I was at the DC tea party yesterday...

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PJABBER

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Originally posted by: Engineer
Originally posted by: PJABBER
Maybe you guys can take a break from the self-flagellation and turn on the Glen Beck show on FOX to catch up on how ACORN is doing its community organizing.

You know, the ACORN that Obama worked for and still supports, until he throws them under the bus as well?

I'll help ya out...

AT P&N Thread - ACORN goes down in flames and takes Democrats with them

and this has what to do with this thread? Have you run out of ammunition for the OP?

I just thought y'all would like to know why so many people came to the 9/12 event. :laugh:
 

BigDH01

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Originally posted by: PJABBER
Maybe you guys can take a break from the self-flagellation and turn on the Glen Beck show on FOX to catch up on how ACORN is doing its community organizing.

You know, the ACORN that Obama worked for and still supports, until he throws them under the bus as well?

I'll help ya out...

AT P&N Thread - ACORN goes down in flames and takes Democrats with them

So are you representative of the non-partisan folks at the 9/12 event?
 

jonks

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Originally posted by: PJABBER
I just thought y'all would like to know why so many people came to the 9/12 event. :laugh:

I thought it was because after Beck announced on Fox that Obama was a racist that they all thought the 9/12 march was a klan rally. no?
 

Engineer

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Originally posted by: PJABBER
Originally posted by: Engineer
Originally posted by: PJABBER
Maybe you guys can take a break from the self-flagellation and turn on the Glen Beck show on FOX to catch up on how ACORN is doing its community organizing.

You know, the ACORN that Obama worked for and still supports, until he throws them under the bus as well?

I'll help ya out...

AT P&N Thread - ACORN goes down in flames and takes Democrats with them

and this has what to do with this thread? Have you run out of ammunition for the OP?

I just thought y'all would like to know why so many people came to the 9/12 event. :laugh:

I doubt that. The Acorn stuff couldn't even rally enough support to elect McCain, much less rally a 100,000 or so in DC right now (middle of non election year).
 

JSt0rm

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Engineer
Originally posted by: PJABBER
Originally posted by: Engineer
Originally posted by: PJABBER
Maybe you guys can take a break from the self-flagellation and turn on the Glen Beck show on FOX to catch up on how ACORN is doing its community organizing.

You know, the ACORN that Obama worked for and still supports, until he throws them under the bus as well?

I'll help ya out...

AT P&N Thread - ACORN goes down in flames and takes Democrats with them

and this has what to do with this thread? Have you run out of ammunition for the OP?

I just thought y'all would like to know why so many people came to the 9/12 event. :laugh:

I doubt that. The Acorn stuff couldn't even rally enough support to elect McCain, much less rally a 100,000 or so in DC right now (middle of non election year).

well the teabaggers were protesting all kinds of shit czars, abortion, spending, outsourcing, birth certificates, volunteer armies with military weapons scouring the country side, why not acorn as well?
 

sportage

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WOW 15 pages so far?
Somewhere the op claimed it was not racist because blacks were there...
Is the OP white? Did he ask any of the blacks attending what they thought?

Just remember this was pushed if not organized with great help from fox news.
And to a great extent funded by Dick Armey sponsored organizations.

I highly suggest you look into just what those Dick Armey sponsored organizations are.
What they advocate. What they promote.
 
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Nothing I have seen or read about this rally of retards, including but not limited to this thread and the videos linked herein, can convince me that this "tea party" movement is primarily motivated by anything other than ignorance and racism. Only a total moron would consider that shitkicker Joe Wilson or that ignoramus Sarah Palin a heroic figure in American politics.
 

Mr. Lennon

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Originally posted by: Don Vito Corleone
Nothing I have seen or read about this rally of retards, including but not limited to this thread and the videos linked herein, can convince me that this "tea party" movement is primarily motivated by anything other than ignorance and racism. Only a total moron would consider that shitkicker Joe Wilson or that ignoramus Sarah Palin a heroic figure in American politics.

Had me LOLing in real life...so true though.
 

teclis1023

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Originally posted by: boomerang
Originally posted by: Deliximus
I can see where overspending by the gov't is concerning. Where were these people when the deficit tripled under the last admin? Or when this heavy deficit spending started under under Reagan, Bush I and II?

Are these supposed to be arguments of some kind? These statements were old and tired the first time they were spoken and they're not getting any more relevant as time goes on.

Perhaps those statements are old and tired, but I still haven't seen anyone really respond to them.

The people who are now adamantly protesting deficit spending seem to have had no problem with deficit spending under the GOP. Why is that?

It's a fair question.
 

JD50

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Originally posted by: teclis1023
Originally posted by: boomerang
Originally posted by: Deliximus
I can see where overspending by the gov't is concerning. Where were these people when the deficit tripled under the last admin? Or when this heavy deficit spending started under under Reagan, Bush I and II?

Are these supposed to be arguments of some kind? These statements were old and tired the first time they were spoken and they're not getting any more relevant as time goes on.

Perhaps those statements are old and tired, but I still haven't seen anyone really respond to them.

The people who are now adamantly protesting deficit spending seem to have had no problem with deficit spending under the GOP. Why is that?

It's a fair question.

Probably the same reason that the Dems bitched and moaned about GWBs deficit spending, but now they love deficit spending.
 

boomerang

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Originally posted by: teclis1023
Originally posted by: boomerang
Originally posted by: Deliximus
I can see where overspending by the gov't is concerning. Where were these people when the deficit tripled under the last admin? Or when this heavy deficit spending started under under Reagan, Bush I and II?

Are these supposed to be arguments of some kind? These statements were old and tired the first time they were spoken and they're not getting any more relevant as time goes on.

Perhaps those statements are old and tired, but I still haven't seen anyone really respond to them.

The people who are now adamantly protesting deficit spending seem to have had no problem with deficit spending under the GOP. Why is that?

It's a fair question.
Let me explain it this way. One of our neighbors got a dog. The dog likes to bark.

On Monday, it barked for an hour and I ignored it.

On Tuesday, it barked for two hours an although annoying, I ignored it.

On Wednesday, it barked for three hours and I was starting to wonder if the dog was ever going to stop. Very annoying, but it did stop.

On Thursday, the dog barked nonstop for four hours. I was starting to get kind of pissed, but about the time I was going to go over and say something, it quit.

On Friday, the dog barked for 22 hours straight. This was far more barking than the dog had ever done. At this point, I'd had all I could take. I went over and got in the face of the owners. I was pissed off. Instead of dealing with the problem early on, I took the easy route and hoped the dog would quit barking. I let it go on too long, got really angry and said some things to the neighbors I shouldn't have. They promised to keep the dog quiet.

On Saturday, the dog commenced barking again. This time I started an all out assault on the neighbors. I no longer cared about getting along with them. I called the authorities on them. I went to the other neighbors in the area and lo and behold they were as pissed off as I was. We all called the cops, the local SPCA, the local newspaper, everyone one we could think of. Then we went over as a group and confronted the neighbors.

Do I need to go on? Do I need to explain who the dog represents? Do I need to explain what the barking represents?

BTW, the owners of the dog think we all hate dogs.
 

Grunt03

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I had 14 family members march and they really enjoyed seeing the American people become active in a common cause.....
 

Phokus

Lifer
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Originally posted by: boomerang
Let me explain it this way. One of our neighbors got a dog. The dog likes to bark.

On Monday, it barked for an hour and I ignored it.

On Tuesday, it barked for two hours an although annoying, I ignored it.

On Wednesday, it barked for three hours and I was starting to wonder if the dog was ever going to stop. Very annoying, but it did stop.

On Thursday, the dog barked nonstop for four hours. I was starting to get kind of pissed, but about the time I was going to go over and say something, it quit.

On Friday, the dog barked for 22 hours straight. This was far more barking than the dog had ever done. At this point, I'd had all I could take. I went over and got in the face of the owners. I was pissed off. Instead of dealing with the problem early on, I took the easy route and hoped the dog would quit barking. I let it go on too long, got really angry and said some things to the neighbors I shouldn't have. They promised to keep the dog quiet.

On Saturday, the dog commenced barking again. This time I started an all out assault on the neighbors. I no longer cared about getting along with them. I called the authorities on them. I went to the other neighbors in the area and lo and behold they were as pissed off as I was. We all called the cops, the local SPCA, the local newspaper, everyone one we could think of. Then we went over as a group and confronted the neighbors.

Do I need to go on? Do I need to explain who the dog represents? Do I need to explain what the barking represents?

BTW, the owners of the dog think we all hate dogs.


You forgot the part where halfway through, your white neighbors with the barking dog moved out and the black neighbors with a barking dog moved in.
 

jonks

Lifer
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Originally posted by: JD50
Originally posted by: teclis1023
Originally posted by: boomerang
Originally posted by: Deliximus
I can see where overspending by the gov't is concerning. Where were these people when the deficit tripled under the last admin? Or when this heavy deficit spending started under under Reagan, Bush I and II?

Are these supposed to be arguments of some kind? These statements were old and tired the first time they were spoken and they're not getting any more relevant as time goes on.

Perhaps those statements are old and tired, but I still haven't seen anyone really respond to them.

The people who are now adamantly protesting deficit spending seem to have had no problem with deficit spending under the GOP. Why is that?

It's a fair question.

Probably the same reason that the Dems bitched and moaned about GWBs deficit spending, but now they love deficit spending.

That sounds like a distortion to me. What deficit spending do dem's "love"? Bush lowered taxes while waging wars and signed prescription drug plan with no mention of how it would either be paid for or how it would lower costs in the long run.

Dems now inhereted a recession/depression which requires govt spending. Obama as much as told us he will raise taxes on those over 250k. They've raised the cigarette tax. Healthcare reform is designed to result in lower coverage for businesses which is currently crippling them.

I don't see the equivalence in the two sides spending habits or motivations.

Hysterical video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...e=player_embedded#t=45