Yes, those rumors you've heard are true -- conservatives are planning to teabag the Statehouse on Wednesday, April 15. The teabagging is due to take place between three and six in the afternoon, when conservative protestors will put their mouths where their money is and teabag state legislators, passers-by, and if possible the entire city of Providence.
Meanwhile, Michelle Malkin worries that "ACORN may try to send in ringers and saboteurs to usurp the anti-tax, anti-reckless spending, anti-bailout message." We certainly wouldn't want anyone to think that Michelle Malkin was being paranoid, so we'd better do what she says and send in some ringers and saboteurs. If you'd like to usurp the message at the Statehouse on Wednesday afternoon, dress warmly: forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and temps in the mid-50s. To let the teabaggers know that you are, in fact, a ringer and/or saboteur from ACORN, be sure to decorate yourself with some acorns. If you're carrying a sign, decorate it with some acorn drawings. A few suggested sign ideas are TEABAG A LIBERAL TODAY, TEABAG THEM BEFORE THEY TEABAG YOU, and BREATHE THROUGH YOUR NOSE (always useful advice when teabagging).
The teabaggers have been making a lot of noise about how if they don't get any media coverage that just proves that the media has a liberal bias, so there's sure to be one or two news cameras there. Try to look your best, and avoid throwing acorns at the teabaggers, because that's probably illegal.
UPDATE: Some more sign ideas -- TEABAGGING IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE, ASK NOT WHETHER YOUR COUNTRY CAN TEABAG YOU, THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO TEABAG IS TEABAGGING ITSELF. Also, every protest needs a good chant. I suggest "Read my hips, no new taxes".
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tracked back to you, nomi, for this great post.
if a protest happens on the state house lawn and nobody cares, does it make a sound?
I was shopping at my favorite downscale emporium the other day, the "Real Deal $ Store" and heard a commercial on the radio for "teabagging". It was a totally bogus ad, but it was funny as hell.
democommie
Thomas, this is wonderful from the title to the very end...
Thank You.
Let's examine a couple of the contentions that have a basis in fact. The current administration's budget that just passed is $3.6 trillion, a whole lot of money. The budget for 2008, passed by the last administration, was $3 trillion, still a whole lot of money. The difference is the 2008 budget did not include the cost of the Iraq war. It was held off budget and paid for with supplemental spending. So let's do some basic math. The cost of the Iraq war in 2008 was $144 billion, roughly. That makes the 2008 budget about $3.15 trillion. So if the accounting had been done accurately, the difference in the two budgets is about 10 percent. What a whopping increase!
Considering the mess we're in, most economists are concerned that the spending increase is not enough, rather than too little. The economists all argue about whether the spending is in the correct place, but the overall consensus is that more would be better. Over the eight years of the previous administration, the deficit doubled, from approximately $5 trillion to $10 trillion. These are facts. But I guess it's OK when "conservatives" borrow and spend the money. Yes, the budget projections for 10 years out are horrific. Do a little research and see where those come from. The budget accuracy at four or five years out is about as accurate as the weatherman predicting the temperature five years from now.
Let's examine the "poor will be very poor and only the super elite will be very rich." Income disparity has never been greater in this country. It's been the robber barons of the 1890-1920's writ large. "The top 10 percent, roughly those earning more than $100,000, also reached a level of income share not seen since before the Depression. The new data also shows that the top 300,000 Americans collectively enjoyed almost as much income as the bottom 150 million Americans. Per person, the top group received 440 times as much as the average person in the bottom half earned, nearly doubling the gap from 1980." This is from The New York Times, March 29, 2007.
I don't begrudge anyone making a lot of money by being smart, working hard, or creating a business. I want to do that one day. Don't we all? I think the facts verify that exactly what was ascribed to the current government is exactly what has been happening for the last 20 years, more so over the last eight. Famous tactic in politics, project your tactics and failures onto your opponent.
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Sure wish you were on wordpress, you'd get more hits and comments.
drove by there at 2:00, a few dozen people and 2 news trucks. one smart entrepreneur had a booth selling girl scout cookies. we'll see, they should be getting started about now.
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