california tax revolt: attend a TEA PARTY!

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=afx114]Since when is teabagging just a homosexual activity? Coulter needs to get laid more often. I won’t volunteer though.[/quote]

It would sort of be emotional masochism.

I consider teabagging to be more of a sport than a an activity.

However, that defense did me little good with the cops at balboa park.

[afx114]

Here’s a great article by Matt Taibbi that really says it better than I could have. Plus it’s got a couple of lines that sent green tea spewing out of my nostrils:

http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/04/15/teabagging-michelle-malkin/

Some excerpts:

Anyway this teabag thing has really gotten out of control. It’s amazing, literally amazing to me, that it wasn’t until Obama pushed through a package containing a massive public works package and significant homeowner aid that conservatives took to the streets. In other words, it wasn’t until taxes turned into construction jobs and mortgage relief that working and middle-class Americans decided to protest. I didn’t see anyone on the street when we forked over billions of dollars to help JP Morgan Chase buy Bear Stearns. And I didn’t see anyone on the street when Hank Paulson forked over $45 more billion to help Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch, a company run at the time by one of the world’s biggest assholes, John Thain. Moreover I didn’t see any street protests when the government agreed to soak up hundreds of billions in “troubled assets” from Citigroup, a company that just months later would lend out a jet furnished with pillows upholstered with Hermes scarves to former chief Sandy Weill so that he could vacation in Mexico over Christmas.

…

So yeah, government waste sucks, it’s rampant at every level, and taxes are a vicious racket, and everyone should be pissed off. What’s hilarious about the teabaggers, though, is how they never squawk about waste until the spending actually has a chance of benefiting them. You will never hear of a teabagger crying about OPIC giving $50 million in free insurance to some mining company so that they can dig for silver in rural Bolivia. You won’t hear of a teabagger protesting the $2.5 billion in Ex-Im loans we gave to GE through the early part of this decade, even as GE was moving nearly a hundred thousand jobs overseas over the course of ten years. And Michelle Malkin’s readers didn’t seem to mind giving IBM millions in Ex-IM and ATP loans at the same time it was giving its former CEO, Lou Gerstner, $260 million in stock options.

In other words teabaggers don’t mind paying taxes to fund the salaries of Bolivian miners, Lou Gerstner’s stock options, deliveries of “sailboat fuel,” the Hermes scarves on Sandy Weill’s jet pillows, or even the export of their own goddamn jobs. But they do hate it when someone tries to re-asphalt their roads, or help bail their slob neighbor out of foreclosure. And God forbid someone propose a health care program, or increased financial aid for college. Hell, that’s like offering to share your turkey with the other Pilgrims! That’s not what America is all about! America is every Pilgrim for himself, dammit! Raise your own motherfucking turkey!

I recommend reading the entire article (link above). Taibbi’s a great writer.

[afx114]

Here’s a great article by Matt Taibbi that really says it better than I could have. Plus it’s got a couple of lines that sent green tea spewing out of my nostrils:

http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/04/15/teabagging-michelle-malkin/

Some excerpts:

Anyway this teabag thing has really gotten out of control. It’s amazing, literally amazing to me, that it wasn’t until Obama pushed through a package containing a massive public works package and significant homeowner aid that conservatives took to the streets. In other words, it wasn’t until taxes turned into construction jobs and mortgage relief that working and middle-class Americans decided to protest. I didn’t see anyone on the street when we forked over billions of dollars to help JP Morgan Chase buy Bear Stearns. And I didn’t see anyone on the street when Hank Paulson forked over $45 more billion to help Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch, a company run at the time by one of the world’s biggest assholes, John Thain. Moreover I didn’t see any street protests when the government agreed to soak up hundreds of billions in “troubled assets” from Citigroup, a company that just months later would lend out a jet furnished with pillows upholstered with Hermes scarves to former chief Sandy Weill so that he could vacation in Mexico over Christmas.

…

So yeah, government waste sucks, it’s rampant at every level, and taxes are a vicious racket, and everyone should be pissed off. What’s hilarious about the teabaggers, though, is how they never squawk about waste until the spending actually has a chance of benefiting them. You will never hear of a teabagger crying about OPIC giving $50 million in free insurance to some mining company so that they can dig for silver in rural Bolivia. You won’t hear of a teabagger protesting the $2.5 billion in Ex-Im loans we gave to GE through the early part of this decade, even as GE was moving nearly a hundred thousand jobs overseas over the course of ten years. And Michelle Malkin’s readers didn’t seem to mind giving IBM millions in Ex-IM and ATP loans at the same time it was giving its former CEO, Lou Gerstner, $260 million in stock options.

In other words teabaggers don’t mind paying taxes to fund the salaries of Bolivian miners, Lou Gerstner’s stock options, deliveries of “sailboat fuel,” the Hermes scarves on Sandy Weill’s jet pillows, or even the export of their own goddamn jobs. But they do hate it when someone tries to re-asphalt their roads, or help bail their slob neighbor out of foreclosure. And God forbid someone propose a health care program, or increased financial aid for college. Hell, that’s like offering to share your turkey with the other Pilgrims! That’s not what America is all about! America is every Pilgrim for himself, dammit! Raise your own motherfucking turkey!

I recommend reading the entire article (link above). Taibbi’s a great writer.

[afx114]

Here’s a great article by Matt Taibbi that really says it better than I could have. Plus it’s got a couple of lines that sent green tea spewing out of my nostrils:

http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/04/15/teabagging-michelle-malkin/

Some excerpts:

Anyway this teabag thing has really gotten out of control. It’s amazing, literally amazing to me, that it wasn’t until Obama pushed through a package containing a massive public works package and significant homeowner aid that conservatives took to the streets. In other words, it wasn’t until taxes turned into construction jobs and mortgage relief that working and middle-class Americans decided to protest. I didn’t see anyone on the street when we forked over billions of dollars to help JP Morgan Chase buy Bear Stearns. And I didn’t see anyone on the street when Hank Paulson forked over $45 more billion to help Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch, a company run at the time by one of the world’s biggest assholes, John Thain. Moreover I didn’t see any street protests when the government agreed to soak up hundreds of billions in “troubled assets” from Citigroup, a company that just months later would lend out a jet furnished with pillows upholstered with Hermes scarves to former chief Sandy Weill so that he could vacation in Mexico over Christmas.

…

So yeah, government waste sucks, it’s rampant at every level, and taxes are a vicious racket, and everyone should be pissed off. What’s hilarious about the teabaggers, though, is how they never squawk about waste until the spending actually has a chance of benefiting them. You will never hear of a teabagger crying about OPIC giving $50 million in free insurance to some mining company so that they can dig for silver in rural Bolivia. You won’t hear of a teabagger protesting the $2.5 billion in Ex-Im loans we gave to GE through the early part of this decade, even as GE was moving nearly a hundred thousand jobs overseas over the course of ten years. And Michelle Malkin’s readers didn’t seem to mind giving IBM millions in Ex-IM and ATP loans at the same time it was giving its former CEO, Lou Gerstner, $260 million in stock options.

In other words teabaggers don’t mind paying taxes to fund the salaries of Bolivian miners, Lou Gerstner’s stock options, deliveries of “sailboat fuel,” the Hermes scarves on Sandy Weill’s jet pillows, or even the export of their own goddamn jobs. But they do hate it when someone tries to re-asphalt their roads, or help bail their slob neighbor out of foreclosure. And God forbid someone propose a health care program, or increased financial aid for college. Hell, that’s like offering to share your turkey with the other Pilgrims! That’s not what America is all about! America is every Pilgrim for himself, dammit! Raise your own motherfucking turkey!

I recommend reading the entire article (link above). Taibbi’s a great writer.

[afx114]

Here’s a great article by Matt Taibbi that really says it better than I could have. Plus it’s got a couple of lines that sent green tea spewing out of my nostrils:

http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/04/15/teabagging-michelle-malkin/

Some excerpts:

Anyway this teabag thing has really gotten out of control. It’s amazing, literally amazing to me, that it wasn’t until Obama pushed through a package containing a massive public works package and significant homeowner aid that conservatives took to the streets. In other words, it wasn’t until taxes turned into construction jobs and mortgage relief that working and middle-class Americans decided to protest. I didn’t see anyone on the street when we forked over billions of dollars to help JP Morgan Chase buy Bear Stearns. And I didn’t see anyone on the street when Hank Paulson forked over $45 more billion to help Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch, a company run at the time by one of the world’s biggest assholes, John Thain. Moreover I didn’t see any street protests when the government agreed to soak up hundreds of billions in “troubled assets” from Citigroup, a company that just months later would lend out a jet furnished with pillows upholstered with Hermes scarves to former chief Sandy Weill so that he could vacation in Mexico over Christmas.

…

So yeah, government waste sucks, it’s rampant at every level, and taxes are a vicious racket, and everyone should be pissed off. What’s hilarious about the teabaggers, though, is how they never squawk about waste until the spending actually has a chance of benefiting them. You will never hear of a teabagger crying about OPIC giving $50 million in free insurance to some mining company so that they can dig for silver in rural Bolivia. You won’t hear of a teabagger protesting the $2.5 billion in Ex-Im loans we gave to GE through the early part of this decade, even as GE was moving nearly a hundred thousand jobs overseas over the course of ten years. And Michelle Malkin’s readers didn’t seem to mind giving IBM millions in Ex-IM and ATP loans at the same time it was giving its former CEO, Lou Gerstner, $260 million in stock options.

In other words teabaggers don’t mind paying taxes to fund the salaries of Bolivian miners, Lou Gerstner’s stock options, deliveries of “sailboat fuel,” the Hermes scarves on Sandy Weill’s jet pillows, or even the export of their own goddamn jobs. But they do hate it when someone tries to re-asphalt their roads, or help bail their slob neighbor out of foreclosure. And God forbid someone propose a health care program, or increased financial aid for college. Hell, that’s like offering to share your turkey with the other Pilgrims! That’s not what America is all about! America is every Pilgrim for himself, dammit! Raise your own motherfucking turkey!

I recommend reading the entire article (link above). Taibbi’s a great writer.

[afx114]

Here’s a great article by Matt Taibbi that really says it better than I could have. Plus it’s got a couple of lines that sent green tea spewing out of my nostrils:

http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/04/15/teabagging-michelle-malkin/

Some excerpts:

Anyway this teabag thing has really gotten out of control. It’s amazing, literally amazing to me, that it wasn’t until Obama pushed through a package containing a massive public works package and significant homeowner aid that conservatives took to the streets. In other words, it wasn’t until taxes turned into construction jobs and mortgage relief that working and middle-class Americans decided to protest. I didn’t see anyone on the street when we forked over billions of dollars to help JP Morgan Chase buy Bear Stearns. And I didn’t see anyone on the street when Hank Paulson forked over $45 more billion to help Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch, a company run at the time by one of the world’s biggest assholes, John Thain. Moreover I didn’t see any street protests when the government agreed to soak up hundreds of billions in “troubled assets” from Citigroup, a company that just months later would lend out a jet furnished with pillows upholstered with Hermes scarves to former chief Sandy Weill so that he could vacation in Mexico over Christmas.

…

So yeah, government waste sucks, it’s rampant at every level, and taxes are a vicious racket, and everyone should be pissed off. What’s hilarious about the teabaggers, though, is how they never squawk about waste until the spending actually has a chance of benefiting them. You will never hear of a teabagger crying about OPIC giving $50 million in free insurance to some mining company so that they can dig for silver in rural Bolivia. You won’t hear of a teabagger protesting the $2.5 billion in Ex-Im loans we gave to GE through the early part of this decade, even as GE was moving nearly a hundred thousand jobs overseas over the course of ten years. And Michelle Malkin’s readers didn’t seem to mind giving IBM millions in Ex-IM and ATP loans at the same time it was giving its former CEO, Lou Gerstner, $260 million in stock options.

In other words teabaggers don’t mind paying taxes to fund the salaries of Bolivian miners, Lou Gerstner’s stock options, deliveries of “sailboat fuel,” the Hermes scarves on Sandy Weill’s jet pillows, or even the export of their own goddamn jobs. But they do hate it when someone tries to re-asphalt their roads, or help bail their slob neighbor out of foreclosure. And God forbid someone propose a health care program, or increased financial aid for college. Hell, that’s like offering to share your turkey with the other Pilgrims! That’s not what America is all about! America is every Pilgrim for himself, dammit! Raise your own motherfucking turkey!

I recommend reading the entire article (link above). Taibbi’s a great writer.

[urbanrealtor]

I just like the idea that the way to protest government waste is to buy thousands of dollars of tea you intend to throw away.

Did I miss where Sam Adams and crew spent all day shopping in the tea salon?

If you are going to have some genuine insurgent activity then grab some sack and steal the shit.

Don’t drive your SUV to Costco or Whole Foods and buy a few boxes and then pick up your 1700’s costume and chant “ditto” at an engineer with a mike.

It just feels like a giant exercise in irony. Almost like Michael Palin is going to step out at any moment and say something about the inquisition.

It is rather funny to watch though.

Its just kind of sad that so many don’t realize they are being laughed at.

[urbanrealtor]

I just like the idea that the way to protest government waste is to buy thousands of dollars of tea you intend to throw away.

Did I miss where Sam Adams and crew spent all day shopping in the tea salon?

If you are going to have some genuine insurgent activity then grab some sack and steal the shit.

Don’t drive your SUV to Costco or Whole Foods and buy a few boxes and then pick up your 1700’s costume and chant “ditto” at an engineer with a mike.

It just feels like a giant exercise in irony. Almost like Michael Palin is going to step out at any moment and say something about the inquisition.

It is rather funny to watch though.

Its just kind of sad that so many don’t realize they are being laughed at.

[urbanrealtor]

I just like the idea that the way to protest government waste is to buy thousands of dollars of tea you intend to throw away.

Did I miss where Sam Adams and crew spent all day shopping in the tea salon?

If you are going to have some genuine insurgent activity then grab some sack and steal the shit.

Don’t drive your SUV to Costco or Whole Foods and buy a few boxes and then pick up your 1700’s costume and chant “ditto” at an engineer with a mike.

It just feels like a giant exercise in irony. Almost like Michael Palin is going to step out at any moment and say something about the inquisition.

It is rather funny to watch though.

Its just kind of sad that so many don’t realize they are being laughed at.

[urbanrealtor]

I just like the idea that the way to protest government waste is to buy thousands of dollars of tea you intend to throw away.

Did I miss where Sam Adams and crew spent all day shopping in the tea salon?

If you are going to have some genuine insurgent activity then grab some sack and steal the shit.

Don’t drive your SUV to Costco or Whole Foods and buy a few boxes and then pick up your 1700’s costume and chant “ditto” at an engineer with a mike.

It just feels like a giant exercise in irony. Almost like Michael Palin is going to step out at any moment and say something about the inquisition.

It is rather funny to watch though.

Its just kind of sad that so many don’t realize they are being laughed at.

[urbanrealtor]

I just like the idea that the way to protest government waste is to buy thousands of dollars of tea you intend to throw away.

Did I miss where Sam Adams and crew spent all day shopping in the tea salon?

If you are going to have some genuine insurgent activity then grab some sack and steal the shit.

Don’t drive your SUV to Costco or Whole Foods and buy a few boxes and then pick up your 1700’s costume and chant “ditto” at an engineer with a mike.

It just feels like a giant exercise in irony. Almost like Michael Palin is going to step out at any moment and say something about the inquisition.

It is rather funny to watch though.

Its just kind of sad that so many don’t realize they are being laughed at.

[partypup]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Arraya: It’s interesting, and I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but the rightists on the board (Partypup, me) are finding more and more in common with the leftists/left leaning (you, Afx) as of late.

I’m attributing this to an awakening as to what the real threat in this country is and it isn’t each other. Nor is it gay marriage or gun control or any of those other wedge issues that Carville, Rove and Co. have thrown in front of us in the last 20 years to deflect us from the real problems we’re facing.

People are waking up to reality and at some point, societally speaking, this shit is going to hit critical mass. Then the fun starts.[/quote]

Amen, Allan. This is the point I’ve been trying to make. The outrage that we are seeing now is really beginning to cross party lines. And the Powers that Be are using a divide-and-conquer strategy that I believe is going to backfire. If blacks unite with whites and the left wing unites with the right wing, God help our “elected” officials. Obama was intended to be the linchpin of that divide and conquer strategy – an oblique effort to use racism to pit us against one another. But as you say, this shit is going to hit critical mass – this year.

[partypup]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Arraya: It’s interesting, and I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but the rightists on the board (Partypup, me) are finding more and more in common with the leftists/left leaning (you, Afx) as of late.

I’m attributing this to an awakening as to what the real threat in this country is and it isn’t each other. Nor is it gay marriage or gun control or any of those other wedge issues that Carville, Rove and Co. have thrown in front of us in the last 20 years to deflect us from the real problems we’re facing.

People are waking up to reality and at some point, societally speaking, this shit is going to hit critical mass. Then the fun starts.[/quote]

Amen, Allan. This is the point I’ve been trying to make. The outrage that we are seeing now is really beginning to cross party lines. And the Powers that Be are using a divide-and-conquer strategy that I believe is going to backfire. If blacks unite with whites and the left wing unites with the right wing, God help our “elected” officials. Obama was intended to be the linchpin of that divide and conquer strategy – an oblique effort to use racism to pit us against one another. But as you say, this shit is going to hit critical mass – this year.

[partypup]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Arraya: It’s interesting, and I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but the rightists on the board (Partypup, me) are finding more and more in common with the leftists/left leaning (you, Afx) as of late.

I’m attributing this to an awakening as to what the real threat in this country is and it isn’t each other. Nor is it gay marriage or gun control or any of those other wedge issues that Carville, Rove and Co. have thrown in front of us in the last 20 years to deflect us from the real problems we’re facing.

People are waking up to reality and at some point, societally speaking, this shit is going to hit critical mass. Then the fun starts.[/quote]

Amen, Allan. This is the point I’ve been trying to make. The outrage that we are seeing now is really beginning to cross party lines. And the Powers that Be are using a divide-and-conquer strategy that I believe is going to backfire. If blacks unite with whites and the left wing unites with the right wing, God help our “elected” officials. Obama was intended to be the linchpin of that divide and conquer strategy – an oblique effort to use racism to pit us against one another. But as you say, this shit is going to hit critical mass – this year.

[partypup]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Arraya: It’s interesting, and I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but the rightists on the board (Partypup, me) are finding more and more in common with the leftists/left leaning (you, Afx) as of late.

I’m attributing this to an awakening as to what the real threat in this country is and it isn’t each other. Nor is it gay marriage or gun control or any of those other wedge issues that Carville, Rove and Co. have thrown in front of us in the last 20 years to deflect us from the real problems we’re facing.

People are waking up to reality and at some point, societally speaking, this shit is going to hit critical mass. Then the fun starts.[/quote]

Amen, Allan. This is the point I’ve been trying to make. The outrage that we are seeing now is really beginning to cross party lines. And the Powers that Be are using a divide-and-conquer strategy that I believe is going to backfire. If blacks unite with whites and the left wing unites with the right wing, God help our “elected” officials. Obama was intended to be the linchpin of that divide and conquer strategy – an oblique effort to use racism to pit us against one another. But as you say, this shit is going to hit critical mass – this year.

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