Tea Party
Apr 15th 2009, 6:25 pm
#106
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Apr 15th 2009, 6:49 pm
#107
Unmitigated Gall
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Re: Tea Party
Now this is scary....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8000763.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8000763.stm
Would you say there was a growth of left wing activity and organization during, and in response to, Bush?
Apr 15th 2009, 8:21 pm
#108
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Re: Tea Party
Would you say that an organization, which depends for its existence on certain activity, would need to actually see an increase in such activity in order to claim that there was?
Apr 15th 2009, 8:45 pm
#109
The Unmod
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Re: Tea Party
There were stories at the end of the cold war, of US and USSR spooks getting together and manufacturing scares for each other so they could keep their jobs.
It is true though, their job is to identify the shadows in the darkness, and then watch them to see if they move.
Apr 15th 2009, 9:32 pm
#110
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Re: Tea Party
The backlash to that report has begun.
One quote that stood out was:
One quote that stood out was:
Originally Posted by Lamar Smith, R-Texas
"Their leftwing assessment identifies actual terrorist organizations, like the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front. The rightwing report uses broad generalizations about veterans, pro-life groups, federalists and supporters of gun rights," said Smith. "That's like saying if you love puppies you might be susceptible to recruitment by the Animal Liberation Front. It is ridiculous and deeply offensive to millions of Americans."
Apr 15th 2009, 9:48 pm
#111
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Re: Tea Party
Isn't forceable teabagging considered sexual assault?
Apr 16th 2009, 2:41 am
#112
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Re: Tea Party
Those tea parties are so bourgeois.
Apr 16th 2009, 2:47 am
#113
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Re: Tea Party
chartreuse, tut tut! Quoting Fox News?
Never have liked Lamar Smith's brand of politics - but yeah, I'd have to say that someone who loves puppies *is more likely* to be a possible recruit for the Animal Liberation Front than someone who doesn't.
Never have liked Lamar Smith's brand of politics - but yeah, I'd have to say that someone who loves puppies *is more likely* to be a possible recruit for the Animal Liberation Front than someone who doesn't.
Apr 16th 2009, 11:43 am
#114
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Apr 16th 2009, 4:18 pm
#115
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Re: Tea Party
Sigh.
MARINE PROTECTION, RESEARCH, AND SANCTUARIES
ACT OF 1972
[As Amended Through P.L. 106–580, Dec. 29, 2000]
AN ACT To regulate the transportation for dumping, and the dumping, of material
into ocean waters, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, ¿33 U.S.C. 1401
ntÀ That this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marine Protection, Research,
and Sanctuaries Act of 1972’’.
FINDING, POLICY, AND PURPOSE
SEC. 2. ¿33 U.S.C. 1401À (a) Unregulated dumping of material
into ocean waters endangers human health, welfare, and amenities,
and the marine environment, ecological systems, and economic
potentialities.
(b) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United
States to regulate the dumping of all types of materials into ocean
waters and to prevent or strictly limit the dumping into ocean waters
of any material which would adversely affect human health,
welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems,
or economic potentialities.
(c) It is the purpose of this Act to regulate (1) the transportation
by any person of material from the United States and, in the
case of United States vessels, aircraft, or agencies, the transportation
of material from a location outside the United States, when
in either case the transportation is for the purpose of dumping the
material into ocean waters, and (2) the dumping of material transported
by any person from a location outside the United States, if
the dumping occurs in the territorial sea or the contiguous zone of
the United States.
MARINE PROTECTION, RESEARCH, AND SANCTUARIES
ACT OF 1972
[As Amended Through P.L. 106–580, Dec. 29, 2000]
AN ACT To regulate the transportation for dumping, and the dumping, of material
into ocean waters, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, ¿33 U.S.C. 1401
ntÀ That this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marine Protection, Research,
and Sanctuaries Act of 1972’’.
FINDING, POLICY, AND PURPOSE
SEC. 2. ¿33 U.S.C. 1401À (a) Unregulated dumping of material
into ocean waters endangers human health, welfare, and amenities,
and the marine environment, ecological systems, and economic
potentialities.
(b) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United
States to regulate the dumping of all types of materials into ocean
waters and to prevent or strictly limit the dumping into ocean waters
of any material which would adversely affect human health,
welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems,
or economic potentialities.
(c) It is the purpose of this Act to regulate (1) the transportation
by any person of material from the United States and, in the
case of United States vessels, aircraft, or agencies, the transportation
of material from a location outside the United States, when
in either case the transportation is for the purpose of dumping the
material into ocean waters, and (2) the dumping of material transported
by any person from a location outside the United States, if
the dumping occurs in the territorial sea or the contiguous zone of
the United States.
Apr 16th 2009, 4:40 pm
#117
Unmitigated Gall
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Re: Tea Party
And people are worried about stupid crap like the economy...
Apr 16th 2009, 4:53 pm
#118
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Re: Tea Party
The case stunk from the very beginning. A pair of law students had stood watch at the Foster Farms plant in Kelso, Wash., then followed a truckload of chicken carcasses to a fish processing plant near the mouth of the Columbia River.
There they observed the phantom pipeline, which spewed chicken parts into the air and belched chemically rendered goo into the water.
so it could be worse than tea...
do these guys think they made their point yesterday? I say 'not'. They only attached the teabags with paper clips!!! Not very committed IMO.
Apr 16th 2009, 5:07 pm
#119
Sursum corda
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Re: Tea Party
Detective work cuts off flow of chicken goo into Columbia
The case stunk from the very beginning. A pair of law students had stood watch at the Foster Farms plant in Kelso, Wash., then followed a truckload of chicken carcasses to a fish processing plant near the mouth of the Columbia River.
There they observed the phantom pipeline, which spewed chicken parts into the air and belched chemically rendered goo into the water.
so it could be worse than tea...
do these guys think they made their point yesterday? I say 'not'. They only attached the teabags with paper clips!!! Not very committed IMO.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/politics_...ay.272.cdb.jpg
The case stunk from the very beginning. A pair of law students had stood watch at the Foster Farms plant in Kelso, Wash., then followed a truckload of chicken carcasses to a fish processing plant near the mouth of the Columbia River.
There they observed the phantom pipeline, which spewed chicken parts into the air and belched chemically rendered goo into the water.
so it could be worse than tea...
do these guys think they made their point yesterday? I say 'not'. They only attached the teabags with paper clips!!! Not very committed IMO.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/politics_...ay.272.cdb.jpg
No worse I guess than corks dangling.
Apr 16th 2009, 5:26 pm
#120
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Re: Tea Party
At first I thought you were upset at the thought of shooting Hannity, then I figured you were pissed off that he's coming to Texas!
Mine have gone down pretty steadily over the past few years; I have fixed state and federal withholdings (by choice), and my refund keeps going up. I'd happily pay more for the right reasons ...
Next year, not this year 
.... and only those making over $250k.
yeah, like a trillion dollars spent fighting a dumb war in Iraq. Donald Trump - not a radical Left winger - said on Larry King last night that we went after the wrong guys ...
What bothers me most about this 'Tea Party' shit is the active participation by Hannity et al. I acknowledge that the mainstream media bashed Bush pretty hard, but their main commentators didn't stand up and actually lead protests, like Hannity is doing. I hate those guys (Hannity, O'Reilly, and that utter moron Beck) more than Cheney at this point ....
Mine have gone down pretty steadily over the past few years; I have fixed state and federal withholdings (by choice), and my refund keeps going up. I'd happily pay more for the right reasons ...
.... and only those making over $250k. I think that's where some of the partisanship has come in, the anticpation that they will rise. BUT also could be a dissatifaction with what we're getting or NOT getting for monies spent by Washington, things that NEED to be paid for that have been discussed on here that are not because monies went elsewhere........
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What bothers me most about this 'Tea Party' shit is the active participation by Hannity et al. I acknowledge that the mainstream media bashed Bush pretty hard, but their main commentators didn't stand up and actually lead protests, like Hannity is doing. I hate those guys (Hannity, O'Reilly, and that utter moron Beck) more than Cheney at this point ....
Last edited by Steerpike; Apr 16th 2009 at 5:30 pm.