Unlimited hilarity is not just for Arizona anymore.
http://colorado.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/12/the-fourth-tea-party/
QuoteMany American citizens treat the current "Tea Party Movement" as a recent innovation, or a novel idea that will disappear in the future. Others tie current thought patterns back to the Boston Tea Party that occurred in 1773. Actually, the thought patterns and mindset of the Tea Party movement finds its origins in a rebellion that occurred more than 3,000 years ago. Believe it or not, this movement was detailed in the Bible.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on December 13, 2010, 12:48:48 AM
Unlimited hilarity is not just for Arizona anymore.
http://colorado.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/12/the-fourth-tea-party/
QuoteMany American citizens treat the current "Tea Party Movement" as a recent innovation, or a novel idea that will disappear in the future. Others tie current thought patterns back to the Boston Tea Party that occurred in 1773. Actually, the thought patterns and mindset of the Tea Party movement finds its origins in a rebellion that occurred more than 3,000 years ago. Believe it or not, this movement was detailed in the Bible.
The misrepresentation of Biblical events is fucking hilarious. :lulz:
:lulz:
No, it's true. This one time, in the Bible...
1.) Some people were mad about the government.
2.) Hilarity ensued.
3.) ?????
4.) Prophets
Quote from: Jerry_Frankster on December 13, 2010, 12:59:37 AM
No, it's true. This one time, in the Bible...
1.) Some people were mad about the government.
2.) Hilarity ensued.
3.) ?????
4.) Prophets
And they dunked a tea bag in hot water too. I was there, I saw it.
Quote from: Jerry_Frankster on December 13, 2010, 12:59:37 AM
No, it's true. This one time, in the Bible...
1.) Some people were mad about the government.
2.) Hilarity ensued.
3.) ?????
4.) Prophets
:mittens:
QuoteThe forty years of Solomon's reign had been prosperous, but it also came with a price.
TANSTAAFL STFU GTFO
Seriously, if it was prosperous, who the fuck cares.
QuoteSo, the Pharisees coined their own money. They would exchange the world currencies for the temple currency, with a healthy up-charge added on.
This is standard practice for currency exchange in the 21st century. Ergo, Jesus hates international business and tourism. Suggests that these fuckers never left the US to go anywhere. Probably a reasonable assumption.
QuoteThe East India Tea Company agreed to reduce their price for tea because their competition had been eliminated by the government. However, they also agreed to allow the government to add a surcharge (or in today's language a "fee") that would be collected by the company on behalf of the British government. This tax more than made up for the decrease in price. And it made the colonists angry!
Ignoring that this still made tea cheaper for the colonists. More importantly it made smugglers angry. Whoops.
QuoteThe prophet Amos was looking ahead to a time that is remarkably similar to our current crisis.
QuoteThe economic crisis looming over the United States of America has been foretold centuries ago. The current problems will worsen, as the government partners with various business leaders and progressives to oppress and control our freedom. The days that we face will perhaps be more difficult than we can understand. But hope is not lost.
:lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 13, 2010, 04:24:57 PM
QuoteSo, the Pharisees coined their own money. They would exchange the world currencies for the temple currency, with a healthy up-charge added on.
This is standard practice for currency exchange in the 21st century. Ergo, Jesus hates international business and tourism. Suggests that these fuckers never left the US to go anywhere. Probably a reasonable assumption.
I love how they completely circumvent the moral of that story to make it about Taxes.
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on December 13, 2010, 07:20:23 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 13, 2010, 04:24:57 PM
QuoteSo, the Pharisees coined their own money. They would exchange the world currencies for the temple currency, with a healthy up-charge added on.
This is standard practice for currency exchange in the 21st century. Ergo, Jesus hates international business and tourism. Suggests that these fuckers never left the US to go anywhere. Probably a reasonable assumption.
I love how they completely circumvent the moral of that story to make it about Taxes.
And, you know, that Jesus was an advocate of paying your taxes and was buddies with tax collectors.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 14, 2010, 12:33:54 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on December 13, 2010, 07:20:23 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 13, 2010, 04:24:57 PM
QuoteSo, the Pharisees coined their own money. They would exchange the world currencies for the temple currency, with a healthy up-charge added on.
This is standard practice for currency exchange in the 21st century. Ergo, Jesus hates international business and tourism. Suggests that these fuckers never left the US to go anywhere. Probably a reasonable assumption.
I love how they completely circumvent the moral of that story to make it about Taxes.
And, you know, that Jesus was an advocate of paying your taxes and was buddies with tax collectors.
Render unto Caesar that which is Caesars. One of the disciples was a tax collector.
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 14, 2010, 01:22:20 AM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 14, 2010, 12:33:54 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on December 13, 2010, 07:20:23 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 13, 2010, 04:24:57 PM
QuoteSo, the Pharisees coined their own money. They would exchange the world currencies for the temple currency, with a healthy up-charge added on.
This is standard practice for currency exchange in the 21st century. Ergo, Jesus hates international business and tourism. Suggests that these fuckers never left the US to go anywhere. Probably a reasonable assumption.
I love how they completely circumvent the moral of that story to make it about Taxes.
And, you know, that Jesus was an advocate of paying your taxes and was buddies with tax collectors.
Render unto Caesar that which is Caesars. One of the disciples was a tax collector.
Precisely- though I forget which disciple it was.
Catholics,
notorious for not listening in CCD
My favorite part is:
QuoteMany years later both the House of Israel (the ten tribes) and the House of Judah (the two tribes) were scattered by their enemies. The House of Judah, the Jews, returned to the land God had promised to them, and occupies a portion of it to this day. The House of Israel dispersed to the north and the west, settling in Western Europe. Their independence, rebellion, and hatred for unfair taxation became the foundation of a new land many years later.
HEY BLIGHT! YOU LIVE IN THA MUTHAFUCKING PROMISED LAND 'N' SHIT! :lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 14, 2010, 01:25:01 AM
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 14, 2010, 01:22:20 AM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 14, 2010, 12:33:54 AM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on December 13, 2010, 07:20:23 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 13, 2010, 04:24:57 PM
QuoteSo, the Pharisees coined their own money. They would exchange the world currencies for the temple currency, with a healthy up-charge added on.
This is standard practice for currency exchange in the 21st century. Ergo, Jesus hates international business and tourism. Suggests that these fuckers never left the US to go anywhere. Probably a reasonable assumption.
I love how they completely circumvent the moral of that story to make it about Taxes.
And, you know, that Jesus was an advocate of paying your taxes and was buddies with tax collectors.
Render unto Caesar that which is Caesars. One of the disciples was a tax collector.
Precisely- though I forget which disciple it was.
Catholics,
notorious for not listening in CCD
Matthew, I think.
Disciples of Christ: Matthew The Tax Collector
Matthew was a "publican" or tax collector for the Romans. Tax collectors made a good living. They were generally despised by their fellow Jews and merely tolerated by their Roman employers. Tax collectors were creative in finding ways to tax the people. Luke 3:13 states, "They overcharged [and] brought false charges of smuggling in the hope of extorting hush-money". Other ways of making money included taxes on axles, wheels, animals, roads, highways and admission to markets. Some even charged pedestrians taxes.
http://www.essortment.com/all/biblematthew_rbus.htm
Quote from: Doktor Phox on December 14, 2010, 01:27:31 AM
My favorite part is:
QuoteMany years later both the House of Israel (the ten tribes) and the House of Judah (the two tribes) were scattered by their enemies. The House of Judah, the Jews, returned to the land God had promised to them, and occupies a portion of it to this day. The House of Israel dispersed to the north and the west, settling in Western Europe. Their independence, rebellion, and hatred for unfair taxation became the foundation of a new land many years later.
HEY BLIGHT! YOU LIVE IN THA MUTHAFUCKING PROMISED LAND 'N' SHIT! :lulz:
Oh god, you get some crazy shit when you get into that territory. I saw a fundy fun hour show one morning years ago where they argued that same thing, and the proof of it was that British was a compound of the Hebrew words Brith and Ish so as to mean "People of the Covenant." I guess Ireland was supposed to be settled by the Tribe of Dan on the grounds that our gods were called the Tuatha De Danann. Funny enough, I heard on another fundy fun hour show that the Antichrist was supposed to be from the Tribe of Dan. Moral of the story, never fucking trust the Irish. :lulz:
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 14, 2010, 01:32:11 AM
Disciples of Christ: Matthew The Tax Collector
Matthew was a "publican" or tax collector for the Romans. Tax collectors made a good living. They were generally despised by their fellow Jews and merely tolerated by their Roman employers. Tax collectors were creative in finding ways to tax the people. Luke 3:13 states, "They overcharged [and] brought false charges of smuggling in the hope of extorting hush-money". Other ways of making money included taxes on axles, wheels, animals, roads, highways and admission to markets. Some even charged pedestrians taxes.
http://www.essortment.com/all/biblematthew_rbus.htm
I think a pedestrian tax is an excellent idea for Boston, but only if you're unable to figure out crossing the street in a timely manner.
He has hardly soft-pedaled his principles. "For all the criticism of me, there's one thing you won't hear anybody say, and that's that I've pulled the wool over anyone's eyes," Cuccinelli tells TIME.
:lulz:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20101229feds_investigate_christine_odonnell_spending/
Good thing the Tea Party are all about fiscal responsibility and rule of law and shit.
Hahahaha
Of course, this really means we are all being investigated by the FBI, since, as the would-be Senate Witch so delightfully reminded us in her campaign video "we are all Christine O'Donnell".
Running for senate isn't an ancient magic ritual of personal enrichment?
Quote from: Cain on December 29, 2010, 09:59:34 PM
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20101229feds_investigate_christine_odonnell_spending/
Good thing the Tea Party are all about fiscal responsibility and rule of law and shit.
Yes, poor poor X-ine--being crucified by the big bads of Delaware politics like Joe Biden (wut?) because she was just too righteous for them to take.
:lulz:
That lady. She so crazy.
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 30, 2010, 12:34:12 AM
Running for senate isn't an ancient magic ritual of personal enrichment?
It is, but the ritual only works if you win.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/12/29/932182/-EXPOSED:-Astroturfed-Teabaggers-PAID-TO-TROLL-liberals-online-to-enforce-corporate-propaganda
I know its dailykos but...
Quote"Here's what I do. I get on Amazon; I type in "Liberal Books". I go through and I say "one star, one star, one star". The flipside is you go to a conservative/ libertarian whatever, go to their products and give them five stars. ... This is where your kids get information: Rotten Tomatoes, Flixster. These are places where you can rate movies. So when you type in "Movies on Healthcare", I don't want Michael Moore's to come up, so I always give it bad ratings. I spend about 30 minutes a day, just click, click, click, click. ... If there's a place to comment, a place to rate, a place to share information, you have to do it. That's how you control the online dialogue and give our ideas a fighting chance."
There's a gasm in there somewhere :lulz:
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on December 31, 2010, 06:09:03 PM
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/12/29/932182/-EXPOSED:-Astroturfed-Teabaggers-PAID-TO-TROLL-liberals-online-to-enforce-corporate-propaganda
I know its dailykos but...
Quote"Here's what I do. I get on Amazon; I type in "Liberal Books". I go through and I say "one star, one star, one star". The flipside is you go to a conservative/ libertarian whatever, go to their products and give them five stars. ... This is where your kids get information: Rotten Tomatoes, Flixster. These are places where you can rate movies. So when you type in "Movies on Healthcare", I don't want Michael Moore's to come up, so I always give it bad ratings. I spend about 30 minutes a day, just click, click, click, click. ... If there's a place to comment, a place to rate, a place to share information, you have to do it. That's how you control the online dialogue and give our ideas a fighting chance."
Seems easy enough to filter against.
Just ignore all American IPs.
;-)
blame the unions :lulz:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/business/04labor.html
QuoteWASHINGTON — The Republican who will head the House committee that oversees domestic security is planning to open a Congressional inquiry into what he calls "the radicalization" of the Muslim community when his party takes over the House next year.
Representative Peter T. King of New York, who will become the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said he was responding to what he has described as frequent concerns raised by law enforcement officials that Muslim leaders have been uncooperative in terror investigations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/nyregion/17king.html?_r=1
LMNO's Axiom ITT. :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 06, 2011, 04:48:24 PM
QuoteWASHINGTON — The Republican who will head the House committee that oversees domestic security is planning to open a Congressional inquiry into what he calls "the radicalization" of the Muslim community when his party takes over the House next year.
Representative Peter T. King of New York, who will become the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said he was responding to what he has described as frequent concerns raised by law enforcement officials that Muslim leaders have been uncooperative in terror investigations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/nyregion/17king.html?_r=1
LMNO's Axiom ITT. :lulz:
This would normally prompt me to smash my face against my keyboard repeatedly, but after all the idiocy recently, I decided I can't afford another new keyboard, so I will simply say: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
:horrormirth:
Pete King lulz
http://wonkette.com/432961/peter-king-is-no-bigot-he-just-says-bigoted-things
http://wonkette.com/416628/peter-king-not-going-to-let-you-worship-al-qaeda-near-ground-zero
You know the greatest irony about all this? Peter King has frequently travelled to Northern Ireland to speak with IRA members, has spoken at pro-IRA rallies and has called the IRA "the legitimate voice of dissent in Ireland" against "British imperialism". He has also been involved with the group NORAID, who raise funds to allow the IRA to buy weapons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_T._King#Support_for_the_IRA
So in other words, Peter King is definitely compensating for something with his comments about Muslims, and that thing is his own dirty past and involvement in international terrorism.
Actually, wait, it gets even better
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/05/peter_king_listed_by_secret_secret_as_pro-terroris/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tpmcafe-main+%28TPMCafe%29
QuoteOf course, it makes sense for King to malign a particular segment of the population, rather than to focus on terrorism itself.
And that is because of Peter King's own record of sympathy for terrorism.
An extraordinary 2005 profile of King by the conservative New York Sun told the story of King's long and deep involvement with the terrorist Irish Republican Army (IRA) and, even more damning, his support for Irish Northern Aid (NORAID), a U.S.-based group accused of funneling guns and money to the IRA. According to the Sun:
QuoteMr. King's support for the IRA was unequivocal. In 1982, for instance, he told a pro-IRA rally in Nassau County: "We must pledge ourselves to support those brave men and women who this very moment are carrying forth the struggle against British imperialism in the streets of Belfast and Derry."
King was defending the IRA while it was engaged in serious violence.
QuoteThe IRA took its campaign to Britain - where London's financial district was twice devastated by bombs - and to mainland Europe, where British NATO bases were frequently targeted. The IRA nearly killed Prime Minister Thatcher and her cabinet with a bomb in 1984, and it assassinated prominent British politicians and members of the royal family.
King's support for the IRA was so outspoken that "by the mid-1980s, the authorities on both sides of the Atlantic were openly hostile to Mr. King. On one occasion, a judge threw him out of a Belfast courtroom during the murder trial of IRA men because, in the judge's view, 'he was an obvious collaborator with the IRA.' When he attended other trials, the police singled him out for thorough body searches."
In 1984, "the Secret Service listed him as a threat when President Reagan made a trip to Nassau County to watch a Special Olympics event."
Fortunately, in the 1980's, there was no headline-seeking House chairman to investigate the entire Irish-American community because of the activities of Peter King and his friends. After all, who could seriously suggest demonizing a community of millions of law-abiding citizens because of the actions of a few terrorist sympathizers? NORAID and other IRA-supporting groups were, quite properly, investigated. Not a whole population.
But now here is Peter King determined to find terrorism-supporters under every Muslim bed. Better, he should look in the mirror.
:lulz:
QuoteA birther trampled over the reading of the Constitution in the House of Representatives on Thursday.
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) was reading Section 1, Article 2, of the famed document, which relates to a person's eligibility to be President, when the protester cried out from the gallery.
"Except Obama, except Obama, help us, Jesus!" she can be heard yelling via C-SPAN.
According to Dave Weigel at Slate.com, the woman, Theresa Cao, is "a birther activist and supporter of court-martialed birther Lt. Col. Terry Lakin."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/01/06/2011-01-06_birther_interrupts_reading_of_us_constitution_in_house_of_representatives.html?r=news
The only thing Peter King did that was okay in my book, was side with my grandmother during our Sallie Mae debacle as she's in his district. After that though, he's just an ass. A typical Long Island ass.
I should mention that my grandmother is Republican....and she HATES him.
The bill to repeal the healthcare bill is formally called the 'A bill to repeal the job killing healthcare law'. :lulz:
Quote from: Requia ☣ on January 07, 2011, 06:06:50 PM
The bill to repeal the healthcare bill is formally called the 'A bill to repeal the job killing healthcare law'. :lulz:
Coming soon:
S.9001 -- Democrats Are Doody Faces And Smell Funny Act111th CONGRESS 2d Sessoin
S. 9001
AN ACT
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to declare all public servants with a certain political affiliation Doody Heads
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Democrats Are Doody Faces And Smell Funny Act of 2011'.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on January 07, 2011, 06:06:50 PM
The bill to repeal the healthcare bill is formally called the 'A bill to repeal the job killing healthcare law'. :lulz:
LINK? FOR THE LOVE OF SWEET BABY JESUS, GIVE ME A LINK!
(http://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/founders-read.gif)
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 08, 2011, 12:57:29 AM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on January 07, 2011, 06:06:50 PM
The bill to repeal the healthcare bill is formally called the 'A bill to repeal the job killing healthcare law'. :lulz:
LINK? FOR THE LOVE OF SWEET BABY JESUS, GIVE ME A LINK!
LINK IS YOURS
http://rules-republicans.house.gov/Legislation/legislationDetails.aspx?NewsID=60 (http://rules-republicans.house.gov/Legislation/legislationDetails.aspx?NewsID=60)
Quote
>>>http://rules-republicans.house.gov/Media/PDF/HR__-Repeal.pdf (http://rules-republicans.house.gov/Media/PDF/HR__-Repeal.pdf)<<<
.....................................................................
(Original Signature of Member)
112TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R.
To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions
in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. CANTOR (for himself and [see ATTACHED LIST of cosponsors]) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
A BILL
To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care- related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ''Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act''.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Repeal health care? Give up your own first!
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/health_care_hypocrites/?r=6616
"It was a central value to us when we passed health care, and a central value to the American people, that members of Congress should get the same health care as everyone else. It seems unfair that house Republicans want to deprive middle-class Americans of the same health care as members of Congress but to keep it for themselves."
Quote from: Able on January 08, 2011, 11:38:35 PM
Repeal health care? Give up your own first!
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/health_care_hypocrites/?r=6616
"It was a central value to us when we passed health care, and a central value to the American people, that members of Congress should get the same health care as everyone else. It seems unfair that house Republicans want to deprive middle-class Americans of the same health care as members of Congress but to keep it for themselves."
This idea seems great in the pursuit of keeping the glaring hypocrisy down, but I'm not so naive as to think it'll ever actually happen in a million years, either.
Think the idea is to reframe the debate. The fact they didn't include the quote from the new congressman bitching his healthcare doesn't kick in right away is fail tho
Quote from: Able on January 10, 2011, 06:33:38 PM
Think the idea is to reframe the debate. The fact they didn't include the quote from the new congressman bitching his healthcare doesn't kick in right away is fail tho
That thought occurred to me as well...
Tea Party takes over Wake County (NC) board of education, takes their country back -- back to the good old days before Brown v. Board of Education, that is.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/11/AR2011011107063_pf.html
QuoteThe new school board has won applause from parents who blame the old policy - which sought to avoid high-poverty, racially isolated schools - for an array of problems in the district and who say that promoting diversity is no longer a proper or necessary goal for public schools.
"This is Raleigh in 2010, not Selma, Alabama, in the 1960s - my life is integrated," said John Tedesco, a new board member. "We need new paradigms."
But critics accuse the new board of pursuing an ideological agenda aimed at nothing less than sounding the official death knell of government-sponsored integration in one of the last places to promote it. Without a diversity policy in place, they say, the county will inevitably slip into the pattern that defines most districts across the country, where schools in well-off neighborhoods are decent and those in poor, usually minority neighborhoods struggle.
Quote from: Pastor-Mullah Zappathruster on January 13, 2011, 02:21:25 PM
Tea Party takes over Wake County (NC) board of education, takes their country back -- back to the good old days before Brown v. Board of Education, that is.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/11/AR2011011107063_pf.html
QuoteThe new school board has won applause from parents who blame the old policy - which sought to avoid high-poverty, racially isolated schools - for an array of problems in the district and who say that promoting diversity is no longer a proper or necessary goal for public schools.
"This is Raleigh in 2010, not Selma, Alabama, in the 1960s - my life is integrated," said John Tedesco, a new board member. "We need new paradigms."
But critics accuse the new board of pursuing an ideological agenda aimed at nothing less than sounding the official death knell of government-sponsored integration in one of the last places to promote it. Without a diversity policy in place, they say, the county will inevitably slip into the pattern that defines most districts across the country, where schools in well-off neighborhoods are decent and those in poor, usually minority neighborhoods struggle.
This is neither new, nor surprising. It's still fucked though.
To be honest though, this is just the natural consequence of allowing the stupidity of national pundits (who, after Obama was elected, spent months crowing about a "post-racial America") influence people's ideas of policies. After all, race can't be a problem any more, a half black Muslim Kenyan usurper became President!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/12/anthony-miller-resigns-giffords-threats_n_808116.html
Updated: The sole black Republican Party district chairman in Arizona resigned from his post in the wake of Saturday's shooting, citing threats from the Tea Party faction and concerns for his family's safety, The Arizona Republic first reported.
Republican District 20 Chairman Anthony Miller was not the only party official to resign following the shooting that killed six and wounded 14 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and a federal judge. But Miller had been an especially dedicated campaigner for the GOP, and said he only stepped down in the face of "constant verbal attacks" and other forms of intimidation.
"I wasn't going to resign but decided to quit after what happened Saturday," he said. "I love the Republican Party but I don't want to take a bullet for anyone."
Miller, 43, told HuffPost he decided to resign after his wife expressed concern for their safety. Miller had been the target of heavy criticism from Arizona Tea Partyers, in part because he worked on Sen. John McCain's campaign last fall. (The Tea Partyers favored McCain's opponent, J.D. Hayworth.)
But the attacks also took on a racial hue. One critic referred to him derogatorily as "McCain's boy," Miller said. Other language was even less ambiguous. At an event in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Miller said someone called out, "There's Anthony, get a rope."
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on January 13, 2011, 07:58:58 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/12/anthony-miller-resigns-giffords-threats_n_808116.html
Updated: The sole black Republican Party district chairman in Arizona resigned from his post in the wake of Saturday's shooting, citing threats from the Tea Party faction and concerns for his family's safety, The Arizona Republic first reported.
Republican District 20 Chairman Anthony Miller was not the only party official to resign following the shooting that killed six and wounded 14 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and a federal judge. But Miller had been an especially dedicated campaigner for the GOP, and said he only stepped down in the face of "constant verbal attacks" and other forms of intimidation.
"I wasn't going to resign but decided to quit after what happened Saturday," he said. "I love the Republican Party but I don't want to take a bullet for anyone."
Miller, 43, told HuffPost he decided to resign after his wife expressed concern for their safety. Miller had been the target of heavy criticism from Arizona Tea Partyers, in part because he worked on Sen. John McCain's campaign last fall. (The Tea Partyers favored McCain's opponent, J.D. Hayworth.)
But the attacks also took on a racial hue. One critic referred to him derogatorily as "McCain's boy," Miller said. Other language was even less ambiguous. At an event in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Miller said someone called out, "There's Anthony, get a rope."
So what's this about a post-racial world? :horrormirth:
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on January 13, 2011, 07:58:58 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/12/anthony-miller-resigns-giffords-threats_n_808116.html
Updated: The sole black Republican Party district chairman in Arizona resigned from his post in the wake of Saturday's shooting, citing threats from the Tea Party faction and concerns for his family's safety, The Arizona Republic first reported.
Republican District 20 Chairman Anthony Miller was not the only party official to resign following the shooting that killed six and wounded 14 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and a federal judge. But Miller had been an especially dedicated campaigner for the GOP, and said he only stepped down in the face of "constant verbal attacks" and other forms of intimidation.
"I wasn't going to resign but decided to quit after what happened Saturday," he said. "I love the Republican Party but I don't want to take a bullet for anyone."
Miller, 43, told HuffPost he decided to resign after his wife expressed concern for their safety. Miller had been the target of heavy criticism from Arizona Tea Partyers, in part because he worked on Sen. John McCain's campaign last fall. (The Tea Partyers favored McCain's opponent, J.D. Hayworth.)
But the attacks also took on a racial hue. One critic referred to him derogatorily as "McCain's boy," Miller said. Other language was even less ambiguous. At an event in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Miller said someone called out, "There's Anthony, get a rope."
He fucking deserved it for joining the KKK party.
I'm kinda tickled that the Tea Party is also targeting Republicans.
Quote from: Suu on January 13, 2011, 08:07:04 PM
I'm kinda tickled that the Tea Party is also targeting Republicans.
I dont think it had a lot to do with the fact that hes a Republican.
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on January 13, 2011, 08:08:12 PM
Quote from: Suu on January 13, 2011, 08:07:04 PM
I'm kinda tickled that the Tea Party is also targeting Republicans.
I dont think it had a lot to do with the fact that hes a Republican.
Didn't something like 4 other Republicans resign earlier this week though?
But yeah, I get it, he's black.
I'm waiting for an opportunity to use this: http://wn.com/Joyce_Kaufman_If_ballots_don%27t_work,_bullets_will
Quote from: Nigel on January 13, 2011, 08:39:50 PM
I'm waiting for an opportunity to use this: http://wn.com/Joyce_Kaufman_If_ballots_don%27t_work,_bullets_will
:lulz:
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jan/13/tea-parties-cite-legislative-demands/
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Regarding education, the material they distributed said, “Neglect and outright ill will have distorted the teaching of the history and character of the United States. We seek to compel the teaching of students in Tennessee the truth regarding the history of our nation and the nature of its government.”
That would include, the documents say, that “the Constitution created a Republic, not a Democracy.”
The material calls for lawmakers to amend state laws governing school curriculums, and for textbook selection criteria to say that “No portrayal of minority experience in the history which actually occurred shall obscure the experience or contributions of the Founding Fathers, or the majority of citizens, including those who reached positions of leadership.”
Fayette County attorney Hal Rounds, the group’s lead spokesman during the news conference, said the group wants to address “an awful lot of made-up criticism about, for instance, the founders intruding on the Indians or having slaves or being hypocrites in one way or another.
I wish you could kill people by hating them.
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on January 16, 2011, 03:57:49 AM
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jan/13/tea-parties-cite-legislative-demands/
Regarding education, the material they distributed said, "Neglect and outright ill will have distorted the teaching of the history and character of the United States. We seek to compel the teaching of students in Tennessee the truth regarding the history of our nation and the nature of its government."
That would include, the documents say, that "the Constitution created a Republic, not a Democracy."
The material calls for lawmakers to amend state laws governing school curriculums, and for textbook selection criteria to say that "No portrayal of minority experience in the history which actually occurred shall obscure the experience or contributions of the Founding Fathers, or the majority of citizens, including those who reached positions of leadership."
Fayette County attorney Hal Rounds, the group's lead spokesman during the news conference, said the group wants to address "an awful lot of made-up criticism about, for instance, the founders intruding on the Indians or having slaves or being hypocrites in one way or another.
I wish you could kill people by hating them.
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:nuke:
:lulz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhMepzqJvIw
Ohhhh noooo :lulz:
Quote from: Able on January 17, 2011, 07:57:07 PM
:lulz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhMepzqJvIw
I refuse to believe that this video exists. Its an incredibly realistic CGI cartoon being sung by some redneck version of Vocaloid.
Trolling is indistinguishable from reality now, 'snatch. I thought you got the memo.
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on January 17, 2011, 10:56:58 PM
Quote from: Able on January 17, 2011, 07:57:07 PM
:lulz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhMepzqJvIw
I refuse to believe that this video exists. Its an incredibly realistic CGI cartoon being sung by some redneck version of Vocaloid.
That made my fucking year. :lulz:
Pention for the Sarah Palin Battle Hymn to be the new official anthem of the Republic.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/congress-honors-911-first-capitalizers,18856/ (http://www.theonion.com/articles/congress-honors-911-first-capitalizers,18856/)
QuoteWASHINGTON—In an act that many are calling long overdue, Congress passed legislation this week to honor those Americans who were first on the scene to profit from the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001.
The so-called 9/11 First Capitalizers Act, which passed by a wide margin in both the House and Senate, is the first measure to recognize the utter lack of sacrifice on the part of those men and women who did not hesitate to put their own personal agendas above all else when it mattered most.
"It is high time we paid tribute to those who sensed the direness of the moment and immediately sprang into action on that terrible day, exploiting it for personal gain," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Tuesday. "These were the thoughtless men and women who selfishly showed us that in desperate times, the most callous among us will always be there to step forward and do whatever it takes to get a piece of the action."
"They sacrificed their dignity and sense of basic morality so that others might one day give to them," Graham continued.
http://soundcloud.com/eptc/sarah-palin-battle-hymn-disco-edit
Negro president? NO THANKS! :kingmeh: :x :lol: :horrormirth:
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 08, 2011, 01:01:53 AM
(http://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/founders-read.gif)
Quote from: whoever posted thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhMepzqJvIw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhMepzqJvIw)
Oh lord please bring back good country music instead of HURPADURP GAWWD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgI5DMVegIk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgI5DMVegIk)
Turned the radio on in Wisconsin once, and the first thing they played was a folk song about being an Irish Volunteer. To me that's like turning on a radio and hearing "al quaeeeeeeda, al quaeeeeda, they're the ones-that-we-a-dore..." :lulz:
Quote from: Slyph on January 22, 2011, 01:56:22 PM
Turned the radio on in Wisconsin once, and the first thing they played was a folk song about being an Irish Volunteer. To me that's like turning on a radio and hearing "al quaeeeeeeda, al quaeeeeda, they're the ones-that-we-a-dore..." :lulz:
THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE!!!!!!!!!
Anti-Tea Party sign.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs760.ash1/165107_190453920980127_108038612554992_683687_765177_n.jpg)
Quote from: Canis latrans eques on January 25, 2011, 03:45:21 AM
Anti-Tea Party sign.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs760.ash1/165107_190453920980127_108038612554992_683687_765177_n.jpg)
:mittens:
Quote from: Slyph on January 22, 2011, 01:56:22 PM
Turned the radio on in Wisconsin once, and the first thing they played was a folk song about being an Irish Volunteer. To me that's like turning on a radio and hearing "al quaeeeeeeda, al quaeeeeda, they're the ones-that-we-a-dore..." :lulz:
Well that is fitting, given the new Chairman of the United States House Homeland Security Committee, Peter King, helped raise money for the IRA (allegedly), vocally supported them throughout the 80s and was considered a security threat by Reagan's own Secret Service staff.