tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667305943825573726.post4779727164192255499..comments2014-09-14T13:58:19.358-04:00Comments on Big Poppa Politics: Big Poppa takes time for Tea (Party)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518991081992051062noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667305943825573726.post-34132452397416290262010-04-06T06:41:52.826-04:002010-04-06T06:41:52.826-04:00Anonymous.. I was talking to people making comment...Anonymous.. I was talking to people making comments on this blog to be "CIVIL" towards another.<br /><br />I wrote a letter to Mr Baehr on how Tea Party Members that attended were kind to me, on how the Pittsburgh was calm and collect and how I expected some grumblings but nowhere near the like that seen by all media on tv.<br /><br />So please anonymous, take your anger down a notch towards me. I was respectful and polite to everyone I met, as they were to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518991081992051062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667305943825573726.post-77406846390715644752010-04-05T22:12:31.417-04:002010-04-05T22:12:31.417-04:00Once again, as a member of the Tea Party and as to...Once again, as a member of the Tea Party and as to the several Tea Parties I have attended, there has not been one arrest. Not one. The allegations of use of the "n" word and spitting have been unfounded. The further investigation of the slur against Barney Frank was a result of incitement by Barney himself. So please, tell me one incident where a Tea Partier was documented to be the source of unruly behavior. <br /><br />Please tell me why charges were dropped against the men in SEIU t-shirts in St. Louis that brutally beat a vendor of Gadsden flags and put him in the hospital. We have been called racists but the gentleman that was beaten in St. Louis was an American of color and the SEIU men were caucasian. Please tell me again who it is who hates? <br /><br />And Big Poppa, please tell me who needs to be civil. My mother and I were quite kind to you as were everyone else I saw talking to you. We are no different than the myriad of people I have met at all the other tea parties I have attended. If you have to remind anyone to be civil isn't those who weild eggs and slurs without foundation?<br /><br />In DC on 9/12 a commentator for CBS told me that he couldn't show the signs because they were so hateful. I asked him to point out one that was hateful and he turned and left. Btw, my sign said "Silence is Consent" on one side and "Lower Taxes and Higher Ethics" on the other. Wow. Pretty hateful don't you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667305943825573726.post-56809815182084254832010-04-05T18:28:35.060-04:002010-04-05T18:28:35.060-04:00GMK, after my rally visit, I wrote a letter to the...GMK, after my rally visit, I wrote a letter to the Pennsylvania Tea Party's main man Mr. Robert Baehr. In my letter I explain my casual observer stance and how pleased I was to see Pittsburgher's behaving civil during an emotional rally. <br /><br />All Media will go to the loudest side of a rally, it takes only one to cause an uproar either by voice, signage, or even physical (studity) behavior. <br /><br />I am also glad that you felt I was being unbiased and fair in my blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518991081992051062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667305943825573726.post-89903656979536198742010-04-05T17:02:57.601-04:002010-04-05T17:02:57.601-04:00Big Poppa, thanks for the unbiased and fair-hande...Big Poppa, thanks for the unbiased and fair-handed reporting. I have been to 3 tea parties and usually see reporters swarming around the biggest fruit cake in the crowd and that's what one sees on TV. Even at the huge September tea party in Washington, I found everyone polite and helpful - it's the norm and not the exception.gmkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16657558659821337398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667305943825573726.post-30771536929508758102010-04-05T16:49:39.675-04:002010-04-05T16:49:39.675-04:00I think I know why April wants to slap "those...I think I know why April wants to slap "those ladies"...they were nice to Big Poppa. Either she wants to see Big Poppa get the poop beat out of him or it defies her preconceived notions of tea-party goers.gmkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16657558659821337398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667305943825573726.post-21031330734166756592010-04-05T15:09:00.570-04:002010-04-05T15:09:00.570-04:00I know this is a heated topic, meaning the functio...I know this is a heated topic, meaning the functionality of the Tea Party. What I have seen on TV and experienced over the weekend are opposites. However, as I have said, it takes only person to start a Wave at a ballpark and it takes only one person with more extreme intentions to turn a crowd ugly. <br /><br />The other weekend, Gov Palin spoke for Sen John McCain whom the Tea Party has no interest and she got a few harsh words from them. But in turn she was not afraid to cross the border and speak against Harry Reid. "We don't incite violence" Gov Palin said only to have a group of people swinging like Babe Ruth at a Harry Reid pinata. That is a symbol of violence. <br /><br />Signs with harsh words are found everywhere from football games to WWE shows and anywhere a public forum is open. It's the actions of the individual(s) that make the news, not the sign. <br /><br />As I did, I say find a local Tea Party and go as a casual observer and watch. What happened in Pittsburgh could be opposite in Oshkosh Wisconsin or Encino California. But I also say to Tea Party member (I refuse to use the "teabagger" phrase) to do the same at a Coffee Party or whatever gathering. <br /><br />BE CIVIL AND PEOPLE WILL GIVE HIGHER APPRECIATIONAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518991081992051062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667305943825573726.post-83145866122950442392010-04-05T14:34:43.269-04:002010-04-05T14:34:43.269-04:00"haters not debaters" Really Montana? ..."haters not debaters" Really Montana? Is this because these people don't agree with current policies? Wasn't it just a few years ago when political dissent was the highest form of patriotism? <br /><br />Scare tactics? Seems to me, more and more of the accused scare tactics are turning up to be the truth from the right. You have one side (Dems) telling you the world will burn up if we don't have cap and trade, the economy will collapse if we don't have regulation on financial industry, etc. How are these not scare tactics? The Waxman fiasco isn't a scare tactic it's the truth. Businesses according to a law that was voted on by no other than Waxman are required to report changes in revenue. Not a scare tactic, it's the law. The cuts to Medicare? Not a scare tactic, it's now the law. Mandates to buy insurance whether you want it or not? Not a scare tactic, law. The leaving out of the Doctor Fix to show a deficit reduction instead of an increase to the deficit. Not a scare tactic, the truth. Cap and trade will increase the cost of household electricity bills because of the requirement to upgrade and retrofit machinery and delivery systems. Not a scare tactic, the truth. Shall I go on? <br /><br />As far as labeling those who support the tea party or protest the expansion of government as "simpleton" that does nothing more than tell me you too are a hater. If you disagree with the beliefs of the tea party activists then please by all means feel free to share them but don't sit here and name call because you don't agree. You do nothing more than portray yourself as a simpleton by not being able to defend the reason you disagree with the tea party other than by calling them names.<br /><br />In every group you have the extreme. That's just the way it is. It's not the norm. It also doesn't help that all it takes is that one person the media latches on to to reflect badly on the whole. How much coverage did mainstream media give to the egg throwers and the anti-tea party groups calling on people to go to the tax day rallys and sabotage and create chaos? You're right that the world is more complicated than black and white, perhaps you should then step out of the world of black and white.kimmieb00https://www.blogger.com/profile/10932311649850155014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667305943825573726.post-53887473913879588882010-04-05T14:31:10.626-04:002010-04-05T14:31:10.626-04:00The only hate I've seen in this discussion is ...The only hate I've seen in this discussion is from April and Montana. We tea partiers are a peaceful crowd that disagrees with the way the issues are being handled. There is nothing hateful about either of those ladies' signs. They are simply expressing their opinions about the constitutionality of the bill as well as the veracity of the president. It's obvious that April and Montana have never attended a Tea Party and that their only talking points are regurgitation of the Dems talking points. This administartation has changed it's tune so many times that trust is impossible for the informed. As far as leaders of the Tea Party movement go, they are the people behind the scenes that will be doing the work to arrange the gatherings. Although Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin agree with our stance, they are not our leaders. We are thankful though for the support they provide for us. Although you will find many who include additional criteria for their dissatisfaction with the government, the core issues are about the constitutionality and the fiscal responsibility that seems to be missing in our current administration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667305943825573726.post-69305758718903790372010-04-05T12:26:20.603-04:002010-04-05T12:26:20.603-04:00I love that they asked for “Public Defenders”, now...I love that they asked for “Public Defenders”, now they know about the undercover FBI agent. The simpleton Tea baggers keep missing the point. These are the same whiners that were crying when the McCain/Bailin ticket lost. Now they are crying again because their yelling (because they are haters not debaters) did not stop health care from passing. They think they can scare, intimidate and force others to go along with them by comments like “This time we came unarmed”, let me tell you something they are not the only ones that are armed and not all ex-military join the fringe militia crazies who don’t pay taxes and run around with face paint in the parks playing commando, the majority are mature and understand that the world is more complicated and grey then the black and white that these simpleton make it out to be and that my friend is the point. Do not cry when regular people openly laugh at your group when they see on TV that your leaders are Sarah Bailin, Orly Taitz, Victoria Jackson, Michele Bachmann and that turn coat Glenn Beck from the LDS. They do more to discredit you on TV (powerful) than any of my comments do in the blog sphere.Montananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667305943825573726.post-24896098614939947572010-04-05T08:25:25.955-04:002010-04-05T08:25:25.955-04:00Ms. April, which ladies would that be?Ms. April, which ladies would that be?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518991081992051062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667305943825573726.post-53817937851054375312010-04-05T00:22:53.587-04:002010-04-05T00:22:53.587-04:00I kind of wish I could hit those ladies in the fac...I kind of wish I could hit those ladies in the face. = /aprilhttp://www.flickr.com/starlightaprilnoreply@blogger.com