Protesters demand more government vs the TEA Party.

I'm with you, Bob. I haven't attended a Tea Party "protest" yet, but it's getting so ridiculous, I'm going to have to. I'm registered Independent, but sure as heck know how I'm voting this next time around.

I would say that the reality is that those who call for big government are the ones who represent the threat. Look back to the socialist anti-war and student protests of the '60's... and the terrorist activities when they bombed police stations and other buildings. Some of those people are now educating our children and those who teach our children. Nothing has changed since the 60's other then the faces of those involved. History shows us that big government is a threat to society, liberty, and freedom. Articles like this demostrate that those who support big government are a danger as well. Big government is a threat to us all.

Interesting how they got their party in power and yet they still protest. Government is the greatest cause of violence so it is not a stretch of the imagination that those that want more government would turn violent.

Bobmnu, this is one of my BIGGEST pet peeves. It doesn't make me want to punch anything--or one--but my blood certainly begins to boil when I hear the "main"stream media villainize the wrong group! But, of course, this is what happens when you let ideology enter into the news. Ideologues take the seat at the helm of networks, and everyone they hire, from the anchors and writers to the coffee fetchers, share the same worldview. As Bernie Goldberg says, there's no "conspiracy" to it. It's just something that happens; everyone's in a like-minded bubble and, with so much reinforcement coming from your peers, whom you respect, you become a zealot. There's nobody around to offer up opposition, and your beliefs become the only beliefs. America's media outlets are like pseudo cults. I think it's obvious to anyone with a brain that, if you were to break it down to "right vs. left," the protests coming from the left are not only far more violent than anything on the right, but they're increasingly violent. Each new cause brings a new protest that destroys more and bullies harder. And there's no one around--save one network, some blogs and a handful of dying papers--to call them for it. They feel 100% justified because it's their culture now. And what makes me the most peeved about it is the way some on the left try and compare the group on the right to violent people/groups of the past. For example, Pelosi was "warning" folks about town halls and tea parties, trying to link them with the murder of Milk. Huh? Warning that history might repeat itself only works if you're dealing with the "same" thing. If the last time the wind started blowing incredibly hard on a sunny day, and the result was a tornado, then it makes no sense to warn people of a tornado coming when the sky gets dark and thunder strikes. They're two different things! Even some on myLot are utterly convinced that, somehow, people on the right are the fringe and are the next coming of Hitler. That doesn't make sense to begin with, but it gets even sillier when they COMPLETELY ignore the fact that, try as they might, they can't find any violence coming from the "right," and all the while they dismiss the other side. It's because, of course, they feel the other side is justified in its actions. It's "their" side, and everything's always right when it's yours. Nobody can smoke in your car but you. I think the difference in protests shows the core difference of ideology. On the "left," there's more of a do-it-for-me attitude, where government is expected to control lives. On the "right," there's more of a I'll-do-it-myself-bozos-get-out-of-my-way attitude. But, regardless of where you stand, why break stuff? Why be violent? I have my own theory on that, but that's another 800 words of rant.