[kj] (OT) Tea Party

[Alexander Smith]

Speaking of Palin, I made a passing comment/lame & obvious joke about  
the woman on Facebook yesterday (she just landed a deal to air her  
reality show on The Learning Channel) and got torn a new one (in a  
rather personal style) by a "friend."

Ugh.

Alex in NYC



On Mar 26, 2010, at 11:27 PM, Matthew Burke wrote:


> probably.

>

> i'd lost track of them, then caught Palin speaking at one of their  

> events on the news and said what the f-?  she was the antithesis of  

> what i associated with them.  so i dug around and found the  

> controversy of the gop takeover, and it followed a familiar story  

> line so it was easy to see what had happened.  i even saw a couple  

> allegations of money coming in from rothschild front foundations,  

> but i can't document it.  if you're into that kind of thing.

>

> i'd found this article around that time from one of the founders,  

> can't vouch for the website, but it's in his own words:

>

> http://caivn.org/article/2009/11/30/tea-party-co-founder-blasts-mainstream-gop-imitators

>

> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:16:34 -0700

> From: saulomar1 at yahoo.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Tea Party

>

> At what point did the original Tea Party start going off the rails  

> (at least as they're seen to recently)? was it when Dick Army and  

> the GoP starting hovering over it with cash/encouragement/Palin  

> waiting to see how they can best harness it, or am i far off the  

> mark on the whole thing?

>

> ... ... ... ... ... ...

>

> [looking at the current state of things..]

>

> 'Who has the fun..

>   ..is it always a man with a gun...?

>     Someone must have told him if you work too hard... you can sweat"

>

>

> From: Matthew Burke <marsboy1 at msn.com>

> To: gathering <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Fri, March 26, 2010 6:37:42 PM

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Tea Party

>

> if i may interject a little info from outside the mainstream, the  

> original "tea party" movement was made up of a somewhat diverse  

> group of people, more libertarian in philosophy, and included a fair  

> amount of representatives from the 911 truth movement, and was quite  

> critical of the Bush regime.

>

> like any movement gaining momentum, agree with them or not, they  

> were descended upon by the establishment.  now Republican money is  

> flowing through its system and it's just another coopeted tool for  

> the system, led by people like newt gingrich and glenn beck (who, by  

> the way, repeatedly calls 911 truthers dangerous lunatics that are  

> going to physically hurt the president).  now they are, rightly or  

> not, framed as racist and violent.  discredited.  much the same was  

> done to the anti-war movement during the Bush years, with  

> establishment figures like george soros, through groups like  

> moveon.org, directing the anti-war/anti-Bush sentiment of honest  

> people until their candidate was elected.  now you hear barely a  

> peep from the formerly vocal moveon or operation pink about the  

> continuing and escalating illegal wars america is waging.

>

> i just feel a need to defend these people (the first tea party)  

> because i really dislike injustice . . . and at heart i do have a  

> kindred belief that governments should leave people the fuck alone.

>

> the media tells you what to believe and how to interpret it every  

> day, don't believe it.

>

> long post, sorry.

>

> m

>

> From: karen.weil at sddt.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:04:07 -0700

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Tea Party

>

> It's not unreasonable to think that, given the way they've acted.

>

> k.w.

> the States

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: LONESTYLE at aol.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 5:41 PM

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Tea Party

>

> Another thing too is they appeared after Obama won. I find them a  

> bit prejudice and should be called the new Klan.

>

> ~LB

>

> In a message dated 3/26/2010 2:59:18 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, karen.weil at sddt.com 

>  writes:

> That's my biggest problem with this movement. I am 1,000 percent for  

> free speech and the right to peacefully assemble and protest -- and  

> that goes for the Tea Party.

> But like LB, I just wonder where the hell these people were when the  

> GOP was in charge, spending like drunken sailors (and yes, I know  

> more than a few Demos went along, and shame on them) -- on an  

> unecessary and unjustified invasion, corporate welfare and other  

> ridiculous things.

> This was also the same group that called anyone who questioned Bush  

> "traitors," and "anti-American."

> Do I defend their right to speak their mind? Absolutely. I have no  

> patience with their hypocrisy, however -- and have no use for the  

> movement, otherwise.

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: LONESTYLE at aol.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 2:21 PM

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Tea Party

>

> First they weren't there because it was a Republican president. And  

> second I'm sure they were all for an illegal war and refuse to  

> believe it was and justified. And third they are tea baggers what do  

> you expect. ;)

>

>

> ~ LB

>

>

>

>

>

>

> In a message dated 3/26/2010 11:27:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, folk.devil at hotmail.com 

>  writes:

> Where were these 'tea party' people 8 years ago, when the US  

> government started an illegal war that is costing billions, condoned  

> torturing people, wire tapping our phones, and running the economy  

> into the ground?... And now they're getting violent over healthcare,  

> on the premise that it is taking away their freedom?

>

>

>

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