It's so discouraging!

I have been reading news stories about the Tax Day Tea Parties. It is so disheartening and infuriating to see that the majority of people believe that those who went were all racist and that they were all right-wing Republicans who think Bush did a great job. That could not be further from the truth!!

The people that went to our local event that I know personally were not attending because they are racist. They went because they believe that our government is abusing it's power. They went because the 'bailouts' made them angry. They went because the idea of government control of private business is abhorrent. They went because they are afraid that their freedom to attend such a protest will be taken away by a government that no longer cares for it's citizens.

Yes they are opposed to Obama's policies. Things like his ideas on taxation and community service and healthcare and many other things. It has nothing to do with his race (at least for those who I know personally that went) and everything to do with policy.

Those who are tagging the tea parties as protests specifically against Obama are wrong!! This has been brewing for awhile. Remember that the 'bailout' was Bush's idea! As was the Patriot Act. STOP making this about race! When the only answer to the concerns of those who went is a cry of "RACISM" they have no alternative but to believe that they are right. There can be no dialogue, no discussion.

Those who label the tea party attendees as uniformed may seem to have a point, unless you consider that there were such a variety of reasons that people went. There were many different groups organizing events. The AFA, AFP, WeSurroundThem, C4L, etc. There were so many issues that it may seem as though they didn't know why they were there. They did, they just had different reasons.

I admit that there were there the stereotypical Republican 'sheeple' who were only there because they were mad their man didn't get in, but I do not believe they were in the majority (at least I hope not!).

One thing did strike me in one article. Apparently 'tea-bagging' has some lewd sexual connotation. News to me. But then I don't have my mind in the gutter as the liberals seem to! :P

I do think that all of those people who went need to unite around one common purpose, the defense of the Constitution! We must all coalesce in the one issue of the violations of our Constitution by our elected leadership.

The Tea Party protestors are racist?!

I listened to this whole thing and these are the thoughts I had as she spoke:
1) I am not a racist
2) I am not part of the 'right-wing'
3) I am not a redneck
4) I am NOT a racist
5) I do not hate Obama because he is black
6) I am not a 'white power' activist
7) I do not have a neurological problem
8) I am NOT A RACIST!!
9) I do know my history
10) I don't watch FOX news
11) I am not a racist!
12) I am not a member of the Klan (don't even approve of such nonsense)
13) I have no objection to a black man being in the white house.


I cannot believe that she said that so many times! And then the part about it being a neurological disorder. The left is NEVER guilty of spinning stuff and working up the 'rabble'!! And a Democrat NEVER started a war! Do these people even have a brain? Or have they just been brainwashed by the leftist news media? Has SHE read history?"

Let's see...
WWI Woodrow Wilson-Democrat
WWII Franklin Roosevelt-Democrat
Korea Harry Truman-Democrat
Vietnam Eisenhower- Republican (note: this was continued by two Democratic presidents and ended by a Republican one. Eight of the fifteen years we were in Vietnam a Democrat was in the White House.)
Kuwait- George HW Bush- Republican
Serbia- Bill Clinton-Democrat
Iraq- George W Bush- Republican

There are many more times that our troops were sent overseas for military action, but those are the biggies. As you can see neither party can claim that the other is 'warmongering' since they are both guilty. There is a comprehensive list of all military action abroad here if you really want to find out which party used the military more.

As for the Republicans being the 'racist' party see THIS link.
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I am not a Republican, but I do hate lying! by anyone! Unless our politicians start being honest (which they won't) there is no hope for our Republic.

Tea Party

The kids and I went to our local 'Tea Party' on Wednesday. This morning I watched the news coverage of it online.

It was encouraging to see so many people show up. There were at least 300 people at each one (there were two locally one at noon and another at six). I was disappointed by the news. The news people introduced it as a protest against Obama. That was not what it was really about. These people are not upset only because of Obama's economic policy, although that is a big issue, they are upset because the government is consistently overstepping it's Constitutional bounds. Both Democrats and Republicans are guilty of that.

We want our Republic (not democracy) preserved. We want the government back in it's box!

I do wish that Repulicans who were at the tea parties would open their eyes a little more to the wrongs done by their own party. When they reduce their argument to partisanship they destroy their credibility. The GOP is not the answer to the Constitutional crisis our country is in. Republicans are part of the problem!! Can we say "Patriot Act"?! And lets not forget that the GOP had the White House and both houses of Congress for at least two years and did basically nothing! Bush did not use that time to fulfill any of his campaign promises, like privatizing Social Security.

Someone at the C4L (Campaign for Liberty) meeting last night said that the one good thing about Republicans is their determination not to be parted from their guns. They have put a line in the sand and that is good. I agree. I don't think that the Obama administration will put an outright ban on guns, but that they will make it so difficult and so expensive that will effectively be a ban while they will still be claiming to uphold the second amendment.

I hope that Americans are really waking up, it may be too late already, but I hope not.