I'd say these tea parties would have more leg to stand on if it weren't for the fact that these are extraordinary times that require extraordinary measures to overcome.
Hey, I'm all for excersizing one's rights, free speech, the right to assemble, etc. but it seems as if what's being ignored here is that the measures Pres. Obama is pursuing is in response to that holy freak'in financial mess that the Bush Admin. dropped in his lap.
It's not as if what he's proposing would have been asked for had the economy not been in its present crisis mode, nor is it unreasonable for Pres. Obama to ask for more patience and open mindedness as he has done on numerous occasions.
I give praise to those who would go out of their way and spend the time and effort to express their views through public demonstrations and I have absolutely no problem with that at all. Hey, if you feel the urge, then go for it.
However, it seems to me that these demonstrations are premature, are being hijacked, strongly influenced and sensationalized by the repubs for their own interests and that there won't be too much good coming out of these demonstrations in the way of finding a much better course of action toward recovering our economy, if that is the reason these demonstrations are being held. I'm assuming that because on many sites that I visited, that is what their stated and/or implied intentions are.
Up to this point in time, I haven't heard or read about a single miracle plan from any one of those who are criticizing Pres. Obama's emergency measures that would solve our present economic crisis without an extended period of pain and suffering by the middle class and the poor.
Again I have to reiterate: I feel that protesting Pres. Obama's emegency measures is just fine if that's what these protests are all about. (Is it?) And I think it's good to excersize one's rights without infringing on the rights of others.
It's just that for a lot of folks, they're protesting for the wrong reasons, or for reasons that they're not being sincere about.
Hey, I'm all for excersizing one's rights, free speech, the right to assemble, etc. but it seems as if what's being ignored here is that the measures Pres. Obama is pursuing is in response to that holy freak'in financial mess that the Bush Admin. dropped in his lap.
It's not as if what he's proposing would have been asked for had the economy not been in its present crisis mode, nor is it unreasonable for Pres. Obama to ask for more patience and open mindedness as he has done on numerous occasions.
I give praise to those who would go out of their way and spend the time and effort to express their views through public demonstrations and I have absolutely no problem with that at all. Hey, if you feel the urge, then go for it.
However, it seems to me that these demonstrations are premature, are being hijacked, strongly influenced and sensationalized by the repubs for their own interests and that there won't be too much good coming out of these demonstrations in the way of finding a much better course of action toward recovering our economy, if that is the reason these demonstrations are being held. I'm assuming that because on many sites that I visited, that is what their stated and/or implied intentions are.
Up to this point in time, I haven't heard or read about a single miracle plan from any one of those who are criticizing Pres. Obama's emergency measures that would solve our present economic crisis without an extended period of pain and suffering by the middle class and the poor.
Again I have to reiterate: I feel that protesting Pres. Obama's emegency measures is just fine if that's what these protests are all about. (Is it?) And I think it's good to excersize one's rights without infringing on the rights of others.
It's just that for a lot of folks, they're protesting for the wrong reasons, or for reasons that they're not being sincere about.