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04/15/2009 09:25:58 PM · #1

I was able to get a few shots from the Tea Party today. I will be adding more. Take a look see...

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CatalinasGrace

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04/16/2009 07:48:37 AM · #2

I really liked the one with the older gent in b&w...

04/16/2009 08:00:38 AM · #3

Thank you. He sat right there and posed for me. I wish i had a lower angle though.

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04/16/2009 08:02:24 AM · #4

Nice photos, really captured the emotion of the event, my favorite sign was the the kid with the "My Piggy Bank is not your Pork Barrel".
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jbsmithana

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04/16/2009 10:37:10 AM · #5

Thanks. I love these shots. It warms my heart to see the same people who supported good old George when he was running up the deficit for war spending and irresponsible tax cuts now protesting government spending. Gotta love the good old USA politics!

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04/16/2009 01:16:56 PM · #6

Originally posted by jbsmithana:

Also gotta love how the TV news shows last night kept referring to "teabaggers."

04/17/2009 09:30:17 AM · #7

Originally posted by jbsmithana:

I think the level of debt being currently created is going to much much higher and if you really payed attention there were people from the left and right participating in the protest and they are not happy with either Bush or Obama running up debt, but who listens to the facts? The primarily leftist news portrays them as all being right wing extremists but several other reports have people from both parties participating in the protest. A lot people here in the US are getting frustrated because our leaders tend to do what they want and fail to even listen, Obama's response to the protest was that he was not aware of any protests, kind of like a child holding their hands over their ears chanting la la la la la la la la la la. If he was unaware I would be very surprised or worry about his advisers being idiots, I think completely avoiding the fact that people are not happy is not a wise move. I give Obama credit for trying to take action but feel strongly the action being taken is way to expensive and will bring a level of debt we may never be able to cover. If its wrong to voice your opinion about something of this magnitude then why did so many people do the same thing when bush was in office?

I think if want to spend tax payers money then go out and back some company's with good track records not losers that will continue to be a drain on taxpayers money. I look at this country and truly wonder why supporting losers is so important. A while ago a youth basketball coach's team beat another team 100-0 and while I think it was in very poor taste they ended up firing him for doing what he was supposed to do which was teach his kids how to play and kept the losing coach, kind of reminds me of our country, we keep the losers and add pressure to the winners.

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04/17/2009 09:37:08 AM · #8

Originally posted by PapaBob:

The primarily leftist news portrays them as

Sorry, you lost me.

04/17/2009 09:44:24 AM · #9

There is a report of people, common people like me who just want fair tax representation, as being right wing extremist. It portrays us as non patriotic because we are protesting and disagreeing with what happened. Its really ridiculous.

04/17/2009 09:45:20 AM · #10

And yes, the tea bagger comments are freakin hilarious. I snicker everytime.

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04/17/2009 09:50:02 AM · #11

Originally posted by citymars:

Originally posted by PapaBob:
The primarily leftist news portrays them as

Sorry, you lost me.

The news being biased, several of the news agency's reported it as all right wing extremist IE republicans but from what I have heard both rep and dems protested. One reporter even shouted down a protester telling him he was wrong rather than doing the job of a reporter which is to report on what is happening. Being biased when reporting does not get facts out.

karmat

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04/17/2009 10:09:40 AM · #12

Originally posted by PapaBob:

Originally posted by citymars:

Originally posted by PapaBob:
The primarily leftist news portrays them as

Sorry, you lost me.

The news being biased, several of the news agency's reported it as all right wing extremist IE republicans but from what I have heard both rep and dems protested. One reporter even shouted down a protester telling him he was wrong rather than doing the job of a reporter which is to report on what is happening. Being biased when reporting does not get facts out.

See, here is where I am confused. I'm reading how it was a "right wingnut" event, and only conservatives participated, etc. etc., yet in my area, I had (self-proclaimed) liberals promoting it and supporting it as well as conservatives. In fact, I was surprised when I heard the first "sneer" towards conservatives because I honestly had gotten the impression it was more of a "left" thing based on the people around here.

But, hey, I've always know Western NC was a bit backwards. :P

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04/17/2009 10:14:22 AM · #13

Daily Show 4/16 Teabagging Hippies

1:10 thru 9:50 (funny interview with John Oliver later on too)

I think it's very interesting how everyone is getting a taste of their own medicine. The "radical rights" are now the angry protesters calling Obama a big mistake and now the "radical lefts" (for the most part) are bathing in patriotism compared to the last 8 years. I really hope CNN doesn't become the new FOX...and FOX aren't as good as being hippies anyway :p

04/17/2009 10:17:45 AM · #14

Originally posted by karmat:

Originally posted by PapaBob:

Originally posted by citymars:

Originally posted by PapaBob:
The primarily leftist news portrays them as

Sorry, you lost me.

The news being biased, several of the news agency's reported it as all right wing extremist IE republicans but from what I have heard both rep and dems protested. One reporter even shouted down a protester telling him he was wrong rather than doing the job of a reporter which is to report on what is happening. Being biased when reporting does not get facts out.

See, here is where I am confused. I'm reading how it was a "right wingnut" event, and only conservatives participated, etc. etc., yet in my area, I had (self-proclaimed) liberals promoting it and supporting it as well as conservatives. In fact, I was surprised when I heard the first "sneer" towards conservatives because I honestly had gotten the impression it was more of a "left" thing based on the people around here.

But, hey, I've always know Western NC was a bit backwards. :P

I think that is a more accurate account of what really happened, our news here had several reports of the right wing nut jobs protesting, people at the protest give a different account with it being people from both parties. If backwards is reporting the truth I want to be backwards....lol

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04/17/2009 10:23:24 AM · #15

Whats interesting is that people who defend Obama's actions only say its because of the last 8 years that he is doing all this stuff. Well, thats pretty lame in my eyes. They dont want to agree that spending trillions of dollars is a bad thing, they just want to blame someone else for it. I dont care who you are, nobody needs to spend that much freakin money.

jbsmithana

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04/17/2009 10:41:36 AM · #16

I get about as big a kick out of the comments "the left wing media bias" as I did when Hillary used the term "right wing conspiracy". Each side of any political debate tries to portray there position as the "mainstream" and the other paints it as "biased coverage". The media editorial slant is more likely to be conservative now-a-days as it is corporate owned. Individual reporters, especially in the written media, are likely more liberal. But all in all they just regurgitate the information put out by both sides of an issue. When is the last time you saw really good investigative reporting?

As for this particular political debate it is easy to see why the media reported that the issue was being carried mainly by Republicans when the vast majority of those in leadership positions who spoke where of that party. The fact is this "Tea Party" was promoted heavily by "right wing" bloggers, Rush's radio show and Fox news through the likes of Shawn Hannity and kin. I do not try and deny them the right to protest as it is the American way; I just want them to take ownership of the issue as presented and not try to portray it as nonpartisan.

I'm not making light of the national debt. I'm only commenting on the fact that people who represent the "right" were nowhere to be found on this issue before Obama took office. They continued for eight years to pass a republican agenda of irresponsible tax cuts and heavy spending. At least this administration (Obama) is honest enough to include war costs in the actual budget and not hide them off budget as the previous administration did. That took guts because it immediately escalated the immediate deficit.

Bottom line is the government was, and is, the only entity capable of making major changes in the economic picture in a downturn as serious as we have. We can argue over how those stimulus packages should be structured and administered but it truly was bipartisan that something needed to be done when action was begun back in 2008. I can only hope that an economic recovery takes place that builds to a strong enough point that government revenues increase like they did in the 90â��s to bring the budget back in balance. Iâ��m in the camp that believes that the alternative was not to do nothing as I for one have two kids out there in the workforce who I did not want to see end up in a major depression.

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04/17/2009 10:42:30 AM · #17

Originally posted by mgarsteck:

If I could get 1/10,000 of that I would have an awesome camera and lens setup and travel to cool places, maybe I need to get me some of that stimulus!

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04/17/2009 10:47:45 AM · #18

Originally posted by jbsmithana:

JB, you are my hero. I wanted to quote the pertinent parts of your post, then I realized it was all pertinent. Here here!

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04/17/2009 11:02:56 AM · #19

Originally posted by karmat:

That's the problem. The regular news shows painted the demonstrators as extremists and nuts. There were regular folks - working stiffs - (not the rich as Pelosi would have you believe) and all they did was to peacefully demonstrate as is their /our right! No?
The fact that you see the difference in what you know to be real and what the TV people are saying (lying), should awaken you to the fact that you are not getting the straight facts.

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04/17/2009 11:03:48 AM · #20

There were quite a few people who protested Bush's policies and are considered "far left", such as Michael Savage. However Bush wasnt spending Trillions of dollars in one fell swoop. In fact a lot of the stimulus money goes towards stupid stupid things, such as golf carts for example.

I dont think People who fail to do business well should be bailed out as such and if they are then they should be given the opportunity to pay it back. A few companies who received bailout money tried to pay it back but the government would not let them. How interesting is that?

I should say that devaluing our dollar isnt the way to go either. Also, creating green jobs sounds nice but in all reality for every green job created, 2.2 non green jobs will be lost.

I am not too excited about receiving a tax increase if I make over 250k a year. Yes thats a lot of money but I worked hard for it. I grew up in a low down and dirty trailer park and am on my way to be successful. I had to make a lot of sacrifices to get there and now it seems like I will be punished by more taxes. The top earners already pay 90% or more of the national debt or revenue from taxes.

Cap and trade will ruin several energy companies and will also cause taxes to go up on everyday common citizens who are told that their taxes will be lowered.

Honestly the Economy if left alone will rebound its self, it has in the past and will again. If the gov't wants to get involved, then lower taxes on everyone that way they have more money to spend. Instead they spend more money for things that highly unnecessary.

On another note, Obama just allowed domestic E-mails to be read and cyphered through looking for terrorists. Thats a major issue with me to be honest.

Obama and others, including Republicans quote the great founders of our country but go back and go against their policies by making big government and by lessening our freedoms even more. He allows other countries like Mexico to place the blame on us for the drug problem instead of having the country be responsible for its own people.

I mean, the list goes on. I didnt serve my country for these results you know. I tear up a little bit in fear over what looks to happen. The government is playing with dangerous fire and people want to complain when we throw a tea party in response because we are genuinely concerned about our future.

04/17/2009 11:15:13 AM · #21

Matthew, Michael Savage is "far right" -- I think you got your directions messed up. :-)

I will research the story that Obama has allowed domestic emails to be read and cyphered. You are already aware I imagine that the previous administration behaved notoriously when it came to curtailing our rights as citizens.

04/17/2009 11:18:36 AM · #22

I know Savage is far right. I also know the previous administrations have impeded our rights as well. However, I dont fight for a damned politcal party. Its not about my party being better than others. Im sick of the crap of everyone blaming everyone else and i'm sick of everyone not taking responsibilities for their own damn actions.

When I was a kid and I got into trouble or did something wrong and my parents asked me what happend I would tell them that my brother did this or that so I hit him or did something. You know what happened? I got an arse whoopin!

04/17/2009 11:23:47 AM · #23

Originally posted by mgarsteck:

I know Savage is far right.

Sorry, I was confused when you said he was considered far left.