Compensated Nationalization

deanhills · Apr 6, 2010

David said:
Loyalty to the Constitution is why most Americans got angry about it, a few going so far as to go armed to gov't functions just to give a little reminder.

Pity about the latter of course, as initially the tea parties looked serious, and when the right wingers turned up they completely turned it upside down.

David · Apr 6, 2010

deanhills said:
Pity about the latter of course, as initially the tea parties looked serious, and when the right wingers turned up they completely turned it upside down.

You don't think a bunch of armed protesters is serious?

myp · Apr 6, 2010

David said:
Loyalty to the Constitution is why most Americans got angry about it, a few going so far as to go armed to gov't functions just to give a little reminder.

It is not blind loyalty to the Constitution- it's the acceptance that it is the law of the land and a belief that what it says is right.

As for armed protesters, the vast majority do not go out armed.

David · Apr 6, 2010

myp said:
It is not blind loyalty to the Constitution- it's the acceptance that it is the law of the land and a belief that what it says is right.

As for armed protesters, the vast majority do not go out armed.

Hanse I used the word few.

deanhills · Apr 6, 2010

David said:
You don't think a bunch of armed protesters is serious?

Come off it, that is not how the tea parties started. It started as a serious anti-tax movement, then became a protest voice against Obama's mismanagement of Government finances. Quite a large number of serious Americans turned up at the tea parties, until some of the meetings got hijacked by rightwing hooligans. I would not be surprised if some of these hooligans had been in the pay of the Dems. Good way to get rid of the tea party movement.

The Tea Party protests are a series of nationally-coordinated protests across the United States beginning in early 2009. The protests are part of a nascent, larger anti-tax political movement called the Tea Party movement. Among other events, protests have been held on:

April 15, 2009: to coincide with the annual U.S. deadline for submitting tax returns, known as Tax Day,

July 4, 2009: to coincide with Independence Day,

September 12, 2009: to coincide with the anniversary of the day after the September 11 attacks.

March 14-21: Several protests took place in Washington, D.C. during the final week of debate on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Most Tea Party activities in 2010 have been focused on opposing the efforts (supported by the Obama Administration) to enact a very broad program of changes to the health care and health insurance industries, and on recruiting, nominating, and supporting candidates for upcoming state and national elections.

The name "Tea Party" is a reference to the Boston Tea Party, whose principal aim was to protest taxation without representation. The protests have sought to evoke images, slogans and themes from the American Revolution, such as tri-corner hats and "Don't Tread on Me" flags. The letters T-E-A have been used by some protesters to form the backronym "Taxed Enough Already".

Commentators promoted Tax Day events on blogs, Twitter, and Facebook, while the Fox News Channel regularly featured televised programming leading into and promoting various protest activities. Reaction to the tea parties included counter-protests expressing support for the Obama administration, and dismissive or mocking media coverage of both the events and its promoters.

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