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Conan O'Brien	Apr 21 2009, 04:12 PM
SKILLNADEN ÄR DRINKABILITY Posts: 2,781 Group: Veteran Member #16 Joined: June 8, 2005	For the record, Texas can't secede. As should have been obvious from the fact that the last time they tried, we went to war with them. I thought the Tea Parties were a bit dumb. It's a cool motif idea, and it's great to see the vocal opposition. Just not something I'd do. But I agree with their message, and I find the media's representation of them, outside of Fox of course, atrocious. Must be that conservative bias B_K was always talking about. Quote: Anyone else find it funny how the people who went to the Tea Parties were portrayed? Apparently, only racist rednecks were there, and they only showed up because they hate Obama. To quote celebutard of the week, Janeane Garofalo: Quote: Thank you. You know, there's nothing more interesting than seeing a bunch of racists become confused and angry at a speech they're not quite certain what he's saying. It sounds right and then it doesn't make sense. Which, let's be very honest about what this is about. It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up. That is nothing but a bunch of teabagging rednecks. And of course Olbermann didn't call her out on it. Quote: I think people who call Obama a fascist are just doing it because people called Bush a fascist. Quote: But seriously, Obama a Fascist? He won the election with both the popular vote and the electoral college, and the House and Senate are both Democrat controlled. It's like that because that's how we voted. Just because your vote didn't go to the side that is more heavily represented in congress and the white house doesn't mean you don't get a say. Amen to both these comments. Quote: The whole concept of the Tea Parties are ridiculous, really. The idea is that the wording evokes imagery and history of the American Revolution. I mean, the Boston Tea Party was a significant step towards the revolution, and these teabagging parties kind of suggest that these people are so royally pissed off that they want a revolution. How ridiculous. This is economic policy, it's not fascism. Obama did not cause this economic crisis. In all truth, he's probably going to bring us out of it a lot sooner than if McCain was in office. You're misunderstanding the context of the Boston Tea Party. It was essentially just a massive demonstration(read: terrorist act) against unjust taxes. We only see it now as a step towards an armed revolution because we have the gift of hindsight, and the British reaction to the Tea Party turned most of Boston against the British. At the time of the Tea Party, most Americans still saw themselves as British subjects first. You're probably right though in saying that most of the protestors view it as a "second revolution", but probably just metaphorical. After all, the American Revolution was essentially the world's biggest tax revolt. I'd compare them to those idiots who go around wearing Che Guevara shirts. They are invoking the general revolutionary spirit, without giving a rat's ass about historical context. I don't presume to know whether or not McCain would get us out of this thing faster or slower than Obama. How about some reasons Obama will get us out faster?
	~~Wind Sword Quote: Please keep Christian bashing to a minimum. This is mainly the American South (and mainly Evangelical death cults), which is similar to Afghanistan under the Taliban. Touching. Scientology Quote: Clones are create and people can't bore a clone. Scientifically they are called born and not created. The only way to pre-determine their genes is if they are already out in the world usually in a pod that would resemble the sac in a mothers womb. Take Star Wars for example. Smartest post ever made.

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