ReadRight: Tea Parties Touch A Nerve
By K. Daniel Glover | April 14, 2009
Here's how you know the anti-tax "tea party" movement, which hits its activist stride tomorrow, has struck a nerve: Both liberal activists and their allies in the mainstream media are working overtime to discredit the movement.
Fox News picked up on a story that has been simmering in the blogosphere for several days now -- the news that the Association for Community Organizers Now may try to infiltrate and undermine the anti-tax protests across the country.
WorldNetDaily, meanwhile, recaps the stream of negative press coverage of the protests that has materialized as the grassroots support for the tea parties has become evident. Media liberals were content to ignore the story until it couldn't be ignored any longer; now that they realize it has staying power, their mission is to mock the protests and raise questions about their authenticity.
Here's a recap of other "ReadRight" articles featured on AIM's Twitter account today:
- Citizens Against Government Waste released the 2009 Pig Book -- more than 10,000 pork projects costing $19.6 billion.
- Big names are on the National Taxpayers Union's 2008 list of "big spenders" in Congress. (CNSNews.com)
- President Obama tempered optimism with reality in a speech about the economy. (Townhall)
- Obama channeled John Wayne in the Somali piracy encounter. He needs to keep doing it. (National Review)
- Ted Nugent warned terrorist pirates to stay home "or I will turn you into shark food." (Human Events)
- It's time to respond to North Korea with sharper sticks rather than boiled carrots. (The Weekly Standard)
- China and Russia are getting friendly, and that's not good for the rest of the world. (National Review)
- Foreign laws should not dictate U.S. policy. That approach undermines sovereignty. (Washington Examiner)
- Sen. John Ensign warned that the fight against cardcheck legislation isn't won yet, http://bit.ly/4iQhqk (Human Events)
- Big government is a boon to taxpayer-financed charities on the left. Stop supporting both. (Newsmax)
- If pro-gay activists hold a "Day Of Silence" and no one is there, will it make a sound? (WorldNetDaily)
- An ABC story embraced fear and ignorance to discourage self-defense with guns. (Pajamas Media)
- Obama's pattern of blaming everything on George W. Bush is wearing thin. (Washington Examiner)
- "Ordinary people" commit evil every day. Here are 25 examples of how they do it. (Townhall)
K. Daniel Glover is a project manager for Accuracy In Media. He has worked as an editor, writer and new media specialist in the Washington area since 1991, spending most of that time at National Journal and Congressional Quarterly.
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Brian,
Here we go again with the liberal talking points. Is this what we can expect from the employees of the Obama administration for the next 4 years. Constant projection of Obama’s failures onto the Bush administration? The “tea parties” today are protesting the massive increases in spending by Obama and the Democrat Congress that will inevitably result in higher taxes on everyone, not just the rich. What will the result of Obama’s “cap and trade” plan be? Higher taxes on energy consumption? Sure, Bush increased the national debt…blah blah blah. We were only at war during the majority of his tenure so it isn’t surprising the debt increased. Obama wants to end the wars and double the size of government and spending. Who is going to pay for all of this spending? China? Eventually we’ll have to pay back that debt and who is going to pay for it? The taxpayer through enormous tax hikes by your boss, Obama. I know you believe you’re a smart guy but lose the condescending tone in your posts. I’m sure most people on this site graduated high shcool and are aware of the “tea parties” in the 1770’s. Or have your liberal friends managed to erase U.S. History from the curriculum these days?
RE: Brian R. Sullivan
April 15 at 4:22 am | #3 | Link
I note, with some humor, you are fond of generating critical and disparaging remarks about the literary skill of others who post in this blog. I think the criticism is a little pusillanimous.
I note some writings by you –in other threads– is a somewhat less than perfect, but since this is not a grammar blog – why not just address the issue and leave divisive commentary to the 8th graders?
M/R
Jc
ReadRight: Tea Parties Touch A Nerve leading..
In my humble opinion the TEA party concept is a great start, however the Congress along with the rest of the elected elite, are keenly aware that Americans are very short sighted. The TEA party efforts will fail if we stop. The grass roots level must rise to the level of a near storm–if we are to convince the Congress of our anger.
The last President to make any meaningful cut in Federal Government was Thomas Jefferson. THE ONLY way to cut the size of government is to cut Government Spending. Like needless programs, departments, agencies. – do you have ANY IDEA what EACH CONGRESSMAN spends a year over and above his pay alone?
Congress: Leadership Members’ Salary (2009)
Leaders of the House and Senate are paid a higher salary than rank-and-file members.
Senate Leadership
Majority Leader - $193,400
Minority Leader - $193,400
House Leadership
Speaker of the House - $223,500
Majority Leader - $193,400
Minority Leader - $193,400
The current salary (2009) for rank-and-file members of the House and Senate is $174,000 per yea
The pay for aids, support staff, and protection services with salaries from 136,000 to 186,000 add all the pension and travel cost– add it all up – what do you think? Think it is a good ROI?
No conservative Democratic or Republican regime ever made government smaller on their own. At least, no one has given me an example of one that did, after three years of asking.
TEA parties must continue – and the next action must be to vote out Any Member currently serving in the Congress and continue to do so until we have fully replaced the Congress.
Why?
I know this is a rather draconian approach however, I would argue, it is the ONLY peaceful way to “hit the government-mule in the head” and get its attention. The TEA party must remain A-political and it must continue – otherwise you will hear the echoes of Pelosi and Reid laughing for years to come.
Is this a continuation of:
Homeland Security Targets ‘Bitter’ America
http://www.aim.org/on-target-blog/homeland-security-targets-bitter-america
???
Brian, if you continue these very long diatribes, cross posting on different stories, calling other posters names, and off topic conversations, AIM will shut down blogging. At one time AIM suspended the 100 comment limit. When they cut off all commenting, as with many none advertizing sites, they rely on contributions, of which I have done. You may have noticed there are fewer and fewer stories where commenting is allowed, and they have gone back to the 100 comment limit.
*As for the TEA Parties, I agree with Jerry, they need to continue, even while the MSM heavily distorted the meaning of what we were trying to achieve. Taxes were only a part of the message (yes we know this years taxes are from the Bush Administration) but not from now on, the larger part was of the TEA Parties was the out of control spending by Obama and Progressives. I would dearly love to know where the other $350 Billion of the $700 Billion Bush (wrongly asked for), Bush only spent $350 Billion on TARP programs.
He spent $1.31 Trillion, then asked China for a $1 Trillion loan, which China said no, so what does he do? Has the Fed print another $1 Trillion [further devaluation of the Dollar], not to mention a $3.6 Trillion 2009 Budget.
TEA protests were attended by Republicans, Democrats, Independents, including Blacks, Hispanics, and other cultures. This is something else the MSM did not mention, in fact they called the protests as being racist against a Black President, put together by Fox News, and other Conservative groups, it actually started by a few women in Orlando, Fla. Had J.C. Watts (former Congressman from Oklahoma) or even Harold Ford Jr. (D) could have beat Obama.
The worst coverage came from CNN:
It was taken down from
http://infowars.com/media/rightwing-dhs.pdf
But was reposted here:
http://www.foundingbloggers.com/wordpress
The very nasty came from MSNBC (no surprise there)
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tea bagging
The act of putting your b*lls in and out of a persons mouth.
http://www.businessinsider.com/tax-protest-tea-parties-reduce-msnbc-to-make-juvenile-dirty-jokes-2009-4
Now the DHS memo, warning of Conservatives
http://infowars.com/media/rightwing-dhs.pdf
Of course you cannot leave this out…Government Spying.
Brian said in #7
“As for your questions and remarks addressed to me in #71: 1) I assume you mean “libel” not “liable”; 2) You don’t seem to know the difference between libel and slander; 3) Thus, you seem not to comprehend why it is far easier to prove libel than slander; 4) My suit is hardly “so-called” but pending; 5) Whatever I have written to or about others has no bearing whatsoever on my pending case. You don’t appear to have much of a grasp of the laws of evidence.”
I think I have a grasp, since Libel covers:
Libel = Defamation (or to Defame) = Slander. Don’t believe me, look it up yourself, or find a thesaurus.
April 14 at 10:39 pm | #1 | Link
Brian R. Sullivan <<<< THE MOST INTELLIGENT ADDICT OF HIGH TAXES under Obamaniac Tax Government.
Sorry Brian, I don’t pass your quite intelligent assessment of the Democrat-run Government’s taxes.
Anyway, I’m just an ordinary American ... a terrorist of Liberal socialist plans for USSA.
- Fred