Tea Party Movement

bionicarm

bionicarm

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Originally Posted by reefraff http:///forum/thread/380296/tea-party-movement/360#post_3315410
Oh really, all locals? I don't know what the percentages were but there were bus caravans from all over the country that went to the Beck rally. A large one from right there in Texas.
I base my political opinion on what I think, not some party or politician telling me what to think. It's just pretty cool to see so many people who have a lot of the same ideas and beliefs as me banding together at such a large event.
A fool and his money are soon parted. Some guy complains about the government spending excessively, yet they'll blow several hundred bucks to go watch someone tell them the government is wasting their taxes.
 
reefraff

reefraff

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Originally Posted by bionicarm http:///forum/thread/380296/tea-party-movement/380#post_3315492
A fool and his money are soon parted. Some guy complains about the government spending excessively, yet they'll blow several hundred bucks to go watch someone tell them the government is wasting their taxes.

You can't see the difference between a person deciding to spend their money going to a movie, out to diner or dare I say a political rally and the government spending money on what amounts to a make work project for some politician's moron relative then taxing us to pay for it?
 
bionicarm

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Originally Posted by reefraff http:///forum/thread/380296/tea-party-movement/380#post_3315516
You can't see the difference between a person deciding to spend their money going to a movie, out to diner or dare I say a political rally and the government spending money on what amounts to a make work project for some politician's moron relative then taxing us to pay for it?
At least you get some value out of a movie or dinner. I'd rather hand a politician free money before going to a rally where Beck and Palin are.
 
reefraff

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The only people I've ever met who hated our government were the liberals during the Bush administration.
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fishtaco

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bionicarm

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So you guys complain about the Feds and the Liberals wasting our tax dollars on bloated programs and excessive salaries. Well here's an interesting revelation of how Local and State governments find inventive ways to compensate their employees with exhorbitant salaries and retirement pensions, all on the taxes of the people living in those communities. So how is this any different?
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2010/10/20-government-workers-with-super-sized-pay.html
 
darthtang aw

darthtang aw

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Originally Posted by bionicarm http:///forum/thread/380296/tea-party-movement/380#post_3316158
So you guys complain about the Feds and the Liberals wasting our tax dollars on bloated programs and excessive salaries. Well here's an interesting revelation of how Local and State governments find inventive ways to compensate their employees with exhorbitant salaries and retirement pensions, all on the taxes of the people living in those communities. So how is this any different?
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2010/10/20-government-workers-with-super-sized-pay.html
it isn't, when have we said it was?
Fishtaco, I have a question. If a person's political vision is in line with yours, but he is divorced, has children with with 3 different women, is a member of AA, and once encounterd with a prostitute at the age of 29 in Vegas would you vote for him, or the guy that is on the up and up but goes against your political beliefs?
 
stdreb27

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Originally Posted by Darthtang AW http:///forum/thread/380296/tea-party-movement/380#post_3316208
it isn't, when have we said it was?
Fishtaco, I have a question. If a person's political vision is in line with yours, but he is divorced, has children with with 3 different women, is a member of AA, and once encounterd with a prostitute at the age of 29 in Vegas would you vote for him, or the guy that is on the up and up but goes against your political beliefs?
lol, I still can't get over the christians have no place in government argument, but a republican with a "checkered" past, oh hell no. argument...
 
fishtaco

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Originally Posted by stdreb27 http:///forum/thread/380296/tea-party-movement/380#post_3316257
lol, I still can't get over the christians have no place in government argument, but a republican with a "checkered" past, oh hell no. argument...
I can't help it stdreb if you are supporting a form of government that long-term is going to look like what they have in Iran. The problem with the far-right religious movement is that as a group they don't respect or put any value on people like myself who belong to a "other" religions and will throw out "We The People" in a heartbeat. As an example, what place do you think the far-right will have in our society for homosexuals? If you say anything other than the rating of a second class citizen or even worse you are just fooling yourself.
You are such a cheerleader for the far-right that you don't really have the ability to think straight and I am hoping once you get a little older you will understand how dangerous the herd mentality really is. In the meantime I suggest you get on U-Tube and watch Bridge To No Where or Jesus Camp just so you can feel good about people with the same views as you.
I bet it feels great voting for canidates that believe people and dinosaurs co-existed. LOL
Fishtaco
 
fishtaco

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Originally Posted by Darthtang AW http:///forum/thread/380296/tea-party-movement/380#post_3316208
it isn't, when have we said it was?
Fishtaco, I have a question. If a person's political vision is in line with yours, but he is divorced, has children with with 3 different women, is a member of AA, and once encounterd with a prostitute at the age of 29 in Vegas would you vote for him, or the guy that is on the up and up but goes against your political beliefs?
Honestly Darth, pre-Tea Party I would have voted for the honest politician, these days I would probably not vote for either as someone I would have represent me and just not fill in the blank for that race.
Fishtaco
 
reefraff

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All I really care about is someone who respects the US constitution as written. I have no immature phobia regarding a candidates religion.
 
fishtaco

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Originally Posted by Darthtang AW http:///forum/thread/380296/tea-party-movement/380#post_3316272
would you vote for a politician that openly admits this? Is this not a form of honesty?
I might in that case Darth, but I don't know too many politicians that are going to admit they have baggage, they all seem to be unable to comprehend that in the information age it makes it harder and harder to hide past deeds.
I was thinking it might be nice if we started including a third place to vote that says you find both unacceptable and that the winner must get at least 50 percent of the vote. I could see our governors race being pretty interesting if a system like that was in place.
Fishtaco
 
fishtaco

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Originally Posted by reefraff http:///forum/thread/380296/tea-party-movement/380#post_3316278
Yes as far as the tea party. Some far right folks do as well, much more than the majority of liberals do.
I would have to disagree, the minute any of these Tea Party people have to choose between what is actually written and what is written in another book you are going to see how fast they trash the Constitution if they get in power. Sorry, but I guess since I live in Oregon I missed getting those special white-wash glasses that makes whatever far-right or tea party stance acceptable as long as it is not Democratic or the idea of a secret socialist muslim nazi who stole an election to illegally sit in office.
Fishtaco
 
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