[kj] OT: Tender, moving YouTube video

[The Exorcist]

Well, other than the dedicated protesters most 
ppl. tend to avoid that stuff as they have many other
important things to do as well. It just means 
that there are groups of individuals that got fed up and
decided to voice their opinions. However what 
these individuals are doing are going counter to everything
that has been promoted by the media and they 
don't like it. Hence, the mockery and marginalization of it.

If you looked at the signs and listened to what 
people complained, it was not all about taxes. It has to
do with the massive spending that the gov't is 
planning. It simply can not be covered without raising
taxes on everyone. Even if the gov't were to 
triple the tax on the wealthiest is would fall far short.
There were actually quite a few republicans that 
tried to show up and the rallies and got boo'd off
as well.

Have a great weekend Greg!

SADE! Word count please!
(BTW, do quotes count as the overall wordcount or not?)


At 06:30 PM 4/17/2009, GREG SLAWSON wrote:

>One thing about the "2 sides protesting" 

>argument, Exorcist. The anti-war people have 

>been doing that stuff for years, and in some 

>cases decades (going back to Vietnam). I don't 

>blame for some of that crowd being a little 

>suspicious when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, 

>groups (not too large from what I could tell, 

>smaller than most earlier anti-war demos) 

>materialize protesting "taxes" (which of course 

>Obomb-'em has lowered for most), and get tons of media coverage...

>

>

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>Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:55:05 -0400

>From: killingjoke at theimmortalfool.com

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Tender, moving YouTube video

>

>I was merely quoting your words. Maybe I put to much emphasis on words that

>people say and should've thought "maybe he means protest or demonstrate"?

>I did, but then wondered why the choice word of 

>riot came up. I guess that sometimes

>I'm just not so quick on the button. You'll have to forgive me.

>

>I'll be responding to the astro-turfing in a bit.

>

>It is amazing, however, that when one side 

>protests is all for valid reasons. When they other side protests

>it's all because they are a bunch of losers.

>

>Will write more later (though I promise not to 

>turn this into another 800 response email thread)

>(Twisted the fuck outa my ankle and gotta ice it 

>down right now. And on the first NICE day of 2009!)

>

>Cheers Oli!

>

>

>"> Since the Obama administration has cut taxes for 95% of Americans,

> > including the working and middle class, but has promised (yet has not

> > yet delivered) to raise taxes on income over $250,000 - to raise these

> > taxes to LESS THAN THEY WERE UNDER REAGAN, it means we are living in a

> > socialist, totalitarian society. So we gotta riot.

> >

> > -Oliver"

>

>

>At 10:35 AM 4/17/2009, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:

>Who said there were tea party "riots"???

>

>I never did. I just pointed out the truth, which 

>is that they are 'astro-turf' (fake grass 

>roots), corporate directed anti-Obama events 

>designed to give vent to sore losers from the 2008 POTUS election.

>

>

>As far as the teabagging fests, which looked 

>like the worst Sarah Palin rallies from last year, this man is my hero:

>

><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOwsIIIe5I>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOwsIIIe5I

>

>

>He 'infiltrated' a tea party and actally said 

>something that was true. He's got big bals for 

>doing that, because most of the people at them 

>are nuts. Accordingly, he gets booed.

>

>-Oliver

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