Paine was an atheist as are you; tell us something we do not know.
For someone who gets his panties in a wad over Christians professing their faith you always seem to promote your religious belief, and yes belief in no God is still belief.
As for Tea Parties, our Founding Fathers started a rebellion over taxes. Perhaps another rebellion within the framework of the Constitution is called for and perhaps these Tea Parties will serve as a reminder that for Americans rebellion against government, federal, state and local, can occur every election day!

I should list all the liberties we’ve lost throughout the years – Seizure of personal property via SCOTUS’ Eminent Domain decision, Bailouts, Firearm restrictions, public education, etc. I’m sure if we thought about it, the list would grow astronomically. They don’t take freedoms in well fell swoop, they take them a piece at a time. Someone needs to begin categorizing what we’ve allowed to Government to seize from We The People.

Here’s my sign:

http://picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/21882819

Oh, one more thing, my son spent time in both Iraq and the Phillipines. He hated working with the “Phils” because they just had this “conquered mentality.” He much preferred working with the Iraqies (sp?). I’ve thought about his conquered mentality statement alot and I’m glad the tea parties are proving to be the catalyst to move people from their complacency.

Conservative populists won’t like everything they find there. – AP

I lend about as much credence to Wikipedia’s opinion on Christianity as I do the Discovery Channel’s findings on tomb’s of guys named Jesus.

Maybe getalife will spot you there.

Colorado Anne on April 11, 2009 at 8:36 PM

She’s too busy serving fantasizing about servicing her Precident…

Upstater85 on April 11, 2009 at 8:40 PM

FIFY.

Thank you. Just pulling, punching, checking, darkening a circle that has an ‘R’ associated with it does not solve the problem. In Hawaii, it is common practice that many seeking public office will start out life as a conservative but register as a ‘D’ because it is the dominate gene in the body politic of Hawaii. Socialist unions are the power brokers, relying on keeping the plantation mentality alive so the voter remains malleable and blindly compliant.

The voter owes it to themselves and the rest of U.S. to do their homework on the persons seeking your support. Look for those that share your values and that you truly feel will do what is right for U.S. not themselves or special interest groups.

Remember, we, the people, are the only special interest group that matters.

I’ll be at a Tea Party. My other Republican friends all think that pulling the R lever on election day is all they need to do… that kind of thinking is what got us into this mess. It’s time to get out and show the government we’re awake and paying attention.

“SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness Positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.”

Stick to your chubby chasing while the grownups decide what is best for our country.

Blake on April 11, 2009 at 7:59 PM

Do me a favor, when you actually find some grownups in this Government, PLEASE let me know.

Beck is trying to get some of the personal responsiblity for the direction of the country back. Who did that before? Thomas Paine did and others have written how he wasn’t the perfect revolutionary or whatever so what is the beef with trying to kill the thrust of rallying people with some comment about him not being a perfect conservative? I would like to add if you don’t like the sinister “they” then you really must be detached from all the BS we all lumped into by the left as “they”. WE REALLY DO NEED TO STAND TO “THEM”. Get some balls for goodness sakes at least Beck and this guy demonstrate some passion for the trillions being spend and the smears against the rest of us.

I don’t blame the Dems…the blame goes right to the ultra-cons of the GOP.

JetBoy on April 11, 2009 at 6:20 PM

I see you are still up to your same tired blame game. Your Daddy lost because his campaign sucked. Instead of getting the cons on board he told us to f off at every opportunity he had including using the old liberal/dem tactic of saying that anyone who disagreed with him (shamnesty) is a racist. McCain needs to look in a mirror and you need to pull your head out of your ass….McCain lost because McCain ran a sh!t campaign.

However, scurrying away from a threat does nothing but delay the inevitable.

You either turn and confront it and defeat it, or it runs you down and crushes you as you try to hide.

Obama’s undermining of ~and apologizing for ~and socializing of America needs to be confronted, and turned back, and defeated.

No capitulation through cowardly representation!

I’m angry too! Congress needs to freeze spending and cut taxes. Read any bills before signing. Stop earmarks. Recind the stimulus. ENOUGH.

Speedwagon82 on April 11, 2009 at 8:42 PM

Did you see that thread on the fear/anger of the Left for the tea parties? We have to stop letting the left intimidate us.

And I’m sure they will find one

But they will also find Tito the Builder(s). I’ll take that trade.

Colorado Anne on April 11, 2009 at 8:36 PM

I live to dream!!!!!

Maybe getalife will spot you there.

Colorado Anne on April 11, 2009 at 8:36 PM

She’s too busy serving her Precident…

I am wondering if I should put HotAir somewhere on my sign to see if there are any kindred spirits at our local tea party?

Cindy Munford on April 11, 2009 at 8:32 PM

Maybe getalife will spot you there.

I am wondering if I should put HotAir somewhere on my sign to see if there are any kindred spirits at our local tea party?

Cindy Munford on April 11, 2009 at 8:32 PM

Well, there are HotAir members all over this great republic of ours. I say (providing it’s OK with HotAir) go for it… You might actually get to meet some HotAir denizens in person…