tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post8801245762752408932..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: The rage is not about health careLeslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-4235513256564167782010-04-06T21:14:26.196-05:002010-04-06T21:14:26.196-05:00tnlib said: "I don't do research for othe...tnlib said: <em>"I don't do research for others. Instead of listening to Beck and Co. for your information, broaden your horizons by visiting reliable news sources. That doesn't include Fox, Limbaugh and your right-wing blogs. There have been plenty of folks who said they heard the slurs."</em><br /><br />Like I said, you rant but are too lazy to actually think or work for Tom the Redhunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989584196825992054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-70861923578290376482010-04-02T18:41:26.821-05:002010-04-02T18:41:26.821-05:00Green Eagle,
Thanks for your well thought out repl...Green Eagle,<br />Thanks for your well thought out reply. As for buying propaganda, that requires a sheep-like personality which is something I studiously avoid. Sorry to disappoint. The people who attend tea parties aren't the normal types who demonstrate. It would take a great deal to get me out of my house after working all day, but profligate spending has done ti. It seems to take Law and Order Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11069306257334186404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-64550715300177130792010-04-01T15:58:23.026-05:002010-04-01T15:58:23.026-05:00I hope I may be permitted the luxury of a reply to...I hope I may be permitted the luxury of a reply to Law and Order Teacher, who says:<br /><br />"Green Eagle,<br />Thanks for your unbiased report."<br /><br />You're welcome<br /><br />"It's obvious you have your finger on the pulse of tea parties. The tea party scheduled in my area for next week will fill an arena on a week night."<br /><br />Listen, back in the day, Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-60868320387582909212010-04-01T14:11:50.898-05:002010-04-01T14:11:50.898-05:00In my very humble opinion the Tea Partiers and Bec...<i>In my very humble opinion the Tea Partiers and Beck and Co. are one thin hair away from being sedicious.</i><br /><br />I can't even find the hair.<br /><br />Superb post!TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-46314318603621110002010-04-01T10:39:34.929-05:002010-04-01T10:39:34.929-05:00"Only 9,000 in Searchlight? How many people l..."Only 9,000 in Searchlight? How many people live there? Somewhere around 700?"<br /><br />http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/289821<br /><br />"<br />A conservative blogger examined analysis of Tea Party members, citing CNN statistics declaring they are predominantly male, more college educated and higher earners than the general population at large, but not necessarily older orLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-62380730963660515022010-03-31T21:38:25.462-05:002010-03-31T21:38:25.462-05:00tnlib,
Thanks for the reply, but I'm really to...tnlib,<br />Thanks for the reply, but I'm really too old to succumb to peer pressure or the siren song of Glenn Beck. I know the difference between hyperbole and truth. Beck serves as a catalyst for citizen involvement. That's the lifeblood of democracy. <br /><br />Green Eagle,<br />Thanks for your unbiased report. It's obvious you have your finger on the pulse of tea parties. Law and Order Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11069306257334186404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-79757750378000476082010-03-31T18:27:57.938-05:002010-03-31T18:27:57.938-05:00R. Chimp said: "Frankly if McCain/Palin would...R. Chimp said: "Frankly if McCain/Palin would have got elected .... we would be in horrible shape right now."<br /><br />Yeah, it would have been horrible. The nation's unemployment rate might have crept above the 6.7% level it was in November 2008. Perhaps even to the shockingly high level of 7% or so. Sure glad they were not elected, and this nightmare scenario never came to to dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-60981027707571543312010-03-31T18:09:42.219-05:002010-03-31T18:09:42.219-05:00Truth, thanks for the inauguration stats - I was t...Truth, thanks for the inauguration stats - I was too lazy to look it up.<br /><br />I can't help but think of Pam and all the ugly vilification she received from her own "side" when she helped keep Shaw's blog up and running while Shaw was being treated for cancer and because Pam visits liberal blogs. It just boggles my mind and I shake my head in wonder. I'm sure these vileLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-20091467529695681872010-03-31T17:23:21.823-05:002010-03-31T17:23:21.823-05:00President Obama's inauguration; a million.
...President Obama's inauguration; a million.<br /><br /> Threats and intimidation are the only clout these jokers have.Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-85211196446960886572010-03-31T16:23:39.425-05:002010-03-31T16:23:39.425-05:00Green Eagle: You are absolutely right. I thought w...Green Eagle: You are absolutely right. I thought when I wrote<br /><br />"For over a year Tea Party protests have attracted increasingly large crowds."<br /><br />I was off base and meant to edit it but by the time I got through I was pretty exhausted.<br /><br />Of course, you are absolutely right. Another good example was the "big" dog and pony show here in Nashville. The TPLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-25304871427991104662010-03-31T16:01:45.106-05:002010-03-31T16:01:45.106-05:00RC: Fantastic comment. I like to hear what people&...RC: Fantastic comment. I like to hear what people's experiences and thinking have been to get them to the point they are now.<br /><br />The religion thingy has been very bothersome for me. I went to a HS nunnery boot camp run by Episcopal nuns and of course we were steeped in religious theory day and night. We couldn't move without having to genuflect. But we experienced a much broader Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-9762113525486826382010-03-31T15:42:03.955-05:002010-03-31T15:42:03.955-05:00Mr. L&OT! I've been wondering where you we...Mr. L&OT! I've been wondering where you were. Figured I'd said something that blew the chalk out of your hand. ; ) You and I both know that to agree on anything would cause us to go into cardiac arrest and neither of us wants that - but we can still have fun and learn.<br /><br />I will read the recommended book. ITM, I urge folks to go to the First Amendment Center to review all theLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-91343865308526735842010-03-31T15:00:53.845-05:002010-03-31T15:00:53.845-05:00Of course I agree with you, but I would like to di...Of course I agree with you, but I would like to dispute one claim you made- that "For over a year Tea Party protests have attracted increasingly large crowds."<br /><br />I have followed this closely, and have been to a number of tea parties. The attendance and enthusiasm peaked on the first tea party day- last April 15th. Both the attendance and (based on my observation) the Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-79505188874333321382010-03-31T12:04:07.122-05:002010-03-31T12:04:07.122-05:00It's a fact that if we lived in anything close...It's a fact that if we lived in anything close to a police state ....many of us would be in jail, beside's them for sure. I havent paid too much attention to these teabag's actually, only because they are not an alternative group as they proclaimed ... it's just kind of like fear paranoia shit and god/ gun's type shit, mixed in with some conservative thinking that isnt no Ranch Chimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086251248546955720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-41524761066457148282010-03-31T11:27:24.447-05:002010-03-31T11:27:24.447-05:00tnlib,
Wanted to congratulate you on a well-writte...tnlib,<br />Wanted to congratulate you on a well-written post. I don't agree with almost all of it, but I like reading what you have to say. I'll continue to take my racist, homophobic, mysoginist, (have I missed someone?) ass to tea party protests. <br /><br />I would simply say that you were right on one account. I do have a problem with color and it's the green that our Law and Order Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11069306257334186404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-84865469598878199952010-03-31T10:39:08.805-05:002010-03-31T10:39:08.805-05:00BJ: Thanks. All I can say is that it is better tha...BJ: Thanks. All I can say is that it is better than the horrid one column comment forms.<br /><br />Rich's piece is a bit long, which is why mine is. As it is, I had a hard time narrowing it down because I didn't think there was a paragraph that wasn't significant.<br />I think he needed to substantiate the claims in the latter part by pulling the historical elements together and by Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-60247389307201266692010-03-31T10:15:15.941-05:002010-03-31T10:15:15.941-05:00dmarks: I'd bet this was a reaction to that st...dmarks: I'd bet this was a reaction to that stupid statement Palin made during the campaign. As events have demonstrated, Lewis was right, imo, and I thought so at the time. <br /><br />As I've said before, a person doesn't have to come right out and call someone a nigger to be racist. Blacks, in particular, and even a large group of whites, can see through this kind of inuendo quite Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-8155622653611053712010-03-31T08:32:09.521-05:002010-03-31T08:32:09.521-05:00(I like this comment format so mcuh better!)
I lo...(I like this comment format so mcuh better!)<br /><br />I love Frank Rich, but this column was too long and too wordy. The crux of what he had to say came about three-fourths of the way through – in the paragraph you quote about the black president, female speaker of the House, Latino Suprrem Court Justice and openly gay committee chairman. Rich says that when the Tea Party signs say, “Take our B.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-20499623923009019122010-03-31T04:31:19.415-05:002010-03-31T04:31:19.415-05:00tnlib said: "To impugn the integrity of honor...tnlib said: "To impugn the integrity of honorable men like John Lewis and Barney Frank "<br /><br />Last night I read news piece from October 2008, in which Lewis was ranting that the mere criticism of Obama's past association with Bill Ayers was racist. This is such an incredible stretch that it's fair to say that Lewis was flat-out lying. This fell under the "it's dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-15180142876092426942010-03-31T00:50:02.915-05:002010-03-31T00:50:02.915-05:00K: Wow. Thanks. That's a keeper. Will stop by....K: Wow. Thanks. That's a keeper. Will stop by. I think, when the Tea "Baggers" heard what it meant they quickly changed the name to Tea Party. I always refer to the little buggers as just that.<br /><br />Holte: Someone else told me they were having problems. They also said they had to hit Preview in order to publish their comment. Don't understand why but will check my settings.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-17505910039181534432010-03-30T22:45:52.806-05:002010-03-30T22:45:52.806-05:00Having trouble getting comments to stick, just tho...Having trouble getting comments to stick, just though I'd let you know.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-56036454952947425742010-03-30T22:03:43.774-05:002010-03-30T22:03:43.774-05:00There's weird sexual component to teabaggery a...There's weird sexual component to teabaggery as well. I'm writing about it in tomorrow's blog, and I certainly invite comments.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-41560889076686589382010-03-30T22:00:46.739-05:002010-03-30T22:00:46.739-05:00I happen to have done the research already:
Quinn...I happen to have done the research already:<br /><br />Quinnipiac poll of makeup of Tea Party:<br />http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1436<br /><br />Racial slurs:<br />http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/3457015<br /><br />In any film or photo of a Tea Party gathering, you will have to look long and hard to find a black or brown face.<br /><br />John Boehner and Michael Steele agree:<K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-69010052350939106502010-03-30T21:24:12.279-05:002010-03-30T21:24:12.279-05:00JR: As usual, you're right on - except the GOP...JR: As usual, you're right on - except the GOP has been racist much longer than 30 years. I'm old enough to remember.<br /><br />Tom: I don't do research for others. Instead of listening to Beck and Co. for your information, broaden your horizons by visiting reliable news sources. That doesn't include Fox, Limbaugh and your right-wing blogs. There have been plenty of folks who Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-30108092384059011962010-03-30T20:50:16.472-05:002010-03-30T20:50:16.472-05:00"They have grown louder, uglier, more threate...<em>"They have grown louder, uglier, more threatening and more violent as time has passed. They have shouted racial and homophobic slurs at respected members of Congress"</em><br /><br />Prove it. Provide proof of the "violence" and "racial and homophobic slurs." Try providing evidence instead of a mindless rant.Tom the Redhunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989584196825992054noreply@blogger.com