"Kill your parents Steve," was one chant that was yelled at Rep. Steve Driehaus as he entered his car. Chris Johnson from Cincinnati took this video at a town hall being held at the First Unitarian Church.
The scene was no different at Monday's local town hall meeting at the First Unitarian Church here in Cincinnati with Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-OH). As you could see in my initial post on this topic, Driehaus was regularly interrupted by the crowd and at times had difficulty answering the questions as people insisted on shouting over him. "What about the illegals getting covered?" one man shouted, "You're lying!" shouted several others.
Driehaus pleaded for rationality and calm indicating that he wanted to have a good discussion with those who didn't agree with the plan, but couldn't do so if everyone insisted on shouting. A handful of people walked out two-thirds of the way through the forum complaining about socialism and indicating the the health care system did not need reforming. Several people wore tee-shirts with the web address of the Cincinnati Tea Party movement while others had signs objecting to, in their view, a government take-over of the health-care industry.
As the forum drew to a conclusion after a little over an hour, little had been accomplished. This had not been a thoughtful exchange of ideas but was rather a gathering of people who felt that the best way to move America forward was to prevent any rational and thoughtful debate. Participants who used buzz phrases indicating their opposition to "government control" and "socialized medicine" were cheered and when Driehaus even mentioned the words "single payer" or dared to question the deficit under President Reagan, he was called a liar and shouted down.
You will hear several moments where people are shouting "Vote for Chabot" in reference to long-time politician Steve Chabot whom Driehaus defeated in 2008 and will face once again in the next election. As the crowd runs over to Driehaus' car, you will also hear someone shout "Don't kill your parents Steve!" which is a reference to a story that Driehaus told during the forum about his personal struggle in determining end of life care for his now deceased father.
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Beckerwocky (as I'm calling it) is the typical dialogue spoken by most of the teabaggers and the guy that Chris interviewed during the last half of this video is no different. They make up the majority of attendees along with the astroturfing crews. They are global warming deniers that yell "socialism" as much as they can and after a minute or so make no sense at all.
Like Chris, if you have video of a town hall, please email me the footage at crooksandliars@gmail.com and crooksandliarsvideos@gmail.com. Please send to both emails. Please put " Town Hall Video" in your subject line also.
Only thing missing was:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkmqC6udihM
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Democracy is the same as being Democrat to these bastards. I hate to say this, but I believe that will have more assassination attempts at him than any President in history.
I have never wanted you to be so wrong as I do now. I know exactly what you are saying but it just scares the hell out of me.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
What's sad about all this, is that if, nature forfend, anything like that happens, then you'll see a HUGE swing in this country to the left. After Kennedy's assassination, you couldn't find anyone that voted for Nixon, which was a close election. The reprecussions to a political murder by the right in the current context will finish off the right wing in the US for a LONG time. They don't seem to realize they are digging their own grave with this kind of BS. While the consequences of their actions might be desirable in a weird kind of way (the ending of the neocons), the price is too high. I hope it doesn't get that far, but you know history and how we ignore it.
I take some solace in the fact that the McCain campaign got pretty ugly especially after Palin got involved, but that didn't help them one bit on election day. Hopefully the regular American people see these people for what they are, just noise and anger with no substance.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
And because Obama will survive (read: not really be threatened by) the "attempts", the nutcases will say, "See, he's Rasputin and Castro rolled into one!"
watch these "grassroots" consultants and companies say "Don't blame us. All we did was bring gasoline to the fire. It erupted by itself..."
G*d damned sheep don't know they're being used by millionaires.
NOBODY 2012
No doubt about it. These people are rabid and dangerous. Something will happen and someone will get hurt. Then the people promoting this "grassroots" bullshit will sit there and say, "well, you can't blame me for and individuals actions". There actions remind me of third world politics.
is intended to be a factual statement
You are exactly right. They are keeping just enough distance to deny responsibility.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
But as much as I see everyone crying on this topic here at crooksandliars, the result is they win. Where were the counterprotesters, where are the people showing support for single payer healthcare and denouncing those hooligans fraud?
For the whole world of uninformed retards (which certainly includes a majority of white Americans), it is obvious through that townhall debate that opposition against healthcare reform is huge, and that normal middle-class Americans are obviously in large numbers very upset against Obama's plans.
If you don't debunk propaganda hooliganism at each place it takes over, other people will believe, especially the dumber they are. And since my very low opinion of the intellect of the average americans, it is a very effective tool for in the US.
Is ee the news here in Europe and I'm surprised by how well the Republican noise machine is good at delivering their message. In low-quality papers here were I live (even those are much more critical and of better quality than average US-papers or British Tabloids), I'm surprised how every fake talking point has been reported: the birthers (and reported as a genuine concern, really embarassing for Obama, not reported as geriatric lunatics), the Obama teenager-ass-gaping foto, the Obama mishandling over the Gates remarks etc... Every single Karl Rove talking point has been reported, even Glen Becks 'racist' raving about Obama, but they just said 'a popular tv-presentator', they didn't present him as a 'lunatic republican neo-fascist lying schizofren', since they don't know him. For them there is no difference between Glenn Beck or Rachel Maddows, they are both US tv-personalities.
Only the right wingers are starting the "revolution" this time.
I doubt much Peace Love Dove is in the picture.
Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman or something and snipping excerpts for their manual.
by the Birthers, gets brainwashed in capitivity, and starts storming clinics with an AK-47 demanding Obamas fake birth certificate be produced?
thing?
Well dooh...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
If these people were serious they would welcome the opportunity to make their concerns known and they would do it in a civil manner. They are simply venting the rage that has been building in them since Nov 4th of last year. It's been pent up and brewing for these last seven months. Now these groups are coming along and encouraging them to let their anger out. Yell, scream, raise hell and don't forget to use the catch phrases provided. I hope there is some security at these townhall meetings just in case there is a mixture of anger, alcohol and guns.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
As much as I despise O'Reilly, Coulter, Hannity, Savage, et al, I would defend their rights to speak. These "Americans" embarrass the entire Nation.
Defence of free speech and condoning and supporting hate speech are two different things.
Inciting violence is not the same as freedom of speech.
NOBODY 2012
in California?
but a functional state government.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
I wonder if anyone in the US understand the responsibilities that come with freedom of speech.
And what the difference between hate speech, propaganda and free speech is .....
It appears less likely every day !
I mean look at the internet.
Only sometimes ........ I'm too busy pulling out my own teeth ..... oh no wait I had years of amazing paid for coverage when I lived in the UK.
...that people in Great Britain were pulling out their own teeth because they can't get dental care!
Man these people are fucking morons.
And why do so many of them all live in one place ?
They're all related. The family that plays together....
Ah yes valid point, huge bunch on physically, socially and mentally inbreds.
And to wonder why most educated people think/know diversity is such an important thing .........
And why do so many of them all live in one place ?
Because when they ride their livestock, it's not with the intention of getting anyplace.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
I've seen several of these videos. Has anyone else noticed the large amount of vocal opposition who are older, white folks at these protests? There are only a few younger people like in their early 20s and early 30s and few minorities that are at these protests that I have seen. That younger demographic and minority groups were and are Obama's largest group of backers. Wouldn't it make more of an impact for the GOP to recruit or hire those people to protest instead of people that look like they came from John McCain's golfing club?
Fox News doesn't like "freedom of speech"...so riot AGAINST THEM! These are unAmericans who come to protest violently....let 'em have it! FOX NEWS IS INCITING THEM! GET IT ON TV. FOX NEWS IS CAUSING THIS CIVIL UNREST...GET IT ON TV AND ON YOUR CELL PHONES......THRASH THEM....ALL MOUTH....MUSCLE THEM OUT....Go cowboy on these thugs....
WYATT EARP
Both the ignorance of the tea baggers...and the complete indifference on the part of the people being tea bagged...is just another statement on the overall state of our nation.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
keeping the masses at each others throats instead of going after theirs?
"Vote for Chabot! Vote for Chabot!"
Those your Paulist buddies, P? Are those disaffected Democratic voters who are rallying to the former GOP Rep?
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
He said "don't kill your parents, Steve!"
...and EVERY day, I worry about Prez. Obama's life. Whatever happened to the concept of "loyal opposition"?? I guess that went out the window when Nootie & the fucktards took over the Congress in the '90's. There ought to be security guards at these town hall meetings & if these THUGS can't air their views in a decent, respectful manner, they should be THROWN OUT on their bought and paid for asses. But, these a-holes would SCREAM at the top of their lungs that their RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH was violated. Only the right of free speech doesn't include the right to yell "FIRE" in a crowded theater(unless it is actually on fire,of course), which is EXACTLY what these dim-wits are doing.
It certainly could happen in my opinion especially if those people become more radicalized. Its funny but another of the right wings conspiracy theories is that Obama will invoke martial law at some point. The irony is, that these people are creating the conditions for that to occur and yet, they are the same people, who for the most part, praised the military during the Bush years and have yellow "support the troops" magnets on their vehicles. It would be interesting to see how they react and continue to praise the military when troops must be used to keep the growing threat that they pose to the United States in check.
these so called "conservatives" will turn this country into Stalinist Russia in a few years, extremists usually take the full leap from far right to far left and vice versa
If I went out in my front yard right now and yelled, Don't kill your parents, at the next car that passed by, I wonder how long it would be before a city policeman pulled up to "chat" with me? Yet these people seem to think they have a license to say and do whatever they please.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
A lot of people there have had group and social respect bread out of them over a few generations.
It's much the same as the way that the US treats the world.
They grew up watching the Jerry Springer show. That was the first place I ever saw people being terribly rude to one another. I remember the first time I bumped into the show on tv and could just not believe people were yelling such things at one another. It sounded like a bar fight in some back woods bar.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Sounds like watching US tourists; much as I did last night at a open theatre.
One guy at the bar paying in US dollars in Canada for a start, typical lack of respect. Then demands a better exchange rate, then when he things he's been short changed he picks up the barmen's tip jar takes out what he thinks in correct and then just drops the jar and walks off.
I was standing right next to him the whole time just thinking "Wow, this is so representative of most of the US people & their government".
that's a bit unfair. Representative of MOST of the US people? I don't think so.
I've seen a lot of bad American tourists, absolutely. I've also seen bad French tourists, German tourists, Chinese tourists (signs in English and Chinese in some restaurants in NZ asking people not to spit, for example), even on occasion bad Canadian tourists...
Bad tourists are... bad tourists. Tourists have no country; they're just tourists. To paint everyone with an American passport as the same as some jerk in a Canadian bar is really quite unfair. Surely, you wouldn't want me to judge all Canadians as being bigoted snobs based on the reaction of one Canadian observer, would you?
It's true you see bad tourists of every kind, but usually others are just rude annoying families and they tend to be a minority.
When I had dealings with Americans it was the contrary:
they really believed themselves everything due, and where by far the most obnoxious and arrogant assholes. And by this I mean as a signle person (usually businessman), not as a group. They really behaved like the superior race in some third-world country. I have almost never had problems in such a big amount with other nationalities when it was a single person, at worst some cultural differences and thus hygiene problems.
But when its about arrogant, racist and rude behaviour, (white) US businesman rocks the boat, whereas most Businesmann I had from other countries behaved very well whatever country they were from (in contrary to families with kids who might be more problematic).
It's funny since you expect Businesman to have higher degrees, thus better education and more empathy. (Which is true for every country except US?)
Oh and I hate the french, because I often find them arrogant, but I'll take a french businesman EVERYDAY over an American man. (The best are the Germans and austrians, very polite and they leave good tips)
I could share some stories if you need more examples, but as far as I remembered, my really bad experiences, those where I was thinking "fkin retarded asshole" and not "ok that's shit but I understand your point", were with white americans.
They have a right to say what they please.
However, they cannot threaten or intimidate with the threat of violence. That is a chargeable offense.
They also cannot disrupt in a public place where their disruption could cause escalation and create conditions for violence in a crowd. That's disorderly conduct. Ask Sgt. Crowley.
And at what point did I say anything different at all ?
That I say there are ways and means to contest something correctly and speak out, means I'm trying to censor free speech ? Dam you sound like Karl Rove.
99% of what people hide behind free speech in the US, is intimidation, hate speech and inciting public unrest etc. That is what I'm point out, not their right to do something, just how.
I'm so proud of America today.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
..and the last 50 years or so, though mostly since Regan began .....
Michelle Obama?
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
And assholes like Beck are feeding the frenzy. I am done bending over backwards for these retards. They are incapable of holding a rational discussion. Try telling them that Orwell's 1984 has been PRIVATIZED.
But if it were not for the hillbillys and briar hoppers in ohio it would not exist. But that is one of the things that makes Oh so crazy.
republicanism is a mental illness!
- Joe the Plumber
- Orly the Birther
- Terrence the Tea Bagger
- Tina the Talibangelist
- Fox the GOP Gossip Whore
- Adkins the Lyncher
- Rush the "I hope America Fails" Pharmacist
- Elderly Ed the "holocaust Shooter" Gunsmith
- Beck the "First Black President is a racist" Peddler.
and now
- Sam the professional Screamer
GOP stay classy!
You forgot about Palin the verbal rambler.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
........ I've been trying so hard to forget her ......
Why would you want to forget the sweetheart of the NRA and the one in the last election to make it cool to say shit about Obama knowing full well it was nothing but bullshit. Plus she seemed to enjoy people yelling to kill her opponent.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Because that is the public view of americans and if I'm to hold out any hope of there being some normal ones, or the country actually sorting itself out, then I have to.
Though I'm 99% concluded she (and most like her) are representative of a large majority ........ and the country is going to continue to crash and burn because of it.
Which leads me to my second concern is containing the mess (and people) of the US to it so the same mentality doesn't spread.
That's why.
I don't know how you can say that the majority of Americans are like Sarah Palin. Maybe you weren't paying attention but we just had an election and Palin and the Republicans were trounced. They sure are vocal but they are far from the majority.
They only got trounced because enough minorities voted. But when looking exclusively to the whites, a majority of whites are pro-Palin, and historically the whites were allways the majority to vote and in much large percentages than the minorities. As long as repugs keep insulting hispanics and blacks you might be safe, but if they stopped, they might get enough votes again to grab the power. And I DON'T count on the intellectual capacities of the averag American voter to make a thought and smart decision to cast out a 'good' vote (good vote = not voting a for an incompetent lunatic neo-fascist junkie), since as I said in other posts, in my many dealings with americans it allways struks me how stupid, naive and out-of-touch with geo-politics the averag American is.
Was watching a rerun of late stars of poker yesterday, and each time they speak about politics I'm allways thinking, wow you guys are ok at poker, but so idiotic and retarded about anything about politics.
don't get me started on that gem
With a pick axe and power drill maybe ? .......
How about just a good old waterboarding....
Indeed, have all the equipment and expertise right at home.
Tis not even torture or illegal, it's much like an through spa.
not even with loud chants of "Drill baby drill" ... even if she un-Quit and came back..nope, ..I swear on a stack of magazines...
America...we're not the Land of the The Lost...we're the Land of the Lawless.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
Last year, lawmakers excoriated the CEOs of the Big Three automakers for traveling to Washington, D.C., by private jet to attend a hearing about a possible bailout of their companies.
But apparently Congress is not philosophically averse to private air travel: At the end of July, the House approved nearly $200 million for the Air Force to buy three elite Gulfstream jets for ferrying top government officials and Members of Congress.
This jim is!
republicanism is a mental illness!
of it!!!!
Wow....if it was that bad in countries with Universal Health Care, you might think (if you had any brains) that their citizens would be begging for private health insurance companies and vote for someone who would provide that for them. You might also think (again, if you had any brains) that health care corporations looking to make billions more on citizens from those countries would lobby those governments and help start an uproar by the teeth pullers to change the system.
Just a thought (for those who have brains, of course).
I've lived in 3 of the best countries for it (England, France, Canada) and there is the private option, I've just never had to use private as the public has been so good.
Also I don't know ANYONE (other than americans) who have gone bankrupt or had family members die because of the costs of health care.
so fucking sad...
plain and clear and within the complete letter and intent of the law. Peaceful protest does not include the actions these citizens are engaged in.
Because there is a crowd and with incitement, that crowd has the possibility of becoming dangerously unruly, this is a charge that has merit and IMO should now be used as a means of first resort in these instances.
Somebody please let the policing agencies in on this secret.
If Cleavon Jr. was there or if Carls Jr. is an astroturd sponsor.
I'm so glad that I live where I live. In a liberal progressive part of the country.
The mindless here at least keep their mouths shut, or only speak in the idiot echo chambers of their homes and hearts.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
And that's relative to the US, imagine actually living some where progressive compared with the rest of the species ;)
That depends on what you are comparing. Progressive parts of the United States are generally much more tolerant of religions than most other so-called progressive countries. One of the more distasteful aspects of Europe to me is the distrust of Muslims and Jews. Where I live religion is a complete non-issue, no matter what you're religion is or is not. Unfortunately some parts of the US have yet to catch up.
Eh What part of europe are you referring too? Do you mean ex-sovjet republiks who have become independant only 8 years ago and who haven't seen a black guy before?
In all west-eruope there is no distrust with the Jews, the only one here having problems with the jews are the muslims. Hate crimes in Europe against jews are exclusively perpetrated by muslims.
Now if you speak about Europes support to Israel's genocide of Palestinian, then yes you may have a point. contray to the US , Europe does not blindly support every action done by Israel, but the very weak condamnations by EU authorities of the brutal genociding can hardly be seen as a distrust of jews, except in the narrow Republican view "you're either with us or against us".
Now concerning muslims, again if it's in West-europe I must disagree. If there are problems it's more with poverty and ethnicity of some muslim populations, much the same there are problems with the blacks in the USA. But in now way can this be compared, we are quite serious about non-discrimination and many laws are protecting minorities against hate-crimes in West Europe. The anti muslim racists also only represent a tiny unrepresentative portion of the population (10%) whereas your racists sometimes make up the overall majority in many places in the south.
Apart from that we now have a resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism, which is true. And that is problem that must be tackled with the right nuances, for you can quickly degenerate on one extreme or the other.
So some fundamentalist are taking over some neighbourdhouds and forcing all women to wear scarf, harrassing non-muslims passing through those neighbourhoods, forcing circoncision on young girls, recruting for terrorism acts etc. But I don't see protecting western democracies againt dark-aged feudal religious fundamentalism as a distrust against muslims (we fought catholic fundamentalism, not to see it replace by other ones). And to be honest the authorities responses to the fundamentalist has been very weak, so I don't see how you could claime muslims are distrusted abroad. Especially when I would compare what a black man has to endure in the US to what a muslim would endure in West-europe, it would be like comparing Guantanamo and a scout camp.
...Socialism?? MAN, it would really suck to live in a country like SWEDEN, where all citizens get a college education, health care, etc, etc, etc.(Their tax rate IS high, but Swedes actually get something for their money, unlike here where our taxes go down a rat-hole) And HOT blond women spring up like weeds!!! Oh, that would be SO awful!!! The rethugs play on the IGNORANCE of the population @ large & conflate "Socialism" & "Communism" into the same thing, which they are not. THIS American ain't falling for it!!! I took a University level class called "Soviet Political System" & other than VERY small similarities, the 2 systems are as different as night & day.
It's not a rat-hole, it's call the military industrial complex.
It's not cheap having that many military bases in other peoples countries you know ......
The whole country is being turned into a stinking rat hole.
If there is no REAL healthcare reform...I hope that cost rate increases DOUBLE...and I hope every one of these protesting asshats actually DOES get denied care...and they should lose their Medicaid, Medicare AND Social Security too.
FUCK 'EM ALL.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
A bang for your buck...
Kind of like certain professional girls in malkin's home country?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
What home country would that be?
Who does she really belong to anyway? She disvows her own race with her views...and her adopted race wouldn't be caught dead having her marry into their family.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
Michelle Malkin, the one born in Philadelphia you mean ?
Oh...that makes her an American? How do you know...have you seen her birth certificate? Isn't it possible the baby was switched...and she is really a double agent sired by Imelda Marcos and a covert Russian agent, and planted here with the intention of inciting riots within our country in order to destroy the social order?
I'm not saying she is...but...really...how do we know she isn't...we need PROOF!!
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
Ah yes, she isn't male, white, obese and doesn't cary an air of complete ignorance ......... OK I concede it's likely she isn't from the US .....
THE FROOP IS IN THE FUDDING! DOOO..........
Screw her birth certificate:
I wanna see her original birth certificate, long version, with raised seal and her doctors lawn-boy's second-cousin's twice removed, college roommate's brother's horoscope.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Sweden is downsizing it's government: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0803/intern...
Socialism's Dirty Little Secret: http://ncc-1776.org/tle2009/tle530-20090802-0...
'Victim disarmament'
Oh my ....... talk about clutching at straws.
I wonder how much longer we are going to allow these morons to have an air of respectability when thay are anything but?
Maybe we should have some re-education camps? It is the one thing that scares the crap out of these people. Just the thought of learning something is enough to send most of these people to a place they would like better anyway, like russia or afganistan. They want to have a bush like dictator, they have been telling us just that for years.
republicanism is a mental illness!
I wonder how much longer we are going to allow these morons to have an air of respectability when thay are anything but?
Probably your entire lifetime
Don't close Gitmo just yet.....
When they bring up ENGLAND (distorting the truth there, but never mind) ask them about the other 25 or so industrialized countries that have single payer/universal health care/government participation....
Ask them why polls in these countries always show people WOULD NOT trade their system for ours. Ask them why there has been no political party in these countries that has run on scrapping their health care system....Ask them. Don't let them just spin about UK....
25 ......... oh you jest, we all know there aren't that many contries other than amerika .... Caaanaaada, Mekiceo, Iraqistan and south africa thanks to miss teen south carolina :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
...if they've ever even been out of the U.S.
Like Bush Jnr. before being elected (the re-elected) you mean ?
What is it, 96% or something (if you discount Canada & Mexico, where americans typically just treat it as if it's some kind of extension of the US where they can be asses .......)
or out of their home state.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
The guy sounds somewhat rational...until he starts spouting the same old tired talking points of the wacko right-wing. And they always get around to them.
That's why few people take them seriously.
What is striking is the small oversize of the crowd....but even moreso the absence on the video of any
crowd of people to offset these wackos.
This is a district that did elect a Democratic congressman in 2008. So, progressives, Dems, this is what happens when you don't turn out to support your elected official.
that the focus of the video was on the disrupters, not normal people. A person acting rationally doesn't make for compelling viewing. ;o}
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
A terrible thought occurs to me regarding those shouting about not killing parents. Especially if the trend to hold adult childen liable for the care received by their parents continues.
*shudder*
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
the morans among us have made America a laughingstock.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
That it is the larger percentile of the population, doesn't that have to be considered the norm ........
How do you define "larger" and it really is a question of what "norm" is.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
More common, accepted by most, the 80% that support the war with bush after 9/11, the majority that elected him twice, etc
Wow their scared parents should be so proud of their ignorant, uneducated, lunatic, Right Wing-Nut terrorists that yell stupidity. They should be removed from the gene pool for all our sakes.
What's the saying: "the only good red is the red that's ?????"
Get 'em. We knew it wasn't going to work. We're prepared. There's only 17% of 'em. They are mostly old and SCARED! It's time to SCARE THE "HELL" OUT OF THEM! They Want AMERICA TO FAIL....THAT....AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN! These bastards need to go. Fox is "inciting me"....
In their Face!
They are doing a very good job. Seeing as the top 2% hold most of the wealth and most of that 2% will be in your 17% ......... seems to all be going to plan.
Why do Reslugs hate America and their parents so much????
It's perfect. Bush collapses the economy. He puts our military overseas where they can't get home to help fight(dividing America). Then the civil unrest comes in. And the Russians and Chinese come in to take us over. We are such morons!
Remember when the right wing blogosphere and hate radio hosts were enraged at the official reports of the growing threat of right wing extremism? This seems to confirm those reports as being accurate....
I say it's no longer a question of if but rather of when these right wing nuts start bringing loaded guns to one of these events..
Happen in 1930's Germany .......
Since Medicare is government run, can i assume these right wing tea baggers want that program shut down ASAP?
I find it highly irritating when a liberal blog posts a "quote" that is edited for maximum provocative-ness. I find it even rather outrageous when the "quote" is edited to mean the exact opposite of what was actually said.
As we often correctly deride Conserva-Schmucks for cherry-picking quotes and taking them out of context, is this not a case of "Pot...meet kettle"?
The shout was, "Don't kill your parents". Even if I don't agree with the anti-health-care reform agenda, the shout was at least intellectually honest to their (misguided) cause. Your headline is intellectually dishonest, factually inaccurate, and provides little more than fuel to those who mistrust liberals.
Why would you choose to edit the quote, when the full quote still communicates the point of the debate?
I tend to agree (Huffington Post is even more blatant sometimes on this)....but that doesn't change the fact that the guy being interviewed - one of the organizers I'll bet - winds up sounding like just another cut from the same cloth wingnut. He can't help himself from trotting out all the typical wingnut "ideas" about climate change, "socialism" paranoia, lousy facts, Obama's birth certificate....etc.
A better title might have been, "Just another typical wingnut get-together"
And these teabaggers are perpetuating this sterotype, by being walking embodiments of the the most negative sterotypes about Americans-
They are mind numbingly ignorant and stupid; plus are violent, racist, homophobes, obese, uneducated, arrogant and are usually Christian zealots.
there WILL be violence before the Fall, count on it. Some RW loser will take it upon him (or her) self to turn to violence. They'll be so hopped up on anger and the right's lies that violence will seem like a logical response. The only question is what form it will take. Will some teabagger try to shoot their Congressional representative? Will they attack a group of pro-reform demonstrators? Will they attack a open house meeting? Whatever they decide, it will happen soon, I'm sure of it..
And the MSM will tut tut and wonder why there can't be bipartisanship...
Thought you might enjoy my own tea party contribution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOhV45z5CN8
Mock the Dummy
Taser em in the teabags!
We had an election you couldn't steal and you lost bitches, get over it!
In the mid west or south. I do not have patience with vocal people who knows nothing about what they are saying. They are showing how little they were educated and want the same thing for their children.
That is sad.
These tea party groups seem to be full of senior citizens who either already have or are coasting toward Medicare - otherwise known as government run health insurance (or in their parlance - socialized medicine). Are these people greedy, stupid or hypocrites that they would deny to others the same sort of coverage that they have or soon will have?
GOP, or whatever remains of it, is more like a MOB. Is this called a democracy where people can't even have an intelligent discourse? Shame!
It's what the Founding Father abhorred and called Mobacracy, government by whoever could gather the largest mob.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
I am a physician.
Advanced directives and living will are a very important part of health-care related documents which tell a physician or hospital staff of your wishes regarding CPR, intubation , mechanical ventilation etc in case you get a serious health problem. It is good to have these documents at any age - remember Terry Schiavo? It can happen even to young people. I am 52 and I have both these documents.
The bill says that if your health care provider counsels you on these issues, he can get paid by the insurance once in 5 years. What is wrong with that? And after that discussion, you can still decide that you want CPR, ventilation , tube feeds etc. No one is forcing any one to kill the elders or any one in the family.
This is utter stupidity or a big lie! Shameful on part of GOP.
I was watching this clip with my friend over from Canada. Sad to say that his reaction was; "so is this the way a lot of Americans view Canada and Canadians?" :I mean... I suppose our single-payer health-care system is the 'socialized medicine' that these people are screaming against'... "Murray, Do a lot of Americans despise Canadians and think we're communist, euthanize our elders, and stuff!?" "maybe we're not as close to Americans as we want to be..."
As these teabaggers get more and more media air time, and as the ridiculous bullshit talking points seem to stick, I can't begin to imagine what the rest of the world thinks about Americans and our level of intelligence. Its embarrassing to say the least.
I think of these "disruptions" as nothing short of protests. Forgive me if I am wrong, but don't you have to have a permit to gather/protest in most states or municipalities? I've seen different posts at different sites with people posting "what the people disrupting these meetings are doing is nothing different than the Bush protests." I thought to myself, "self, it IS different because any protest that I have attended has required the proper permits to be legal."
I am all for LEGAL protest. IMO Protests are for voicing your opinion loud and proud. Protests are not debates or Town Halls. Town Halls are for the exchange of ideas, CALMLY offering your ideas and voicing your concerns, when afforded the opportunity, and clarification of our elected official's stance on issues.
Just thought I'd throw that out there to see if there was a legal way to stop these people before something goes terribly wrong. I'd hate to see violence arise from any of this and some folks seem to be getting pretty worked up over this issue.
Why aren't these lemmings tossed out of the town hall meetings? They bring nothing but noise and not ideas. They are simply there to cause havoc. Their strategy is "I'm louder, I win" Something must be done to stop this nonsense.
NOBODY 2012
I am NOT going to leave instructions on how to build a pipe bomb.
I live here in this area, it’s the hot bed of the GOP, Rep. Boehner, rep Jean Schmidt are all from this local area, that should sum it up pretty well. These people would elect Wile E. Coyote if there were an R by his name on Election Day. Boehner and Schmidt get re elected repeatedly, no matter how much they lie and defame the truth. Steve Driehaus should have been expecting this to happen but you always hope for the best. I feel sorry for him. He should not have been treated this way whether you like his policies or not. American is becoming shameless. Keep trying Steve, some of us are with you.
The guy yelled "DON'T kill your parents, Steve!"
Leave the word twisting to Fux News et al
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