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A mighty fine Tea Party
Monday, May 4, 2009 6:29 AM PDT
I wish to commend those patriots who planned and conducted a wonderful tribute to our country on April 15 at the Lodi Veterans Plaza.
Many of us were reminded of the Boston Tea Party in 1773, when colonists dumped tea in Boston Harbor to protest unfair government taxes such as those being dumped on us today.
God has blessed our country with his wonderful abundance, but lately it seems we hear nothing but criticism of America from our president, plus cases of graft and corruption from so many of our state and federal officials are exposed. Also, we are bombarded with expectations of another bailout for incompetent or greedy corporations, those who don't pay taxes, others who charge more credit than they can pay for and proposals of amnesty for illegal aliens while law-abiding immigrants wait for years to be admitted to our country.
The Tea Party prayers, patriotic songs, individuals who spoke of our blessings and others who gave thankful tributes to our founding fathers were uplifting reminders of the values and freedoms we sometimes take for granted. All across the United States on that day, with flags and cardboard signs, citizens demonstrated their love for our country and their disgust with those who contribute nothing but distasteful evaluations of our homeland.
The outpouring of unashamed patriotism at the tea parties all over America on April 15 (tax day) was a reminder to all of us to pay attention to the direction our country seems to be heading. Back in the 1700s, Edmund Burke said it so well: "All that is necessary for the forces of evil to take over the world is for enough good men (and women) to do nothing."
Could we have a tea party every year on April 15? God bless America!
Virginia Snyder
Lodi
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Bob Loblaw wrote on May 8, 2009 11:32 AM:
danielh wrote on May 7, 2009 11:34 PM:
Admiralty Law extends onto land. That's not a brain muscle. That's a fact in the United States code. "
Lodian wrote on May 7, 2009 9:02 AM:
what22 wrote on May 5, 2009 8:35 PM:
Ivan Dixon wrote on May 5, 2009 2:47 PM:
The kind way to describe the office would be that of "Jester".
Others might have other terms for it. "
Bob Loblaw wrote on May 5, 2009 2:00 PM:
Liberty
1: the quality or state of being free: a: the power to do as one pleases b: freedom from physical restraint c: freedom from arbitrary or despotic control
Don't over think dude. You'll pull a brain muscle. "
danielh wrote on May 5, 2009 1:20 PM:
danielh wrote on May 5, 2009 12:58 PM:
danielh wrote on May 5, 2009 12:57 PM:
The Statue of Liberty is not a statue of freedom.
The Statue of Liberty is on water, symbolizing Admiralty, which is military occupation.
Do you remember the California Seal? It is on water, not symbolizing its inland ports, but it symbolizes jurisdiction over water. "
danielh wrote on May 5, 2009 12:55 PM:
Why did you not write, "small price to pay for freedom"?
Pennsylvania does not have a "Freedom" bell. They have a Liberty bell.
ANSWER: our society uses the word "liberty" so much that its citizens assume incorrectly that liberty is freedom. Liberty is not freedom.
"Liberty" is a military word. In the US Navy, have you ever heard "Liberty Call! Liberty Call!" "
Ivan Dixon wrote on May 4, 2009 9:11 PM:
Cogito wrote on May 4, 2009 8:59 PM:
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 7:06 PM:
Ivan has already generously volunteered to serve as the Grand Poo-Bah of the Cornhole Congress. I myself plan on running for dog catcher as soon as elections can be held. "
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 6:59 PM:
" I completely agree Leonard. Teaching kids to hate is horrible, being disrespectful to the President in a public gathering is distasteful, no matter what. Protesting ones government does not have to sink to that level.
Indeed. Its the dark side of free speech regardless of the party behind it. Still, as abhorrent as it may be, it is a small price to pay for Liberty. "
danielh wrote on May 4, 2009 4:29 PM:
Cogito wrote on May 4, 2009 4:04 PM:
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 1:23 PM:
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 1:21 PM:
There were 6 year old children in line waiting to take their turn kicking and punching an effigy of G.W. .
Personally, I find that sort of extremism distasteful regardless of the side of the aisle on which it occurs.
That said, no President of the United States has ever been kicked to death in California. Here in Texas, images of black men being lynched have a little bit more immediacy.
I did some work a few months back on a local history book that had a section on some of the lynchings that happened up in Waco. There was one image of a man who was hung over a fire in the town square. Apparently, he tried to pull himself up the chain that was around his neck to escape the flames so the local folks cut his fingers off with bolt cutters. This all happened within living memory.
I am not ashamed to say that I was literally sick to my stomach. "
Cogito wrote on May 4, 2009 12:49 PM:
Cogito wrote on May 4, 2009 12:46 PM:
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 12:44 PM:
" OK, Leonard, in that context, I got to admit, I would have laughed too. But then again, I have a pretty lewd sense of humor. But, that doesn't take away from the legitimacy of this particular protest. Their gripe is a good one. "
I get the feeling that the Teabagging Fiesta here differed significantly from the one held in Lodi.
Here we had dozens of knuckleheads with Confederate battle flags, a couple of idiots with paper mache Obamas being lynched on a stick and two morons in full KKK regalia.
If I wasn't already a strong proponent of the Second Amendment this disgusting display would have driven me to purchase a gun(s). "
Cogito wrote on May 4, 2009 12:36 PM:
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 12:33 PM:
" But where is your proof that they were the first ones to apply the name to themselves? The name was applied by the haters.
The secessionists, day care center bombers and other assorted whackos here in Austin referred to themselves as teabaggers on the local news the day of their protest. That's where I first heard the term. "
Cogito wrote on May 4, 2009 12:26 PM:
Cogito wrote on May 4, 2009 12:24 PM:
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 12:07 PM:
" That's my point Bobbyboyee, this doesn't exactly qualify as sophisticated humor.
The thing that makes it sophisticated is the fact that it is utterly unintentional on the part of the Teabaggers.
The joke is on them, so to speak. "
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 12:05 PM:
" Just like a liberal, dwell on the gutter minutiae, ignore the intellectual part of the argument. Howard Stern has made the US a better place. Morons. "
Chuckle....
Just like a conservative to have no sense of humor.
Don't tell me that you wouldn't be laughing if some liberal group had named themselves "the Cornholers". "
Cogito wrote on May 4, 2009 12:03 PM:
Bob Loblaw wrote on May 4, 2009 11:39 AM:
Bababooey! "
Cogito wrote on May 4, 2009 11:00 AM:
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 10:17 AM:
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 10:13 AM:
That is what make the irony so rich. "
Trackback wrote on May 4, 2009 9:59 AM:
Well, I am assuming they are cognizant enough so that even if they may be unclear just what they are protesting, (which I believe would be an unfair generalization in any case), they are at least aware that they are not participating in a crude hazing ritual. Really, the only ones trying to make that connection are those who would rather the protests not exist at all. "
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 9:23 AM:
" I agree with Trackback. To reduce people's assertion of their right to protest, peaceably assemble and speak their minds to obscene definitions of "teabagging" says more about those who cannot control themselves in this regard than the protesters themselves
How can you blame us Patriots for a term that the secessionists invented for themselves?
Talk about a culture of victimization! "
lodisafeway wrote on May 4, 2009 9:07 AM:
I wonder which one of these reprobates would like to explain what "teabagging" means to the little old ladies with a couple of Lipton tea bags hanging from their hats - just how cool and funny would that be to watch their faces as they're taught what the term now means in a society that has lost its moral compass to such a disgusting degree? This is just more useless blather from the so-called "progressive" movement. Progress? If so, then it's time to turn the clock back. "
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 9:02 AM:
Sending a tea bag to your congressperson is quite gramatically distinct from teabagging your congressperson
Sure, an educated and eloquent individual like yourself is able to make that distinction but what about the average 8th grade drop out militia member who attends these events? "
Trackback wrote on May 4, 2009 8:45 AM:
Bob Loblaw wrote on May 4, 2009 8:31 AM:
If they listened to Howard Stern more, then they'd be caught up on all the current slang. "
Leonard wrote on May 4, 2009 7:27 AM:
Honestly, though, I do wish that people would keep their bedroom antics to themselves. Honestly, I just don't want to know what some 400 pound militia member does with his lover in the privacy of their own home.
Really, I don't! "
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