The real story about the tea party movement

by lifeisgood 55 Replies latest jw friends

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  lifeisgood

  BizzyBee,

  "advocates violence to get their way"?

  You are a liar. I have never heard anyone involved in the tea party movement advocate violence. I have been to many tea party rallies, I have never seen anyone agitate for violence or confront another person in a violent manner.

  On the other hand, I have been confronted with violence by liberals when I was attending pro-troop rallies. I was in a wheelchair at the time, recuperating from being shot in Afghanistan. This happened more than once.

  You come on here and post these horrible lies, show some proof for your nonsense or get off the board. Liar.
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  BizzyBee

  show some proof for your nonsense or get off the board.

  

  

  http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=377530481902

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tynfy7j7zSA&feature=related

  There's lots more, but the point is that violence is strongly associated with the Tea Party. Hey! "Don't retreat! Reload!"

  Also, reference your buddy NeckBeard's post above. If blowing someone's head off with a gun isn't violence, then you are operating in a parallel universe.
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  kurtbethel

  And yet, as unattractive as we are we defeated 50 democrat big spenders and put 50 republicans in their place in the last election. The next election is going to see even larger numbers of big spenders sent home.

  That would be considered and epic FAIL. Republicans are big spenders, who borrow from future generations to pay it off.

  It is a good idea for any level of government to have spending match what it takes in. Supporting republicans will not produce this result, and if the tea party shills for republicans then they are part of the problem.
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  Justitia Themis

  And yet, as unattractive as we are we defeated 50 democrat big spenders

  That would be considered and epic FAIL

  It was an epic fail period. In 1996, the Republicans unseated 60 democrats. The Tea Party's rise was pretty impotent, especially considering Obama's low ratings.
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  BizzyBee

  The next election is going to see even larger numbers of big spenders sent home.

  Perhaps. But there is much evidence from various sources that the Tea Party is declining in popularity (which was inevitable). It may be a slow-moving trend - and they may still have enough momentum to influence 2012, but perhaps not enough to be the decisive force.

  There seems to be a split developing between those Tea Partyers who've got theirs - the comfortably retired - and the middle-class who are losing earning power and health care options.

  Polling guru Nate Silver says the tea party has been growing less popular over the past year while it's favorability ratings have stayed in the low 30s. Says Silver:

  The trend looks reasonably clear: unfavorable views are on the rise... It's not clear, on the other hand, that favorable views are decreasing; they've never been much higher than the low 30s, and that's roughly where they remain today. Instead, this is almost certainly a case of Americans who had ambivalent views about the Tea Party before now coming to a more negative impression.

  Why the drop in popularity? Seems the greatest decline is among people making less than $50-thousand a year, possibly because of lower income Americans dislike the tea party's push for large cuts in government programs that help lower-income Americans. For others, CNNspeculates early supporters may have grown disillusioned as the tea party has become better known and better known.

  The declining popularity "puts Republicans in a tough political spot," says CNN. They need tea party support in Congress but aligning too closely with them could turn off independents.
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  Terra Incognita

  See Sharron run. Run Sharron, run!

  This video captures Sharron from a different angle. Showing her backside as she briskly walks away from a reporter. He is repeatedly askimg her what she meant when she suggested armed insurrection against congress (Video shown in BizzyBee's post above.).

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UxPDZCOuYA&feature=player_detailpage#t=485s

  Also, this video, to impress on us the fact that Sharron Angle made similar comments repeatedly as well as repeatedly giving phony apologies for her comments.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9GXil9Vm8&feature=related

  Now why has Sharron Angle not been arrested for making a terrorist threat?

  Nevada "Terrorist Threats" Laws
  (NRS 202.448)
  In this post-9/11 world, law enforcement takes any hint of terrorist activity very seriously. Consequently, any word or action you make that police believe may be related to terrorism can subject you to criminal prosecution.

  Our Las Vegas criminal defense lawyers have decades of experience in successfully fighting criminal charges, often without having to go to trial at all. Scroll down to learn more about the law of terrorist threats in Nevada including possible penalties and potential defenses.

  Definition

  As you know, terrorism is using sabotage or violence in order to cause substantial injury or destruction to the general population. Therefore, the legal definition of "terrorist threats" in Las Vegas, Nevada, makes it unlawful to issue any threat concerning an act of terrorism with the intent to:

  • injure, intimidate or alarm any person, or
  • cause panic or civil unrest, or
  • extort or profit, or
  • interfere with the operations of or cause economic or other damage to any person or any officer, agency, board, bureau, commission, department, division or other unit of federal, state or local government

  It doesn't matter whether the terrorist threat actually resulted in any harm. Merely communicating a threat with the intent to cause injury, panic, profit or destruction qualifies as criminal activity. Examples of the Nevada crime of terrorist threats include:

  • calling in a threat to a place of worship
  • sending a threatening letter to city hall
  • texting threats of harm to your ex-lover

  Note that the Nevada crime of terrorist threats does not encompass making a bogus bomb threat. Both acts are serious felonies, but making terrorist threats carry potentially higher prison terms than making bomb threats. (NRS 202.840)

  Also note that this offense is commonly called "criminal threats" rather than "terrorist threats" in California law.