Searchlight vs. L.A.: Rival Rallies Reveal Stark Right/Left Divide
On March 27, 2010, thousands of people gathered in the small town of Searchlight, Nevada, for a political rally.
Just 250 miles away and seven days earlier, there was another political rally of similar size in Los Angeles on March 20, 2010.
The Searchlight rally was generally oriented toward the political “right.”
The Los Angeles rally was generally oriented toward the political “left.”
Now, if you had only the entrenched media as your sole source of information about these rallies, you might likely assume (without even bothering to investigate) that the right-wing rally was an epicenter of hate, racism and craziness, whereas the left-wing rally was undoubtedly about peace, tolerance and rationalism.
Luckily, we no longer have to rely on the mainstream media. In both cases, citizen journalist bloggers were on hand to document the proceedings with eye-opening photo essays:
El Marco: Tea Party Express rally, Searchlight, March 27
Ringo: Anti-war rally, Los Angeles, March 20
Two rallies, not very far apart in time or location — and yet they couldn’t be more different.
I consider myself neither left-wing nor right-wing, and I disagree with one side or the other on various issues — but after viewing these images, I don’t think there’s any question where I’d feel more at ease.
Below is a sampling of images from each rally. (Click on the links above for the full reports.) Scan them and tell me: At which rally would you feel more comfortable?
Show this essay to people you know who are liberals, or conservatives, or middle-of-the-roaders, and ask them: In all honesty, if you had to choose to be associated with the protesters at either rally, which would make you least embarrassed?
They say you are defined by the company you keep. Time to choose:
Right-wing rally, Searchlight, Nevada, March 27, 2010
(Photos by El Marco)
Sarah Palin.
Hannah Giles.
Left-wing rally, Los Angeles, California, March 20, 2010
(Photos by Ringo)
Yikes. The contrast!
Well, I’m concluding the blatantly obvious here, but…
A. = Searchlight, NV + tea party rally
B. = Los Angeles, CA + anti-war rally
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A. = Patriotic, Peaceful, Apple Pie Americans
B. = Unhinged, Anti-American, SCARY looking LOONS
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A. = Bring the weenies and tater salad for a friendly Backyard Barbecue
B. = Bring pepper-spray
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A. = Aunt Patty, neighbor Juan, Dad & Mom
B. = Jihad Jane and Hanoi Jane meet Baghdad Bob and Disgruntled Draft-Dodger Dick
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A. = I ♥ America
B. = Silence, I KEEL YOU!
OK, someone has to say it…
Hannah Giles: Nice.
Woman with the Impeach Obama shirt: Nice.
Sarah: Nice.
Totally aside from politics: I wish I had been at Searchlight!
But maybe that’s just my testosterone talking.
Its a shame you had to show photo.s of only GOP/T-Party Anti-American and anti Jewish LA demo (it was not anti-war or anti-hate). Those two young ladies at the GOP anti government demo giving obscene finger gestures was really not necessary to post in my opinion. The vast majority of those folks are nice and not filled with so much hatred, but I guess that aspect is not newsworthy these days. I hope this type of reporting does not continue to fan the flames. Dont You?
Poor Citizen:
Maybe I don’t get out much, but the last time I checked, the “hand gesture” you describe as “obscene” is actually a sign for “Rock On…” and I’ve seen it on billboards for The Hard Rock Cafe among others.
Mindless left again!
Your comment and your user name show me you probably are a good person. However, under this administration you are no longer a citizen and clueless as to what is going on in this country. You need to wakeup and drink tea rather than Kool-Aid.
Healthcare Bill Horrors: http://www.freespeechpolitics.us/impactarticles.pdf
Healthcare Bill Timeline: http://www.freespeechpolitics.us/hctimeline.pdf
By the way, I too don’t agree with everything the right believes in and I do believe in some of what the left believes in, but most of my thinking is on the right.
Maybe “poor citizen” can become a good citizen by looking around and not assuming that a gesture is obscene if made by conservatives but ok if made by Leftists.
With just a little awareness of the real world, that gesture would be easily recognizable as “rock on” or the University of Texas football gesture for when the cheer is “hook’em horns!”.
Is this not your first language/country? Someone clearly not familiar with the rock legends K.I.S.S. and their influence on rock culture.
Clue in, bub.
Since when is “hook ‘em horns” an obscene gesture? I don’t see a middle finger anywhere except in L.A.
Boyd a noid:
I concur with your assessment. All three are easy on the eyes.
The good looking women are on our side! It wasn’t that way in the sixties. Doesn’t it make you feel good now? Makes me feel sorry for the old, ugly leftists – not.
Disgusting, the latter. What are those people doing in this country, this planet? I can’t think of any reason except it is the fruits of the drug culture. More pity for them than anger, (but it’s close) since they are victims and they aren’t at the same time. Victims of their own poor choices and reasoning.
But, Palin. What is it about her that makes you want to root for her? Are moral and traditionally patriotic beauty queens hard to come by? or is she just more real.
#5- Poor (vision) Citizen:
You must be confused as to which certain hand gestures are generally interpreted as obscene. You must be looking for the tried and true middle finger – not what the girls in question are doing.
Tea Party or pig party. Your choice.
5. Poor Citizen and 9. MisterH:
The gesture that the girls are making has many many different meanings, most of which at NOT obscene.
In Hawaii, the gesture basically means “How’z it bra?,” a friendly greeting.
In Texas, it’s the commonplace “hook ‘em horns” gesture of the Texas Longhorns football team, as well as other teams, used by everyone.
In heavy metal concerts, it’s a tongue-in-cheek “Hail Satan!” gesture used by headbangers to show they like the band on stage.
In Sicily, it’s a insult, indicating that you are accusing someone of being a cuckold — i.e. that their wife is cheating on them.
…and there are several other meanings as well. It’s not really obscene, except is a very few cases, and even those are “marginal”.
I love the “F__k Capitalism” T-shirt with the $15 price tag.
Now that’s ironic. Hilarious.
I know Ringo shot that pic, but it is in the “Classic Zombie” mode i.e. an eye for the ironic and the statement made in that irony.
The USA is past the tipping point and into the Wakeup Call stage. From here either The Constitutional Republic is restored or it is a swift slide downhill into anarchy or marxism, whichever would come first.
The news says that movie prices are going up 27%. This is wrong. We need to have the government take over the movie industry. After all we are supposed to have the right to happiness. In addition, these movie people are making up to 20 million per movie. If we soicalize medicine, we should do the same for the entertainment industry.
Poor Citizen @ 5: Your words intrigue me. I wish to contribute to your campaign for re-election to Congress.
#3 and #6, I will also agree. Compare them to the opposition, like Pelosi, Hillary, and all the nags in the MSM or NOW. We have a winning team in many, many ways.
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Thank you for making me feel welcome on the right. It’s what I and all women aspire to: to be judged on our looks. Maybe you would like us Republican lassies to don short skirts and pom poms? Rah for the boys!
You are insulting. Go find a home on the left–they are at about your level in terms of substance.
How can these two groups co-exist in a single country, short of one preying on the other?
Competitive exclusion (a term drawn from mathematical ecology) dosn’t bode well for one (which one?) of them within a community of two interacting (not very well, I might add) species.
I don’t consider myself to be left or right either, but yeah, I would much rather hang out with the Searchlight folks. Did you notice how many more smiles where captured on their faces than the ones in LA?
Delia, bring pepper spray is right!!
I called Barney Frank’s office and he actually took my call!
I voiced my opposition to the so-called “Health Care Reform” bill (I called it “Slavery by another name”):
. . .
Barney’s response? Here’s the transcript (I have it on tape):
“You f’ing breeder, f-you you and your f’ing kids, you f’ing p-lover!”
Of course, I had to edit the “Pwwwfffftttttssssss.”
Could you PLEASE post the recording of this call? I would love to hear it. –JustLurkin
Yes- PLEASE post it! This I gotta hear.
Sorry my website always crashes…I always post too many pictures. I don’t want to be accused of posting only 2 or 3 egregious images and misrepresenting the overall tone of the demonstration. That’s why I always post more than a hundred pictures, so that people can see that what I show is truly representative of the protest as a whole.
In the ’60′s, the cool rallies and protests were on the Left! They were fun and creative and there were big puppets and street theater and Hare Krishnas and pot and girls without bras putting flowers into cop rifles. We had Arlo Guthrie, The Fugs, Country Joe and the Fish, and John and Yoko. We chanted and had a great time and felt like we ended racism and the War. Now, the people on the Left are scary and grim and humorless and say horrible intolerant things to people who disagree with them. They act an awful lot like the people we were protesting against in the 60′s, actually. They seem to have more in common with the Chicago cops who busted Yippies’ heads in the streets and arrested journalists to quash freedom of speech. They act like the people who cursed and spat at the little kids being escorted into the Little Rock schools by the National Guard. Count me in on the Searchlight rally!
12. A Simple Guy:
I love the “F__k Capitalism” T-shirt with the $15 price tag.
Now that’s ironic. Hilarious.
I’m with you, Simple Guy! And yet, it’s very sad, because they’ll never have a clue how stupid they are.
There’s only one “L” in “until”…
For the gray-haired couple with the lefty signs….
In the words of Cicero, old age has embarrassments enough without adding to them those of youth.
If your car broke down alongside each of those two events, at which event would you most likely find (a) someone willing to help you, who (b) had the skill set required to repair your car?
17 Rep Lass: Lighten up, Francis. You can be brainy and pretty and admired for both on the Rep side. It’s the Left that gets its panties in a wad over men noticing women.
“Rep” indeed. I’ll bet you live under a bridge, dontcha?
5. Poor Citizen:
Our women protesters look so much better than yours.
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Thank God it was a left wing war rally instead of a ‘Love In.’
Yucky!
INTAFADA
UNTILL
FREE
Hahahaha, stop it, you’re killing me over here.
gee..anybody else notice that not everyone at the tea party rally was “white” ? but there’s a heck of a lot of “white” folks at the l.a. protest.. things that make you go ‘hmmmmm’
The people that you now call grim were there in the 60s also.
The lefties have always been arrogant, whether or not they were peacefully stoned or stoning the police in Chicago. They always think think they know better than others how and what we all ought to be and do. They have too much time on their hands. We do suffer our prosperity when the pampered, well fed, comfortable Americans forget how they got that way. Much blood has been spilled since 1776 so we don’t have to be European any more. American blood has saved Europe from itself. Now we must teach the products of public schools all the history they didn’t get in class. The tee shirt vender probably doesn’t know what “Capitalism” means. Or Socialism, Communism, Marxism, collectivism and how they compare with free enterprise Americanism!
As a former hardcore leftist who took part in a few protests this is merely the tip of the iceberg. The left truly is insane. These signs are such a good relfection of how the left and the right view the world.
The Ginger Sheikh-Rasta on his Schwinn just slays me. Simply can’t stop laughing.
12. A Simple Guy,
Bahahaha! Definitely a misguided soul (or a sneaky snake capitalist)!
21. Ringo,
Your page won’t load at all for me and I’m on cable! Perhaps you can spread the pictures out to more pages?
33. Uncle Pinky,
I LOL’d at that guy too! He looks like Ron Howard in disguise.
To Zombie:
There’s a little debate as to what sex you are on Belmont Club’s latest topic. I figured you for a guy but others think you are a gal and yet someone else says you are an ‘it’ because you are the ‘undead’. Ze mystery! Ha!
19. Eva,
(…and a Taser just to be on the safe side)!
That might just be the best photo of Ms. Giles ever posted.
If anyone has proof to the contrary…links plz.
And it culd be so peacefull and friendly all over the entire America (and in my own Eunuchalia as well) if all those f*****g!!! Leftoid PARASITES took their dirty claws away of our pockets.
After all we, the CONSERVATIVES are NEVER tempted to put our hands in their (the Leftists’) pockets. They are ALWAYS empty anyway…
So simple…
12. A Simple Guy:
Didn’t catch that when I first looked at the photos. Priceless! Thanks – you made my day!
That was-29-in-’69 wheezer in L.A. proud to march carrying the face of a murderous thug rapist tells all one needs to know about leftists and their politics.
Leftist are just plain evil.
Not all of them are aware of this of course. Many actively promote and pursue evil agendas believing with full faith that what they are endorsing is good and true. This is the result of the three I’s: Imbecility, Ignorance, and Insanity. Every leftist who isn’t actually evil is suffering from one or more of those conditions.
Lee, You forgot that the evil that they perpetrate is born of deception. Hitler was not insane. Hussein was not insane. Mao was not insane. None were imbiciles either. There is no mistaking genuine evil with malice aforethought. The ignorant are tragic products of mis-information and no information. Alas.
26. Bruce:
“If your car broke down alongside each of those two events, at which event would you most likely find (a) someone willing to help you, who (b) had the skill set required to repair your car?”
THREAD WINNER!
For a concise image of the results of capitalism/freedom vs. socialism/serfdom,
your one little question SAYS IT ALL!
Rep Lass said:
Thank you for making me feel welcome on the right. It’s what I and all women aspire to: to be judged on our looks. Maybe you would like us Republican lassies to don short skirts and pom poms? Rah for the boys!
You are insulting. Go find a home on the left–they are at about your level in terms of substance.
You should take a look at a recent Newsweek issue with the title “Palin has to be stopped” and wshe wearing short skirt. In other words if you are good looking and wear sexy clothes you are necessarily stupid. You should also visit some liberal blogs where posters call for the rape of Sarah Palin in order to teach her a lesson.
Interestingly, I did not hear anything about the antiwar demo, even though I am something of a news junkie. Remember when these events would get major coverage? I wonder if it has even begun to dawn on these rubes that their usefulness to the Dems is over, now that Bush and the Repubs are out, so they get ignored. When was the last time Cindy Sheehan made the headlines? The Dem politicians and their handmaidens in the media never really gave a crap about the war, Guantanamo, etc. It was all just a political club with which to beat the Republicans.
Good insight. Thanks.
Here’s and interesting quote by Nikolai Bukharin that shows a Socialist’s perspective on civil liberties and constitutional rights. Bukharin was a prominent Socialist/Communist theoretician during and after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, and was a close associate of both Lenin and Stalin:
“We asked for freedom of the press, thought, and civil liberties in the past because we were in the opposition and needed these liberties to conquer. Now that we have conquered, there is no longer any need for such civil liberties.” (Nikolai Bukharin, 1917).
In 1938 Bukharin disagreed with Stalin on some economic issues, at which point there was no longer any need for him. So they executed him. I guess that would be karma.
Take a look at the scum at the LA rally. Drug addled, dissipated, failures. Not a paycheck among them. Somebody needs to do a survey of the number of anti-war and anti-America rally’s that are organized for the 1st of the month. There will be NONE!, because that’s when the welfare checks come out.
Unbelievable. And somehow this all escapes the Corrupt Media Establishment.
The girls supposedly giving either obscene gestures or signalling for a Zionist takeover of America are actually giving the shaka. Which for the surfing challenged minority is simply a symbol for hang loose. BTW, a friend of mine, laid off from Boeing in Long Beach, a few years ago now goes to these demonstrations and sells t-shirts and buttons. He understands that to end capitalism someone must practice it first. But he’s a wuss because he always pays his taxes and doesn’t sell at Grateful Dead concerts anymore because he didn’t like how his clothes smelled.
If you could offer voluntary euthanasia, on demand, which rally would have the most subscribers.
What the heck, if they want to commit prophylactic infanticide, by government funding and in accordance with consensus, then why not offer self-abortion for the proponents?
Like mother, like child. Wouldn’t you say?
Suddenly, everywhere I go on PJ media, Poor Citizen’s turd droppings are there. I smell a DNC or Axelrod drone. Not a clever one, either.
Francois Marie Arouet:
Actually the demonstrations/protests in the 60s weren’t all that much fun. I was in Chicago in 1968. I knew people in the SDS, Weathermen, Black Panthers, etc. and they were not peaceful fun loving people. They would infiltrate these protests and cause all kinds of disruption. Unfortunately the other poster is right. These former Hippies/Yippies are now my age and never left the 60s. They control our academia, many are wealthy(so much for hating capitalism), and influence a whole lot of our leaders.
Oh, and if I see one more Che tee-shirt I’m gong to scream. Although there is one I like that says: “Che Guevara, Fooling Middle Class White Kids Since 1967.”
Ha – f*ck capitalism t-shirt for $15. Can anyone else appreciate the irony/hypocrisy?
The really sad part?
Not only do the loon toon frog lickers & baby killers in L.A. have a vote that counts just as much any conservative’s vote, their hate mongering, marxist cognitive dissonance is taught to our school children in those relativistic, union monopolies most folks refer to as ‘public schools.’
Your tax dollars at work.
(1) Someone complimenting conservative Women is not a degrading insult. We can like them for their looks but love them for their brains. Too bad you can only pity the left for lack of both. (2) 55% of the tea party is women, it’s more a women’s movement than the angry left. (3) This is just one example among dozens. The left is angry intellectual teens (of many ages) raging against the machine for not doing more for them. But it still boils down to the same message. You’re either for freedom (including economic freedom/opportunity), or you’re for the progressive left agenda of taking it away. They fail to understand the basics of their own philosophy which is in order to help some people up, they must use a jack-boot and a gun to rob others and hold many more down.
Thanks Eric. Some people just don’t have a sense of humor. Must be a dem.
THis speaks volumes about the difference between what is right for America and what is wrong with (and for) AMerica. We know the left preaches hate and socialism and this should be defeated by what this country has always stood for – freedom. THe left is allowed to spew all of this because of our Constitution and that is their right. However, we should not have to give up and give into all that the left is preaching. We are a freedom loving people and hopefully we will be able to stay that way in spite of all the left is trying to do to take away our liberties.
26. Bruce: “If your car broke down alongside each of those two events, at which event would you most likely find (a) someone willing to help you, who (b) had the skill set required to repair your car?”
Brilliant.
There might be someone at the Leftist Rally, but they would want a government agency established to study and fund roadside auto repairs while also blaming the evil capitalist corporations for your failure to maintain the vehicle.
I love “Who’s Your Daddy?” and “…Marx and Mao were NOT your founding fathers”. I love the ethnic diversity too, at the righty-rally. It gives my hope that as our country “browns” (I’m from Texas and we’ll shortly be > 50% hispanic and have a great mix of other Americans with Euro- and non-Euro ethnic histories) – the great ideas of freedom, personal responsibility and liberty will be upheld. Great photo work at both the righty-rally and lefty-loonfest. Thanks for the essay in pictures!
notice in every photo of the Tea party rally, people are smiling. In the lefty protest they all look like they sat on a tack. The lefty rally also looks like they don’t believe in personal hygene-like taking a shower.
My enthusiam is tempered by disheartening numbers.
60% of our citizens expect and demand stuff from 40% of us.
It’s irrevocable
The ghost of Will Rogers reminds us of what to really expect
this November, and in 2012
The party that robs Peter to pay Paul
can count on the support of Paul
My President knows this
We are so screwed
The thought of a socialist paying an entrepreneur $15 for an anti-capitalist t-shirt reminded me of a comment reportedly made by Harry Truman early in his political career. When asked if his moderate views on civil rights might anger the Klan members in his district, Truman was said to have laughed and replied “why should I be worried about someone so stupid as to pay $10 for a $3 bedsheet with two holes cut in it?”
I am GLAD to be on the RIGHT side of history
Besides being less hateful and less unhinged, our women are wayyyyyyyy better.
It is obvious why conservatives had no idea what “teabagging” was, and why the left did. It is just pervy, the venue of the left, and Anderson Cooper.
It seems like only conservatives can spell, too!
As usual, the left is winning the media war. Sure, we got the proof they are liars but who is on the defensive? Is it the Left or the Right. They have our media people dis-avowing violence, acting like we are the ones guilty of it while their people keep up a steady drumbeat of accusations. I hate to tell you guys but defense doesn’;t win ball games unless you can put more points than the other guy on the scoreboard. What to do? I don’t know but this is a problem we must solve or we will lose the media battle just as George Bush did.
Peg C. You’re absolutely right. That is classic Axelrod Astroturfing. From the inane name/handle to the vapid and generally illogical talking points spewed. Lefties cannot argue with facts, they can only use straw man arguments when they’re not busy just doing character assassination.
“Poor Citizen” is a perfect example of how stupid they can be, in fact. From the name, which conjures up what? All their names are like this and readily identifiable.
by and large right wingers have brains and some decorum; left wingers have heart and soul that ceased development at age 20 and failed to learn to think logically and historically. they also have very few manners and few have mirrors in their homes. remember only 20% of our population NOW label themselves left-wingers. thank God.
Don’t you think if enough “hate-filled lefties” saw the difference, they too would feel more welcome at the “vast right wing conspiracy” group’s meetings? They are totally ignorant of what life is really about. They condone killers like Che because they think he must have been cool. They have no idea of the destruction and rape and murders he committed. They think family loving, God loving, country loving people are the bad guys. It is so sad. They all need to be in rehab.
F*** Capitalism….for $15.
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The symbol the girls are giving was mainstreamed by Ronnie James Dio.
From Rock&Roll Confidential –
“Rather than make the decision on our own, we thought we would give you, the readers, the opportunity to vote on it. Before we get to the voting, though, let’s take a look at a brief history of “The Horns”:
In the world of band photography, only one totem approaches the ubiquity of the brick wall: The “Horns”. We’ve all seen it thousands of times. It’s the hand gesture, index and pinky fingers outstretched, meant to symbolize rock and roll, world-weary ennui and sarcasm or simply “partying down”.
According to metal singer Ronnie James Dio, he didn’t invent the “horns” hand gesture, he just popularized it.”
“I was in Sabbath at the time. It was a symbol that I thought was reflective of what that band was supposed to be all about. It’s NOT the devil’s sign like we’re here with the devil. It’s an Italian thing I got from my Grandmother.” Dio said in a 2001 interview. “It’s to ward off the Evil Eye or to give the Evil Eye, depending on which way you do it. It’s just a symbol but it had magical incantations and attitudes to it and I felt it worked very well with Sabbath. So I became very noted for it and then everybody else started to pick up on it and away it went. But I would never say I take credit for being the first to do it.”
As time passed, the “horns” came to symbolize not only Sabbath but heavy metal music in general and rock fans the world over adopted it as a sort of not-so-secret handshake.”
I love some of the signs at the LA protest. When you see the “Peace” signs and the look on some of these thugs I get the message of….PEACE OR WE’LL KILL YOU. The left are really pissed off. I don’t get it, they got a socialist/communist president with a majority in the House and Senate. Bunch of stinking little babies.
“Hi, I’m neither right-wing nor left-wing, and I write for right-wing PAJAMAS MEDIA. I’ve selected nice, well-lit pictures of sexy women and smiling children from a right-wing rally, and far less appealling ones from a lefty rally. There is no such thing as selection-bias, and in fact the very notion of bias is a gay plot. We all know that we are the chosen ones, and that those who disagree with our leaders are Russians in disguise. Now, everyone play along, and we can get someone like Dick Cheney back in the White House. We have always been at war with the world.”
Wiseguise – you are neither wise nor well guised. Perhaps a bit inane.
Grammar errors aside, the biggest laugh is the overall message of the LA protest:
“The US government is a big evil thing that blew up the WTC, starts wars, and kills people. Let’s let them control our health!”
My, my, my! Misery does want company when you look at the LA rally. Such an unhappy and hopeless lot, but the tea partiers in contrast are positive and hopeful. That’s the biggest difference. But as long as the democrats can keep their supporters poor, ignorant, and angry they’ll keep voting democrat. Works for them every time!
All of that crap from the sixties was exactly that: crap. Nothing came of it but misery and devicsiveness. I was there. However, I happened to be one of those who was spat upon for doing my duty in an unpopular war which, at the time, was intended to forestall the spread of the very kind of thinking in evidence at the L.A. meeting of the brain-dead. Winston Churchill: “Whenever socialism has been tried, it has failed”. As for communism, there are only two remaining regimes: North Korea and Cuba. Your choice? China doesn’t count but is very close because they are a hybrid. Indeed, these leftist cretins tried all sorts of ugly things trying to transform the country and, unfortunately, they were successful but not to anyone’s real benefit. Look at this society of ours. Not good and that is what the Tea Party is about; we need some positive change for a change. It isn’t about ME, it’s about US. One last note: One only needs to look at the death statistics under people like Hitler, Stalin, Kim Il Sung, Mao Tse Tung, Pol Pot. Their beloved Che was nothing more than a murdering bastard who supported the views of the aforementioned maniacs.
Just wondering…where is the pic of the major Dem candidate for VP that spoke at the left wing event?
Would you like to know what these Tea Party’s are like? In truth, they are very orderly groups of wholesome, heart warming patriotic American citizens at their best! They are the the epitome of the true “Spirit of America” in action. Thousands upon thousands joining together in the middle of a desolate piece of freezing cold desert, because they are worried about the country they love, a great nation they helped build, sustain and one that so many have fought and died for over the last 200+ years. Contrary to much of the usual press and political rhetoric, they are not a bunch of loons, kooks, racists or old angry white conservatives that promote violence! They are deeply patriotic citizens from all walks of life, including large numbers of varied ethnic backgrounds and races, that have set aside their personal and political persuasions to be, above all else, joining together in the spirit of American patriots! They are part of the Sleeping Tiger that has awakened. Most of all, they are committed in there in their desire to protect our Republic from any enemy (from within or otherwise) that threatens our liberty, nor do they want to change our form of government to any Oligarchy form of government. For those political hypocrites that project their leftist hatred upon Tea Party participants by referring to them as right wing fascists, I suggest that they go to YouTube “Oligarchy vs Republic” part 1 and part 2. I think they will find Fascism listed under Oligarchy forms of government right along with Socialism, Communism, Marxism and Nazism and now they can add the Left Wing’s new buzz word for such, “Progressivism”! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhNobpG_4fQ
One thing that is ubiquitous at any leftist rally is the Che shirt. Mass murder who is worshipped by the left. The other obvious difference is the message of the signs. One group asks for less government the other wants to impose more. One group has people of all ages with a LOT of children smiling and taking part. The other, old angry, grungy looking people with no children involved at all. Which group represents America? It also looks like a lot of native Americans were present at one and none at the other. As far as the claim that the Tea Party has no blacks, you only have to realize that blacks are not big protesters unless there is a direct involvement of their race as a whole, IE, civil rights, million man march, community protest or one of their own being persecuted. This is not a put down but the only other time you see large groups of blacks protesting is when SEIU or ACORN are involved. This means that as a group they tend to not get involved with less passionate issues like governance, taxes, redistrubition of wealth and general things that drive conservatives crazy. Obviously there exceptions to this so don’t accuse me of sterotyping all blacks. To make my point look at the anti-war protest above.
Its those “nice” rural redneck whites that scare me the most.
They supported Dubya and his Reign of Error.
Two terms of torture, lying to start the wrong war, and dismantling our freedoms.
Those “nice” people scare the hell out of me. They’re the same kind of wonderful folks who got FDR to put the Japanese-Americans in camps during WW2. Good, decent conservative Christians.
I’d rather hang out with the hippies in LA!!
So, how’s that kool-aid you drink? Could you BE less informed?! Please do not vote in any election.
I’d much rather be with “Dubya” going in fighting than Odumba** going in bowing.
Rep Lass,
Beauty is skin deep but ugly goes clean to the bone.
In this case, I would say that the beauty goes to the bone as well. For me, that relates more to the heart. But I don’t mind the scenery either!
“Those two young ladies at the GOP anti government demo giving obscene finger gestures was really not necessary to post in my opinion”
That’s a sign for peace, for “hang loose,” “take it easy.”
This is truly scary. It never ceases to amaze me that people use Che at a “anti-war” rally. Do these people read? His diaries are chilling.
The differences on the countenances, especially the women, are apparent. What we have in our hearts is often worn on our faces.
THE TEA PARTY “ROCKS” THE ONES BELOW ARE “CRAZY” THEY NEED TO GO TO THESE OTHER COUNTRIES AND LIVE! GET OUT OF THE USA!!!!
Wow, pictures do speak louder than words.
The comparison made me laugh and reinforced my resolve to speak up and act up (non-violently, of course).
Nice to know there are hard-working, family-loving and god-fearing folks with me on the asset side of the ledger.
Just don’t forget that these are photo essays with a point of view, not random samplings of both rallies! Isn’t it funny how propaganda you agree with always seems pure and objective?
I daresay a left-biased photographer could select some uglier shots at Tea Party rallies (and of course, they have).
However, no one could find prettier shots at a left-wing rally. THAT’s the difference.
Can we just get along? can we?
Pictures can only tell you so much..and with that said..I was there in Searchlight. We arrived at 9:30.am.,spent the whole day there & not once did I hear any anger other than a righteous anger over the direction our Country is headed in. Out of the thousands that were there,people shared laughs,conversations,condolences,& even food & water with others who hadn’t prepared so well for the day!! I would do it again today..but you couldn’t pay me enough money to walk amongst the people at the second rally! I’m sure I would have been fearful,and fear is definitely one emotion I did NOT feel in Searchlight!! And to the guy who thought the young ladies were using a foul gesture with their fingers..my kids assure me that gesture stands for either “Rock On” or “I love You” & they should know..being in the same age bracket!
All the hatred exposed by the leftist rally is the harbinger of this Country’s gangrene and canker.
You don’t need to be a Conservative to feel that way.
Did anyone notice that most of the signs the tea party goers were holding were homemade but the anti war side were mostly print shop stuff professionally made?
Surely you realize the girls are giving the (mute/deaf) standard American sign language for “love”.
Why do the folks on the left demonize big oil, big corporations and rich people in general? Personally, I have never been offered a job by anyone living from govt check to govt check. I do not have money but I fully understand capitalism. And I like it!
BIG GOVERNMENT SHOULD GET OUT OF MY LIFE! I’m doing okay without additional guidance from you.
@inspectorudy – you need to look up black tea party protestors on YouTube. There is a wonderful video (made by a Black American) of all the various black protestors, speakers and participants, at various Tea Party and other protests around the country. The fact of matter is most Americans that don’t do anything to voice their opinion, much less vote, hence the reason for poor voter turnout percentages. Its not a race thing, by any stretch of the imagination. Hopefully the activities of the current administration and Congress will activate the larger majority of Americans into action. This will only be evident in the upcoming elections….
POOR CITIZEN,
Those “obscene finger gestures” are not “obscene finger gestures.” I don’t know what you THINK they mean, but there is absolutely nothing obscene about it.
I noticed the irony of the supposed superior guy holding the sign to “spay and nueter jews”, in that he misspelled ‘neuter’.
So much for being a superior being.
I wish his being a lousy speller was all we had to worry about him. Why wasn’t he being dragged off by the hate-speech police?
Ringo…your page won’t load for me at all either (high speed connection here). Not size but maybe too many folks trying to access? Would love to see the pics!
There’s a reason these filthy, bitter, grungy leftist haters are always shaking down the Man for more free stuff–they are utterly useless to fend for themselves. They simply hate the world and spend their time looking for someone to blame. Hey, Lefty, you’re looking in all the wrong places. As the Greeks say, “Know thyself.”
Neither one. Both appear to have some decent elements outweighed (judging from their signs and demeanor) by a bunch of smug, exhibitionist creeps. But then if you look twice at the photos, you have to wonder who the photographers were and why their images seem so… pre-planned.
pw,
“But then if you look twice at the photos, you have to wonder who the photographers were and why their images seem so… pre-planned.”
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I was the photographer at the Left-wing demonstration in L.A.
There is nothing “pre-planned” in any of my photographs. At protests people stand or walk down the street holding signs. I walk up and photograph them. It’s as simple as that.
My website seems to crashed at the moment, but when it’s back up later today, please go and look at the pictures I taken over the past 6 years.
ringospictures.com
93. Ringo,
Your “Anti-War Protest – Los Angeles, CA on September 24, 2005,” the guy in the lower left holding a sign that says “Party for Socialism & Liberation;”
Sounds like Devolving to me. If the whole world were to become Socialist & Liberated — it wouldn’t fix what’s broke; it would just make things worst.
I think I whipped that old hippys ass in 68… and would gladly do it again.
11. Lush-us wrote:
The gesture that the girls are making
has many many different meanings,
most of which at NOT obscene.
In Texas, it’s the commonplace “hook ‘em horns”
gesture of the Texas Longhorns football team,
as well as other teams, used by everyone.
In heavy metal concerts,
it’s a tongue-in-cheek “Hail Satan!”
gesture used by headbangers
to show they like the band on stage.
Lush-us:
You almost got it, but not quite.
There is an important difference:
The “Hook ‘Em Horns” sign is performed
by folding down the two middle fingers
and holding up the little and index fingers,
with the palm turned OUTWARD,
away from your body.
The “Hail Satan!” sign uses the fingers
in the same position,
but with the palm turned INWARD,
toward from your body.
Best Regards,
LonghornLover
megscole64,
Try again later. It should be back up this afternoon.
I guess I’m going to have to increase my bandwidth.
There all out of wack
Oh my gosh!!! I don’t see many, if any, African-Americans in the anti-war rally photos. The protesters must be a bunch of racists pushing a racist agenda. They look angry too. Therefore, using the lefts own logic, all people who are against war must be hate-filled racists.
A total of twenty signs for two rallies of “thousands” of people each? Nope, not cherry picked at all.
You don’t even have to look at the crowds at either event. The true test is to take a look at the site AFTER the rally.
The leftist one is always trashed and knee deep in garbage.
The conservative ones are cleaner than when they started.
No bias here, right?
How many photos were taken at each rally? A good photog will take at least a few dozen, if not a hundred or more at each.
Don’t tell me these photos weren’t cherry-picked to show the best of one rally and the worst of the other. Why don’t you show some real neutral bias and display all the photos of both rallies?
Fifteen dollars for a t-shirt dissing capitalism. Idiots. This one makes more sense… “Fuck Capitolism” Granted, the subtleties will most likely escape the pissant masses.
82. Silhouette:
OMG! GOOD CATCH! hahahaha!
Scary.
Fun comments, thx! Libtards are only good for buying meth from. And I don’t buy meth. Screws your teeth up.
103 Pat, the deaf sign for love is the thumb out along with the two fingers that the young ladies have showing.
With no thumb showing it is a different symbol than the love sign.
Ivan Klima, the Czech author, described the demonstrations of Czechoslovakia’s velvet revolution in the “New Europe” edition of Granta. One of the things he remarked was the spirit of harmony that prevailed and how “not one window was broken”. Fast forward to 2000 when the IMF/World Bank meeting was held in Prague. Leftist demonstrators from throughout the EU descended upon Prague and engaged in violent protests, with street battles between anarchists and police. Lots of windows were broken.
Compare and contrast, indeed.
not you,
“Don’t tell me these photos weren’t cherry-picked to show the best of one rally and the worst of the other. Why don’t you show some real neutral bias and display all the photos of both rallies?”
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I’m the one who took the pictures at the Left-wing demonstration and I’ve posted nearly 200 more pictures at my website ( ringospictures.com ) which is linked above. My site seems to be crashed right now, but check later and then tell me if you think I “cherry picked” all of those 190 pictures.
120. Matthew:
“A total of twenty signs for two rallies of “thousands” of people each? Nope, not cherry picked at all.”
122. not you:
“No bias here, right?
How many photos were taken at each rally? A good photog will take at least a few dozen, if not a hundred or more at each.
Don’t tell me these photos weren’t cherry-picked to show the best of one rally and the worst of the other. Why don’t you show some real neutral bias and display all the photos of both rallies?”
Matthew and “not you”:
There’s this thing called a “mouse,” and if you use it to point the cursor to a link, you can go to a different Web page! And if you had freaking BOTHERED to check out the links from which these pictures are taken, you’d see that they photographers DID in fact take HUNDREDS of photographs at the rallies. And the additional photographs only CONFIRMED the impression that the samples shown here conveyed: that basically EVERY SINGLE PERSON at the left-wing rally was a creepy crazy anti-American crackpot, and that basically EVERY SINGLE PERSON at Searchlight was middle-class and not extreme.
Here are the links again, in case you missed them:
http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2010/03/showdown-in-searchlight/
http://www.ringospictures.com/index.php?page=20100320
Case closed.
You can sit there and make the “cherry-picking” argument all day long, but it doesn’t hold water when confronted by reality.
Actually, thanks for winning the argument for the Tea Party side, because by insisting that everyone look at the FULL photo set, you proved that the anti-war crowd was incontrovertibly more extreme and kooky.
And besides, what you’re doing is called “projection”: Since the left needs to cherry-pick photos of the very very few kooky tea partiers and then plasters them all over the media, they PRESUME that the right must engage in the same dishonest tactics; but in fact, you’re just showing how guilty you are about an offense, when you falsely accuse your opponents of committing the same moral crime that you do.
Face facts: The Left, or at least that portion of it that shows itself in public, is extremist and hate-filled. The right has its share of kooks, of course, but they are far fewer in number, less visible, and less cohesive in their notions.
Nice whitewash, Zombie. Your ex-buddy Charles has his own slide show of some of the less savory signs at the tea party nuttery in Nevada. Why don’t you go over there and see the seamy underbelly of your beloved “patriots.”
You’re just as much as shill as the worst mainstream media hack, Zombie.
The person who thought the obscene pics were from the teaparty people, look again. The caption over that set of photos is the rally in L.A. The two little girls are giving the hang loose Hawaiian sign– not obscene!!
I’m not sure trying to present a bunch of people with 9-11 was an inside job as the average left wing rally is exactly accurate. Wake me up when someone from a democratic presidential ticket is the main draw for their group and there might be some sort of equivication.
Hey Nodrog,
I saw Charles slide-show this morning and it’s pretty darn tame if you ask me, especially when you compare Charles’ 10-15 pictures to the nearly 200 that I’ve posted at my site.
Get a life, Gordon.
131. Nodrog
I’m currently a commenter at LGF too and I’ve already seen the sideshow you referred to, and browsed through all the pictures. I encourage everyone here to do the same:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/36058_Slideshow-_Tea_Party_in_the_Desert
Now, it looks like this slideshow is an attempt at the reverse of the El Marco and Ringo reports, finding the worst signs from the Searchlight event. But if that’s the worst that a leftwing photographer can come up with, then it only further proves how non-extreme the Searchlight rally was!
Everyone should click on that link and see the best evidence that the opposing side can come up with. Sixteen pictures, and about ten of them are totally innocuous, three or so are about sealing the border to keep out illegal immigrants, and three or so are by Second Amendment gun-rights advocates.
That’s IT? That counts as extreme?
Quoting Thomas Jefferson and citing adherence to a Constitutional Amendment is not extreme. Compare those signs to the ones from Los Angeles and any neutral observer will tell you the LA ones are a million times worse.
Thank you for bringing that to our attention, because now we know for sure that the El Marco and Ringo essays are accurate.
Trackback: http://republicanheretic.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/rallies-on-the-right-and-left/
This is a great example of how LEFT the humanist liberals have gone. They follow the religion of Humanists, and as long as you agree with their beliefs, they can be so nice, but just once disagree with them, and you will see their true colors. I am proud to be a Christian, and I stand on the belief that someday, and someday soon, every knee shall bow and every tong will confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord. There is NO hate speech in God’s Word, but you will find the book of Revelations, and if you look, and read, you will see that the signs of end times are all around us. I will not follow the religion of Humanists, nor will I back down in serving the living God, who is the REAL founding Father of this country.
One more thing… Jesus was a Jew!
What the contrasting pictures reveal is the stark differences one would naturally expect to find when comparing the small town of Searchlight, NV (13.1 sq. mi., 576 residents according to the 2000 census as reported at wikipedia) with one of the largest cities in the world, Los Angeles (498.3 sq. mi., 12.9 million residents). Anyone who thinks that the participants at these rallies weren’t largely the product of the respective venues is in serious need of a reality check.
I lived for many years around the corner from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in NYC, by the United Nations. It’s the traditional venue for political rallies when the UN is is session. It didn’t matter what the subject of any particular rally was, each one brought out fringe elements interested in their promoting their causes. Because like L.A., NYC has plenty of them. Searchlight, NV? Not so much. Attempts to paint the “right” as consisting only of wholesome patriots and the “left” only as a bunch of anti-American kooks are ridiculous. And I think everyone here knows it.
THERE IS a huge difference between the two groups. Having participated in the first (I am a proud Tea Pary member), and having been caught unaware (at first)by marchers in a rally similar to the second, I know the disparity extends to ~ ~ ~ smell!
Notwithstanding the number of people around, at Tea Party gatherings, one can breath fresh air. Try inhaling when in the midst of bummed out socialist-loving protesters. You are bound to choke! ;D
Differences, I hardly see any.
Both sides are completely crazy and damaging their respective parties,and thus, damaging the country. Too bad compromize is a thing of the past, and I’m happy to be affiliated with neither side.
Ya, so like… obviously these pictures are cherry-picked, I’m SURE you will find signs at the tea party event with racial slurs and worse. What they fail to show are the anti-government militia members, who think Timothy McVeigh is the greatest American hero, in the tea party crowds.
“joethestupid”. Says it all.
#82 “The US government is a big evil thing that blew up the WTC, starts wars, and kills people. Let’s let them control our health!”
well, since “choice” is such an issue, and the left wants to condone murder in the form of abortion, maybe government – that “big evil thing that… kills peole” – is not such a bad choice for healthcare.
RE: “Disgusting, the latter. What are those people doing in this country, this planet? I can’t think of any reason except it is the fruits of the drug culture. More pity for them than anger, (but it’s close) since they are victims and they aren’t at the same time. Victims of their own poor choices and reasoning.”
Not the drug culture, a different way of thinking; a different “wiring,” if you will, of the brain.
Professor Jonathan Haidt of the University of Virginia has made a career out of studying the roots of morality. He finds that people are born with 5 moral foundations (“The worst idea in all of pshychology is the idea that the mind is a blank slate at birth.”) He finds that conservatives use all five to a more or less balanced degree, and that liberals rely almost exclusively on only two.
My opinion of his findings is that they help us to understand Liberal “reasoning.” A severly lopsided use of moral foundations results in a severly lopsided morality.
#140 MarkR:
Okay, so where were the sane ones in LA? And if the sane ones were in charge, why were so many conspiracy theorists given open venue for their lunacy?
And where were the kooks in Searchlight? Oh, that’s right, they were throwing eggs at conservatives…
I suggest you click the link in #135 above.
gus3, are you actually trying to disagree with what I said? And your argument is what, that a city of 12.9 million people is NOT calculated to involve the participation of fringe elements any more than a small town? LMFAO. Thanks, I needed a laugh.
MarkR
Amazing isn’t how people who care will travel hundreds of miles, and certainly the traveling distance alone filtered the subset of people at Search Light. At the same time, a gathering in a city of millions results in only the weird and strange showing up . . . and irony is that the filtering was again because of distance. What does that mean . . . it’s got to mean something . . . want to venture a guess?
Check out the countenance of our side v. their side. They look frustrated. We look hopeful even in peril.
Ah, Zombie – the world’s biggest Nutpicker.
Anybody have a mirror or another link for Ringo’s pictures . . . I would like to see for myself the entire results of his photo essay.
I would definetly be scared of the folks in LA. I think they had one too many hits of acid! Most of what they were saying was just unintelligable garbage. Glad to be a conservative/proud American
@ Poor Citizen, who said:
Those two young ladies at the GOP anti government demo giving obscene finger gestures was really not necessary to post in my opinion.
Well Poor Citizen, that’s not an obscene “finger gesture”. That’s the international sign for “Rock on”.
No wonder you’re poor. You’re a dumb ass.
Tallgrass,
Sorry, I didn’t expect to get so slammed this morning. I’m trying to get back online.
I love the Willy Wonka Grandpa looking guy at an anti-war protest holding a Che portrait. Talk about someone being dazed and confused.
am i the only one who has figured out the the “left wing rally” wasn’t actually a “left wing rally” at all, rather it was a “PICK YOUR PROTEST” rally.
from the website:
On March 20, 2010 – the 7th anniversary of the beginning of the War in Iraq – there will be a massive march and rally in San Francisco at Civic Center Plaza (as well as in Washington D.C. and in Los Angeles) to demand the withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and Iraq. Expect a march, lots of signs, speeches and calls to action.
But with one protest comes many others that the organizers hope you support as well, including an anti-Israel, pro-Palestine rally, a general call for increased funding for public health care, jobs and education as well as a call to pay reparations to Haiti and a protest of all colonial activities of the U.S. in Latin America.
http://sf.funcheap.com/antiwar-march-rally-pick-protest-civic-center/
to characterize a “Pick your protest” rally that included a hodgepodge of topics as a strictly “left wing” event is blatantly dishonest and an obvious attempt to fan the flames of division between people.
i see through what’s going on here, i hope others do too.
and remember pajamasmedia, if you rely on stupidity to not see through your dishonesty, the only people you will have left agreeing with you at the end of it all withh be the idiots.
i’d rather be standing on the side of the smart people who you didn’t fool with your partisan hackery and dishonest reporting.
your entire premise that this was a “left wing rally” is flawed from the very beginning.
but then again, i can see that this flaw was what was required for you to make the point that you desired to make.
shame on you
Glenn Beck reran his documentary the other day about leftist murderers. Included was Che Guevara. Beck said that the leftists love him, and this weasely murderer is proclaimed at every leftist event. Today, I saw these pictures. Yep, Beck was right!
Just looked @ the slideshow @ LGF and read some of the comments.
Based on the comments, you’d think there was some BAD craziness
happening @ the Searchlight rally and the Republic is near death.
But based on actually looking and (this is apparently a stretch
for the new breed of lizards) THINKING about the photos, a
sane person would have to think, “That’s IT?! THAT’s what you’ve
got?!
maroons, the whole lot of them.
I’ll get this one Z.
Shameonyou, to quote a formerly eminent blogger, “Bite me.”
159. Shameonyou:
But, it most certainly WAS a left-wing rally!
You “argument” makes no sense. Just because the rally was on a variety of topics, doesn’t mean that it somehow ceased being left-wing. Every single stance on every single topic was a left-wing stance.
According to your own link, the rally was:
- anti-war (a left-wing position)
- anti-Israel/pro-Palestine (a left-wing position)
- pro-Universal health care (a left-wing position)
- more money for jobs education & less for the military (a left-wing position)
- reparations fro Haiti (a left-wing position)
- “ending colonialism” (a left-wing position)
So, all you’ve ended up doing is proving the exact opposite of what you thought you were proving. Good job! With opponents like you doing all the necessary research, who needs allies? Thanks.
Also, the rally was organized by ANSWER, a left-wing group.
Fail.
Yo, Mr. Intifada – only one “L” in “until”
Shameonyou,
The button that says “shift” on both the left and right side of your keyboard will, if pushed down, allow you to type upper-case letters.
You’re welcome.
One was in a town of less than 1000 people. One was in freaking LA. Are you people really surprised that the LA rally was more extreme?
Some basic common sense: More population = more diversity = more extremes.
Nah, forget common sense. Lets just make sweeping generalizations based on a handful of subjectively selected photos.
I like how the anti-semite was hiding his face behind his sign. What a coward. His face should be plastered all over the internet so people can se the true face of racism in America.
166Jacob
What are you trying to say?
If a protest is out in the middle of nowhere, then only the most dedicated, devoted and extreme activists will make the commitment to go all the way out there. The isolation winnows out the average people.
If a protest is in the middle of a populated area with easy access to average people, then it is more likely that average people will show up, since it doesn’t take a lot of effort, time or planning to go.
Thus, by your own reasoning, the people at Searchlight are the most extreme of the teapartiers, while the people in LA are the most moderate of liberals.
And yet, as the pictures show, the extreme tepartiers are pretty normal, and the average liberals are cookoo-for-cooco-puffs.
Why are all these liberals coming on here and making self-defeating arguments which only help the wingnuts?
Check one:
( ) They don’t understand basic logic
( ) They are blinded by brainwashing and partisan spin
( ) They can’t think straight
( ) They are masochists
( ) All of the above
Dear Sir Burp in Pants, Thank-you for a genuine laugh. Your name/handle is priceless. An unexpected delight. Wonder if you’re one of my kids…?
Let’s see…group one are the idiots who don’t know what communism, fascism or socialism are; they just know that they don’t want a BLACK man in the WHITE House. Group two are idiots who can’t accept the fact that 9/11 occurred because Bush was asleep at the wheel.
Both groups use little kids to promote their agendas. Disgusting.
I wouldn’t want to hang out with EITHER group.
There is one thing that no one here has mentioned: only the Teabaggers are funded by the media (Faux News) and a major political party (gee, let’s guess which one it is!). And I’ve seen enough pictures from other Teabagger gatherings to know that they have more than their fair share of racists and people who can’t spell.
I do agree with the “You can’t fix stupid but you can vote it out” comment. That’s EXACTLY what we did in 2008. I will never understand why the Teabaggers worship Sarah Palin.
@166
Just because you have more population doesn’t spontaneously generate the point of view. That failed and tiresome demogoguery would exist if L.A. were the size of Pahokee. Increases in population only increase the size of the event and has nothing to do with the content. Your assertions otherwise are flawed and completely baseless.
I could be comfortable at the Lefty Rally, with a spitwad gun.
How convenient, RINGO, that your site ‘just happens to be down right now.’ I know teabaggers aren’t big on actual proof of anything, but unless you can provide actual evidence, why should anyone believe your claims of not cherry picking or staging the photos?
Why are the photos of the Palin rally photos larger and brighter than the anti-war rally? Why are the people in the Palin Rally photos all happen to be smiling, yet the people in the anti-war rally all look to be dour and frowny?
Was EVERYONE at the Palin rally smiling and happy and high-looking the entire time? Was EVERYONE at the anti-war rally grimacing and angry-looking the entire time there? In any group of hundreds or thousands of human beings, there is a huge variation in moods and expressions at any one time. But according to these photos, everyone was bright and happy at the Palin thing, but everyone was sad and angry at the anti-war things. Is that really what you want us to believe.
No ‘case closed’ denial of reality here, please. You definitely cherry-picked through your photos to show a clear bias.
175. not you:
Do you enjoy shooting yourself in the foot? Does self-inflicted pain bring you some kind of perverse pleasure?
When Ringo’s site stops being overloaded, which it will eventually, then all the hundreds of pictures posted there will become visible to you and everyone. And you will be revealed to be a fool.
You’re taking a massive credibility gamble, betting on the assumption that Ringo is lying, that he has no site, or that he posted no other pictures. If you are correct, then you’d win the argument! Whoopeee! But if you’re wrong — and you ARE wrong, because I saw the pictures last night — then your credibility drops to zero, you’re out of the game, you have no further basis on which to speak.
Wait a few hours, look at Ringo’s overwhelming evidence of lefty craziness, frowniness, and ill-intent, then hang your head in embarrassment. Because you didn’t win the gamble, you lost everything. But by all means come back and make more comments, because you’re doing a world of good, really you are.
Oh, and the photos are different sizes/brightnesses/etc. because they’re taken by different photographers, on different days, with different cameras, in different places. Bright and sunny in the Nevada open air high desert, gloomier shade in the shadows of tall buildings in LA? Marco makes his pictures big, Ringo makes his small, as a matter of persona preference? People in Searchlight smiling because they’re happy to hear a celebrity speak, people in LA grumpy because that protest was one big complaint?
@ 170:
The term “teabagger” (you so frequently employ in your narrative) reveals far more than you think about all those who use it. Elections can correct a number of political excesses and maybe even solve a few marginal socio-economic problems; but unfortunately, they can not fix individual problems, like the mental ills all users of the term “teabagger” suffer from. They need to seek professional help to address those.
To Snorlax, Wow, awfully ignorant of you. The “religious right” didn’t “force” FDR to put Japanese in Internment camps. I think you should go back and read a REAL history book. I think your hate and bias you spew is typical of the left which is why your signs of “peace and love” are so ironic. I guess you can’t figure out that the Tea Party movement is historically based. It’s obvious you know NOTHING about this country’s history.
I used to be left of center until 7 months ago. Thankfully, I have a brain that was never fried by drugs, nor was I brainwashed into believing in a socialist ideology. What saved me from a life in lefty hell was reading history. What they’ve been doing since the 30s, is take out critical information from text books and inserting propaganda like, “other countries have a fair and balanced society through a socialist government”. If we take back out school systems, dismantle the Dpt of Ed in DC, we can actually teach our children about the brilliant men who founded this country. Every high school freshman should be reading, “The 5000 Year Leap”. The socialist infiltrators started with unions, moved to universities and now, they’re brainwashing our children at the grade school level. FYI to all of the “peaceniks”, there will NEVER be peace because there will ALWAYS be some despot, some tyrannical dictator who wishes to control a group of people or destroy them. We’re NOT at war with Iraq and Afghanistan, their freedom to practice their particular Muslim faith is in peril. The extremist Islamists wish to force all Muslims to practice THEIR brand. It would be like Mormons trying to control every branch Christian faith or what the lefties are trying to do in America. Big government means small citizen, it’s another form of CONTROL! Give me negative liberties, not tyranny!
not you,
My bandwidth can’t handle the volume, but lucky for you the site is starting to come back online. I was able to open it about a half hour ago for the first time today. Do try again later this evening.
As for your question: “Why are the people in the Palin Rally photos all happen to be smiling, yet the people in the anti-war rally all look to be dour and frowny?”
You’ll have to ask the people in the pictures, but from my experience, and I have been to many Left-wing demonstrations, Leftists are just not very happy people.
Here is the homepage of my site: ringospictures.com
Please look through my older posts and you will see that the pictures above are typical of anti-war protests in Los Angeles over the past 6 years.
the leftie rallies always look so dark and ominous – bad bad energy
Let’s see, the sign says
“To stop all war’s
you must first do one thing
be kind kind to animal’s
spay and nueter
all filthy Jews.”
Hmm, no periods, commas, or semi-colons but at least the rant wasn’t totally devoid of punctuation. Note the “war’s” and “animal’s” terms. Do we really need to get into the spelling of “nueter”? The anti-semitic ending needs no highlight. I guess this is what we get from the alleged better educated, more intelligent, peace-loving, and tolerant side of the political spectrum.
The people on here is talking about anti-war protests. In the 60s at ,peoples park in Berkley,Ca. The war rallies were friendly,courteous and with intellect we protested the war due to its constitutionality. But in the LA protest they had signs of a murderer,rapist by the name of Che they also had signs to do violence against the Jews to kill them all. My wife and I were at Searchlight it reminded me of my days in Berkley protesting. The people around me were firm belivers in the CONSTITUTION and the BILL OF RIGHT . Their were no signs of death threats to anyone. All the people were friendly, courteous, respectful and where from all walks of life.Even when talking about our government they where respectful.I was in the right group in the 60′s and i am in the right group now.LONG LIVE THE TEA PARTY PATRIOTS.
“Totally aside from politics: I wish I had been at Searchlight!
But maybe that’s just my testosterone talking.”
My thoughts EXACTLY!!
Dang, conservative women are HOT!
Interesting that while the tea party is always accused by the MSM as being dominated by bigots and conspiracy theory loons, it was the left wing rally that had anti semitic signs, and 911 conspiracy theorists.
Now I realize why leftists and muslims want their WOMEN COMPLETELY COVERED ! OMG
My #18 comment was in fact a question: “How can these two groups co-exist in one country?”
The 180 or so comments so far, clearly gives a sad answer to this question: they can’t, at least not harmoneously. It’s like a disfunctional couple that can no longer be civil to one another.
My group, the conservatives, can’t coexist with the radical left because the hate from the left seems to have crossed our red line. To most of us, the radical left simply wishes that we vanish. For sure, we won’t let them prey on us any longer, as we have for about forty years of a precarious phony coexistence. It isn’t a pretty family picture, to hang on the family room’s wall anymore.
Ok, so i followed the link on one of the photos accusing the jews and zionist enthusiasts of carrying out 9/11. i have to say, the last time i saw a page so full of bull$#!t was when I tried to read the healthcare reform bill. being a Zionist enthusiast and part jewish myself (its complicated), I have to say that there is ZERO anti-american content on the jewish side. but then we go to: yasser arafat, osama bin laden, mohamed atta, the rest of their lot, and we see: america and the jews are the great and little satans. wtf. then, nancy pelosi says a while ago that TEA party go-ers were carrying swastikas and symbols like that, and we go to a TEA party and what do we see? hundreds of amrican flags, and dont tread on me flags, but not 1 swastika. yet at many an anti-bush protest we see swastikas…. hmm. it sounds like good ‘ol botox-and-trained seal nancy pelosi is saying what she WISHES were true of the OPPOSITION but is in fact saying what IS ture of her own loony bunch.
To comment number 5, Poor Citizen. Not sure I understand your comment. Hopefully you meant to be satiric/ironic. If so, I apoligize in advance for my reply. But if your comment was serious, you badly need correction. The finger gestures from the 2 attractive young girls at the tea party rally are not obscene. They are the rock on party on sign, and are meant to show joy and fun.
To Eric, 190. The key to understanding Pelosi’s accusations is to realize that anytime the left accuses anybody of anything, it is something of which they themselves are guilty. They know the foul things they are doing, and are thereby convinced the other side has to be doing the same thing, even amidst a total lack of evidence.
Well, my website finally seems to be back up, even if it takes a while to load.
http://www.ringospictures.com/index.php?page=20100320
mentally and physically healthy versus disturbed mean and unhealthy….
yet if you listened to the msm you might think it was flipped on its head..
OMG. I don’t need to got to Ringo’s site after reading 194 comments. Sounds like your pictures tell it all (when you’re site is up! ;-})
Just so you know, I’ve been a Buddhist for over 20 years and I’m very much a conservative. Just ’cause I don’t read the Bible doesn’t mean I diss Christians or my country that allows me to practice the religion I chose. I don’t always agree with everything or everybody, but I live and work here. If you don’t like it, you can LEAVE, you know?
I’ve been to two Tea Parties here in the Houston, TX area, and will likely go to the April 15th one. I can’t wait. See, the thing is, at Tea Parties, people are polite, well read, neatly dressed, speak in complete sentences. . .they don’t look like the LA rally. People at Tea Parties WASH, for God’s sake. And at Tea Parties, there is no racial violence, and nobody gets shot, stabbed, trampled, raped, or otherwise harmed like a rap concert. But that didn’t stop columnist Leonard Pitts, who usually writes a little more sane, from calling participants “tea baggers.” I wrote Mr. Pitts a pointed letter and never heard back. I’ve since cancelled my Houston Chronicle subscription, too.
And I have to agree with the Che comments–what is it that makes him so popular and make these believers so stupid? There’s a whole section on Michelle Malkin’s site that talks about the disgusting Che, and an excerpt from a book in one of the comments. They made a MOVIE out of this guy? Three hours long???
I get emails weekly from Robert Ringer, who is, I guess, a libertarian writer; he may even be called a philosopher, I don’t know. In the latest one, Mr. Ringer talks about recently being in a huge Tea Party in Washington, DC with a lot of fine people in town for one thing–peaceful protest, just like the left says it does. And you know what? The same thing happened that happens at all the other Tea Parties: no violence, everyone was one mind and one body. Peacful protest with no violence. However, someone saw their way clear to post sharpshooters and snipers in strategic points, presumably “just in case.” Of course, nothing happened, but they were there watching everything. From Ringer’s description, it seemed like if one thing went wrong a whole lot of folks would not have made it home that night.
Keep your fingers crossed, and keep praying folks. We need it. Bad.
LONG LIVE AMERICA!! LONG LIVE CAPITALISM! If you don’t like it, you can LEAVE!!!
Tyger
Better late than never, my site seems to be back up.
I apologize for the delay, I don’t usually get so many links to my small website.
http://www.ringospictures.com/index.php?page=20100320
Well, it looks like the conservatives have the prettier women on their side…the left should protest!
Not only would I feel safer at the TEA PARTY rally, but I think I would be able to breath a lot easier too! Can you imagine the SMELL of that crowd in LA? dingy harry said he could “smell the tourists”. I guess when he sees clowns like the ones in LA, he suddenly loses his SENSE OF SMELL!
The two girls with their fingers up either ignorantly or willingly are displaying the sign of horus or the horned symbol of Satan worshippers. I hope they did it without knowing what it meant. I would hate to see such beauty wasted on the devil.
Sarah and in my opinion, any true Conservative, not the GOP sort such as cornyn or romney or mccain, can pull in a crowd, people want to hear what they have to say.
If Sarah were a leftist she would not draw from the left the crowds she does. It isn’t about her looks, it is about her and her values.
Well I guess the pictures say it all. Where’s the hate and violence being promoted?
“Time to choose.”? We raised you better than that. Writing like some punk gang member, instead of a statesman. Your father, may he rest in peace, would be ashamed of you. He worked hard to pay for your food, our house, your education, and to pay the taxes he was proud to pay, regardless of his political opinions, regardless of who was in office. For you to engage in this mean-spiritedness, rationalizing your ill-mannered behavior shows your father and all he stood for no respect. You know better.
Mom
Exhibit A: T E A PARTY “This is your country”
Exhibit B: TwEAk PARTY “This is your country…on drugs”
…”any questions?”
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NOVEMBER 2 REMEMBER ~ SEE YA THERE!
As for the left-wing rally being a “PICK YOUR PROTEST” rally, every large left-wing rally turns into something of a “PICK YOUR PROTEST” rally because so many on the left are essentially professional protesters, which is another big difference between both groups. Most of the people who show up at right-wing protests are not professional protesters.
If you want a really good example of how the mainstream media has been slanting the coverage of protests for years to suit their political biases, see this 1993 article:
http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=1613
Many of the Tea Partiers are kooks, but those lefty demonstrators are truly vile.
I love the picture (Fuck Capitalism).
Fitteen dolla!
@170 FreddyG
I’m sure that if you asked any of the people out at the Searchlight rally if they would like Condie Rice in the White House, I’m sure that they would have said an emphatic yes. If you’ve forgotten who that is, SHE is BLACK, and has a PHd. In other words, she’s FAR more qualified than anyone that ran in the last election, and vastly more qualified than the current occupant of the White House.
I only saw 1 black face in the crowd at that “Pick your Protest” rally, but I saw far more in the Searchlight photos.
I wonder if the Left has to have these “PYP” rallies because you can’t get enouh people together for a single issue to make a difference…
Not terribly important, but… The two girls giving the hand gesture are not giving the “shaka” or the “hook’em horns”. To do the “shaka”, drop the first finger and put up the thumb. To give the “hook’em horns”, turn it around. Maybe it is the official sign of rock, who knows. But the smiles on their faces make me think that offense is not their intention.
Did anyone notice the “spay and neuter Jews” sign? Anti-semitism is making a disturbing comeback on the left. So much for NEVER AGAIN.
Ironically, I recently read a book on the history of the libertarian movement which listed 5 people as its main influences: Hayek, Friedman, Rand, Von Mises, and Rothbard. Out of those five, four are Jews. Coincience? I doubt it. Rather, just yet another convincing argument that Jews have a higher average IQ than other races
Awesome! This just about says it all. I’ve been to several tea party rallies and agree that this is a fair representation of those who are there. I’ve also previously lived in SF and Portland for several years, and can attest to the liberal virulence at those rallies….lighting US flags on fire, hanging and burning effigies of conservative leaders, defecating on the flag, breaking windows and smashing cars… —things you would NEVER see at a “violent” conservative rally. Other things you would not see at a conservative rally— women who look like Janet Napolitano.
Ten years ago we were mostly free, now we aren’t. Let’s start again.
Thank you, to all of those who appreciate the quality of conservative women. I believe that we are easy on the eyes and a balm to the spirit. Maybe it is because we have bright clear eyes that haven’t been addled with years of drug abuse. They say the eyes are the window to the soul. Maybe it is because we don’t have a lot of holes punched in us holding metal quills like that of a porcupine. Maybe it is that the majority of us have smooth clear skin that doesn’t display “ink” of a disturbing nature on every exposed (and some not) surface. I understand that over time that “artwork” distorts with age and weight gain, and the images become a monotone blue…nice. Maybe the reason is that most of us have showered within the last week, own a comb or hairbrush, and use our toothbrushes daily. I am no raving beauty, but God gave each of us what we have, and it seems like the other side goes out of it’s way to trash the gifts He gave. Our real beauty is in our natures and you can see that clearly in the pictures at the tea party despite age, genetic lottery, race or even gender.
I think both sides have some good points, you just have to pick them out! Have to agree that 9-11 was an inside job…building 7 never got hit and collapsed all on its own…
Nobody is going to comment on Brad Pitt wearing an Arab headdress on a bike adorned with African symbols next to the little girl in the pink cargo pants?
You people are certainly easily led.
Notice which group is smiling, and which group is cranky? Just sayin’…
The Truthers??? OMFG! Man, If it were true, your life is over. Wanna borrow some rope?
I too find the F*** Capitalism t-shirt amusing. I don’t think Coca-Cola will be quite as amused by the copyright infringement, however.
Alright, allow me to clear up the girls finger symbol – It stands for, when used by the young & the ‘Rock’ crowd as “ROCK ON” or “YOU/THIS ROCK(S)”. The MYTH that it is “Hail Satan” was started by Tipper Gore (Al Gore’s wife)& her PMRC to stop “freedom of speech” by deeming music that did not follow her line of thought should be banned. It was her attempt to shift the RIGHT into agreeing with censorship & spread fear amongst Christians. The “Hang Loose” symbol is the thumb & little-finger & “I Love You” is the “horns” plus the thumb.
Now, a big difference with the Conservatives & the Liberals: I am a Conservative. I listen to hard, “industrial” music & am an Atheist (sounds strange, I know). I love our Constitution, our rights, freedoms and the fact that we are the best this world has ever seen. I raise my son to be respectful, honest and law-abiding. My Conservative friends have no problems with any of this.
My Liberal friends do. They want to use my meager income to support those who will not work to support themselves. They want America to be equally as pathetic as the countries jealous of us. They will not accept that I am a Conservative and still be my friend; many have started slanderous crusades toward me the moment they found out I am not a socialist nor Obama supporter. They raise their kids to disrespect the law, allow the children to rampage without guidance nor correction and do not work to make them functional members of society.
To them: Keep your hands off my laws, my money, my freedom and my country. If this place is so bad move to France.
Watch a youtube video of Tea-Party member Pam Stout doing an excellent job on an interview with David Letterman last evening (Wednesday March 30, 2010):
Pam Stout on David Letterman Part 1 HD 1080p
David Letterman – Tea Party’s Pam Stout, Part 2
Oops. Here’s the HD version of Part two:
Pam Stout on David Letterman Part 2 HD 1080p
So glad to see both r. and l. wing pictures. I am proud to be a part a of right-wing party Tea Party.
Appalled by left wing—nasty, destructive especially about the Jews. The signs really show what is happening to our country.
Listen up: communism is evil, it is responsible for over 100 million deaths in the 20th century alone!
People need to learn to love the declaration of independence & the constitution, more than the Left or Right parties. If we can’t we will be slowly subverted into despotism, communism & or fascism. although there is evidence that rapidly over the last 10 years that we’re rapidly slipping towards global communism. things like Global warming, which is a scam! don’t get me wrong pollution is bad! but all there laws do is Tax us & drive up prices. This fixes the environment how? Al gores movie was Sued in the uk for 11 falsehoods! currently 1/3 of all corn goes to Biofuel. food prices have doubled! People are starving to death from this!
u.s can spend $500 million a day on 2 wars! if they stopped for a month they could’ve paid for HealthCare without creating Taxes & hiring 16,000 IRS agents to collect! we can blow tax payer money asap on bombs, but helping its own citizens? nope 2400+ pages of Orwell’s 1984 for ya. youtube Alex jones and or any of the above subjects – get informed on history & the scam subversion laws being heaped on us at rapid pace!
They didn’t look that different.
I don’t think I would feel comfortable at either one but I do know I would have to keep my mouth shut at the anti-war rally and probably would end up in jail if I had to spend any time near the truthers. The girls are flashing a Latin King gang sign but it has also been known as ” hook’em horns” and is commonly associated with hard rock and heavy metal music.
I really don’t like how the tea=party rallies seem to be all white because I think the large majority of minorities would agree with the tea party on a point by point basis but wouldn’t feel all that comfortable at an all white rally. I often work in private homes and I always ask the customer if they would sign a 2000 page contract with my company. I tell them I don’t know what is in the contract and I’m not sure how much it will cost but I think you should sign it. They always laugh and say NO.
I think you ( teaparty ppl ) need to focus less on why you are better than some wanna-be dirty hippies in SoCal and focus more on getting like minded but different looking people to publicly support you.
there are MANY “minority” participants and speakers in the tea party movement and rallies…please try to educate yourself before making a statement that those involved are all/mostly white. they are not being shown by the main-stream media on purpose to polarize the movement. for anyone who is anti-capitalist, please note that capitalism has been the main harbinger in bringing you your free speech. and they pay the welfare for the hippies that can’t grow up and hold a job.
For those Lefties they should read the Bible because it talks about them
The pictures say it all. I particularly like the one “you can’t fix stupid, but you can vote them out.” Example of height of stupidity: google “Harry Reid and voluntary income tax”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mRSI8yWwg
someguy,
Alex Jones is an anti-Semite, a 9/11 conspiracy loon and basically, a sick, paranoid man who should be shunned and denounced by all sane Americans.
Tea Party participants would be well advised to stay clear of any association with him or his delusional followers. The day that Tea Parties allow Alex Jones and his crazy 9/11 “truther” disciples to join their movement will be the day the Tea Party movement dies.
The man is a rotten apple.
Alex Jones does bring up Israel a lot in a negative way, but he is married to a Jewish woman, and I do not think he hates the Jews. He’s just trying to state his views, which is his right under the Constitution, and he is very logical in his beliefs–much of which can be verified. In fact, he hangs up on people who are saying something bad about the government because it’s not verified through research first. To be a conspiratist makes sense. Not everything can be the sole responsibility of one person, as the media has you believe. It makes no sense. I do hope he’s wrong about Israel though. No one is right 100% of the time. Just keep your eyes and ears open on all fronts and do your own research, and then make a logical decision.
very useful infomation.
I think that both groups are full of shit.
Sarah Palin or Radical Hippies. I think I’ll just stay at home…
I couldn’t help but notice how many people in the California rally were hiding their faces.
Quite telling, isn’t it?
@cokefueledrage
“They don’t look that different.” Really, you mean besides the vulgarity and genocidal anti-semitism of the left wing rally. I don’t know who’s more blind, the left who indulge this behavior or people like you who equate love of fiscal responsibility with anti-semitism.
Nueter? Untill? Wow, let me guess — a shining example of our progressive public schools. I’m sure even Saul Alinsky proofread his work. And Fuck Capitalism. Now, how long did it take the brain trust to come up with that snappy one-liner?
Yes, it’s nice to know the “right” are the racist hate mongers … when the “left” refer to Jews as animals and want to sterilize them so they cannot reproduce. Amazing how the main stream media just looks the other way.
Teabonics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pargon/sets/72157623594187379
Well, well, I’m pretty sure I saw a few Spanish, American Indian and African Americans in those above tea-party pics, but lets not forget the tea-party is made up of nothing but racist white people.
So both of these gatherings were against the president? Radicals on both sides strongly dissagree with him and his politics: shocking indeed. I guess I’ll just stay in the middle then and won’t become a radical on either side: there isn’t a lot of difference between them.
Well, Pajamasmedia, you are a fraud. First, the 9-11 truthers are not left wing, they are all over the place. Some of them would consider Ronald Reagan liberal. Ok, I had one tell me he was. A far righter.
Second, of those who might be counted on the left, you took the most extreme left wingers, supported by nobody, and contrasted them with near the mainstream of the right, actively supported, and encouraged, by Fox News.
Oh, and I have had a lot of right wingers saying we should cut ties with Israel and much the same as the so called left in your pictures are saying.
Anti Israel sentiment is endemic to the right as much or more than the left.
A bit of integrity on your part would go a long way.
The impotent Conservative rage in this forum is truly awesome. You folks just can’t come to grips with the notion that this country found Conservative leaders unfit to lead. What should piss you off even more is that these were who they were replaced with.
The lesson here is one of the perils of governing and voting from blind partisan positions. Sadly some of you still have yet to grasp that.
Enjoy the 2010 – 2012 Democratic congress….you’ve earned it.
I am an American, no other label need apply. I am for the continuation of this Country, the ideals it was founded on of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Freedom from Tyranny and all its Kin. The U.S. Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land and the Bill of Rights above all else. Of a Representative, and limited, Government under the Rule of Law. Of only offering change when it will make things better, or when it is necessary to stay the course, that with every step we take, our quest must be for better not worse. If we make a mistake we correct it or remove it as soon as we know. A place where personal responsibility is preferred by all, where Respect for self and others is held in high esteem. Where one who tries but fails or for those who really can not do for themselves is helped by family, friends, and neighbors, if they need help, long before Government ever knows or even hears about it. Where what is right, fair, just, or just plain common sense always comes before profits and the bottom line. Where what’s for dinner is far more important than a credit score.
Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the auspices of “keeping us safe” or “promoting democracy” or “protecting their strategic interests.”
Watch the Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSc14z72k2o
Thank you for posting this. It is just another example of the contrast of the left and right minded people of America and makes it clear who the better people are. The left are the biggest hypocrites there are and have a vast majority of the kooks and nuts. Not to mention elitists and racists.