be to try to revert to a more free-market style of capitalism.

ha ha -- paste the whole artice chumpstein. dont just take a sentence out of context and use it for your purpose. "nothing to see here.." Moron

actually there is more than one article in the magazine .. but here is a quote down a few lines from yours ..

"All of this is unfolding in an economy that can no longer be understood, even in passing, as the Great Society vs. the Gipper. Whether we like it or not—or even whether many people have thought much about it or not—the numbers clearly suggest that we are headed in a more European direction"

[braeden0613]

I'll say it again, where were all you "conservatives" when Bush was doing pushing the exact same economic policies as Obama? Are Republicans really that attached to the rhetoric of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh? Learn how to think for yourselves and realize that our economy isn't a partisan issue.

[ChumpDumper]

ha ha -- paste the whole artice chumpstein. dont just take a sentence out of context and use it for your purpose. "nothing to see here.." MoronYou asked me what I believe.

That is what I believe.

Now, if you believe we will become a fully socialist nation and there is nothing we can do about it, that's fine.

I disagree.

You're an idiot who doesn't even know what he asks people.

[Bartleby]

I hear the calls from people who escaped from countries like Russia, or former Soviet bloc nations like Poland, and they are frightened to see what is happening in the United States. They say "we already saw this movie - we know how it ends!" And many of them also say they remember their parents denying what was happening until it was too late.


I'm married to somebody who lived in communist Poland. What really reminds her (and her family and friends) of living in a Soviet-occupied country was the Bush administration's response to 9/11, especially the surveillance tactics of the Dept. of Homeland Security.

[implacable44]

I'll say it again, where were all you "conservatives" when Bush was doing pushing the exact same economic policies as Obama? Are Republicans really that attached to the rhetoric of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh? Learn how to think for yourselves and realize that our economy isn't a partisan issue.

Glen beck was calling out Bush for the last 28 months or so of his presidency - starting on the border and really pounding him on the stimulus bill and bail outs. Many conservatives did the same thing.

[ChumpDumper]

Glen beck:rollin

[clambake]

if this were about Australia, crooks would tell you how all aborigines feel.

[implacable44]

You asked me what I believe.

That is what I believe.

Now, if you believe we will become a fully socialist nation and there is nothing we can do about it, that's fine.

I disagree.

You're an idiot who doesn't even know what he asks people.


Sandy -- is this you ? you have to be my mother-in-law - master manipulator ... MORON

[implacable44]

oh sorry - glenn

[FaithInOne]

I love how the libtard robots are going to talk shit about the turn out regardless if it is big or small without acknowledging that most working people.....work.

[ChumpDumper]

Sandy -- is this you ? you have to be my mother-in-law - master manipulator ... MORONSo, tell me why you believe the US is becoming fully socialist and there is nothing that can stop it.

[ChumpDumper]

I love how the libtard robots are going to talk shit about the turn out regardless if it is big or small without acknowledging that most working people.....work.I love how you are precomplaining about the liberal reaction to the turnout, big or small.

[clambake]

I love how the libtard robots are going to talk shit about the turn out regardless if it is big or small without acknowledging that most working people.....work.

i love how republicans didn't even consider that aspect.

[FaithInOne]

So, tell me why you believe the US is becoming fully socialist and there is nothing that can stop it.

For once, answer your own question as to why you believe it isn't/won't.

[FaithInOne]

i love how republicans didn't even consider that aspect.

I never understood why these organizers don't do shit on the weekends???

I understand the libtards angry at The Man don't have jobs and ACCORN can just bus in the local bums...but damn

[clambake]

he already did.

[implacable44]

the repubs arent running the tea partys...

dung - i never said nothing could stop it -- I said soon we will be full on socialist and aksed you what could prevent it since you said the usa will never be full on socialist...

[ChumpDumper]

For once, answer your own question as to why you believe it isn't/won't.I was just impressed by your preparedness for being butthurt. It's never to early to start.

[clambake]

I never understood why these organizers don't do shit on the weekends???

it's about competence.

you'd think sincere conservatives would take charge....instead of following ignorance.

[LnGrrrR]

I love how the libtard robots are going to talk shit about the turn out regardless if it is big or small without acknowledging that most working people.....work.

Like how Republicans are saying that it's a good thing that these uprisings are 'spontaneous' and not organized? But if they were organized, they'd be talking about a new power structure in place for the Republican party? lol

[ChumpDumper]

the repubs arent running the tea partys...

dung - i never said nothing could stop it -- I said soon we will be full on socialist and aksed you what could prevent it since you said the usa will never be full on socialist...So you are saying we will be full on socialist. Isn't that saying nothing will stop it?

[ChumpDumper]

For once, answer your own question as to why you believe it isn't/won't.


he already did.I did indeed.

The quote I truncated for my own devious purposes summed it up nicely.

[George Gervin's Afro]

Who's going?

Get to one to take a stand against tyranny!

The amount of people who can't pay their taxes this year has increased by 3 fold from last year. Yet Obama is telling those folks "Not to worry about it. Government will get your back. Well just pass another spending bill! YES WE CAN!"

Never mind responsible Americans like you and me who pay our taxes and mortages and live within our means.

DOWN WITH SOCIALISM, RADICALISM AND FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY!

AMERICA FOREVER!

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Where does Obama mention that he wants socialism to take hold in the USA?

[Wild Cobra]

The GOP faithful were quiet as church mice on spending, too.
I think the primary reasons for that is the same things I have stated in the past.

1) The acknowledgment that we should take care of the elderly (medicare prescription reform)

2) Wartime spending is easily seen as part of the constitution. I have repeatedly stated in the past that we should never run a deficit except in times of war, recession, or depression. 9/11 and what we did after fully justified a deficit spending. Social programs do not.

[ChumpDumper]

The Iraq war was not justified; therefore the spending on it was unjustified.

[angrydude]

Bush and Greenspan caused the problem in 2001-2002, but Obama has put the nails in the coffin with this budget of his.

Comparing Obama's deficits Bush's deficits is quickly becoming like comparing the titantic to a tugboat.

http://hotair.cachefly.net/images/2009-03/wapoobamabudget1.jpg

[braeden0613]

Glen beck was calling out Bush for the last 28 months or so of his presidency - starting on the border and really pounding him on the stimulus bill and bail outs. Many conservatives did the same thing.
Ehh his opposition to the Bush admin was moderate at best. No conservative talking head was calling out Bush like they are now calling out Obama. This reminds me of Republicans saying during the Hillary campaign "I would never vote for a woman to lead the country" then when Palin was named as the VP candidate, "This is a very empowering and uplifting thing for women!". Shoot me in the face. Anyway, hope the tea parties go well. Any opposition to taxes and government spending is fine by me.

[implacable44]

Ehh his opposition to the Bush admin was moderate at best. No conservative talking head was calling out Bush like they are now calling out Obama. This reminds me of Republicans saying during the Hillary campaign "I would never vote for a woman to lead the country" then when Palin was named as the VP candidate, "This is a very empowering and uplifting thing for women!". Shoot me in the face. Anyway, hope the tea parties go well. Any opposition to taxes and government spending is fine by me.

I disagree... he was one of the most adamant. He was very open and direct about his dislike of Bush and the things Bush did. Of course he was on CNN then for his TV show as well and spoke to a smaller audience.

[boutons_deux]

socialism

tea baggging

just vmore of the same old rabble-rousing, scare-mongering, hate-the-governement (but don't even mention the bankers) from the totally discredited Repugs and conservatives.

Rabble, tell us how it feels to be roused, and scammed, "Over and Over and Over".

[George Gervin's Afro]

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/julia-seymour/2009/04/15/cnn-correspondent-claims-tea-parties-anti-government-anti-cnn



CNN Correspondent Claims Tea Parties 'Anti-Government,' 'Anti-CNN'
By Julia A. Seymour (Bio | Archive)
April 15, 2009 - 15:57 ET

CNN is finally covering the tea parties - by attacking the participants. After anchor Anderson Cooper made an obscene sexual joke about attendees, CNN correspondent Susan Roesgen rudely interrupted one of the protestors and slammed the event for being "anti-government," "anti-CNN," and "not really family viewing."

Roesgen asked a man holding his toddler, "Why are you here today?" The man started to respond saying, "Because I hear a president say that he believed in what Lincoln stood for. Lincoln's primary thing was he believed people had the right to liberty and they had the right..."

But Roesgen cut him off him, saying, "But sir, what does that have to do with taxes? What does this have to do with your taxes?" She continued asking questions over his as he asked her to "let me finish my point." One crowd member was heard to yell "shut up" to the Roesgen.

When the man finished his statement about people having the "right to the fruits of their own labor" and "government should not take it," Roesgen began arguing with him again and other protesters began to get upset.

Roesgen backed away claiming that "you get the general tenor of this," tea party. "Anti-government, anti-CNN since this is highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network Fox and since I can't really hear much more and I think this is not really family viewing. Toss it back to you Kyra," Roesgen concluded.

Phillips followed by calling that assessment "a "prime example of what we're following across the country."

This is a talk radio crowd..:lmao

[angrydude]

socialism

tea baggging

just vmore of the same old rabble-rousing, scare-mongering, hate-the-governement (but don't even mention the bankers) from the totally discredited Repugs and conservatives.

Rabble, tell us how it feels to be roused, and scammed, "Over and Over and Over".

+1.

But I guess its too much to expect.

[Destro]

There were far more people participating in the Peace Rallies during the Iraq war than tea-baggers today. I thought republicans didn't like protests?

[Crookshanks]

The reporter is rude and condescending and won't even let the guy she's supposed to be interviewing finish a sentence - and yet you're laughing at the crowd? I suspect this is just the type of coverage the mainstream media will give the Tea Parties. That reporter's elitist snobbery came thru loud and clear. But I wouldn't expect anything different from CNN.

[angrydude]

There were far more people participating in the Peace Rallies during the Iraq war than tea-baggers today. I thought republicans didn't like protests?

didn't you just prove your own point?

[DarrinS]

The reporter is rude and condescending and won't even let the guy she's supposed to be interviewing finish a sentence - and yet you're laughing at the crowd? I suspect this is just the type of coverage the mainstream media will give the Tea Parties. That reporter's elitist snobbery came thru loud and clear. But I wouldn't expect anything different from CNN.


I think she was being quite friendly with them.

I like how she says it's organized by conservative groups while a man holds a sign that reads "Republicans suck too".

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[DarrinS]

Tjk6CSjlTVs

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I think she was being quite friendly with them.

I like how she says it's organized by conservative groups while a man holds a sign that reads "Republicans suck too".

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[braeden0613]

I disagree... he was one of the most adamant. He was very open and direct about his dislike of Bush and the things Bush did. Of course he was on CNN then for his TV show as well and spoke to a smaller audience.
I never really found him that adamant...but he did have Ron Paul on the show a few times so that was nice. I'm going against my religion and watching fox news right now and the tea party in downtown SA looks pretty huge. Not just Republicans there either thankfully.

[Wild Cobra]

The Iraq war was not justified; therefore the spending on it was unjustified.
That is your opinion. We've been over this countless times. Must we again?

At the time, an overwhelming number of Americans supported it. Congress voted for it including most democrats.

Please acknowledge that as a truth.

[Winston Wolf]

So is anybody shaking hands down there yet? Joe Pags? Glenn Beck?

[Wild Cobra]

Well, on my way to the "Tea Party" at Pioneer Square (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Courthouse_Square).

See you all when I get back.

[JudynTX]

Whoever is going, better get going, crowds are :wow.....mysa.com has a web cam, still pic.

[JoeChalupa]

FoxNews is carrying it LIVE from the Alamo!!

Ted Nugent!!

[ChumpDumper]

That is your opinion. We've been over this countless times. Must we again?

At the time, an overwhelming number of Americans supported it. Congress voted for it including most democrats.

Please acknowledge that as a truth.Please acknowledge it as not justified.

[ChumpDumper]

The reporter is rude and condescending and won't even let the guy she's supposed to be interviewing finish a sentence - and yet you're laughing at the crowd? I suspect this is just the type of coverage the mainstream media will give the Tea Parties. That reporter's elitist snobbery came thru loud and clear. But I wouldn't expect anything different from CNN.So you are anti-CNN.

[JudynTX]

FoxNews is carrying it LIVE from the Alamo!!

Ted Nugent!!

Ted Nugent is here? Awesome! :lol

[JoeChalupa]

Ted Nugent is here? Awesome! :lol

Yeah, I'm sure he'll bag a deer or javelina before he leaves.

[JudynTX]

Yeah, I'm sure he'll bag a deer or javelina before he leaves.

He played the Natl Anthem on his geetar.

[Emma Watson]

Is this party for my Birthday?

I didn't know I was that popular on this message board.

[SnakeBoy]

FoxNews is carrying it LIVE from the Alamo!!


Beck is broadcasting his show now from in front of the alamo. 43 minutes in and he's already sunburned.

[ChumpDumper]

Has he cried yet?

[clambake]

thats a large crowd........and by large, I mean nobody looks like they're starving.

[ChumpDumper]

thats a large crowd........and by large, I mean nobody looks like they're starving.Puro San Antonio!

[NASCARdad]

This party is great. I've never felt so comfortable at a party before.

[LnGrrrR]

Ted Nugent is as much of a putz as Chuck Norris. :p

[LnGrrrR]

Also, Viva, I don't think you'll get much argument from the left that most big media journalists suck.

[Crookshanks]

So you are anti-CNN.

You betcha! :lol

[JoeChalupa]

Well it is 5 and this tax payer is going to stimulate the economy by buying some beer!!

[DarrinS]

Well it is 5 and this tax payer is going to stimulate the economy by buying some beer!!


My too, at 6.


Buy buying beer and/or smokes, you're doing MORE than your fair share to stimulate the economy.


Sinner.

[SnakeBoy]

Has he cried yet?

No he doesn't cry anymore. Your side of the fence ruined that by making too much fun of him dammit! I wish the left could have kept their mouths shut, I really enjoyed watching a grown man cry for no apparent reason. Liberals ruin everything :depressed.

[DarrinS]

Ted Nugent is as much of a putz as Chuck Norris. :p


Why?

[LnGrrrR]

Why?

Well, this may be a bit biased, but some reasons we he's a putz/douche...

http://www.campusprogress.org/tools/253/

Also, he just seems like a putz/douche to me. Everyone has that feeling when they see certain people; he's one of them for me.

[Destro]

CNN was pretty unfair towards the protesters, that sucks. I complain about Fox for doing that exact kinda stuff. I usually defend CNN as being the balance between fox and MSNBC but damn that was bad. That reporter was acting like an elitist asshole.

[JoeChalupa]

That damn liberal media!!!!!

[Wild Cobra]

I spoke to a seasoned Portland Police Officer at the Rally. He commented on how it was the most peaceful protest he had ever seen. I reminded him conservative believe in the constitution, and the first amendment, to PEACEFULLY assemble!

I took over 200 pictures in 8 megapixil format. I'll post some later.

[clambake]

I spoke to a seasoned Portland Police Officer at the Rally. He commented on how it was the most peaceful protest he had ever seen. I reminded him conservative believe in the constitution, and the first amendment, to PEACEFULLY assemble!

I took over 200 pictures in 8 megapixil format. I'll post some later.

post the one of you tea-bagging.

[Jacob1983]

I saw numerous posters at the intersection of Craig and El Dorado Pkwy in McKinney, TX. At first, I was wondering what the deal was but then I saw the signs. I was shocked by how many people were there. There wasn't a bitch reporter from CNN telling them to shut the fuck up about it though.

[Wild Cobra]

Ooops... posted this in the other Tea Part thread, meant for it here:

I was very surprised here in Portland. I call Portland the "Capital of the North-West Coast" for a reason. There were only a few liberals trying to interrupt the Portland event. I'll bet there were more conservatives in downtown Portland, outside of work, in a very long time.

I've been uploading my pics that I didn't delete to my Photobucket (http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/Wild_Cobra/Portland%20Tea%20Party%202009/?start=all).

Wow... 2.4 to 3.7 megabyte files are slow, even with cable, then photobucket will chop them down. Oh well. The original format is 3264 x 2448. The first (IMGP0163.jpg) was taken before the 5 PM vendor start, and the last (IMGP0278.jpg) at about 7:30 PM. The Rally itself started at 6 PM (IMGP0373.jpg).

As of posting this, a little over the first 100 are uploaded.

Enjoy.

[PixelPusher]

that's just sad...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3310/3444736449_a55b5c6067.jpg?v=0

[MannyIsGod]

That reporter is fairly out of line. Thats some bullshit asking of questions. The first guy couldn't back up his facism statement (duh?) and I don't think these guys have perspective on historical tax rates in this country (not like Obama has raised their taxes anyway) but there's no need to attack them. If you're a reporter you're not there to make a point you're there to present the information.

[Jacob1983]

That woman reporter shouldn't have went on her little rant. That's not her job. Do your job, bitch. Were there any anti-CNN signs at that protest where that woman was reporting from? And the only reason why CNN bashes FOX News is because of jealousy. CNN cannot stand that FOX News kicks their asses in the ratings department.

[MannyIsGod]

:lmao




CAVUTO: Any estimates on how many people are here?
PRODUCER: No, we're trying to get...
CAVUTO: There's gotta' be 5,000.
PRODUCER: Oh, at least. You know, I mean the cops aren't going to tell us, and we've been trying to get ahold of the PR person to give us their number, but I think 5,000. You can say it's starting at 5,000 [unintelligble, but sounds like "and maybe it's more."].




Less than 10 minutes later....


CAVUTO: I know you cover a lot of these things Shep, so you're probably better at estimating crowd sizes than I am. They were expecting 5,000 here, it's got to be easily double, if not triple that.


http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/4/15/720463/-Live-mic-catches-Fox-host-inflating-crowd-estimate-by-300

[Winehole23]

Ted Nugent is as much of a putz as Chuck Norris. :pDid the Nuge ever say anything like this:


“Thousands of cell groups will be united around the country in solidarity over the concerns for our nation. We view ourselves on the eve of battle.”


On Glenn Beck's radio show (http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/22220/) last week, I quipped in response to our wayward federal government, "I may run for president of Texas (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=91103)."


That need may be a reality sooner than we think. If not me, someone someday may again be running for president of the Lone Star state, if the state of the union continues to turn into the enemy of the state.
Chuck Norris sounds like he might not be willing to wait for the elections in 2012.

[GaryJohnston]

The tea party I went to was AWESOME. And what made it so great was the diversity of the crowd. There were republicans, democrats, libertarians, middle of the road people, veterans, college students, soccer moms, business types, country folks, city folks...in essence, AMERICANS standing up to a Government of out of control spending and moving us towards the failed European model.

God bless us AMERICANS!

[MannyIsGod]

The real question is what are the tea baggers going to do tomorrow when they're done patting themselves on the back. Anything?

[JoeChalupa]

What happens when you speak out against the Bush administrations spending at a tea party?

AkOwsIIIe5I

Damn him!!

[MannyIsGod]

What happens when you speak out against the Bush administrations spending at a tea party?

AkOwsIIIe5I

Damn him!!

:lmao

Yeah - these people simply care about taxes. Its not about being butt hurt your side lost the election.

[jman3000]

:lol... but it's bi-partisan... not a bunch of obama haters... geez.

[Oh, Gee!!]

were they saying "boooo" or "buuuush?"

[DarrinS]

I'm curious as to why people are so bothered by these tea parties.

So a group of people are getting together to bitch about the govt. If you disagree with them, just don't go.

Was there any violence? Did they interfere with local businesses?

[Winehole23]

I'm curious as to why people are so bothered by these tea parties. Bothered? A few maybe. I see more curiosity and bemusement. It's a novelty.

[Crookshanks]

I'm curious as to why people are so bothered by these tea parties.

So a group of people are getting together to bitch about the govt. If you disagree with them, just don't go.

Was there any violence? Did they interfere with local businesses?
The libs are bothered because they're scared to death. That's why they're downplaying them and saying they're irrelevant and making fun of the protestors.

I went to the Tea Party in Fort Worth and it was great! The people were passionate and fired up - and the speakers told the crowd that it couldn't just end last night. They told the crowd they needed to get involved in local politics and to keep up the fight.

I liked the signs - one said "You can't fix stupid, but you can vote them out!" A college student had one that said "You're spending the money I haven't even earned yet".

There were about 5,000 people there - it was a good crowd.

[ChumpDumper]

There were about 5,000 people there - it was a good crowd.You mean 15,000.

I appreciate that everyone came out to bitch -- but now what?

[Crookshanks]

You mean 15,000.

I appreciate that everyone came out to bitch -- but now what?
I was in Fort Worth - it was about 5,000. As for what comes next - I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I really hope this is the start of a great movement to take back our country from those who seek to spend us into collapse. I hope we see the fruits of this movement in 2010 - I hope a lot of bums in Congress are tossed into the unemployment line!

[ChumpDumper]

I was in Fort Worth - it was about 5,000.It's a joke, Neil.


As for what comes next - I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I really hope this is the start of a great movement to take back our country from those who seek to spend us into collapse. I hope we see the fruits of this movement in 2010 - I hope a lot of bums in Congress are tossed into the unemployment line!I imagine most of the attendees will vote for the same Republicans who never did anything about spending when they had complete control of the federal government.

[JoeChalupa]

Nancy Pelosi just never learns. Why can't she just leave well alone?

[Marcus Bryant]

I was in Fort Worth - it was about 5,000. As for what comes next - I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I really hope this is the start of a great movement to take back our country from those who seek to spend us into collapse. I hope we see the fruits of this movement in 2010 - I hope a lot of bums in Congress are tossed into the unemployment line!

What federal expenditures are you prepared to do without?

[ChumpDumper]

What federal expenditures are you prepared to do without?And are you going to vote out your own representative?

[Marcus Bryant]

And are you going to vote out your own representative?

There's that as well. It's amazing how often we hear about 'throwing the bums out' of Congress yet how often those 'bums' return to DC after every federal election.

[Crookshanks]

And are you going to vote out your own representative?

My representative is Joe Barton - and he led the republican revolt against the stimulus bill and the budget. Tarrant county is the most republican county in Texas - so I'm in a good place!

But yes - if my representative didn't stand up against this outrageous, wasteful spending, I'd happily vote him/her out!

[Marcus Bryant]

But yes - if my representative didn't stand up against this outrageous, wasteful spending, I'd happily vote him/her out!

Which expenditures are "outrageous" and "wasteful"?

[clambake]

Which expenditures are "outrageous" and "wasteful"?


you know......all the stuff.

[JoeChalupa]

I've got no problem with these tea bag protests. It is the American way!! Speak out!! Yes you can!!!

[Crookshanks]

Which expenditures are "outrageous" and "wasteful"?
Money to study pig manure or the DNA of catfish. Money to save the habitat of a marsh mouse, anything having to do with combating global climate change, paying for abortions in Africa... those are just a few I can think of off the top of my head.

I also think we should abolish the Department of Education and the Energy Department - useless agencies! Repeal the wage increase for congress.

Considering there were 9,000 earmarks - I think it's safe to say there was a lot of outrageous and wasteful spending!

[clambake]

Money to study pig manure
why?

or the DNA of catfish.
are you against study in general?

Money to save the habitat of a marsh mouse, anything having to do with combating global climate change, paying for abortions in Africa... those are just a few I can think of off the top of my head.
i bet your cool at party's.


I also think we should abolish the Department of Education and the Energy Department - useless agencies! Repeal the wage increase for congress.
wtf?


Considering there were 9,000 earmarks - I think it's safe to say there was a lot of outrageous and wasteful spending!
you think this is new?

[Marcus Bryant]

Money to study pig manure or the DNA of catfish. Money to save the habitat of a marsh mouse, anything having to do with combating global climate change, paying for abortions in Africa... those are just a few I can think of off the top of my head.

I also think we should abolish the Department of Education and the Energy Department - useless agencies! Repeal the wage increase for congress.

Considering there were 9,000 earmarks - I think it's safe to say there was a lot of outrageous and wasteful spending!

That's a drop in the federal budget. How about defense, SS, and Medicare?

[Winehole23]

Money to study pig manure or the DNA of catfish. Money to save the habitat of a marsh mouse, anything having to do with combating global climate change, paying for abortions in Africa... those are just a few I can think of off the top of my head. Pig manure in the context of industrial farming -- and relatedly, the resistance of pathogens to antibiotics -- may relate significantly to human health. I'm not so sure you're right to pick on pig shit studies as wasteful, Crookshanks. And why the continent of Africa should be singled out for killing the unborn is past me, but that's you too.

I find it odd that you dismiss counter-global warming measures out of hand and that you want to go pick on the marsh mouse, but have at. That's your taste.


I also think we should abolish the Department of Education and the Energy Department - useless agencies! Repeal the wage increase for congress.I agree. Congress ought to have a vote on that. The DOE and Education will be surprised to hear they are no longer needed.


Considering there were 9,000 earmarks - I think it's safe to say there was a lot of outrageous and wasteful spending!I like to leave my christmas lights on on my front porch all year long.

[Winehole23]

Agree strongly with MB. There are much bigger fish to fry.

[Crookshanks]

That's a drop in the federal budget. How about defense, SS, and Medicare?
People always say - It's a drop in the bucket - well, a drop here and a drop there and pretty soon you have a gallon!

As far as SS, defense and Medicare: Social Security is a joke. People like Ted Kennedy and John McCain and other wealthy people should not be eligible for Social Security. And it's too easy to get a disability designation.

Medicare is even a bigger mess than SS! The fraud, waste and abuse of the system is staggering. A REAL investigation and audit of the system would reveal many areas where costs could be cut.

Defense - One of the items specifically mentioned in the Constitution that is the responsibility of the Federal Government is defense. So I think that should be a high priority in the budget. But I also know there is a lot of fraud and waste in government contracts - so that needs to be carefully looked at also.

[Marcus Bryant]

Should the defense budget be $500 bil+ per annum? As the left never seems to tire of social spending, the "right", as it were in this country, at best is uninterested in really questioning that part of the budget, save for McCain's annual pork hunt.

How many are willing to have actual cuts in their Social Security and Medicare payments?

[Winehole23]

How many are willing to have actual cuts in their Social Security and Medicare payments?We can't afford to keep them unless we raise taxes and cut benefits, but how do you turn that into a campaign slogan?

[JoeChalupa]

Cuts!!!

[ChumpDumper]

My representative is Joe Barton - and he led the republican revolt against the stimulus bill and the budget. Tarrant county is the most republican county in Texas - so I'm in a good place!

But yes - if my representative didn't stand up against this outrageous, wasteful spending, I'd happily vote him/her out!
Considering there were 9,000 earmarks - I think it's safe to say there was a lot of outrageous and wasteful spending!According to data from Taxpayers for Common Sense, Rep. Barton sponsored 13 earmarks worth $181,311,000 for Fiscal Year 2008.

[clambake]

according to data from taxpayers for common sense, rep. Barton sponsored 13 earmarks worth $181,311,000 for fiscal year 2008.

holy shit!!!!!!

[PixelPusher]

According to data from Taxpayers for Common Sense, Rep. Barton sponsored 13 earmarks worth $181,311,000 for Fiscal Year 2008.

Yeah, but those are good earmarks...not at all like those bad earmarks all the other Reps and Senators indulge in.

[MannyIsGod]

CS doesn't realyze how little all the ear mrks add up to

[ChumpDumper]

CS doesn't realyze how little all the ear mrks add up toYou get over 500 of these guys doing the same thing and what do you think happens?

[Crookshanks]

CS doesn't realyze how little all the ear mrks add up to
So What!! It's a start. It's like your personal budget. You can spend a couple of bucks here and 5 bucks there - taken alone it's not very much, but add it all up over the course of a month and suddenly you don't have enough money to pay the phone bill!

Everybody says their project is just such a small percentage of the total budget. I don't care - earmarks should be outlawed. If the project is a worthy one, then let it come before the House and Senate on a vote.

I guess I'll ask Joe Barton about all those earmarks - he says he wants to hear from his constituents.

[ChumpDumper]

So What!!That's what we've been saying all along about the tea party.

[PixelPusher]

The tea party I went to was AWESOME. And what made it so great was the diversity of the crowd. There were republicans, democrats, libertarians, middle of the road people, veterans, college students, soccer moms, business types, country folks, city folks...in essence, AMERICANS standing up to a Government of out of control spending and moving us towards the failed European model.

God bless us AMERICANS!
You didn't really expect anyone to actually believe that pile of bullshit, did you?

AkOwsIIIe5I

non-partisan my ass.

[Crookshanks]

That's what we've been saying all along about the tea party.

That's okay - we really didn't expect anything different. Just keep believing that and this movement can fly under the radar - kinda like the Spurs!

[MannyIsGod]

I hear that political movements work really well under the radar.

[PEP]

Can never answer straight forward, has to always answer a question with another question. Not not you tubby.

[Oh, Gee!!]

That's okay - we really didn't expect anything different. Just keep believing that and this movement can fly under the radar - kinda like the Spurs!

yeah, I would call a fraction of a percent of the electorate flying under the radar. In fact, I'd be surprised if a radar could detect that small of a blip.

[Marcus Bryant]

So What!! It's a start. It's like your personal budget. You can spend a couple of bucks here and 5 bucks there - taken alone it's not very much, but add it all up over the course of a month and suddenly you don't have enough money to pay the phone bill!

Everybody says their project is just such a small percentage of the total budget. I don't care - earmarks should be outlawed. If the project is a worthy one, then let it come before the House and Senate on a vote.

I guess I'll ask Joe Barton about all those earmarks - he says he wants to hear from his constituents.


You know why Tio Sam spends so much? To pay for SS and Medicare for your family. As for defense, does the budget need to be a half tril per annum (admittedly that seems like a bargain here in the age of bailouts, but still)?

Is your family ready to make do with less?

[MannyIsGod]

San Antonio police estimated that 4,000 to 5,000 people packed a plaza for a tea party outside the Alamo, one of the state’s iconic symbols of independence.

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_tea_0416.dc4bdc93.html

538 has non partisan estimates around 300,000 nation wide. Sorry, but thats simply not very impressive.

[Wild Cobra]

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/Wild_Cobra/Portland%20Tea%20Party%202009/IMGP0229-1.jpg


http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/Wild_Cobra/Portland%20Tea%20Party%202009/IMGP0180-1.jpg

[Wild Cobra]

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/Wild_Cobra/Portland%20Tea%20Party%202009/IMGP0336-1.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/Wild_Cobra/Portland%20Tea%20Party%202009/IMGP0200-1.jpg

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/Wild_Cobra/Portland%20Tea%20Party%202009/IMGP0201-1.jpg

[angrydude]

our grandchildren nothin.

We're gonna be economic slaves if something doesn't give in 10 years.

[jman3000]

Taxed Enough Alreadyed?

[ChumpDumper]

That's okay - we really didn't expect anything different.I didn't expect anything more than Republicans bitching about Obama -- which is exactly what happened.


Just keep believing that and this movement can fly under the radarYeah, it was really under the radar when the Republican PACs and Fox News took it over and pimped it 24/7.
kinda like the Spurs!Exactly like Astroturf. The people are being used once again and they love it.

[LnGrrrR]

You didn't really expect anyone to actually believe that pile of bullshit, did you?


To be fair, he didn't say "black people". :D lol

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Taxed Enough Alreadyed?about as stupid as faux(foe) news. just go along with it.

[SnakeBoy]

C0jRgK5cOg8

And from the SA Tea Party blog


SAPD Confirms Crowd Size at 20,000

Apparently the Express-News must have come really early, because the SAPD has run the numbers using their geometric grid system, and have confirmed that the crowd size was about 20,000 at it's height.

[DarrinS]

I don't appreciate America being spelled with a "k".


http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/Wild_Cobra/Portland%20Tea%20Party%202009/IMGP0200-1.jpg

[Nbadan]

When did Keynesian economics, which are slowly, if not painfully pulling out of this economic funk become socialism? Dumbasses...

[SnakeBoy]

When did Keynesian economics, which are slowly, if not painfully pulling out of this economic funk become socialism? Dumbasses...

You sure about that? Personally I think we are far from the bottom...bear trap. I hope I'm wrong and your right, we'll see.

To answer your question though, all people who oppose republicans are socialists and marxists. All people who oppose democrats are fascists and racists. Dumbasses on both sides have been falling for that storyline as long as I can remember.

[Wild Cobra]

I don't appreciate America being spelled with a "k".
Neither do I, but that was the point of the sign! A sign of things to come...

[Wild Cobra]

To answer your question though, all people who oppose republicans are socialists and marxists. All people who oppose democrats are fascists and racists. Dumbasses on both sides have been falling for that storyline as long as I can remember.
To be fair, I only call people Marxist, socialists, etc. if they actually fit the criteria that I think applies.

Capitalism is what made this nation great. Why would anyone in their right mind want to deviate from that?

[Winehole23]

To answer your question though, all people who oppose republicans are socialists and marxists. All people who oppose democrats are fascists and racists. Dumbasses on both sides have been falling for that storyline as long as I can remember.It pisses me off. There's almost no such thing as polite disagreement anymore. That people can't disagree without making it either an affair of honor or sanity sucks.

[ChumpDumper]

It pisses me off. There's almost no such thing as polite disagreement anymore. That people can't disagree without making it either an affair of honor or sanity sucks.I blame whottt.

[Winehole23]

I blame whottt.Maybe he's taking the six months off he promised. Don't charp stick him and ruin it for the rest of us.

[LnGrrrR]

Neither do I, but that was the point of the sign! A sign of things to come...

We're all going to forget how to spell? :D

[Wild Cobra]

We're all going to forget how to spell? :D

I think you missed the point. America is spelled with a k in many authoritarian nations.

[ChumpDumper]

I think you missed the point. America is spelled with a k in many authoritarian nations.Like Greece. :jack

[LnGrrrR]

I think you missed the point. America is spelled with a k in many authoritarian nations.

Lighten up WC! That smiley was there for a reason.

[ChumpDumper]

And Germany. :jack

[ChumpDumper]

And the Netherlands. :jack

[ChumpDumper]

And Norway. :jack

[Wild Cobra]

Lighten up WC! That smiley was there for a reason.
OK, maybe I missed your point.

[PixelPusher]

And Germany. :jack

maybe that guy was a fan of Rammstein (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w9EksAo5hY)