Scrubbed~ CNN yanking tea party 'embarrassment'

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Anora, everyone keeps asking the same question you did, where were all thee people "when Bush did it", I answered that question in a thread I started a few days ago, but I will post a few links here too. the answer is they were EVERYWHERE, they just didn't get coverage, either because the outrage wasn't enough or because of the election coverage was dominating everything, but make no mistake, they were there.
Here:
http://www.truemajority.org/NoBailout/
here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG2ojZhDsps
here:
http://laist.com/2008/09/...
here:
http://www.nj.com/newark/...
oh look, here's some more:
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/09/26-0
Oh, and look over there:
http://blog.wired.com/27b...
Hey, look what I found under here:
http://blog.aflcio.org/20...
And if that isn't enough, there were the massive rallies that began calling for an end to the federal reserve, some of those "end the fed" rallies were as big as the tea parties yet, they got shamefully little coverage:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=end+the+fed+protest&aq=3&oq=end+the+
It's a shame people don't notice outrage or wrong when it doesn't suit their agenda to look a for it.

oh, almost forgot:
"When are American's going to start being responsible for their actions instead of whining about it?"
I am asking the same question, but trust me, you DO NOT want people to "stop whining" as you so insignifigantly put it, once the "whining" (legitimate outrage and verbal action) stops, the physical action will begin. I hope and pray the tea parties are enough to get the message out and effect some change so more drastic action is not inevitable.

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Xfah-

We were closer to Tyranny under Bush then we are under Obama who is trying to reverse everything Bush did. The Patriot Act stripped us of all our rights, passed under Republicans. It allows them to wire tap, detain people indefinately, etc. It was Bush (republican) who erected boarder patrol. It's only a thin jump from the Patriot Act to the Gestapo. If you want to blame someone then blame the people who started it. Bush went to war without the approval of congress or the UN. But of course we can't blame the Republicans, because they can do no wrong right? Give me a break. Start putting accountability where it needs to be put-the republican party and all those who voted with Bush's proposals. Right now I feel that those who participated in the "Tea Parties" are unamerican, and unpatriotic.

Namaste-Anora

So what would be "patriotic"? to stand down and accept blindly what ever a government does? Sorry, if that is your definition of patriotism then move to venezuela or Iran or china, youd be patriot there, as that is how THEY define patriotism.
I DO blame Bush, he was as bad is the guy we have in now on all of this stuff. Where were the people protesting him? I gave you over half a dozen links that showed thousands of protests over things he did, did you even look at the links? They are there, there were people protesting these things under bush, I can't for the life of me imagine why people keep asking that, they were all RIGHT THERE, go and look, why such denial even in the face of blatent "here it is" proof? why are you ignoring it?
You really don't understand the tea parties were NOT a republican movement do you? sure, some jumped on the bandwagon and exploited them, but they started largely as a grassroots libertarian, independant and constitutional movement, and NONE of those groups supported democrats OR republicans, but that fact has already been adressed numerous times so why are you even bringing it up again?
The patriot act: You and I seem to be on the same side of that issue, it was atrocious legislation. So can I assume you are aware that it was just extended under Obama and the current congress? I HOPE you are as outraged over it now as you were when Bush first passed it. As big an issue as it was and as horric a blow to a free republic as it was, I would have imagined this being an abolute deal breaker for Obama supporters, but bizzarely enough it now seems acceptable, is that in itself not hypocrocy? I remember one mylotter raging against it when it was being tossed about in discussion a few years ago and that same mylotter a month ago was in a complete 180 and saying it was really no big deal to them, they didn't have anything to hide. It is baffling, absolutely baffling.
"Bush went to war without the approval of congress or the UN"
First, our constitution only calls for permission of the congress, we don't need the U.N. permission for ANYTHING, they don't run our country. And yes, congress DID give permission for military action, by a nearly 95% majority. Though it wasn't an official declaration or war. Now, were you aware that Clinton also carried out an "ilegal" war? Congress not only did NOT give a declaration of war for Bosnia, they, by a large majority, voted AGAINST such action. Another example of how it isn't just one party not keeping its constitutional place.
"It was Bush (republican) who erected boarder patrol."
Wrong again, it was actually back LOOOONG before Bush was in office that this has been going on. And you do realize I'm not talking about border patrol checkpoints at the borders when you enter the country, I am talking about IN THE MIDDLE OF STATES, on highways, stopping american travelers, traveling from one point in their own state to another. No, I'm not exagerating or making things up, it happens, frequently, I was stopped at one myself, right in Lincoln new hampshire, Lincoln is nearly 80 miles SOUTH of the Canadian border.
Finaly, I want to adress a misconception you seem to have about me, though I belive I have adressed it with you before, maye I didn't, so to put this to rest, I am NOT a republican I do NOT vote republican, I do NOT support republican candidates and I do not belong to the republican party, I did not even vote for McCain this last election, not did I vore for any other republcian candidate, including that bastarrd Judd Gregg. As far as I am concerned, the republican party is 50% reponsable for the monster our federal government has become, why on earth would I want to supprt them any more than I would want to supprt the other 50%, that being the deomcrats? Again, I see more examples here of waht seems to be a programmed canned response and assuming things based on what is being pushed in main stream media. I don't fault you or attempt to insult you over it, but you should be aware of it. The whole republican/democrat argument is an illusion, a false demon being used to devide the country, further the two commercial parties, consolidate power in the federal government and keep us all from realizing the real problem, that being a ceeping take over of power by both parties using the exact same tactics and the exact same incremental steps towards it. If you step away from your party letter, it isn't hard to see at all, but you have to accept that it is BOTH of them to see it, stop being blinded to it. You are not at all a stupid person Anora, I know that, so why are you so fiercly loyal to a party that has committed just as many constitutional crimes as the republican party? Do you honestly believe that to continualy vote for one party over the other will ammount to real change? All the things I have railed against and that you and I seem to be in complete agreament on, are being done EQUALLY buy BOTH the two major parties.

Just wanted to add that I HOPE you don't take my response as derogitory. I am very passionate about these things and may come acrss as an asss sometimes, but it is not my intention. I am only trying to wake people up to some truths that many in this country are in dangerous denial over, so please, don't take offense to my words.

Xfah-

Why is it ok for you to be passionate about your stand and me not to be?

Anora

I have no desire to stop you from being passionate about things at all, if you got that impression, than I must apologize again, it was not my intention.

Well that figures. I have Time Warner they bought Adelphia who's founder and his son are now in jail for playing Madeoff with our money.
I can't even boycott CNN or MSNBC, what's to boycott? I guess we can email them telling them how disgusted we are.

I'm with you and do boycott MSNBC,CNN,NBC if I wanted propagated I would move to CUBA or IRAN,the government is running MSNBC,CNN,NBC,left wing media in general included New York times and L.A.times,Wall Street Journal newspapers,this is why Obama and the democrats want the taxpayers to give the newspapers a bail out.
Fox News has rocked and rolled for years and of late they have blow the doors off of MNSBC,CNN,NBC,they have topped the cable news ratings for 8 years in a roll and they are the media we can actually trust to report the news.
July 4,2009 there is going to be a hell of a rock and roll American citizen tea party all across the United States,stand up and fight for what is right and good,attend your local tea party and be a very proud of American citizen on July 4 TH,ROSE.

I didn't make it to my local tea party. The morons did it from Noon to One on a work day. Not everybody gets a lunch break at that time.