MNpublius reader and frequent commenter “Nitro” sent me the following in an e-mail and I thought it was worth posting. After all, that’s what that little “have a tip?” link just below the search bar is all about!
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Look at these fools…how primitive they look! I mean it’s TEA for goodness sakes…and do they have dress like indians? These theatrics can’t be good!
Clearly such irresponsible actions could lead to problems with the British (like this):
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WHY are these women marching…can’t they see how they are embarrassing themselves, their families and minimizing the efforts of others who care???
Why don’t they listen to these guys…they know what they’re doing…
Or does this group REALLY think it helps their cause to do this kind of inflammatory lunch counter sit-in?
They should listen to the more reasonable voices of those standing behind them:
Or just what does this woman think she is doing? It’s not the busdrivers fault for goodness sakes:
See how she got arrested. Now what did that stunt prove???
Do they really think this helps?
Couldn’t they just wait it out until these guys are done with their term?
WHEN will people understand that they ought to just wait…and stop with all the disruptive protests. It just brings embarrassment to the cause…
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Total “slam dunk”
Total “slam dunk” was my wife’s post. lols
Nitro makes a great point, to bad Chris won’t read it.
The founders assumed that revolution/change would flow from the people. If the executive wasn’t responsive to the will of the people (68% oppose Bush’s conduct of the war) then Jefferson assumed that the House of Representatives would act to restrain the executive through impeachment. If that failed then revolution would be in order. It is in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The reason that the right to bear arms in in the 2nd amendment is so the people could, if necessary, rise up and overthrow the government.
Now I am not urging armed revolt, but I am urging protests and demonstrations and civil disobedience. We are making it way to easy on this gang of crooks in the White House. Unfortunately far too few “”people are willing to put principle before party loyalty, Democrat and Republican alike.
What will it take to activate the masses, to take to the sreets, to take action? It is because there’s no draft? Or are people to smug and self-satisfied? I don’t know the answer.
I do know I’m disgusted, disappointed, disaffected and distressed with the state of our country. I don’t fear the terrorists, I fear this administration and those who would usurp our Constitution and seize power in the name of “SECURITY”.
Stop mindlessly defending this gang of thugs and face reality. Read the Constitution, read 1984, read the Declaration of Independence.
Big Brother is watching, we are way with Oceana, we’ve always been at war with Oceana. My God, Are People Blind?
I agree we need to be more vigilant than we have been over the last few decades. Or essential liberties have been eroded and we need to regain them through whatever peaceful means available. Take note that the last picture posted is of a person that has come to realize the Democrats are ever a part of the problem along with the Republicans.
You know Chris will indeed read it. The funny part will be his response.
What a strange world.
Earlier this month we celebrated U.S. independence from Britain. Wasn’t that an insurgency?
Nearly every week, we hear complaints about Iran interfering in the internal politics of Iraq. So what have we been doing there since the days of shock and awe?
Time after time, I read newspaper headlines accusing others of doing things which have become commonplace practices by the United States.
We would do well to look at our own actions.
We rebelled against a King named named George 231 years ago. It’s time to tell the modern day King George that he is not for the people. This country has had enough of his policies and secrecy.
kathy,
I really thought you were smarter than that. Calling him King George doesn’t get anyone anywhere. Where in the polls are people tired of his secrecy? That’s a new one for me. Also, don’t you think we should be keeping how we are going to fight terrorism a secret instead of broadcasting it to the whole world? And if Bush is doing so bad, why is Congress ten points LOWER than he is? Maybe it’s because people are sick of the name calling, the political vitriol and expect their leaders in Washington to act like adults and get something done. Harry Reid called Bush the worst President in modern history (I wonder which far left web site he read that from). Pretty silly considering the fiasco that was the Carter administration, and that’s just pointing to one.
P.S. kathy,
To say he isn’t for the people is just silly. He is trying to keep you safe just as he is anyone else. It’s one thing to question policies, but this web site has gotten to the point where all you guys do is question motives. It’s pretty poisonous around here and it’s getting worse not better.
Charley,
Go ahead, blame America first. The next thing, you’ll be calling al Qaeda freedom fighters.
Wow! You’ve convinced me.
The Democrat party *must* endorse Cindy for President; today, right now. And, and, maybe if a few bucks are tossed in, Keith X Hakim Ellison could be persuaded to join the ticket.
He’s got Jefferson’s Koran for crying out loud!! (swoon)
Only the delusional fail to admit mistakes. The problem is both the Democrats and Republicans fit this description. I was never a big fan of Cindy Sheehan but can give her respect for finally seeing that the Democrats are no better than the Republicans when it comes to the war. The Democrats voted to abdicate their responsibilities with both the war resolution and the Patriot Act and now become indigent when talking about Bush’s management of both.
All the people and situations pictured above went beyond party affiliation. Viet Nam was started and escalated by Democrats, a Democratic Governor stood at the steps of the schoolhouse to block integration, Wilson a Democratic president (and defender of the Ku Klux Klan) pressed for woman’s suffrage.
Only when value consistency and thoughtfulness on issues above loyalty to the street gangs we call political parties will any real change occur.
So, am I to assume the purpose of this long montage and ode to protest, even when such action is unpopular, is to support the Sheehan Congressional run against Nancy Pelosi?
What the righties will never admit is that the progressive majority of this country is discerning enough to acknowledge when their own elected leadership is not doing what they were hired to do, and so instead of continuing to display blind faith in their incompetent leadership, they rebel. To the contrary, most of the righties - traditional R’s not necessarily included - continue to offer up totally blind faith to their leadership, even whey are sucking eggs.
I, for one, was happy as a clam that the Dems kicked some ass last cycle, but I am equally unimpressed with what they have done since taking office. Furthermore, I would be more than happy to vote their asses out, at all costs, if they are not willing to step up to the plate and swing the damn bat! There is nothing more humiliating that going down looking.
Annon!!
It’s not that those elected are not doing the job, they are. Those still loyal to Bush himself are the ones throwing up the roadblocks. Obstruction by another name is still obstruction.
Actually, Chris, I seem to have anticipated you by a couple of days. Please read my blog about torture at http://www.mnblue.com/node/559 and don’t forget to read the comments, where I specifically deny that terrorists are “freedom fighters” (any more than torturers at Abu Ghraib are patriots).
You’ve got a point there Kathy, but I would offer you this: The only reason the R’s are able to block so many things is because the D’s are so deathly afraid of “tying up the Congress” and such. I am so sick of that excuse! Not to say you are positing that. We cannot continue to blame the obstructionists. If we have to tie up the Congress for a year, than it must be done! If we don’t get these abuses on record, we are screwed for many more years to come. And, just think of how the R’s will rip and tear at us if we allow these abuses to slip by without a fight! We will look weak and frightened.
Sorry, Anon35, but the righties do rebel when their leadership is on the wrong side of the issue, as we just witnessed with the collapse of the immigration bill.
The problem your “progressive majority” faces is that it does not have the political will to do what it believes: de-fund the war, force a precipitous pull-out, and suffer the human and political consequences of what transpires afterward. Your leadership is as politically attuned as any other political leadership in power, and they know that there is such a thing as over-reach on how the war is handled. That’s why Hillary, the leading Presidential candidate in the Democrat race, is treading a more vague, centrist, Nixonian line in how she answers questions about the war.
WTM: I agree completely that the Dems in power right now are truly too whimpy to do what needs to be done. However, you missed a crucial point: I am not saying that the “progressive majority” is within the legislative bodies. As a matter of fact, I am saying quite the opposite; that the progressive majority outside the beltway is making it damn clear what they want and the Democratic majority (note the large D) is failing them.
Also, you do have a good point there on the immigration. However, that was a relatively easy one to go against the President on. Where is the dissension in Republican ranks when it comes to the treatment of our soldiers when they come back from the war? Where is the dissension on Bush asking for yet MORE time for a policy that has done nothing but fail from the get-go? Point is, blind loyalty sucks! When those you put in power screw you over, you should rebel. There are a hell of a lot of Republicans who are being systematically screwed by Bush’s tax cuts, education funding, and will be screwed later by the false arguments against social security.
Another point is that the newest Democrat office holders are from tight districts. Many of them are pro gun rights, anti-tax and riding the fence on the war. Think Walz from Minnesota. They are afraid to make votes that could easily be the difference between winning or losing the next election. Party leadership does its best to find and run candidates that will tow the party line and play follow the leader. Once a legislator gets a few election cycles under their belt they tend to become less dependent on party leadership. They do however become more dependent on special interests and lobbyists.
Nitro, Nitro, Nitro…
Venerable, please no back massage….