Rep. John Lewis, a veteran of real protests to win real freedoms and rights, asked to be able to address the young, overwhelmingly white, protesters in Atlanta, during one of their “General Assemblies.” So far, so typical. Anytime a group of people gathers for a political event, politicians of all stripes will often want to speak to the crowd. And, invariably, accommodations are generally made to let this happen. After all, an elected officials adds a certain amount of ‘legitimacy’ to the meeting.
Instead, some of the protesters objected to Rep. Lewis speaking. Partly because it wasn’t yet “time” for speeches, but also because letting him speak at that time would suggest he was “above” or “more important” than anyone else there. (The second obsession of these protesters.) That the whole farce played out WHILE Rep. John Lewis was standing there is delicious. The awkwardness is palatable.
What must have been going on through Rep. Lewis’ mind, as one young while college kid after another spouted off that it wasn’t yet “time” for him to speak? The man marched through Selma and was beaten to secure basic equal treatment of blacks and here are a bunch of privileged, progressive white kids telling him, sorry, you can’t speak to us.
Exit question: Imagine if a tea party had done this? Maybe now Rep. Lewis will retract his racial smear of the tea party.
The media is trying so hard, so desperately to make the comparison between us members of the Tea Party and the protesting mobs of the Occupy Wall Street crowd. The media continues to insist that the Occupy Wall Street protests are motivated by the same problems that the Tea Party coalesced around and that they are the Tea Party of the left!
We in the Tea Party find those comparisons to be insulting. Three weeks into the Occupy Wall Street protests, it is still not exactly apparent what they are protesting about. The motivation behind their rage seems to be anything from corporate greed, redistribution of wealth, free college tuition, guaranteed wages (whether you work or not), defending the people against the man, all the way to anarchy. The only commonality that we have is that we are both opposed to the bailouts of Wall Street - and that is it.
Their motivations, their behavior and their disrespect for the principles that made this country great could not stand in starker contrast to ours. We stand for free market capitalism, individual responsibility, self reliance, individual liberties, and a limited federal government.
I wish the occupy folks would quit dancing around the truth, and just come out to say "We're here to protest anything and everything... and the girls in the pictures were cute".
"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln
Nmysys wrote: The media is trying so hard, so desperately to make the comparison between us members of the Tea Party and the protesting mobs of the Occupy Wall Street crowd. The media continues to insist that the Occupy Wall Street protests are motivated by the same problems that the Tea Party coalesced around and that they are the Tea Party of the left!
We in the Tea Party find those comparisons to be insulting. Three weeks into the Occupy Wall Street protests, it is still not exactly apparent what they are protesting about. The motivation behind their rage seems to be anything from corporate greed, redistribution of wealth, free college tuition, guaranteed wages (whether you work or not), defending the people against the man, all the way to anarchy. The only commonality that we have is that we are both opposed to the bailouts of Wall Street - and that is it.
Their motivations, their behavior and their disrespect for the principles that made this country great could not stand in starker contrast to ours. We stand for free market capitalism, individual responsibility, self reliance, individual liberties, and a limited federal government.
Typical cut and paste. You should give credits to your blog source :Koolaid:
My mistake, I thought the blog was one that you assh**** had complained about that you had to sign in to read it, so I did copy and paste it. What is interesting is that none of you can attack what it said, just me.
As a result, let me remind you Wayn-Ass that you are on ignore. Know what that means? I think you do. But you and TM are talking behind my back so:
Nmysys wrote: My mistake, I thought the blog was one that you assh**** had complained about that you had to sign in to read it, so I did copy and paste it. What is interesting is that none of you can attack what it said, just me.
You do know the definition of plagiarism, don't you?
BTW - the quote button is right there, just a couple inches above where you're copying and pasting.
