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- freedomjoe, on 04/14/2009, -45/+120 It's just like the foolish far right to do something obnoxious and pointless like this; mailing what could be anthrax packages by the thousands to our government, local and federal. Guess whose taxes are going to pay for the hazmat teams, the evacuations, the extra security?
Yeah, that's right. We're paying for the Tea Baggers now. You knew the Tea Baggers, who voted for Bush and are protesting Bush's tax rates on April 15 weren't going to let us get off scot free. Oh, no. They're not done with us. The very people who say they want less government, or actually, want to PAY less for government services (many of them claim they do not need; they're going Galt!) are now causing those very service fees to jack up.
Thanks a bunch, tea baggers.
p.s. A footnote attached to the report by the Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis defines "rightwing extremism in the United States" as including not just racist or hate groups, but also groups that reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority. - DankBuddz, on 04/14/2009, -34/+90"It's all part of the anti-Obama, anti-tax "tea party" movement, backed aggressively by corporate-funded "astroturf" organizations like FreedomWorks."
So, do these people even know what they're protesting against? Do they have a goal? Looks like a feel-warm-and-fuzzy-inside type of ***** protesting. I don't know about anyone else, but I've been paying less in federal taxes since Obama took office. I take home more money from my pay check now. And people are rioting against taxes? - freedomjoe, on 04/14/2009, -18/+54Apparently they've confused losing an election (not liking the policies of the person who won) with not having any representation at all, so they're protesting "no taxation without representation". Of course, they have representation, so this is foolish. The tax hikes for the rich will still be 10% UNDER what they were paying when Reagan was in office! It's absurd, reallly.
They also say they are protesting "government spending", but they didn't do this when Bush was in office, and he started the TARP program, the bailouts, etc. Plus, the military spending that Bush put under a new and hidden budget line so that it wouldn't have to be disclosed with the budget was a hefty number. So, they can't honestly say they are protesting gov spending, but rather what programs the govt spends on. Which is back to ideology, which is back to elections....which is back to: they lost and they're mad. They'd like to have a "re-do" election, as Palin called for in Alaska.
Since the Tea Bag Party is being headlined by Alan Keyes, I think it's safe to say that there's some racism going on as well as a tinge of far right lunacy. - clvngodess, on 04/14/2009, -17/+50Actually, I would think this is exactly what they wanted. Terrorism. Remember, these kooks who are the baggers are radicals. They are not real republicans. They have a skewed world view and they want the rest of the universe to work according to their rules. These people cannot function outside of their small paradigm. They are emotionally inept, immature. They are ignorant of the world around them. But they aren't that ignorant that they don't know what they are doing. And to create a fuss and furor is exactly part of their plan. They get off, possibly even sexually on this sort of behavior. One can only imagine them in their white latex costumery dancing and prancing about singing "My Pet Pony" as they create yet another frightful incident that either spins a mentally unstable being out of control with a weapon or, like evidenced in this article, results in hazmat showing up to read tea leaves.
They are a sick and twisted bunch. And they are indeed dangerous in their agenda. - KevinDupuy, on 04/15/2009, -3/+30This is what I was afraid of. The 'tea party' protest idea was actually started by a state Libertarian Party a few years ago, to protest the income tax. The Ron Paul Republicans expanded it, but when they were planning these tea parties they were against a *policy*, aka bailouts and stimulus packages, not against President Obama.
The reason I say that this is what I was afraid of is because I was afraid with all the neoconservatives jumping on board these protests, they would co-opt them for their own cause, thus giving the LP and Campaign for Liberty (the original founders of this idea) and their cause a black eye. And that appears to be what they're doing.
Damn. - Echota, on 04/14/2009, -23/+50FTA:
Local reports indicate that the practice of mailing actual tea bags to legislators has repeatedly raised security concerns, and sometimes forced the evacuation of congressional offices in anthrax-like scares.
Wow...................just Wow! - novenator, on 04/14/2009, -10/+35Well, you can check out some of their slogans at: http://digg.com/politics/The_50_Most_Ridiculous_Te ...
It seems to be an odd group of anti-tax, anti-stimulus, anti-obama, anti-democrat, anti-immigrant, anti-labor, anti-universal health care, anti-acorn, anti-communism type of rally. Quite an eclectic group of anti's, and some of their signs are quite entertaining, in a sad sort of way. - azureskies88, on 04/15/2009, -5/+25...technically, yes. However, you're presenting a very skewed view of the issue. The Boston Tea Party was in response to the Tea Act, which rescinded export taxes for the East Indian Company - not for the colonists who protested the Tea Act. Furthermore, the colonists were specifically protesting the Parliament-sponsored monopoly on tea granted to the East Indian Company.
- GeographyJoe, on 04/14/2009, -7/+26Perfect: "One can only imagine them in their white latex costumery dancing and prancing about singing "My Pet Pony" as they create yet another frightful incident that either spins a mentally unstable being out of control with a weapon or, like evidenced in this article, results in hazmat showing up to read tea leaves."
- GeographyJoe, on 04/14/2009, -6/+25So, they're the party of NO and the party of ANTI.
That should position them well in 2012. NOT. - Maddoktor2, on 04/14/2009, -4/+23Or maybe even (dare I say it?) a true Conservative party?
The GOP these days is far more neofascist in practice (corporate-controlled government for the last 8 years) than it is conservative (people controlled government). - Bagos1, on 04/15/2009, -12/+31OMG Tea bags! Oh the horror! What's next.....letters of discontent?!!!
- GoldenCow, on 04/15/2009, -9/+27Good. The idiots deserve to be classified as terrorists. I hope DHS throws their stupid teabagger butts in Gitmo, where the baggers claim it's really a "resort" environment.
- elfprince13, on 04/15/2009, -14/+29The fact that anyone is getting riled over this is absolutely hilarious, and might actually lead me to participate.
- evil-doer, on 04/15/2009, -8/+23these are the same people that for the last 8 years have been telling us that protesting the government is anti american and makes you a terrorist. they are hypocrites of the highest order.
- Phylter, on 04/14/2009, -6/+21The party of misanthropes
- inactive, on 04/15/2009, -3/+18BINGO! I said pretty much the same thing in another post and got buried for it. *sigh*
The Neocons are co-opting these protests to make true conservatives and libertarians look like nutbags and discredit the assorted Liberty movements...and the useful idiots on the "left" are more than willing to help them do it by reporting on their idiocy...because it helps marginalize and discredit any of the third party ideologies and keeps their fake dual stranglehold on governmental power intact.
The minute I heard that FOX was endorsing the Tea Party protests, I decided instantly not to go (and had already planned to go to the DC one tomorrow) to any of the protests because I refuse to be associated with Neocons and their brainless ***** followers and, with DHS, MIAC and everyone else deeming anyone that believes in the Constitution a "extremist" terrorist enemy of the state, the last thing I need is to end up on some watch list or no-fly list.
This ***** has gotten totally out of hand. - theskillwithin, on 04/15/2009, -27/+42Making fun of the right does not render their arguments false.
- freedomjoe, on 04/14/2009, -24/+38Update: Stephen Leser of Open News provides this info re the Tea Party domain:
You can do the search yourself if you click/browse to http://who.godaddy.com/whoischeck.aspx?Domain=CHIC ...
Please note the date of creation, August 3, 2008. Fox News and the public faces of the Tea Parties are trying to portray the protests as "organic, spontaneous, grass roots" protests that are in response to Obama's tax and stimulus policies. One can see that is quite impossible since the date the idea was conceived not only predates the implementation of Obama's policies and his Presidency, it predates Obama being officially named the Democratic Nominee for President. Right there, we know this movement is a fraud and a sham.
Who is Zachary Christenson, the owner of the domain? In turns out he is a right wing radio talk show host in the Chicago area with ties to several major Republican think tanks, and the Koch company, a Chicago area based conglomerate which heavily funds several Republican think tanks. These same Republican think tanks, like Freedomworks, the Cato Institute and Americans for Progress, just happen to be the primary groups behind the "Organic, Grass Roots" Tea Party protests. If you read the leadership of these think tanks, they are all led by heavy hitters in the RNC like Dick Armey and Steve Forbes. These Tea Party Protests are bought and paid for by the RNC and Fox News. - thecoolestguy, on 04/15/2009, -20/+34"These people are crazy throw them in jail!" -Obamofanboy
1/3rd of people's income shouldn't be taken by government to fund every sort of social program. It flies in the face of a free society. - azureskies88, on 04/15/2009, -7/+20Yeah, of all the unspeakable horrendous atrocities that could be committed, mailing tea bags is probably somewhere in the top ten.
- orthodoxDrew, on 04/15/2009, -3/+16are they giving away free tea? free tea rocks.
- freedomjoe, on 04/14/2009, -11/+23quack! quack! quack! = socialism! marxism! fascism!
- Michael9636, on 04/14/2009, -33/+45These people are crazy lunatics. And very scary.
- freedomjoe, on 04/14/2009, -6/+17They would hate "misanthropes" as much as they must hate "radicals". After all, radicals have always been the scum of the earth libertards to them! Walls crashing in on ego defense system: All systems freaking out.
- heythere1857, on 04/15/2009, -7/+18What does it say about that state of America today when you can't send a bag of tea to your government without causing evacuations and bringing out hazmat? Especially when the tea probably still had the Lipton tag on it... Paranoid much?
- donsnyc, on 04/15/2009, -17/+28The GOP has been reduced to a party of gimmicks. All gimmicks and no substance.
- iletumi, on 04/15/2009, -5/+15So they are running around Tea bagging everyone now?
- freedomjoe, on 04/14/2009, -12/+22I like this idea:-) then can we get another second party in its place? the Whigs are due for a comeback, no? Maybe the American Party. Or heck, we could just have a bunch of parties. The GOP could be broken down into the NeoCons, the Fundies, and the Poujadists. And then we could break down the Democrats into Lib Dems, Green Dems, and Blue Dog Dems and really start having fun in election years!
- azureskies88, on 04/15/2009, -13/+23Uh...am I the only one who is a tad bit surprised at the immense backlash against these people who committed the terrible crime of...mailing tea bags to statesmen?
- gmac17, on 04/15/2009, -7/+17no, you aren't the only one. but it is pretty amusing to watch these guys get their panties in a wad because a bunch of people are protesting something in a completely non-violent way....maybe they'd be happier if they were marching in the streets and breaking windows at the G20.
- gpit2286, on 04/15/2009, -4/+14Hello - I am an ultra liberal spending supporter... can someone send me some tea bags? Please?
- MaTT2011, on 04/15/2009, -1/+10Scared? lol
I think people would be more frightened if these people simply dressed up like clowns and threw pies at each other, simply because that MAKES MORE SENSE.
Please, lets not pretend that this has any legitimacy to it. If you do you are throwing out any claim to reason and logic that you may want to utilize in the future. - 1packer, on 04/15/2009, -0/+9Because being elected by both types of majorities totally falls along the definition of usurpation...
usurpation
noun
1. entry to another's property without right or permission [syn: trespass]
2. wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"
Last time I checked one of the amazing things about the United States was it was the first country with peaceful transition of power, and has continued to be. I guess the Republicans are the ones that are angling to ride roughshod over our entire democratic institution. - freedomjoe, on 04/14/2009, -13/+22yeah, and sadly the Dept of Homeland Security just sent out a warning to police across the country about "radical right wing extremism" as a warning. "less government" "state authority" etc being key indicators of possible radicalism.
- kmom5, on 04/14/2009, -11/+20Wow. the ignorance is astounding. These people have no ***** idea, they're just following the talking heads on radio and television. Interesting, since WE'RE supposed to be the mindless followers, the bots.
I'd lol but it's so gross it isn't even funny anymore. - pleasedontbanme, on 04/15/2009, -20/+29I am going to my local tea party, and I am not a democrat or republican, left or right. So many place so much emphasis on labels... Good god.
- madrona, on 04/15/2009, -16/+25huffington post and digg seemed to be very scared of the tea parties, otherwise why the frequent and overheated coverage. relax, if it's all so wacky it will blow over. If it represents a legitimate groundswell, well maybe you should listen up.
- kelpee, on 04/15/2009, -4/+13I think somewhere along the line "tea bagged" and "send a tea bag" got confused.
- aduzik, on 04/15/2009, -7/+16Boy, I wish I knew what these teabaggers are on about. Truth be told, I bet they wish they knew what they were protesting, too.
- freedomjoe, on 04/15/2009, -4/+12good point, maddoktor:-) yes...that would be good.
- AgeofMastery, on 04/14/2009, -31/+39Can we declare them terrorists and send em to the FEMA camps now?
- Barackalypse, on 04/15/2009, -15/+23The real truth here is that the liberals dislike the message this sends, that the Government is too big, too powerful, and spending too much of our money, but rather than attack the message, they've chosen to slander the messengers, the organizers of the message, and to label the participants nutcases. What does it matter if a foundation or a lobbyist came up with this idea? I agree with the message, I don't care who owns the domain, who publicizes this, or who shows up to support it. How is this any different than an organization like ACORN registering voters? Its a form of political expression, and a symbolic one at that.
- AgeofMastery, on 04/15/2009, -2/+10I'm going to try to check out the one here in Buffalo NY, (it's only scheduled for an hour 12-1 ). Curious to see if they get more than the handful who showed up for the first one. That was on a Saturday and they still only managed about 10 - 12 people.
- obliviousfool, on 04/15/2009, -0/+8The fact that only now people are protesting hard enough to evacuate Congress is sad.
Illegal wars, torture, NSA wiretapping, stacking the justice department, record deficits, record fraud in Iraq, etc., etc., and NOW people protest hard enough to close Congress? Now? - freedomjoe, on 04/14/2009, -11/+19I guess you don't get satire.
That doesn't mean the government is going to sit idly by while the right terrorizes people. Where's the admission that these tea bags being sent to the govt offices wasn't such a great idea? where's the apology? Oh, well.... we wouldn't expect an apology from a bunch of children Poutraging their way to a win in 2012.
Nothing "ultra-liberal" about it: it's the majority. That's how democracy works. - inactive, on 04/15/2009, -6/+14*****, I'd rather get an angry letter than have some dude drop his salty balls in my mouth.
- heythere1857, on 04/15/2009, -2/+9Yeah, every time I've seen someone point out fallacious reasoning, it gets dugg down. It's pretty sad.
- NJank, on 04/15/2009, -3/+10well said. It was a protest of a particular corporate tax cut. Kind of like if a law was passed exempting Haliburton from one huge tax that all businesses had to pay. Lobbying at its best. People would bitch, to say the least.
- inactive, on 04/15/2009, -6/+13Seriously.
I'm considering rescheduling a couple of appointments now. -
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