No one else seemed to be doing it, so I guess I have to.
I would like to know your opinion of these tea parties, if they are effective, what they are trying to do, if the people at them know what they are trying to do, if it was a grassroots phenomenon, how the media covered it, the actual tax programs and spending of the government, and so on.
My opinion:
A few high head republicans decided this was a great idea for some reason and Fox News got wind. They proceeded to promote it like they were JFK in respect to the space race, and sponsored and hosted events. They then turned around and denied other media's claims of this fact and said it was completely a grassroots organization of the angry masses of which they had absolutely nothing to do with save for coverage. Criticism of those attending caused Fox to hypocritically whine and say they are the only fair and balanced network and have the most ratings. However, they actually do attack the character and validity of liberal movements and only have the most ratings due to the large population of mindless religious drones - not because they are right, fair, balanced or anything similar.
The protesters found this concept hyped by idiotic lying and context skewing Fox News hosts and decided, "Well, Bill O'Reilly said, and that's good enough for me." (Courtesy of David Cross) They do not realize taxes are no higher than in the Bush leadership and that the whole concept of the tea party is ridiculous in the circumstances. Debt has been raised most, as far as I know, by the recent wars and the economic collapse; both are the result of Amercian's decisions. The tea party was protesting taxes not agreed upon by Americans and as a result of a war by Britain which was not endorsed by Americans. Get the difference? Liberals were saying the exact same thing about this whole debt concept back close to the beginning of the wars, yet Fox and other right-wing people ignored it as just an anti-American liberal spewage. I wonder what they call themselves right now... Probably not anti-American. Moreover, the people of the rally do not understand even enough basic economic, financial, governmental, legislative, tax, and other concepts to have a legitimate opinion. Again, "Bill O'Reilly said, and that's good enough for me." Some might say such a rationalization is just fine. The problem resides in these very people hating the liberals like New York Times and that nasty Paul Krugman and refuse to take other facets of information into consideration. Who would you listen to, the literally under-non-educated Fox News pundits or the Nobel Prize in Economics winning Paul Krugman, especially when it comes to economics? It reminds me of the man of the single book: The Bible. It (Fox News or other right media) is absolute and nothing else matters. Other people take many facets into consideration: Education!
I think the problem with the economy was started in the past by people and the government. However, the best way to get out of it is apparently being taken. So, if anyone is to blame for the economy, it is the American people and their overspending greedy habits; credit fuckers. Why be mad at ourselves, then? Well, we should rather be mad at something constructive. Something we can still do a little about. That would be the huge expenditures on the wars Bush made for us.
Anyone else?
--If you have yet to hear about them, or hear enough about them, here are some links:
MSNBC
MSNBC again
I cannot find any more on YouTube at the moment. I know I saw last night on Colbert Report and the Daily Show, if you want to check their websites.
I would like to know your opinion of these tea parties, if they are effective, what they are trying to do, if the people at them know what they are trying to do, if it was a grassroots phenomenon, how the media covered it, the actual tax programs and spending of the government, and so on.
My opinion:
A few high head republicans decided this was a great idea for some reason and Fox News got wind. They proceeded to promote it like they were JFK in respect to the space race, and sponsored and hosted events. They then turned around and denied other media's claims of this fact and said it was completely a grassroots organization of the angry masses of which they had absolutely nothing to do with save for coverage. Criticism of those attending caused Fox to hypocritically whine and say they are the only fair and balanced network and have the most ratings. However, they actually do attack the character and validity of liberal movements and only have the most ratings due to the large population of mindless religious drones - not because they are right, fair, balanced or anything similar.
The protesters found this concept hyped by idiotic lying and context skewing Fox News hosts and decided, "Well, Bill O'Reilly said, and that's good enough for me." (Courtesy of David Cross) They do not realize taxes are no higher than in the Bush leadership and that the whole concept of the tea party is ridiculous in the circumstances. Debt has been raised most, as far as I know, by the recent wars and the economic collapse; both are the result of Amercian's decisions. The tea party was protesting taxes not agreed upon by Americans and as a result of a war by Britain which was not endorsed by Americans. Get the difference? Liberals were saying the exact same thing about this whole debt concept back close to the beginning of the wars, yet Fox and other right-wing people ignored it as just an anti-American liberal spewage. I wonder what they call themselves right now... Probably not anti-American. Moreover, the people of the rally do not understand even enough basic economic, financial, governmental, legislative, tax, and other concepts to have a legitimate opinion. Again, "Bill O'Reilly said, and that's good enough for me." Some might say such a rationalization is just fine. The problem resides in these very people hating the liberals like New York Times and that nasty Paul Krugman and refuse to take other facets of information into consideration. Who would you listen to, the literally under-non-educated Fox News pundits or the Nobel Prize in Economics winning Paul Krugman, especially when it comes to economics? It reminds me of the man of the single book: The Bible. It (Fox News or other right media) is absolute and nothing else matters. Other people take many facets into consideration: Education!
I think the problem with the economy was started in the past by people and the government. However, the best way to get out of it is apparently being taken. So, if anyone is to blame for the economy, it is the American people and their overspending greedy habits; credit fuckers. Why be mad at ourselves, then? Well, we should rather be mad at something constructive. Something we can still do a little about. That would be the huge expenditures on the wars Bush made for us.
Anyone else?
--If you have yet to hear about them, or hear enough about them, here are some links:
MSNBC
MSNBC again
I cannot find any more on YouTube at the moment. I know I saw last night on Colbert Report and the Daily Show, if you want to check their websites.