***Tea party 2009!***

[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 !!!!!!

[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 to

You 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 cons uents.

[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 bull , did you?



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 cons uents.

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/sharedconten....dc4bdc93.html

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

[Wild Cobra]

[Wild Cobra]

[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 ing about Obama -- which is exactly what happened.

Just keep believing that and this movement can fly under the radar

Yeah, 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 bull , did you?

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

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Taxed Enough Alreadyed?

about as stupid as faux(foe) news. just go along with it.

[SnakeBoy]

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".