[gjr - Just received this email from Kim Pruett. The Tea Party movement is alive and well, and we're all still searching for the corporate fatcats who are supposed to be guiding and sponsoring this. If they're out there like the liberals claim, sending a few bucks our way would sure help. Hell, we'll even take a few contributions from the liberals to make up the fatcat shortfall.]
Hello Friends,
I wanted to send you the latest flyer (Download NCteaparty090430) on all of the upcoming Tea Party events. We are in need of your help to spread the word by forwarding this flyer to as many people as possible and ask that they forward it to as many people as possible to get the word out quickly. Tell all of your friends, neighbors,family and everyone you know who would like to be a part of this great cause.
Please read the attached flyer for more information on how you can get involved with the Tea Party Patriot movement. We are in need of monetary donations, donations of time and talent to make our next event on June 6th at the Nevada County Fairgrounds a huge success. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for your help!
Kim
Forwarded to my favorite American... Thanks!
Question: What do we think of our new socialistic MAY DAY news regarding Gittlefinger Motors... The true beginning of the end for free enterprise? 50% government, 40% workers, 10% bondholders. AMERICA WAKE UP!
Posted by: Duckie Narveson | 01 May 2009 at 10:43 AM
FACT: Tea Party "Patriots" waited until Febuary 27th 2009 to protest the TARP (bailouts), even though BUSH was the one who signed it into law months earlier.
FACT: "Patriots" waited until after Bush had left us $10 trillion in debt before they all of the sudden cared about the deficit, which was after Obama was sworn in.
You know,I'd love to have a public debate with you or any other "Patriot" in Nevada County. I know my facts and they will prove your talking points to be weak propaganda. My name is Seth and you can email me at cseth98@hotmail.com
Posted by: seth cable | 27 June 2010 at 02:02 AM
Mr Cable - I believe that the TPP did not exist before 27 February 2009. The movement came into being then to protest both TARP and the $787B ARRA which President Obama had rushed into law ten days before. At that time it seemed that the mistake that Bush and the Democratic Congress made the previous year was now compounded, and that an undending series of recovery-slowing, debt-increasing, government-growing, liberty-decreasing interventions would be coming down the pike. That perception has turned out to be true.
Posted by: George Rebane | 27 June 2010 at 09:18 AM
Tea Party "Patriots" scream and rant about TARP and ARRA and the TP claims it is they are the Obama bail outs... but the fact is they were put together and undertake by... BUSH!
Posted by: Steve Enos | 27 June 2010 at 10:10 AM
I find it absolutely impossible to believe that with the overwhelming size of George's brain--some say it is at least twice the size of a mortal man--that he does not know that TARP was created by the United States House of Representatives, at the request of Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson, and signed in to law, on October 3, 2008 by President George W. Bush.
I also find it impossible to believe that George does not know that the total investment in TARP will be less than 1% of GDP, one third the size of the 3.2% GDP that the sainted Ronald Reagan administration invested in the Savings and Loan bailout.
Posted by: Steven Frisch | 27 June 2010 at 12:45 PM
To call the TARP an "investment" is to call hell cool.
I attended the April 2009 Sacramento Tea Party to protest the actions of the Bush Administration (which were continued on steroids by the Obama admin). Bush acted like a liberal democrat with my checkbook. We expect Obama to have complete disregard to fiscal responsibility- we expected more from Bush... thus the frustration.
Posted by: Mikey McD | 27 June 2010 at 02:08 PM
As Steve F. provided...
"TARP was created by the United States House of Representatives, at the request of Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson, and signed in to law, on October 3, 2008 by President George W. Bush."
"total investment in TARP will be less than 1% of GDP, one third the size of the 3.2% GDP that the sainted Ronald Reagan administration invested in the Savings and Loan bailout."
Them pesky facts keep getting in the way... unless uyou do what the majority of the Tea Party clan does... toss the facts, try to re-write history and scream and yell.
Posted by: Steve Enos | 27 June 2010 at 02:29 PM
SteveF and SteveE - I'm at a loss as to what misstatement of facts you are referring to, please explain. Is this another example of 'well, you didn't say it, but we know what your are thinking'?
SteveF - you seem have a persistent nasty streak with your ad hominem attacks. I know you can post a civil comment, they have even graced these pages. Is it not time you took seriously one of your many vows to never again frequent RR. If this urge is not controllable, I can help.
Posted by: George Rebane | 27 June 2010 at 04:40 PM
OK, lets agree that the Bush Administration put together the TARP and ARRA packages, and left ARRA for Obama is sign if he decided it was necessary. Now, did Bush force Obama to sign ARRA? I do not think so.
My issue is not with TARP and ARRA but how the money is being used, or in some cases not used. I am most familiar with the Broadband ARRA, having worked with 19 Sierra WISPs to submit ARRA grants. Right off the bat, the Government failed to meet its own schedule to get the requests for proposals published, then they kept changing the rules, the created hoops impossible for small WISPs to meet, then failed to evaluate the proposals that were submitted in a timely manner, and awarded most of the first round contracts( 12 of 17) to blue districts and states, most on the east coast.
Now, which administration was handling the distribution and evaluation of the proposals? Who is currently reviewing Nevada County's proposals. The ARRA required the 1/2 the money be on contract in the first year, and the rest by the end of the 2nd year. It takes about six months for the County to send out RFPs, evaluate and then award a contract. As we approach August, there is very little optimism that Nevada County will get its ARRA funds in time to meet the ARRA time lines. According the ARRA, if governments do not meet time lines, no money!
I guess this is all Bush's fault! Right, the whole Obama administration is Bush's fault.
Posted by: Russ Steele | 27 June 2010 at 06:47 PM
Seth, when Obama promised change did he just mean a change of pace? Since you are content that he simply continued Bush's agenda (BO has not left the wars, BO has not trimmed spending, BO has added to the deficit)????
Posted by: Mikey McD | 27 June 2010 at 06:58 PM
Again, you would label my as a Tea Party Patriot ('cause I value the constitution, limited gov spending, and free markets) and MY FRUSTRATION STARTED WITH GEORGE W BUSH ACTING LIKE A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT (patriot act, Iraq, Spring 2008 housing act, deficit, TARP, financial company bailouts, etc). What sense would it make to bitch about Bush NOW when we have a "Bush on steroids" in office?
HYPOCRITES- y'all would have impeached Bush if he were president during an oil spill in the Gulf of this size AND YOU KNOW IT!
Posted by: Mikey McD | 27 June 2010 at 07:07 PM
Mikey, don't blow a gasket just yet.
I don't know anyone who would have wanted to impeach Bush for an oil rig blowout, or his botched Katrina response. I do know, however, many people who would have considered his impeachment for implementing the USA Patriot Act (forcing AT&T to do what it did), starting a "Preemptive" war in Iraq, and trashing the Geneva Convention.
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/49839
But we've had a long line of presidents deserving impeachment. In fact, Bill Clinton was actually impeached! What a stupid idea that was, though he totally deserved it. He should have done "The Nixon," and our whole world would be a lot better off right now, meaning we would have gotten to see how Al Gore interpreted the presidency (couldn't have been much worse than Bush).
Posted by: Michael Anderson | 27 June 2010 at 10:49 PM
Could someone please tell me if the splendiferous recreational vehicle that was parked at the Gateway Park event - photo here -
http://ncfocus.blogspot.com/2010/06/meckler-tea-party-to-partner-with.html
- is used for conveying Tea Party Patriot leaders or staff?
And if so, whose funds were used to obtain it?
Posted by: Anna Haynes | 28 June 2010 at 01:25 PM
...and a question for Mikey McD - did you comment as "john" on the "why I started blogging" post at Barry Pruett's blog?
Posted by: Anna Haynes | 28 June 2010 at 01:29 PM
also, I don't think that's the latest flyer - it announces a June 2009 event as "upcoming".
Posted by: Anna Haynes | 28 June 2010 at 01:45 PM
p.s. to Mikey - never mind, ignore my q please.
Posted by: Anna Haynes | 28 June 2010 at 02:06 PM