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Jared Loughner's "Genocide School" video (Pima Community College) - 01/15/11

... he says things similar to the tea parties, and I fully expect Tea Party enablers to claim that he's a liberal, neither are true. He isn't a libertarian either. His relationship to politics is more like that of a cargo cult to religion. Specifically, when he says "the war we are in right now is currently illegal under the Constitution", I expect teaparty enablers' ears to perk up. They would then...

From my satire to Tea Party ideas: Mike Lee and child labor - 01/15/11

... hours as they wanted. Now comes Tea Parties member and U.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah who - unbeknownst to me - offered a Constitutional video lecture series about a year ago called "Federal and State Power Kept Separate" (video below, transcript from [1]): Congress decided it wanted to prohibit [child labor], so it passed a law - no more child labor. The Supreme Court heard a challenge to that...

Did Pima County Sheriff Dupnik ignore Jared Loughner's warning signs before Gabrielle Giffords shooting? - 01/13/11

... enablers of Palin, Limbaugh, and the tea parties movement responded by going on a witch hunt against Dupnik, using his initial claim that Loughner had made death threats [2] to claim that Dupnik knew about Loughner's issues and had done nothing. In some cases, they claimed that he had done nothing because Loughner's mother worked for Pima County. [3] However, the police reports on Loughner's...

Friend: Loughner wasn't political, not left or right (two years out of date; Zeitgeist) - 01/12/11

... years has seen the rise of the tea parties, a group that specializes in loud, anti-intellectual rants against politicians, intimidating politicians, bringing guns to public meetings, waving "We came unarmed [this time]" signs, and on and on. The chance that Loughner didn't see some of that is indeed slim, whether on TV or on Youtube. Note also that Osler places the blame for Loughner's slide in...

Is Jared Lee Loughner linked to Tea Party, conservatives, or libertarians? (Gabrielle Giffords shooting) - 01/11/11

... ties to their movement. See the tea parties and libertarians pages for past coverage of both movements. ------------------- [1] He briefly worked as a volunteer at the Pima Animal Care Center but was taken off dog-walking duties after failing to understand why he shouldn't walk dogs in an area that was being decontaminated for a contagious animal disease (link). He was continually disruptive at...

Glenn Reynolds denies Tea Party's history of intimidation (Giffords shooting, Loughner) - 01/09/11

... political environment that the tea parties movement - of which he is a leader - has created: With only the barest outline of events available, pundits and reporters seemed to agree that the massacre had to be the fault of the tea party movement in general, and of Sarah Palin in particular. Why? Because they had created, in New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's words, a "climate of hate." ......

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, several others shot; Palin, Tea Party candidate - 01/08/11

... shooter is affiliated with the tea parties or libertarians movements. Both of those groups haven't shied away from painting their opponents in the worst terms possible and engaging in apocalyptic language. Sometimes that's included implied violence, such as in the two following graphics. The first is from Sarah Palin's website and shows several Congressmen's districts in what appear to be gun...

Tea Party "Patriots" mostly silent about anti-American DREAM Act (and rightwing bloggers too) - 12/07/10

The "patriots" in the tea parties aren't exactly going all out to oppose the anti-American DREAM Act amnesty. The loudest voices against the Obama administration have mostly gone silent against an amnesty which could cover between one to two million illegal aliens and which would allow those illegal aliens covered by it to take college resources away from their fellow citizens. That doesn't mean...

The anti-corporate Tea Party? No: will oppose some corporations, give others a pass (FreedomWorks, useful idiots) - 11/23/10

... have a new effort to get the tea parties to espouse an anti-corporate message. The teapartiers, Fighting the Power? Not so fase: if you're familiar with both the teapartiers and Freedom Works, you know there's a catch, and indeed there is: they're only going to get the tea partiers to oppose *some* corporations, while helping or ignoring another set. Don't worry: the teapartiers will continue to...

WSJ/NBC poll shows little support for fiscal conservatism; 70% "uncomfortable" with cuts to Medicare, Social Security, defense - 11/18/10

... news for libertarians and the tea parties: a new Wall Street Journal / NBC News poll shows little support for fiscal conservative policies (link): [The poll] shows Americans skeptical of deficit-cutting proposals laid out by the chairmen of a commission appointed by the White House. In the survey, 57% of respondents said they were uncomfortable with gradually raising the Social Security...

Tea Party leaders: GOP should ignore social issues (TP "Patriots", Tammy Bruce) - 11/15/10

... other stupidity surrounding the tea parties movement. 1. Social conservatives make up a large part of the GOP coalition, and if the GOP won't offer them something many of them won't bother to vote, many will vote for fewer GOP candidates than they would otherwise, and they might even consider forming their own party. 2. The teaparties message of "economic freedom" only applies to and resonates...

How many Senate seats did the Tea Parties cost the Republicans? - 11/10/10

If you ask a member of the tea parties how many senate seats their candidates lost the GOP, they'll probably say "-17". However, from this: The Fix looked at Angle, Buck, O'Donnell and two other faces of the tea party: New York governor candidate Carl Paladino and Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul. The five of them, it turns out, ran behind the vast majority of other Republican candidates --...

Why George W Bush should be shunned - 11/09/10

... getting help from many rightwing/tea parties-style sources. Here are some of the reasons why he should be shunned now (and why those same sources should have shunned him then but couldn't find their tongues): 1. Lying us into a war that cost $3 trillion. That's *trillion*. (source here). 2. His 2004 guest workers plan was like a massive H1B plan, but designed to apply to almost every type of job...

Glenn Reynolds still supports childish mocking of politicians rather than intellectual challenges - 11/03/10

... or because he knows that the tea parties base is incapable and just wants to give them something they might be able to accomplish. In either case it's not good for the U.S. and not even good for the teapartiers themselves. [1] pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/109147 [2] That's a link to hotair.com/archives/2010/11/03/ barney-frank-im-a-victim-of-the-media

2010 Elections: Tea Party wins some, loses some, does somewhat less damage than feared - 11/03/10

... Republicans who were backed by the tea parties ("TP") won several races but some of the major TP candidates lost. The GOP landslide was very large on both the national and state levels, and apparently exit polls showed 4 in 10 voters expressing support for the TP movement. However, those who voted skewed older; more younger people voted in 2008. Below is a list of some of the races, followed by...

Repudiate Teaparty: vote Democratic except Kirk, Tancredo, and Brewer - 10/29/10

... candidates who are part of the Tea Parties movement and against that movement in general. The teaparties are one of the most malignant political movements in the past several decades and must be repudiated; more on that below and see my extensive coverage at that link. I'm also making these specific recommendations: * I very strongly urge everyone to vote for or encourage others to vote for Mark...

Immigration questions for Sean Bielat - 10/25/10

Sean Bielat is the tea parties favorite who's challenging Barney Frank for Congress from Massachusetts. His immigration position follows [1], followed by some questions for him. In the following, each number in parens indicates a question below. I'll invite him via Twitter [2] to answer these questions, and the reader is invited to do the same: @SeanBielat. I believe in an America that protects...

Koch family, U.S. Chamber, businesses met to plan strategy (+Glenn Beck, tea parties, "mobilize citizens for November") - 10/20/10

... for Karl Rove. There's also a tea parties link: one of the June sessions was called "Mobilizing Citizens for November" ("Is there a chance this fall to elect leaders who are more strongly committed to liberty and prosperity? This session will further assess the landscape and offer a strategic plan to educate voters on the importance of economic freedom.") The hosts were Sean Noble (@snoble37),...

Glenn Beck urges donations to illegal immigration-supporting U.S. Chamber of Commerce - 10/14/10

... their best interests, many of his tea parties type fans are doing just that (link). They don't realize that what the Chamber advocates for raises their taxes and reduces their power. Both illegal aliens and new legal immigrants consume public services of various kinds, raising taxes on Beck's fan base. At the same time, those same groups form a power base for the Democratic Party and the far-...

Teaparty: where were you during the Bush administration? Tell me. - 09/16/10

I've previously joked about the tea parties conducting an eight-year silent protest against the Bush administration. While some of their leaders - such as Grover Norquist and Dick Armey of FreedomWorks (and some libertarians) - did speak out against Bush's exorbitant spending, almost all of those who are currently in the teaparties said absolutely nothing or were strong Bush supporters. They...

DiverseTea: tea parties to fight charges of racism... by enabling far-left concepts - 09/13/10

... pulls many of the strings on the tea parties movement whether the teapartiers want to admit it or not - is launching a new effort called "DiverseTea" (wouldn't "DiversiTea" be better?). They're doing minority outreach in an attempt to show how diverse the teaparties are (link): The ads [to be bought by Freedomworks], which will be accompanied by a yet-to-launch website, will showcase diversity...

Tea Party "Patriots" Admit Failure (They Just Don't Know It) - 09/12/10

... below, first some notes: * See tea parties for my extensive coverage, including things you won't hear from them or their other opponents. * The speaker is Jenny Beth Martin of the Tea Party "Patriots", and the host is Herman Cain. * Their video was, of course, promoted by Glenn Reynolds (instapundit.com/106062) * Note the FreedomWorks logo on the podium. Another aspect of their failure is that...

Delusional John Hinderaker on the "Tea Party Majority" (Powerline) - 09/07/10

... groups more delusional than the tea parties, but John Hinderaker of Powerline is apparently trying to give them a run for their money. In the Glenn Reynolds-linked [1] post "Tea Party Majority" [2] he says the following about the image below: One could draw many conclusions from this, but I would suggest two. First, far from being a fringe phenomenon, the Tea Party movement represents the solid...

9500 Liberty immigration documentary on MTV (NY Times, Tea Parties) - 09/07/10

... provides yet another example of tea parties / rightwing blogger failure: the same people behind 9500 Liberty are behind the recent "Coffee Party" movement. That movement was mentioned here a few weeks before rightwing blogs picked up on it, and none of them that I saw knew about or mentioned their previous immigration-related activities. Instead, they made apparently false claims that she had...

Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside smear tea partiers (New Left Media; a challenge) - 09/01/10

... claim to limited fame is going to tea parties events and trying to get those attending to make themselves look bad, even if they have to use deception to do it (link). A recent effort is 'Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" Rally - Interviews With Participants' ( peekURL.com/vcgsgls ) in which they smear their opponents. Obviously, I'm not a tea parties fan. However, one great part of not being a...

Mark Levin's insane tea party rant - 08/31/10

... spiritual ancestors of the current tea parties. What Levin fails to note is that complaints about being taxed without representation don't apply in the current situation, unless Levin would like to take the vote away from those who disagree with him and make it so only teapartiers have representation. Levin also claims that those on the other side don't accept electoral results. The Democrats...

Christopher Hitchens has no clue about the tea parties - 08/31/10

Christopher Hitchens offers "White Fright / Glenn Beck's rally was large, vague, moist, and undirected—the Waterworld of white self-pity" about Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally (at Slate: slate.com/id/2265515 ). A few comments: 1. The leaders and many of the followers of the tea party movement are all about the money. Those like Dick Armey (of FreedomWorks) and Grover Norquist aren't in any way...

Example of Tea Party helping their opponents (immigration, "Restoring Honor") - 08/29/10

... long line of examples of how the tea parties are helping their opponents. The video features Nick Gillespie of Reason Magazine interviewing the crowd at yesterday's Glenn Beck event. At 5:00 on the video Gillespie asks an attendee for the one political change he'd like to see. The attendee responds: "The biggest thing... is illegal immigration. I'm a construction worker... I got laid off, laid...

Glenn Beck "Restoring Honor" rally linked to Dick Armey (Koch too?) - 08/28/10

... novella version, see the dozens of tea parties posts. A few quick notes: 1. Apparently Beck unveiled or was planning on unveiling something called a "Black-Robed Regiment", a reference to religious leaders prior to the Revolutionary War. It's also a class at Glenn Beck University (link). 2. The original Washington Post story on the event featured a photo showing a very small crowd and referred...

McCain trounces JD Hayworth in GOP primary; who's to blame (tea parties, Palin, Scott Brown...) - 08/25/10

... blame. 2. The four major Arizona tea parties groups that decided not to endorse McCain, Hayworth, or Deakin also shares some of the blame. [1] The "Arizona Tea Party" - which might be an umbrella group including some of those listed at [1] did support Hayworth, at least in twitter.com/azteaparty. However, the Tucson Tea Party has a post explaining that they don't endorse candidates; the reason...

Melissa Bean's "thug" vs. teaparty libertarian idiot at public meeting - 08/16/10

... videos featuring those in the tea parties / libertarians orbit, the teapartier/libertarian idiot spends more time asking about asking a question than... actually asking a question. 3. As in other videos by these same types of people, the idiot ends up asking things that are open-ended or are statements not questions. See the bad questions page for other examples. If you're going to ask a...

United We Stand Border Coalition Tea Party Rally: Sharron Angle, J.D. Hayworth, less effective... - 08/10/10

... much of an impact. First, the tea parties - their protestations to the contrary - are associated with the far-right. Yet, opposing illegal immigration shouldn't be a partisan issue and causing a good chunk of Democrats to turn on their leaders over this issue would be very helpful. The chances of many Democrats embracing the full tea parties ideology is slim, while the chances of many Democrats...

Is Pete Stark concerned about eVerify keeping illegal aliens from being hired? (Steve Kemp, Golden Gate Minutemen) - 08/03/10

... Stark. The videos are at the tea parties level as far as stupidity (very high) and utility (very low) are concerned. They do, however, get Steve Kemp and his group a lot of attention, but then again that isn't going to reduce illegal immigration. A recent hit is entitled "The Federal Government can do most anything in this country" ( peekURL.com/vhja3mc ) and features a libertarian type...

Two tales of Teaparty torpidity (if you oppose illegal immigration teapartiers are in your way) (Mandy Nagy, Liberty_Chick) - 08/02/10

... Twitter with supporters of the Tea Parties, and both conversations - as with every other single interaction I've ever had with teapartiers - drives home every negative thing I say about them at the link. If you oppose illegal immigration, the teapartiers are just standing in your way. Not only are they intellectually and emotionally incapable of helping, but by being the loudest opposition to...

Example of Tea Party not handling racism correctly; supporting massive immigration + far-left concepts; Glenn Reynolds stupidity - 07/31/10

... outline yet another example of the tea parties unknowingly supporting far-left concepts and massive immigration, not handling charges of racism correctly, and, to start with, yet another example of why taking the advice of Glenn Reynolds is a very bad idea. At pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/103874, Reynolds links to this using its sub-headline: "Spencer Wilking Finds That New York’s Tea Partiers...

A Teaparty Timeline: Tea Party through the years - 07/19/10

Most people think that the Tea Partiers are just a recent and U.S. phenomenon. Wrong! In fact, there are currently Tea Party groups in hundreds of countries around the world, with over 900 million active members. Not only that, but Teapartiers - or those adhering to Tea Party ideals - have been around for thousands of years. Join us now as we take a trip down memory lane to learn about...

Tea party leaders, complaining about NAACP "racist" charge, call Obama's policies "socialist" - 07/14/10

... as their obvious failure, the tea parties have been on the decline since then, and then in May and June the Koch family and Dick Armey of Freedomworks distanced themselves from the movement. Note also the smear in the very name of their group, implying that those who aren't members of their movement aren't "Patriots". ADDED: Note that the first link in this post refers to "counter-productive...

If you oppose the NAACP playing the race card, the Tea Parties aren't your friends - 07/13/10

... The NAACP resolution followed a tea parties group in turn condemning the NAACP for playing the race card in a resolution that's better than I'd give the teapartiers credit for [1]. That said, if you oppose the NAACP playing the race card, the tea partiers aren't really on your side: having them help you fight the far-left is like replacing your town's police force with the Keystone Kops. Frankly...

Bill Kristol enables tea party idiocy; "my fellow Tea Partiers" - 07/11/10

... moment requires... So fear not the Tea Parties. Be open to fundamental reforms. Belt-tightening and program-trimming, more transparency and greater efficiency, are not enough. The danger for Republicans isn’t that they will address the current crisis too boldly. It’s that they won’t be bold enough. The problem of course is that the tea parties - as outlined at the last link - have a vast array...

Gallup: Tea partiers think debt more a threat than terrorism; aligned with Republicans on most issues - 07/05/10

... Gallup poll (link), those in the tea parties movement are aligned with Republicans on most issues. And, asked to name "Extremely Serious Threats", they (first number) and their opponents (second number), say: * "Federal government debt": 61% 29% * "Terrorism": 51% 29% * "The size and power of the federal government": 49% 12% * "Healthcare costs": 41% 33% * "Illegal immigration": 41% 14% * "...
 
 
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