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Old 04-15-2010, 12:39 PM
 
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I think there is a fair amount of fury there. I, for one, am absolutely furious that this administration seems intent on fatally weakening this country by its tax and spend policies. I think my fury is justified. Think of it this way: you're a parent sending your kid to college and you get him a credit card so that he can purchase what he needs for his schooling. Then you get the monthly bill and you discover that the kid has been abusing the card to the point that it is maxed out. You'd be furious, wouldn't you, and justifiably so. That's the fury that tea party people feel toward their profligate government. But what's even more infuriating is that there are some that say we have no right to be angry. That's like the college kid resenting his parents because they are angry at his irresponsibility. Yes, we're angry and we have a right to be.
And you didn't "notice" this spending during the 8 years of the previous administration? Just finally figured it out since Jan. 20, 2009?

you probably would do well to get a grip before that "anger" creates serious violence in this country. think about VOTING to change the government, and not focusing on ONE PERSON or a large, undefined group, such as "liberals" as the beneficiaries of your group anger. Remember, when you name call, you dehumanize and you make "the other" an enemy. That sort of thing opens the door to all kinds of horrific actions.
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Old 04-15-2010, 12:41 PM
 
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just CBS displaying how fair and balanced they can be..
And you would have had to have been living under a rock for the past year or so to NOT realize that the people who gather at these "rallies" certainly give the appearance of being very angry, to the point of fury, with some of them.
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Old 04-15-2010, 01:04 PM
 
Location: OCEAN BREEZES AND VIEWS SAN CLEMENTE
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And you would have had to have been living under a rock for the past year or so to NOT realize that the people who gather at these "rallies" certainly give the appearance of being very angry, to the point of fury, with some of them.
They have every right to be angry as the next guy, no more no less! THEY should be angry with fury, this President and administration is such a joke and a farce, nothing as he portrayed himself when he was running, the good little old candiate who was not going to spend spend spend, going to be by-partisian, was going to be fair minded, and going to be for the People, bringing us a new era of HOPE AND CHANGE, what we got stuck with is now a new hope that he leave and soon. Bringing this economy down so fast, no unemployment my ---. worse housing situation that we have seen in a very long time, and getting worse by the day, small businesses, barely able to hold on, yeah, that is some great Change. Media helped put him here, now i wish they would help get him out. He is not good for this Country.
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Old 04-15-2010, 01:08 PM
 
Location: MI
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What's next for the tea party?
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Old 04-15-2010, 01:16 PM
 
Location: PA
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Interesting for a movement so "small" the media sure takes alot of polls on a group of people. Dont we have other political movement groups in the country how come no polls and "statics" on them.
Maybe the movement is getting to powerful for washington and even the media.
Its so nice the picture media can paint when they want to control Obama and or support him.

Until washington changes and gets smaller the more people will join the movement.
All started by a few people who wanted to change the world.
The scarest group of people to washington are those who want freedom and dont need them.
And they dont want those people elected and most importantly they dont want their message available to the general public. Remember we will know what is in the healthcare bill after it passes :-) Or Obama's quote you will like it after we passed it. Translation you will like and if you dont we will re-educate the masses to make sure you like it and or anyone who disagrees will be called FRINGE, crazy, racist and or any other name to get support of the governments PLAN!
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Old 04-15-2010, 01:19 PM
 
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And you didn't "notice" this spending during the 8 years of the previous administration? Just finally figured it out since Jan. 20, 2009?

you probably would do well to get a grip before that "anger" creates serious violence in this country. think about VOTING to change the government, and not focusing on ONE PERSON or a large, undefined group, such as "liberals" as the beneficiaries of your group anger. Remember, when you name call, you dehumanize and you make "the other" an enemy. That sort of thing opens the door to all kinds of horrific actions.
Perhaps you didn't notice but Republicans took a walloping in 2006 and 2008 precisely because of their free-spending ways. So the anger is not of recent vintage, as you allege. But it may be more intense since Jan. 20, 2009 because the level of spending since then is unprecedented. Bush's last budget deficit (his largest) was slightly over 500 billion. Obama's is quadruple that amount. And he promises to keep up the deficit spending at that level for the next ten years. Under those circumstances the people would have taken to the streets no matter who the president was.
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Old 04-15-2010, 01:20 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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We steep our tea like everyone else. But yeah, we are pretty furious. Soon enough most everyone else will be too.
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Old 04-15-2010, 01:23 PM
 
Location: PA
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I guess wanting congress bailing out companies, banks and getting taxed on top of it is just a normal thing nobody should be upset about. Not only did they do it once they did it twice. Some of the money disappeared and most of it bailed out friends.
I see no reason for the american people white, black, asian etc to be mad about that right. But after all we know what this is about and its to discredit a movement and anything that doesnt involve liberalism or big government is considered fringe.
Just like someone else I knew who wanted to limit government and end a war they called fringe.
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Old 04-15-2010, 01:29 PM
 
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Just another reason the liberal lame stream not-news are losing viewers. Nothing is more destructive to this country than liberalism.
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Old 04-15-2010, 01:30 PM
 
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They have every right to be angry as the next guy, no more no less! THEY should be angry with fury, this President and administration is such a joke and a farce, nothing as he portrayed himself when he was running, the good little old candiate who was not going to spend spend spend, going to be by-partisian, was going to be fair minded, and going to be for the People, bringing us a new era of HOPE AND CHANGE, what we got stuck with is now a new hope that he leave and soon. Bringing this economy down so fast, no unemployment my ---. worse housing situation that we have seen in a very long time, and getting worse by the day, small businesses, barely able to hold on, yeah, that is some great Change. Media helped put him here, now i wish they would help get him out. He is not good for this Country.


Agreed but good luck on the media getting him out as a good part of the media is leftist centric.

I saw the current POTUS http://******************/angry-smiley-17113.gif (broken link) when he was a candidate for what he was, as a snake oil salesman.

You know what they say if something sounds too good to be true?
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