Sean Hannity, Michelle Malkin & the Anti-Tax Tea Parties

I for a tea party but not for the GOP reasons. I want acoountability inthe financial sector and a fair flat tax with no deductions or exemptions type tax code. I like Obama and I’m sick of the far right spending 100% of their time either obstucting anything Obama wants or just degrading him 100 % of the time for no good reason. The GOP are anti- America. Thus I will not participate in their tea party!

HOW WILL IT HELP ? If you went to school pre 1960s you probably read about something called the Boston Tea Party. While we in Ca. have a 10% unemployment rate, our state government has just raised our taxes to the highest in the nation; if these tea parties cause some of our typically stupid voters to take notice, maybe we can remove a few of our incompetent legislators from office either by recall or by voting them out.

Demonstrations are fine but lately I have been hearing more and more stuff from people like Michelle Bachmann about people arming themselves and revolting. That kind of talk is unacceptable, especially when the majority of Americans voted for Obama. And in my viewpoint, so far I have gotten exactly what I thought I was voting for Obama. He has been carrying through on everything he stated in the campaign, and sure he has differences with repubs and conservatives, but they are not violent.

And further more you lost the election get over it move on, try to keep your self control until the next chance you get to screw over the American people. Maybe if you stopped acting like such spoiled sports you could someday get back some of the power you so sorely miss now. This is not a country that will let you re-take the White House just because you think you have a divine right to it. You have to wait for the next election….or am I wrong do you think a Tea Party party will let you take over this country by force? Explain yourselves are you trying to take over my country?

I hope all the republicans go to their “tea parties”.
At least then the fbi and police organizations will know who to start keeping tabs on , because they are going to have plenty of informants at every 1 of these publicized gatherings.

The reasons for these tea parties are endless.
1. Congress passing massive spending bills they did not read is an affront to all US citizens.
2. Bailouts for business. We have a bankruptcy program that is the LEGAL way to handle insolvency.
3. Reducing our missle and nuclear programs at a time of increasing international threat.
4. Government assuming control over private business. That is the job of the CEO and the boards.
5. Closing off access to our energy resources.
6.Reducing/eliminating tax credits to the oil businesses,(many of them small) that produce oil from depleting wells). This will raise energy costs out of sight.
7. Government run health care. The government is not efficient nor effective. I fear for the quality of care my children will receive!
This is just a partial list of why I will be attending my local tea party on April 15th to exercise my right to peaceably assemble and petition the Government for a redress of greivances. I hope to see you there too.

Michelle Malkin = hateful white elitist with an agenda
That agenda ? Getting her friends back in political power using any means possible so they can cut her elitist taxes asap …

300 “tea parties” x 400 people = 12,000 losers = insignificant = The republican party for the next 25 years or so.

I’m going. Obama spent more money than all of Bush’s term, including the wars.
That alone is enough of a good reason to attend. But it doesn’t quit there. Cap and trade. For even thinking of banning guns. For pussyfying our defense. For even thinking of the censorship doctrine. For taxes; income, state, federal, sales, tobacco, gasoline, energy, property and the list goes on and on. All of which are too much.

The Boston Tea Party was about “taxation without representation.” We now have representation in Congress, and if you don’t like how your Congressman voted, then vote him/her out the next time they run for re-election. This country, its citizenry, elected a new President by a very good plurality, so stop your griping. We should have revolted when Bush stole the 2000 election, but we majority didn’t; we should have revolted when he started an unnecessary war based on lies; but we didn’t. Now all the neo-cons, Rethuglican crybabies want to start a revolution?? They are just sore losers and can’t find anyother way to express their hatred for Obama than to start this nonsense. If they came up with good alternative ideas, maybe other people would listen to their ideas and implement some of them, but all they can do is preach hate and discontent. If anything is “revolting” its the disgrunted hate-mongers who lie and distort every detail of the news to fit their twisted agenda.

Why all the personal insults against people who simply want to express their opinion in the form of tea parties, or some other kind of public discourse? I thought that was the American way. I don’t understand why Obama supporters constantly make personal attacks against those who disagree with them. I’m not a “Rethuglican” or guilty of “treason.” I just want to express my opinion. If Obama supporters have a problem with public dissent, it is they who are un-American.

People need to get a grip on both sides of the aisle. As far as I know, it’s okay to protest when you feel the need to.
I may disagree with you, but I will defend your right to speak your mind.
So, go protest the protesters if you must. OR – ignore them.

I will never understand why some people think it is OK to push me around and call me names because I voted differently than they did. I spent 8 long years afraid to say boo at work because I work with right wing types, and had to walk very carefully or I would be thought to be UNPATRIOTIC and to have bad feelings for our service men, yes I really did have to keep my mouth shut add to that no yellow magnet on my pumper and you get the picture I was a really left wing nut…..not once did I take to the streets not once did I say I wanted Mr Bush to fail…silly me I remained civil and waited to VOTE.
Is that the difference between me a the conservatives ? I think always there is a new day and things will get better and good men do run our country and all I have to do is wait and vote them out if I think they are not doing the right thing. Again what do these folks want to do take over the Federal Government by force and show me the errors of my ways.

Still no original ideas. Been there done that over 200 years ago.
Tea parties sponsored by; Sean Hannity, Faux news, Rush Limbaugh, Big Oil, the Military industrial complex and Cheney.

As far as I know it is still our right to assemble peacefully. All you libs protested the war and many other things under Bush now all of a sudden it’s anti-american? Why? Because its against Obama and his policies? Get real. Bonnie, would you rather live in a country where freedom of speech and freedom to assemlbe is not the norm? Go to Iran. They would love you there.

It is just wastage of time as one gathering will not change anything. Nevertheless, enjoy your tea but dont get drunk!

Republicans have lost the trust of most americans , and the party itself is very ugly and negative ,by and large.
Virgina Fox ,Eric Cantor ,Newt Gingrich ,Bobby Jindal ,Mark Sanford (among others) are some of the most vitriolic and mean-spirited politicians in the recent history of american politics ,and they disgustingly use their taxpayer provided soapboxes to pander to the lowest common denominator…hate.
Tea parties originally were to protest taxation without representation ; that is ,without representatives that were DULY ELECTED.
Mr Obama was duly elected ,by a fairly large margin and those who do not like hoe leadership can protest about his decisions all they like. That is not un-american.
It just seems to me the republicans are a tad wee bit sore losers who are trying very very hard (perhaps a little too hard to be called patriotic americans imo ) to paint the current administration ,and democrats in general in a bad or unseemly light , whether that assertion is true or false and then subsequently using whatever half-truths / bold-faced lies /flat-out propaganda they can dream/conjure up to achieve that end result .

…his leadership…
sorry

Actually, it’s $25 dollars per week. Now for those of you who can’t add, that’s $100 dollars a month and trust me, in these tough times, that has come in very handy for me!

We can’t keep driving stuff that is melting the icecaps. We can’t keep using this planet like is is the human beings personal garbage can or something
Don’t you read the news? No? You might want to check in and see how much of the artic/antartic have melted away already before you lambaste Mr Obama and his cap-trade legislation.
Carbon emissions NEED to be heartily taxed to wean lazy complacent people off of cheap (but harmful/dirty) energy that they will continue to use otherwise. I don’t care if you (and I) have to pay more for energy , I want to be a responsible tenant on this planet #1 ,so I think cap-trade is a very good ,albeit more or less painful plan for this country at present ,at least for a start.
We have to be an example to other nations and use our “american ingenuity” to invent and figure out better and cleaner energy solutions,here and globally as well. That will be the big payoff in the end .
To wit; there was a story out yesterday about scientists (here in the usa) who are studying using living virus organisms to make rechargeable green batteries that work as well or better than anything available now. It will cost more ,at least initially but will be much much greener i.e. ecologically friendly long term .
That is exactly the kind of a change I can believe in ,because fossil fuel WILL run out one day .
You short-sighted people who are complaining about some painful choices that absolutely must be made today or tomorrow should be thinking more about your families ,in particular your children and their children etc and their futures long term and quit being so short-sighted and simplistic (i.e. republican).

Actually, it’s $25 dollars per week. Now for those of you who can’t add, that’s $100 dollars a month and trust me, in these tough times, that has come in very handy for me!
Posted by: roxsteady | Apr 7, 2009 1:24:19 PM
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Mine was $64 exactly and like I said you are going to pay dearly for that in many other ways

This tea party is about so much more than taxes. The great majority tells congress what they want and they ignore us. Stop the flood of illegal immigrants they are finding ways to make it easy for them to disobey our laws. Illegal immigrants should not be able to take advantage of social security, medicare etc, they are helping them get these benefits. Most of us believe in the death penalty, it is not enforced and if it is it is years after the sentence.
I also agree that the GOP is doing everything in it’s power to discredit president Obama at time when ALL AMERICANS SHOULD WORK TOGETHER. I think our politicians know that also and they still fight each other.
We should forget out where our families came from and just be AMERICANS these jokers in congress who repeatedly think they know more than we do, should only be allowed to have two terms, just like our presidents. This is just a small part of why we should have a ‘TEA PARTY”
but the GOP will ruin our objectives aagain with their “bull ” God help us and God bless America, inspite of our politicians

Well think about it this way then…
If you ,or someone you knew wore common easily affordable shoes that trashed the planet , BUT THEY WERE THE ONLY SHOES YOU/THEY COULD FIND ,it would be pretty hard to convince you or anyone to not wear them. After all shoes (like energy) are pretty much a necessity ,right?
On the other hand ,if you (or someone you knew) had access to some new-fangled alternative footwear that was pretty expensive to buy initially ,(but was decidedly better overall in the long run) you or someone else MIGHT actually decide to try them on for fit (especially if some bad ol democrat was taxing the heck out of you if you insisted on wearing the old worn out planet trashing ones…

If the GOP wants our money back they should start with haliburton. Maybe we could balance our budget if the GOP brought our jobs back. If we do not pay taxes, who will fix our roads, teach our children. The GOP wants to sell this country to China. We should have a tea party, by buying American made. Why do we need the GOP, we do not. Rich people never did pay taxes. They write everything off. If they own a business, they raise the price of the stuff they sell to cover what they pay. It is the working stiff that pays for ever thing.

The great majority tells congress what they want and they ignore us.
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Ummm I’m sorry?
THE GREAT MAJORITY OF AMERICANS VOTED YOUR PARTY OUT OF THE HOUSE ,SENATE ,AND OVAL OFFICE. The word would be “repudiated” …
You really need to wake up and smell the coffee dear ,it’s a new (liberal/democratic) day ,and it was proclaimed to be so BY THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ,by legal election. What do you not understand about that statement ?
Just relax and get used to that fact or get busy like a little bee and elect representatives to do what you personally want but until then you republican fanatics will absolutely be required (by law) to be patriotic citizens first , and partisan idiots second.

its an act of treason when repulbicans do it, its all american when dems do it. What hypocrites you on the left are! This is AMERICA we have a right to our opnions and to express them in a peaceful and orderly manner. If you leftys don’t like it YOU move. This is my country and I will do what I think is right, within the law. If you want to roll over and let your government take control of you thats your right. Attending a tea-party is my right and I’ll do it whether or not you agree.

Henru.. Rich people never did pay taxes. They write everything off. If they own a business, they raise the price of the stuff they sell to cover what they pay. It is the working stiff that pays for ever thing.**********
Sorry Henru, the rich pay a hugely disproportionate amount of the taxes. 40% in this country pay none. That’s a heck of a deal, I think. Ross Perot warned years ago about all the job losses this country would suffer if we passed NAFTA, Clinton did and the jobs left. I voted for Perot, but I don’t think it was the Repubs that lost the jobs to other countries.

This should be amusing.
If this were the Left proposing a “popular uprising”, the Rush and Hannity crowd would be calling for bombs to thrown at the gatherings.
Trying to question the criminal Bush dynasty was branded treasonous by the rightwing zealots. Now dissing the president is our right as citizens.
Hypocrites.

notafan,
I agree with you. Have your Tea Party,
it’ll give Limbaugh, Coulter, Hannity, O’Reilly, Newt, DeLay, Cantor, Boehner, Bachman, and others some new things to talk about.
All the Tea Partying you and your peers
(ditto heads) attend, will be worth about a five minute spot on the ‘mainstream media’, and about a months worth or more on the AM dial.
I sure you mean well. Sad part is that you actually feel that your actions will do anything. If you want to impeach Obama, go ahead, organize something that will get the wheels in motion to impeach him.
Otherwise, just go on believing that you have a voice.
You don’t….
Papers?

No one said “outlaw guns”…
See that’s your problem ,along with most republicans ,and also quite unfortunately a rather small but evidently pretty dangerous minority of gun fanatics. Someone presents a valid argument and you cannot reply in a valid fashion so you just obfuscate and redirect.
In your case it’s called “hyperbole” ,i.e. exaggerating the actual situation/facts.
Guns for hunting and self-defense aren’t in question to be banned in any way at all , only clearly paramilitary weapons that are not intended for public use to begin with.
See? Don’t you feel better now? You can keep the 12 gauge grandpa gave you and go hunt all you want! What’s the problem then?

That is just your opinion. No one can kill as many/as quickly with a knife as with a semi auto .308 with 300 rds. or a 9mm loaded with black talons (Yes I know all about guns, I own several)
If that’s your argument you don’t have one ,sorry.
Yes people may and probably will still kill ,but why make it easier? Why not make it harder? Why not t least try to make it harder for potential rampage killers to access such weapons/ammunition with such ease?
Is your argument basically “It just won’t work”?? Just asking because that sounds a lot like every republican I have heard since the democrats swept out the trash in Nov.
So, do you want to make it easier ,or harder for a potential rampage killer (that’s me ,you ,and maybe your wife ,or maybe your neighbors etc etc.
Sure ,a few bad guys might get their hands on an assault weapon after they are banned ,but stiff prison sentences (with mandatory no parole clauses) for sale and display/possession/use will eventually (given time) produce the desired effect , less rampage killings overall.
There’s just no argument for allowing the public at large to have access to such deadly paramilitary weaponry so easily and freely with no more regulation than the DMV.

First of all, most people do know what ‘teabagging’ is. Why do you think that young person wore the shirt?
Hello?
Second, somebody wrote that the FBI and others will be spying on the people who go to this event. Is it now against the law to assemble peacefully?
I would defend any Democratic group’s rights to have a peaceful assembly or just speak their mind.
Too bad some of these people who posted are now against defending rights for all.
Some call republicans ‘wingnuts’, however, they never see their party in a true light.
Some say that there’s so much hatred in the republican party. Of course, there are some hateful wingnuts in the republican party.
However, don’t you see hateful wingnuts in the democratic party?
If you can’t recognize hateful wingnuts in your own party, then you must be part of that group.

As a lifelong democrat that doesn’t support Obama, do you have room for one more?
I always did enjoy a good protest…

Krissy K,
You must be proud to be a follower of fashion.
Life Long Democrat? What the Hell is that?
You don’t like Obama, fine, I don’t either, many don’t , polls show that many more don’t since his inaguration.
But this speaks volumes. Good or Bad, the President hasn’t had enough time to be judged by the Peanut Gallery. Arm Chair Quarterback all you want, but I rather doubt that any person, from any political group can do anything different.
America is a mess because of GREED. Plain and simple Materialistic Greed. The CEO’s bonuses are a given. Why shouldn’t they get the ‘brass ring’ on this Merry Go Round that is the current government ( and previous ) of these United States of America.
Get real, it’s people like you that take no time to analyze the moves a politician is making, before condemning them. It’s like playing Chess.
Want to be rebellious and show someone ( probably yourself ) that you have a voice, go right ahead. Join the losers as they assemble, slap themselves on the back, and mumble things like “we really showed him what we think of his tax hikes”.
Except:
What’s changed?
Like him or hate him, we collectively have no choice in who is sitting in the Oval Office. Want to get rid of him because the conservatives are dissing him? Then take positive steps to have him impeached.
Until then, your collective voices are as moot as water on the moon.
Papers?

Oh incidently, it’s not a TEA PARTY, it’s a TEAR PARTY, LOL

Richard in Texas;
You’re right on brother, “Tear Party”
Those big fat tears of those poor rich people and the lemmings that follow them. Gee, if only the middle to lower middle class that follow the pompous and rich FAT (emphisis on FAT ) cats like Rush Limbaugh and his peers (he’ll deny having any) that make obscene amounts of moolah by being fire and brimstone preachers in a revival tent called A.M. Radio, could only have 1% of their collective net worth.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the types of people that follow the conservative demi-gods. Usually these are the people that cannot think for themselves and desperately need an icon to bow and scrape to.
Sad part is that their venerated idols are nothing more than self serving, greedy types with no more interest of the well being of their followers.
Why all the tears from the conservatives
because the President is taking away their lollipop called a tax break.
Ask any conservative what he or she would do to in order to ‘fix’ the U.S.
economy, not many will be able to answer
this. Then again, most wouldn’t. Joe the
citizen does not know what needs to be
done.
I didn’t vote for him, but at least he
is trying. Don’t like us to be indebted
to the Chinese government? Perhaps if we
hadn’t spent so much money chasing down
boogeymen in Iraq we wouldn’t be feeling
the effects of an economy on the ropes.
Less money to borrow in other words.
Papers?

I wish Obama well. I hope he is everything you say he is.
However, the cheering squad is very funny. Some people are so enamored with Obama. You have to keep it realistic. Obama will win some and lose some.
You’re setting him up for ridicule if you preach that he’s ‘astonishing’.
I see that he’s approaching foreign leaders in a different way than Bush.
I agree with his approach at this time.
Bush was, indeed, too ‘John Wayne-ish’.
Now, regarding the republicans who want to hold a ‘tea party’ – what’s the big deal? Why all the hateful words?
You can lol if you want; that’s okay.
But why all the spewing of hateful words? I don’t get it. Why waste your time?
If you say that Obama is above all of that, than why would you do it?

NCAA
Go read bills HR 45 and HR 1022 and then tell me my guns are safe.
Posted by: 2nd Amendment | Apr 7, 2009 7:09:30 PM
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Well I did ,and you’re a nut! The first bill, HR 55 , has no sponsors and is a dead duck . It will never be a law ,ever.
The second bill you referred to was introduced in 2007 and never even went to committee. It might be reviewed however ,and I personally hope it is because it seems sensible to me , given the nature of the situation at present i.e. practically any half-cocked idiot can get a death dealing paramilitary assault weapon with less trouble than obtaining a drivers license.
So , I can’t for a fact say your guns in particular are safe but I CAN say with a fair amount of certainty that you are a gun loving alarmist ,probably a republican as well , who (like most republicans) does not understand what the 2nd amendment really means in today’s world , which is clearly NOT what it meant back in the 1700s when every gun in existence was a single shot black powder shooting contraption that took 30-60 seconds or so to load,aim and fire each shot.
Posted by: Republicans and the NRA are CRAZY!!! | Apr 7, 2009 8:45:39 PM
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I understand where you and NCAA are coing from and I do agree actually with NCAA about the paramilitary weapons.
BUT what I am concerned with is when you open that door to goverment where does it end. If you give them an inch they will take a mile. Just like when income taxes back in the 30′s that was supposed to only affect the rich (thats how they got the states to ratify) Anyway thats my thoughts

Sean Hannity and Michelle Malkin have
that rare gift of being so stupid that
they have not a clue how ideotic these kinds of ‘parties’ are.
To wit: less taxes equals less revenue equals higher deficits — which they decry but have no plan to abate. We
saw eight years of this, with Bush giving the wealthy suutbstantial tax cuts, while sending the middle and lower classes off to fight a multi-trillion dollar war.
So here we are, with Obama now
inheriting a Republican generated
deficit of circa $1.3 trillion, and
Sean and Michelle want to make sure
there are lower and lower revenues to
offset it! How incredibly brilliant!
No wonder the party that espouses
their warped ideology was soundly defeated at the polls last November.
Obviously not a momemt too soon.
Party on, Sean and Michelle. Though
America has ever fewer castles left,
we still need court jesters, and you
both fit the role perfectly.

“I hope all the republicans go to their “tea parties”.
At least then the fbi and police organizations will know who to start keeping tabs on , because they are going to have plenty of informants at every 1 of these publicized gatherings.”
Yeah, let’s have the FBI keep tabs on law abiding Americans who are protesting their gov’t's unreasonable spending jag. I’m sure you’re one of the people who denounced Bush for wiretapping terrorists, huh?

I agree with a few of the above remarks. When presidents are PUT in office, they are suppose to push things through. If they don’t, it goes on to the next president They PUT into office.I believe people don’t realize the ultimate goal. One-take the sovernity away from countries. Two-take control over the economy, change it from what it was. Three-take control over people, their children, etc. This regards playing on your emotions and pretending they care about people who smoke, drink, home school, pushing ungodly union between people of the same sex, partly for world population control. You need to see what your government in your local city is doing, although they are all now like-minded and willing to do the bidding of higher people for a means to an end. Also, they will take your cars, or make sure you only drive on certain days, taking our heat, electricity away and regulating it. This is what they want. Micromanaging your life and COMPLETE CONTROL. It is very evil in nature and deed.

Go Tea Parties! Obama is on course to go down in history along with the Democrat leadership for leading us into a generation of economic stagnation, reduction in liberty and personal freedom life-long socialism and dependency on the government for everything. All because those who voted for him, hate everybody else so badly they want to stick it to them and maker everybody as miserable as most liberals. I want Obama to fail every bit as badly as liberals wanted Bush to fail

These tea parties are about “Taxation without Representation” not R or D. No matter what you expect of your government or what your beliefs are can everyone agree that we are taxed too much? Can everyone agree that the government wastes our money? Does everyone agree that taking money from the tax payers to give it to the banks so the banks can lend it to the tax payers is just plain ridiculous? If you agree with these statements, then you should go to a tea party. Both Republicans and Democrats are responsible for our current mess. If the people of this country don’t figure out how to come together and fight them all, WE ARE DOOMED.

There is a glimmer of hope for the economy and you’re giving Obama credit? Are you kidding me? America ought to be ashamed. Our President and the Congress took advantage of a bad situation to fund their agenda at the expense of the American taxpayers. In short, they pulled the wool over people’s eyes faster than the public could blink. I am amazed at how passive people are about this. As a taxpayer, I’m horrified at the turn of events in the past 90 days. Obama hit the ball into left field the minute he was able and found his sweet spot. Tell people what they want to hear and they won’t notice you’re robbing them blind and trampling on their rights by circumventing the checks and balance system that this country was founded on. Sadly, there are no checks and balances. Only a country of people who can not see beyond the short term and understand that this isn’t a game, it’s not a ‘fix’…. it is a concerted effort to change the face of America. I don’t know about anyone else, but I don’t envy the European nations whose citizens pay nearly 50% (or more) of their wages to their government and in return they are rewarded with 14% unemployment. Do we want to look like that, live like that? People won’t understand until the changes that are happening impact them directly, and they will. That $250,000 income target the taxman is targeting in the near future will be lowered because sooner or later you have to pay. And pay we will, not only in dollars but in liberty.

Hmmm, mixed comments here about this. I see the liberals saying this is stupid and we should follow Obama no matter what. I even saw one comment about how global warming is destroying the planet cause they saw it on the news. Interesting!!! I see the bush blame game and I see the sore loser excuse. And to think this is the party we voted for. Did anyone do any research before commenting here? Your payroll deductions will decrease by 13 dollars a week. That’s the actual number in H.R. 1. Thats 52 dollars a month which is half of what your energy bills will increase by. But we can tax corporations more til they pack there bags and move to China. We can tax the rich til they are not rich anymore and wait for them to leave. The national debt is now at 11 trillion which is 10 trillion more than when Bush left office. But I’m sure we can find a way to blame that on him. Hmm next election I’m not voting liberal. I think it’s time for the independents to win.

The majority, at least according to the electoral college, voted for President Obama but 48% did not. The tax day tea parties are not, however, a protest of President Obama, a tax revolt or planned as a violent protest. The intent is to peacefully voice opposition to out of control government spending (including a stimulus package that our elected officials bothered not to read before voting on), the potential socialization of banks and health care, the state and federal governments inability to live within their means, the lifetime of salaries paid to congressmen and women after ONE term and so much more. Democrats and Republicans alike want our voices HEARD for a change! The tea parties are anything but treason. I may not care much for my government right now but I dearly love my country. I have–we all have–an obligation to participate, not just blindly follow.