Janeane Garofalo, the people of America deserve an apology.
How dare you go on television and call Tea Party protestors "redneck tea-baggers."
In fact, how dare any news organization call the Tea Party protestors "tea-baggers."
I'm not going to go into detail about what a "tea-bagger" is because it is grotesque, crude, and graphic. Just the fact that it is so disgusting that I won't explain it ought to say something.
Ask your mommy and daddy.
I can deal with being called a radical right-wing extremist, because it makes the name callers look like idiots and to be honest: I am proud to be a right-wing extremist because of the things we stand for.
But to be harassed, slandered, attacked, and degraded? I refuse to take that sitting down.
Despite what the mass media spews, the Tea Party movement is the one of the most American things anyone could do.
We are fighting for the rights that our Founding Fathers put into the United States Constitution.
We are fighting to be heard.
We are expressing our rights to Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Assembly.
We are expressing our concern in how our Country is being run.
This is our country! We have the right to let the people we put into office hear our voice. We have every single right to do what we are doing now.
Janeane Garofalo, if you alive during the time of the American Revolution. would you have called the original Boston Tea Party an act done solely by "redneck tea-baggers"?
The original participants of the Boston Tea Party had sent letters across the sea and plead with the British government, but nothing was changing. They were still being treated unfairly and unjustly. The only solution that they saw was to dump the East India Trading Company's primary source of income into the bay. It made the British government listen and actually look at what was happening. Granted, a war resulted, but in the end...look what happened. America gained their independence. The United States was created!
Why is what we are doing so different?
Why are we being attacked for expressing our Constitutional rights?
Why are people harassing us for just being concerned in how our Country is being run?
Why can't people seem to understand?
The Tea Party participants deserve an apology.
Americans deserve an apology for your disgraceful behavior.
We're waiting....
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Department of Homeland Security Report.
Alright, so I came across this today while browsing the web. I find the whole thing more humorous then informative. My personal response to each section is in red.
'In a report made public today, the Department of Homeland Security warns that the recession and the election of President Obama are "fueling resurgence" of right-wing extremist groups that are seeking new recruits, especially returning veterans.
The intelligence assessment suggests that veterans make attractive recruits(1) because of "combat skills and experience" that could boost the "violent capabilities"(2) of radical right groups. Further, it says that any possible new restrictions on gun ownership, combined with vets' trouble reintegrating into their communities during a bad economy, "could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups(3) or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks."
"The high volume of purchases and stockpiling of weapons and ammunition by right-wing extremists (4) in anticipation of restrictions and bans in some parts of the country continue to be a primary concern to law enforcement," the report states.
1. Recruits? I'm sorry, I did not realize that we "right-wing extremists" were going door to door passing out flyers to join the cause.
2. Ah, I see. We are now violent because we believe in expressing our first amendment rights under the United States Consitution.
3. Okay. Now the Conservatives are terrorists. The Department of Homeland Security has now grouped us with terrorist groups/activists such as Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein. Apparently we go around beheading people and blowing up cars.
4. I believe that many people, not just us extremists, are stocking up on weapons. And, just ya know, fyi: it is our Constitutional right to bare arms.
But DHS "has no specific information that domestic right-wing terrorists are currently planning acts of violence," spokeswoman Sara Kuban told Fox News. The assessment was issued last week to law enforcement. A similar assessment on left-wing groups was issued earlier in the year.
How does DHS define "right-wing extremism'? It writes that it "can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups)(5), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely(6). It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration(7)."
5. On top of being terrorists, now we are racists as well! Man, we are just the scum of the earth.
6. Terrorists, racists, anarchists...what's next? Are you left-wing nuts going to accuse us of killing puppies too?
7. This actually does set me off. Just because someone stands up for rights such as abortion or immigrantion (two issues of which I have very strong opinions on), they are now associated with terrorists, racists, anarchists, and radicals? Just because someone does not agree with you does not make them the above mentioned things.
Key findings of the report:
• Threats from white supremacist and violent antigovernment(9) groups during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry out violent acts(10). Nevertheless, the consequences of a prolonged economic downturn—including real estate foreclosures, unemployment, and an inability to obtain credit—could create a fertile recruiting environment for right-wing extremists(11) and even result in confrontations between such groups and government authorities similar to those in the past(12).
9. White supremacists: traditionally refered to as the KKK. Violent antigovernment? Prove that there have been specific violent attacks against the government. I want facts, please...if that isn't too much to ask.
10. Wait...did the report not just state that the radical right-wing extremists were "violent antigovernment groups"? Now, just as I suspected, you cannot site any violent acts and state that the accusations are RHETORICAL and have not indicated plans...did someone even read over this report?
11. Ooooh, a fertile recruiting environment. Think about the time during the Great Depression. People were scared for their future and wanted money, so they turned to Communism where they would get a hand-out. The US government was afraid of this because the environment during the Great Depression was perfect breeding ground for radical Communists: it had fear. So yes, Department of Homeland Security, compare people standing up for their rights in a peaceful manner to the Great Depression.
12. So Conservatives have been the only ones to have confrontations with law enforcement? What? Liberals and independents have not?
• Right-wing extremists have capitalized on the election of the first African American president, and are focusing their efforts to recruit new members, mobilize existing supporters, and broaden their scope and appeal through propaganda(13), but they have not yet turned to attack planning(14).
13. This report is making it sound like we are planning a huge violent and all out war against the United States. The people who wrote it are making themselves look like idios.
14. "Oh! Not yet, but just you wait, America! Live in fear of those evil racist conservatives: they will be the death of us all!" Give me a break.
• The current economic and political climate has some similarities to the 1990s when right-wing extremism(15) experienced a resurgence fueled largely by an economic recession, criticism about the outsourcing of jobs, and the perceived threat to U.S. power and sovereignty by other foreign powers.
15. Yep, apparently all protest movements ever held within the United States were headed by radical right-wing extremists. Those liberals and every one else are completely innocent.
• During the 1990s, these issues contributed to the growth in the number of domestic right-wing terrorist and extremist groups(16) and an increase in violent acts targeting government facilities, law enforcement officers, banks, and infrastructure sectors(17).
16. Again with the word "terrorist!" These people think that everytime that word is thrown in as an accusation, people will live in fear of said accused. Come on now, we're smarter than that.
17. Proof? No. Hmm...what a surprise.
• Growth of these groups subsided in reaction to increased government scrutiny as a result of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing (18) and disrupted plots, improvements in as the preeminent world power.
18. Some one is going to have to help me on this one. I could not find anywhere that this was a proven right-wing extremist plot.
• The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists(19) capable of carrying out violent attacks.
19. Already adressed above.
• Proposed imposition of firearms restrictions and weapons bans likely would attract new members into the ranks of right-wing extremist groups, as well as potentially spur some of them to begin planning and training for violence against the government. The high volume of purchases and stockpiling of weapons and ammunition by right-wing extremists in anticipation of restrictions and bans in some parts of the country continue to be a primary concern to law enforcement(20).
20. Blah, blah, blah...already adressed.
• Returning veterans possess combat skills and experience that are attractive to right-wing extremists. DHS/I&A is concerned that right-wing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to boost their violent capabilities (21).'
21. Again, already adressed. The Department of Homeland Security needs to learn how to stop repeating themselves.
[http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/04/report-warns-of-rise-of-rightwing-extremists-.html ]
'In a report made public today, the Department of Homeland Security warns that the recession and the election of President Obama are "fueling resurgence" of right-wing extremist groups that are seeking new recruits, especially returning veterans.
The intelligence assessment suggests that veterans make attractive recruits(1) because of "combat skills and experience" that could boost the "violent capabilities"(2) of radical right groups. Further, it says that any possible new restrictions on gun ownership, combined with vets' trouble reintegrating into their communities during a bad economy, "could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups(3) or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks."
"The high volume of purchases and stockpiling of weapons and ammunition by right-wing extremists (4) in anticipation of restrictions and bans in some parts of the country continue to be a primary concern to law enforcement," the report states.
1. Recruits? I'm sorry, I did not realize that we "right-wing extremists" were going door to door passing out flyers to join the cause.
2. Ah, I see. We are now violent because we believe in expressing our first amendment rights under the United States Consitution.
3. Okay. Now the Conservatives are terrorists. The Department of Homeland Security has now grouped us with terrorist groups/activists such as Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein. Apparently we go around beheading people and blowing up cars.
4. I believe that many people, not just us extremists, are stocking up on weapons. And, just ya know, fyi: it is our Constitutional right to bare arms.
But DHS "has no specific information that domestic right-wing terrorists are currently planning acts of violence," spokeswoman Sara Kuban told Fox News. The assessment was issued last week to law enforcement. A similar assessment on left-wing groups was issued earlier in the year.
How does DHS define "right-wing extremism'? It writes that it "can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups)(5), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely(6). It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration(7)."
5. On top of being terrorists, now we are racists as well! Man, we are just the scum of the earth.
6. Terrorists, racists, anarchists...what's next? Are you left-wing nuts going to accuse us of killing puppies too?
7. This actually does set me off. Just because someone stands up for rights such as abortion or immigrantion (two issues of which I have very strong opinions on), they are now associated with terrorists, racists, anarchists, and radicals? Just because someone does not agree with you does not make them the above mentioned things.
Key findings of the report:
• Threats from white supremacist and violent antigovernment(9) groups during 2009 have been largely rhetorical and have not indicated plans to carry out violent acts(10). Nevertheless, the consequences of a prolonged economic downturn—including real estate foreclosures, unemployment, and an inability to obtain credit—could create a fertile recruiting environment for right-wing extremists(11) and even result in confrontations between such groups and government authorities similar to those in the past(12).
9. White supremacists: traditionally refered to as the KKK. Violent antigovernment? Prove that there have been specific violent attacks against the government. I want facts, please...if that isn't too much to ask.
10. Wait...did the report not just state that the radical right-wing extremists were "violent antigovernment groups"? Now, just as I suspected, you cannot site any violent acts and state that the accusations are RHETORICAL and have not indicated plans...did someone even read over this report?
11. Ooooh, a fertile recruiting environment. Think about the time during the Great Depression. People were scared for their future and wanted money, so they turned to Communism where they would get a hand-out. The US government was afraid of this because the environment during the Great Depression was perfect breeding ground for radical Communists: it had fear. So yes, Department of Homeland Security, compare people standing up for their rights in a peaceful manner to the Great Depression.
12. So Conservatives have been the only ones to have confrontations with law enforcement? What? Liberals and independents have not?
• Right-wing extremists have capitalized on the election of the first African American president, and are focusing their efforts to recruit new members, mobilize existing supporters, and broaden their scope and appeal through propaganda(13), but they have not yet turned to attack planning(14).
13. This report is making it sound like we are planning a huge violent and all out war against the United States. The people who wrote it are making themselves look like idios.
14. "Oh! Not yet, but just you wait, America! Live in fear of those evil racist conservatives: they will be the death of us all!" Give me a break.
• The current economic and political climate has some similarities to the 1990s when right-wing extremism(15) experienced a resurgence fueled largely by an economic recession, criticism about the outsourcing of jobs, and the perceived threat to U.S. power and sovereignty by other foreign powers.
15. Yep, apparently all protest movements ever held within the United States were headed by radical right-wing extremists. Those liberals and every one else are completely innocent.
• During the 1990s, these issues contributed to the growth in the number of domestic right-wing terrorist and extremist groups(16) and an increase in violent acts targeting government facilities, law enforcement officers, banks, and infrastructure sectors(17).
16. Again with the word "terrorist!" These people think that everytime that word is thrown in as an accusation, people will live in fear of said accused. Come on now, we're smarter than that.
17. Proof? No. Hmm...what a surprise.
• Growth of these groups subsided in reaction to increased government scrutiny as a result of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing (18) and disrupted plots, improvements in as the preeminent world power.
18. Some one is going to have to help me on this one. I could not find anywhere that this was a proven right-wing extremist plot.
• The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists(19) capable of carrying out violent attacks.
19. Already adressed above.
• Proposed imposition of firearms restrictions and weapons bans likely would attract new members into the ranks of right-wing extremist groups, as well as potentially spur some of them to begin planning and training for violence against the government. The high volume of purchases and stockpiling of weapons and ammunition by right-wing extremists in anticipation of restrictions and bans in some parts of the country continue to be a primary concern to law enforcement(20).
20. Blah, blah, blah...already adressed.
• Returning veterans possess combat skills and experience that are attractive to right-wing extremists. DHS/I&A is concerned that right-wing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to boost their violent capabilities (21).'
21. Again, already adressed. The Department of Homeland Security needs to learn how to stop repeating themselves.
Now for my ending response:
Come on! I mean, really? The Department of Homeland Security is calling Conservatives terrorists, racists, anarchists, radicals- the list could go on and on. They do not realize that they are making themselves look utterly ridiculous and just plain stupid. We are continiously being called violent. Prove to me how we are violent. Show me where we have done anything but express our right to Freedom of Assembly.
If these Tea Parties would have been held during Bush's term in office, liberals and mainstream media (CNN ect.) would be all over it! They would be praising the American people for taking a stand and taking hold of their rights.
But no. The Tea Parties are being held during President Obama's turn, and how dare anyone attack their beloved and worshiped Obama.
According to this report...
Women protesting in the 1920s for their right to vote: terrorists
African Americans/Black Americans protesting segregation and racisms: radicals
ProLife supporters standing up for what they believe in: racists
AntiAmnesty groups rallying to get their message out there: anarchists
Come on, Homeland Security, you can do so much better.
[http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/04/report-warns-of-rise-of-rightwing-extremists-.html ]
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Astroturf.
For those of you who do not know, astroturf is fake grass- it is widely used on football fields.
Now, many have called the Tea Parties a "grass roots" movement, roughly meaning that everyday Americans are the ones leading it and taking charge.
Well, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently called the Tea Party movement "astroturf"...not grassroots. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P44q7Jt68DA]
Really, speaker Pelosi? Thousands of Americans coming together all over the country is fake astroturf? Thousands of Americans all speaking the same message is not considered grass roots?
Get in touch with America, Pelosi.
Now, many have called the Tea Parties a "grass roots" movement, roughly meaning that everyday Americans are the ones leading it and taking charge.
Well, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently called the Tea Party movement "astroturf"...not grassroots. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P44q7Jt68DA]
Really, speaker Pelosi? Thousands of Americans coming together all over the country is fake astroturf? Thousands of Americans all speaking the same message is not considered grass roots?
Get in touch with America, Pelosi.
CNN (as seen on 4/15/09).
So I was watching the news yesterday evening and they were showing a clip of a CNN news reporter, whom I believe to be Susan Roesgen, covering the Chicago Tea Party Rally.
She approached a man with his two year old child. Below is a rough transcript of the event.
Roesgen: Okay, lets see. You're here with your two year old and you're already in debt. Why are you here today?
Man: Because I hear a president say that he believed in what Lincoln stood for. Lincoln's primary thing was that people had the right to liberty and people had the right-
Roesgen: Sir, what does this have to do with taxes? What does this have to do with your taxes?
Man: Hold on-are you listening? Let me finish my point!
Roesgen: Do you realize that - *inaudible*
Man: Lincoln believed that people had the right to share in the fruits of their own labor and the government should not take it. We have clearly gotten to that point.
Roesgen: Great, oh great. Did you know that- did you know that the state of Lincoln gets $50 billion dollars out of this stimulus. Thats $50 billion dollars for this state, sir.
Man: Ma'am. Ma'am. Ma'am. Ma'am! I-I, I- can you stop that sir? (a man had walked over and was getting in between the man and Roesgen, that was how I interpreted it)
Roesgen: Okay, well we'll move over here.
Man: Wait, hold on -
Roesgen: (moved away from the man) I think you get the general tenor of this. It's anti-government; anti-CNN since this is highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network FOX. And since I can't really hear much more and I think this is not really family viewing, we'll toss it back over to you, Cara/Kara.
Background noise: "You're not a reporter!" "Let him finish"
The man kept asking the woman to let him finish, but she refused to allow him to speak his mind.
After the whole fiasco, this "reporter" had the audacity to turn to the camera and blame the Tea Parties on FOX News.
I have "reporter" in quotations because this woman is no reporter. She went to the rallies with one goal in mind: shoot down anyone who has a differing opinion than her and her affiliated biased news station (CNN). A true reporter lets the person they are interviewing finish their statement and treats them with respect. Ms Susan Roesgen, you did no such thing.
CNN is ticked off because their ratings, quite frankly, suck. They have to do something so extreme and wild to even get an ounce of airtime!
Way to loose what little credibilty you had left, CNN.
What news stations such as CNN fail to realize that the Tea Parties are not designed to attack the democratic party.
They are designed to protest big government, republicans and democrats alike.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6xWGvdRQ9Q]
She approached a man with his two year old child. Below is a rough transcript of the event.
Roesgen: Okay, lets see. You're here with your two year old and you're already in debt. Why are you here today?
Man: Because I hear a president say that he believed in what Lincoln stood for. Lincoln's primary thing was that people had the right to liberty and people had the right-
Roesgen: Sir, what does this have to do with taxes? What does this have to do with your taxes?
Man: Hold on-are you listening? Let me finish my point!
Roesgen: Do you realize that - *inaudible*
Man: Lincoln believed that people had the right to share in the fruits of their own labor and the government should not take it. We have clearly gotten to that point.
Roesgen: Great, oh great. Did you know that- did you know that the state of Lincoln gets $50 billion dollars out of this stimulus. Thats $50 billion dollars for this state, sir.
Man: Ma'am. Ma'am. Ma'am. Ma'am! I-I, I- can you stop that sir? (a man had walked over and was getting in between the man and Roesgen, that was how I interpreted it)
Roesgen: Okay, well we'll move over here.
Man: Wait, hold on -
Roesgen: (moved away from the man) I think you get the general tenor of this. It's anti-government; anti-CNN since this is highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network FOX. And since I can't really hear much more and I think this is not really family viewing, we'll toss it back over to you, Cara/Kara.
Background noise: "You're not a reporter!" "Let him finish"
The man kept asking the woman to let him finish, but she refused to allow him to speak his mind.
After the whole fiasco, this "reporter" had the audacity to turn to the camera and blame the Tea Parties on FOX News.
I have "reporter" in quotations because this woman is no reporter. She went to the rallies with one goal in mind: shoot down anyone who has a differing opinion than her and her affiliated biased news station (CNN). A true reporter lets the person they are interviewing finish their statement and treats them with respect. Ms Susan Roesgen, you did no such thing.
CNN is ticked off because their ratings, quite frankly, suck. They have to do something so extreme and wild to even get an ounce of airtime!
Way to loose what little credibilty you had left, CNN.
What news stations such as CNN fail to realize that the Tea Parties are not designed to attack the democratic party.
They are designed to protest big government, republicans and democrats alike.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6xWGvdRQ9Q]
Hello.
The mainstream media is blaming "radical right-wing extremists", such as Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck, for people killing eachother.
The mainstream media is saying that "radical right-wing extremists" are on the rise.
Let us explore then what the traditional definition"radical right-wing extremist" is...
Believe in small government, empowerment of the people, true democracy, the American Dream, common sense, truth, morals...
Apparently, according to the mainstream media, those qualities are a bad and must be feared!
I believe that it is the government's job to look out for the people and protect their rights.
I believe that it is also the government's job to listen to the people who put the politicians into office.
I believe that people have every right to stand up for what they deserve and speak their minds.
They, the mainstream media, are afraid of people like me. They know that we actually make sense. They know that our ideals are catching on.
We, as the American people, have the right to freedom of speech and freedom of peaceful assembly. Just because I think that people should take advantage of those rights, I am now a radical right-wing extremist.
So be it.
This blog will express all my so called "radical" views. I will warn you now, I am not one to sugar coat anything.
I will be blunt.
Prepare yourself for a new class of political blogger.
I am a citizen of the United States and I am also a "radical right-wing extremist."
The mainstream media is saying that "radical right-wing extremists" are on the rise.
Let us explore then what the traditional definition"radical right-wing extremist" is...
Believe in small government, empowerment of the people, true democracy, the American Dream, common sense, truth, morals...
Apparently, according to the mainstream media, those qualities are a bad and must be feared!
I believe that it is the government's job to look out for the people and protect their rights.
I believe that it is also the government's job to listen to the people who put the politicians into office.
I believe that people have every right to stand up for what they deserve and speak their minds.
They, the mainstream media, are afraid of people like me. They know that we actually make sense. They know that our ideals are catching on.
We, as the American people, have the right to freedom of speech and freedom of peaceful assembly. Just because I think that people should take advantage of those rights, I am now a radical right-wing extremist.
So be it.
This blog will express all my so called "radical" views. I will warn you now, I am not one to sugar coat anything.
I will be blunt.
Prepare yourself for a new class of political blogger.
I am a citizen of the United States and I am also a "radical right-wing extremist."
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