The definition of "Tea Party"

[revelations12_12]

Tea Party: phony grassroots organization backed by billionaires and fronted by people too misguided to understand they're working against their own interests.

 

[4l3x]

I'm not a tea party fan, either, but this type of rhetoric is never conducive to a constructive conversation. If you want to make a point that will be heard, say it nicely. This will only start an argument, and nobody will gain.

 

[revelations12_12]

My point is, our children's future is the first that goes with budget cuts.

Our roads will suffer, our seniors will suffer, and schools will suffer.

Taxes need to paid by everyone to keep this country running and if someone thinks it works differently they are misguided.

I hope the Tea Party got what they wanted with our country's credit rating decrease, now everyone's 401k's get to suffer too...

but hey we didn't raise taxes on the rich few that control the media, or cut the oil and gas subsidies, I wouldn't want to cut in to their record profits... So I guess that is good right?

Btw welcome to CF guy.

 

[Archivist]

Apparently you are not discussing the Tea Party given by the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. Alice would be most disappointed...

 

[Eric Hilbert]

I'm not a tea party fan, either, but this type of rhetoric is never conducive to a constructive conversation. If you want to make a point that will be heard, say it nicely. This will only start an argument, and nobody will gain.

Please note the fact that he has taken a Libertarian icon, but then mocks and criticizes Libertarianism. That's a sure sign that he's not sincere or here for any sort of "constructive conversation".

 

[56Bluesman]

Considering that the top 10 percent of earners pay nearly 70% of all taxes, and the middle class pays the rest, while nearly 51% pay little or nothing at all is the current tax reality of the nation, I'm inclined to ignore the OP's groundless ranting. There is no Santa Claus, tooth fairy, or socialist nation that has sucessfully over spent and taxed it's way to prosperity. At least the Tea Party stands for something more economically sane than what the left and the weak neo-cons of the *Republicrats* as I call them are offering.

 

[revelations12_12]

Please note the fact that he has taken a Libertarian icon, but then mocks and criticizes Libertarianism. That's a sure sign that he's not sincere or here for any sort of "constructive conversation".

Or perhaps the wool is being pulled off of my eyes as I see how these sycophants are trying to control and manipulate America at the expense of the elderly, and poor, and the children.
Perhaps I have just not remembered to change my icon yet...

I hope everyone else wakes up too, or do you net over 250,000$ a year? (you is meant generally here, not you Eric)

God Bless

 

[RisingSpirit]

Tea Party: phony grassroots organization backed by billionaires and fronted by people too misguided to understand they're working against their own interests.

This is the Tea Party:

 

[wannabeadesigirl]

Mmmm...I think this is all just another step towards America's downfall. Every nation has to have it's crumbling point, whether it's the overreaching zealous attitude of the Roman Empire, or just really bad foreign policy like the British had in their colonies (along with a depression and two world wars that basically brought Britain to it's knees). Our problem for the longest time has been a society surrounding a nucleus of material gain, and it's finally catching up with us.
I don't think it's the tea party (though I have to say that allowing big businesses to run willy nilly is REALLY stupid) or the republican or the democratic party that did it. I think it was the general idea that the only thing we have to live for in life is health, prosperity and the pursuit of happiness. Talk about selfish thinking...and unfortunately it seems the church has been sucked into it too.

 

[woodpecker]

revelation 12_12, you should change your icon to the ass, oh I mean donkey , because you are spewing nonsense like a political Democrat would.

I am of the Libertarian party, and they are for less government dominance in our lives, and that each American citizen is responsible for themselves, not the nanny government.

As for the tea party they are a group of people who acknowledge this country is very sick, spiritually, and constitutionally, the government has forgotten that this is not a socialists government.

 

[Almighty's humble servant]

Considering that the top 10 percent of earners pay nearly 70% of all taxes, and the middle class pays the rest, while nearly 51% pay little or nothing at all is the current tax reality of the nation, I'm inclined to ignore the OP's groundless ranting. There is no Santa Claus, tooth fairy, or socialist nation that has sucessfully over spent and taxed it's way to prosperity. At least the Tea Party stands for something more economically sane than what the left and the weak neo-cons of the *Republicrats* as I call them are offering.

Well brother......

The top 1 % has 70% of the fake money their forefathers had created for them by the fed. It is no wonder why, when the gap between rich and poor has gone up somewhere like 400% in the past 70 years.
This is the ONLY country on the planet where you are rewarded with $10,000,000 bonuses for doing a horrible job, and losing a working man's retirement. Why shouldn't the govt immediately take a chunk which leaves the man with only 5 mil. The roads need fixed, the schools need fixed, and the BOMBS needs built.

 

[Almighty's humble servant]

revelation 12_12, you should change your icon to the ass, oh I mean donkey , because you are spewing nonsense like a political Democrat would.

I am of the Libertarian party, and they are for less government dominance in our lives, and that each American citizen is responsible for themselves, not the nanny government.

As for the tea party they are a group of people who acknowledge this country is very sick, spiritually, and constitutionally, the government has forgotten that this is not a socialists government.

Ron Paul is a libertarian right? How about Jesse Ventura? These men have ideas. Ideas which cut spending by bringing troops home. Troops which are ONLY overseas to act as security to the HALIBURTONS. Basically that's what our soldiers consider themselves. Highly paid security guards.
I have not heard once at a tea party rally that we need to reel in the govt. I have heard countless times that spending is out of control, but they don't want talk about the out of control CIA budget, the out of control FBI budget, or why small towns across the country are adding deputies, policemen, while the states are adding troopers, Vehicle enforcement, and courtesy patrol (they're supposed to assist when a vehicle is broke down, but instead they question you as if you were a drug runner). State and local governments don't like to talk about their budgets being overstretched. Instead they ask for more "aid" in their various local wars. In the meantime crime is dropping rapidly, while our jails and parole/probation offices are being outsourced to private companies which in turn make their own record profits. Money which could be used to pay our own deputies and police. But no, there's no sidepocket money for the politicians there.

While the tea party sits back and barks at government, their allies and creators,sit back and continue to demand more $$$ from the federal govt to prepare to wage their war with Christianity. That pic on the sig of a brother responding on page 1 tells the story best. Pictures are SO much better than words.

 

[Almighty's humble servant]

BTW....for all those who question brother Rev 12:12.....You don't have to be an extreme R wing republican to be a libertarian. You don't have to be a morally bankrupt liberal to be a democrat. And you don't have to want to see all poor people suffer moreso than they are already to be a republican. We need to come together here in the lower ranks because the time is running out for us to see that the prisons are being built with US in mind.

 

[56Bluesman]

Well brother......

The top 1 % has 70% of the fake money their forefathers had created for them by the fed. It is no wonder why, when the gap between rich and poor has gone up somewhere like 400% in the past 70 years.
This is the ONLY country on the planet where you are rewarded with $10,000,000 bonuses for doing a horrible job, and losing a working man's retirement. Why shouldn't the govt immediately take a chunk which leaves the man with only 5 mil. The roads need fixed, the schools need fixed, and the BOMBS needs built.

Fake money from the fed? Never heard of it, unless you are refering to printing extra dollars by the billions backed by nothing, a trick our government has gotten by with for far too long. My 401K is hurting like everyone elses, and I've got my gripes about the fat cats too big to fail who got bailed out by President Obama. None the less it's been proven in history over and over again that socialism bankrupts nations because eventually the money runs out. Even the late President JFK understood that lower tax rates increase revenues to the treasury as more people have more money to put back in the economy. The same principle also works at the state and local level. I'm sorry that our children and their children will be stuck with footing the bill because government spends money faster than a gambling addict.

 

[revelations12_12]

Fake money from the fed? Never heard of it, unless you are refering to printing extra dollars by the billions backed by nothing, a trick our government has gotten by with for far too long. My 401K is hurting like everyone elses, and I've got my gripes about the fat cats too big to fail who got bailed out by President Obama. None the less it's been proven in history over and over again that socialism bankrupts nations because eventually the money runs out. Even the late President JFK understood that lower tax rates increase revenues to the treasury as more people have more money to put back in the economy. The same principle also works at the state and local level. I'm sorry that our children and their children will be stuck with footing the bill because government spends money faster than a gambling addict.

The Bush Bailout Bill

The 3 part bailout was put together by President bush.... How soon we are brainwashed. Not that it matters they all have the same dark handlers...

 

[revelations12_12]

revelation 12_12, you should change your icon to the ass, oh I mean donkey , because you are spewing nonsense like a political Democrat would.

I am of the Libertarian party, and they are for less government dominance in our lives, and that each American citizen is responsible for themselves, not the nanny government.

As for the tea party they are a group of people who acknowledge this country is very sick, spiritually, and constitutionally, the government has forgotten that this is not a socialists government.

I am just curious who do you think is going to pay to have roads repaired, maintain schools and pay teachers, and clean up the corpses of all the people over 65 that will be put out on the streets to die with no social security or healthcare?
Taxes serve a purpose, that purpose has just been taken over and reallocated to pay defense contractors that lobby for war in our senate and House so that America has no more money to support its own people.

Broaden the scope of your reading and thinking my misguided friend.

 

[revelations12_12]

 

[Almighty's humble servant]

Fake money from the fed? Never heard of it, unless you are refering to printing extra dollars by the billions backed by nothing, a trick our government has gotten by with for far too long. My 401K is hurting like everyone elses, and I've got my gripes about the fat cats too big to fail who got bailed out by President Obama. None the less it's been proven in history over and over again that socialism bankrupts nations because eventually the money runs out. Even the late President JFK understood that lower tax rates increase revenues to the treasury as more people have more money to put back in the economy. The same principle also works at the state and local level. I'm sorry that our children and their children will be stuck with footing the bill because government spends money faster than a gambling addict.

Sorry brother Blues, but the bailout to the BANKSTERS was done by their brother George W. Obama did nothing of the sort. No, instead he bailed out GM, Chrysler and used the rest of the leftover stimulus for unfunded BUSH tax cuts.

How blinded by partisanship you are. Yeah, Obama is a puppet, and debating his/Bush's failures won't help the matter, but to save our children, if it's even possible at this point, we must remove the globalist corporations and media outlets which control our politicians and sway our future over the fire of hell.

 

[56Bluesman]

Sorry brother Blues, but the bailout to the BANKSTERS was done by their brother George W. Obama did nothing of the sort. No, instead he bailed out GM, Chrysler and used the rest of the leftover stimulus for unfunded BUSH tax cuts.

How blinded by partisanship you are. Yeah, Obama is a puppet, and debating his/Bush's failures won't help the matter, but to save our children, if it's even possible at this point, we must remove the globalist corporations and media outlets which control our politicians and sway our future over the fire of hell.

Do not accuse me of being blinded by partisanship. I'm much more clear sighted and minded than you think. I may have a republican logo in my tag that I haven't changed as of yet, but currently I am disgusted with both major parties and am considering going back to being an independent. In fact I'd love to see a strong alternative party arise, but it ain't the Tea Party, while I do think they are right on a few economic points to a good degree. As for the bailout, I do believe the responsibility resides squarely on the current president's shoulder along with the democratic party leadership that pushed for it. Bush didn't sign this bill into law. Now for your hope of overthrowing corporations and media and controlling everything to save the nation, and yes we do need major reform, it sounds a little too much like fascism to me, or very well could lead to another tyranny. What type of political system are you proposing in the event of a new revolution that overthrows the current order?

 

[revelations12_12]

Do not accuse me of being blinded by partisanship. I'm much more clear sighted and minded than you think. I may have a republican logo in my tag that I haven't changed as of yet, but currently I am disgusted with both major parties and am considering going back to being an independent. In fact I'd love to see a strong alternative party arise, but it ain't the Tea Party, while I do think they are right on a few economic points to a good degree. As for the bailout, I do believe the responsibility resides squarely on the current president's shoulder along with the democratic party leadership that pushed for it. Bush didn't sign this bill into law. Now for your hope of overthrowing corporations and media and controlling everything to save the nation, and yes we do need major reform, it sounds a little too much like fascism to me, or very well could lead to another tyranny. What type of political system are you proposing in the event of a new revolution that overthrows the current order?

We need to enforce new trade regulations that will hurt big business in the short term and allow room for new smaller businesses to open and be competitive making goods here in the US.

We need to install tariffs on goods shipped in from over sees to balance out the benefits of slave labor in other countries to make it no longer cost effective to outsource manufacturing.

But the catch is big business funds the elections, and elections are held every 2 years, it takes millions and millions of dollars to get reelected.

Lobbying needs to be made illegal and we need to extend congress terms out to 6 years with a maximum of two terms so that their sole purpose is no longer reelection but instead what is good for the American people.

If it takes riots to make these changes, then I would gladly join those riots...