TEA Parties

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These are from the Indianapolis rally

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I didn't bring a sign. My mission was to take the time out of my busy schedule and take photos of normal type folks at the protest to show them to all those that did not attend.

I was so proud of these people. Many of them seemed out of place and didn't know exactly what to do or what to think about having their picture taken.

My message to all that participated; I'm proud of all of you. You were all polite, there were very few obscene signs and you took part instead of sitting on the sidelines.

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[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Brianna

shhh, shhh, Shawnee!

Darling, This is OHIO!

you'll do well to remember that.

Tin soldiers and Obama coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

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Looks like a Ron Paul supporter there with the HR 450 sign.

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And finally.....

The after event food. It's really all about the food.

This is the place that the only protest is against warm beer and cold ribs.

[TheMercenary]

Savannah had some 1500 people in attendence and many of the smaller communities around it had groups of about 100 in the central parts of the towns.

http://savannahnow.com/node/707582

[sugarpop]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I saw a bumper sticker the other day: Obama Lied. The Economy Died.

I wanted to ram my car into the dumbass. Seriously. Dumb. Ass.

3 fucking months after 8 years? WTF can these people to be thinking? MORONS? STFU! KTHXBAI!

I KNOW!!! There was a guy at one of the protests on TV with that sign! I was like, what a fucking dumbass. The economy was already tanking under Bush, and the TARP was done under Bush, as was the big AIG bailout. Yet Obama is being blamed for ALL of it! The right is trying to rewrite history. Too bad we have videotape.

[sugarpop]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

I can see the silly Left has leapt out in unison if not force -- and altogether stumbled in their understanding.

Glatt, you don't have to be crazy to perceive the unwisdom of the Left. It doesn't even help. See below for why the unwisdom is so easy to perceive.

Green tea, however, is definitely not crazy -- though I'm more a black-tea guy. Unsubtle palate.

Presently, a left-leaning Administration is demonstrating the Democrats' economic illiteracy in a big, nay gigantic, way. The stimulus will debase the currency by inflation. Nobody here disputes that you can't fix a problem of excessive, ill-secured debt with more debt. But Congress is behaving like they'd never heard of that idea.

The Republicans are going to be able to campaign on the idea of "Had Enough?" again after a couple of years of this.

This inflation, and growth of the almighty nanny State, are what the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) bunch is annoyed with Congress and the President about. It's not at all about airing silly ideas about Obama's citizenship, or any of the notions floated in this thread, really. It's bipartisan. If there's anything really identifiable as the center of their bell curve, it's a tendency to center-right politics, and calling for better (cheaper) governance.

Nor is it all Federal-level. TEA in California is directing at least as much attention to Sacramento's spending as to Washington's. Sacramento isn't paying attention to the idea that outlay should be slashed until it is at least somewhat below income -- state-provided services must be reduced to stay within this state's means. Instead, they raise taxes all over the place. Serve 'em right if revenue consequently declines. They won't hear the idea that maybe Californians are man enough to take care of their personal needs without going to state officials. They heap burdens upon economic activity, driving up the cost of doing business. That's bloody silly. Even sillier is how they're ignoring how businesses look at California-imposed costs and move out of state in search of better bargains elsewhere. Sacramento needs a two-by-four.



Exactly, Shawnee.

Debasing the dollar is not good for the Republic. Inflationary pressures act to debase the currency.

That Government is best which governs least. Or has to govern least. As long, at any rate, as it governs a little, for anarchy isn't a fix for anything much either. Does what the present Administration is doing sound like "governs least?"

The private sector economy creates wealth. The public sector's expenditures do not. Taxation to bankroll government's outlays is to do those things a society agrees need to be done, but which are not of themselves profitable. They are more in the realm of overhead -- particularly in the general heading of security, such as police and armies.

At any rate, it is always likely that control and reduction of public-sector costs and expenditure controls inflation and frees capital to use in actual creation of wealth.

There's the good.

The private sector is not creating jobs right now. They are getting rid of jobs. And the Great Depression was made worse in the beginning and laster longer because Hoover refused to get involved, he wanted to let the market correct itselt. Guess what. It didn't work. All he did was cut taxes. Gee, that worked out brilliantly too, didn't it?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by sugarpop

The private sector is not creating jobs right now. They are getting rid of jobs.

Wait now, Obama promised us Millions of Jobs under his plans!

Oh, wait. Maybe not...

[sugarpop]

The stimulus money IS saving jobs. It is also starting to create some. Give it time. He has only been in office a short time. This stuff does not work overnight.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Brianna

shhh, shhh, Shawnee!

Darling, This is OHIO!

you'll do well to remember that.

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I know. I know.

Oh fuck, we were just there. You poor lambs....

[monster]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

The Boston Tea Party was to protest taxation without representation.

Guess what? You have representation. You voted. You lost.

Now get out there and do something for the GOOD of the country. Or keep whining. Your choice.

That is all.

so wait just one doggone minute on this. Voting has nothing to do with representation. Apparently. Us immigrants, we have to pay taxes. But we are not allowed to vote. apparently, though, it's not "taxation without representation" because we have representation -elected officials are still supposed to listen to us and work n our behalf.... we just have no say in choosing who they are. I'm sure they still care about us, though.....

[monster]

How much did all y'all pay in Federal Taxes this year? Put your money where your mouth is! And then list what federal resources you used.

and then bitch about it if you think you didn't get your money's worth.

we paid nothing to the Feds. we couldn't believe it, but after all our other credits, we weren't even able to clain the full credit for all our children. But we still drove on the Interstates (are they federally funded?), and we were protected by federal law () and um.... well MIL from UK was thoroughly checked on entry and cleared, although apparently her flight surcharges paid for that....

So really, what's all the whingeing about? Or is it just "The Principle Of The Thing"?