Photo–And Quote–Of The Day
February 27th, 2009 - 10:36 am
What she said!
Found at the top of the Website for the Top Conservatives On Twitter group, it’s a photo taken by Michelle Malkin, amongst many more shots from the DC “Tea Party” on her blog. More Tea Party background, here.
Update: Ed Morrissey has another epochal photo–taken, appropriately enough, at a lube shop.
Late Update (2/28/09): Eric from Classical Values has a little fun with Photoshop. “Only because the sanctimonious left is so fond of accusing people of being selfish, I thought I’d change [the lady's sign] a little, to make it, you know, more altruistic.”
I would also hold a sign that states: “My Mortgage is not your problem”
Not to be cynical, or anything, but unless you start to get rid of politicians like Dodd, Frank, Schumer (“americans don’t care about pork”) and start now you will be paying for it.
Dems are in control right now, they know it, and nothing else will stop them.
Stop talking about “gee, is this constitutional, what are they thinking, how will we pay these taxes?, gosh, these numbers just don’t add up” Because the liberals will think of something to make you pay the taxes. If the state has to own all you make and are, you will pay.
Start throwing them out, now.
Oh, and don’t let your guard down. You’ll probably have to throw out several sets of bums before they relearn their place again.
So many wingnuts, so little time.
Mike,
For what?
Thank you, thank, you, thank you for getting the ball rolling. I hope this takes off and the national media starts paying attention. “C’mon Hannity. Plug these protests!!”
Tulsa had a good tea party in cold weather. I counted up to a little less than 300 at one count, but many were coming and going, so it might top out at 450 if you stayed there the whole time. Tulsans are doers, not talkers. It is hard to get that many together for anything, except a gun show or basketball game. One thing about the count is it includes at least 50 TV, media, AM radio types and politicians. It is interesting that this many even knew about the tea party. It was totally ignored in advance by our local TV broadcast stations (ex fox). But that didn’t keep them from trying to cash in. This was all promoted by AM radio and the net.
The Old Country Girl was amazed at the originality of some of the placards. Many of them were pithy and humerous, but all were deadly serious.
Oh, dang! She said it so much better than I did — good for her!
This is what my dog wore: Carter II, USA 0
Old Country Boy –
I was at the Tulsa event today also…I estimated about 400 people….which I think is great for a city this size.
Your summary is spot-on!
I am ready for the next one!
I thought the best sign at the Tulsa event was “Don’t Tax Me Bro!”
Another comment – why all the emphasis from the speakers at the Tulsa event on what the Bible says and how we can be good christians if we get rid of the Fed? I’m a christian, but I think this movement should be a very big tent one. There are lots of very good secular reasons to oppose this stimulus plan and this budget.
God bless the preachers, but C. S. Lewis always reminds me that we need experts in every field to work those fields, and that preachers aren’t much good at fixing your car or developing treatments for adult onset diabetes or diagnosing your computer’s hard drive.
This is a matter of basic principles guiding complex actions in many disciplines, and the Bible gives us the principles (eighth commandment, anyone?) but not the specific guidance to, say, “get rid of the Fed”.
Failed mortgages and foreclosure is not my problem, but failed banks are my problem and countries problem. Let’s face it folks, greed started when the money dried up in the stock market in early 2000, when Bush took over. The only place for that money to go was real estate. Banks went with the speculative markets all the way down to the only way they could reap in the harvest-new construction and homes for the risky buyer. The boom was so good that no one listened to the warning signs.
I am not blaming people….because they could afford homes that were out of their range with record the low interest rates.
Creative mortgages, energy price increases, new assessments and job cuts helped seize the engine. Many factors other than stupidity made this happen…and to blame democrats for this mess is really stupid. Bush and his financial cronies only had the housing boom to brag about…everything else was a failure….but now everything about him turned out a failure.
Yes, we now have absolute power, we didn’t have that before…so quit your complaining and watch us fix this stinking mess.
so quit your complaining and watch us fix this stinking mess
Hocking our children’s future with endless debt, taxing the economy into the tank, and expanding government Euro-style? The ‘fix’ is worse than the disease.