‘Cut it or Shut it!’: Tea Party Says No to Budget Compromise at DC Rally Today
- Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:08pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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Jenny Beth Martin looked out on the rain-dampened crowd along Constitution Avenue and pointed over her shoulder at the Capitol.
“They heard us, but they’re not listening!” Martin, a tea party leader, told members of the movement that helped put Republicans in charge of the House last November.
The crowd booed.
Four months after the historic election, the populist force that helped drive Republicans to power is finding that its clout on Capitol Hill isn’t automatic.
What brings you out today, one tea party member was asked. “Saving our country, obviously.”
Sensitive talks over how many billions of dollars to cut from this year‘s federal budget have strayed far below the Republicans’ campaign promise to slash $100 billion. Rather than standing firm and allowing parts of the government to shut down until enough lawmakers came around, House Speaker John Boehner was doing exactly what the tea partiers thought they had elected Republicans to avoid: negotiating with President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats over spending cuts.
“Cut it or shut it!” chanted the crowd outside the Capitol on Thursday.
“I’m not talking about $5 billion or $6 billion or $10 billion. I’m talking about $100 billion,” said one tea party activist (seen in the picture above), speaking of the budget cuts. According to the AP, $10 billion has been cut so far.
Among those not balking were some of the 87 freshmen Republicans, who more than anyone in the House owe their seats to the tea party juggernaut.
One group, Tea Party Nation, called for Boehner’s ouster. But the Ohio Republican made clear Thursday that, like it or not, a budget compromise loomed on the horizon.
Bullfeathers, shot back tea partyer Tom Altman.
“They’re chicken. They’re cowards,” said the 60-year-old resident of Westmoreland County, Pa., who says he’s been active in Republican politics. Of the House’s ruling GOP officials he said: “They’re our employees. We need to fire them.”
“It’s not the Republican freshmen, it’s Boehner and the Republican leadership,” said Cincinnati retiree Richard Ringo. “Last year, a lot of people thought, ‘Well, the Republicans are in power now, we can relax.‘ But they’re doing the same thing they always do, whether it’s the Republicans or the Democrats.”
Michele Bachmann spoke to the crowd today, cheering them on. “Stand firm. Hold us accountable. We love you,” she told the cheering group.
As tea partiers gathered in DC today to protest compromise on the budget cuts, there are also activists fighting the fiscally conservative fight on the state and local level, as ReasonTV reports below. Chris Littleton, president of the Ohio Liberty Council, says of his council’s tea party activism, “All of our focus is going to be state-based because we feel that DC is just–it’s not going to go too many places too fast right now.”
“We need to send responsibility back to the states,” Rand Paul said at the rally today.
ReasonTV reports:
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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Comments (269)
Puddle Duck
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:55pmNothing of consequence can happen until the Senate and WH change hands….WE have to make sure that the Congress, Senate and WH will be occupied by Republicans (in the case of the senate and congress a majority) come 2012. Real meaningful reform and huge cuts can only happen when that scenario becomes reality. The Congress can only do so much with 2/3 rds of the Fed Gov’t are at odds with your policies. The Democrats are hoping to do what they have always done….blame the Repubs for the counries problems/mess it is in….the only poroblem with that is the left no longer dominates the media message so such a fantasy (that the ills of the country are soley Repubs fault) can no longer fly with any legitimacy. The fact that FNC has now taken over the #1 slot in dishing out the real news will only further erode and neutralize what the Dems have planned in the near future. It will backfire if they try this time around (the 95 shutdown was spun as a Repub want and it worked in the Dems favor)…This time it won;t work despite the fact that the Dems have no ontention of meeting the Congressional demands (100 billion in cuts by April 8th).
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:57pmhaha looks like great minds think alike! We agree.
Report Post »reckless
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:53pmThis is the year for Kentucky!
Report Post »The Wildcats in the Final Four….
Rand Paul in the White House…
TOPOFTHEGAME
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:51pmWETHEPEOPLE…… have to cut the USA budget by 100′s of BILLIONS to save it. We all have family that will not be able to grow old in such a wonderful country
Report Post »EyeSeeUyouSeeMe
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:50pm@ encinom
Do you know what is wrong with comments like yours? I think you do. They are insulting and show that you are the ignorant one. The word “Americans” is capitalized by the way, smarty. I am not Christian, nor am I ignorant (I own two health care companies) and speak and read four different languages — one of them being Mandarin. I attended the rally and met a lot of nice people who were nothing like you describe.
So go ahead and keep projecting frustrations about your life as it’s quite obvious. I‘m sorry you haven’t realized yet that you are smart enough to be an entrepreneur and actually provide jobs for people who work hard and who know that hard work gets you ahead in life. Instead at this moment you sit on your tiny soap box and complain. Get up and do something exciting with your life. People will actually feel like it’s worth listening to you then!
Report Post »YouGottaProblemWithThat
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:48pm@eye
Outstanding post! Your experience with fellow TP people is very similar to mine. Essentially we are hard working people who want to live our lives without having a nanny like Enema-com making rules and regulations that inhibit our liberties and our ability to freely live. I feel sorry for him/her really. he/she should be pitied.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 9:55pmEYE…I don’t think Encinom wants to do anything, but freeload off of the taxpayers….yeah…I’ve seen all those baskets at the grocery store full of every kind of meat you can buy and all those loaves of bread…big boxes of candy bars..all kinds of soda drinks….potatoe chips……..should I go on? Then they start talking about their Government card…..It makes me ill! Yeah…welfare is great (UHG)…..
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:50pmOnce the Government shut down begins all bets are off the table. At this point if I were Boehner I’d demand a full balanced budget or keep the Government shut down untill they bend to our will.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:26pmI Liiiikkkkeee that IDEA.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 9:36pmI am OK with that. We sent the freshmenand freshwomen in to stick to their principles. Sounds like they are, not so sure the “old guard” is getting with the program. NEXT!
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:49amSpeaking of faces, that photo of Bachmann – the face, the mouth the hand – makes me think things. Finally, something she is good for.
Report Post »wabbithunter
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:49pmThis past year I lost my job, my spouse is in construction (we all know where that’s going) we both took jobs making a THIRD of what we were making. I had to do some serious work on our budget. We aren’t on unemployment, we aren’t getting support from anyone, we are NOT bailing on our obligations. Give me and 10 other hard working AMERICANS a stab at that effin budget!
Report Post »JustaThought
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 9:49pmAmen, you Waskily Wabbit!! Due to a serious back injury two years I was forced to cut my business and income by 75%. Think about that … making only 25% of what you are making now. And I had to cut deep into everything that wasn’t a necessity. Sure, I don‘t eat like the Obama’s. I sure as hell don’t vacation like them. But I still work … landscaping. And I am proud of my work and happy to be able to please the much fewer less clients I now have. And I am equally proud that I do not and never will take one fricking penny from the taxes that you good folks pay into the government. I will have to be stopped from crawling to work before I take one cent. And I won’t take it then. And some folks say I should since I have both served in the military as well as taught the kids of the men and women in uniform. Call it stubborn pride not to ask for assistance if you will. I call it being a good citizen.
I plan my daily travels to be as economical as possible so that work and buying necessities are taken care of in one there-and-back trip. I gave up cable. I planted a veggie garden for a fellow apartment building dweller so he lets me go on the Internet via his router. Lights are not on in rooms where I am not. I bundle up in the winter and dress lightly inside in the summer and neither my heater nor A/C have been on since. I look for BOGO deals at the grocery store and have become a damned good cook while actually eating better with less. But I am not alone in being money-wise while penny-less. Many folks out there in this great land do the same. Single moms and single dads. College students hanging tight with their limited funds while they learn and look forward to better times. Lots of us! Lots of you!
So I haven’t an ounce of pity nor a second of patience for a government and duly elected government officials who say they cannot cut back on spending. I say, “Cut Back and let it Shut Down, too!”.
Report Post »trueblueday
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 10:06pm@Justathought
Report Post »I share your same sentiments completely. We are still making it, but had to go through some drastic changes after an injury early last year erased one of my good paying positions because I was not able to walk. My other job provides less than a half of what I was earning, but never took a Gov’t handout. With cuts in my household and sticking to a budget, we are making it. When food prices go completely through the roof, I’ve got enough stored to keep us going. It’s called planning for the worst. Government does not have a clue.
JfromColorado
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 11:14pmThank you sir for your hard work. Our country owes it’s success to people like you who apply themselves and never give up. May God bless your efforts and reward you for your hard work and not taking the easy out (other people’s money). Thank you very much. Please get out there and inspire others who are having a hard time to follow your example.
Report Post »DallyWama
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:48pm@ Encicom
I stopped reading at “Tax cuts do not blah blah blah”
You are truly a moron. I never cease to be amazed at the stupidity of liberals. Especially your fuhrer Obama. I would love to see the college transcripts he will not release.
Even if we only reduced taxes on the rich it would create jobs. It is a simple concept. Poor smucks like yourself don’t contribute to the economy because you get money from the government. Nothing is produced. The “rich”, or those your fuhrer defines as making more than $50,000, invest in businesses, they in turn expand and produce. Next, they must hire to accomodate the expansion. This allows me to buy gas to power my suv, buy weapons, and go to Hooters on Wednesday night.
History has shown that the more people are taxed the worse the economy gets (USSR, California, Japan, Germany in the 1930′s). Please buy a Hooked On Phonics that has a history cassette.
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Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:53pmYour wasting your breath or should I say your typing fingers. Liberalism is a mental disease. And Encicom has had the disease for far too long. Hes not worth the effort.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:19pmI would not give up on ecino bla bla…liberalism is a disease, just like alcoholism. I have been sober since 1983 because folks did not give up on me. Ecino bla bla may see the light one day.!
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:25pmOOPS…….1987 ( Uh that’s real important to me)
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:45pmGive a $00 tax break to someone like the David Koch and it goes in the bank, give it in the form of unemployment insurance or food stamps it is spent, circulating in the economy.
“A study by Moody’s Analytics recently found that every dollar spent by the government on benefits for the unemployed produces an overall return of $1.61 for the economy.”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128449659
Report Post »JfromColorado
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 11:07pmFor a second I thought you would have a marginally intelligent reply encinom because you actually responded to an intelligent critic. Of course you proved me wrong yet again. WHERE DO YOU THINK MONEY GOES ONCE IT’S IN A BANK? HMMMM? It goes into investments, into the market. Just like your precious food stamps. Only difference is it goes into investments that have a RETURN!! I‘d explain how money circulates and basic economics 101 to you but it’s obvious the 17 brain cells you still have are spent up trying to understand the huffington post talking points so you can regurgitate them here.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 11:43pmHey Eminemsmom,
Once again I have to ask, do you EVER proofread anything you type before you hit the “reply” button?
The only time your content is correct, is when you copy and paste.
Ignorance is bliss, I guess.
Report Post »fritobandito24
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:22amROFLMAO @ Encinom. ONLY a dumba$$ liberal could TRY to convince others that by “spending $1.00 of thier food stamps does the economy get back $1.61″. REALLY??? Are you truly that STUPID?? You’ve been brainwashed by the Princess buddy. As was said earlier, the ONLY thing you can type correctly are the copy and paste jobs you do.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:45pmThe Democrats “Dum-O-Crass” had 2 YEARS to come up with a budget. And they want to pin it on the Republicans?!?!?!?! ROFL Tell you what Democrats well allow you to pin this on us IF you dont run a candidate for president for 2012. Otherwise this mess has your stink all over it. Especially Shumers.
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:43pmIn his case (his overworked back side) it’s a methane bleeder valve for controlled emissions……a veriation called “crap and bleed”.
Report Post »donh2
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:40pmBoehner is the real life Cowardly Lion…I am disappointed that with the new Congress Glenn Beck has been AWOL on move the agenda operations needed to put pressure upon the corrupt socialist republicans stonewalling spending cuts.
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:38pmDrug abuse has adverse effects on the ability to think clearly…I suggest a lengthy period of sobriety for you.
Report Post »TheBMT
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:40amHe is weak.
Report Post »kindling
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:32pmIt is a simple matter of cutting all programs not allowed by the Constitution of the United States and get rid of all the progressive additions over the last 100 years. The Federal government is supposed to be like a flee collar on a dog. It is supposed to take care of any fleas that try to get in. The states take care of all the internal stuff like getting rid of the worms and germs and feeding the body. The President of the country is the Commander of all the military……controls the flea collar, and we have a Commander that loves fleas and has no collar training. Frankly the only person that should hold the office of President should be ex-military because that is what that office is.
Report Post »roadhog
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:32pmObama Wants 16.000 more IRS agents More Control Big Goverment Big Socialist programs more Acorn. Tax the people up to 90%. Pay for all of these Gold Plated Pensions. End this in Nov.2012
Report Post »i want the truth
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:31pmYou know Boehner, get some back bone. When are you going to start exposing this administration?? Are you going to stand up for the Constitution for the People of America?? Obamacare is Unconstitutional!! Starting a War without congresses approval is Unconstitutional!! Since when do we let the United Nations declare war? Having a Muslim in the White House that has declined our Military, caused Choas all over the country(and it is going to get worse) and he has done nothing but divide us. Things are going to get bad for Americans if you do not step up to the job you took!! Get to work and listen to the people!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 9:35pmI agree…Boehner needs to start standing up….there are so many issues they need to be talking about…What the heck are they doing? You are right….they need to step up and expose these communist, socialist, radical thieves….America is right on the edge of the clift…While they are working on the budget….Obama is using this time to do everthing he can to promote his agenda….and I don’t see anyone talking about it or trying to do anything about it.(Except for Beck.) Are these Republlicans part of this agenda?
Report Post »TheBMT
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:40amHe isn’t going to though. He is a good ol boy Republican.
Report Post »Herman_Cain
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:29pmDemocrats could not even pass a budget. You can’t cut a budget if it was never passed. 100 billion was based on Democrats actually passing a budget.
Report Post »ThomasUSA
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:28pmWe are tired of being lied to.. whether that is during the campaign or after they are elected.Our nation is in crisis! This Obamamobile in in DRIVE, has two wheels of the edge of the cliff, and Boehner’s seems to be satisfied with applying the emergency break and not putting the damn thing in reverse!
Report Post »Stopit
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:28pm100 billion doesn’t cut it either. Balance the budget, don’t borrow any more, and start paying off the debt! Say no, and heck fire no Boehner. The House has control of the purse strings.
Report Post »bkeely
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:27pmWe need folks who will take a stand… compromise equals same old stuf only slower… stop this nonsense today!
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DallyWama
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:23pmLol at 100 billion. Try 500 billion to start. Republicans L2bargain. You always demand much more than you hope to achieve. Think collective bargaining (private sector).
1. Demand 700 billion in cuts.
Report Post »2. Start the usual back and forth process.
3. Actually cut 400-500 billion (i.e, Rand Paul)
4. Rinse, lather, and repeat.
5. Profit (ergot; you win senate and presidency in 2012)
JP4JOY
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:45pmHow about a 50% cut in total spending.
Balance the budget, if not no pay for congress or the executive branch.
Any cost overruns or deficit repays come from campaign funds first.
Report Post »JfromColorado
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 11:15pmThat would require that they believe in the cuts in the first place.
Report Post »Nobamazone
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:23pmI really don’t understand why we never hear about all those cuts that SHOULD be easy to make
Report Post »for instance, anyone else wonder how much all those ink pens cost EVERY TIME our pres sign something? I would bet he is not using the ones you buy in bulk! OR.. how about we stop paying for everyone’s lunches all the time and they pack one for a change, I know this does not add up to the trillions we need to get too, but I also bet that many of you there can add this list of no brain cuts that no politician seems to think of
kickagrandma
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:22pmJUST DO IT!
That’s why we elected you newbies! Get after it…. “git `er dun!”
Report Post »M-Theory
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:20pmRock on Tea Partiers. Wish I could have been there. Let’s keep holding them accountable. Boehner and Co (Incumb’ts) are wasting our money and putting their personal needs for power over everything else. Rand proposed a $500B cut. Why didn’t they seriously consider that? Because as Tom Altman said above, “They’re Chickens.” We don’t have time for them to dither around.
Report Post »Mom4Freedom
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:19pmBlog, tweet, call, and let your reps know you’re watching their every move, right now! Ooooh how I wish I had been able to be there in D.C. today!!!
Report Post »Skippy Toes
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:16pmBooya!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:17pmWhoop Whoop!
Report Post »Skippy Toes
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:21pmYou said it!
Report Post »redneck
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:00pmUh Huh
Report Post »Maggie in Indiana
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:14pmMary Beth at times is hard to take. I am all for the Tea party but sometimes……..we need to look further than down the road a week or 2.
Report Post »redneck
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:56pmThat’s exactly what the Democrats demostrated since Obama came into office, look where we’re at, still no budget.
We attempt to teach our children that their are consequences for inaction.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:12pmBill has been sent from the house to the Senate, it is the Dems move, they can’t blame this on the House.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:14pmWe need to all remember the definition of insanity.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:18pmDefinition of Insanity, anything coming out of Pelosi or Reids mouth.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:19pmHow much can we save by cutting salaries and perks of the Congress critters ?
Report Post »Why does Moochelle need that huge staff just to look hideous ?
Who is paying the salaries of all those czars ? And their support staff ?
How much taxpayer money is being laundered to jihadi and marxist ‘groups’ ?
I’m sure we can cut a few hundred billion dollars by defunding the above, together with defunding Planned Parenthood, NPR and foreign aid to mehico
encinom
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:20pmThere hasn’t been a larger gathering of the ignorant masses since Beck had his religious rally this past August.
Of course, polling shows that real americans, not the foolish AStro-turf led tea party, do not care about spending, they care about jobs. For jobs there needs to be a cash flow, there needs to be spending. Rand Paul and the rest of the of them are cutting taxes on the wealthy, while cutting job creating programs. Also, looks at Moodys research, tax cuts do not create jobs and help the economy, spending on the working and middle class does, welfare does.
Go parade around in your outfits while you enable the Koch brothers and DC insiders to rape this country.
unsalvageable.org
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:20pmIf the Republicans don’t get it done, we can replace them too.
Report Post »Herman_Cain
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:20pmthe whole idea of cutting $100 billion was based on the premise that President Obama’s full-year 2011 budget would be enacted
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:21pmWhile the Dems are going to try to blame a shut down on R’s and TEA Party .. it is the Dems who failed to pass a budget LAST YEAR .. or this would be unnecessary …. I say let the Dems SHUT IT DOWN .. then WE make everyone hear it was the DEMS who wanted it and did it!
April 15 TEA Parties are all over the country (we are having a local and a big one in Tampa) .. Let them know … the HOUSE VOTED … 60 Billion out of 1.5 TRILLION and the DEMS are CRYING .. that is PEANUTS .. wait until after 2012 .. when we REALLY CUT!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:22pmThose of the right who vowed to make the cuts, let them keep their promises; if somewhere there is more that CAN be trimmed to top the 100 billion mark, then we need to move our legislature to go after it.
Anyone figure the odds the Senate democrats and progressives will trash the bill and send it down in flames just to shut down the govt and blame the right even worse than now?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:27pm@ encinom
Report Post »Lemme guess.
You have been told to believe that without food-stamps and unemployment checks , the economy would collapse , right ?
Nobamazone
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:28pmexactly cheeze! there are billions wasted of our money so they live in luxury! unacceptable!
Report Post »YouGottaProblemWithThat
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:33pmSpeaker Boehner, you had better reconsider your leaning towad compromise and stick to the script given you by your real bosses. The conservative people of this country pushed you into power and if you think we were eager and effective activists for you, wait until we come to the realization you are just another RHINO and we mobilize even more energy against you. The old guard Republicans are not going to run this party this time. If they think so, they will see a 3rd party start to rear its head, and if we can’t win with you will damn sure find another way.
It makes no difference to me or many others what “tag” you place on a party, but if you fail to take the action we expect, you will suffer in the next election. 3rd party…3rd party…..3rd party….3rd party.
Believe it!
Report Post »redneck
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:41pmI double dare the Democrats to signal a shut down of our government! It’s their fault any budget has yet to be satisfied under this regime.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:41pm@encinom. Did the Koch Brothers fire you? You seem to work them into every one of your posts.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:43pmRight, Darmok! The Dems are hoping for a shut down so they can blame it on the House Republicans. Well, SHUT ‘ER DOWN! If the Senate Dems won’t cooperate, let the government shut down! This is a mater of America’s survival. There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for our being in the financial straits that we’re in. The Dems pushed through unsustainable spending in the 111th Congress, and it needs to be UNDONE.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:51pmCheck story in TheHill.com
GOP says 5,000 non-citizens voting in Colorado a ‘wake-up call’ for states
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:53pmYOUGOTTAPROBLEMWITHTHAT
I live within ten miles of Boehner we the people are none to happy here in SW Ohio. I for one am HAPPY that SB5 is lookin’ GOOD. TAX PAYER RIGHTS!
Third party, it has happened before
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:53pm@encinom
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:20pm
There hasn’t been a larger gathering of the ignorant masses since Beck had his religious rally this past August.
Of course, polling shows that real americans, not the foolish AStro-turf led tea party, do not care about spending, they care about jobs. For jobs there needs to be a cash flow, there needs to be spending. Rand Paul and the rest of the of them are cutting taxes on the wealthy, while cutting job creating programs. Also, looks at Moodys research, tax cuts do not create jobs and help the economy, spending on the working and middle class does, welfare does.
Go parade around in your outfits while you enable the Koch brothers and DC insiders to rape this country.
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I’m not even going to read your comment. Someone else replied to it already.
You are just absolutely SICK. Either you are an American or you are not. You are either a traitor or you want America to remain a republic. You are either totally ignorant or just so brainwashed that you can no longer think straight.
Any way you cut it, you have NOTHING to say here at the Blaze that is worthwhile to read. You have no suggestions. You have no solutions to our fiscal dilemma brought on by the Progressive Democrats. You are as anti-American as anyone I’ve ever read about or talked to.
ALL you know how to do is mock the conservatives. Well, friend (?), we are trying our best to SAVE America. You are all for DESTROYING America. You are not going to wear us down. You are keeping us awake, keeping us fighting, keeping our adrenaline rushing.
If your intentions are good, the road to hell is paved with them. Why don’t you just take that road?
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:01pm@Showtime
While the ignorant masses of the Astro turf tea party believe believe they are saving the country, their policies are killing it. The Tea PArty is nothing more than a rehash of the racist reactionary John Birch society.
While the Tea Party is happy with fact free slogans and flag waving, the truth is that their policies would kill the economy and would only benefit the richest 1%. The Tea Party members are either with all Americans or are the happy serfs and slaves of the rich. The Tea Party are fools and lemmings that fight over crumbs from the table. You have a choice you can be happy with the crumbs that are tossed at you or you can fight for your fair share.
Stoic one
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:05pmWOW dead people voting for a dead democratic candidate. If that is true California is wrose off than I thought.
Report Post »http://www.thehill.com 5000 non voters voting…..
UpstateNYConservative
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:05pm@encinom
Since YOU obviously favor the rape and murder of 14-year-old girls, anything YOU post is invalid.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:11pmNo official budget since Obama has been in office, for 2 years, the Dems were in total control, they can’t pass a budget.
And for all of those who don’t know, the Govt budget process:
1. Presidents submit budgets on the first Monday in February to the House of Rep.
2. The next step is the drafting of a budget resolution. The United States House Committee on the Budget and the United States Senate Committee on the Budget are responsible for drafting budget resolutions. Following the traditional calendar, by early April both committees finalize their drafts and submit it to their respective floors for consideration and adoption.
3. A budget resolution, which is one form of a concurrent resolution, binds Congress, but is not a law, and so does not require the President’s signature. The budget resolution serves as a blueprint for the actual appropriation process, and provides Congress with some control over the appropriations process. No new spending authority, however, is provided until appropriation bills are enacted.
4. Once both houses pass the resolution, selected Representatives and Senators negotiate a conference report to reconcile differences between the House and the Senate versions. The conference report, in order to become binding, must be approved by both the House and Senate
Now, the House has sent a bill to the Senate, over the last 2 years, no budget, just Omnibus and CRA’s. So, who’s fault is it that there is no budget? The house has lived up to the law.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:19pm@Encinom ~
Why do you call a grassroots movement “Astroturf?” Explain that to me, please. What is artificial about it?
Report Post »colonial10
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:24pmWe need to replace our politicians with people who respect God in all aspects. Not fanatics but people who put God first in their homes. We need politicians not afraid to pray to God openly for answers on all issues. We need to get out of other countries business and tend to our own. People all over the world are living under tyranny. They need to answer to God as well. We need to tend to our own business and get these class warfare politicians out and learn how to save instead of spend.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:41pm@NYCON
really and where did I say that? We need build a fence in Westchester to keep the yocals on the farms and polluting the real NY.
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@Showtime,
The Tea Party, was founded by the Koch brothers to serve the upper 1% and is controlled by groups such as Freedom Works and other organizations controlled by washington insiders. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/oct/25/tea-party-koch-brothers
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1323047/Anti-establishment-Tea-Party-leave-Obama-lame-duck.html
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=all
So while you may pretend that the Tea Party is grassroots, its not, at its head are Washington lobbiest and insiders, and controlling the purse are the likes of the Koch brothers.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:42pm@encinom
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:01pm
@Showtime
While the ignorant masses of the Astro turf tea party believe believe they are saving the country, their policies are killing it. The Tea Party is nothing more than a rehash of the racist reactionary John Birch society.
While the Tea Party is happy with fact free slogans and flag waving, the truth is that their policies would kill the economy and would only benefit the richest 1%. The Tea Party members are either with all Americans or are the happy serfs and slaves of the rich. The Tea Party are fools and lemmings that fight over crumbs from the table. You have a choice you can be happy with the crumbs that are tossed at you or you can fight for your fair share.
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The best way to overthrow a government is to bankrupt it.
Thus far, the Progressive Democrats have done everything possible to bankrupt the United States of America. The Progressives — who include our usurping resident of the White house — in the 111th Congress, when they had the majority in the House and Senate plus the White House, spent and spent and spent money that we do not have. We have borrowed and borrowed from China and Japan, been bilked by the housing fiasco, bailed out companies that should have rightly failed, and printed more money to devalue our dollar.
Everything that the Progressives do is done purposely to drain America of jobs, prosperity, and security.
Your statement about the John Birch Society makes no sense. There is nothing — NOTHING — racist about the TEA Party. Where did that come from? Progressives who had to play the “RACIST CARD.” Well, that is just incorrect. It has to do with keeping our government from being overturned.
As far as fact-free slogans, as you accuse, and policies that would kill the economy and benefit the richest, you have not used your head.
Do you not realize that all these new Obama-endorsed regulations are meant to do two things? They are meant to shutter existing businesses (by banning certain products) and fill the pockets of those already rich (GE comes to mind first).
Manufacturers have gone overseas to places like China, where labor costs are cheaper, taxes are lower. Whose fault is that? The Democrats, because they want to raise taxes on the big businesses, and businesses here have to deal with the labor unions. All this drives costs of products up, which reduces the buying power of the average American.
When Americans are not buying as much, there is less profit at stores, resulting in layoffs. That leads to less being bought from distributors, and truckers don’t have the loads they used to have. It’s a chain reaction. You figure it out for yourself.
The bottom line is, if Obama REALLY wanted to BOOST the economy, produce JOBS, create prosperity, he would tell the Congress to STOP SPENDING, CUT ENTITLEMENTS, and figure out how to let the average American family to keep as much of their hard-earned money as possible.
The government cannot create jobs. The government has NO PRODUCT. Free enterprise creates jobs. That is (or was at one time) ON THE WEBSITE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. They understand that free enterprise is the fuel that runs the engine of America’s economy.
Nothing that Obama has advocated has worked. NOTHING! So, why don’t the Democrats cross the aisle and let the Republicans have a shot at it, now that the Republicans are in the majority? Because the Progressives know that the American people would recognize without a shadow of a doubt that it’s the Progressives who are sinking America.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:44pm@Encinom ~
YOU DID NOT ANSWER MY QUESTION!!!
WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL ABOUT THE GRASSROOTS TEA PARTY MOVEMENT?
Chicken!
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:59pmencinom, you are a class A, number one, super charged, IDIOT.
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 9:29pm“Cut it or Shut it.” Thats the best slogan I’ve heard in a long time… it’s about the only way we can derail our idiot President.
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 9:51pmThe house can still hold the Debt Ceiling hostage.
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Posted on March 31, 2011 at 10:14pmShame on those Republican eunuchs. Cut the rest of them off! Our women are BIGGER than they are! LOL
LILI VON SCTUPP: “Hello, cowboy. What’s your name?”
Report Post »cowbot TEX: “Tex, ma’am!”
LILI VON SCTUPP: “Texmam? Tell me, Texmam, are you in show business?”
cowbot TEX: “Well, no.”
LILI VON SCTUPP: “Then why don‘t you get your fwiggin’ feet off the stage?”
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Dan of Reason
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 11:29pmThe budget cuts must be $1.7 Trillion, not 1.7 million, or 1.7 billion. In other words, $1,700,000,000,000 (or more), just to save us, the US. The Speaker should introduce a bill titled “Budget Cuts to Support the Value of the US Dollar”.
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 11:31pmThe Dems could not be bothered to even pass a budget last year. So their credibility on any fiscal issue is gone. All they know is how to spend other people’s money. The “buck stops here” doesn‘t stop at Obama’s desk…..rather it stops when the GOP has the guts to say “no more spending’.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 11:34pmI’m still trying to clean up the snot I blew after reading Encino-mans comments. He said,”tax cuts do not create jobs – welfare does”. Yea I know. That’s the short version, but it’s still a quote. Anybody else still trying to recover from that one?
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 11:51pm@encinom
Report Post »Could I have some of what ever it is you’re smoking? Week end coming up. Maybe get on welfare and food stamps so we can all become prosperous.
Why did you not use the word “extreme” in your posts? I thought all you Soros slaves and serfs were in the loop. Seems to me you have everything upside down. How is an economy supposed to work if the majority are convinced that they need do nothing and still be rewarded with their “fair share” (your words).
teachermitch32
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:00amYa know, if Encinom was not already pegged as a prog-troll here I would have guessed that his comments were toungue-in-cheek and he was trying to be funny. However, he really believes this crap. Hard to believe, huh?
Report Post »Peace
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:06amDefend the USA citizens, or shut it and cut it !
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:13am$60 billion?
$600 BILLION is NOT EVEN 1/5th of current ANNUAL SPENDING!!!!!
$6,000 BILLION is NOT EVEN 1/2 of the CURRENT FEDERAL DEBT!!!!!
There WILL BE a FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY – ie banks closed for ever….
RIOTS WILL ENSUE, martial law will be declared, then they will come for the guns…..
EITHER YOU WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH for your FREEDOM,…..
or you WILL become a SOCIALIST government SLAVE.
I have made my choice, have you made your’s?
Now is the time to choose.
Report Post »Peace
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:16amEncinom—go back to Russia. The KGB will straighten you out.
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:17am“The budget cuts must be $1.7 Trillion,…”
Dan of Reason GET’S IT and is DOUBLING-DOWN!
Good for you Dan!
Too bad it’s way too late in the game for a come back, now….
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:52amI’ve left messages for Todd Akin, Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill – my Rep and Senators for Missouri.
Akin is a Tea Party Conservative. I think Blunt is like the rest of the leadership, and McCaskill is a Progressive Democrat.
I said the same thing to each of them. Why would I tell McCaskill what I told the others? As I told her, we‘re open and we’re honest. I hope she tells all the other Democrats that the Tea Party is putting incredible pressure on the Republican leadership to shut down the government and shut down spending on all non-essential programs.
The more pressure, the better.
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:53amOh, look,………..
gold’s trading at $1,432.50………..
that’s ONE PERCENT from it’s record high of $1,446.90….
weeeeee! [financial tsunami – here it comes]
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:57am[grabs surfboard, runs for the water…..]
SURF’S UP!
Report Post »sbish
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 1:00amI was at the rally today, and had a great time listening to the various speakers. While I have always been grateful since I learned about what Jenny Beth and Mark were doing with th Tea Party Patriots, it really struck me today what incredible patriots they are as Jenny Beth led the rally and introduced the guest. In recognition of decades of ridiculous and out of control spending, they have sacrificed their lives to what is a full time gig to help save the country. As a serious and valid political framework, the Progressive Movement is in the last years of their relevant existence. Soon they will be reacting to budget cuts on state and federal levels in the same violent and slanderous manner as the brats in Europe, and at that point, will be even further discredited and ostracized from legitimate political circles. In the future, Jenny Beth and Mark’s spirit and determination surely are going to be written about for future generations to learn about the pivot point of how we went from a nation in decline to a nation reborn.
Report Post »vivrobbins
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 1:23amIts called Community Organizing. Get with it guys.
Report Post »mill
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 1:24amI do not OFFFICIALLY align myself as a “tea party” person..
Report Post »HOWEVER< I do believe the way the party does, and I will be one of those trampled on people voting in the next election John Boehner
THENEWMCCARTHY
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 2:35amLess than 200 showed up. LAME.
Report Post »VerySeniorCitizen
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:44amMY GOODNESS! An estimated ONE HUNDRED people crowded the mall – and were covered by about the same number of media! FANTASTIC!
Report Post »VerySeniorCitizen
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:56am@ CARBE
You really should learn more about the Congress and how bills are passed. this might help
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/182087/im_just_a_bill/
When the budget bill was due to be brought to the floor in the Senate last year – there was an ANONYMOUS Republican Senator who ‘objected’ to the bill being brought to the floor. ANY Senator has the right to hold up work on any bill. And so ——- that particular Republican prevented the passage of 2010 budget. AND NOW you are blaming the Democrats? Ever hear about folks who live in glass houses?
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:57amBecause government now believes (to its core) that there are no “principles” or “core values” that everything can be ‘compromised.’
And, when you don’t stand for something, you don’t stand for anything.
Report Post »VerySeniorCitizen
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:14am@ NOBAMAZONE
There are billions wasted of OUR money so that THEY can live in luxury!
Who are you referring to when you say “OUR”/ And who is THEY?
Unfortunately the Republicans/Tea Party are trying to cut ONLY 16% of the total budget (the part of the budget which actually help the general public. Are you one of the general public? Do you NOT understand that The Military Industrial Complex ‘cannot be touched’ (even though the Pentagon has said that Congress is spending about $78Billion on weaponry that the Pentagon doesn’t want and will never use. Why? Because it provides jobs in certain districts – Ever hear ‘earmarks’?
How about Exxon Mobile which paid ZERO in taxes AND received $43Billion in rebate? Does Exxon Mobile actually need an extra $43 Billion?
Just those two items would save $127Billion without ever touching the money for education, medical, elderly, etc. – in other words, the regular working stiff? Are you a working stiff?
Report Post »SANE_I think
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:03amDarmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Report Post »……………………….the definition of insanity has been changed, it is now; what ever ENCINOM writes here. Welfare improves the economy? My god, such thinking has to be knowingly and purposely written to start a foolish, off topic debate,as only someone truly mentally challenged could believe such nonsense!
FrankSpeak
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:04am@Showtime
Encinom’s intelligence is what is artificial. He believes Pelosi‘s ’astroturf‘ propaganda long after it was disproved because he’s a mindless drone. He’s been programmed to function as an anti-patriot.
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:08amHow about slashing this bloated government down to size – to the original limited size that it’s supposed to be according to our Constitution! Think of how much we could save?
Then we should end all illegal immigration! Think of the savings here…
Then we should tackle all of the foreign aid we so freely grant to countries and global entities that hate us… Stop policing the world, stop entitlement fraud, etc.
So many genuine ways to cut the out-of-control spending and get our fiscal house back in order if only we had genuine politicians…
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:21am@encinom
How much is George Soros paying you to post here?
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:23am@encinom,
Are you Nancy Pelosi or Chris Matthews… you sure sound a lot like them. Make sure you make your bed before you play “World of Warcraft”…. you don’t want mommy being angry with you.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:24amAh yes, as I predicted.
Show of hands: Who here remembers when I predicted loudly and repeatedly to many of you here that you’d be sorely disappointed in Boehner? That he was as McCain as McCain? That his un-masculine tears were for show and that he was pulling the wool over your eyes and that he’d betray you the first time that the rubber hit the road? C’mon, lemme see the hands, because frankly I remember being one of the few voices here who knew the score against many who were enamored with his crocodile tears.
Never, EVER count on a RINO to do the right thing when it really matters. If something has no chance of actual passage, like the repeal of Obama care (at this day and time, 2012 may be different) then sure they’ll go through the motions. But when it comes to hard and fast positions that have real life impact and can be dealt with, they’ll leave you hanging high and dry every time.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:28am@encinom,
Thanks for your posts of enlightenment… know what, what you posted is exactly out of the book of Marx… Marxism works!! Yes, BIG government is the answer because BIG government is so honest and would always protect you. Yes, because over the last 100 years big governments that “protect” their people have killed over 200 million of them… because BIG governments care.
BTW, Nazi’s spent outrageously and are national SOCIALISTS… TEA PARTIES plan on cutting. so get your facts straight before mommy punishes you….
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:31am@VerySeniorCitizen
“Who are you referring to when you say “OUR”/ And who is THEY?”
OUR = taxpayers, THEY = politicians. You’re welcome.
“Unfortunately the Republicans/Tea Party are trying to cut ONLY 16% of the total budget (the part of the budget which actually help the general public.”
The Republicans are not the Tea Party. This article demonstrates the huge rift, in case you missed it. Please, try to read closer.
“Are you one of the general public? ”
Yes.
“Do you NOT understand that The Military Industrial Complex ‘cannot be touched’ (even though the Pentagon has said that Congress is spending about $78Billion on weaponry that the Pentagon doesn’t want and will never use. Why? Because it provides jobs in certain districts – Ever hear ‘earmarks’?”
And more is wasted on the un-constitutional ‘safety net’ than on the military. Cut out un-constitutional spending (social welfare) and then we can discuss military spending which does need cut. But first things first.
Also, earmarks only make up a percent of a percent of spending. Look it up.
“How about Exxon Mobile which paid ZERO in taxes AND received $43Billion in rebate? Does Exxon Mobile actually need an extra $43 Billion?”
Exxon Mobile pays taxes, guy. You can only receive a rebate on something you’ve paid into. Basic logic.
“Just those two items would save $127Billion without ever touching the money for education, medical, elderly, etc. – in other words, the regular working stiff?”
Well, let’s see. I paid for my own education, I pay for my own medical and I’m not elderly. So much for “regular working stiff”.
Education, medical and elderly have no right to demand taxpayer money, there is no constitutional power granted to the Federal government to provide for any of those items, btw.
“Are you a working stiff?”
I’m a private citizen who makes his own way in life, not a cardboard cutout slang phrase from a 1930′s socialist poster, bub.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:56amIf the budget crisis results in shut-down of the Government who will be blamed?
Of course the wannabe tyrants will blame the government shut-down on Republicans, the House of Representatives, the Tea Party or even Donald Duck. Propaganda has no regard for the truth and the tyrants are moving ever closer to the dictator’s goal of total control of the media. The tyrant’s base and many hurt by the event will blame anyone named by the media. It takes very little truth to discredit a lie with thinking people but many sheep will accept the well publicized lie at face value.
Will the truth triumph or will the volume of propaganda prevail?
Remember how Dan Quail was demonized for misspelling a word, but Obama gets a free pass for saying there are 57 states. What an excellent example of the power of propaganda.
The wannabe tyrants and their cronies publicize lies, half-truths and the irrelevant to avoid a discussion of the real issues and advance the cause of tyranny.
Report Post »When the premise is false the only arguments that can be used are fear mongering, emotion, sarcasm, ridicule, attacking the messenger and misrepresentation of the facts (lying). Those who expect to reap huge profits from our misery caused by tyranny are experts at these tactics.
The only relevant issue is freedom or tyranny!!!! http://commonsense21c.com/
Infidel and Proud
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:58am10 billion, 100 billion ….
are they kidding?
Lets START at 1 TRILLION and as the libs sqwuak, raise it by 100 billion every time they bad mouth us.
Report Post »GayDem4Beck
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:00am@encinom – Where the heck are you going to get the money to spend on the middle/lower classes, to help them out (us/me) and crate jobs ? There’s no money, unless we cut spending and start paying off the debt that both parties have created and expanded (Obama put that practice into overdrive). Something like .40+ cents of every dollar spent by the government is borrowed from other countries… At some point those countries are going to call those debts due.
Another interesting point, 4 to 7 percent of the population pays over 60 percent of the tax bill. Yet you want to tax them even more. How much is enough with you folks ? Check out what happens in places like California, New York City, Illinois, New Jersey when taxes keep rising, people move out of those cities/states and they end up collecting less taxes and have even less to spend. One of the great things about this country, you don’t like something in one state, you can move to another.
Michale Moore, in his own words, says abut 400 ‘rich’ people and companies are sitting on $2-Trillion dollars. Liberals and Progressives say they want that money, because the rich don’t deserve it and they (liberals/progressives) can do more with it. $2-Trillion is a drop in the bucket compared to our $14-Trillion dollar debt and Trillion+ Dollar budgets.
Talk about raping this country… your friends are doing a great job at that. If you want to create more jobs and help out the lower/middle classes, we need to get the budgets/debts down and remove some of these restrictive policies/guidelines that are put on businesses. Untie the hands of business and you will see jobs grow.
Report Post »Slayer
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:00amI disagree. The Republicans in the Senate need to fight. They’re doing nothing. The Republicans in the House are also doing nothing to get the Republicans in the Senate motivated. It’s the TEA Party people being forced to do the heavy lifting again.
Report Post »Look folks, the economy is collapsing. The government can release all the happy shiny economic numbers they want today to polish this turd but the reality is everyone in this country now knows someone broke, unemployed, or on the battlefield.
Every single government program must see cuts. Many must be eliminated completely. Or, we can sit around and do nothing, waiting for the whole thing to crash.
barbaraw62
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:37am@ ENCINOMOM…. It’s the first of the m onth … did you cash your paycheck from Soros today? Typical Soros comments……. what a joke, read one sentence and thought ‘MEDIA MATTERS”… BYE BYE FOOL!
Report Post »sodacrackers2
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:00amenicinom, job creation programs? The only jobs “created” by job creation programs are the jobs paid for with your taxes; but then again, I am assuming you actually work, silly me.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:03amWell we know that Boehner will be up for re-election and if we have anything to say about it, I’m betting that re-election won’t be a word in his vocabulary for long. Instead, he will be telling himself that he‘d wished that he had listened to the people and that he’d fought for the people instead of climbing into bed with his liberal friends and cronies. BYE BYE BOEHNER (sounds like the title of a hit song, if we have anything to say about it, it will be based on a true story)
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:50amSO what is the NEWS today on this issue??? What is the latest, is Speaker of The House ***** saying anything about what they are going to actually do??? There has got to be an update on this. I‘m on the weat coast so it’s early here not even 9am but it’s noon in the east and I know people are on this subject big time, because this is THE PIVOT POINT, PERIOD !!!!!!!! The Repubs vote for this, and they are G O N E ! ! !
Report Post »USAMama
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 11:50amEncinom
Report Post »Your obviously a product of the liberal indoctrination camp who believes in the “one pie” theory. The tea party does not “take the crumbs thrown to them” as that is what welfare is. We don’t believe we need to “demand our fair share” of anything. We just ask that you get the heck out of our kitchen and quit taxing the heck out of our ingredients so we can make our own darn pie!! If you want to sit on your butt and demand more gov’t pie then you deserve the crumbs you get. Be grateful and quit complaining.
Strictlybusiness
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:00pm@ encinom
Don’t try to talk any since to encinom, He is affraid his hand outs , WELFARE, FOODSTAMPS, ADC CHECK and so on is going to be cut if the TEA PARTY IS LISTENED TO . So just let this Obama but plug blab.
Report Post »*************************
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:10amRECALL or VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN … Republican/Traitor Boehner.
REPORTER: “Sir, those are dummies.”
Report Post »Gov. Le PETOMANE: “How do you think I got elected?”
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UPSETVET
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 9:34amWhy am I feeling that we Conservative Republican Voters are being sold out by the GOP leaders like the Speaker of the House John Boenher ? Since the last election in November 2010 when the Republicans took back the majority in Congress, little or nothing has been accomplished to revert the democrat programs, including excessive government spending and Obamacare.
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