Surprise parties?

I really resent the AC editorials that make blanket, generalized statements to the affect that liberals are in favor of spending. There are a hell of a lot of us out here, middle of the road and left leaning voters, that DO NOT favor the presidents (and Congresses) spending policies! However, let us all gather at the river as we symbolically throw our wet tea bags at the corrupted law makers in Washington, D.C. I can see the carnage now, the streets in our nation's capital strewn with wet and molding tea bags while our congressmen and women sip their margaritas and martinis as they gaze out the windows of the plush cafes they patronize and guffaw with great gusto as the lowly street cleaners labor at the task of removing those piddling tea bags that are polluting the pathways to the garbage bin we call congress. Tea bags won't do it folks. Need I remind you that throwing tea in the bay at Boston didn't really work either; it took braver men, and leaded "tea bags" to make the changes that were desired back then. Stupid is as stupid does; your tea bags are a silly waste of time. GGpap

First & foremost I am critical of President Obama for continuing many of the foreign policy debacles begun by President Bush. I am critical of President Obama for not moving to end the war in Iraq quicker, for rashly deciding to escalate the U.S. military's impossible mission in Afghanistan & for helping to destabilize Pakistan by continuing to launch missiles from drone aircraft at suspected Taliban & Al Qaeda targets which kill few high level leaders & many innocent civilians. These are counterproductive policies. It may also be that President Obama, an Establishment politician with deep pockets on Wall Street, has appointed individuals including Larry Summers & Timothy Geithner who are part of the problem not part of the solution. But make no mistake about this: President Obama's number one task is to prevent a full blown depression in this country. President Bush & his criminal cohorts drove this country off a cliff. When Obama took office on Jan 20 the economy had TANKED. The housing bubble had burst. The subprime lending crisis had exploded. Credit was frozen & unemployment soared. Pensions & 401Ks evaporated. Teabags are not a solution. ACES concedes another GOP fizzle.

so what is your point chronicle? the liberals are the darlings of the media?your guys had 8 years, they failed, and will be remembered as the worst administration ever.they did much in secrecy, which will come out eventually.yes bush spent money we didn't have then and don't now.obama kas to spend money to rein in this mess,sometimes you have to spend money to make money.also, that little wimpy boo hoo about strapping your your little spoiled children with debt is so lame.as long as no one wants to raise taxes to get this spending under control we will continue to borrow.you can't expect to pay 1,500 in federal tax then expect billions of dollars worth of services,then get half or more of that 1,500 back in a refund.you don't know where to get money for future ss and medicare payments? simple. folks will have to pay more in,and those who have never contributed dropped from the rolls.happy easter hootowls and vampires this early bird stuff is not for me.

Geez, posts at 2:50 and 3:29. Don't you lefties ever sleep? Perhpas your irregular sleep patterns are somehow related to your faulty logic.

Just a few weeks ago the AC was supporting the Big Spending, Big Government, Pro Amnesty, Socialist Saxby Chambliss, next year you will be supporting his bed mate Johnny the Socialist. We need CONSERVATIVES in Congress but this paper works for Socialist.

This is not a Rebublican/Democrat, left or right issue. It is a common sense issue - out of control spending is going to enslave your children and grandchildren to debt.

The original Boston Tea Party was a symbolic gesture which did not start the revolution. But it was a sign of growing colonial dissent, growing anger over the increased power both Parliament and King George III were exercising.

I hope these "Tea Party" are just the beginning of a grassroots effort. WE MUST make the out of touch politicans in Washington (and state capitals) realize that they work for us, not we work for them. They should fear us, not we fear them. The more the government taxes, the more you become dependent on the government, the more enslaved you become.

One final comment - if these were anti-war or pro illegal immigrant rallies, the national media would be all over it. But it does not fit their agenda.

JUSTUS4-You are right your people want show because they are still standing around waiting on the so called obama hand outs which will never come.All the programs that have been put out there for your people over the years have failed because your people didn't want to achieve.my black friends get out and bust there butt every day and are doing well,the ones you are talking about must be like you whinning all the time about the poor black man.how about calling AL or JESSE they are living proof you don't have to work to be a millionarie,living off the backs of of the ignorant and uneducated

Who wants to cover a bunch of sore loser grumpy old white people tea bagging themselves, the hypocritical Chronicle?

Don't think the mainstream media is paying enough attention to your scheduled, April 15th tantrums? Oh, I don't know...Rachel Maddow devoted quite a bit of airtime to the Right's penchant for "teabagging" the other night... As one writer pointed out, the amazing thing about it all is how few people involved seem to know what "teabagging" IS. By all means, assemble and go to it!

I see that Tony Powers is part of the media that is promoting the tea bagging. I remember when Tony was a liberal. How rock and roll of you Tony.

"The Bug Babe" is involved in organizing a Fair Tax rally in Columbia, SC on April 15th. The Fair Tax people and the Teabag protest people are basically the same group of southern white Republican reactionaries. They claim this is a non-partisan protest, but it's all over right-wing talk radio and the FOX News channel. The keynote speaker at the Fair Tax rally in Columbia is former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee. Even Neal Boortz has confirmed he will be there. Non-partisan my petutie!

dbs319, How would you know what they are doing? Are you standing around waiting for a check or just watching those that you claim are?

"that little wimpy boo hoo about strapping your your little spoiled children with debt is so lame...you don't know where to get money for future ss and medicare payments? folks will have to pay more in" Posted by elliottness on Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:09 AM.....A contradiction in itself, eh, Messy Nessy? Yeah, go back to bed. You're right, the early morning stuff is not for you. And Happy Easter!

What main stream media are you speaking of nbc,cbs,abc,cnn etc.they are about to go belly up,while the FOX NATION is kicking butt.Its not just about tea bags you government schooled moron its about taking our country back from you,were do you see this as a southern thing when the tea parties are all over the country.ITS TIME FOR A AMERICAN REVOLUTION,have your fun for the next year and a few months and watch the republicans march back into office

EWWW so dbs319 your a [filtered word]?,,,,lol

If Cain Ness and Justus are against it then it must be the perfect idea!

The reason for failure of the GOP protesters is that they have NO real backbone. They are for war and rich country club type daily activities. They don't know how to take to the streets like the Democrats did in the 60's. They are all talk and no action!

I am now critical of Obama for continuing Bush's "faith-based" programs, and now I will make that known on here (I will post about this on my blog tomorrow). Did you know that FIVE out of the seven people in the Obama Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships are AGAINST women's rights? That's right. (All seven of the people who served on the council under Bush were against women's rights.)

As for this tea party thing, it will be a major failure. The only people who are angry are those who supported the Bush agenda. A majority of Americans are not going to participate in this conservative farce.

" Government Schooled". Where did you go to school? Even private school must meet the government criteria. Keep listening to Rush and Neal. One of these days they will get something right.

These wars that you speak of have given you the freedom to talk all your trash you talk today.After reading the crap you talk day after day i know why this country is in such bad shape you are so un-american.if you are so unhappy why don't you just leave.as for the tea parties being republlican i know of many dems coming around since they have seen the error of there ways after the election.with them crazy one like pelosie and old crazy harry.not to mention that so called president of yours,what a joke.

dbs319, you must have been in the dark for several years. We WERE NOT ALLOWED to dissent under Bush and those who dared do so were arrested -- even as our brave servicepeople were fighting in two wars. Also, we have lost a great deal of our rights under Bush -- even as our brave servicepeople are supposedly fighting for our freedom in two wars.

Furthermore, that is why I DIDN'T call the tea parties a Republican or Democratic Party thing. But, it IS a conservative thing. Outside of the socially regressive South, it will FAIL before it starts.

The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism.But under the name of 'LIBERALISM'they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program,until one day America will be a socialist nation,without knowing how it happened.The democcrat party has adopted our platform.

Openly lesbian Rachel Maddow explaining things...heh, heh. Her artificial one doesn't have THEM.

Riverman1, you got a problem with "openly lesbian Rachel Maddow"? I'll admit that at times, she's a tad too liberal for even me, however, it has nothing to do with her sexual proclivities. Your "heh heh" gives me the creeps. Oh, btw, your conception of lesbian sex is rather limited.

The only reason such rallies are being held is that the right-wing talking heads are promoting it and the lemmings are following. Had this been done during Bush's administration by the liberals, The Chronicle would have been among to first to call it treason.

no,what we want is another american revolution so we can get ride of the ones that want to destroy this country with there liberalism and there socialism

no,what we want is another american revolution so we can get ride of the ones that want to destroy this country with there liberalism and there socialism