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  • Hooray for freedom!

    At 3:25, it doesn't sit well with me that he calls them "revolts". They're just demonstrations and protests and such. They're not revolutions yet.

  • Glenn Reynolds: InstaPutz. Another right wing Republican shill.

  • The tea parties were left nor right, Republican nor democrat, conservative or liberal. They were composed of all of the above and then some. They were composed of average, everyday, hardworking Americans who do not like everything they have worked for being fleeced out of their hands by our government and the central banks. Do not let the mainstream media divide us by turning this into a left right paradigm. Divide and Conquer...oldest trick in the book. Long live the Republic.

  • No they werent. They were put on by FreedomWorks, which is the organization of Dick Armey (R). Try again.

  • Doesn't matter now anyway. The Fake left and Fake right mainstream media have already made it a left, right divide once again and all the little lemmings went to their sides. The oldest trick in the book works once again.

  • Got a doctor! And I am a crazed futher mucker too. I ABSOLUTELY DO want to see social unrest here. How else will there be any change? do you think you can simply ask them not to rape pillage and plunder US and the rest of the world too?

    Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, its the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

    Thanks for your comments and replies. You seem passionate about it. I respect that even if i don't agree.

  • Thank you. You seem passionate as well.

  • Skilled labor is not leaving the United States...I do not see people leaving the US to go to Dubai to lay concrete. You are probably thinking of outsourcing, which is the hiring of labor overseas by the US.

  • Well, I agree that people should not need to rely on the government, but still, during hard times no action on their part could lead to bloody social unrest, like what started Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan back in the 1930's. Can't risk that. Lesser of two evils.

  • Japan was already an unstable dictatorship and Germany's unrest was caused by hyperinflation not deflation.

  • It doesn't matter the exact form of hardship. The fact is that the global depression got them. And Japan was not a dictatorship before the depression. Either way, social unrest due to bad economics caused their transition. I don't want to see that stuff here.

  • actually i agree I don't want to not pay taxes just don't want them to squander our resources. you are right kick them out ! all of the democrats and republicans and disband both parties. and not allow any ex members to be in office. but will that happen? not without a real revolution and they are removed forcefully. They are in the power seat! Sorry to say this is getting worse and worse everyday.

    Thank you for your comment I appreciate it even though i go off the deep end... just fed up!

  • You're more than fed up!  You need a doctor!

  • A much better course of action, but I still don't agree. I think that if they must stimulate then they should give money, discounts, and small buisness grants to the people rather than putting the funds so close to those corrupt CEO's.

  • Juts how nieve can you be?!!

  • Dissention is the greatest form of patriotism Thomas Jefferson.

    You can choose to be a sheep, that is what the want. They have trained you well.

    We're headed for a real Revolution not one fought in the media but real people, you and me, will spill our blood and die as we did to create this country. This is worth fighting for not the BS they feed us through the government controlled mass media machines. I'll gladly accept your scorn and fight and die for your right to express it.

    Thank you!

  • Are you Mad?!

  • HELL YES I"M MAD! and you should be too. I am proud to see tea parties and support their actions and wish to see it escalated to a full out Revolution in this country as this will be the only way to make change, they have destroyed the voting process. I'm talking blood in the streets and Burn down the white house! and build a new one for the people by the people and of the people. It's a shame what our country has become. A debtor 3rd world nation run by thugs and crooks.

  • YOU'RE INSANE!!!

  • "If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did and it never will." Frederick Douglass, 1849

  • Struggle is one thing, but violence and bloodshed is entirely another. That isn't how we do things here. If you want to do something like what Ghandi did, or if you want to grow a beard, smoke pot, and become a hippie then fine. But if you go for bloodshed, I'll be part of the crowd that stands between you and the people you pretend to protect. By the way I belive your actions would bring about what you pretend to protect against: the dissalution of this nation. Either you're crasy OR I AM

  • Citizen

    A native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection.

  • You idiot Israel is not killing Americans and attacking American ships. Recent incidents have been caused by the Somali pirates. Israel has been bombed for years. If the United States was Israel, would we sit back and "negotiate" as those wanting to negotiate with us bombed us?

  • This entire thing is just bizarre. I've seen far too many protesters who are convinced their unremarkable salaries are being taxed at huge rates. But nobody's rates are above 1990s levels, and are all well below Reagan levels. Compared to the entire 20th century, they are at an incredible low.

    And they complain that Obama is a fascist. What planet are they on? He's inherited the Bush power-enhanced office, but has started to slowly back it off and has yet to go beyond normal bounds. WTF?

  • From what I've seen of these protests, they communicate little more than some kind of vague, atmospheric angst. They're clearly not happy about something, but every time they try to make it concrete, it falls flat.

  • there was teabagging going on in the apartment across the hall from me but i don't think it had anything to do with taxes

  • where were these ppl for the last 8 years

  • They were busy reacting to whatever crisis the media pointed them at. Be it the braindead denied feeding tubes, gays marrying or immigrants working, they did their duty in the army of angry, sputtering loons.

    You see, when we worried about Bush's unnecessary and unproductive $5 trillion debt, they were manning their stations, calling us libtards. After all, we weren't patriotic enough. But now there's an economic crisis, they can complain about the cost of recovery. It's there now to react to.

  • You shouldn't give them too much credit. They're the type who drive recklessly, then blame the mechanic for how much it'll cost to clean up the mess.

  • @toolfreak6661

    Where were YOU?

    The tea parties were formed in 2007!!

    Where the F were YOU???

    What~ just bc Bush did it, it's OK for Obama to b GWB's 3rd term???

    Everyone has their breaking point & when Obama's criminals got in there & jacked up & accelerated Bush's unconstituional policies & reckless spending when he was supposed to bring change, that was our breaking point. Up off the sofa & out into the streets. Now that were here, we won't relent until Washington is cleaned up.

  • People: Fox news intentionally lies to their audience! This is literally documented in a court case! I work for a law firm & have seen the case! Google it people! If you have access, look it up in "Westlaw"! Stop being lemmings, use critical thinking skills! They are manipulating you!

  • ... oh and i suppose the other "news" networks speak the truth??? They all have their own agenda... Fox news covers up Corporations like Monsanto, CNBC covers up what our government is really up too, and CNN covers whatever they feel like making up.

  • These parties may in fact began with good intentions (as many ideas do). However, this entire "movement" (using the term loosely) is funded by people with a lot of money (including Newt) and supported and endorsed by Fox. People are being manipulated by those most effected by the tax increase (those making OVER $250k a year). The people attending have been lied too and are manipulated by "the rich". These people exhibit the common sense of a lemming!

  • Ron would have gotten a lot more votes if he would have taken his head out of the sand and read the Quran and the history of Islam.

  • our tea party went after our congressman

  • That is what I like. Something specific after the dust settles and the trash is picked up from the demonstrations. I think we need to go after them one at a time, step by step, camping on their doorsteps (home and offices), emails, phone calls, demontrations 24/7 People like Pelosi. Reid Frank. Dodd. Shumer. Boxer. Feinstein. Schwartzenegger.

  • It's not a right/ left issue. The media works hard at having the right and left bicker about things that don't really matter. Until people see through this, the nation will continue to go down the drain, until it is under a complete corporate fascist control.

  • GOD BLESS AMERICA.

  • This is a pure American issue....it has NOTHING to do with the false left versus right paradigm...it is not democrat or republican, it is American.

  • no its a republican thing

  • it definitely is not a republican thing, if anything it is a conservative thing. Don't mix the two up. Liberals attended these two, fyi.

  • Since 1913, the U.S. has been enslaved by the interests of the international bankers and the Federal Reserve....they influence the policy of this nation as well as most in the world....they manipulate nations into wars, which triggers more borrowing, which in turn results in more interest payments to the international bankers..Ask yourself, WHY is it that neither the Congress nor the President or anyone, can audit the Federal Reserve? NO ONE! That is why Ron Paul is pushing for an audit..HR1207

  • This isn't merely a protest of Obama policies...it is a protest of the whole schmear. The fact is, most of these people were just as critical of Bush...

    It is the international bankers, their control of the Federal Reserve Bank and other central banks of the world....the fact that our income taxes actually just go to pay the interest to the Federal Reserve for money the govt. borrowed....which is crazy because the Govt. should issue its own currency....Google, "Fiat Empire".

  • how could the president not know this press secretary is so fucking stupid I mean he would have to be SO OUT OF TOUCH with the U.S. to not know I mean it has to get pretty embarressing there are multiple tea parties going on across America

  • Since the Democrats took over the legislative and appriotations, government spending has skyrocketed. Yes Bush went right along with them and he was wrong for doing it. The people were against these bailouts and spending and our elected officials ignored them. That is what the first tea parties and these. Obama and the Dems will sneak in the tax raises by letting the Bush cuts expire and sneaking in fee increases and secret taxes in the back door.

  • Thats exactly what the government will do. But followers of Obama will believe his transparency crap and assume that because he SAYS he is being completely open and honest, he IS. So far he has done nothing to prove to me he is an honest man. His relationships with a racist pastor, a terrorist, and ACORN do not add to his character. His supporters don't want to open their eyes, and whenever they come close to doing so they shove their head back into sand until their eyes wont open anymore.

  • They are blindly loyal to this pitchman even with his deceptions and outright lies. Big international money was behind his campaign, they still refuse to open their books completely, so they are hiding something. The sheeple want to believe in this guy because of his slick packaging. I guess when it hits their pocketbook, they may get it. By then we will be a debtor nation of third world proportions.

  • people are mad because we were told that this was the worst economic disaster since the 1930's -and that was only a few weeks ago. Now, all of the sudden, things have already turned the corner and are improving? Hardly any of the stimulus money hasn't even been printed yet - how can that be? The majority of U.S. citizens were against the bailouts - yet D.C. passed them anyways. They claimed that you and I just didn't understand the situation. People don't trust the words coming from D.C.

  • these aren't just about taxes. they started when corrupt, greedy wall st businesses got trillions in bailouts (addition to stimulus) for making unethical business decisions. Who pays for all of that? who did the fed loan $2 trillion to? nobody knows and the fed won't tell us. this money was not voted on- no approval needed if from the fed. who does the fed answer to? the fed is as guilty as wall st. and wash d.c. in creating this mess. that is why people are pissed off - not just taxes.

  • These "protests" are complete Bullshit. FOX news has spent millions of dollars PROMOTING these "protests". They are sponsored by 10, right wing Lobbyist organizations who don't want their taxes raised. Obama has stated repeatedly that he is only raising taxes on those who earn 250,000 a year. GO TO SAVE THE RICH . COM to get the truth.

  • Ok so you believe that side of it and we believe this side of it. FACT: The raising of taxes on big buisness's is only going to be force fed to the consumers. These big companies and people making 250k or more are not going to eat those taxes without increasing the cost of products to the consumer. You cant deni that.

  • The protests are only complete BS to the ones it scares to death...the "let's increase taxes and social programs" party, the Dem's. Mr Obama has been in office a very short time and he's already getting bombarded for bailing out company's that should have been allowed to fail..and start over by a lot of those that put him in office! Do away with the IRS and bring on the Point of Sale tax program!

  • Get rid of the corrupt Federal Reserve, a non governmental group of banks. that can print money out of thin air. I want to know who actually runs the Federal Reserve. What are their names? Kennedy tried to do away with the Fedreal Reserve. Within a month, he was dead. Like Ron Paul, I agree they need to answer to the American people and open their books.

  • are you crazy?

  • If you do the math, there are not enough people making 250k a year to pay for all of this spending. It will slowly drip down on all of us in the form of taxes, inflation, and a devalued dollar. 11.5 trillion dollars in public debt and counting, to the tune of about a billion more each day.

  • Enough people have replied to your ignorance, but I had to add one last bit. Those who earn 250, 000 a year are the ones who hire other people and pay them money. They don't just hoard it. Even if they do not hire people they invest the money, only growing the economy. Corruption must be fought, but taxing the living daylights out of small business and big business alike is not going to solve anything.

  • I dont care if your left or right wing. you CAN NOT deni that Gibbs is FULL OF SHIT. He knows damn good and well Obama is aware of the Tea Parties. And if you can not deni that Gibbs is full of shit then how can you say Obama isnt full of shit. Stop being left or right and be humans that use common fucking sense.

  • Where were you dumb ass republicans and your Tea parties, when Bush got us into Irak and put all of us in debt?

  • Dude...It's spelled Iraq...and you are calling THEM the dumbasses?

  • In July, 1963, President John F. Kennedy issued Executive order 11110. This order provided for the U.S. Treasury to begin issuing money directly....and NOT through the Federal Reserve... The new notes were called: U.S. Treasury notes....NOT federal reserve notes...about 4 billion made it into circulation before his murder. Please verify it for yourself. This tax issue, and the issue of the illegal federal reserve, is interlocked....the tax money lines the pockets of the international bankers.

  • Ron Paul's HR 1207 is co-sponsored by more than 50 other representatives; you can go to "govtrack (dot) us" and look it up....Ben Bernanke REFUSED to answer questions on where the TRILLIONS of U.S. money went!!!! By passing HR 1207, they will have no where to hide....how can anyone justify not telling the American people where their money went? It is such an obvious scam, it is infuriating..Google search: "Fiat Empire" It tells the details about the Federal Reserve scam and how it enslaves us.

  • This is a pure American issue....it has NOTHING to do with the false left versus right paradigm...it is not democrat or republican, it is American.

  • Since 1913, the U.S. has been enslaved by the interests of the international bankers and the Federal Reserve....they influence the policy of this nation as well as most in the world....they manipulate nations into wars, which triggers more borrowing, which in turn results in more interest payments to the international bankers..Ask yourself, WHY is it that neither the Congress nor the President or anyone, can audit the Federal Reserve? NO ONE! That is why Ron Paul is pushing for an audit..HR1207

  • This isn't merely a protest of Obama policies...it is a protest of the whole schmear. The fact is, most of these people were just as critical of Bush...

    It is the international bankers, their control of the Federal Reserve Bank and other central banks of the world....the fact that our income taxes actually just go to pay the interest to the Federal Reserve for money the govt. borrowed....which is crazy because the Govt. should issue its own currency....Google, "Fiat Empire".

  • So, Shane, you're saying this will be as white as a Howard Dean meetup? Well, we'll see, won't we?

  • It won't be like Licoln Park on election night in Chicago.

  • How many black, spanish, and asian Americans will be at these parties? When non-white Americans watch the news tonight, they will see groups of mostly white men and women protesting president Obama. Now, I'm not claiming that anyone who protest against president Obama or taxes are racist. I'm just pointing out that these tea parties will be attended mostly by angry white voters who are still resentful from the results of November 2008. Oh ya, president Obama still has a 60% approval rating.

  • "Now, I'm not claiming that anyone who protest against president Obama or taxes are racist."

    "I'm just pointing out that these tea parties will be attended mostly by angry white voters who are still resentful from the results of November 2008."

    Obama ran on cutting taxes. Now he's blowing up the debt which will inevitably result in higher taxes for the very people he has promised tax cuts to. So maybe the resentment has just recently set in, no?

  • I'm not so sure of that. If Obama puts more money into the wallets of middle class families, then the demand for products and services go up. You are assuming things will stay as they are now or get even worse in the future. I am assuming that you are not factoring in the postive effects of Obama's budget palns.

  • Just wait until Obama , Pelosi, and Reid let the Bush tax cuts end. Everybody will get taxed to help pay for all of this spending. It is coming. Obama will say he did not raise taxes on the middle class and many niave people will believe him while the government continues to grow.

  • I know because under Bush tax cuts, things were going so smooth.

  • Does Phil Gram ring a bell? Save your propaganda for the sheep that listens to talk radio.

  • We who listen to talk radio and read the net news shun the slant from the MSM and see that as propaganda. I guess it is a matter of opinion as to what propaganda is. You have yours, I have mine. We just happen to disagree and that is OK in our society. I and many others have served to protect that right that we all share.

  • Much respect!

  • yeah it does . he and bill clinton played a major part in our economic meltdown.

  • Under bush taxcuts we were running a smooth $400 billion ayear deficit. real smooth huh?

  • So to solve the Bush deficit Obama racks up a $1.7 trillion deficit in his 1st 100 days.

  • Skin of fellow Americans that vote.

  • "lostmyleggins" you have also lost your mind to fox news.

  • Many non whites side with Obama and think they benefit from his policies and spending. Thanks for the exceptions that can see past color and race.

  • Bush had an approval rating slightly higher than 60% April of 2001. The approval rating of a president is always higher during the first few months, but like Bush, Obama's approval rating is not as high as other presidents during this time.

  • So I guess next you'll tell me that the country isn't really with president Obama. Forget the approval ratings.....president Obama will get his agenda through. Besides, you are missing the point, this era of Barack Obama is much different than April of 2001, and Obama isn't like most presidents we've seen before. If you are a consevative, then you have every right to be scared of president Obama in his first two years, because little groups having tea parties did nothing to stop his agenda.

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