Tea Party: Democrats getting served
January 18, 2010 at 5:11 am 34 comments
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The economic crisis and unemployment have added a blistering crack to the political whip the Tea Party has been wielding at the democrats for the last 8 months. While welting democrats and defaming President Obama, they have effectively corralled the nation’s attention with its own brew of government accountability and reining in spending, essentially neutralizing the democratic gains of the 2006 and 2008 elections. To the democrats’ chagrin, the movement has also managed to sublimate the nation’s frustrations to the democratically-controlled congress. Tea Partiers like their tea black when it comes to message – no milk, no sugar, simply the hot brew. But who exactly is the Tea Party serving?
Democrats win the straw poll when the referendum is on the political party most likely to create social-“entitlement”- programs, a source of wasteful government spending most Tea Party members would agree. Nevertheless, the Tea Party’s main focus has been on the federal government, neglecting the fact that state and local governments are the bureaucracies that have the most impact or control on individual lives, as ordered by the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution – the golden amendment that limits the powers of the federal government, the platform and source of the Tea Party’s authority. However when it comes to the source of their troubles, which are mostly under the jurisdiction of the state, the Tea Party cries “federoul!”
State and local governments for the most part, have not felt the whip of the Tea Party; they have been spared from the political flogging. In the South, states like Texas, Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia all have majority republican state legislatures and republican governors, more importantly they all have problems related to their state budgets and fiscal policies, yet they do not experience the wrath of the Tea Party. Moreover, the Tea Party gets the strongest show of support and organization in the south, especially in those states. This fact begs the question, why hasn’t the Tea Party admonished their respective state legislatures for delegating federal stimulus funds to finance unsustainable government operations, rather than taking stimulus funds to pay down state debt, or even for accepting the stimulus? Why hasn’t the Tea Party demanded an audit of the state government or a review of state tax policies?
In 2009 the Florida state legislature passed a hefty tax increase, largest in decades, along with a $1.00 tax on cigarettes in the height of the ongoing economic crisis. Every republican in the Florida legislature supported the tax and there was no sound, no protest from the Tea Party, except when speaking about Governor Charlie Crist. How could a grassroots organization ignore grassroots government?
How can the Tea Party be so partial and almost partisan? Politics is more local than it is federal. Therefore, it is state management and administration of federal and state funds that dictates economies, business conditions, spending and investments. The federal government can no more force states to spend or accept stimulus money, than it could make private businesses hire people during the first uptrend of an economic recovery.
Nevertheless, the Republican Party is undoubtedly the greatest beneficiary of the Tea Party movement, with state and local governments placing as the runner-up. And as the republican arm encloses its embrace of the Tea Party, conservative republicans stand to gain. On the other hand, President Obama and Washington Democrats seem to be the benefactors of vitriolic sentiment – a rallying point that attracts more than just less spending and small government advocates.
In the absence of state and local government reform, a key component to championing the Tea Party’s agenda, the issues that concern the Tea Party will not be resolved. Other interests have been served by the Tea Party and these interests have controlled the agenda from the start. The genuine idea of holding all government bureaucracies accountable has been hijacked. The hijackers have bypassed the root cause of the issue and directed the Tea Party movement into fulfilling the objective of removing President Obama and destroying the Democratic Party, knowing full well that the only viable party that stands to gain if this objective is achieved is the Republican Party.
Recently, the Tea Party members have more openly demonstrated their collective hate for President Obama and his policies, and that sentiment is becoming the face and recruiting call of the Tea Party movement. Thus, the energy behind the Tea Party is more rooted in anti-democrat, anti-Obama rhetoric. Could this now be the purpose of the Tea Party?
Tea Party members should realize that they are pulling at leaves and not at the root cause for their concerns. If they do not focus on their respective state and local governments which ultimately has the authority to effect the most change, the issues they seek to resolve will be left undone; it may slow the growth but it will not kill the weed of spending and unaccountability. The federal government provides more than its share of capital for the operation of state and federal programs ( in the form of pork the representatives and senators take to their districts and states); it is up to the state legislature to manage their budgets, raise enough revenue to fund state operations, devise efficient tax policies, and practice good fiscal policy. Hence, Tea Party members should also focus on seeking accountability from state governments which has the constitutional power to impact the individual, and not allow themselves to be continuously manipulated.
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Godless | January 18, 2010 at 6:39 am
I agree that more effort into local and state matters will be more effective. I disagree that Dems have been served but instead that Reps are being served. The Tea Bagger’s party is around the corner, taking away many viable GOP candidates and splitting the conservative votes between Reps and Tea Baggers, leaving the Dems to clean up.
With so much internal fighting, I honestly don’t think the Tea Baggers will be around past 2010. They, arguably, wouldn’t be here still today if it wasn’t for the free and overzealous coverage of their astro-turf movement. Whatever the sincere followers thought they were supporting, isn’t what they were supporting.
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Elizabeth | January 18, 2010 at 1:24 pm
You wrote of the “Tea Party’s collective hatred for President Obama”?? Hhmmm, is that anything like the vitriol directed at President Bush during his presidency? Members of Hollywood’s elite, Moveon.org, the media, even elected liberal politicians relentlessly insulted and disrespected Bush both politically and personally. Some portrayed him as Hitler, several threatened to leave the country and other despicable people even openly called for his death. Now the very same angry tone and frustration is considered too disrespectful and over the top because Obama faces it from conservatives. Really?
I can respectfully disagree with someone’s politics but it’s the blatant hypocrisy that infuriates me… Obama is getting nothing that Bush didn’t get, except a friendly line of defense from the folks at the Boston Globe, the NY Times, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc. We’re a working class family living paycheck to paycheck, the type of family traditionally considered solid Democrats. Not any more. I don’t identify with Dems or Repubs; the Tea Party has tapped into a tide of growing anger and resentment and I, for one, am listening. Please don’t write us off so quickly.
The politicians in DC have forgotten who they work for- they are NOT there to vote their conscience, they are there to represent the will of the people. If they can’t or won’t do that, we will remove them. Thanks
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CrustyRim | February 8, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Obama did not start an illegal war. MoveOn.org did not exist when Bush was elected, nor did the hatred for him until year 3.
Seriously folks, we are on the same boat and it is sinking.
Let’s keep ignoring our sick, lowering taxes on the Wealthy, buying products from companies like Wal-Mart who ignore international trade law, which makes the American worker unable to compete in the market place.
Let’t get together, and keep this ship sinking.
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mardec | March 5, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Nothing illegal about the Iraqw war…Congress voted for it!!!! Don’t give us that BS about MoveOn not being there when Bush was elected. They were there when Clinton was President and, if fact, their name comes from the fact that Clinton was brought up on impeachment charges. They just wanted to “Move On”.
As for our sick, there are ways of improving our healthcare without bankrupting the country, which in the end serves no one, including the sick and our liberal brothers. Don’t forget that it’s companies like WalMart that give us our jobs, and it’s not WalMart who made American products uncompetitive and our manufacturing base leave the US. It’s primarly the Unions with their ridiculous work rules and high cost of benefits that priced us out of the market, as well as regulatory rules that make doing business here onerous and costly.
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mardec | January 18, 2010 at 1:34 pm
The Tea Party movement is the most natural, ihonest, nclusive, important movement to rise in this country in many, many years. To try to belittle it, call it degrading names, speak of it with snide, elitist insider remarks only makes the people angrier and angrier and the ranks are swelling. Not only are more people on the side of the Tea Partiers, proudly calling themselves Teabaggers (used by leftist as a vulgar smear) but their enthusiasm grows and grows acrosss the country. Just wait and see…Power to the People!!!!
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Paul | September 29, 2010 at 8:31 pm
Power to the people… Sounds very socialist to me.
FYI – Walmart treats the worker like scum.
You should’ve gotten angry 7 years ago when your money was used to fund a war that your son’s and daughters died for. For what..??? You’re in a recession because of what the Republicans did. They fell into line and voted yes even if they knew they were wrong. 4000 + troops died for nothing and certainly not in our name in NY. The troops should be honored and the politicians behind it put on trial. But you lot weren’t worried about it then.
Now some rich people who, by the way, are experts at not paying taxes are being held to account, you (the so called people) are now screaming bloody murder.!!
You’re late to the game… We were protesting against a war that had nothing to do with us. You used the deaths of thousands of people in the morning of 9/11 to disrespect us, lie to us and prosecute a fake war for fake reasons.
Tea party my ass you guys are pathetic. You hate Obama and the rest is a lying excuse to justified through bullshit about taxes etc.
Theres a lot wrong with this country but taking it “back” to what you think were better times isn’t the answer. America is progressive.. We’ll go forward and we leave people like you behind.
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MJ | January 18, 2010 at 6:23 pm
You mention the 10th amendment as a reason that the state controls many more aspects of an individuals lives, which is true and should be true. So if the state should be the focus of our lives, then why is the federal government so large. State and local taxes are roughly 1.3T and yet our federal deficient is that large. So if the states control our lives, why do we need such a large uncle Sam? The tea party movement is about limiting the federal government. So people can have choice in what type of state they want to live in, so If you want to live in a state that requires health insurance, go east to Mass. That was actually a large factor in the origional tea party. It wasn’t about anti government, it was about being ruled from thousands of miles away. And yes, DC is thousands of miles away from me.
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eyesoftexas | January 30, 2010 at 8:14 pm
well said. why indeed do we need such a large fed. government? power ought to be in the hands of the states…the founding fathers thought so. wake up
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George | January 18, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Don’t worry, once the tea party movement is done with the federal government, their sights will be set next on local and state. I for one am sick and tired of getting money extorted out of me from both..
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TomD | January 18, 2010 at 9:37 pm
I couldn’t even fiinish reading this. Do you really believe the states have much power at this point? Seriously?
If you’re hoping the Republic will be restored, work to repeal the 17th Amendment.
I find it hilarious that so many don’t understand what many of us teabaggers are mad about. We don’t care about the parties and quite frankly think both party machines are run by corrupt elitists.
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Tate | January 19, 2010 at 2:22 am
You are not paying attention, nor have you educated yourself about what the outcome of this health care legislation will be – how it will impact you, your neighbors, your community, businesses, the free enterprise system.
The federal health care bill will tax your income – your net will be reduced by 10-20%. You or your company will be forced to purchase a policy from what will become a monopoly – have you not noticed that your premiums have increased almost 10% in 2009? The feds won’t regulate insurance companys’ rates or premiums…they will only address pre-existing condition exclusions. Rates will be set on your “insurability” and older folks will pay double what younger will. Etc., etc.
Bottom line is – states will lose out…the feds cross the line into areas that they are constitutionally not to cross…and you will lose.
You don’t make any sense.
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Not a Populist | January 19, 2010 at 5:16 am
I enjoyed this article because it was intelligently written and dense with the products of much thought. I suspect we share a similar political leaning, but I can spot a few places where I have drawn some different conclusions. I don’t wish to write an article in a comment, so I will limit myself to a couple of points.
Firstly, it seems you feel that currently the states’ control over citizens’ lives is greater than that of the Fed. I think most of us can look at our paystubs and see where the money goes, and it goes to the Fed, by a large ratio. And all of us are or should be aware of the nickel-and-diming that goes on in commodities taxes, sin taxes, licensing taxes, subsidies, import tariffs, etc. etc. You can argue nitty-gritties, but when the basic currency we use to trade for the products we need or want is largely usurped by the federal government, people know exactly whom to target for reduction.
Secondly, it seems you think that it would be more reasonable for the people to target their state governments for accepting federal ‘pork’ spending and other monies. No one I know rejects free or nearly free money, and for good reason. People are naturally motivated by self-interest, and any economic or political policy that fails to take this into account is going to suffer bad or at least unintended consequences. A much more effective strategy should start with limiting the federal government’s ability to buy votes for the current administration’s policies with our money.
In conclusion, I feel your article was well-written and thought-provoking, but I think you are basing some of your conclusions on inaccurate assumptions. Self-interest for humans always has and always will rule the day, so let’s start taking that into account and pushing for smart economic and market policies.
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Not a Populist | January 19, 2010 at 5:17 am
Wow, sorry for that…I thought I had lost the first article. They’re mostly the same, feel free to delete one. Sorry!
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Not a Populist | January 19, 2010 at 6:39 am
It’s Ms. for the record, not to record an offense.
I think I might have mistaken your basic philosophical/political leanings and given that I’m pretty sure my reply to you will not be accepted well. I think you can divide and classify all of humanity in many different ways, but when we’re talking about creating policies that work with or against self-interest, I think we’re getting into the basic differences between Left and Right. I’m right, and from your last response, I can only guess you’re Left.
No one person has a reasonable expectation of changing a person from Right to Left or from Left to Right, so let it be known I’m writing now for the simple human pleasure of expressing my own ideas and letting them stand or fall as the People may take them.
I think in truth that you are conflating Left vs. Right with Masters vs. Masses. Both Masters and Masses exist that vote plentifully both Left and Right. I think that the basic paradigm is that the Masters of both Left and Right understand self-interest. In order to achieve political and monetary power, they spend a lot of money and energy rousing up the Masses against one or another cause so they can get a vote. We can characterize the Masses pretty easily because by definition they are either or both unintelligent and uneducated. They respond to passion and emotion rather than calculated strategy.
Both political parties use this to their own advantage, because the elites of both parties are the ‘Masters’ or ‘Landowners’ or ‘Rich’, they are highly educated, and they know the game.
Given this climate, the only solution I can see that in the long run favors the ‘self-interest’ and thereby ‘naturally incentivized’ crew is a serious effort to include economics in our basic ‘state-sponsored’ educational efforts. Do you think it’s chance that’s to blame that we’re not teaching the ‘masses’ this now?
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Not a Populist | January 20, 2010 at 8:26 am
I hope you look above for my ‘missing’ response to your reverend jab, Mr. Jackman. This time I clicked a few times on the last reply button, hopefully this will end up in the right spot.
I’m a little confused by the post which starts, “Just wait til you hear my…’
You make a lot of statements in there, some reasonable, some not so much, some Republican-sounding, some giving-up-hope-sounding. The ‘it takes money to make money’ really bothers me personally. While it is true that you can make money with money, it’s definitely not the only way, as evidenced by small business owners across the country who started from nothing.
A truer statement would be: it takes hard work to make money. Starting with money makes it a little easier.
I’m going to choose not to pick the post apart any further, since it sounds to me like you’re down, and I don’t kick a man when he’s down.
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Not a Populist | January 21, 2010 at 12:25 am
You touch on three different subjects in this last post, and I find all three interesting to some degree.
You get your starting money by working. Like my family did. They worked their butts off to save enough money to buy supplies to make the product they invented. They came from nothing. No parental support (abusive or dead parents, in fact), no education, no nothing. I’ve lived in a trailer and in seedy motels as I was growing up. My parents didn’t get any ‘bank loans’ because they had awful credit, more thanks to their parents who didn’t teach them the importance of these things. So you’re picking an argument with the wrong person about how it takes money to make money.
As for tax cuts not creating jobs: have you ever owned a business with employees? If you have, you’d probably have a different opinion. I think the best way to educate yourself in this matter might be interviewing some small business owners. You seem to be a young, promising blogger so this sort of thing should be right up your alley. You can also ask them about other federally-mandated things that limit their ability to hire. I think it’s weird that the only 2 ‘jobs’ you list in this section are tax-sponsored jobs. How will cutting taxes save tax-sponsored jobs? Beats me, no argument there.
The abortion topic is quite simple–either you feel it’s a horrible sin to abort a fetus or you don’t. I don’t see many people changing their beliefs on this one since they are so deep-rooted so I think the only reasonable course of action is to allow the ones who choose to abort to do so, but not force the others to pay for it. I’m pro-choice, if that means anything to the conversation.
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Not a Populist | January 21, 2010 at 3:20 am
You ‘have ran a business to a degree?’ Pardon me, but I’m not sold on you as a business manager. I’m not interested in your views on abortion, I’m not interested in Alan Keyes who is basically a nut, and I’m not interested in uneducated opinions regarding business and economics. In short, ya kinda lost me there.
Have you read any Adam Smith, Alan Greenspan, or Thomas Sowell? That’s more where I’m coming from, personally. I hope you continue to seek answers and put your ideas out there, because I think you have potential. Since you haven’t responded to any of my serious points, just the fluff, so far, I have to admit I’m losing interest in this particular exchange. I even feel like it’s not possible that the person who wrote the original article is the same person who wrote this last comment. Stranger things have happened, though, to be sure.
I do sincerely wish you well and give you an elbow to the side to keep on going and thinking.
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Zeit Guy | February 8, 2010 at 10:16 pm
“Have you read any Adam Smith, Alan Greenspan, or Thomas Sowell? That’s more where I’m coming from, personally.”
If you fill your head with pompous crap it eventually comes out of your mouth. Rather than looking for justifications for your economic privileges, you should join The Zeitgeist Movement, and then let your slaves go free.
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Rebecca | January 19, 2010 at 11:48 am
I would respectfully ask whether you had actually attended any tea parties. Of course, I can only speak from my own experience; I am from Wisconsin, and I can tell you the tea party attendees are hopping mad at what is happening in our state, particularly the bleeding of manufacturing jobs as businesses participate in a mass exodus from Jim Doyle’s tax hell. When I attended the Tax Day rally in Madison last April 15th, there were easily as many signs and rhetoric directed at Doyle as there were at the Obama-Pelosi-Reid triumvirate. Granted, the health care debate has caused a lot of protesters to target their national representatives, but I think we’ll see a lot of turnover in gubernatorial seats in 2010 as well. You will also see a lot of shakeups in the primaries as RINO candidates put up by the Republican party are rejected by voters. Right now the tea party supporters are going with the Republican party because it is the most effective way to express their displeasure with their representatives. It’s hard to know if they will seek other avenues as government rebalances, or even if they will keep their intensity. It’s certainly a fascinating time in politics.
By the way, I do appreciate your article; I don’t agree entirely, but I admire your objectivity and fairness. That perpective has been sorely lacking on blogs regarding the tea party movement.
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Wendy | January 20, 2010 at 5:29 am
Hello again, Mr. Jackson, uh, I mean Mr. Jackman. I enjoyed reading this post.
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Not a Populist | January 20, 2010 at 8:15 am
Whoa, now, Mr. Jackman. Let’s not close the discourse because I was in a rush earlier and made a typo. There was zero malice involved in that mistake, and I apologized for it contritely. I was in a race-out-the-door scenario and I meant absolutely no insult. I obviously have enjoyed joining your discussion and it isn’t my business to insult intelligent bloggers.
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Nietzschean | January 20, 2010 at 11:56 am
Mr Jackman: I agree with much of this article and truly appreciate the level of rationality you’ve exercised in crafting this piece, it is quite refreshing. However insightful and accurate your analysis might be, it is limited in the assumption that Tea Bagger ideology utilizes anywhere near the level of rationality and common sense that you employ here. It’s generous of you to assume that the contradictions inherent to both their platform as well as execution of their approach will catch up with them. Hypocrisy has always been the name of the game for radical rightwingers, and it works for them without hesitation on their part. You are correct in arguing that these people are ultimately just rallying around an anti-Obama, anti-dem platform. And that’s why you’re the only one posing these questions. Do you truly believe that they are constructive enough, let alone mentally capable of, such attempts at self-reflection? If they were to acknowledge these dangerous inconsistencies it would result in their own self-undoing. I will now be generous, or simply optimistic, in stating that all of the kicking and screaming we are currently witnessing amounts to the throes of death for an old, irrelevant and unsustainable mindset that’s on its way out.
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Feeling the tax burden of the Fed | January 20, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Being a tea party goer…The fed is what is causing the current angst. YOU know – the 12 Trillion in debt (and growing), back room union deals, Corn huskers deal and Louisiana purchase deal, taking over the banks, the autos, health care and possibly our 401Ks(scary!). This has the potential to control our lives and money more than a “state or local gov’t” could – that’s reality. The States don’t have that kind of power because the fed is gobbling everything up. What’s the point of protesting locally if the Fed is the one creating a government run from the top down. That has to be stopped first!!! Maybe you should stop reading tea leaves and listen to the Tea party protestors a little more carefully.
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mitch | January 20, 2010 at 1:46 pm
You dimocrites sure are clueless as to what is happening around you. Please, stay that way, it makes you easier to defeat. Something tells me that you will stay that way, after all, you are dim.
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Cyndi Stevenson | January 20, 2010 at 4:03 pm
State and local governments vary widely in ther fiscal stewardship. The state of Florida is one of the few that has no state income tax-recently eliminated intangible taxes-has passed sweeping reforms that limit propety tax revenues-the primary source of local government revenue.
Reforming government is about accountability…and that is not an R issue or a D issue.
We also have to as ourselves-when promises are made-how will they be kept…get tough on crime has a price….and at some point-it is not the best solution.
Reforms are needed at state and local government-but hacking at the federal level is MUCH more than hacking at the leaves…in fact the tree is often upside down-and what should be the leaves have become the root.
Sit with your representative-and ask to review the state budget-or call your commissioner or council person and review their budgets. Then make an informed decision about their stewardship.
Do not overlook the legal systems and unionized roles in thecost of government. Pension and retirement benefits that allow elected officials to make promises today and let someone pay for it tomorrow-are where we get into big trouble. It is simply debt…we should NOT go into debt to cover operating costs. Long term debt should only be used for long term assets-or if necessary to respond to a Crisis.
Cut cut cut is not always the answer-but neither is spend spend spend-and add regulatory burdens for state and local government-and business to toil under.
PS Florida’s Pension is fully funded and many county employees are included in that fully funded plan. At least on this issue-Florida is Paying as it goes.
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freedom lover | January 21, 2010 at 1:35 pm
abolish agenda 21 should be the mantra of all third parties!!!
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hungover dude | February 8, 2010 at 10:07 am
I can’t think straight right now, but I think I agree!
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Amanda W | February 8, 2010 at 9:58 pm
I went to the Tea Party protest on July 4th in San Antonio. People were there from every walk of life, every age group, Republican, Democrat, independent and previously non-voting, non-involved citizens. That day I was proud to be a Texan and an American and I vowed to become more involved in Federal politics before it was too late. I have over 18 years of college with double majors. I have two sons who are graduates of Texas A&M and are now responsible, productive and involved citizens. They are as aware as I am that this country is sliding rapidly into a “progressive”, socialist type society. This form of government is not what we want. We are committed in taking back the country from those Progressives who have damaged our way of life starting in the late 1800′s, escalating with Roosevelt, exponentially increasing with LBJ and now exploding with the last two administrations. We just hope it is not too late. I don’t care if it is the Tea Party, Independent Party, Republican Party or some Party yet un-named. I just want the big, elitist federal government diminished and control put back into the hands of the States which is closer to the people. You are out of touch if you think Tea Party members are the radical right. However, go ahead, go about your business, say what you like. We will kick the progressives [democrat and republican alike] out of office and try to move this country back to sanity and to what we wanted to pass on to our children.
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mardec | September 29, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Good for you! A majority of the country is with you in beliefe and sentiment. We will not let Marxists take over this country. We have been fighting Communism since before I was born, and we will continue to fight it, even from within.
Now that my eyes are open, I see that Sen Joe McCarthy was absolutely right back in the 1950s when he exposed the Communists in Hollywood and elsewhere in the country. Only most of the people fell for the lies and excuses made by the likes of Edward R. Morrow and Hollywood Communists, and they made McCarthy the criminal and bad guy when it should have been the other way around.
WE WILL TAKE BACK AMERICA!
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Paul | February 8, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Stop whining about taxes. Without them you wouldn’t have won the arms race..
If you want to go somewhere where you don’t have to pay taxes, go to Afghanistan.. Just make sure you can pay the warlords..
There a price to pay to live in a civilized country and its called taxes.
If you want we could stop work on the USS Ronald Reagan and save a hat load of money.
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Jstackhouse | February 26, 2010 at 4:29 am
Hey very nice blog!!….I’m an instant fan, I have bookmarked you and I’ll be checking back on a regular….See ya
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