"WAAAAAH!!!!! WHY WON'T ANYBODY LISTEN TO US?!?!?!?!?!"
Every time I read about the national Tea Party movement lately, I get the impression that they're beating their heads on the floor because people stopped caring what they think.
And that makes them act even funnier.
Now the LOSEianne crowd is going on strike in an effort to get their way!
On Thursday, July 30, the Tea Party terrorists are planning a nationwide labor stoppage, during which they're going to "call in conservative" (in their words) and skip work. They're also going to launch a day-long boycott of all retailers, restaurants, and other businesses.
Wait a minute here! Doesn't the Taft-Hartley Act (which they support) prohibit political strikes?
It does when our side does it, so why are they above the law?
Because this is all just shit and mirrors.
For most of the diehards in this movement, participating in Tea Party activities is their job. They get paid for it - and they make good money. The movement is bankrolled by corporate interests and right-wing think tanks. So if they take part in this strike, they're actually working!
Honestly, if they had real jobs like you do, don't you think they'd risk being fired if they skipped a day of work all because the election didn't go their way?
They might not be violating Taft-Hartley, but they're sure as hell violating RICO with their boycott. One BTPer boasted, "If this means businesses lose billions of dollars on that day, fine. If this means that travel will be disrupted, good. If this means communication systems are crippled, so be it."
So they're going to put people out of work just because the election didn't go their way. Because elections are so overrated and all (according to them).
If the BTPers weren't such crybabies, people might actually listen to them. But then they'd have nothing left, because their whole movement is built on throwing a tantrum over the election results.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
BTPers go on strike!
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Tim! Join with the People and DEMAND President Barack Obama and Republicans and Democrats in congress immediately balance the federal budget! Just say NO to deficit spending and the sale of America's future to unfriendly and undemocratic foreign powers! This is not a partisan issue.
ReplyDeleteBush did the same thing as Obama, but I don't remember anyone BTP protesting until after the election.
ReplyDeleteOnly a few people buy into this "stop taxing us mentality". If the people were smart they would demand strict campaign finance reform and take the special interest monies and lobbyists out of the picture so we could have our country back. Power to the people, so to speak.
Where are the protests to take our country back? They're not the BTP'ers. They say nothing about how big oil (and a failed war in Iraq that we were lied to about) was allowed by the Bush administration to gouge American people and business until we were sent into a recession. Now it's supposedly Obama's fault?
Yes, let's not be partisan about the woes of our country starting with blaming the real robber barons who control our politicians and media by financing their campaigns. Obama is just another political figure being used as a puppet like Bush was.
Yes, Capitalism has a dark side and it has created businesses that are essentially in command over our government. The BTP'ers should focus on that as being the major problem and allocation of tax dollars being a symptom of this corruption. But Rush and Hannity aren't saying it, so it must not be true. What a joke.
BAD DEBT is what caused the recession, not gas prices. But that aside, Tony, how much attention do you pay to the price of a barrel of oil? Gas prices went up in relation to cost of oil. Look at the financial statements of companies like Exxon and Chevron. Their profit MARGIN (key word -- MARGIN --) is not out of line with other industries. The major exporters (OPEC nations) are among our government's biggest foreign lenders. Why can't a nation as powerful as the U.S. pressure these countries into selling us cheaper oil? Because we owe them hundreds of billions of dollars.
ReplyDeleteWe can balance the federal budget by
ReplyDelete1. Stop giving bailout money to banks
2. Cancel the "debt" to China...as payback for all the defective products
Tim, I'll support No. 1, but canceling Treasury bonds? Are you kidding? That would surely bring cascading economic collapse and a worthless currency. THINK before you post such things, and stop posting under the name "The Reality Based Community." The People know it's you, Tim.
ReplyDeleteBesides, that still wouldn't be near enough to wipe out the U.S. deficit.