Supporters of Ron Paul had their blimp, and now their successors in the tea parties have their own anti-intellectual airborne effort (link). This from the Danville Tea Party "Patriots" - the same group that wanted to burn a Rep. in effigy -
The group’s project coordinator, Susan Lee, raised funds during the last two months to fly a plane over Washington, D.C. morning traffic today with a nearly 100-foot-long banner reading “OBAMA STOP DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY” in five-foot-tall letters.
..."It was just something that I had this inspiration for and I started looking into it,” Lee said. “It was a lot cheaper than (other options) and it’s much more exciting and novel. We’re excited.”
While they were spending two months planning their latest cheap stunt and collecting over $1300 for it, I wanted people to hold politicians accountable and help undercut the mainstream media.
The reader is urged to compare their effort to what I was suggesting during that same two month period. For instance, I wanted people to "cross-examine" Janet Napolitano about immigration enforcement in mid-November. The "patriots" could have easily found someone - even if they'd had to pay them the $1300 - to go to her event and try to ask her the question at the link.
What I wanted could have had a major impact on the Obama administration's policies. What the tea party did was just yet another in their long line of cheap, ineffective, anti-intellectual stunts.
Thu, 12/17/2009 - 15:34 · Importance: 4
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