tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post5232699661998433760..comments2024-03-28T07:08:58.221-04:00Comments on Todd Seavey: Fellow Travelers and a Flash Tea Party SuggestionTodd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-50438861152468369722010-04-12T11:55:00.000-04:002010-04-12T11:55:00.000-04:00[...] Read entire blog post and comments [...][...] Read entire blog post and comments [...]Fellow Travelers and a Flash Tea Party Suggestionhttp://paulcrespo.com/2010/fellow-travelers-and-a-flash-tea-party-suggestion/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-37047322181258950412010-03-30T17:24:00.000-04:002010-03-30T17:24:00.000-04:00And I should make clear that I am not saying anger...And I should make clear that I am not saying anger _is_ the sole emotion at Tea Parties — nor, to be sure, that such anger as there is is irrational or bad. We should be furious at ever-expanding government both here and around the world, especially as we reach the sorry end of room for its expansion before inevitable economic collapse follows. <br><br>But in many people’s eyes, puppets (for example) are good PR. (And I should also note that the antiglobalization nuts certainly prove puppets and anger can coexist.) It’s the media that wants to and chooses to paint Tea Parties as especially nasty and angry, and I’m just suggesting we not give them ammo. (By contrast, the media are happy to paint positive portraits of left-wing protests even when shop windows get broken and traffic blocked and many people arrested, all things that tend never to happen at the orderly, peaceful Tea Parties. I just want rep to start matching the very positive reality.)Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-1904560085382687602010-03-30T14:47:00.000-04:002010-03-30T14:47:00.000-04:00“If you wanna make the Tea Parties even bigger, do...“If you wanna make the Tea Parties even bigger, don’t let any more people get the impression that anger is the events’ only underlying emotion;”<br><br>SO true! Teabagging ain’t my thing, but Lordy, folks need to turn down the anger because it’s all us crazy lefties see.missbhavenshttp://www.missbhavens.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-78260431053224167882010-03-30T11:49:00.000-04:002010-03-30T11:49:00.000-04:00Todd, thanks for the plug, but don’t feel bad for ...Todd, thanks for the plug, but don’t feel bad for me. I’m doing fine. It’s the NYLP that screwed itself and fell on many, many years of “bad luck” after that.<br><br>One huge problem in the libertarian movement is lack of loyalty and esprit d’corp.<br><br>Most likely, the Stern thing was a dirty trick to help Pataki that year.Jim Ostrowskihttp://politicalclassdismissed.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-54134457663303331452010-03-30T11:38:00.000-04:002010-03-30T11:38:00.000-04:00“Unfortunately (for the Tea Party movement anyway)...“Unfortunately (for the Tea Party movement anyway) right-leaning types tend to have have jobs and lives…”<br><br>Not that there’s anything conclusively insightful to be drawn from this typical trend piece story, but it’s clearly not the case that all right-leaning Tea Partiers are fulfillingly employed and with right lives apart from their activism:<br><br><a href="http://nyti.ms/cfnBBa" rel="nofollow">http://nyti.ms/cfnBBa</a>Ali T. Kokmennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-57780754853339405332010-03-30T11:10:00.000-04:002010-03-30T11:10:00.000-04:00I suspect we are often seeing the _same_ union-own...I suspect we are often seeing the _same_ union-owned inflatable rat, deployed to different union protest sites around town as need be. <br><br>Perhaps they sometimes argue over who gets the rat.Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-40017370761367646012010-03-30T11:03:00.000-04:002010-03-30T11:03:00.000-04:00Unfortunately (for the Tea Party movement anyway) ...Unfortunately (for the Tea Party movement anyway) right-leaning types tend to have have jobs and lives and don’t have the time or inclination to construct papier-mache Obama puppets. Where do all the lefties get these giant inflatable rats, anyway? Is there some warehouse they’re kept, does every group have their own, or do they just have one they rent out for the weekend?Clay Watershttp://timeswatch.org/noreply@blogger.com