[hipmatt]

This is how the mainstream covered it.. Disclaimer: per fox news for all the naysayers.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/16/cable-anchors-guests-use-tea-parties-platform-frat-house-humor/

Cable Anchors, Guests Use Tea Parties as Platform for Frat House Humor
Cable anchors and guests covered the anti-tax tea party protests by cracking a litany of barely concealed sexual references.

For thousands of Americans, Tax Day was a moment to protest what they see as bloated budgets and a pile of debt being passed on to their children.

For CNN, MSNBC and other media outlets, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use the word “teabagging” in a sentence.

Teabagging, for those who don’t live in a frat house, refers to a sexual act involving part of the male genitalia and a second person’s face or mouth.

So when the anti-tax “tea party” protests were held Wednesday across the country, cable anchors and guests — who for weeks had all but ignored the story — covered the protests by cracking a litany of barely concealed sexual references.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper interspersed “teabagging” references with analyst David Gergen’s more staid commentary on how Republicans are still “searching for their voice.”

“It’s hard to talk when you’re teabagging,” Cooper explained. Gergen laughed, but Cooper kept a straight face.

MSNBC’s David Shuster weaved a tapestry of “Animal House” humor Monday as he filled in for Countdown host Keith Olbermann.

The protests, he explained, amount to “Teabagging day for the right wing and they are going nuts for it.”

He described the parties as simultaneously “full-throated” and “toothless,” and continued: “They want to give President Obama a strong tongue-lashing and lick government spending.” Shuster also noted how the protesters “whipped out” the demonstrations this past weekend.

Click here to join a discussion on teabagging.

Tea Party participants were not amused. The events were held in dozens of cities across the country, and while some demonstrators were criticized for wielding off-topic and sometimes insensitive protest signs, most took to the streets to speak out against government spending.

Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center, said the media coverage was “insulting,” reacting specifically to CNN reporter Susan Roesgen’s combative interviews with Illinois demonstrators in which she declared that the protests were “anti-CNN” and supported by FOX News. She left the teabagging jokes to her colleagues, though.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Bozell said. “The oral sex jokes on (CNN) and particularly MSNBC on teabagging … they had them by the dozens. That’s how insulting they were toward people who believe they’re being taxed too highly.”

Max Pappas, public policy vice president at FreedomWorks — a small-government group which promoted the tea parties — said it’s a “shame” media outlets cracked jokes at a genuine “grassroots uprising.”

“I think what that reveals is how worried they are that this might actually be something serious. You make fun of things you’re afraid of, I’d say,” Pappas said.

If anyone thinks the orally charged remarks on mainstream cable were just a coincidence, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s segments over the past week with guest, Air America’s Ana Marie Cox, would dissolve all doubt. Their on-air gymnastics, dancing around the double entendre of the week, looked like live-action Beavis and Butthead.

By one count, the two of them used the word “teabag” more than 50 times on one show. And on Monday, Cox even let the viewers in on their joke — referencing Urbandictionary.com, a site which offers a number of colorful definitions for the term “teabagging.”

“Well, there is a lot of love in teabagging,” Cox said. “It is curious, though, as you point out, they do not use the verb ‘teabag.’ It might be because they’re less enthusiastic about teabagging than some of the more corporate conservatives who seem to have taken to it quite easily.”

Jenny Beth Martin, a Republican activist who helped organize one protest in Atlanta, said she’s not too worried about the protests being dismissed by some media outlets. She estimated 750,000 people attended more than 800 protests in all 50 states, and that at the very least the local media and community newspapers documented it.

“Our message definitely got out where it needed to get,” she said.

[hipmatt]

This is how the mainstream covered it.. Disclaimer: per fox news for all the naysayers.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/16/cable-anchors-guests-use-tea-parties-platform-frat-house-humor/

Cable Anchors, Guests Use Tea Parties as Platform for Frat House Humor
Cable anchors and guests covered the anti-tax tea party protests by cracking a litany of barely concealed sexual references.

For thousands of Americans, Tax Day was a moment to protest what they see as bloated budgets and a pile of debt being passed on to their children.

For CNN, MSNBC and other media outlets, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use the word “teabagging” in a sentence.

Teabagging, for those who don’t live in a frat house, refers to a sexual act involving part of the male genitalia and a second person’s face or mouth.

So when the anti-tax “tea party” protests were held Wednesday across the country, cable anchors and guests — who for weeks had all but ignored the story — covered the protests by cracking a litany of barely concealed sexual references.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper interspersed “teabagging” references with analyst David Gergen’s more staid commentary on how Republicans are still “searching for their voice.”

“It’s hard to talk when you’re teabagging,” Cooper explained. Gergen laughed, but Cooper kept a straight face.

MSNBC’s David Shuster weaved a tapestry of “Animal House” humor Monday as he filled in for Countdown host Keith Olbermann.

The protests, he explained, amount to “Teabagging day for the right wing and they are going nuts for it.”

He described the parties as simultaneously “full-throated” and “toothless,” and continued: “They want to give President Obama a strong tongue-lashing and lick government spending.” Shuster also noted how the protesters “whipped out” the demonstrations this past weekend.

Click here to join a discussion on teabagging.

Tea Party participants were not amused. The events were held in dozens of cities across the country, and while some demonstrators were criticized for wielding off-topic and sometimes insensitive protest signs, most took to the streets to speak out against government spending.

Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center, said the media coverage was “insulting,” reacting specifically to CNN reporter Susan Roesgen’s combative interviews with Illinois demonstrators in which she declared that the protests were “anti-CNN” and supported by FOX News. She left the teabagging jokes to her colleagues, though.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Bozell said. “The oral sex jokes on (CNN) and particularly MSNBC on teabagging … they had them by the dozens. That’s how insulting they were toward people who believe they’re being taxed too highly.”

Max Pappas, public policy vice president at FreedomWorks — a small-government group which promoted the tea parties — said it’s a “shame” media outlets cracked jokes at a genuine “grassroots uprising.”

“I think what that reveals is how worried they are that this might actually be something serious. You make fun of things you’re afraid of, I’d say,” Pappas said.

If anyone thinks the orally charged remarks on mainstream cable were just a coincidence, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s segments over the past week with guest, Air America’s Ana Marie Cox, would dissolve all doubt. Their on-air gymnastics, dancing around the double entendre of the week, looked like live-action Beavis and Butthead.

By one count, the two of them used the word “teabag” more than 50 times on one show. And on Monday, Cox even let the viewers in on their joke — referencing Urbandictionary.com, a site which offers a number of colorful definitions for the term “teabagging.”

“Well, there is a lot of love in teabagging,” Cox said. “It is curious, though, as you point out, they do not use the verb ‘teabag.’ It might be because they’re less enthusiastic about teabagging than some of the more corporate conservatives who seem to have taken to it quite easily.”

Jenny Beth Martin, a Republican activist who helped organize one protest in Atlanta, said she’s not too worried about the protests being dismissed by some media outlets. She estimated 750,000 people attended more than 800 protests in all 50 states, and that at the very least the local media and community newspapers documented it.

“Our message definitely got out where it needed to get,” she said.

[hipmatt]

This is how the mainstream covered it.. Disclaimer: per fox news for all the naysayers.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/16/cable-anchors-guests-use-tea-parties-platform-frat-house-humor/

Cable Anchors, Guests Use Tea Parties as Platform for Frat House Humor
Cable anchors and guests covered the anti-tax tea party protests by cracking a litany of barely concealed sexual references.

For thousands of Americans, Tax Day was a moment to protest what they see as bloated budgets and a pile of debt being passed on to their children.

For CNN, MSNBC and other media outlets, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use the word “teabagging” in a sentence.

Teabagging, for those who don’t live in a frat house, refers to a sexual act involving part of the male genitalia and a second person’s face or mouth.

So when the anti-tax “tea party” protests were held Wednesday across the country, cable anchors and guests — who for weeks had all but ignored the story — covered the protests by cracking a litany of barely concealed sexual references.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper interspersed “teabagging” references with analyst David Gergen’s more staid commentary on how Republicans are still “searching for their voice.”

“It’s hard to talk when you’re teabagging,” Cooper explained. Gergen laughed, but Cooper kept a straight face.

MSNBC’s David Shuster weaved a tapestry of “Animal House” humor Monday as he filled in for Countdown host Keith Olbermann.

The protests, he explained, amount to “Teabagging day for the right wing and they are going nuts for it.”

He described the parties as simultaneously “full-throated” and “toothless,” and continued: “They want to give President Obama a strong tongue-lashing and lick government spending.” Shuster also noted how the protesters “whipped out” the demonstrations this past weekend.

Click here to join a discussion on teabagging.

Tea Party participants were not amused. The events were held in dozens of cities across the country, and while some demonstrators were criticized for wielding off-topic and sometimes insensitive protest signs, most took to the streets to speak out against government spending.

Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center, said the media coverage was “insulting,” reacting specifically to CNN reporter Susan Roesgen’s combative interviews with Illinois demonstrators in which she declared that the protests were “anti-CNN” and supported by FOX News. She left the teabagging jokes to her colleagues, though.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Bozell said. “The oral sex jokes on (CNN) and particularly MSNBC on teabagging … they had them by the dozens. That’s how insulting they were toward people who believe they’re being taxed too highly.”

Max Pappas, public policy vice president at FreedomWorks — a small-government group which promoted the tea parties — said it’s a “shame” media outlets cracked jokes at a genuine “grassroots uprising.”

“I think what that reveals is how worried they are that this might actually be something serious. You make fun of things you’re afraid of, I’d say,” Pappas said.

If anyone thinks the orally charged remarks on mainstream cable were just a coincidence, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s segments over the past week with guest, Air America’s Ana Marie Cox, would dissolve all doubt. Their on-air gymnastics, dancing around the double entendre of the week, looked like live-action Beavis and Butthead.

By one count, the two of them used the word “teabag” more than 50 times on one show. And on Monday, Cox even let the viewers in on their joke — referencing Urbandictionary.com, a site which offers a number of colorful definitions for the term “teabagging.”

“Well, there is a lot of love in teabagging,” Cox said. “It is curious, though, as you point out, they do not use the verb ‘teabag.’ It might be because they’re less enthusiastic about teabagging than some of the more corporate conservatives who seem to have taken to it quite easily.”

Jenny Beth Martin, a Republican activist who helped organize one protest in Atlanta, said she’s not too worried about the protests being dismissed by some media outlets. She estimated 750,000 people attended more than 800 protests in all 50 states, and that at the very least the local media and community newspapers documented it.

“Our message definitely got out where it needed to get,” she said.

[hipmatt]

This is how the mainstream covered it.. Disclaimer: per fox news for all the naysayers.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/16/cable-anchors-guests-use-tea-parties-platform-frat-house-humor/

Cable Anchors, Guests Use Tea Parties as Platform for Frat House Humor
Cable anchors and guests covered the anti-tax tea party protests by cracking a litany of barely concealed sexual references.

For thousands of Americans, Tax Day was a moment to protest what they see as bloated budgets and a pile of debt being passed on to their children.

For CNN, MSNBC and other media outlets, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use the word “teabagging” in a sentence.

Teabagging, for those who don’t live in a frat house, refers to a sexual act involving part of the male genitalia and a second person’s face or mouth.

So when the anti-tax “tea party” protests were held Wednesday across the country, cable anchors and guests — who for weeks had all but ignored the story — covered the protests by cracking a litany of barely concealed sexual references.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper interspersed “teabagging” references with analyst David Gergen’s more staid commentary on how Republicans are still “searching for their voice.”

“It’s hard to talk when you’re teabagging,” Cooper explained. Gergen laughed, but Cooper kept a straight face.

MSNBC’s David Shuster weaved a tapestry of “Animal House” humor Monday as he filled in for Countdown host Keith Olbermann.

The protests, he explained, amount to “Teabagging day for the right wing and they are going nuts for it.”

He described the parties as simultaneously “full-throated” and “toothless,” and continued: “They want to give President Obama a strong tongue-lashing and lick government spending.” Shuster also noted how the protesters “whipped out” the demonstrations this past weekend.

Click here to join a discussion on teabagging.

Tea Party participants were not amused. The events were held in dozens of cities across the country, and while some demonstrators were criticized for wielding off-topic and sometimes insensitive protest signs, most took to the streets to speak out against government spending.

Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center, said the media coverage was “insulting,” reacting specifically to CNN reporter Susan Roesgen’s combative interviews with Illinois demonstrators in which she declared that the protests were “anti-CNN” and supported by FOX News. She left the teabagging jokes to her colleagues, though.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Bozell said. “The oral sex jokes on (CNN) and particularly MSNBC on teabagging … they had them by the dozens. That’s how insulting they were toward people who believe they’re being taxed too highly.”

Max Pappas, public policy vice president at FreedomWorks — a small-government group which promoted the tea parties — said it’s a “shame” media outlets cracked jokes at a genuine “grassroots uprising.”

“I think what that reveals is how worried they are that this might actually be something serious. You make fun of things you’re afraid of, I’d say,” Pappas said.

If anyone thinks the orally charged remarks on mainstream cable were just a coincidence, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s segments over the past week with guest, Air America’s Ana Marie Cox, would dissolve all doubt. Their on-air gymnastics, dancing around the double entendre of the week, looked like live-action Beavis and Butthead.

By one count, the two of them used the word “teabag” more than 50 times on one show. And on Monday, Cox even let the viewers in on their joke — referencing Urbandictionary.com, a site which offers a number of colorful definitions for the term “teabagging.”

“Well, there is a lot of love in teabagging,” Cox said. “It is curious, though, as you point out, they do not use the verb ‘teabag.’ It might be because they’re less enthusiastic about teabagging than some of the more corporate conservatives who seem to have taken to it quite easily.”

Jenny Beth Martin, a Republican activist who helped organize one protest in Atlanta, said she’s not too worried about the protests being dismissed by some media outlets. She estimated 750,000 people attended more than 800 protests in all 50 states, and that at the very least the local media and community newspapers documented it.

“Our message definitely got out where it needed to get,” she said.

[hipmatt]

This is how the mainstream covered it.. Disclaimer: per fox news for all the naysayers.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/16/cable-anchors-guests-use-tea-parties-platform-frat-house-humor/

Cable Anchors, Guests Use Tea Parties as Platform for Frat House Humor
Cable anchors and guests covered the anti-tax tea party protests by cracking a litany of barely concealed sexual references.

For thousands of Americans, Tax Day was a moment to protest what they see as bloated budgets and a pile of debt being passed on to their children.

For CNN, MSNBC and other media outlets, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use the word “teabagging” in a sentence.

Teabagging, for those who don’t live in a frat house, refers to a sexual act involving part of the male genitalia and a second person’s face or mouth.

So when the anti-tax “tea party” protests were held Wednesday across the country, cable anchors and guests — who for weeks had all but ignored the story — covered the protests by cracking a litany of barely concealed sexual references.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper interspersed “teabagging” references with analyst David Gergen’s more staid commentary on how Republicans are still “searching for their voice.”

“It’s hard to talk when you’re teabagging,” Cooper explained. Gergen laughed, but Cooper kept a straight face.

MSNBC’s David Shuster weaved a tapestry of “Animal House” humor Monday as he filled in for Countdown host Keith Olbermann.

The protests, he explained, amount to “Teabagging day for the right wing and they are going nuts for it.”

He described the parties as simultaneously “full-throated” and “toothless,” and continued: “They want to give President Obama a strong tongue-lashing and lick government spending.” Shuster also noted how the protesters “whipped out” the demonstrations this past weekend.

Click here to join a discussion on teabagging.

Tea Party participants were not amused. The events were held in dozens of cities across the country, and while some demonstrators were criticized for wielding off-topic and sometimes insensitive protest signs, most took to the streets to speak out against government spending.

Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center, said the media coverage was “insulting,” reacting specifically to CNN reporter Susan Roesgen’s combative interviews with Illinois demonstrators in which she declared that the protests were “anti-CNN” and supported by FOX News. She left the teabagging jokes to her colleagues, though.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Bozell said. “The oral sex jokes on (CNN) and particularly MSNBC on teabagging … they had them by the dozens. That’s how insulting they were toward people who believe they’re being taxed too highly.”

Max Pappas, public policy vice president at FreedomWorks — a small-government group which promoted the tea parties — said it’s a “shame” media outlets cracked jokes at a genuine “grassroots uprising.”

“I think what that reveals is how worried they are that this might actually be something serious. You make fun of things you’re afraid of, I’d say,” Pappas said.

If anyone thinks the orally charged remarks on mainstream cable were just a coincidence, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s segments over the past week with guest, Air America’s Ana Marie Cox, would dissolve all doubt. Their on-air gymnastics, dancing around the double entendre of the week, looked like live-action Beavis and Butthead.

By one count, the two of them used the word “teabag” more than 50 times on one show. And on Monday, Cox even let the viewers in on their joke — referencing Urbandictionary.com, a site which offers a number of colorful definitions for the term “teabagging.”

“Well, there is a lot of love in teabagging,” Cox said. “It is curious, though, as you point out, they do not use the verb ‘teabag.’ It might be because they’re less enthusiastic about teabagging than some of the more corporate conservatives who seem to have taken to it quite easily.”

Jenny Beth Martin, a Republican activist who helped organize one protest in Atlanta, said she’s not too worried about the protests being dismissed by some media outlets. She estimated 750,000 people attended more than 800 protests in all 50 states, and that at the very least the local media and community newspapers documented it.

“Our message definitely got out where it needed to get,” she said.

[hipmatt]

Mainstream media gets schooled in ratings again, I kinda feel sorry for GE shareholders, as the CEO’s own personal beliefs are costing them $$$…
FOX RATINGS SURGE ON PROTEST COVERAGE
8-11 PM ET

FOXNEWS 3,390,000
MSNBC 1,210,000
CNN 1,070,000
CNN HEADLINE 909,000

FOXNEWS O’REILLY 3,980,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 3,239,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,947,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,740,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,401,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,185,000
COMEDY DAILY SHOW 1,777,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,499,000
COMEDY COLBERT 1,446,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,336,000
CNN KING 1,292,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,149,000
CNN COOPER 1,021,000

[hipmatt]

Mainstream media gets schooled in ratings again, I kinda feel sorry for GE shareholders, as the CEO’s own personal beliefs are costing them $$$…
FOX RATINGS SURGE ON PROTEST COVERAGE
8-11 PM ET

FOXNEWS 3,390,000
MSNBC 1,210,000
CNN 1,070,000
CNN HEADLINE 909,000

FOXNEWS O’REILLY 3,980,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 3,239,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,947,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,740,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,401,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,185,000
COMEDY DAILY SHOW 1,777,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,499,000
COMEDY COLBERT 1,446,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,336,000
CNN KING 1,292,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,149,000
CNN COOPER 1,021,000

[hipmatt]

Mainstream media gets schooled in ratings again, I kinda feel sorry for GE shareholders, as the CEO’s own personal beliefs are costing them $$$…
FOX RATINGS SURGE ON PROTEST COVERAGE
8-11 PM ET

FOXNEWS 3,390,000
MSNBC 1,210,000
CNN 1,070,000
CNN HEADLINE 909,000

FOXNEWS O’REILLY 3,980,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 3,239,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,947,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,740,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,401,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,185,000
COMEDY DAILY SHOW 1,777,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,499,000
COMEDY COLBERT 1,446,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,336,000
CNN KING 1,292,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,149,000
CNN COOPER 1,021,000

[hipmatt]

Mainstream media gets schooled in ratings again, I kinda feel sorry for GE shareholders, as the CEO’s own personal beliefs are costing them $$$…
FOX RATINGS SURGE ON PROTEST COVERAGE
8-11 PM ET

FOXNEWS 3,390,000
MSNBC 1,210,000
CNN 1,070,000
CNN HEADLINE 909,000

FOXNEWS O’REILLY 3,980,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 3,239,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,947,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,740,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,401,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,185,000
COMEDY DAILY SHOW 1,777,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,499,000
COMEDY COLBERT 1,446,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,336,000
CNN KING 1,292,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,149,000
CNN COOPER 1,021,000

[hipmatt]

Mainstream media gets schooled in ratings again, I kinda feel sorry for GE shareholders, as the CEO’s own personal beliefs are costing them $$$…
FOX RATINGS SURGE ON PROTEST COVERAGE
8-11 PM ET

FOXNEWS 3,390,000
MSNBC 1,210,000
CNN 1,070,000
CNN HEADLINE 909,000

FOXNEWS O’REILLY 3,980,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 3,239,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,947,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,740,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,401,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,185,000
COMEDY DAILY SHOW 1,777,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,499,000
COMEDY COLBERT 1,446,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,336,000
CNN KING 1,292,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,149,000
CNN COOPER 1,021,000

[hipmatt]

Wow, I’ve been gone from this forum for a while, but stumbling back, I have found out that I am a pretty horrible person. I need to change my way….

Lets see, I believe the fed and state gov.s are spending too much$ on inefficient BS, printing money devaluing it by the second, unethically bailing out irresponsible people and companies, signing things into law that they don’t even read, and pretty much ignore many of the voices of their constituents and I voice my opinion legally, respectfully, and safely against these policies, I am a right wing extremist.

I believe in second amendment rights and I own guns, though I only shoot them legally at ranges, they are all legal and registered, and safely stored and handled, and I’ve never shot anyone or anything illegally, or even legally in self defense, and I am a right wing extremist. Many people here consider me dangerous and unstable and in the same class as Tim McViegh.

I just personally believe that marriage is best between a man and a woman, and that education of gay sexual activities should be left up to the parents discretion. I am cool to everyone I meet despite their sexual orientation. I have gay friends and co workers. I treat them like anyone else… yet I am labeled a “bigot” or something worse.

I personally can’t stand the constant propaganda and one sided media bias offered by most main stream channels like cnn, msnbc, etc… and happen to think that fox news is the closest thing to fair and balanced news I can find. I listen to other points of view, and when I disagree its respectful. I’m a right wing extremist.

I support our troops, and pray for them daily, and I would even hang out with them if the opportunity arises.

I think that the government trying to solve these problems is the problem.

I think people will do a bigger and better job dispersing their charitable donations when they get to decide to whom it goes, rather than having corrupt politicians decide for me and call it taxation or “spreading the wealth around”…and I make less than 50K per year.

Hmm, I have no criminal record, I have 2 kids, my wife stays at home for the most part. My cars are paid off. I give my neighbors respect. I expect no bailouts or hand outs. I have problems and I don’t blame them on others.

Despite most people that know me liking and respecting me, based on my opinions and the media/piggintonites, I am a right wing extremist, a crazy dangerous gun owner, a hateful homophobe, an anarchy loving wacko, a greedy rich person with no compassion, a confused Christian, and I make the world a worse place. Most people “would” take issue with me based on my opinions or the fact that I support the tea parties, rather than actions or disposition.

I guess the question is why the double standard with all the name calling? When I disagree with someone I don’t call them offensive names. The funny thing is that all of the tea parties I saw were everyday people acting civilized and respectfully. These people are hardly extremists and there are plenty more of them out there… and as people catch on to the gov. constantly duping us, the numbers will grow much faster.

Let the insults and name calling begin…..

[hipmatt]

Wow, I’ve been gone from this forum for a while, but stumbling back, I have found out that I am a pretty horrible person. I need to change my way….

Lets see, I believe the fed and state gov.s are spending too much$ on inefficient BS, printing money devaluing it by the second, unethically bailing out irresponsible people and companies, signing things into law that they don’t even read, and pretty much ignore many of the voices of their constituents and I voice my opinion legally, respectfully, and safely against these policies, I am a right wing extremist.

I believe in second amendment rights and I own guns, though I only shoot them legally at ranges, they are all legal and registered, and safely stored and handled, and I’ve never shot anyone or anything illegally, or even legally in self defense, and I am a right wing extremist. Many people here consider me dangerous and unstable and in the same class as Tim McViegh.

I just personally believe that marriage is best between a man and a woman, and that education of gay sexual activities should be left up to the parents discretion. I am cool to everyone I meet despite their sexual orientation. I have gay friends and co workers. I treat them like anyone else… yet I am labeled a “bigot” or something worse.

I personally can’t stand the constant propaganda and one sided media bias offered by most main stream channels like cnn, msnbc, etc… and happen to think that fox news is the closest thing to fair and balanced news I can find. I listen to other points of view, and when I disagree its respectful. I’m a right wing extremist.

I support our troops, and pray for them daily, and I would even hang out with them if the opportunity arises.

I think that the government trying to solve these problems is the problem.

I think people will do a bigger and better job dispersing their charitable donations when they get to decide to whom it goes, rather than having corrupt politicians decide for me and call it taxation or “spreading the wealth around”…and I make less than 50K per year.

Hmm, I have no criminal record, I have 2 kids, my wife stays at home for the most part. My cars are paid off. I give my neighbors respect. I expect no bailouts or hand outs. I have problems and I don’t blame them on others.

Despite most people that know me liking and respecting me, based on my opinions and the media/piggintonites, I am a right wing extremist, a crazy dangerous gun owner, a hateful homophobe, an anarchy loving wacko, a greedy rich person with no compassion, a confused Christian, and I make the world a worse place. Most people “would” take issue with me based on my opinions or the fact that I support the tea parties, rather than actions or disposition.

I guess the question is why the double standard with all the name calling? When I disagree with someone I don’t call them offensive names. The funny thing is that all of the tea parties I saw were everyday people acting civilized and respectfully. These people are hardly extremists and there are plenty more of them out there… and as people catch on to the gov. constantly duping us, the numbers will grow much faster.

Let the insults and name calling begin…..

[hipmatt]

Wow, I’ve been gone from this forum for a while, but stumbling back, I have found out that I am a pretty horrible person. I need to change my way….

Lets see, I believe the fed and state gov.s are spending too much$ on inefficient BS, printing money devaluing it by the second, unethically bailing out irresponsible people and companies, signing things into law that they don’t even read, and pretty much ignore many of the voices of their constituents and I voice my opinion legally, respectfully, and safely against these policies, I am a right wing extremist.

I believe in second amendment rights and I own guns, though I only shoot them legally at ranges, they are all legal and registered, and safely stored and handled, and I’ve never shot anyone or anything illegally, or even legally in self defense, and I am a right wing extremist. Many people here consider me dangerous and unstable and in the same class as Tim McViegh.

I just personally believe that marriage is best between a man and a woman, and that education of gay sexual activities should be left up to the parents discretion. I am cool to everyone I meet despite their sexual orientation. I have gay friends and co workers. I treat them like anyone else… yet I am labeled a “bigot” or something worse.

I personally can’t stand the constant propaganda and one sided media bias offered by most main stream channels like cnn, msnbc, etc… and happen to think that fox news is the closest thing to fair and balanced news I can find. I listen to other points of view, and when I disagree its respectful. I’m a right wing extremist.

I support our troops, and pray for them daily, and I would even hang out with them if the opportunity arises.

I think that the government trying to solve these problems is the problem.

I think people will do a bigger and better job dispersing their charitable donations when they get to decide to whom it goes, rather than having corrupt politicians decide for me and call it taxation or “spreading the wealth around”…and I make less than 50K per year.

Hmm, I have no criminal record, I have 2 kids, my wife stays at home for the most part. My cars are paid off. I give my neighbors respect. I expect no bailouts or hand outs. I have problems and I don’t blame them on others.

Despite most people that know me liking and respecting me, based on my opinions and the media/piggintonites, I am a right wing extremist, a crazy dangerous gun owner, a hateful homophobe, an anarchy loving wacko, a greedy rich person with no compassion, a confused Christian, and I make the world a worse place. Most people “would” take issue with me based on my opinions or the fact that I support the tea parties, rather than actions or disposition.

I guess the question is why the double standard with all the name calling? When I disagree with someone I don’t call them offensive names. The funny thing is that all of the tea parties I saw were everyday people acting civilized and respectfully. These people are hardly extremists and there are plenty more of them out there… and as people catch on to the gov. constantly duping us, the numbers will grow much faster.

Let the insults and name calling begin…..

[hipmatt]

Wow, I’ve been gone from this forum for a while, but stumbling back, I have found out that I am a pretty horrible person. I need to change my way….

Lets see, I believe the fed and state gov.s are spending too much$ on inefficient BS, printing money devaluing it by the second, unethically bailing out irresponsible people and companies, signing things into law that they don’t even read, and pretty much ignore many of the voices of their constituents and I voice my opinion legally, respectfully, and safely against these policies, I am a right wing extremist.

I believe in second amendment rights and I own guns, though I only shoot them legally at ranges, they are all legal and registered, and safely stored and handled, and I’ve never shot anyone or anything illegally, or even legally in self defense, and I am a right wing extremist. Many people here consider me dangerous and unstable and in the same class as Tim McViegh.

I just personally believe that marriage is best between a man and a woman, and that education of gay sexual activities should be left up to the parents discretion. I am cool to everyone I meet despite their sexual orientation. I have gay friends and co workers. I treat them like anyone else… yet I am labeled a “bigot” or something worse.

I personally can’t stand the constant propaganda and one sided media bias offered by most main stream channels like cnn, msnbc, etc… and happen to think that fox news is the closest thing to fair and balanced news I can find. I listen to other points of view, and when I disagree its respectful. I’m a right wing extremist.

I support our troops, and pray for them daily, and I would even hang out with them if the opportunity arises.

I think that the government trying to solve these problems is the problem.

I think people will do a bigger and better job dispersing their charitable donations when they get to decide to whom it goes, rather than having corrupt politicians decide for me and call it taxation or “spreading the wealth around”…and I make less than 50K per year.

Hmm, I have no criminal record, I have 2 kids, my wife stays at home for the most part. My cars are paid off. I give my neighbors respect. I expect no bailouts or hand outs. I have problems and I don’t blame them on others.

Despite most people that know me liking and respecting me, based on my opinions and the media/piggintonites, I am a right wing extremist, a crazy dangerous gun owner, a hateful homophobe, an anarchy loving wacko, a greedy rich person with no compassion, a confused Christian, and I make the world a worse place. Most people “would” take issue with me based on my opinions or the fact that I support the tea parties, rather than actions or disposition.

I guess the question is why the double standard with all the name calling? When I disagree with someone I don’t call them offensive names. The funny thing is that all of the tea parties I saw were everyday people acting civilized and respectfully. These people are hardly extremists and there are plenty more of them out there… and as people catch on to the gov. constantly duping us, the numbers will grow much faster.

Let the insults and name calling begin…..

[hipmatt]

Wow, I’ve been gone from this forum for a while, but stumbling back, I have found out that I am a pretty horrible person. I need to change my way….

Lets see, I believe the fed and state gov.s are spending too much$ on inefficient BS, printing money devaluing it by the second, unethically bailing out irresponsible people and companies, signing things into law that they don’t even read, and pretty much ignore many of the voices of their constituents and I voice my opinion legally, respectfully, and safely against these policies, I am a right wing extremist.

I believe in second amendment rights and I own guns, though I only shoot them legally at ranges, they are all legal and registered, and safely stored and handled, and I’ve never shot anyone or anything illegally, or even legally in self defense, and I am a right wing extremist. Many people here consider me dangerous and unstable and in the same class as Tim McViegh.

I just personally believe that marriage is best between a man and a woman, and that education of gay sexual activities should be left up to the parents discretion. I am cool to everyone I meet despite their sexual orientation. I have gay friends and co workers. I treat them like anyone else… yet I am labeled a “bigot” or something worse.

I personally can’t stand the constant propaganda and one sided media bias offered by most main stream channels like cnn, msnbc, etc… and happen to think that fox news is the closest thing to fair and balanced news I can find. I listen to other points of view, and when I disagree its respectful. I’m a right wing extremist.

I support our troops, and pray for them daily, and I would even hang out with them if the opportunity arises.

I think that the government trying to solve these problems is the problem.

I think people will do a bigger and better job dispersing their charitable donations when they get to decide to whom it goes, rather than having corrupt politicians decide for me and call it taxation or “spreading the wealth around”…and I make less than 50K per year.

Hmm, I have no criminal record, I have 2 kids, my wife stays at home for the most part. My cars are paid off. I give my neighbors respect. I expect no bailouts or hand outs. I have problems and I don’t blame them on others.

Despite most people that know me liking and respecting me, based on my opinions and the media/piggintonites, I am a right wing extremist, a crazy dangerous gun owner, a hateful homophobe, an anarchy loving wacko, a greedy rich person with no compassion, a confused Christian, and I make the world a worse place. Most people “would” take issue with me based on my opinions or the fact that I support the tea parties, rather than actions or disposition.

I guess the question is why the double standard with all the name calling? When I disagree with someone I don’t call them offensive names. The funny thing is that all of the tea parties I saw were everyday people acting civilized and respectfully. These people are hardly extremists and there are plenty more of them out there… and as people catch on to the gov. constantly duping us, the numbers will grow much faster.

Let the insults and name calling begin…..

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