Then understand what that means. And be prepared for the consequences.
Be prepared to have your ox gored.
If you're not, shut up and accept ObamaWorld.
The Danville Register & Bee makes a good point:
Joining the (tea) party here at homeEarth to old people: The Social Security system is part of the problem. Which makes you part of the problem. So if you want government brought under control, your beloved program must be brought under control.
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The 400 or so people at Saturday’s Danville TEA Party got the basics right. But the group... has a long way to go to convince most Americans.
The best arguments made — that federal government spending must be brought in line with revenues and that existing programs have to work as well as possible before the public can be confident of adding new ones — sometimes got lost in the white-hot rhetoric.
One elderly veteran said he worried that a new federal health care system would endanger his care — especially the expensive prescription drugs he received. He seemed worried that under a new federal health care system, his needs would be in competition with someone who was younger and potentially had more years to pay into the system.
But he inadvertently spoke two ugly truths about the government: For all its faults, it continues to care for people like him — and he wants the government to keep doing that.
Most of the people at Saturday’s TEA Party were senior citizens. Were they worried that the government’s fiscal recklessness would endanger their Social Security checks? [link]
It's not enough to rail against aid to Israel and subsidies for farmers. The system is broken. The system needs to be fixed. And you are front and center in that system.
If you're in the crowd (a very large crowd) of Americans who, when asked if they want the government to spend less, say, "Yes, but ...," or, "I paid into it; so unlike those Jews over there, I deserve ...," then you're the problem. You are the problem. Recognize it and accept it. And sit back and enjoy the looming government collapse. You helped bring it about.
Big government? That's you in the mirror, pal.
5 comments:
Too bad the tea parties are just "astroturf lobbying"... it would mean so much more if it weren't manufactured bullshit to get people fired up.
Sour grapes... that is all we are seeing with the "Teabag Movement" and with "Going Galt".
Also, I keep seeing the coordinators talk about how the tea parties are bi-partisan, which is hilarious!
Drew
Sadly, many of those elderly people don't realize getting rid of them is part of Obama's way of cutting costs. This is absolutely chilling.
If the tea parties are such a joke how come the "news" media are studiously not covering them or giving them short shrift? Oh, I see, it's more important to cover the funeral of a pederast narcissist than to report the voice of the people against an out-of-control congress and presidency who are "stimulating" the economy into utter chaos. Nine and a half per cent unemployment is a "hopeful sign" of an improving economy. Journalist hacks working for the state-run media will continue to give us inspired economic "reports" reminiscent of Baghdad Bob.
WD,
In all the coverage I have seen, the teabaggers complain that the news crews showed up at the wrong time... that is a very likely story.
Just because their man didn't win, they are up in arms... such sore losers!
Drew
Their man being McCain? Don't make me laugh.
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