So, Tea Party members are the greatest threat to the USA?

[redrumloa]

Funny thing, no tea party rally ever ended in a riot.

Wall St. protests end in mayhem

These "protests" turn into near riots, yet the liberal media does not say a peep. Just wait, there will be rioting.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

Funny thing, no tea party rally ever ended in a riot.

Wall St. protests end in mayhem

These "protests" turn into near riots, yet the liberal media does not say a peep. Just wait, there will be rioting.

No Tea Party protest has ever lasted for so many days nor has any Tea Party protest been subject to so many groundless arrests nor has any Tea Party protest been subject to so much police intimidation and pepper spray.

“They were arresting people who were not even involved in the protests,” said Columbia comparative- literature student Nicholas Allen, 28, who was issued a summons for disorderly conduct.

If you have been following along you will know (and have seen the videos) which show that the protesters were scrupulously non violent but the police had no such scruples. Officer Bologna (yes, Bologna) may even be under investigation for his use of pepper spray on peaceful kettled protesters.
That the "liberal" media should mischaracterize those protesting against big money power as rioting is no surprise because hating protesters and loving rich criminal bankers is the natural bent of "liberals", of course.
By the way - those arrests were days ago. The protesters are still there on Wall St.
And here's a much more liberal reporter.

Smaller Tea Party rallies received wide media attention while this event has barely been covered by the main-stream media -- but this doesn't have the powerful corporate backing of the Tea Party.

That's right. The media loves to report on the Tea Party but stays away from people protesting the banks in droves.

 

[redrumloa]

That's right. The media loves to report on the Tea Party but stays away from people protesting the banks in droves.

They love to report on the Tea Party to put them in the absolute worst light possible as the Tea Party frightens the establishment. The media is doing everything in its power to make out Tea Party members to be violent, dangerous, racist, angry old white men even if it is far from the truth. They have even employed useful idiots like Morgan Freemen to parrot such lies. Worried about taxes? You are violent rednecks. Like the Constitution? You must be in a white supremacist movement. The average brain-dead pop culture idiot believes what the TV tells them without question.

The Wall Street protestors are a whole other story. The almost complete media blackout is quite telling. It is hard to get a gauge on what these people really stand for when reports are almost nonexistent and the few that come out are contradictory. The growing consensus among the thinking right is that these protests are being carefully cultivated down to the last detail. Certain individuals WANT all out riots; because it would trigger certain other events like national Marshall Law.

 

[faethor]

Let's see the Tea Party's social agenda appears to be killing fellow citizens through the prison system, killing fellow citizens because they don't have healthcare, and hating the protectors of the USA because they are gay. Let alone this group believes the gov is there to be free of any tax burden to the people. --- You tell me what Countries have thrived under no taxes paid by anyone?

And Red one of my neighbors who is in active in the local the Tea Party, including organizing protests, recently sent me the photoshopped watermelon patch in front of the White House. Perhaps the offical Tea Party policy is not racist but the local ones here sure the heck are anti-black and anti-gay.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

They love to report on the Tea Party to put them in the absolute worst light possible as the Tea Party frightens the establishment.[...]
The Wall Street protestors are a whole other story. The almost complete media blackout is quite telling.

One group you are supposed to know about and the other you are not.
Hating Obama, Medicare, Social Security and "big government" is OK. Hating the crooks in finance is not OK. The media is directing your attention.

 

[redrumloa]

Let's see the Tea Party's social agenda appears to be killing fellow citizens through the prison system, killing fellow citizens because they don't have healthcare, and hating the protectors of the USA because they are gay.

Perfect example of someone who eats up the media's protrayal of the Teap Party.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

Certain individuals WANT all out riots; because it would trigger certain other events like national Marshall Law.

Who are the certain individuals? You speak as if there might be names you could bring forward.

If Marshall Law was an objective a riot would be easy to come by (usually can find a few thugs that would take a small payment to cause trouble). However it would be hard to declare Marshall Law over the entire US because a couple of hundred people broke windows in New York.

I don't see how the premise could possibly be brought about by showing Tea Party protests on TV but not Wall St protests. Could you please explain how that would work?

 

[faethor]

Perfect example of someone who eats up the media's protrayal of the Teap Party.

The media has to do squat. They did it to themselves at the debates. I watched the debate where killing convicted citizens was cheered on Fox even for Christs sakes. I'll admit the hatred for a gay solider was small in comparison to the total number. I will also admit it was much larger than 0 nor did the Tea Party candidates bother to express their discouragement in that point of view.

Liberal media -- Why does the right wing still consider the citizens too stupid to see their bold faced lies.

 

[faethor]

One group you are supposed to know about and the other you are not.
Hating Obama, Medicare, Social Security and "big government" is OK. Hating the crooks in finance is not OK. The media is directing your attention.

Wall Street cost the economy trillions. Michael Moore is right on the point that the Wall St bankers should be arrested. Protesters should be if they are destroying things. Though at this point it appears to be very few. Though the protests appear to be starting to swell to other cities across the US

 

[Glaucus]

Red, you keep trying to blame this current mess on Obama, or the Dems in general, but do you not think that the one really responsible for all this is Allan Greenspan, and his dogmatic belief in deregulation? The only problem with Obama is that he hasn't cleaned house with people who think like Greenspan. Fact is, without change this will all happen again and again. Every single American should be protesting.

And yes, the riots are stupid and usually caused by trouble makers who often don't understand what's going on. Don't let them steal the show. Fact is the Great Depression ushered in WW2 and this will likely usher in another great conflict. Allan Greenspan and those like him should be put before a firing squad for treason.

 

[redrumloa]

One group you are supposed to know about and the other you are not.
Hating Obama, Medicare, Social Security and "big government" is OK. Hating the crooks in finance is not OK. The media is directing your attention.

There is so much going on here, it is hard to express it all in a sentence or 2. The media is certainly covering up for the banks. Who is pushing the coverup? Politicians on both sides of the isle for sure with the left being more dirty than the right.

 

[redrumloa]

Who are the certain individuals? You speak as if there might be names you could bring forward.

Of all people here, you should know who.

If Marshall Law was an objective a riot would be easy to come by (usually can find a few thugs that would take a small payment to cause trouble). However it would be hard to declare Marshall Law over the entire US because a couple of hundred people broke windows in New York.

You really think this will stay in NY City? You know better than that from our conversations back in ~07. I could be wrong, lord knows I'd like to be wrong, but I doubt this is going to end well.

I don't see how the premise could possibly be brought about by showing Tea Party protests on TV but not Wall St protests. Could you please explain how that would work?

You see how this is playing out. Do you think the protestors are going to just walk away? This is being carefully crafted. The crowds will grow and it is a matter of time before some hooded idiots, plants or not, start a full on riot. This will finally get airplay on TV and you will see additional riots spark across the country. Obama will come on TV acting flabbergasted, blame partisan politics and declare martial law.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

And yes, the riots are stupid and usually caused by trouble makers who often don't understand what's going on.

There was no riot. There is simply an insinuation that the event was riot-like (the article says "near-riot" and mayhem) and that it was the protesters who were causing the mayhem. Check it out. It is a few of the police that are causing mayhem - not the protesters. The protesters have kept things scrupulously peaceful. Now, why would the liberal media want to make peaceful protesters out to be rioters and why would want to enhance that liberal media line? Is red a liberal?

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

This is being carefully crafted. The crowds will grow and it is a matter of time before some hooded idiots, plants or not, start a full on riot.

I think it would grow faster if it got some better publicity and the cops weren't in there arresting everyone. If there is careful crafting going on then in this case it seems careful crafting to quash quietly.

 

[redrumloa]

I think it would grow faster if it got some better publicity and the cops weren't in there arresting everyone. If there is careful crafting going on then in this case it seems careful crafting to quash quietly.

Outrage to lack of coverage on social media like twitter will see this grow, I bet. More fake martyrs will act for Youtube videos that will make left wing blogs. The police are mostly simple pawns here, put in bad situations.

We shall see.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

TWU (Transport Workers Union) have voted to support Occupy Wall St.
Meanwhile Blologna sprays again.

Pepper sprays people who are leaving. Class act.

And it's day 12 so far.

 

[metalman]

Perhaps the offical Tea Party policy is not racist but the local ones here sure the heck are anti-black

In the Florida Republican Primary for President, Mitt Romney at 27% edges Herman Cain at 25%, Rick Perry finishes 3rd with 13%, others further back. SurveyUSA poll conducted for WFLA-TV Tampa.

Herman Cain is the one of the most popular Tea-Party speakers and is a Tea Party favorite candidate.

 

[redrumloa]

Herman Cain is the one of the most popular Tea-Party speakers and is a Tea Party favorite candidate.

That simple fact is ignored, just like the fact Alan West was a Tea Party favorite who won Florida's 22nd Congressional District.

That good ol' boy redneck sure has one hell of a sun tan

Obama is a spectacular failure, a historic failure. The failed Obama, Pelosi and congressional democrats over the past 4 years has doomed the party next election. They have nothing left except empty accusations of racism. Sadly a lot of the crowd they preach to will eat up these empty lies based on feelings and what they WANT to believe. faethor is no dummy, he should know better. Just because he has a neighbor that says something he feels is inappropriate does not make the whole movement one based on racism as a core ideal.

 

[metalman]

Red, you keep trying to blame this current mess on Obama, or the Dems in general, but do you not think that the one really responsible for all this is Allan Greenspan, and his dogmatic belief in deregulation?

It started long before Obama,

The loan mess can be directly blamed on Barny Frank and Chris Dodd for creating the mess, then blocking any reforms.

The mess was started in the Clinton administration.

The problem was not deregulation, but new banking regulations that forced lenders to make loans they otherwise would not have made, "in the interest of fairness"

 

[redrumloa]

It started long before Obama,

The loan mess can be directly blamed on Barny Frank and Chris Dodd for creating the mess, then blocking any reforms.

The mess was started in the Clinton administration.

The problem was not deregulation, but new banking regulations that forced lenders to make loans they otherwise would not have made, "in the interest of fairness"

Right, I have never said it started with Obama. It started long ago mostly as you state above. It kept getting worse and worse with Bush really {bleep} things up in his last 4 years. Just when you think it can't get worse, Obama swoops in and makes moves that trump all the stupid mistakes of the past combined.

Under Bush we worried we were fucked. Under Obama we KNOW we are fucked.