Tea Partiers Mobilize To Take It 'To The Next Level'

You know what I am really tired of? Tea Baggers, Objectivists, and Libertarians being so intellectually lazy as to calling anyone who dares disagree with them either a socialist or a communist.

If anything both the radical right and left in the United States have become masters of the false dichotomy, and knee jerk response.


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mhaze said:
  1. Limited Gov
  2. Free speech
  3. 2nd amend
  4. military
  5. secure borders
  6. our country
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Are completely meaningless catch phrases, but you can judge them by the company that they keep....namely Palin, Judge Roy Moore, and Joseph Farah (founder of WorldnetDaily), hence the crazy.
 
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Ok, I am now an "approved" troll on the Tea Party Nation!

I'll post some of their views...

WHY DOES SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY IS ENTITLED TO THE SAME CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AS AN AMERICAN?

This has been a pet peeve of mine for long time. How did the idea that someone who is an immigrant and/or alien is entitled to the same rights as an American? This burns my ass as a veteran, whom has seen combat, that we do this. The American people and yes the government, needs to wake up and realize there is a differance, and that if you want to be in this country than you have to pay for it, in loyalty. Yes I don't want to burst anyone's bubble but being a citizen does come at a cost not just monitarily.

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The illegal who fails and refuses to follow the procedures our government has in place to become a citizen has no desire to assimilate or pledge allegiance to our nation. The illegal simply wants the rights, freedoms and protection of our laws as they so benefit the illegal.

Unfortunately, our government seems to be obliging them at every turn.

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Well, first we need to think about rights and privileges. Everyone on the planet has the same rights, because rights come from God, not from government. However, not everyone has the same privileges, and an immigrant should not receive all the privileges of the Constitution just because they are here. For example, everyone on earth has the right to life liberty and property (Jefferson noted the persuit of happyness as a subset of this right).

I only point this out because liberals have corrupted the way we use words like rights and privileges. They want people to confuse these words to help them convince people that rights come from government and pieces of paper rather than from the author of the universe.

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That's rediculous. That suggests that nations have no responcibility to their own citizens. That's a very communistic argument you are making there. No nations no boarders but the collective huh? Nations have a responcibility to defend their bounds.

Personally, I think that citizenship responcibilities should be limited for those born in the country as well. There should at least be a test to vote. If somebody does not understand basic history/civics, then they should not be voting because they are too ignorant to fulfill such civic duties.
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Ok, they aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.

I'd post a link but you need to login to troll. (There appears to be quite a lot of "lesbian liberal trolls" posting on their forums.)

p.s. they really need a spell checker with instructions
 
Sadly, I think that many in the GOP leadership will react by attempting to cater to these Tea Party types, when what the Republicans really need to do is reach out to more moderate & centrist voters. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I would more than welcome a Republican Party which respects the political center of the country and kicks the religious wingnuts to the curb. The fact that the modern Republican Party is so tied up with the Tea Party folk (who seem to be the most active part of their base now) doesn't bode well for either the GOP or the nation.

At this point, give me the Democrats any day. The Dems aren't perfect, by any means, but at least they have a party where a moderate/centrist can actually hold their head up high without getting it bitten off.
 
This guy does a better job at laying out their goals...

WE ARE THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN MOVEMENT

We are the Tea Partiers, the 912ers, the Freshman Fifty, the Patriots, the Gun Rights, the Oath Keepers, the Christians, The NRA, the NGOA, etc, etc, etc., and all of us are true CITIZENS of America. We believe that the Founding Principles of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence and all of America’s other honored traditions are in danger of being lost and WE WILL NOT ALLOW THAT.

We will not be ruled. We will not be usurped. WE are sovereign individuals and demand our rights which are our freedoms from tyrannical government. We speak in many voices, each singing our own part of the chorus, and each following our own melody. We are all united in a single song of praise to the greatest Nation in the history of Man and we will not allow any substitutes.

To accomplish our missions we must find a way to a common theme that no one can misinterpret, that no enemy can ignore. We must awaken the citizens who are still on the sidelines, wondering what we are saying. They are finally alert and paying attention so now we must speak clearly with a voice that they can understand without confusion and agree to join for the good of all of our children. We are the Traditional Americans.

We are what we once were. We have our families which we cherish, our rights to our own choices, free of interference from the rule of others we disagree with and fierce in our stance in defense of our God given rights. We see the agenda of the communists and globalists, blatantly displayed for the first time, and we stand in full opposition to it.

AND ….. we outnumber them. Our weapons are Truth and Honest Action. We are the Traditional Americans that free men and those who want to be free admire and appeal to when they are threatened with tyrants. We will defeat our own would be tyrants beginning now. STAND TOGETHER !!
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he got the CAPS meme.

Very inspiring words Tony ! We have to get them to all Traditional Americans.
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Thank YOU, Dr. Baker ! am looking forward to meeting you at the Convention. This will be a very historic year for the Traditional Americans of this movement.
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Traditional? = White Christian Bible Thumpers with GUNS!!111111!!!

Take a trip over to the Tea Party Nation.

http://www.teapartynation.com
 
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JoeTheJuggler said:
This is interesting. . .

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/09/palins-power-play/

It'd be cool if Ron Paul wins the Republican nomination and Palin leads the Tea Party ticket!

That'd pretty much assure Obama a second term.
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I think this is Sarah Palin firing a shot across the bow of the GOP leadership, more than anything. She's uber-popular with the GOP base, and now she's sucking up to the Tea Party bunch - the message is: "Get behind me for the 2012 nomination, or you're screwed."

Which means, one way or the other, the GOP is screwed in 2012. If Palin is on the ticket, moderates & centrists will run like hell from the Republicans, just as in 2008. If she's not on the ticket, many of the conservatives in the GOP base and Tea Party camp will get pissed and jump ship.

Regardless :popcorn1
 
I look forward to the Tea Party gaining control of the Republican Party ensuring many years of Democratic control of the presidency and congress.
 
Whiplash said:
XBoxWarrior, that is the most strawmen I've seen in one post, ever.

It's pitiful the people on either side insist on defining what their opposition really stands for. It's dishonest. It's repugnant. Tell us what you will do, don't try to define what the opposition is really doing. You suck at it. And it's obvious.

What really bothers me is, some of you actually believe the tripe you constantly throw out.
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Sorry Whiplash, but it appears that in light of what this convention has been espousing, XBoxWarrior's initial assessment seems actually very spot on. This is sad, as it means these people have to be mock and ignored, as reasoned discussion is seemingly precluded by their very nature. They're every bit as bad as the 'Constitution party'.

Now, I'm still interested in the more moderate right's take on these people, and hope we can all have a reasonable discussion about them without the normal 'right vs left' ad-hom, tu quoque, etc, that we all tend to trot out when defending the extreme of 'our side'.
 
Ok, I'll turn down the hyperbole now. I've spent some time over at their site, and I've found there to be some decent intelligent people over there as well as the crazy gun toting bible types.

I believe this Tea Party movement has arisen out of the ashes of the failing Southern Strategy. It was said, by LBJ that the Civil Rights legislation would give the Republicans the South for generations, and he was correct. The only two Democratic presidents since Nixon, save Obama, have come from the south, Carter and Clinton.

From their site, there seems to be a pattern that supports this idea.

National Day of Strike: Official January 20, 2010 Action Plan

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There is much work to be done in the next 26 days prior to the big event. We need the following positions filled ASAP:

New England (Leadership Committee) Coordinator
Mid Atlantic (Leadership Committee) Coordinator
Mid West (Leadership Committee) Coordinator
Plains States (Leadership Committee) Coordinator
South Florida (Leadership Committee) Coordinator
South West (Leadership Committee) Coordinator
North West (Leadership Committee) Coordinator

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God Bless and Merry Christmas,
Allen Hardage

# Posted by Allen Hardage on December 23, 2009
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This leads me to believe they have the South pretty well tied up, South Florida is not really very red state, if you will. The convention is being held in Nashville, TN at the Opryland Hotel, home of both types of music, Country, and Western, the only true "Traditional" types of music.

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This should be a public post. I am surprised there are not more comments myself.
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I see no comments here. Is it because we do this in private emails for safety reason or because there are no volunteers? I hope I was wrong.
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The anniversary of President Obama's Inauguration probably wasn't chosen out of a hat.

Just sayin'.
 
"WE ARE THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN MOVEMENT

We are the Tea Partiers, the 912ers, the Freshman Fifty, the Patriots, the Gun Rights, the Oath Keepers, the Christians, The NRA, the NGOA, etc, etc, etc.,"

Now there is a true sign of maturity. Just one super-duper cool name for their members wasn't enough. I bet they were bummed that the Justice League and the Avengers were already copyrighted.
 
For those of you that haven't been to Opryland, here's a cute picture of the Hotel from the Tea Party site. It almost resembles a plantation....I mean a nice southern home from the "Traditional" part of America.
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In all fairness, Angela McGlowan is not really the Irish person I had kind of assumed by her name.

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Angela McGlowan

Here's a Link to the pictures of all their speakers. Sarah has her own page. Token is one word that comes to mind, when looking at the pictures, that fits Mrs. McGlowan.

at least she's not all the way at the bottom of the page
 
XBoxWarrior said:
For those of you that haven't been to Opryland, here's a cute picture of the Hotel from the Tea Party site. It almost resembles a plantation....I mean a nice southern home from the "Traditional" part of America.
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Now that's stretching it. This looks like a motel. There are motels near here (north of the Mason-Dixon line) that look just about like that.

Having a colonnade doesn't make a place racist!

Just stick to your fine and substantive criticisms and observations of the lunacy of the Tea Party itself, and you make a much stronger case!
 
JoeTheJuggler said:
Now that's stretching it.
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Not really. It's been 20 years since I was there, but this place was built to replicate the architecture of a southern plantation.
The Opryland Hotel complex (1977, 1983, 1987, 1996) is a fantasyland of a different sort and scale, designed in four stages by the Nashville architectural firm of Earl Swensson Associates. The exterior central block of this neo-Georgian Revival design recalls the Governor's Palace at Colonial Williamsburg. But the interior--named the Magnolia Lobby--has more in common with grand southern plantation architecture.
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So maybe they like most of their "plantationy" on the inside?

Opryland

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I don't think it really matters what the architectural goals of the hotel are. To put it another way, it is a hotel and not some other building that really could reflect their mindset, such as a church or rifle range.

I'm reminded of the movie National Treasure 2, where they force the president's staff to move the location of his birthday party by floating a rumor that the original venue used to host Klan meetings.

So I guess what I'm asking is if this hotel used to hold Klan meetings. :p
 
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