120 Comments

1. Pops in Vienna:

Hi Roger,

Sign me up for the “tea party”. I will be there in full Indian costume. Maybe PJ Media could promote this and get a HUGE turnout. Here’s the song we’ll sing on the way to the harbor…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLbmn7Z_h_c

Feb 19, 2009 - 12:08 pm 2. davidingeorgia:

Santelli is awesome…I pretty much have to have a business channel on during the day given that I trade stocks, but Santelli’s hits are some of the very few enjoyable parts of that, esp. on CNBC, where it’s lefty orthodoxy almost nonstop otherwise.

Feb 19, 2009 - 12:47 pm 3. Pajamas Media » Economic Chaos Update: Will there be a ‘Chicago Tea Party’?:

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Feb 19, 2009 - 1:10 pm 4. David Thomson:

“a helluva lot of people are fed up”

And a lot of them are not Republicans! Barack Obama has lost the faith of middle-of-the-road Americans. They no longer trust him regarding economic matters.
Tomorrow will complete the first month of Obama’s presidency. The next month should be a real doozy.

Feb 19, 2009 - 1:11 pm 5. zanne:

Just tell where and when.

Feb 19, 2009 - 1:27 pm 6. Roland:

Imagine that! Someone with little to no experience in the real world other than running his mouth is shaping up to be a real disaster. That and it’s only been 1 month.

Feb 19, 2009 - 1:37 pm 7. Barry Dauphin:

Joe Biden says there’s a 30% chance there’ll be a tea party.

Feb 19, 2009 - 1:38 pm 8. Pops in Vienna:

OK Zanne…that makes two. Anybody else want to sign up? Maybe it’s time to put our words into action.

Feb 19, 2009 - 1:39 pm 9. river:

“…astoundingly ad hoc economic plans.”

astoundingly = dangerously

Feb 19, 2009 - 1:41 pm 10. Self-hating Boomer:

The 0bama halo effect isn’t going to protect Pelosi and Reid in ‘10. Their numbers are in the toilet, and there’s going to be a major revolt. And by then, 0bama’s halo will have lost its shine.

It’s a myth that the donkeys ran a brilliant campaign. They’re a bunch of idiots, but between the MSM and dumb luck, they managed to get control. Watch ‘em lose it.

Feb 19, 2009 - 1:42 pm 11. Barry Dauphin:

Perhaps the modern day equivalent would be for those with mortgages in good standing to congregate together and burn their mortgage papers.

Feb 19, 2009 - 1:42 pm 12. RE:

Many otherwise complacent people are growing very uneasy with the level of corruption, ineptitude, and arrogance that has been displayed in the past three weeks.

I believe that Thomas Jefferson would have much to say about the current state of the nation. I don’t believe he’d be completely calm in saying it, either.

Feb 19, 2009 - 1:44 pm 13. CaliFamily:

Myself and a dozen friends would be there singing “the sons of liberty” song in Chicago.

Feb 19, 2009 - 1:50 pm 14. Sally:

Ohhh, finally someone with some intestinal fortitude to tell it like it is. Not only do I want to join the Tea Party, I’ll help organize Florida!

Bring it on, Mr. Santelli. The achievers of America are with you.

Feb 19, 2009 - 1:56 pm 15. Minerva:

Was it so very long ago when Bill Clinton said this?:

“The main idea here is still the old idea of the American dream … that if you work hard and play by the rules, you ought to have a decent life and a chance for your children to have a better one.”

Feb 19, 2009 - 2:04 pm 16. Meryl:

Meet at the old mill.

We ride at dawn.

Feb 19, 2009 - 2:18 pm 17. Zhombre:

Joe Biden says that during the first Tea Party, King Geoge immediately went on TV to reassure the colonies.

Feb 19, 2009 - 2:18 pm 18. Big Red:

Paid off mortgage 5 yrs early in Dec. and now this. It’s like eating and then my mother invites me over for lunch. Rick Santelli is the new Sam Adams. “One more word, for signal token, whistle out the marching tune. With your pike upon your shoulder at the Risin’ of the Moon.” Any time, Rick, any time.

Feb 19, 2009 - 2:22 pm 19. mishu:

Break out the pitch forks and torches.

Feb 19, 2009 - 2:25 pm 20. Jon:

I’ll be there.

Feb 19, 2009 - 2:31 pm 21. PC14:

Zhombre—I’m using that. A classic.

Feb 19, 2009 - 2:38 pm 22. zanne:

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/135640 Mesa, AZ put the “unwelcome mat” yesterday for o.

Feb 19, 2009 - 2:44 pm 23. Lewis Salem:

One of my family members tried to buy a house this week for 10% down. They received financing approval three weeks ago. Today banks want 20-30% down. It blew the deal. They have perfect credit. Now the reckless people who should not have received loans in the first place are getting bailed out. The money pumped into the system was meant to ease lending. This is not happening. Credit is tightening and it will only continue the downward spiral.

Feb 19, 2009 - 2:45 pm 24. davidingeorgia:

a followup interview with Santelli that NRO snagged…he’s calmer now, but not backing off at all…heh!

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YWU1OTYwYThkZmM2OGZkYzIxNDMyNTUxY2UwZmNmOWI=

Feb 19, 2009 - 2:57 pm 25. Conservative Unleashed:

Time for a revolution! You bring the tar. I’ll bring the feathers.

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:01 pm 26. Larry J:

The only thing I’d do to improve the “Chicago Tea Party” is to hold it somewhere else. I despise Mayor Daly and everything he stands for so I refuse to go to Chicago. Now, if they held it in DC on the Mall…

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:04 pm 27. fear Obama:

a helluva lot of people are fed up (to say the least) with Obama’s mortgage plan. My own personal survey says a lot of people are fed up with many, if not all, aspects of the President’s astoundingly economic plans.

BLASPHEMOUS- TREASON.

YOUR EYES WILL BE LIFTED UP IN HELL…….

These Conservative Democrats are getting out of control!

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:05 pm 28. MCMJR:

I suggest one read “Lenin by Robert Service” and you won’t be surprised by what is happening. Listen carefully to BHO, every-once in a while he slips and says something revealing i.e. “Those of us who control the public’s knowledge…”. Count me in at the tea party.

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:08 pm 29. MikeD:

Pelosi and Reid don’t deserve to lose their jobs. They deserve to lose their freedom. And maybe their lives.

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:13 pm 30. Nomad:

Great post #6 what’s going around “is “HITLER was a GREAT SPEAKER also!!

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:16 pm 31. Leatherneck:

No, there will not be a Tea party in Chicago. There are to many people on the sugar tit.

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:22 pm 32. Butters Dad:

Zhombre,

YOU are a classic! I think when we all start buying up those $4 shares of the NYT and take control from Pinch & Co., YOU should be the editorial writer!

“That Barney Rubble, what an actor!”

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:22 pm 33. J. Rockford:

I knew Obama was grossly unqualified and a left-wing radical, articulate but with virtually no executive experience. I’m not really surprised it is this bad this soon — this is what happens when someone is in way over their head. If Obama’s ineptness continues at this rate, I’m wondering if the mainstream media, academia and Hollywood will turn on him. I think not. But if they do, could he be impeached? I think not, his skin color would save him. But who knows? I could happen. Who would have thought such a flawed man could have been elected President?

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:25 pm 34. misanthropicus:

Turns out that Obama is… Obama, that is, nothing more than a local community activist whith a mega ego who got sucked in the US president office by a perfect storm of: two wars very difficult to explain to the nation, a political party and a president at the ebb of popularity, a financial crisis, everything on the background of a cultural implosion.
And now he’s there, in the limelight, and he is the grandiose, naif and uninformed community activist that he has ever been.
Day in day out other silly pronouncements come out, revealing Obama’s incompetence: last night, I watched with much amusement Holbrooke on PBS having to deny that this administration has plans to intervene in the Kashmir matter – fact firmly promised by Obama months ago. Want more?

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:31 pm 35. MCMJR:

Another thing to consider is a leftist is only concerned with the ‘ends’. Since any ‘means’ is acceptable lying is to be expected and compromise is impossible. Unfortunately, our Constitution is not capable of protecting the People from such an assault. The only remedy is the ballot box.

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:33 pm 36. quasar:

Good gawd! Don’t even think about dumping any black tea.

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:52 pm 37. kelly k:

I dunno. It’s leftists up to rafters where I work, and I don’t see them backing off their adoration of BHO. I think it’s too much to expect any of them to act like rational, intelligent people who want what’s best for the country. They want their agenda pushed through, and as long as they see BHO championing the poor, defending Mother Gaia, and corraling all those crazy rightwing nutcases, they’ll stay with him.

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:54 pm 38. worriedmom:

Anyone here vote for Obama? If so are your sorry about it? I see his approval rating is going down. I’m just hoping people who voted for him are waking up, that it will continue and he won’t make it 2 terms.

Feb 19, 2009 - 3:59 pm 39. David Thomson:

“It’s leftists up to rafters where I work, and I don’t see them backing off their adoration of BHO.”

Barack Obama will retain a solid 40% support—and that’s a lot of people. But he is rapidly losing the middle-of-the-road voters. You are most likely surrounded by a good size minority. That will not, however, be anywhere near enough to save Obama’s presidency.

Feb 19, 2009 - 4:01 pm 40. deguello:

This is exactly why Waxman, Pelosi,and Media Matters are trying not only tosuppress talk radio, but Blogs as well,they don’t want stuff like this to undermine their collectivist pseudo consensus!

Feb 19, 2009 - 4:02 pm 41. dynomitejim:

Tea, Im your huckleberry.

Feb 19, 2009 - 4:20 pm 42. David Thomson:

Alan Keyes captured only 27% of the vote when he was defeated by Barack Obama. This is a very rare occurrence in American politics. Both Goldwater and George McGovern still captured roughly 40% of the total vote. This means, in practical terms, that one will likely still be surrounded by Obama supporters in some very blue areas of the country—no matter what happens in the foreseeable future.

Feb 19, 2009 - 4:24 pm 43. Fantom:

37. kelly k:
“I dunno. It’s leftists up to rafters where I work, ”

Ever consider taking one for the team? Maybe you could go “jihad’ on them. Mayhap there be a local mosque you could get some technical training at? Said in jest of course.

Of course many a true word is said in jest.

Feb 19, 2009 - 4:27 pm 44. Nomad:

The houseing bailout ??? REMEBER “A DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH”

Feb 19, 2009 - 4:58 pm 45. PAR:

Why not a general strike by all the people who actually pay taxes? It would be interesting to see how the politicians would react if everyone stayed home from work and simply refused to spend any money (no sales tax revenue for the states). Hit them where it hurts, their tax receipts.

Feb 19, 2009 - 4:59 pm 46. glc:

This man is my new hero!

He gave voice on a national scale to my very sentiments.

I’m tired of having to support losers.

I work my ass off at my business, pay my bills, and live beneath my means. Geez.

I see folks overspend, get into loans they have no business getting into, then going on fancy vacations, buying big TVs they can’t afford, and new cars they don’t need.

And I’m driving an old car and loving it. I would not dream of buying a new car–depreciates too quickly.

Obama needs to disappear.

Our nation will suffer.

I screamed from the rooftops during the election that this guy was dangerous. I hated Clinton and now I yearn for the “old days.” At least I knew that Clinton loved this country and thought–even if he was a criminal–that was he was doing was best for the country. But Obama wants to destroy this country in order to reshape it into a socialist/communist/racist country. I’m not kidding.

Read Obama’s books. Read his history. Check out his friends. It’s been in front of America all this time, but because he is black and can say two words together, people voted for him.

America had better wake up and stop being victims and sheeple. Because sheep get slaughtered.

Feb 19, 2009 - 5:04 pm 47. glc:

Okay, I’m watching Obama speak, and yes, he’s an idiot.

In way over his head.

Sign me up for the tea party.

Feb 19, 2009 - 5:06 pm 48. Old_Airman_2000:

Hey! I sense a rising wave here. Mishu and Conservative Unleashed, perhaps we need a Tarpian Rock too!

Feb 19, 2009 - 5:36 pm 49. fear Obama:

Let me thank all of you in advance for the new 6 bedroom 4 bath house I plan to purchase with 410,000 Bambie credits.

‘Waves arm using Jedi mind control.’

“You will take 410,000 Bambie Credits.”

“Now give me furniture and new appliances.”

** Waving both arms **

Thank you-

Live long and prosper in our brave new economy.

Feb 19, 2009 - 5:38 pm 50. cedarford:

mishu:
Break out the pitch forks and torches.

It sure may stick in the craw of many a Right Wing Israel-Firster, but “Pitchfork Pat” Buchanan was dead on for the last 20 years about Free Trade!!, liberating resentful Freedom Lovers in various craphole nations. And about the seeds of economic destruction the NYC bankers and financiers, their International counterparts were setting up since Reagan’s days through their bought US Government officials.

Pat Buchanan is now solidly in the pessimist camp, saying we will suffer a Depression, a long one unless we fix our comptetiveness and trade problems and clean up the NYC crooks. People like Pat Buchanan are now talking openly about the American system of government is now broken, and further paralyzed by lawyers -with a growing belief in people that we need a 3rd, at least somewhat violent American Revolution. (the Civil War was the 2nd).
A true “Tea Party” may be coming.

Last weekend, we had so many people showing up at a public range to sight their rifles in and do pistol practice that hundreds had to be turned away. The rangemaster said he’d never seen so many people show up.

And in a Blue, Midwestern State.

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David Thomson:

Alan Keyes captured only 27% of the vote when he was defeated by Barack Obama. This is a very rare occurrence in American politics. Both Goldwater and George McGovern still captured roughly 40% of the total vote. This means, in practical terms, that one will likely still be surrounded by Obama supporters in some very blue areas of the country—no matter what happens in the foreseeable future.

That election had less to do with the “blueness” of Illinois, a state that regularly goes between Dem and Republican control..than 3 factors. Two strongly contributory and one major.

1. Widespread hatred of Bush.
2. Tremendous corruption troubles hit the whole statewide Republican organization in 2004. Everyone knew the Republican Gov was prison-bound.
3. Major – Alan Keyes parachuted in from nowhere as a carpetbagging black “gimmick” nominee that no one really accepted as legit. Then he promptly set about proving that he was intolerent, and a bat-sh*t crazy religious zealot. Even some that voted for Keyes said they only did so because they did not want Dems to get such an appealing candidate in National office.

Feb 19, 2009 - 5:59 pm 51. Bilgeman:

Actually, I thought the reactions of the Talking Heads in the studio was as revealing as anything.

Beneath the smart-assed jesting, did anyone else catch the stench of real fear of their audience?

And it’s funny…with all the “branding” being done trying to sell us that the fellow who claims to have been born in Hawaii is a latter-day darker FDR without the wheelchair, it seems to have completely escaped them the kind of vituperative hate that many, many people held for him and his administrations as a “traitor to his class”.

Feb 19, 2009 - 6:04 pm 52. Pops in Vienna:

Ok,,,let’s quit all the talk and act.

Are we doing this tea party or not?

Feb 19, 2009 - 7:12 pm 53. zanne:

Count me in Pops. And I have a feeling there are many patriots ready for a tea party. See above comments. Bring it on!

Feb 19, 2009 - 7:21 pm 54. Fantom:

“45. PAR:
Why not a general strike by all the people who actually pay taxes? It would be interesting to see how the politicians would react if everyone stayed home from work and simply refused to spend any money (no sales tax revenue for the states). Hit them where it hurts, their tax receipts.”

Yep, I thought we should have taken the rest of Feb off after B.O.’s coranation….. as a sign of respect don’t you know.

Feb 19, 2009 - 7:29 pm 55. Georgia Peach:

BO has doomed himself. Hopefully, Pelosi and Reid have too. *fingers crossed*

The reasons that BO has doomed himself are numerous.

1) He overpromised…to EVERYONE. When you hear those snippets of people talking about obama going to “pay their rent and fill their gas tanks”, they are serious! They honestly believe he is going to take care of them to that extent. Did any of you hear the clip of the woman who was getting her car repossessed? She said, “I’m not rich like you folks, but by the end of the year I will be, ’cause we got obama”! These people are going to be sorely disappointed by the end of this year.

2) He’s a narcissist extraordinaire. He honestly believes his own rhetoric and thinks that he can bullcrap the American people indefinitely with no results. That isn’t going to happen.

3) Time is his enemy. People gave him a vote for “hope”. The public at large *needs* hope. But when the economy continues to worsen, they will turn on BO. Nothing brings out the bad ratings like the economy going south and the president they elected to fix it failing to do so!

4) The American people are not patient and they are very fickle! Remember when President Bush had an approval rating of 86%?!!!

Feb 19, 2009 - 7:31 pm 56. keithacita:

Entrepreneurs Call to Action. Let’s create jobs!!!

Feb 19, 2009 - 7:43 pm 57. Pops in Vienna:

So, how are we going to do this? Is it better to have one big tea party in a given place or will it be better to have a tea party in each state on the same day?

I suugest that NO politicians be invited. Let’s make this a statement by ordinary people.

I think the entire point of the first tea party was to repeal the tax on tea. Can we begin a movement to repeal the so called stimulus bills?

Feb 19, 2009 - 7:45 pm 58. joan kyriazes:

Roger, when and where are you going to be in Chicago?

Feb 19, 2009 - 7:46 pm 59. Insufficiently Sensitive:

The ‘mortgage bailout’ provision of the stimulus bill is actually Chapter 2 of one of the most obscene scams the Democratic Party has ever put over on the public.

Chapter 1: in which the Democrats set out to buy the votes of folks who couldn’t obtain realty loans under traditional standards of borrower risk due diligence. The Community Reinvestment Act used govermnent coercion to force lenders to lend to high-risk borrowers. In that way, the Democratic Party forced the transfer of bank deposits (the property of careful savers) into the hands of ‘borrowers’ unlikely to ever pay them back – and TOOK THE CREDIT for lavishing other people’s money on those ‘borrowers’, to cash in at every subsequent election.

After thirteen years of the Clinton version of the CRA, its predictable results (see the NYT article from 1998 on exactly that) just blew up the whole US economy

Chapter 2: the current ‘bailout’. It adds taxpayers to the ranks of those whose earnings are to be diverted into the possession of overextended borrowers. Also, the laws of contracts are suddenly invaded, by Government coercion, so that existing real estate contracts suddenly are to be altered in favor of the borrowers, at the expense of the lenders – again. With the grateful borrowers expected to vote for the party that perverted the laws.

This is more like the doings of Hugo Chavez or Fidel Castro, instead of the US Government that is supposed to act in the interests of ALL its citizens. Indeed it’s time for a Tea Party.

Feb 19, 2009 - 7:53 pm 60. bear:

You know, we’re all cowards…I heard it today.

Feb 19, 2009 - 7:54 pm 61. john D:

I am there… Rick is the one we have been waiting for.

Feb 19, 2009 - 8:02 pm 62. Eric:

“Don’t blame me, I voted for McCain”

Ahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaaaa

Feb 19, 2009 - 8:11 pm 63. Eric:

I hope and pray that the Obama follies will open people’s eyes to the economic illiteracy of the entire Democrat party so these fools and control freaks can ll be thrown out on their collective butts. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd have a LOT of responsibility for what has become a global meltdown yet they absolutely refuse to accept even a fraction of blame and only a handful of politicians have been willing to call Frank and Dodd out on their culpability. A sign of maturity is the ability to own up to your mistakes. This is a lesson obviously missed by our “leaders”.

Feb 19, 2009 - 8:15 pm 64. Ray:

Folks this isn’t going to end well.
The erosion of civil rights and now this!
Survival skills are going to be he next big trend, one that could save your life.
Get ready! Change is coming, and this is change you can believe in!

Feb 19, 2009 - 8:25 pm 65. joanbob:

BO and his gang make Clinton seem like a conservative!

Feb 19, 2009 - 8:49 pm 66. Cato:

Any “Tea Party” to deal with the Obama and his myrmidons has got to include Pitchforks, lots of hot tar, chicken feathers, and genuine Illinois wooden fence rails to ride these clowns out of town on.

Feb 19, 2009 - 8:56 pm 67. fred:

Yes, tea parties across the nation for a lemon of an economic “plan”.

Feb 19, 2009 - 9:23 pm 68. Lord Moonbatten:

ENOUGH.

When I listened to the Rick Santelli (now viral, thankfully) internet video this evening, the message that came through for me was:

ENOUGH.

I know exactly how he feels. I’ve never picked up a sign and marched in protest in my life. Like a lot of responsible citizens, I’ve been way too busy going to work, paying my bills, and worrying about the well being of my family to do what I’ve always seen as “throwing a fit”.

But at some point in the next few months, I’ll be marching and carrying a sign. I’ll probably be screaming at the top of my lungs, too. I don’t know if I’ll make the trip to Chicago in July , or go to DC, or just march in a local demonstration in or near my home – but I will be carrying a sign. Marching.
Throwing a fit, as it were.

Look for me. I’ll be easy to spot. My sign will consist of a single word.

ENOUGH.

See you out there. If you’re as fed up as I am, won’t you please join me?

ENOUGH.

Feb 19, 2009 - 10:49 pm 69. KMAN:

1984 and Atlas Shrugged all wrapped into one. I could feel this dude comin’ in my bones. And now I’m gettin’ lectured about race by the corrupt Holder? I can’t wait to see the “strong, well funded domestic security force” this freak talked about gets funded into action.
It’s not a bad dream, it’s real but unreal.

Men of the mind, GO ON STRIKE!

KMANOUT

Feb 19, 2009 - 10:58 pm 70. Jon Michael Rose:

I totally agree……………..enough!!!!

Feb 19, 2009 - 11:19 pm 71. Georgia Peach:

I certainly will join in. I’ve never demonstrated in my life, but we must get the attention of the congress before they blow another few trillion on their pet projects and paying back those who put “the one” in office.

Health care is going to be next. We must keep that safe or we’ll be dying waiting for service like they do in Canada! Pelosi, reid, BO et al have the beginning of it in the spendulus bill. The biggest losers will be older people. According to dashle, “American’s expect too much from their health care” and “older people, instead of accepting their pains and illnesses, want to treat them all”. His book further states that a Federal group would be created to tell doctors “what care would be cost affective…according to the patient’s age, health and chances of survival”.

We need to organize quickly because BOs agenda clearly is to keep “change” happening so fast that we are put off balance and can’t address the issues. Kind of like we are all feeling right now!

Feb 19, 2009 - 11:29 pm 72. Georgia Peach:

Remember in history who else created secondary “well armed security forces” that reported to them?

Is this ringing alarms for anyone besides me?

Feb 19, 2009 - 11:32 pm 73. ked5:

Even most of my liberal friends are now panicked for their futures.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GOOD! ALL the signs were there before the election that this was EXACTLY the type of thing that would happen. Your liberal friends voted for the Zero anyway, and they have NO ONE to blame but themselves. (and this is *only* a taste of what’s to come)

Feb 20, 2009 - 12:02 am 74. Future member of the Underground Church:

Silky Edwards was right…the “Two America” shill. There are those with their heads screwed on right, and those that heave them stuffed somewhere else and want to screw the rest. Are there enough producers to stand down the moochers?

Feb 20, 2009 - 12:13 am 75. paul_unalaska:

Hi all, bring on the tea party.. nationwide!

I live in a small town in Alaska, ~4,000 people. Though a Red state nonetheless.

Honestly, set a date and time and I’ll get our masses going here as well. We’ve got the Pacific Ocean, a lot of blue collar types (including many crews from Discovery Channel’s, The Deadliest Catch to boot!) and others who are in the same mindthink as the line from, ‘The Network’ “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take it anymore”!

I’M mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore!!!!!!

Feb 20, 2009 - 12:21 am 76. paul_unalaska:

1 tidbit, instead of pointing fingers at those who made a grievous mistake Nov 4th, encourage these folks to be on our team. Let’s not attempt to exploit divisive measures.

Our team has a lot of flaws, granted. Though it’s up to us all to improve its past. JMO..

Feb 20, 2009 - 12:27 am 77. ked5:

52. Pops in Vienna:

Ok,,,let’s quit all the talk and act.

Are we doing this tea party or not?

~~~~~~~~~`

Okay pops, name the time and place. I’ll bring my gang with me.

(though my husband is more for tar and feathers in DC.)

Feb 20, 2009 - 12:29 am 78. ked5:

@ 63
only a handful of politicians have been willing to call Frank and Dodd out on their culpability. A sign of maturity is the ability to own up to your mistakes. This is a lesson obviously missed by our “leaders”.

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You’re assuming what little frankey and chrisy did was a *mistake*. They want control, and the best way to get it is create “chaos”.

Feb 20, 2009 - 12:35 am 79. Gary Rosen:

Another rant from the douchebag C-fudd – the first word out of his mouth/ass is Jooooo, followed by a blowjob on Buchanan, nothing to do with the topic here (incidentally he’s a big fan of BO). Now that I’m finished laughing, I’m going to give you a friendly, sincere piece of advice, Fudd. You only embarrass yourself by posting here. Instead, just sit quietly in your crappy little flophouse room with the walls closing in on you and eat your beefaroni dinner before you masturbate yourself to sleep. Really, it’s the best you can do.

Feb 20, 2009 - 1:55 am 80. DELETED:

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Feb 20, 2009 - 2:28 am 81. Bilgeman:

I don’t know about Lake Michigan, (never sailed on the Lakes), but I reda once somewhere that marine scientists found measurable levels of cafeine in Boston Harbor.

What they ended up tracing it to was the increase in coffee shops in Beantown.

Turns out that the caffeine in your latte or chai tea runs right through you, and gets pissed away down to the sewer filtration plant,(you should see Boston’s “Dukakis Memorial”…it looks like something vaguely nuclear from the set of Woody Allen’s “Sleeper”).

http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2007/04/05/1175767951_8489.jpg

So, seeing that Starbucks is closing umpteen thousand of their coffee-shops, I’d say that SOME kind of re-caffeination process is needed.

Thnk of the poor fish…they’re “jonesin’” for THEIR morning jolt.

Feb 20, 2009 - 2:46 am 82. Pops in Vienna:

OK Roger,

What say you? Can PJ Media work with Santelli and organize a series of Tea Parties across America?

Sounds like the posters are fired up and ready to roll. Let’s strike while we still have the internet and talk radio.

Feb 20, 2009 - 3:05 am 83. river:

Neologisms:
Pelosi scam: Stimulus plan
Obama scam: (reserved for non-disclosure of personal records.)

Feb 20, 2009 - 3:35 am 84. Pops in Vienna:

Here’s a poll about signing up for the big tea party: http://www.cnbc.com/id/29283701

Feb 20, 2009 - 3:42 am 85. Bob Campbell:

Well it’s about damn time — this country may finally be waking up — we could sure use some revolution around here and I’m not talking about the kind that Obama wants, I’m talking about the kind that wants to bury him along with all of the cronies he runs with — I’m all in for the tea party!

Feb 20, 2009 - 4:00 am 86. Zhombre:

If you put Barney Frank’s head on a pike, he’d still go on talking rubbish for hours.

Feb 20, 2009 - 4:43 am 87. Pops in Vienna:

Hey everybody, it looks like we have a Congressman who is willing to submit a bill to repeal the tax on tea….errr…the stimulus bill.

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/02/rep-gohmert-says-republicans-will.html

Maybe this guy should get to throw the first box of tea overboard!

Feb 20, 2009 - 7:27 am 88. Norm:

You made the LIST…

http://www.medary.com/article.php/20090219165155587

Feb 20, 2009 - 7:31 am 89. Zhombre:

Instead of tea we should toss members of Congress, as corrupt and plump as Renaissance cardinals, into the Potomac. Starting with Frank and Dodd, enablers of Fannie Mae.

Feb 20, 2009 - 7:51 am 90. AlanC:

Zhombre, I’m very much a member of the VRWC but I do draw the line at raw sewage being dumped into our waters. I’m all for tossing the members of Congress et.al. but first let’s run them through the sewage treatment plants, ‘kay?

Feb 20, 2009 - 11:50 am 91. Promoguy:

I’m definitely in. Since the market still hasn’t helped me get back on track, is there anyone that advance me some cash for the train ride.

Feb 20, 2009 - 12:41 pm 92. PAR:

I watched the administration stooge slam Santelli. I took his advice and read the plan, all four pages of it. Only in Obamaland can you spend $75,000,000,000 based upon a four page document. OK, I read it it still stinks.

Feb 20, 2009 - 3:04 pm 93. johngaltlives:

Santelli deserves a medal. Im sure after the commies at NBC(nothing but commies) get rid of him, Im sure NEIL CAVUTO will talk ROGER AILES into hiring mr Santelli on FOX. There he can show the idiot GEOFFREY IMMELT that stupid is as stupid does. Or in another vinacular, as Gen Russell Honorle said to the dolt Wolf Blizer “you must be stuck on stupid”.

Feb 20, 2009 - 3:32 pm 94. Mike G:

So was there really no bookstore that would have your book signing here in Obamaville?

Feb 20, 2009 - 4:15 pm 95. Big Red:

Zhombre- Yeah, what do you have against fish? Good idea, but with the wackjobs in control of the EPA we’d probably get busted on a pollution rap.

Feb 20, 2009 - 4:48 pm 96. Roger L Simon:

Mike G, #94: Thanks for your concern, but my time is heavily booked in Chi and there wasn’t time for anything else but the steakhouse signing above. Actually, that’s great as far as I’m concerned. I’ll need to eat – and I’m always up for a martini… after 6 anyway.

Feb 20, 2009 - 4:51 pm 97. Ralph Woods:

Santelli may have an idea here. Obama was encouraging little house party get togethers all over America where the socialists could rail against all the perceived injustices of our society. Conservatives can do the same thing (if we can get past that rugged individualism thing”). We could have costume parties. Dress up as Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, etc. instead of Lenin, Marx, Che, Mao, Fidel that so thrill the liberal left.

Feb 20, 2009 - 5:52 pm 98. Terrye:

I have to say that Obama is starting to scare me. Not because he is diabolical, but because he is so damn inept. It is as if he is trying to create a panic.

I read this piece by Gramm {of all people} and it really did help explain the housing crisis. The idea that you give more money to people who can not pay back the loans they already have is not reassuring. I am not sure it is fair either. That is what is bothering people.

Feb 20, 2009 - 5:56 pm 99. Barry Dauphin:

Gibbs was basically disgraceful in talking about Santelli. Why are they so scared? It was an incredibly defensive position to be in. His response validates taxpayer worries. He accuses Santelli of not reading the flimsy document and says nothing about members of Congress not reading the bill they voted for. Well he can become the third BG, cause he’s barely Stayin’ Alive.

Feb 20, 2009 - 6:05 pm 100. Bill Perron:

It happened two thousand years ago, and it is happening again, you unbelieving heathens are crucifying the Messiah.

Feb 20, 2009 - 6:40 pm 101. Enough Already:

Roger, is post # 80 necessary? Am I your only reader who finds it highly offensive?

Feb 20, 2009 - 6:42 pm 102. Terrye:

Barry:

I read that the Obama people are going after Santelli because he is considered a Wall Street type..and somehow that will help them. I have my doubts. The only thing that will help them is an improving economy and if Obama does not stop acting like Chicken Little with all the hysteria he is going to initiate an honest to God panic.

Feb 20, 2009 - 7:27 pm 103. Zhombre:

Thank you, Bill. I’m proud to be heathen. And if you gentleman don’t want to pollute the Potomac, we could always resort to rope.

Feb 20, 2009 - 7:49 pm 104. Barry Dauphin:

Terrye

Yeah and that’s not a good strategy. Santelli’s rant went viral because of all the mortgage holders who have gutted it out and not defaulted. I understand some people could use help, but in the age of Madoff and Dodd and on & on, there will be a lot of abuses of this money and taxpayers smell it. In going after Santelli the way it did, the White House offends taxpayers too (and deeply offends them). The Gibbs stuff will not play well. Gibbs will not wear well either. They’ve got to throw him under the bus. He can join the rest.

Also there is a weird bunker mentality considering how new the Administration is. Obama went after Limbaugh for no good reason right off the bat. They are trying to create bogeymen and they’ve hardly been in office. This is not good. It totally undermines Obama’s “brand” as optimistic. It would be like Coca Cola telling its customers to F off.

Feb 20, 2009 - 7:53 pm 105. narciso:

Some one forgot to point out how Keyes, ended up being the default candidate. because Blair
Hull and Jack Ryan, were forced out of the race, because of divorce records revealed by
the LA Times and Chicago Tribune. Just like he ran unopposed in ‘95,challenging the signatures
of all his opponents. 2000 was a close call, losing to Rush, but he redrew the districts to cover for that eventuality. Hence the danger of his control of the Census, instead of the Commerce Department

Feb 20, 2009 - 9:38 pm 106. A. N. Pierson:

I found #80 offensive as well.

Feb 20, 2009 - 10:04 pm 107. AST:

Maybe we are the ones WE’VE been waiting for. The more I think about these insulting and arrogant spending bills, the more angry I get. I’ve never liked confrontations and contention, but maybe that’s why leftist revolutionaries put so much stock in marches and demonstrations.
Maybe it’s that, or maybe we were too trusting that the wisdom of the electoral process would provide the right leaders.

Whatever the reason, conservatives have been too passive, too long. We’ve hurt ourselves by internecine squabbles. But right now, I think that the swing voters who thought how nice it would be if we elected our first African American president aren’t quite so sure any more.
Next time look for an African American with some common sense.

(Oh, and if you think I’m a racist, I’m not. I just don’t want to be a coward by avoiding the subject of race.)

Feb 20, 2009 - 10:19 pm 108. Gary Rosen:

What was with post 80? I think I may have seen it before it was taken down. If it’s the one I’m thinking of, I actually found it mildly amusing. As the saying goes, “we’re not laughing with you, we’re just laughing near you”.

Feb 21, 2009 - 3:59 am 109. CaliforniaCarol:

It is time for capitalists to reject the socialistic Obama agenda and embrace the things America was founded on. Rick’s passion mirrors 92% of the hard-working, mortgage-paying, sacrificing Americans. This is just the tip of the iceberg for what Obama plans for America. We can’t just let him steam roll over us.

Feb 21, 2009 - 8:31 am 110. Is there a growing protest movement over this “stimulus plan”? I hope so… UPDATE! | Robert Opyd (baghdad-bob):

[...] Roger L. Simon author of ”Blacklisting Myself”… [...]

Feb 21, 2009 - 8:37 am 111. Roger L. Simon » Poliwood - Oscar Predictions: do we need them? Does it matter? Is anybody watching?:

[...] will be sued by a bunch of angry people losing off your predictions? Suppose they show up at the Sullivan’s Steakhouse on Monday? Or at CPAC?-ed. But, but, but… I give that traditional warning: past performance is [...]

Feb 21, 2009 - 8:45 am 112. AlanC:

Re: 109

Does anyone else think that calling the Obmanation’s agenda “socialist” is incorrect?

What I see is classic fascism right out of Mussolini’s play book. Is it that “fascism” has for so long, erroneously, been attributed to the right that we’re stuck with inapt words when we need them?

Look up corporatism and see if that doesn’t look a much closer match.

Feb 21, 2009 - 11:08 am 113. Scott:

hi from Illinois, (where the governors make the license plates)
Can we provide Blago, Ryan, Burris, and Daley for the nationwide toss-a-thon or should we just bring their piked heads?

I know Burris would keep babbling for hours also so maybe we could have a contest between his piked head and Barney Frank’s.

Note of interest: I run a party tent rental business that has LOTS OF ROPE,…STRONG ROPE THAT TIES INTO KNOTS EASILY,…

Feb 21, 2009 - 12:56 pm 114. The Wide Awake Cafe » A Tea Party to Remember in the Spirit of Ebenezer Whitmarsh:

[...] Media’s Roger Simon asks, Will there be a ‘Chicago Tea [...]

Feb 21, 2009 - 12:59 pm 115. Mike G:

I just wondered if you got the cold shoulder because it was a conservative book. Not implausible, to judge by the way every bookstore begins with a table full of lefty books here.

Feb 21, 2009 - 4:18 pm 116. C. Paul Barreira:

Tea parties are all very well but why is it necessary beyond the corruption of the Congress? In part, surely, it is because the home buyer has, at foreclosure, no interest in the property, which I find truly incredible. Why, at that point, has he or she not a proportion (based upon money paid over several even many years) of the value of the property? It’s simply incredible.

Feb 22, 2009 - 12:39 am 117. Not Toobrite:

America voted BHO in, now how in hell can can it vote the first ***** President out, wow 2 firsts in a row! just like Al Gore!

Feb 22, 2009 - 6:22 am 118. 酒店經紀:

good

Feb 22, 2009 - 1:30 pm 119. Ralph H:

I really hope this takes off. I am part of the silent majority. Will this last or is a brief emotional outburst that will dim as soon as you release your anger. You better hurry before they naturalize 40 Million illegals and give them voting rights.

Feb 22, 2009 - 4:10 pm 120. Denise:

We must “get it” and become as ruthless as the Dems. Hate to say it, but otherwise we are the suckers that play by the rules.
We need $$$ to hire PI’s and Public Relations people, smear the Dems, get media coverage by any means necessary. We need to get in the game! Where to send my money? Where to show up? Need people in the streets. We need to protest, get organized.
I will help, will you? somebody stop talking and get us out there in droves. Or be overcome.
Get the RnC to fight dirty instead of rolling over as we always do.
Tell me what to DO and stop complaining

Feb 22, 2009 - 10:10 pm

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