Yes. I’m not an abject cynical coward like Allahpundit.

A 1 million man tax revolt on Washington. That would be quite a statement.

I don’t get the “divide and conquer” from within mentality. We can and must find common ground together to achieve political victories in ‘10 and ‘12.

What also irksome to me, in the context of the Tea Parties, is the “you’re only a real conservative if you’re a leave-me-alone type of conservative.” Sure, many here have rightly said, “it will feel nice to know I’m not alone.” But this “phooey on protests” attitude shows an absolute denial of the power of public relations. Can these folks really not see the value of showing that vast, mushy sea of moderate Americans who could be persuaded/moved by seeing that there are many, many Americans who are proud to publically stand up for positive fundamental American ideals (…rather than the destructive, b*tch ‘n’ moan kinds of protests over the past 40 years)?

I don’t understand the hostility against Glenn Beck. I laugh out loud when I watch him. Out loud, not a sly grin. It feels good to laugh when things are so crazy. He is genuinely funny… a dead fish wrapped up… And his points are spot on. It is a great combination. And O’Reilly wore the hat!!! Great theater shtick! Sometimes he over reaches but what comic doesn’t?

I just don’t get why so many seem so threatened by his success! I thought the Doom Room was hilarious!!!!! His Communist stuff was both tongue in cheek and our greatest fears vocalized! Bad things are happening. But we don’t have to lose our sense of humour!

Perhaps there is some jealousy involved in all the criticism? Just wondering… ratings like his make people feel insecure.

Just shows your weakness not his.

petunia on March 28, 2009 at 11:19 AM

My sentiments exactly.

I agree with your other posts, too.

The time to make a difference is now. It will be a lot harder to make a difference if we wait until AFTER this country turns into the USSA (United Socialist States of America).

CNN (Continental News Network) Boston, 1773: The city of Boston canceled a proposed protest over tea taxes today, citing the fear that too many people dressed as Indians would be gathered near the wharves.

Organizers expressed sadness over the cancellation, but meekly returned to their homes fearful of upsetting the officers of the Crown. Taxmen breathed a sigh of relief as the tar and feathers were put away not to be used this day.

You don’t remember that pre-revolutionary history? I should say you shouldn’t, because it didn’t happen. But flash forward a few hundred years and you’ll find it is happening today in Cape Coral, Florida where city officials canceled a tax day tea party gathering because they “feel too many people could show-up.”

That’s right, folks, the God-given, long-held American right to assemble and protest the actions of our government has been canceled due to too much popularity of the protest.

And what does it come down to? Money. You see, the city officials want an insurance policy taken out so that organizers can cover any loss that might occur as a result of the rally. And those insurance policies cost hundreds of dollars.

The tea party organizers of Cape Coral, though, aren’t the only ones to find this restriction of their free speech and rights to assemble. Tea party organizers all across the country have begun to find out just how difficult, if not impossible, it is to be “allowed” to exercise their God-given right to speak their minds against government excess and criminality. City governments all across the country are charging fees for “permits,” forcing organizers to pay out huge sums for “insurance policies,” and binding tea party organizers in all sorts of government red tape.

In many instances, organizers are being told that they aren’t “allowed” to hold rallies on government property. Imagine that? We, the taxpayers of the city/state/federal government aren’t “allowed” to gather on property that our own taxes paid for.

And then there are the “permits” required to reserve the day, arrange the police protection, and clean up afterward. Often those “permits” can only be applied for at certain times a year, precluding any spontaneous assembly. Also, these “permits” can be denied with no reason stated quashing at birth any plan to exercise the right of assembly.

Here one might wonder how it is that we so often see those lefties appearing on our TV sets engaging in their manyorganized protests? Don’t the flotsam and jetsam of the far left seem to have large protests all the time? One might be drawn to imagine that the government is involved in some sort of grand conspiracy to allow those with anti-American sentiment, the moonbats of the left, to march with impunity. But, hold the tinfoil hats, won’t you? Because the wackjobs of anti-war ilk and the shrill, circus acts of the Code Pinkos are expected to cut through the same red tape the tea party organizers have been confronted with. The lefties are just better at it.

You see, contrary to popular conception, the far left has some deep-pocketed backers (your George Soros types, unions and even government funds) and a raft of organizations that do “protests” as a full time job. Their protest marches and rallies are far from spontaneously organized. These groups are thoroughly knowledgeable about the red tape and governmental hoops through which they must jump to carry off a successful protest assembly. After all, the hatemongers of the left are intimately intertwined with city governments all across the country. They understand what needs to be done because, by and large, city officials used to belong to, or belong still to the sorts of groups that plan lefty protests. Your new president is one of them. Being part of government, these leftie protest marchers help write the rules, being intimately associated with government they are quite well informed about what is required and how to get around or satisfy those rules.

But the obstacles are coming as a shock to the average citizens that love this country. For their whole lives peace-loving, work-a-day Americans have taken for granted that there exists the freedom to assemble completely unaware that those rights have been eliminated by stealth regulation by governments all across the land.

And now the folks in Cape Coral, Florida have learned their lesson.

Americans do not have the rights they always thought they did. There is no right to protest government. There is no right to assemble. The people have no rights at all to voice their displeasure. Shut up people. Go home. Nothing to see here. Go quietly back to your IPods and DVDs. Big daddy government will take care of you. The Obemmessiah will decide what’s best for you. Don’t worry your little heads. Oh, and thank you for your payments on April 15th.

Put away the tar and feathers, won’t you? There’s a nice fella.

Can I just make this suggestion – go to one near you. Not to make a stand or get in the paper – just to relieve some of the tension and to meet like minded people. It is very refreshing. Then read some of the reports about the event and see for yourself how truly biased and dishonest the left can be. Yes, I know we know all this but do it anyway.

As someone who took the bull by the horns and started a Boston event more than a month ago, I can tell you the Tea Party itself is not the end means – it is what comes after that counts. In Boston, we will be distributing post cards with an “I attended the Tea Party” message for participants to send to elected officials, letting them know they are on notice. We are reaching out to already existing Town Committees (the base, as it were) to reinvigorate efforts to identify candidates. Our message is essentially go home and find the next candidate for your town, district, state…

Many people are already doing this but for some, attending a rally or march will give them the confidence they need to go the next step. Living outside Boston, I can’t tell you how excited I get every time I meet someone and find out they are a conservative – if you believed the hype, you’d think Mitt and I were the only ones (and he’s not the best example.)

I hope some big media figures put together marches – I will attend in Boston, NY or Washington. Over 300 are already in the works for April 15 and many are being planned for July 4th. Check out http://www.taxdayteaparty.com
to find one. And if it’s convenient and the weather is good – go!

Why March? Well, unlike the Left, we do need to get a fire in our bellies, and we do need to know that we are not all individual John Galts simply standing alone in a world of Liberal ninnies–we are legion. The very tenets of Conservatism apply to most people, they just don’t know what to call themselves. Perhaps this will make them think about that.

Sure, the media will try to smear Beck just like they did Sarah Palin, but in time people will understand that this goofy guy is just like you and me. A little silly, a little loopy at times, but a good person who cares about the direction their country is being pushed…

Unlike the Nixon days, however, they’ll get a lot of nifty digital mug shots of all involved replete with state of the art biometric identifiers to put into a national database for cross identification.

Second of all, national DC protest should be the day before Labour Day. It’s a holiday that has some relation to the issue at hand, is a three-day weekend, and would give people time to travel to DC on Saturday and back home on Monday. The one problem is that when a quarter-million pro-lifers come out to DC, no one cares, but when 50 liberals get together to protest, the media comes from around the nation to cover it.

I’m driving my newly converted WATER TO GAS car, and screw O’bumbo’s soon to be high gas tax.

Mercy4Me on March 28, 2009 at 6:23 PM

What energy source are you using to separate the water molecule?

Lets trash the place with 3 TRILLION styrofoam cups!!!!

seejanemom on March 28, 2009 at 8:33 PM

It’d be just like after Obama’s inauguration.

Lets trash the place with 3 TRILLION styrofoam cups!!!!

Let’s get ONE thing clear folks, we are NOT going to have free and open elections in the U.S. after O’bunghole has illegally seized the census and involved ACORN in that census. Allah, you might not like that fact but it comes from Michelle.
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/03/17/census-left-wing-partners-more-obamacorn/

Now that O’bunghole can gerrymander every state and the leftists have funneled BILLIONS of Dollars to ACORN, ACORN who commits election fraud like Carter makes liver pills, we will NOT be able to vote the National Socialist out of office and, in my opinion, holding on to that hope would seem naive and would amount to beating your head against a wall.

O’bunghole and the Democrats are going to continue to violate the Constitution and there is no one in Congress that is willing or can stop them.
When folks get in touch with THAT reality, then we can go forward to re-establishing our country.

apacalyps on March 28, 2009 at 4:59 PM

To quote George Bush:

“Mission Accomplished!”

LOLOLOLOL

-Wasteland Man.