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Nope, shouldn't be hippies. And not all "right-wingers" either.
Most of us are people who care about our country and want it to be more like the founders intended.
Smaller/limited federal government
Lower taxes
Less spending
Greater accountability on the part of those who are supposed to be representing us
Most of the Tea Party organizers and attendees are fed-up with Congress passing these huge spending packages in the name of "economic stimulus" with billions of dollars in earmarks. Plus there have been a lot of expansions of the power of the federal government, just in the past year. Most of the members of the House and Senate admit to (or allude to) never having read the entire bill they voted on. We are killing the dollar and heaping tons of debt on our children and grandchildren.
Yes a lot of conservatives like myself are involved, but I'd like to believe that even liberals would want our representatives to listen to and respond to the people who put them in office. I believe that both conservatives and liberals who have any sense are worried about too much power being given to the central government. Sure, conservatives don't like Obama-appointees having so much power, but liberals need to know that expansions of government power don't easily go away. So the next time there's a Republican in office, his/her appointees will also have all that power. Right now the left dominates the congress, but the tide will always turn and in the future the left will have to deal with the right being dominant. You would think that limited government would be something we could all agree on.
You might hear in the media that the tea parties are being created by "right-wing wackos" but they are really for all Americans who want their country back. Most of us who are planning to attend or get involved are in agreement that this is not to be an anti-Obama or anti-Pelosi thing. We don't want to alienate the Democrats who share our concerns about "we the people" being in charge and the government working for us. The tea parties are for people of all political backgrounds who agree on a few core principles, even though we disagree on specific policies.
I see the wingnuts are all excited about something they call a "Tea Party", not sure what they are protesting, and I am curious who is pulling their strings, is this something Boss Limbaugh cooked up and propagated on his radio show or is someone else behind this? FOX News? Disgraced former neocons? What is their objective in all this? That the richest 5% of Americans pay too much in taxes?
Where is Joe The Plumber in all this, and will he be dressing like Sam Adams?
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Thats funny!! More like Mr. Clean....
Anyway, I think the reptards can't come up with a plan (as usual) on how to boil water so they decided to use the tea bags in the only way they knew how, as a distraction..
If Republicans are "reptards" then Democrats must be ... "Demtards"
I see the wingnuts are all excited about something they call a "Tea Party", not sure what they are protesting, and I am curious who is pulling their strings, is this something Boss Limbaugh cooked up and propagated on his radio show or is someone else behind this? FOX News? Disgraced former neocons? What is their objective in all this? That the richest 5% of Americans pay too much in taxes?
Where is Joe The Plumber in all this, and will he be dressing like Sam Adams?
I'm glad to see them protesting... Now they might understand what we feel like when our country is doing things that we don't agree with. The right has been mocking the left for protesting for a long time. I love seeing how the table has turned. I hope they're protesting a long time because they royaly screwed up our country and it's going to take a long time to fix.
I see the wingnuts are all excited about something they call a "Tea Party", not sure what they are protesting, and I am curious who is pulling their strings, is this something Boss Limbaugh cooked up and propagated on his radio show or is someone else behind this? FOX News? Disgraced former neocons? What is their objective in all this? That the richest 5% of Americans pay too much in taxes?
Where is Joe The Plumber in all this, and will he be dressing like Sam Adams?
maybe we are all just a little concerned with the national debt reaching 20 trillion dollars in a few short years with Obama's spending plans. CBO: Budget adds 4.8 trillion to national debt, China worried « Wintery Knight Blog
a trillion dollars a year in debt, just what we need. And during this they are going to cut national defense spending and thousands of jobs on the military front (you know, to make it easier when China cashes in those bonds).
here's some more for you (if you actually take the time to read them)
Ten Tax Facts for Tax Day Tea Parties - Press Releases - CNBC.com (http://www.cnbc.com/id/29990007 - broken link)
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