(or why the "war on terroism" won't be ending any time soon)

(A long read, but worth it - promoted by dmondom)

(Originally published on Facebook - April 26, 2010)

THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS HONEST & ADULT LANGUAGE...YOU HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY WARNED!!!

For several months now, I've been wracking my overloaded brain trying to figure out how to enter into the current political debate in this country. Well, let's be honest, it's not really a debate. There really is no such thing as true debate in this country anymore. If you cast your mind back to your high school civics classes, you might remember that a true debate is a forum in which two individuals on opposing sides of a particular issue publicly present their arguments, not in an effort to change the other's position, but to allow the audience to decide for themselves which argument is more sound and rational. This lost art relied heavily on the debaters' ability to present their arguments clearly and charismatically, and on the audience's ability to think for themselves. Of course, rational discourse and independent thinking are no longer noble pursuits in today's America. Instead, level-minded discussions have been replaced with finger-pointing, bad-mouthing, and blame assignment, and public opinion now hinges on who gives the best verbal smackdown.

As overwhelming evidence surfaces, the Tea Party movement becomes more adamant in their denial. They do not understand how they attract bigots, racists, illiterates, gun-toting inciters of violence, or corporate and PAC sponsors. They want us not to notice that the number of fans they have attracted is about the same as the number of people who have left the Republican Party. They ask us not to believe our eyes and ears, experts, or logic, and to disregard videos, news reports, and the people we meet daily on the streets and the internet. We are to pretend we have no idea what the term grassroots means, maybe even give them credit for coming up with the idea.

Those misrepresenting wackos (including people like Sarah Palin, Rand Paul, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck) are a shocking, unwelcomed fringe element that mysteriously managed to ravel in to center stage of a movement that totally denies purposely attracting or embracing them. They robbed the movement of speaking fees, forced their own names onto event flyers, and jumped in front of cameras, devastating movement leaders. And that movement is horrified, same as my friends Liz and Lonnie were when I suggested that she purposely attracts losers and he begs women to use him.

Hot-to-trot probably dates me but I don't know a more apt or current equivalent to describe poor Liz. She simultaneously overdresses and undercovers but when it comes to beauty products, she takes the opposite extreme - more is better. Nothing will convince her that a reasonable application of more expensive products in place of the cheap stuff she cakes on would benefit both her checkbook and her face. Liz hasn't met a man she doesn't like and hasn't acknowledged the ones who don't like her. She flaunts, she flatters, and she laughs at lame jokes and appreciates free drinks and dinners. She spends the grocery money for sexy date clothes, and she calls in sick and dumps the kids with sitters for wild weekends.

And then, when she catches the guys who are attracted to everything she put out in the dating phase, she can't understand why she keeps ending up with losers who don't want her kids around, can't keep a job, and who expect her to look like a million (or ten) dollars and be ready to party every minute. It cannot possibly be her fault that she ends up with losers.

Lonnie watches for women in distress. Take him out and he will invariably find the woman whose husband dumped her the day she lost her job and found out she was pregnant with her eighth child. Within a week, he will have fixed her car, built two rooms on the back of her house, given her his credit card for emergencies, and encouraged her kids to call him Dad and come to him with all their needs. He'll pay for Cinderella's divorce, see her through the pregnancy, and wonder why she falls in love with someone else but keeps hanging around him on payday. He can't understand how he collects women who don't appreciate good guys.

Like Liz and Lonnie, the Tea Party refuses to accept responsibility for the ads they run.  

While I should have grown beyond finding contempt for the conservatives in American Politics, I must admit to a bit of personal astonishment with the latest case of 'give me your votes verbal diarrhea'.  The verbal diarrhea is surpassed only by the extent of cognitive constipation that failed to guide Rand Paul to 'good judgment'.

Alright, the Rand comments about Civil Rights Legislation and the Americas with Disabilities Act came from his heart and his social views and I believe his upbringing.(The majority of Sociologist would speak same about his apparent contempt for the rights of others and his obvious bigotry) How about the extent to which his 'lack of mental acuity' has hit his party. Fellow Republicans are embarrassingly attempting to deal with this candidates FIRST MAJOR brain fart. Alas, the real damage lives in LEFT leaning media.

Paul has unleashed "the Kraken"!  From Chris Matthews, thorough Keith Olbermann right up to Rachel Maddow (the extremely visceral one, with the the superior research team), the stories flow like Mark Twains 'Ol' Missouri River. The candidate has given Olbermann all he needs to substantiate his frequent comments about an undercurrent of racism and bigotry in the tea party. Matthews can now claim accuracy in his beliefs that Obama is hated so by tea party (ers) (and many conservatives) based on his race and ethnicity). Maddow?.....Well she has mobilized her research team thus, 'unleashing the Kraken'.

As I watched the show tonight, I, and many of you, saw a long list of notable conservatives in full cover-up mode.

DeMint was forced to say that he supports the Civil Rights act of 1964. I am certain he scurried to his chambers to wash his mouth with cheap mouth wash.

Sessions released a comment about the virtues of the laws and the dismantling of segregation. Ah, from a man who once labeled a white public defender 'a traitor to his race' as the public defender argued a defense for his client.

Cantor was figuratively caught on camera as uncomfortable as I he has ever publicly appeared. He looked like the little boy who was caught with his hands in his pants. I mean 'what can one say'.

Pence said that he would be talking with Paul about his comments.

The list of videos went on for a few more minutes.

As a strong believer in 'fate', I assert that the 'Failings of a Wrong Cause' marches on.  I am virtually convinced that the socio/political RIGHT is devouring itself like a malnourished worm.

If there is doubt of my views on this matter,view the picture below. If you did not see the Maddow show, the picture tells a stark tale.

The picture speaks about 'States Rights' (a favorite refrain from the RIGHT). it speaks about America before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Moreover, it shows the real danger in people such as Rand Paul and their embracing the tea party and the ideology systemic in those who embrace the party.

One last telling contrast.

Paul took a stage after his victory in Kentucky, surrounded himself with his (WHOLESOME LOOKING FAMILY) and declared. "the tea party is strong and is here to save our country" (Somewhat paraphrased).  

Oh Really, Rand?

Now, I ask the reader to view the picture below. Please note that Lester Maddox is holding a snub-nosed revolver and his son a pick (S/P) handle.

Rand and the tea party wants to 'save our country'.

                   

Amidst all of the clamor, railing and vitriol related to 'our taxes', I thought this reminder could be a handy item to keep near-by. 'Old news' for us news geeks but kinda of makes me wonder about the well educated tea party crowd.

USA Today 5/11/2010
Tax bills in 2009 at lowest level since 1950
Average rate has fallen 26% since recession began in '07

By Dennis Cauchon
USA TODAY

Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes last year since Harry Truman's presidency, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data found.

Some political conservatives such as "Tea Party" activists have criticized federal spending as being out of control. While spending is up, taxes have fallen to exceptionally low levels.

Federal, state and local taxes - including income, property, sales and other taxes - consumed 9.2% of all personal income in 2009, the lowest rate since 1950, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reports. That rate is far below the historic average of 12% for the past half-century. The overall tax burden hit bottom in December at 8.8.% of income before rising slightly in the first three months of 2010.

"The idea that taxes are high right now is pretty much nuts," says Michael Ettlinger, head of economic policy at the liberal Center for American Progress. The real problem is spending, counters Adam Brandon of FreedomWorks, which organizes Tea Party groups. "The money we borrow is going to be paid back through taxation in the future," he says.

Individual tax rates vary widely based on how much a taxpayer earns, where the person lives and other factors. On average, though, the tax rate paid by all Americans - rich and poor, combined - has fallen 26% since the recession began in 2007. That means a $3,400 annual tax savings for a household paying the average national rate and earning the average national household income of $102,000.

This tax drop has boosted consumer spending and the economy, which grew at a 3.2% annual rate in the first quarter of 2010. It also has contributed to the federal debt growing to $8.4 trillion.

Taxes paid have fallen much faster than income in this recession. Personal income fell 2% last year. Taxes paid dropped 23%. The BEA classifies Social Security taxes as insurance payments and excludes them from the tax calculation.

Why the tax bite has eased:

•Stimulus law. One-third of last year's $862 billion economic stimulus went for tax cuts. Biggest reduction: The Making Work Pay tax credit reduced income taxes $800 for married couples earning up to $150,000.

•Progressive tax rates. Presidents Clinton and Bush pushed through a series of tax changes - credits, lower rates, higher exemptions - that slashed income taxes for poor and middle-class families. A drop in income now can trigger big tax breaks and sharply lower rates, sometimes falling to zero.

•Sales tax. Consumers cut spending sharply in this downturn, thereby paying less in sales taxes.

A Gallup Poll last month found that 48% thought taxes were "too high" and 45% thought they were "about right." Those saying taxes are "too high" remain near a 50-year low.

The lower tax burden should last at least through 2010, says Roberton Williams of the Tax Policy Center, a think tank in Washington, D.C. "Virtually all the stimulus tax cuts expire at the end of the year," he says. "So the key decision is whether to extend them into 2011."
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OK, if the tea party crowd is so well educated and financially comfortable, why is there an issue related to taxation?  Also, why aren't the well educated tea party crowd that part of the movement who obviously avoids making placards and signage for their rallies.

After that New York Times poll, you wouldn't think there could be any more surprises in tea party movement.

We know they broadcast their love for the Constitution as fervently as Kristen Stewart's most dedicated stalker declares his passion for her, and displaying almost as much intimate knowledge of their beloved.

At Staples, I actually had a Tea Partisan in a very large straw sun hat inform me that "welfare" appears nowhere in the Constitution.  I said it takes some searching but if you manage to slog about thirty words into the Preamble, you do come across the phrase "promote the general Welfare." Assuming this was not bald-faced graft benefiting a presumptuous Colonel Welfare who had a lot of pull with James Madison, these words signal that the Founders foresaw the wisdom of government projects that would help the entire population: Postal systems, canals, highways and the like.  Had they known medical science was about to take a huge leap beyond leeches and bloodletting, they might have even specified health care.  As it is, we can certainly take it as implied...as we do with the Air Force,  paper money, Medicare, the Space Telescope, Social Security, and the right to vote.

But even though the Constitution held a few more nasty surprises in store for my Mad-Hatted friend (no "God", "Jesus", "Christ" or "Holy Ghost" either), turnabout is fair play.  The Tea Partiers have their own surprises for us - and not the good kind.

Crossposted from The Motley Moose

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here:

Not like the brazen giant intellectual men of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs wisdom astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A(n) mighty woman ignorant American with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning will scorch all reason, and her name
Mother of Morons Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome STOOPID; her mild blank eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame Birthers, Tenthers,
Paultards, Militias, and a veritable mob of simpleton Patriots.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp soshulizm!" cries she
With spittle spritzing lips. "Give me your tired gullible, your poor obtuse,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free fail basic mathematics,
The wretched shortsighted refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless dumb, tempest-tossed imbecilic to me,
I lift my lamp corndog beside the golden door!"

Bonus: we have Sarah Palin.  Also.

Here's the thing: 98 percent of Americans -- all but the top 2 percent of earners in the nation -- have received a tax cut as a result of the actions taken by his evil Kenyan holiness, Presidente Adolf Huzzien Obama. Despite the fact that nearly all of us will see as much as a 10 percent increase in our federal tax refunds, a February poll found that just 12 percent of Americans think they're paying less in taxes. Today, a full 34 percent think that they're paying more.  The rest think the Usurper-In-Chief has increased or kept taxes the same.

VERDICT: More than three quarters of Americans are wildly misinformed and/or staggeringly stupid.  

And that's just the general populace.  For X-TRA Strength Stoopid (with Tartar Control), consider a recent survey of self-identified 'Tea Party' adherents: 64 percent think their taxes have increased. Foghorn Leghorn would be shocked, I say, shocked to learn that 63 percent of this same mutton-headed mob say they get the majority of their political and current events news from the boob-tube, specifically from {drumroll} the Fox News Channel.

Happy Tax Day, Dipshits.

Remember schoolyard bullies, you know the ones who who usually threw their weight around just because they could? These were the bullies who could really intimidate and humiliate others real well. It made them feel good because they thought they were right, or someone else told them they were right and everyone else was wrong. Yeah? Well this past weekend we saw the bully raise his/her ugly, sometimes racist and sometimes homophobic head again. They took the form of the mostly white protesters who showed up to the capitol on Saturday to civilly (according to them) voice their opposition to the Health Care Reform Bill.

                               

Last evening I watched the Rachel Maddow Show.  Maddow, via her producers and writers, commented at length about the recurrence of disruptions at Town Hall Meetings.

While the world was markedly different during the American Revolution and resultant U.S. Constitution, I thought about the First Amendment.  I contemplated, how the Founding Fathers would have felt about organized and guided disruptions of deliberations and meetings related to the developing Constitution (and subsequent government).  My mind went to "dissent'.

Dissent is defined by Webster's dictionary as "to differ in belief or opinion."

Our right to dissent is assured by the first amendment.

It states,

    "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

So, the Tea Party town hall meeting 'disruptors' are very much within their rights to dissent. (Let me state up-front that most people who associate with the Tea Party Movement are not 'disruptors'.) The next question in my mind?  "How can the disruptors feel it is within their rights (to dissent) to show up at open forums with the intent to drown out dialog and information?

Other questions. Where are we headed if the nation segments into camps based in socio/political dogma - RIGHT AND LEFT?  Is it truly democrat to practice emailing guidelines,and hiring professionals, to possibly agitate an already concerned and maybe angry audience. (death panels!!! was the battle cry. from the RIGHT).

After a brief set of words related to a town hall meeting in a St. Louis, MO suburb, I have posted the actual Right Principles (a guide to disrupting town hall meetings). The following exert is not related to boisterous disruptions; it is an exert of an article that focuses on one Republican Congressman's 'flip' conducting of his meeting as he states intended humorous remarks about how other legislators were treated in their meetings.

http://www.examiner.com/x-15877-Kansas-City-Young-Democrat-Examiner~y2009m8d7-Orchestrated-outrage-fake-protesters-disrupt-healthcare-town-hall-meetings

At a town hall meeting in St. Louis, where he did not take questions, Representative Todd Akin (R-MO) joked that democratic lawmakers "almost got lynched" by angry protesters. The audience responded with applause. Representative Akin added that the GOP does not "approve of lynchings" while making a choking motion that prompted laughter from the crowd. Clearly in bad taste, the joke seems particularly off-putting considering that, Congressman Bishop (D-NY) was escorted to his car by five police officers for his own safety after a town hall meeting, Representative Brad Miller (D-NC) has received a direct threat against his life, and Representative Frank Kratovil (D-MD) was hung in effigy by a healthcare protester.

Perhaps foreshadowing fear mongering at its best, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) stated "Fear, I would say, precedes anger, and I think there are a lot of people who tell me they are scared of what they see coming out of Washington...I see real opportunities for us."

I have to ask, "What is that about". Is that democracy at work? Why should I not think back to Germany 1933 and the rise of the 'brown shirts'? My point relates to suppression of free and open speech, not the coming of the Third Reich per se.

I ask that some LEFTAKERS read the following document, and help me understand why this is the right way show opposition to health care reform (Or bills that were being developed in Congress).

I truly hope that LAWANDENG does not mind my taking the (Lunatic Fringe) diary and revising it based on a video that I rec'd yesterday.

I read comments this morning from both SPIRAL AND FAULTGUY, related to socio/political behavior. When coupled with LAWANDENG's Lunatic Fringe Diary,a critical and enlightening thoughts and dialog became a must read. This is especially true for anyone who has serious interest in the impact of current politics on the nation. Hence, the very reason that I love this site.

We are at a critical cross road in our society. We have come out of a complete American 'Dark Ages' shepherded by the Bush Administration. The nation fell to new lows in an abyss of authoritarian RIGHT WING governance that was rooted in conservative politics and social beliefs.

While the far reaching malaise of the Bush Years may take decades to wear off, we are saddled with the lingering vestiges of effects on America.

THE FAULTGUY asks
.... about fair play after delineating a thought-provoking election hypothesis.

SPIRAL
.....appropriately responded that if we are not careful the conservative fringe could be dangerous. (excuse me SPIRAL if I failed to capture the essence of your response).

BUGSPRAY shared a couple of interesting and informative links where the authors espouses views about the Democrats and the Republicans.

All were great reads.

Initial response to FAULTGUY that I almost decided not to post, but I have rethought that decisions.

SUBTITLE: Rhetorical but very relevant

Thank you for 'throwing' it out there, FAULTGUY.  You and all who know our politics know the answer to your question. (Turn about is fair play)

The RIGHT (comprehensively) would go 'batty'. The tragic part of it all is the RIGHT is very adroit at their 'anti -(anything) campaigns'.  They have many years of crafting their trade and they have been awarded with equal and commensurate success. They are effective!!!!

The evidence is viewable on a daily basis. Before I move on, let me avoid forgetting by placing this comment right here.  If one watches the media (all media) one will see the successes of the RIGHT. CNN, MSNBC, and I assume FOX NEWS (I do not watch it), played the story of the Defense Department's new defense missile system logo.  Now, why was that even worthy of mention on CNN? MSNBC tried to respond to the issue sand its ridiculousness. CNN just threw it out there and moved on...no questions asked that might reach  the viewers thought processes.

Simply think back at the effectiveness of the BUSH/CHENEY campaigns for election.  
To bring this one back into focus, the LEFT is just not as mean-spirited, nor adroit at such propaganda.  The very reason that I expend much time and energy viewing how they work and the effectiveness of their mind altering B/S.  Example. How else can normal Americans find sanctuary in an organization like the Tea Party and its current ooze towards becoming a monolithic group of middle aged to older white people, if not for such mind altering campaigns? I am watching and reading about how the Oklahoma Tea Party is being infiltrated by local chapters (or members) of the Ku Klux Klan. "Oh PARDU , get off the race based crap!" RETORT: The John Birch Society had a booth at the recent CPAC 'spawning'.

I could have used 'death panels' as an example.

To again follow, my friend SPIRAL, who followed my FRIEND FAULTGUY....we are seeing 932 separate militia groups flourishing across the nation.  Many born SINCE OBAMA WAS ELECTED!

Turn about is fair play...but the LEFT does not play as effectively and often does not show an inclination to do such.

I do not go to conservative sites, and post, because it gives them fodder for their vitriol. That fodder reinforces their mental paradigms and props up their solidarity.

While many conservatives would never resort to behavior shown in the video posted below, I assert that if we do not closely monitor and expose, we will again see their stifling impact on our nation. I also ask that people think about the how quickly Tea Party placards moved from issues related to spending and taxes to the vile placards shown below and in other media. Not certain? Think about the current issues surrounding the latest RNC ad campaigns.

If we do not speak out, we could find ourselves unable to speak out.

I posted that comment because I feel that FAULTGUY threw out a very relevant question.

Both LAWANDENG and SPIRAL took the issue to a level worthy of even deeper exploration. (although they independent of each other may not have intended to do so.)

I want to illustrate a comprehensive point. If not addressed or at least placed in check, the nation runs the risk of following conservative politicians, media darlings, and their followers down a 'slipper slope'.

I submit the following and ask that you think of the current RNC ad campaign.

OMG!  First you try to fake your way through the oral exam you didn't study for (that mean old Ms. Couric would not grade you on the curve!)  But now you're writing crib sheets on your palm?  Girl, if I were as funny on purpose as you are unintentionally, I'd be hosting the Tonight Show.  Or maybe just leaving it.

But still, I try.  

[Edited to add:  just saw Doug's Dozen featured in a CNN story about Sarah Palin's hand/cheat sheet.
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/vid...
I appear at :56 and 2:08.

Anytime I can be on the news, and not in handcuffs, I'm happy.]

A few months ago, a friend who lives in Oklahoma shared a frightening story with me. She told a few others and me that she watched a special on the Ku Klux Klan in her state. The special included footage from the Grand GUMBA ( or something like that) in which the man indicated that the KKK does not have to practice civil disobedience these days as they are having far more success via the TEA Party Movement.

While many have joined the movement to legitimately express concern about their perception of "losing their country" and federal expenditures. I see far too many placards and signage that support the comments from the friend.

I also must ask, why the uproar and public disobedience after the election of the current President? Many of these same Tea Baggers expressed dismay, concern, and hatred when other groups exercised their rights to gather in protest.

I can remember a friend sending me an email last June in which the pictures and all verbiage stated "DON'T TREAD ON ME". I responded to the friend with heavy rebuttal. I told her that I suspect other reasons for the protest movement, and asked that she avoid sending me such going forward. For a time, I felt that maybe I had over reacted in my response and went through a period of dissonance about my actions.

Well, Tom Tancredo's Opening remarks at the TEA BAGGER Conference completely reinforces my disdain for the movement.  Tancredo really did set the stage for the event and shine clear light on the TEA BAGGERS. Any speaker or comment that follows Tancredo is now in perspective.

Exert:

blogs.villagevoice.com

Former Republican Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo has told an enraptured crowd that because "we do not have a civics literacy test before people can vote in this country, people who could not even spell the word 'vote,' or say it in English, put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House, name is Barack Hussein Obama."

End Exert

What we have here is not only 'out and out' racism; it is as shallow in its intellect as is the average intellect of the entire movement. The remark clearly shows that the central theme of the Baggers is, "let's return to pre-civil rights days when the land was clean as the driven snow". (Please note the resounding applause garnered by the racist remark from the 600 attendees. Also, note that the attendees may be the cream of the TEA BAGGEER crop as they can afford the $500.00 plus ticket price. Think about the quality and character of those who cannot afford the ticket.)

Tancredo played the race card while ignoring empirical data.

2008 ELECTION RESULTS DATA...who voted and how

US population:
73% "White"
13% "Hispanic"
2% "Asian"
12% "Black."

Whites voted for Obama-43%
Blacks voted for Obama-96% (96% or approx. 5.2 million Black People of voting age, who voted or who could vote.. the estimate is a bit high actually)
Hispanics voted for Obama-66%
Asians voted for Obama-63%
Jewish voted for Obama-78%
Men (White males) voted for Obama-41%  
Women voted for Obama - 56%
High Earners - 53%, of voters who earned $200,000 or more in 2007 voted Obama
Evangelicals voted for Obama-25%

It is hard to fathom such a racist remark from a supposedly intelligent person when faced with that data.

Tancredo pulled a classic Glenn Beck. The man is of Italian Ancestry. He did not even stop to reflect back on the extreme racism, bigotry and hatred reaped on his ancestors as they migrated to the United States.  But, then I suppose he has that 'color thing' that he feels places his ancestors well above Americans of color.

As I have stated many times, why bother with deep thought and speech, or comment, planning when one does not respect the intellect of his/her audience.

People, who consider themselves TEA PARTY (ERS), should reject Tancredo's racism and should comment directly to him that you find the remark unacceptable. [I suspect we have few who visit the LEFTAKE] It is almost impossible to agree with his comment as the data above refutes his racist 'wishful' remarks.

Of course, I realize that I am singing to the choir, but this movement should be exposed for what it is: pure and unadulterated resistance to change in the nation.

FOX News should offer Tancredo an on-air position.

Although Facebook is rarely, if ever, an instrument of social change, what may be the humble beginnings of a grassroots Anti-teaparty movement has sprung up on Facebook.

The group, which calls themselves "The Teabusters" (click here for facebook page) describes itself in the following way:

Are you tired of the "Tea Party" protesters?

Are you tired of President Obama being called a Nazi, a Socialist, a Communist, a Terrorist, or even an illegal Kenyan alien because he wants to fix the economy and provide all Americans with adequate health care?

Are you tired of suggestions that President Obama wants to euthanize your grandparents, bureaucratize your health care, and ruin your life?

If so, join the anti-teaparty movement: The Teabusters!

The Teabusters also have the beginnings of an as of yet undeveloped website: www.teabusters.com

The Teabusters are planning to counter-protest at the National Tea Party Convention and, for the benefit of those Teabusters who cannot travel to Nashville Tennessee, at various public places around the United States.

Here are The Teabusters' Public Statements:

On the Protests at The National TeaParty Convention in Nashville, Tennessee:

The Teapartiers will be having their national convention of crazy at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center in Nashville Tennessee.

Their keynote speaker will be none other than the Queen of the Teapartiers herself, Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

Thus, it is our duty as Patriotic Americans to counter the influence of the crazed and ignorant mob that is actively sabotaging America's Health and Prosperity.

Protests will be held at will outside the convention center or, in lieu of that, wherever we can get media attention over the course of these three days.

Any Teabuster who wishes to help organize this event is more than welcome. Help can include arranging/providing for carpools, helping to find local hotels, helping to promote the event (especially on the blogosphere and Twitter).

Those who cannot make it to Tennessee are encouraged to hold local counter-protests in places where they can get noticed by local media.

On National Days of Protest Around the United States

It is our duty as Patriotic Americans to counter the influence of The TeaPartiers- the crazed and ignorant mob that is actively sabotaging America's Health and Prosperity.

That said, it is unreasonable to expect everybody who opposes the TeaParty movement to be able to travel to Nashville to protest the National TeaParty Convention.

Therefore, all like-spirited Teabusters are encouraged to hold and help organize TeaParty counter-protests at their local Town/City halls or other locations that might attract the attention of the National Media.

If we can't be there to protest the TeaPartiers at their own convention, the least we can do is help prevent the TeaPartiers from dominating the National Media and attempting to Brainwash our fellow citizens and our elected representatives.

Anybody who has a camera is highly encouraged to upload photos of their local counter-protests to this group's page.

Also, anybody who has a movie camera is encouraged to upload videos of their local counter-protests to this group's page, in addition to youtube.

In what also seems like the beginnings of an organized effort for National Mobilization, The Teabusters has also encouraged its members to create and organize local chapters through meetup.com, the Pittsburgh Chapter being the first.

Why do I direct my disappointment at the Republican Party? It's really not that complicated, though it does require a run-on sentence before I make my other points. If you were a member of that party ten years ago, remained one throughout the Bush hell terms, and remain loyal even now while your ranks stir up an imaginary pot of lies and rumors in order to brain wash the masses into thinking our president is some kind of elderly killing, child interning, non-American Muslim terrorist hell bent on turning our beloved nation into a black Stalinville, then you deserve to be rebuked and called out.

New column of mine appearing in Monday's Collegian.

Click on the link...

http://media.www.collegian.com...

...or read on

New column appearing in today's Collegian. By the time the Joe Lie-berman (hyphen intentional) made his 180 on a public option, it was too late to edit my piece. Believe me, I'll have something to say about him soon..

Follow the link:
http://media.www.collegian.com...

or read on...

 

Let's learn from the conservatives--they did their "tea bag" thing.

Now let us show our displeasure for the Banks that took our tax money and then increased their credit card interest rates.  Send your banker a beauty supply item! Suggestions: Hair Spray, Nail Polish Remover, Blonde Bleaching Lotion.