Alan Keyes Is Making Tea Bags

I love that guy! He’s batshit crazy. This must be the tea baggers way of letting us know they are Very Serious.

I’ll be glued to my tee vee set. Can’t get enough of that pompousass.

I heard that the majority of the people showing up at these Tea Parties are there to protest the Bailouts of Banks, AIG, Automakers, AIG, Life Insurers, and AIG.What’s being said about these parties on television isn’t representative, I think, of why citizens are actually going to participate. Further, the type of people leading these Tea Baggers are not representative of the majority who want homeowners, workers, and individuals bailed out, rather than campaign and party contributors.The Right is just trying to capitalize on the smoldering anger of an entire nation. That’s a big mistake. You don’t sidle up to an angry man or woman unless you understand WHY they are pissed. Representatives from neither side act like they get it. Both sides should know what Americans want, but to date, the legislation that has passed reflects that neither side has a fucking clue.I’m writing about this later on my blog, but I’ll say it here. This is a pivotal point in our history. Bob, as an elected chairman in the Democratic party, you have a responsibility to make certain your party understands America. To date, your party does not.Instead of focusing on eliminating corruption in politics (one of the things that ranks highest on most American’s agenda), your party has instead chosen to help the corporations and industries that contribute the most money. It doesn’t just LOOK like corruption, any more, Bob.Rather than face the oncoming slaughter of our Social Security system, both parties have CHOSEN to ignore it, and have instead attempted to introduce legislation that would force every American to buy health insurance from, again, both parties’ largest contributors. OpenSecrets.Org has an article on it.Bob, it’s not just the Republicans who are acting like they cannot comprehend simple ideas. Our elected officials have become so out of touch with reality that they believe when they win an election, it’s because Americans finally chose the right group of people too fix things.No Bob. They chose you because you were the lesser of two evils.It is pivotal that you understand this, Bob. The American people, by and large, can get along without either party. That’s what is going on in America. People are being taxed, WITHOUT representation. People are being fucked, WITHOUT representation.Citizens are losing their homes, yet paying for generations to come, to bail out the very corporations who caused this fucking mess, and the very corporations that continue to use TAXPAYER dollars to contribute to your party. I’ve yet to hear a single shout of outrage from any party politician over that.You are a very intelligent man, Bob. How can you have missed this one so badly? People aren’t pissed only about phantom gun laws. It’s not just the issues that $$$Media chooses to show on Opinion News. People are PISSED, Bob.And, they have a right to be. We haven’t had decent representation for fifty years or more. We don’t have it now.At a time when you had won a near landslide election, when you had won a massive victory in both houses, and at a time when American citizens needed our elected officials to finally represent us, you chose instead to represent the people who contribute to your party. There is no hiding from that, Bob. It’s done. It’s in black and white, and some day, historians will write about how badly the two parties fucked up.If you are angry about this comment, just imagine how angry I am, having to pay taxes in this nation I love, where citizens have no representation. The first thing you chose to do was to bailout your contributors. Remember that. You can bet your ass that every American will.

so PPP wrote some mumbo jumbo, but on a more serious topic, I’ve been wondering who the republicans might trot out as Obama’s sacrificial lamb in 2012. It just now hit me. Alan Keyes will be chosen to take yet another beating.

Well said…

Well said…PPP (to be clear)

Since brevity is the soul of wit, PPP will be brief.Without going point by point on the parts I agree with and disagree with I’ll just there are both. You are taxed and you are represented. Saying you’re not represented just because you don’t like what your representatives are doing is senseless. There are lots of good arguments for and against what is being done to fix the economy and it’s shallow and narrow minded to think it’s as simple as so and so should do this and not that! Herumph!However, you’re right, people are pissed, and I’m pissed too. When I heard yesterday that insurance companies were asking for bailouts, it was finally too much. People who routinely deny others money for the sake of their profits are asking for money, and we’re going to give it to them. I don’t care about the ripples from this anymore. Let them fail and hit them in the head with a brick as they walk out the door.Alan Keyes! Awesome. Because nothing says credibility like that guy.

ppp, if this was about paying back their contributors, then why haven’t my bosses, huge democratic fundraisers, received any of this free money yet? How about other top donors? Isn’t it odd how the Democrats are only returning the bribe money to companies in the financial sector? It almost seems as if they are targeting their corrupt money to go to struggling banks! If you ask me, it’s a conspiracy to bailout these companies so that they’ll be able to once again make large donations (to Democrats only, because Democrats are the party of big corporations, as we all know).And I’ll assume that all the money that went to AIG when Bush was still president was Bush’s way of saying, “Welcome, Barack! I have already started your evil scheme to give taxpayer money to campaign contributors! Please feel free to pick up where I left off!”

Perhaps that last comment needed a /snark in there somewhere.

PPP is exaclty correct.In California the tea partys are AGAINST the Republicans primarily, not entirely, because of exactly what ppp says. The Republicans caved in on their no tax pledge to the people, and passed the biggest tax increase in US history. These are not small events, the last big party had 15,000 people. Republican recalls are in the works, but people are pissed, everybody has their tipping point. The CA Republicans counted on their elected officals to buffer the constant spend and tax mentality of the Democrats. So now they are screwed by both parties. They feel, just like PPP says “People are being taxed, WITHOUT representation. People are being fucked, WITHOUT representation”The tea partys are a grassroots movement, they are not organized by the Republicans. It gives you comfort to say it’s all wingnuts, and to label them marginal and crazy, but there were almost 60 million Americans who did not vote for Obama. Expect more of these as the economy continues to worsen.

TomCA, look at the tea parties. Look at the signs they are holding up. I have seen more than the 10 they show on television. I have seen the hundred+ picture galleries that the tea baggers so proudly post. The signs are those of the extreme right and libertarian loonies, not the signs of repressed constituents.You wingnut.

Alan Keys – confirmation that this Tea Party bullshit has embraced the Right Wing Crazy. Couldn’t they find anyone credible willing to speak at their event?

I heard that the majority of the people showing up at these Tea Parties are there to protest the Bailouts of Banks, AIG, Automakers, AIG, Life Insurers, and AIG…

…Both sides should know what Americans want, but to date, the legislation that has passed reflects that neither side has a fucking clue.

When the teabaggers figure out why THEY are protesting, then I’m sure the polticians will figure it out.

…your party has instead chosen to help the corporations and industries that contribute the most money.

September 19, 2008 -Struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration on Friday laid out a radical bailout plan with a jawdropping price tag – a takeover of a half-trillion dollars or more in worthless mortgages and other bad debt held by tottering institutions.

…H.R. 1424 was sent to the House for consideration, and on October 3, the House voted 263-171 to enact the bill into law. President Bush signed the bill into law within hours of its enactment, creating a $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program to purchase failing bank assets.

Uh… who’s party?

Rather than face the oncoming slaughter of our Social Security system, both parties have CHOSEN to ignore it…

While I agree that something has to be done about Social Security, can we concentrate on the nasty financial crisis we finds ourselves in? These first 80 days probably wouldn’t be the best time to tackle this issue, especially with the “Obama is doing too much” echo chamber screaming in our ears. Social Security “bankruptcy” is not immediate, if it can go bankrupt at all.

The facts: The Social Security system cannot go “bankrupt,” for it has no creditors. By law, the trustees will continue to pay reduced benefits even if the trust fund is exhausted. Payroll taxes will continue to come in and benefits will continue to be paid.

According to the trustees’ intermediate economic forecast (neither doom nor boom), the trust fund will be able to pay about 73 percent of scheduled benefits in 2042 and about 68 percent of scheduled benefits in 2078.Future presidents and Congresses could also choose to fully fund scheduled retirement benefits from general tax revenue.

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B6D56656B-D357-4082-BD70-35F6E6D0AA71%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=

People are being taxed, WITHOUT representation.

Can you please explain this to me? The only people who have been legitimately taxed without respresentation are the residents of Washington DC. You’re sounding like a teabagger, PPP.

We haven’t had decent representation for fifty years or more.

I’ll mostly agree with you there and add that any decent representation that HAVE gotten has been shot down. Literally.

At a time when you had won a near landslide election, when you had won a massive victory in both houses, and at a time when American citizens needed our elected officials to finally represent us, you chose instead to represent the people who contribute to your party.

I’m assuming by “you” you mean the DemocratIC party. I’ll only say that to govern effectively, sometimes you have to clean up the mess that been left behind in order to refocus and find your path. Right now, I see at least another three years and nine months of time to work get things right.

I think Carter should come back for another go.ppp, I usually don’t agree with you. Here’s some food for thought, how does a republic’s government start to run away with the power that rightfully belongs in the citizenry’s hands?The two greatest American mistakes of the 20th century are the twin memes of “the government is enemy” and “the corporation is an individual.” These ideas weaken the publics attachment to a government that they are supposed to be running, something that makes outrage increasingly difficult to muster.For the record, I am not a patriot. I could never fathom sacrificing human lives and rights for national pride.

Fox News loves it some tea parties.

Though he was mocked by the White House, Santelli might as well have yelled, “Give me liberty or give me death!”

Forgot my quote from the article in the above comment.

Broadway Carl,”When the teabaggers figure out why THEY are protesting, then I’m sure the polticians will figure it out. “You’re joking, right? This isn’t a Republican or Democratic issue, Carl. It’s a citizen issue. I’m pretty sure I just told you why people are protesting.Who’s party approved the bailout? Both, Carl…both.”While I agree that something has to be done about Social Security, can we concentrate on the nasty financial crisis we finds ourselves in? These first 80 days probably wouldn’t be the best time to tackle this issue”We’ve been facing this issue for three decades, Carl. That’s 10,950 days, as just a rough estimate. A bit of cipherin’ shows us that 80 days came and left 136 times. Which eighty days would you like to set aside to deal with it? Which party will ever have the balls to take it on? Or do we just keep saying, “This is too important an issue to try and solve in eighty days. We’ll have to wait until we have more time.”?No more fucking excuses.”Can you please explain this to me? The only people who have been legitimately taxed without respresentation are the residents of Washington DC. You’re sounding like a teabagger, PPP.”Carl, do you really believe that your representative represents you? How easy is it to see him/her? When you write them, do they write back with anything other than a standard form letter? Have you ever spoken with your representative on the phone, except that one time, when he wanted to be re-elected, so he used an auto-dialer to dial your number, to remind you to vote for him?You, Carl, are an afterthought to your representatives, Democrats and Republicans alike. That’s not a pleasant thought, but you know damn well it’s true. Just what are you defending? Someone who will defend you? Hardly.Our “representatives” spend half their time fundraising, and the other half paying back the corporations, industries, and lobbyists who gave them the funds. You are most certainly NOT being represented; not unless you agree with Republicans, who believe that Big Corporations represent every American. Do you believe that?”I’m assuming by “you” you mean the DemocratIC party.”Yes, I did, but only because the Repubs have had fifteen years to clean things up, and accomplished exactly nothing, except to make it easier for large contributors to buy them.Carl, I am not talking about individual representatives being bought and sold. I’m talking about entire Parties. For example, the gun lobby partly owns the Republican party. The Teacher’s Union partly owns the Democratic Party. Health Insurance lobbyists and the entire Financial Industry own both parties. Where are we going with that?When the people feel as though they are not being heard, they shout louder. When even those voices are ignored, what do you think comes next? I’d rather see us outlaw political parties, than go the necessary distance to outright revolution just to get rid of two parties who have stolen the power from the people to represent their own interests.Ideology be damned; this is a government of the people, by the people, and FOR the people. Tell me, Carl, if the majority of people in the United States of America voted to abolish political parties, do you think the Democrats and Republicans would follow through?Such a vote is possible; it’s called a referendum. There are, already, several grassroots organizations that are preparing such a referendum.What do you think the results of such a referendum will find?

PPP:”You’re joking, right? This isn’t a Republican or Democratic issue, Carl. It’s a citizen issue. I’m pretty sure I just told you why people are protesting.”Well, you told us why YOU’RE protesting. Is Fox News behind the teabaggers because they support those who oppose party politics, or is it more likely that they support the “Obama = Socialist Moran!” crowd?I’m not arguing with the substance of what you’ve said – there IS a serious disconnect between our elected representatives and those that they claim to represent, and it DOES need fixing.But to tell us that the teabaggers actually represent a nonpartisan groundswell of popular opposition to the notion of political parties is either dumb or a lie. When I see 50% of the signs telling us to teabag Republicans for bailing out their donors, I’ll believe you.But everyone here (including you) knows that this is an excuse for kooks to convince themselves that “WE surround THEM”, and to come up with fifty new ways to misspell “socialist”.

MZ,Everybody knows how to spell soshalist. ;o)

@ TomCA, you stated “Expect more of these as the economy continues to worsen.”March 9, 2009 DJI = 6547April 9, 2009 DJI = 8083Sorry, economy not listening.

Kyle-Take a look at this link, with the sign”We are taxed enough already” Extreme right wing?http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSTRE53700V20090408?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=10112Now take a look at this link to pictures of Polictians heads on a stick. They are all Republican!! Including Arnold! Scroll down to see.http://www.kfiam640.com/pages/johnandkenshow/So, Kyle explain why to you, it’s the extreme right wing who’s going after the Republicans in California. And how it is that you answer, whatever it is, refutes the assertion by PPP “That’s what is going on in America. People are being taxed, WITHOUT representation. People are being fucked, WITHOUT representation.”This is the way people in California feel exactly.For you that don’t understand why the Republicans are being targeted first; they all signed a no tax pledge to get elected. They lied to the people to get elected, once the tough choice had to be made, they broke their word, and passed the biggest tax increase in US history onto the people of CA to close a 42 billion dollar deficit. That’s why there are a lot, not all, Republicans involved against Republicans. We’ve come to expect this from Dems, but our own party screwed us this time.

BjRitz;The economy is still faltering. The Treasury won’t even release the results of the banks stress tests, because of the potential effect.http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1475443The unemployment rate jumped to 8.5%, and is still climbing. States now are facing massive layoffs as the revenue’s are way, way down. We are still dropping, and have not hit bottom.

If the teabagging crowd wants to be taken seriously by the rest of us I suggest ya’ll stop folks like Keyes, Bachman, Malkin and Beck from speaking for you.