The tea party is not responsible for this mess

arthurdent
arthurdent Posts: 969
edited August 2011 in A Moving Train
The Tea Party movement only exists to meet the demand of poorly educated political consumers. It's time to start calling out those who ARE responsible. You, Your Family, Your Neighbors, Your Friends. An ignorant and gullible electorate created the Tea Party. They are to blame.
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  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    arthurdent wrote:
    The Tea Party movement only exists to meet the demand of poorly educated political consumers. It's time to start calling out those who ARE responsible. You, Your Family, Your Neighbors, Your Friends. An ignorant and gullible electorate created the Tea Party. They are to blame.

    care to elaborate on this? I personally don't blame the tea party per ce. i blame a culture in which individuality trumps the collective.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,822
    arthurdent wrote:
    An ignorant and gullible electorate created the Tea Party. They are to blame.
    So how do you propose to change this?
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    mickeyrat wrote:
    arthurdent wrote:
    An ignorant and gullible electorate created the Tea Party. They are to blame.
    So how do you propose to change this?

    education ...
  • arthurdent
    arthurdent Posts: 969
    fife wrote:
    arthurdent wrote:
    The Tea Party movement only exists to meet the demand of poorly educated political consumers. It's time to start calling out those who ARE responsible. You, Your Family, Your Neighbors, Your Friends. An ignorant and gullible electorate created the Tea Party. They are to blame.

    care to elaborate on this? I personally don't blame the tea party per ce. i blame a culture in which individuality trumps the collective.


    I blame a culture of mediocrity, a culture where the best and the brightest are no longer held in high regard. All men are NOT created equal, and it is the responsibility of the government to make them so. So rather than raising our standards, we lower them to the point where ignorance is celebrated.

    Idiocracy is real, and it's just around the corner.
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  • inlet13
    inlet13 Posts: 1,979
    arthurdent wrote:
    The Tea Party movement only exists to meet the demand of poorly educated political consumers. It's time to start calling out those who ARE responsible. You, Your Family, Your Neighbors, Your Friends. An ignorant and gullible electorate created the Tea Party. They are to blame.

    Please explain something to me... anyone...

    Did the Tea Party spend any government money? If so, how did they spend it? Also, explain to me this, did the Tea Party lower taxes? If so, how did they do that?

    I'll wait for a real answer to these questions.
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  • arthurdent
    arthurdent Posts: 969
    polaris_x wrote:
    mickeyrat wrote:
    arthurdent wrote:
    An ignorant and gullible electorate created the Tea Party. They are to blame.
    So how do you propose to change this?

    education ...

    exactly.
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    Wash me in the blood of Rock & Roll
  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    arthurdent wrote:
    fife wrote:
    arthurdent wrote:
    The Tea Party movement only exists to meet the demand of poorly educated political consumers. It's time to start calling out those who ARE responsible. You, Your Family, Your Neighbors, Your Friends. An ignorant and gullible electorate created the Tea Party. They are to blame.

    care to elaborate on this? I personally don't blame the tea party per ce. i blame a culture in which individuality trumps the collective.


    I blame a culture of mediocrity, a culture where the best and the brightest are no longer held in high regard. All men are NOT created equal, and it is the responsibility of the government to make them so. So rather than raising our standards, we lower them to the point where ignorance is celebrated.

    Idiocracy is real, and it's just around the corner.

    how do you classify the best and the brightest?
  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
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    So how do you propose to change this?[/quote]

    education ...[/quote]

    exactly.[/quote]

    education in what?
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    you wanna know what hte real problem in the united states?

    greed.

    it comes in dems, reps and tea's.

    we sent jobs over seas
    we warred for oil
    we tax the shit out of everything, and then let the powers that be fleece us and put that money into their own pockets.
    we bail out the too big to fail
    auto unions
    81 is now off the air

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  • arthurdent
    arthurdent Posts: 969
    81 wrote:
    you wanna know what hte real problem in the united states?

    greed.


    greed is in our very nature. it's hardwired into our very DNA. Ever since the first caveman clubbed another caveman to get a better piece of food, greed is part of what makes us human.
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  • Blockhead
    Blockhead Posts: 1,538
    81 wrote:
    you wanna know what hte real problem in the united states?

    greed.

    it comes in dems, reps and tea's.

    we sent jobs over seas
    we warred for oil
    we tax the shit out of everything, and then let the powers that be fleece us and put that money into their own pockets.
    we bail out the too big to fail
    auto unions
    Isn't survival greed?
    Greed is natural selection at its finest...
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    there is good greed, if you want to use the term greed, and that drives us to have a fruitful life, and create value in that life.

    than there is bad greed, where people try and screw each other over, and do anything and everything to fill their chest full of gold.
    81 is now off the air

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  • arthurdent
    arthurdent Posts: 969
    satansbed wrote:
    just don't call them teabaggers

    didn't they call themselves that first?
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    uh oh
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,473
    arthurdent wrote:
    satansbed wrote:
    just don't call them teabaggers

    didn't they call themselves that first?
    depends on who you ask i guess...

    the problem is you can not fix ignorance and apathy.
    we have pills for hair growth and erectile dysfunction but there is nothing we can do to combat ignorance or give people empathy.

    no matter how many facts you put in front of people they see things how they see them and will fight you every step of the way. you can not educate those who refuse to be educated.
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  • Parachute
    Parachute Posts: 409
    arthurdent wrote:
    fife wrote:
    arthurdent wrote:
    The Tea Party movement only exists to meet the demand of poorly educated political consumers. It's time to start calling out those who ARE responsible. You, Your Family, Your Neighbors, Your Friends. An ignorant and gullible electorate created the Tea Party. They are to blame.

    care to elaborate on this? I personally don't blame the tea party per ce. i blame a culture in which individuality trumps the collective.


    I blame a culture of mediocrity, a culture where the best and the brightest are no longer held in high regard. All men are NOT created equal, and it is the responsibility of the government to make them so. So rather than raising our standards, we lower them to the point where ignorance is celebrated.

    Idiocracy is real, and it's just around the corner.


    Single-handedly tore up the Declaration of Independence w/ this philosophy...

    What isn't the responsibility of Government in your esteemed opinion?
  • arthurdent
    arthurdent Posts: 969
    Parachute wrote:

    Single-handedly tore up the Declaration of Independence w/ this philosophy...

    What isn't the responsibility of Government in your esteemed opinion?

    sorry, I guess you missed the Harrison Bergeron reference. :(
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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08 ... certainty/


    :lol::lol::lol: is Obama a teapartier ?


    Godfather.
  • inlet13
    inlet13 Posts: 1,979
    inlet13 wrote:
    arthurdent wrote:
    The Tea Party movement only exists to meet the demand of poorly educated political consumers. It's time to start calling out those who ARE responsible. You, Your Family, Your Neighbors, Your Friends. An ignorant and gullible electorate created the Tea Party. They are to blame.

    Please explain something to me... anyone...

    Did the Tea Party spend any government money? If so, how did they spend it? Also, explain to me this, did the Tea Party lower taxes? If so, how did they do that?

    I'll wait for a real answer to these questions.


    And..........nothing... still waiting.
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  • arthurdent
    arthurdent Posts: 969
    inlet13 wrote:

    Did the Tea Party spend any government money? If so, how did they spend it? Also, explain to me this, did the Tea Party lower taxes? If so, how did they do that?

    I'll wait for a real answer to these questions.

    Did the Tea Party spend government money? Short answer, yes:
    http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/201 ... -security/

    Did the tea party lower taxes? No.
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