Doing the reporting the Networks won’t do!
- Fullerton, Ca. (15,000, restricted by parking and access)
- Monterey, Ca.
- Green Bay, Wi. (1,200)
- Olathe, Ks. ; a weekly event now.
- Harrisburg, Pa. (many hundreds)
- Maui ??? (I want to attend that one!)
Much more to come, especially for those scheduled on Tax Day (April 15). I wonder if the MSM can ignore it that long, considering it less important than the claims of a damaged love life of John McCain’s daughter (update: they were embarrassed enough to take the fluff piece down; the CNN political ticker definitely needs some CPR).
update: The LA Times explanation for the non-coverage is, shall we say, disproven by history?
My favorite sign? “Don’t spread my wealth; spread my work ethic.”
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You know what would make the media start covering them? Stage the protests near posts offices. People are really bunchy when dropping off their tax returns.
Thanks for the track back. I wouldn’t have known about the 15th protests without it. I will keep my eye out for one near me.
Thanks to Saint Ronnie, millions of people believe that we can have smoothly paved roads, sewage systems, excellent public schools, effective fire, police and EMS services and a strong national defense, all without paying a nickel in taxes. He taught us how to decouple what we want from what we need to do to get it, so that now we have a significant segment of the population that sees no disconnect between “the government OWES us these basic services” and “taxation is theft”.
There was a similar dearth of coverage of these same folks protesting GWBush’s stealth taxes (aka Chinese debt), which was about the same amount of coverage given to those traitors who thought invading Iraq might not have been the best idea any president ever had.
Look, ‘the media” (like it’s an organic, coherent whole) covers what we want to watch. That’s why Survivor is on in prime time and gets more infotainment coverage than the Sunday AM talking heads shows. Starting with Saint Ronnie, the people who hijacked conservatism encouraged us to be stupid and taught us how. That was the only way he could get away with trash-talking his own employer (the government) while growing it larger (and raising taxes more) than any other president before him, while convincing them he was shrinking government and lowering taxes.
The problem with teaching people how to be stupid is that they are then too stupid to know when to stop being stupid. As that poorly tranlated book of proto-historical myths that you guys love to beat the rest of us with says: You reap what you sow.
Where were these protests (and Mike’s compliants about lack of coverage) during the Bush Administration that was supposed to rein in government debt & spending, thanks to their “humble” foreign policy. (OK, we all know now he meant “Humble”, as in the oil company that merged with Standard of NJ to form Exxon.)
How can people be so easily manipulated that they will take any abuse from one party only to rise up in protest over the same treatment from the other party? Saint Ronnie was a much better teacher than he was a president, it appears.
I see a clue in the picture. That is one white-bread crowd.
Still confusing the executive with the legislative functions of government, Lamont. Tell you what; there’s something called the Constitution; you might try reading it sometime. No budget in 60 years has made it through COngress without the legislature totally revamping it. That’s what they do; that’s their job. Without a line item veto, the executive can either take it or shut down the government. ANd we see how well the latter works out for long-term cost savings, haven’t we?
And what I see in that crowd is bread winners, the color of which doesn’t really matter.
1.) Most of these protesters voted for McCain! So in effect, they are all hypocrites for not protesting about the GOP. Because unless I’m mistaken, all of the protesting is venting toward the Obamanator.
2.) Mike O makes a point with the difference between the legislative and executive branches. However, you cannot ignore the fact that Reagan talked a good talk, but didn’t walk the good walk. As for shutting the government down – why didn’t I think of that?
3.) Lamont – As for it being a white bread crowd – does it matter the color of their skin? I thought we were past that. And well should we be.
If it were up to me, Walter Williams would be president!!!
4.) Lamont – Yes, it has been the plan of the government all along to make one mass of stupid citizens. If the voters of this country had $0.10 worth of brains we wouldn’t be in this mess. But hey, what do you expect when the gubmint does the educating?
5.) Lamont – The media is basically one leviathan which controls so much of what the average person sees and hears. You can flip between 6 channels at 5pm and hear all the same stories, and all the same soundbites. What we need is a revolution with Serbian rules.
Please read my above comments realizing that Benjamin Rush detests the Federal Government. So any protest against the beast is welcomed, even if by folks who had held out hope that the “humble” plan might work. Gotta go – get some paint to make a sign.
Benjamin, the largest protests were in California; and they were targeting the GOP Governator even more than Obama. You might want to actually visit the links sometime.
Mike O: You mean the Democrat governor of Kalifornia, don’t you? LOL