Tea baggers joke about Obama being waterboarded, shining the shoes of the Saudi king.
Tea baggers joke about Obama being waterboarded, shining the shoes of the Saudi king.
Tea party organizers and participants have repeatedly insisted that their nationwide protests today are completely non-partisan and not meant to be anti-Obama. However, there didn’t seem to be any anti-Republican or anti-Bush signs at the protests. Instead, not only were there signs/clothing protest Obama’s policies, but some had violent or racist rhetoric. One participant even asked Joe the Plumber about waterboarding Obama:
Q: If you could waterboard Obama this weekend, what would you try to get out of him? What would you ask him?
WURZELBACHER: (LAUGHTER) Well, I don’t want to waterboard Obama.
Watch it:
Blogger Oliver Willis also saw a sign at the DC protest referencing Obama’s alleged bow to Saudi King Abdullah, saying that if he wasn’t bowing, “then he must have been polishing his shoes.” Dave Weigel from the Washington Independent saw another sign reading, “homey don’t play dat“:
Ironically, the AP reports that Greg Budell — a talk radio host in Montgomery, AL — said that the tea parties could “have the same impact that Montgomerian Rosa Parks had when she refused to move to the back of a city bus during segregation.”
Topic Cloud
ArchivesBlog Roll
Right. ‘Cause being the rump minority of a failed political program is just like asking for equal rights.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:22 pmIronically, the AP reports that Greg Budell — a talk radio host in Montgomery, AL — said that the tea parties could “have the same impact that Montgomerian Rosa Parks had when she refused to move to the back of a city bus during segregation.”
____________
I doubt that. I’m pretty sure the self-imposed segregation between conservatives and the reality-based community will continue long after the last tea has been bagged.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:25 pmFalse Patriots.
Support your President.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:26 pmSour Grapes Protesters…pissing their pants because their side lost…
….that is all this is about…the Palin crowd whining like babies.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:27 pmJust came from Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland Oregon…..I was shocked…..way to many Democrats there….could not stand being around all those turn coats….what a bunch of pukes!
April 15th, 2009 at 5:27 pmThe ignorance of these people is beyond definition.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:28 pmThat’s exactly what it’s about. Bunch of sore loosers and fake patriots.
They don’t care about their country one little bit.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:29 pmI HAVE TO POST THIS…COPIED FROM ANOTHER POST.
Enjoy my friends,
The Republicans strip and form a huge naked pile – a gay sex orgy in an attempt to stop the Obama Socialist future – preventing themselves from reproducing.
A few Democrats come along, and start making some reasonable suggestions: resolving our differences with diplomacy, nuclear disarmament, economic stimulus, coming together, holding hands, singing Kumbaya.
People are starting to agree, then one of the Republicans interrupts saying “Wait! This is gay!”
“OK everyone, back in the pile!”
April 15th, 2009 at 5:30 pmThe analogy would make more sense if Rosa Parks had been heavily subsidized by PAC money and if there had been a two-week ad campaign on a cable news network promoting her refusal to get up before it happened.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:30 pmIronically, the AP reports that Greg Budell — a talk radio host in Montgomery, AL — said that the tea parties could “have the same impact that Montgomerian Rosa Parks had when she refused to move to the back of a city bus during segregation.”
____________
Perhaps they could have the same impact — if the teabagger parties actually inspired people to take action, rather than being the laughable non-events that they were, inspiring people only to ignore them and go on with their lives…
April 15th, 2009 at 5:30 pmWAYNEBRO Says:
False Patriots.
Support your President.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
___________
They don’t have to support their President if they don’t want to. They have every right to dissent. That’s patriotism.
These teabagging orgies, however, are neither. They’re just a pathetic marketing gimmick masquerading as genuine dissent.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:31 pmBelieve it or not, they can still get worse with the crazy. I’m really looking forward to the next few years.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:31 pmWell, it was a hectic day at work but I bopped in from time to time to hear about this fiasco. I didn’t think I would really care, but truth be told, I got sucked into this drama.
The bottom line for me here is a departure from my earlier sorrow. I was so sorry these people would not think for themselves. I was so sorry these people cannot form their own critical thoughts.
But I’m over it.
I’ve seen them challenged, “what do you stand for, what are you protesting, why are you protesting it” and all I hear are bumper-sticker gibberish impaired mewing.
You’ve let your country down, nimtards. Theses are hard times, we need collaboration and innovation. You’ve spat in the face of the founding mothers and fathers. You’ve spat in every service-persons face. You don’t deserve freedom, I’m glad you are cowering with fear over shadows and tree branches. You are lamenting your ill-bred grandmoron’s “debt”? You deserve your fear. You think the boogah-boogahs are watching you? You have earned your panic. You chose to be what you are now, a vulnerable, lost sheep.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:32 pmAll of this teabagging nonsense is covered and promoted by Fox.
Do teabaggers care to guess who the second larges stockholder is?
Billionaire Saudi Prince al-Walid bin Talal, who owns 5.5% of Fox News.
These dimwitted dumbas* low class americans are helping fund madrassas in Saudi Arabia. Where did Osama come from?
Dumbas* fuc*ing americans. Shameful.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:34 pmI wasn’t suggesting they “had” to support their President.
And there’s nothing patriotic about failing to support a President who’s been in office less than 90 days during a time of war.
NOTHING.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:38 pmWhat I saw mainly was child abuse, parents made signs for their kids that said things like “I owe Obama $15,000.00 and I’m 6 years old, don’t have a job yet and won’t for 10 more years, how am I going to pay?” We need camps to start putting these people in, just like Napolitano said, these people are dangerous and need to be locked up.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:40 pmIf this was a year or two down the road and he’d had a chance to actually “do something”, then fine.
But less than 90 days out?
Hell he hasn’t even had time to warm the chair.
And lets make no mistake about this.
They’re not protesting tax increases, as the rhetoric coming in demonstrates.
They’re protesting HIM.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:41 pmWell — it looks like the tea-bagger’s pity convention has come and gone and so Rupert Murdoch will have to pay Glenn Beck some bonus money to gin up another manufactured outrage to keep stringing the rubes along until ratings sweeps week. So many fearful rubes, so little time to manipulate and exploit.
Just saying . . .
April 15th, 2009 at 5:42 pmWhat piss*s me off more than anything is that all this is a DIRECT result of Bushco and his eight years of plundering America. Yet these friggin idiots want to blame a President who has been in office for less than 100 days. MORONS…No other way to put it. Brain dead simple minded idiots!
April 15th, 2009 at 5:45 pmThese protests are organized racism. It’s about his color. It’s the unspoken dirty little secret that rears its ugly head in statements like “shining shoes”.
Shining shoes of course is for anyone over 40 who’s lived in a big city knows, is a profession that at one time was strictly associated with black people. And to this day its used as a racial slur.
This is nothing but a bunch of lily white neoconservative Christians holding hands with a bunch of neo-nazi’s and skin heads thinking they’re doing some good while really just shilling for the rich wealthy fat cats who are afraid of paying 3 percent more on their fortunes.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:45 pmMike71654 Says:
MORONS…No other way to put it. Brain dead simple minded idiots!
Correct. But there’s no point in complaining about the fact that there are stupid people in the world. What’s worth being upset about is that fact that people who know better are exploiting and taking advantage of those stupid people.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:47 pmGreg Budell — a talk radio host in Montgomery, AL — said that the tea parties could “have the same impact that Montgomerian Rosa Parks had when she refused to move to the back of a city bus during segregation.”
___________________________________________________________
Budell fails to recognize that there’s virtually no similarity between today’s tea parties and Rosa Parks’ act of civil disobedience years ago.
When Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white person, it was a protest about a specific thing. And the boycott it inspired was toward a specific objective. And because it was kept simple, it never lost focus. And because it never lost focus, it was ultimately successful.
Imagine if protesters in support of Parks had brought a lot of other issues into the fray. Imagine if, instead of focusing on the treatment of black citizens on city buses, they yelled and screamed about taxes, Communism, McCarthyism, the Cold War, and any other unrelated issue they could think of. The movement would have become fragmented and their original message lost.
Fast forward to today. What are these people protesting? I see signs about taxes, spending, the stimulus package — which is what I thought these tea parties were about. But I also see signs about illegal immigration, gun rights, the Employee Free Choice Act, President Obama bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia, and virtually every other wingnut issue. As well as signs just randomly slamming Obama with no specific reason (”Obama Bin Lyin”, “Maobama”, etc.). Instead of people focused with a single purpose, it just looks like a GOP whine-fest with a message of WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!
There’s no similarity between these tea parties and Rosa Parks. None.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:47 pmJust sing along: “Teabags in the morning, teabags in the evening, teabags at suppertime…”
You say you want a right-wing revolution after eight years of failed corporate fascist stupidity under Bush, Cheney and the Republicans? Good luck on that one…
April 15th, 2009 at 5:48 pmWow. Not-Joe the Unlicensed Plumber finally found someone in wingnut land who was too weird even for him. Have to disagree with Matt on one point by the way. What passes for contemporary conservatism is still very much a white supremacist movement. The twist is the superficial veneer of color as represented by the Steele/Blackwell/Keyes window dressing.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:49 pm“If you could waterboard Obama …” And Joe the Plumber laughs before he says he doesn’t want to waterboard him. Big joke, traitors.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:56 pmAfter 8 years of republicans Destroying The World, they should just STFU Forever.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:57 pmPeople who listen to the advice of drug addicts and drunks….
Wait, I’m describing Rush and Glenn Beck.
The GOP really can’t throw any stones, huh?
April 15th, 2009 at 5:57 pmThe Tea Parties seem to me like a big wrestling promotion. Everyone brings the signs to get noticed on TV. At what point can we expect a “Cavuto 3:16″?
April 15th, 2009 at 5:58 pmmisscoleopteramolly #23,
It also could have cost her her life. She was very brave and a truely great american.
Something these teabaggers will never be.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:59 pmThey make a big stink about Obama bowing to the Saudi king, when there are pictures of Dubya practically making out with Prince Abdallah??
I actually agree with Yglesia’s in that this isn’t about white supremacy (tho there is still some of that involved), its really about the fear of something ‘different’. Different color, difference religion, different politics… anything different is seen as ‘wrong’. The danger in this is that, eventually, the only person left who isn’t ‘different’ is yourself… and thus is born a psychopath.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:02 pmNothing screams loser more than right-wingers beggin for tea-baggin.
A sad lot…all of ‘em.
:[
April 15th, 2009 at 6:02 pmStrange, its like McDonalds starting a grassroots hamburger movement. The racist signs are one of the early Freudian ticks to show in a crowd of clowns. Anytime now Rudy Giuliani will join them in drag.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:03 pmThe protesters interviewed at the tea parties have all of the maturity and intellectual eloquence of a 10-year old who, when told to clean his room before he can play, blurts out “This sucks!”.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:05 pmSo how many science books have been turned to ash at these “tea parties” so far?
Maybe someone should offer these “tea baggers” some verga sandwiches.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:06 pmExcept the dumb asses tossing a bunch of them over the White House gate, like they did earlier today, forcing the Secret Service to deploy hazardous material disposal units.
Tossing packages containing an unknown substance is not really a smart move these days.
:|
Wonder how much that cost to deal with?
April 15th, 2009 at 6:06 pmJoe finally found someone he was smarter than.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:06 pmNot all conservatives are stupid; but most stupid people are conservative. ergo. sum.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:07 pmWell — it looks like the tea-bagger’s pity convention has come and gone and so Rupert Murdoch will have to pay Glenn Beck some bonus money to gin up another manufactured outrage
Don’t worry. I am sure that there will be a rash of high-speed police chases on L.A. highways in the coming month.
Or maybe a celebrity defendent will go on trial for murder.
And spring is here so there will be plenty of footage featuring bikini-clad girls. Maybe even a couple of them jiggling all over on trampolines.
. . . you know, there will be plenty of stuff for FoxSnooze to pass off as news.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:07 pm“Speak For Yourself Obama, We Are a Christian Nation ” (in Dc)
R-iiight. THAT sure has a lot to do with taxation and Government spending.
Wait a sec… a sign that’s actually about what it’s supposed to be about?
NO MORE TAXES!
(simple,to the point, go on….
NO MORE TAXES / STOP CUTTING MILITARY FUNDING!
Ah no, you…see…what you did there is…see the military see….taxes pay for it,see…seeee? no? Not getting it?
Maybe I should talk to the teabag instead.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:08 pmroscoe Says:
Not all conservatives are stupid; but most stupid people are conservative. ergo. sum.
When a group of people argues the values of abstinence and fights acceptance of gays, lesbians and the rest you have to wonder if the word “sex” is even a general practice for neocons.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:10 pmLooks like they managed to get out the Armey of Dicks.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:11 pmThe tea baggers are too simple to just keep it simple, either with their message or on their signs.
Really lame…they’re new to the whole protest thing obviously. They suck at it. Just another indication this is not grass-roots.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:11 pmThere was SO much to be outraged about during the last 8 years. Did anyone say anything when Cheney met with the Saudis? When the Bush’s hang out with the Saudis including the Bin Ladens?
What about when gas prices were $4 a gallon? Or when only the wealthiest among us were given tax breaks by bush?????????
This is just more veiled racism and un-patriotic behavior by the right-wing. How can they want Obama to fail?
April 15th, 2009 at 6:11 pmElBruce Says:
Believe it or not, they can still get worse with the crazy. I’m really looking forward to the next few years
I’m not, decent people are going to get killed by some of these idiots. My wife works at a planned parenthood clinic and we’re kind of nervous.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:13 pmThe tea baggers can’t be angry with Bush…he brought them the Texas tea!
April 15th, 2009 at 6:14 pmNot to mention the fact that the Bushes call the Saudi prince “Bandar Bush”. The Bushes themselves consider the Saudi’s part of the family.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:15 pmSouth Carolina, people.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:15 pmLooks like the events caused a whole lot of nothing
April 15th, 2009 at 6:16 pmIronically, the AP reports that Greg Budell — a talk radio host in Montgomery, AL — said that the tea parties could “have the same impact that Montgomerian Rosa Parks had when she refused to move to the back of a city bus during segregation.”
The city of Chicago just ordered dozens of new hybrid city buses with the stimulus money they received. The figure the savings in fuel and maintenence will save the city about $2 million/year. I say we go a step further than the rednecks did with Rosa Parks. Since they are against the stimulus plan, Republicans should even be allowed to ride on the bus.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:19 pmBobwurst Says:
My wife works at a planned parenthood clinic and we’re kind of nervous.
Nervous about what, going to hell? Just joshin ya………..
April 15th, 2009 at 6:19 pmSorry, Republicans should not be allowed to ride the bus
April 15th, 2009 at 6:19 pmWAYNEBRO # 36,
“Except the dumb asses tossing a bunch of them over the White House gate, like they did earlier today, forcing the Secret Service to deploy hazardous material disposal units.
Tossing packages containing an unknown substance is not really a smart move these days.”
Seriously, shouldn’t these people have been arrested?
April 15th, 2009 at 6:23 pmAs their furious followers head off to their April 15th orgy of tea-bagging, the leadership of the GOP and its amen corner in the right-wing media have instead turned to tall tales on taxes.
Here, then, are 10 Republican Tax Day lies:
1. President Obama will raise taxes on small businesses.
2. The estate tax devastates small businesses and family farms.
3. 40% of Americans pay no taxes.
4. Tax cuts always increase revenue.
5. The GOP is the party of fiscal discipline.
6. Ronald Reagan was the greatest tax cutter of all time.
7. FDR caused the Great Depression, or at least made it worse.
8. Obama’s cap-and-trade plan will cost each American family $3,100 a year.
9. Obama’s tax proposals will undermine charitable giving.
10. The rich pay too much in taxes already.
For the details behind each GOP deceit, see:
April 15th, 2009 at 6:24 pm“10 Republican Lies for Tax Day.”
Hi Angryone,
I know a guy (one of our realtors) who thinks 50% of americans don’t pay taxes and ALL of those people receive some form of welfare.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:26 pm…Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland Oregon…..I was shocked…..way to many Democrats there…
ha! maybe thom hartman’s plan worked! cool!
April 15th, 2009 at 6:31 pm“However, there didn’t seem to be any anti-Republican or anti-Bush signs at the protests”
Maybe because Bush is not longer president? Why would protesters be protesting a former president?
April 15th, 2009 at 6:33 pmI happen to live in a Southern state (ugh…) and here’s my take on all these tea parties. For the most part, they’re a bunch of racists who are looking for a reason to protest having a black man in the white house. (Before you ask, I’m white.) The things they’re protesting against just don’t make sense if they bothered to listen to what Obama has to say and look at what he’s doing. Middle-class people protesting higher taxes for the wealthy? Pul-eeze… Don’t want government spending — in this recession?? Really??! These protestors don’t look like economists to me. Anti-socialism?? How many have family members on disability or medicare? This looks to me like rich Republicans giving middle-class and poor white people a reason (but not really a valid one) to do what they wanted to anyway, which is protest an African American president. And I’m ashamed to say a couple of fools in my own family are out there basking in their own ignorance…
April 15th, 2009 at 6:34 pm“Alas, they do pay for them. As FactCheck among others noted, Republican conveniently ignore sales, excise and most of all, payroll taxes. Starting with the first dollar they earn, virtually all American workers pay the 6.2% Social Security tax (on income up to $97,000) and another 1.45% for Medicare. An analysis by the Tax Policy Center concluded, “three quarters of filers pay more in payroll taxes than in income taxes.”
The statement regarding payroll taxes is such straw man.
http://www.moneychimp.com/glossary/payroll_tax.htm
“A huge number of people pay far more in payroll taxes than they do in income taxes. On the other hand, the payroll tax isn’t a true “tax” in the sense that it isn’t supposed to be a source of revenue for the government – it’s supposed to be a contribution to an account that you’ll be entitled to withdraw benefits from at a later date. For that reason payroll taxes generally aren’t included in discussions about tax cuts: the only way you can get a cut in your contributions is to (a) accept a corresponding cut in benefits, or (b) have your benefits subsidized by somebody else, or (c) reform the entire system.”
To include social security into what is taxed would be like including 401K contributions. Income taxes fund the government, not social security taxes and 40% of Americans do not pay income taxes.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:42 pmJust a few words about Rosa Parks—I’ve heard a recording of her telling the story, and it’s very different from what we usually hear.
She was sitting in the black section of the bus. The bus was full. There was a rule that when the bus was full, that blacks had to give up their seats to whites on request. A man asked for her seat. At that moment, she refused to give up her seat. She had no intention of protesting when she got on the bus. She was moved very deeply by her own experience and when the man asked for her seat she was hit that wall of quiet resolve in which she could no longer give in to abuse.
Rosa Parks story does not in any way compare to these stupid little protests.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:42 pmMaybe because Bush is not longer president? Why would protesters be protesting a former president?
He’s the previous president, not just a former president.
Obama’s policies are shoring up Bush’s many failures.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:42 pmBush/Cheney fukced our country for 8 years, we now have a man in the white house who is trying to help all of his fellow Americans. How stupid can you possibly be not to recognize that. Seriously, 95% of the people teabagging today are being helped by President Obamas actions. Billdo,Becky,Insannity,Limpdick,and the repugs dont give a rats ass about the average working American. It really is sad to look at the people at these events and knowing that they have know idea what their protesting. Beside the fact that they watch fox noise and believe the bullsh$t.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:44 pmThey want all the benefits of living in this society and want somebody else to pay for it.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:45 pmTo include social security into what is taxed would be like including 401K contributions. Income taxes fund the government, not social security taxes and 40% of Americans do not pay income taxes.
Except 401k’s don’t go directly into the general fund, like SSI does. And SSI indeed does fund the day-to-day operations of the government. You’re way off.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:45 pm——————————————————————————–
sscncturn64 Says:
——————————————————————————–
Bush/Cheney fukced our country for 8 years, we now have a man in the white house who is trying to help all of his fellow Americans. How stupid can you possibly be not to recognize that. Seriously, 95% of the people teabagging today are being helped by President Obamas actions. Billdo,Becky,Insannity,Limpdick,and the repugs dont give a rats ass about the average working American. It really is sad to look at the people at these events and knowing that they have know idea what their protesting. Beside the fact that they watch fox noise and believe the bullsh$t.
I wouldn’t say that getting $13 a month extra will do anything for normal Americans. Yes it is a tax break, but the cost far outweighs the gain of doing it.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:48 pmReagan did cut taxes, but he also increased the debt..which, you know, is generational theft.[using Malkin logic here] But the reason for taxes is federal debt. But as the same with Dubya he cut taxes for the wealthy and increased spending [creating more 'generational theft']
So what good are these tax cuts if it doesnt stop increased spending? If you dont pay down the debt then interest raises the amount of debt even higher. Its like getting car loan for 10k dollars and then taking 100 years to pay it off while the interest makes the car, which is devaluing, cost much more than 10k.
Ennyhooo, the people that showed up to the tea bagging, by their signs and shirts arent really interested in taxes or spending and, apparently, think its an election year.
They should save some of that fearful energy for 2012
April 15th, 2009 at 6:50 pmbarfly Says:
——————————————————————————–
To include social security into what is taxed would be like including 401K contributions. Income taxes fund the government, not social security taxes and 40% of Americans do not pay income taxes.
Except 401k’s don’t go directly into the general fund, like SSI does. And SSI indeed does fund the day-to-day operations of the government. You’re way off.
You are way off because the money will go back to the people that pay into it when they are eligible, income taxes do not. To compare income taxes to social security taxes is simply ridiculous.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:51 pmhttp://www.lafn.org/gvdc/Natl_Debt_Chart.html
Republicans would like to ignore the facts on that link showing the National Debt. They want to ignore Bush’s $4 trillion added. They want to ignore that their icon Ronald Reagan tripled the National Debt. These protests are all about putting all the blame on Obama and Democrats.
But no matter. These protests will soon be forgotten, and the Republican Party will still be without any real ideas for solving problems. They still have no front-runner for the Presidency in 2004, and the names bandied about are extremely underwhelming to any Republican I know.
As usual, the only thing Republicans are good at is stoking fear and division.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:51 pmHey JohnM, I’m slated to get a reduction in my mortgage payments because of Obama’s program. Are you paying for that?
If so, thanks for your contribution.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:52 pmThe protests certainly were successful in making you wing nut, Bambi Kool Aid drinking fools wet your collective pants.
Um, we’re moonbats, newbie. You’re the wingnut.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:52 pmbarfly Says:
——————————————————————————–
Maybe because Bush is not longer president? Why would protesters be protesting a former president?
He’s the previous president, not just a former president.
Obama’s policies are shoring up Bush’s many failures.
Why would people protest against the previous president after he is gone and a new president is in office that has made it clear he will not follow the same policies?
April 15th, 2009 at 6:53 pmThese Teabaggin’ parties represent nothing less than the mainstreaming of rightwing extremism… Including racism.
I have proof. Check out the pics I took of the Teabaggin’ party in Taos, New Mexico (80% Hispanic/Indian population, and 90% Democrat):
http://eggheaded.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/teabaggin-in-taos/
I saw two non-whites there. One was a Catholic woman yelling, “Obama loves killing babies!” and the other was an Asian-American woman who turned out to be a shill from Texas!
Oh Jesus, I’m having too much fun with this.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:54 pm——————————————————————————–
barfly Says:
——————————————————————————–
Hey JohnM, I’m slated to get a reduction in my mortgage payments because of Obama’s program. Are you paying for that?
If so, thanks for your contribution.
Good for you, I hope the government helps you pay for other legally binding contracts you signed.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:55 pmYou are way off because the money will go back to the people that pay into it when they are eligible, income taxes do not. To compare income taxes to social security taxes is simply ridiculous.
You really don’t know how your country’s tax system works, do you? SSI goes into the general operating fund, and the SSI fund is issued an IOU for the funds, payable at the time the worker retires, plus interest. They are used the same as tax funds, so your point is moot.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:56 pmThose protesting deficit spending should not single out Obama. Bush spent too much. There should be a recognition that Obama inherited poor financial conditions, that he will be judged on how he addresses.
People have a right to voice their opposition to increases in debt or more significant deficit spending or even budget priorities. The Obama administration should communicate how the interim deficit spending will enable a stronger recovery and future fiscal discipline.
If people are unwilling to support Obama’s spending initiatives, the Obama administration can make the claim that it was that lack of support that prevented a quicker or more robust recovery.
The attempts to generalize the tea party attendees as racists or partisans only postpones the need to address those legitimately concerned about our increasing debt and its impact.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:57 pmGood for you, I hope the government helps you pay for other legally binding contracts you signed.
Oops, hit a sore nerve, did I?
April 15th, 2009 at 6:57 pmWell, it looks like the tea party was a complete bust what with the ODS [[Obama Derangement Syndrome]] on full display.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:57 pmProud, and JohnM, and the rest of these “‘baggers” are the saddest aggregation of suckers and dummies I have ever witnessed.
Did they have a Tea Party at Jonestown, too??
I am grateful to them, however, for sealing the fate of the Republican Party.
No Lefties could ever have done the damage to the GOP that these clowns have.
A big Ironic “Thank You!” to all the good little baggers –
M4M 4ever!!! Go Wolverines, Go!!!!
April 15th, 2009 at 7:00 pmbarfly Says:
——————————————————————————–
You are way off because the money will go back to the people that pay into it when they are eligible, income taxes do not. To compare income taxes to social security taxes is simply ridiculous.
You really don’t know how your country’s tax system works, do you? SSI goes into the general operating fund, and the SSI fund is issued an IOU for the funds, payable at the time the worker retires, plus interest. They are used the same as tax funds, so your point is moot.
You are making yourself look silly now. They may be used for other things but they also must be paid back. Do you also think that when you deposit $100 into the bank the same $100 bill is given to you when you withdraw it? Social security taxes operate under the same principle.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:03 pmLou dobbs show is also delighted by the tea baggers. They might be happier over at FOX.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:04 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
——————————————————————————–
JohnM Says:
Why would people protest against the previous president after he is gone and a new president is in office that has made it clear he will not follow the same policies?
Why would republicans ever protest their king? You racist pigs only care that Obama isn’t a white man from your fascist party of fools.
Tell me, if Democrats are spending Socialists – why is nearly 100% of the federal debt under GOP presidential signature?
I am actually a libertarian and did not vote for Bush in either election. My dislike for Obama’s policies have nothing to do with his skin color. I thought the debt Bush created was horrible and I think Obama’s is adding to that at an alarming rate.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:06 pmAttempts? Look at their signs and shirts, they took this as a partisan event instead of one about taxes/spending
April 15th, 2009 at 7:07 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
——————————————————————————–
JohnM Says:
You are making yourself look silly now. They may be used for other things but they also must be paid back. Do you also think that when you deposit $100 into the bank the same $100 bill is given to you when you withdraw it? Social security taxes operate under the same principle.
ROTFL!! The ENTIRE TAX SYSTEM works under this PREMISE – MORON! There are SPENDING MANDATES throughout the ENTIRE GOVERNMENT!!! ROTFL!! Speaking of MAKING YOURSELF LOOK SILLY – PROJECT MUCH? ;)
Wow, I feel like I am talking to a 2nd grader here.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:09 pmThe attempts to generalize the tea party attendees as racists or partisans only postpones the need to address those legitimately concerned about our increasing debt and its impact.
Fine. As longs as they temper their criticisism with an understanding that this mess is very complicated and inevitably very expensive, just like previous republican failures have been. If they must show their concern so soon, it appears as if they aren’t really interested in success of the economy, so much as democratic failure.
Have you seen any democratic representatives at these? Any Blue Dogs? I don’t know, I’m just curious if any “moderate” dems have been in attendance at any of these little spitefests.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:09 pmThe ‘tea baggers’ were hiding for years and were nowhere to be seen or heard from when Bush and his Republican friends and war profiteers were spending billions and billions of US dollars on I.O.U. notes to other countries; money that we did not have.
Now the tea baggers are screaming loud about spending. !!
Don’t forget that the mess we are in now was caused by Bush and that is still fresh in our memories.
Why the ‘tea baggers’ were silent all these years about Bush administration?!.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:10 pmBush always got more money than what he asked for under Republican Congress,with no hesitation from Republicans lawmakers.
‘Tea baggers’ are now making noise they should have made long time ago when Bush started his spending spree,and neglected the economy when he was in charge ,if they are to be trusted and believed that this is not simply an anti Obama stunt, organized by the same Republican leaders who wrecked the economy and US budget to begin with.
hateful old lying dummies.
go bag some tea, dummies.
you’re only hurting your own cause honking around in here.
don’t even have the common sense the good Lord gave dogs.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:10 pmIm glad to see that Joe the plumber is there, when someones bag gets caught in one of his fellow baggers mouth he can snake it out.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:14 pmYou are making yourself look silly now. They may be used for other things but they also must be paid back. Do you also think that when you deposit $100 into the bank the same $100 bill is given to you when you withdraw it? Social security taxes operate under the same principle.
When I deposit $100 into a bank, does the government require my employer to match my deposit?
Who looks silly now?
April 15th, 2009 at 7:14 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
——————————————————————————–
JohnM Says:
I wouldn’t say that getting $13 a month extra will do anything for normal Americans. Yes it is a tax break, but the cost far outweighs the gain of doing it.
Since about 30% of Americans earn less than 2k a month before taxes – I’d say whining about $13 a month extra shows you have no clue for what it means to be a NORMAL American – MORON!
$13 a month will have absolutely no impact on the lives of any of these people. To think that you believe that it will truly shows that your grasp of reality does not go beyond your mom’s basement.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:14 pmJohnM, the tea bagger party was crashed by the republicans/FOX. They’re done. The Republicans and FOX own it now, unless the tea baggers vocally denounce FOX and Republicans.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:15 pmAnd before you try to say the same is true of 401k’s, let me remind you that 401k’s aren’t put into the government operating fund, they are administered by a private entity, with little governmental control, unlike SSI funds.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:16 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
——————————————————————————–
JohnM Says:
$13 a month will have absolutely no impact on the lives of any of these people. To think that you believe that it will truly shows that your grasp of reality does not go beyond your mom’s basement.
No IMPACT? REALLY? That shows HOW OUT OF TOUCH that YOU and the rest of your OUT OF TOUCH WHITE MAN DELUSIONAL march of IDIOCY REALLY ARE! As for LIVING IN YOUR MOM’S BASEMENT – Project much TARD!
Do you see the irony of continuing to say I am projecting while you are continually saying things like moron and tard instead of writing like an adult?
April 15th, 2009 at 7:19 pmbarfly Says:
——————————————————————————–
And before you try to say the same is true of 401k’s, let me remind you that 401k’s aren’t put into the government operating fund, they are administered by a private entity, with little governmental control, unlike SSI funds.
Of course they are different in that respect. My point was that it is paying toward your retirement and talking about all the taxes you are paying when the benefit of social security will be paid back to you. Face it the richest people in the country pay for the bottom feeders and have for quite awhile. Whining about social security taxes and sales tax will not change that.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:22 pmThanks for confirming your ignorance of how this country’s tax system operates, John.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:22 pmbarfly Says:
——————————————————————————–
You are making yourself look silly now. They may be used for other things but they also must be paid back. Do you also think that when you deposit $100 into the bank the same $100 bill is given to you when you withdraw it? Social security taxes operate under the same principle.
When I deposit $100 into a bank, does the government require my employer to match my deposit?
Who looks silly now?
What are you talking about? That connection does not make sense. So what if the employer matches it, they are paying for the social security of that individual, which gives more reason as to why people should not complain about paying payroll taxes. Especially if they don’t pay actual income taxes.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:24 pmWell, excluding the racism, the videos I’m seeing are about the funniest thing on television these days.
The racism makes me wonder if it is time for liberals to start arming themselves for self-defense.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:25 pmFace it the richest people in the country pay for the bottom feeders and have for quite awhile. Whining about social security taxes and sales tax will not change that.
Managed to get both feet in that time. A truly prestigious act. But the fact remains that those who make more than a million a year save more in taxes than I make in a year, because their SSI contributions are capped at a measly one tenth of their total incomes.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:26 pmbarfly Says:
——————————————————————————–
Thanks for confirming your ignorance of how this country’s tax system operates, John.
I understand it just fine. You clearly need to do a little research while the rest of us pay for your “benefits”.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:27 pmI got into a huge argument with someone who told me that I was irrational and why is it that I’m crying rascism when they speak out against the government! The rethuglicans and their followers can deny it all they want – as the saying goes – a picture is worth a thousand words!
April 15th, 2009 at 7:28 pmCalling these D-bags “protesters” is a slam to legitimate protesters everywhere!
-former Viet Nam protester
April 15th, 2009 at 7:29 pmWhat’s the difference between teabagging and swiftboating?
Nothing, it’s just more crap to disrupt.
The real obstructionist party at at work.
Doing what they do best.
They hate us, cause they ain’t us.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:29 pmI hope the person who suggested torturing the President is now in FBI hands for terrorist threats against the President of the United States. He/She certainly should be.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:29 pmbarfly Says:
——————————————————————————–
Face it the richest people in the country pay for the bottom feeders and have for quite awhile. Whining about social security taxes and sales tax will not change that.
Managed to get both feet in that time. A truly prestigious act. But the fact remains that those who make more than a million a year save more in taxes than I make in a year, because their SSI contributions are capped at a measly one tenth of their total incomes.
They are also taxed at a much higher rate on income taxes and will receive much less of what they put into the ssi contributions compared to you. Keep suckling off of the government teet, those of us that pay income taxes will continue to help your free ride rolling.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:30 pmDoc Rock Says:
They want all the benefits of living in this society and want somebody else to pay for it.
Nail, meet head. That’s exactly it. They’re just greedy mooches. Red states suck up the majority of social services, there are vast amounts of indirect benefits they enjoy (which all cost money) and every time it’s time to pony up their fair share, they throw themselves on the ground and throw another tantrum.
.
Proud Says:
The protests certainly were successful in making you wing nut, Bambi Kool Aid drinking fools wet your collective pants. The left is showing itself to be weak and scared.
Example, please?
If pointing out something is stupid constitutes fear, then rawr, you wingnuts are like movie monsters or something.
.
backup Says:
Those protesting deficit spending should not single out Obama. Bush spent too much.
Well, sure, every time we point that out to them they’re all like “yeah, I’m against Bush’s spending too.” Apparently they’ve been invisible for the last eight years or something.
.
JohnM Says:
Do you see the irony of continuing to say I am projecting while you are continually saying things like moron and tard instead of writing like an adult?
I see what you’re getting at. But the fact that you are a moron and a tard does actually happen to be relevant in the context of this discussion.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:31 pmWhat are you talking about? That connection does not make sense. So what if the employer matches it, they are paying for the social security of that individual, which gives more reason as to why people should not complain about paying payroll taxes. Especially if they don’t pay actual income taxes.
You’re way off, again. I was going by the example you provided, sport. Look up the definition of “tax” and get back to me. SSI is a tax, because it is used the same as a tax, once it hits the general operating fund. That employers are required to provide matching contributions by law, makes them just like a tax, unlike 401k’s, which a company isn’t required by law to provide.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:33 pmThey are also taxed at a much higher rate on income taxes and will receive much less of what they put into the ssi contributions compared to you. Keep suckling off of the government teet, those of us that pay income taxes will continue to help your free ride rolling.
Except when SSi TAXES are figured into the mix. And the last time I looked, I received an income tax refund check, similar in many ways to SSI, in that both I and my employer paid in, and I got a refund.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:36 pmJohnM, you are not convincing us you are willing to reject republican hypocrisy from your formulation.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:39 pmJohnM Says:
They are also taxed at a much higher rate on income taxes and will receive much less of what they put into the ssi contributions compared to you. Keep suckling off of the government teet, those of us that pay income taxes will continue to help your free ride rolling.
“They” generally pay very little in income taxes because their “income” is not taxed.
And those of us paying income taxes do not pay someone else’s Social Security, dummie. FICA does not equal income tax.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:40 pmYou can find “nuts” at any left or right protest.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:43 pmjeff2001 Says:
You can find “nuts” at any left or right protest.
Your centrism is leaking on the carpet. Bring a bucket with you next time.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:45 pmbarfly Says:
——————————————————————————–
They are also taxed at a much higher rate on income taxes and will receive much less of what they put into the ssi contributions compared to you. Keep suckling off of the government teet, those of us that pay income taxes will continue to help your free ride rolling.
Except when SSi TAXES are figured into the mix. And the last time I looked, I received an income tax refund check, similar in many ways to SSI, in that both I and my employer paid in, and I got a refund.
You got a refund that was likely a tax credit which was more than you paid in income taxes. Many people receive more back than they paid. This is simply a form of welfare. Congrats on your welfare check!
April 15th, 2009 at 7:46 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
——————————————————————————–
JohnM Says:
You got a refund that was likely a tax credit which was more than you paid in income taxes. Many people receive more back than they paid. This is simply a form of welfare. Congrats on your welfare check!
So’s TARP, NO-BID CONTRACTS, FUNDING of RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS and EXEMPTION FROM REASONABLE LIABILITY but the REPUBLICANS/LIBERTARIANS don’t seem to give a sh*t about that…
Libertarians are against corporate welfare as well.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:52 pmJohnM Says:
“This is simply a form of welfare. Congrats on your welfare check!”
ooohhh goody, i didn’t know joe the welfare queen fake plumber is here. friends of yours, john?
April 15th, 2009 at 7:52 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
——————————————————————————–
JohnM Says:
You know that bible of your says that MUCH IS EXPECTED OF THOSE TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN. So WHY are you SO UN-XTIAN in NOT WANTING RICH PEOPLE to CONTRIBUTE MORE? Are a FALSE XTIAN FASCIST? ;)
I don’t believe the bible should be used for our tax code.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:53 pmIf I may ask: Why are you here, JohnM?
It’s obvious that the common beliefs of those that discuss progressive and related news come to TP to do so, even to vent frustrations. But progressive/liberal ideology is completely different than libertarian ideology.
Why are you here? Knowing all that? What is your purpose? Are TP folks going to libertarian sites en masse right now to provoke libertarians?
Honestly, you believe what you believe, but frankly, you look petty and a little ridiculous spending so much time on here, when there’s so much fundamental disagreement and no one is going to start seeing anything you say as remotely valid.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:59 pmYou got a refund that was likely a tax credit which was more than you paid in income taxes. Many people receive more back than they paid. This is simply a form of welfare. Congrats on your welfare check!
So sorry to burst your tightly-gripped stereotype, but if you’ll look at my profile you’ll see I work in aerospace manufacturing. Have been for 14 years. Wanna’ quiz me? Ask me anything at all about aircraft part fabrication. Anything at all.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:04 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
——————————————————————————–
See JohnM, there’s a thing called the TAX BURDEN and this is ALL TAXES PAID. You WHINE about SSI being DIFFERENT because YOU’LL GET SOMETHING BACK – but that’s the INTENTION of ALL TAXES! And SSI has NO GUARANTEES you’ll EVER GET ANYTHING BACK like PRETTY MUCH ALL TAXES…
When you INCLUDE *ALL* taxes, Sales, SSI, Income, etc., then POOR PEOPLE are MUCH MORE BURDENED than RICH – ESPECIALLY relative TO THEIR ABILITY to PAY TAXES. This means it’s actually the POOR PEOPLE that are LETTING THE RICH largely SUCK OFF THE TEET and LIVE THE HIGH LIFE at THE EXPENSE of THEIR LABOR!
As USUAL you HAVE IT REVERSED – MORON!
That was a very incoherent post. The amount that the average person gets from their ssi compared to what they pay far exceeds what rich people receive and pay. No matter how much you compare ssi taxes to income taxes they will never be the same and you know this. Unfortunately you have painted yourself into a corner and you have no place else to go. Social security is a retirement fund created by a democratic president that has proven to have shortcomings. Now people want to get out of paying it and still receive the retirement funds.
I love your comment about ability to pay taxes. That is classic. I wonder how well economies have done that adopted the philosophy “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need” If only there was some history to base that off of to see how well it worked out.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:05 pmWanna hear about NADCAP certification, John?
Material specifications and characteristics when solution heat treating aircraft parts?
Welfare my ass. I’ve been working, and paying taxes since I was ten. That’s 41 years as a taxpaying citizen.
How about you, Johnny?
April 15th, 2009 at 8:09 pmbarfly Says:
——————————————————————————–
You got a refund that was likely a tax credit which was more than you paid in income taxes. Many people receive more back than they paid. This is simply a form of welfare. Congrats on your welfare check!
So sorry to burst your tightly-gripped stereotype, but if you’ll look at my profile you’ll see I work in aerospace manufacturing. Have been for 14 years. Wanna’ quiz me? Ask me anything at all about aircraft part fabrication. Anything at all.
Yet you are getting bailed out on your mortgage and you are receiving a refund check that is more than you paid in income taxes? Hmmm? Something smells fishy.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:09 pmbarfly Says:
——————————————————————————–
Wanna hear about NADCAP certification, John?
Material specifications and characteristics when solution heat treating aircraft parts?
Welfare my ass. I’ve been working, and paying taxes since I was ten. That’s 41 years as a taxpaying citizen.
How about you, Johnny?
You go from bragging about getting a handout on your mortgage to taking offense to my saying you got a welfare check. Call it whatever you want to make yourself feel important.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:11 pmSSI is a tax, true enough, because of the reasons I’ve presented. You really don’t understand how our tax system works.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:11 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
——————————————————————————–
JohnM Says:
Yet you are getting bailed out on your mortgage and you are receiving a refund check that is more than you paid in income taxes? Hmmm? Something smells fishy.
Sounds like you should STAY OUT of your MOMMA’S UNDERWEAR DRAWER! ;)
That was very mature, I am truly impressed with progressives all becuase of you.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:11 pmbarfly Says:
——————————————————————————–
SSI is a tax, true enough, because of the reasons I’ve presented. You really don’t understand how our tax system works.
Yes it is a tax that is used to fund retirement of people that are unwilling to plan for the future, but it is not the same as income tax. You really need to take an accounting class or talk to somebody that actually pays taxes.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:13 pmJohnM Says:
Libertarians are against corporate welfare as well.
Libertarians are against criminalizing abortion as well. You are not one.
.
JohnM Says:
Social security is a retirement fund created by a democratic president that has proven to have shortcomings.
What are the shortcomings? It beats the hell out of having our streets crowded with elderly homeless people. At least it does if you have a soul (aka. are a Democrat).
But honestly, I’ve been trying to follow the discussion about SSI and I still have no idea what point you’re trying to make at all.
All y’all anti-tax people are just trying to get a free ride off the rest of us who are willing to pay our taxes.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:13 pmHey john m. where did you come up with the # of 13 dollars a month. Ive been out in the work force for 28 years as a CNC machinist. Unfortunatly the economy started on a downward spiral while your king Bush was in office. I am one of the casualtys, i got laid off. The last time i spoke to my GM she told me that theres a strong possibility that the company is going out of business. For the second time in my life i am collecting unemployment. About a month ago i started getting an extra 25 dollars a week in my unemployment check thanks to OUR PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA. So i figure your fortunate enough to make over 250K a year. For me an extra 100 dollars a month helps out a great deal.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:14 pmIt’s been fun everybody, I compare going to sites like this to going to the zoo. It’s fun to look at the animals for a little while…but after awhile their antics grow tiresome. Enjoy your cages:)
April 15th, 2009 at 8:17 pmYou go from bragging about getting a handout on your mortgage to taking offense to my saying you got a welfare check. Call it whatever you want to make yourself feel important.
You intimated I didn’t work for my tax refund. Since you couldn’t debunk my assertion (that because it is administered just like a tax), you started creating welfare strawmen.
And for your info, I haven’t missed a payment, even though my wife passed away a year and a half ago, to COPD, and for 9 years we had made the payments from our combined incomes, but after she passed, and the bottom fell out of the housing market, I persevered, and though it took almost 60% of my monthly income, I still haven’t missed a payment. I deserve help, so stick your stereotypes in the strawman fire.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:18 pmJohnM Says:
Yes it is a tax that is used to fund retirement of people that are unwilling to plan for the future, but it is not the same as income tax. You really need to take an accounting class or talk to somebody that actually pays taxes.
The depth of your ignorance continues to have no bottom.
Social security was created by people who realized that no amount of planning could account for real economic disasters like the Great Depression. Or account for Big Business refusing to pay a living wage so that “planning for the future” succumbs to “making it through until tomorrow.”
Based on your comments here, there is no evidence that you’ve ever even held a job, much less had to run a business or support a family. No matter how smug you are, you’re clearly a danger to those around you purely on the basis of sheer stupidity and ignorance.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:18 pmJohnM Says: I’m a little shortpants gradeschooler, and Mommy says I must finish my homework.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:19 pmJohnM Says:
It’s been fun everybody, I compare going to sites like this to going to the zoo. It’s fun to look at the animals for a little while…but after awhile their antics grow tiresome. Enjoy your cages:)
Mom get home with the Cheetos?
April 15th, 2009 at 8:20 pmBuh bye, you sniveling piece of sh!t.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:21 pmEnjoy your cages:)
I will. Thanks again for your contribution. Now I can keep my cage.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:23 pmHey if you want to talk about manufacturing aircraft parts and the kinds of metals that are used or heat treating(rockwell). lets talk, its been a few months since i wrote a program and set up one of my lathes. I miss it.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:25 pmsscncturn64 Says: lets talk, its been a few months since i wrote a program and set up one of my lathes. I miss it.
I’m currently working on beaded skins, and they’re a b itch because the customer (MD) won’t let us laser-cut the profiles, so I have to punch them on a CNC turrent punch. It’s .016″ “O” clad, like trying to punch aluminum foil.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:36 pmJohnM Says:
——————————————————————————–
It’s been fun everybody, I compare going to sites like this to going to the zoo. It’s fun to look at the animals for a little while…but after awhile their antics grow tiresome. Enjoy your cages:)
—
April 15th, 2009 at 8:38 pmSo you fancy yourself an ethologist? I sort of think you are just a wannabee alpha. Shall we go through the regular dominance routines? I suspect you are less fit…
Hey Barfly why wont Mcdonnell Douglas let you laser cut the profiles? I never used lasers.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:45 pmHow about this:
I was just reading a story in our local rag about one of the Tea Parties in town, and it mentioned that the NRA was there signing up members.
WTF?
April 15th, 2009 at 8:47 pmBad Eye Says:
How about this:
I was just reading a story in our local rag about one of the Tea Parties in town, and it mentioned that the NRA was there signing up members.
WTF?
Hey, if you worked for PETA, wouldn’t you show up at an anti-Iraq-War rally? You go where lots of your most likely prospects are.
April 15th, 2009 at 9:03 pmIt’s no joke, especially to complete shit-heels like Rick Perry:
Perry dismissed characterizations that those attending Wednesday’s “tea party” rallies in Texas and around the country are “a bunch of right-wing extremists.”
“But if you are, I’m with you,” he said
Could Repukes be any more oblivious to their hypocrisy?
April 15th, 2009 at 11:48 pmWanna’ quiz me? Ask me anything at all about aircraft part fabrication. Anything at all.
Oh yea Shirly? Which part of a Rolls Royce high-bypass turbafan is repairable by replacing a “fetzer valve and using some gauze”?
April 15th, 2009 at 11:52 pmDNFP Says:
It’s no joke, especially to complete shit-heels like Rick Perry:
Could Repukes be any more oblivious to their hypocrisy?
I parse that as him saying “you guys aren’t right-wing extremists, but I am.”
April 16th, 2009 at 12:10 am“…it is a movement marked by a combination of tolerance for racism with massive oversensitivity about the idea that ‘PC’ forces are stifling freedom.”
That massive oversensitivity is a response to the massive oversensitivity of those who would use terms like “man-caused disaster” to avoid offending terrorists. ;)
April 16th, 2009 at 1:36 ambarfly Says:
So sorry to burst your tightly-gripped stereotype, but if you’ll look at my profile you’ll see I work in aerospace manufacturing. Have been for 14 years. Wanna’ quiz me? Ask me anything at all about aircraft part fabrication. Anything at all.
How many cherwittles does it take to reverse a canonigoggle on the fore tail wing? Surprise quiz: left-handed, please.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:44 amYour headline is misleading, Amanda, and plays in to this ridiculous obsession that some on the left have with ridiculing the tea parties, which by the way mocks gay people at the same time.
We cannot object to the right’s twisting of our motives and terms if we twist theirs.
Carolyn Kay
April 16th, 2009 at 10:01 amMakeThemAccountable.com
It’s really funny how the right is SO obsessed about Obama bowing to the Saudi king (it would be ok if he bowed to a Japanese businessman, I assume). Has everybody forgotten this picture?
http://my2bucks.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/bush-saudi-hand-holding-1.jpg
Where was the outrage then from the right? These idiots don’t even realize how closely-involved the Bushes are with the Saudi royal family (which funded 9-11, according to many). It all comes down to racism…dark skin + dark skin = conspiracy. White = Right. Let them secede.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:18 pmNone of you guys get it!!!!!
The tea parties have nothing to do with Obama himself; it’s about his policies of hi taxation.
No one wants to pay higher taxes; Obama has spent more in his first 90 days than every President combined!!!!
You know what’s funny, Obama said me wouldn’t raise taxes on anyone who makes less than 250,000.00- well he sure did ,with those cig taxes. He just raised tax on almost every person making less than 20,000.00 a year.
The minute the republicans have one rally you lefties start freaking out, you guys protest everything-
April 16th, 2009 at 5:07 pmG8 summit, Nuclear energy, animal rights, save the earth, anti war, anti Oil and the list go on and on.
OK Pat obviously senile dementia has set in. Time to see the nice young men that will need to take care of you soon.burun estetigi rent a car arac kiralama
April 18th, 2009 at 5:14 amsac ekimi