tea party movement

There have been complaints from Tea Party groups applying for Tax exempt status recently. They said they have been singled out and there were great delays. The IRS denied this. Until now. I saw this first here in a CNN article. The article said the IRS made mistakes but for some reason it...

The research paper, titled ‘To quarterback behind the scenes, third-party efforts’: the tobacco industry and the Tea Party, was published in the journal Tobacco Control, one of the many academic medical journals published by the British Medical Association's publishing group. According to the...

Well it appears that Texas has it's very own Tea Party Senator, Ted Cruz. True, the election is in November, but this is Texas. The Republican always wins. And the Tea Party, to their credit, did a great job of turning out the vote. I stood in line for over an hour just for a run-off election...

So the common refrain during 2010 was that Tea Party folks were mainly concerned about the debt. Even though they were oddly silent during the Bush years, they were just boiling up the rage that exploded when the bank bailouts happened. But now they were mad. They weren't gonna take it...

Ouch... Jon Huntsman Trashes GOP, Expresses Campaign Regrets :popcorn1

If we take this post to be accurate about what the Tea Party wants I tend to find some similarities with my Liberal ideals. So look at them: Well I'm for fiscal responsibility too. A good way to accomplish that is to raise taxes on the rich. Not to unbearable levels but more than we...

Here is a current event happening at 7pm today, 2/29/12 (leap day). It takes place at my college, IPFW. It has a live feed. Not sure if it will be available later. So, if you are lurking around and have time to "waste"... http://www.wane.com/subindex/video/video_01 Sorry for the short notice...

I had wondered why so many Tea Party types were torpedoing mass transit and other green infrastructure projects all over the USA. My personal involvement with them concerns the California High Speed Rail project that I support more than just about anything I've ever supported before. And they...

Which produced a very interesting reaction in the local paper. Here's a snippet. But when I went on their web site, all I could find was some Black Robe Regiment and not much more. :wackyhuh:

Which protestor has a better gripe? This guy? bgec9WX21ik Or this guy? WmEHcOc0Sys Just for the record, I'm not so sure the 2nd guy is an OWS protestor more than he is just a passer-by who got pissed at the cops being typically unprofessional. I will add that the 2nd guy shares my...

Are they different sides of the same coin? If they can get together, could they be a force in the political conversation? (Well, a bigger force than they are now.)

Okay, I have two premises Premise 1: I think this Occupy movements are astroturf -- it's just a larger scale and left-wing version of the tea-baggers. How do you confirm this premise?: Premise 2: Astroturfing is being increasingly used as a tool of political control whereby powerful interests...

Not sure how much Tea Party Nation speaks for the actual Tea Party. http://www.teapartynation.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3355873%3ABlogPost%3A1566647&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_post I recall the thing someone said about the GOP running the car into the ditch so they don't have to chip in for...

So, those of us who suggest that Teabaggers are just the Birchers in tri-corner hats just got a little boost to our argument. The fluoride Gestapo? Hmm, where have I heard this before? t9BEZ-yreR4

Occupy Wall St.'s drumbeat grows louder Here's some of those who have heard: Former Sen. Feingold was one of the most liberal Senators and has generally fought for working class people, so I'm not surprised at his remarks. On the other hand, there's those who don't get it: Yes, they...

If a white Republican wins the Whitehouse, there is bound to be claims of racism and a rigged election. And the Left may well incite riots the burning of cities. Now, even Morgan Freeman claims the "Tea Party" is racist (with zero evidence). And Janeane Garofalo is convinced the only reason...

Congressman Joe Walsh claims that not ALL of them are insane. the corollary to that is that some are definitely bat feces bonkers. if not ALL, how about: "most?" http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-09-07/news/ct-met-joe-walsh-20110907_1_tea-party-child-support-jobs-plan

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/michele-bachmann-irene-gods-warning-washington-campaign-joking/story?id=14404962 So Michele Bachmann thinks God sends earthquakes and hurricanes to let us know he's unhappy with the political climate? I wonder what she makes of Hurricane Katrina, which was far...

How does this country deal with, or even survive an influx of kooks into the halls of power? You know, the ones who refuse to believe the warnings from every single credible source that failing to raise the debt ceiling would be catastrophic for the U.S. and global economy. I respect anyone...

Tea Party Nation's Anti-Gay Campaign Continues, Group Likens Gays To Drug Addicts http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/tea-party-nations-anti-gay-campaign-continues-group-likens-gays-drug-addicts On Friday we reported on the anti-gay diatribe by Tea Party Nation’s Alan Caruba, who asserted...

Tea Party Hates Manatees, Says Protecting Them Is "Against the Bible" The only thing missing is a comment from a local man.

Pawlenty attacks Bachman, the Tea Party favs are cannibalizing themselves while I'm sure Romney enjoys the show. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43710592/ I can see why Pawlenty is doing this. He needs the Tea Party support so he has to remove the others who appeal to the Tea Partiers. Attacking...

You have people like Paul Ryan proposing to kill Medicare, while at the same time intensely rallying against actual cost saving measures to Medicare like those in the Health Care law. You have GOP economic plans that propose to reduce the GDP. You have full nutjobs like Ron Paul claiming that...

I am of the opinion that the Tea Party is just a rebranding of a typical sort of populism on the right that pops up every now and again. When push comes to shove, they will fall in line with what the Republican bosses say. If that's wrong, here is an important test...

http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/tea-party-group-offers-summer-camp/1175119 Some of the fun "educational" activities: You couldn't make this stuff up.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/05/31/232182/rand-paul-criminalize-speech/ What the hell? The most charitable reading of this is that he's talking about non-citizens, although it doesn't seem clear to me that he's restricting his proposed policy to them. But isn't this the same guy...

Joe Miller To Join Boatload Of Birthers For World Net Daily's 'Tea Party At Sea' Alaska Cruise What a nut job. Here's how batcrap crazy Weird Nut Daily is. And the scary thing is, people actually believe this foaming-at-the-mouth nutcase.

This seems important.

In case you missed it South Park took on the Tea Party (or a similar movement called the Pissed Off & Angry Party) and attributed their issues to.........a lack of confidence in their genitalia. While obviously simplistic it did capture the sort of unrestrained anger and lack of constructive...

Link. So Davis backs out of the debate for unknown reasons. A Republican volunteer chases him down and repeatedly asks why. Davis threatens him, and the volunteer apparently somehow gets knocked down. Davis' camp claims a set up. The volunteer says he was attacked. I don't know how that...