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Archive for April 2009
ZoNation Shoot Again!
Head in Butt
The Rest of the Story
I’m sure by now you’ve seen the CNN “reporter” attacking the Chicago Tea Party. Well, here’s the rest of the story…
Good for her!! It’s refreshing to see someone stand up for what is right! And making a CNN “reporter” look like a fool is an extra added bonus!
Amber Alert
TBI NASHVILLE TN RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 851 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009
…OFFICIAL AMBER ALERT…
THIS IS A CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY RECEIVED BY THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
A WEST TENNESSEE AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ACTIVATED FOR THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. FOUR YEAR OLD DAMAREO HAYES WAS TAKEN BY HIS NON CUSTODIAL FATHER MAREO BRADSHAW ECHOLS FROM HIS FRONT YARD AT FOUR TWENTY ONE P M ON APRIL SIXTEENTH TWO THOUSAND NINE VIOLATING THE ORDER OF PROTECTION ISSUED AGAINST HIM. DAMAREO IS A BLACK MALE WITH BROWN EYES AND BROWN HAIR. HE WEIGHS FORTY FIVE POUNDS AND IS 48 INCHES TALL. HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A WHITE SHIRT AND BLUE JEANS. MAREO BRADSHAW ECHOLS IS A TWENTY YEAR OLD BLACK MALE WITH BROWN EYES AND BLACK HAIR. HE IS FIVE FEET AND SEVEN INCHES TALL AND WEIGHS THREE HUNDRED POUNDS. HE WAS LAST SEEN DRIVING A WHITE TWO THOUSAND NISSAN MAXIMA WITH TENNESSEE LICENSE PLATE 5 7 6 S X V AND MAY BE WITH A BLACK FEMALE.
IF YOU HAVE SEEN EITHER THE CHILD, SUSPECT OR VEHICLE PLEASE CALL THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AT NINE ZERO ONE FIVE FOUR FIVE FOUR FIVE FIVE NINE OR T B I AT 1-800-TBI-FIND.
If you have seen either the child, suspect or vehicle please call the Memphis Police Department at 901-545-4559 or TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
Today’s Inspirational Message
Never piss off a guy who owns a backhoe.
Shared by Sue.
The State of the Economy
It is definitely getting very bad…
(Cats are so dramatic)
Hey! Blame the Brat!
Proof!
You should NEVER ‘judge a book by it’s cover”!
Drinking the Kool Aid
There are some people who just should NOT talk to the press.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) blasted “tea party” protests yesterday, labeling the activities “despicable” and shameful.”“The ‘tea parties’ being held today by groups of right-wing activists, and fueled by FOX News Channel, are an effort to mislead the public about the Obama economic plan that cuts taxes for 95 percent of Americans and creates 3.5 million jobs,” Schakowsky said in a statement.
“It’s despicable that right-wing Republicans would attempt to cheapen a significant, honorable moment of American history with a shameful political stunt,” she added. “Not a single American household or business will be taxed at a higher rate this year. Made to look like a grassroots uprising, this is an Obama bashing party promoted by corporate interests, as well as Republican lobbyists and politicians.”
This is the strongest language to date opposing the protesters, which, according to some estimates, topped 250,000 across the country.
First of all, does this woman even have a clue as to what this was all about? This was not about party politics – this was taxpayers who are sick and freaking tired of forking money over to the government at an alarming rate.
This reads as if she took a line from every lefty blog, threw in a few of Obama’s talking points, added a pinch of MSM “reporting” and strung it all together to form a statement. If it wasn’t so absolutely ridiculous, it would be laugable. Good grief!!
Tea Party Reporting
While MSNBC and CNN, those bastions of fair and balanced reporting, were busy making sex jokes, the facts seem to indicate that most of the country was actually taking the tea parties seriously.
FOX RATINGS SURGE ON PROTEST COVERAGE
8-11 PM ET
FOXNEWS 3,390,000
MSNBC 1,210,000
CNN 1,070,000
CNN HEADLINE 909,000
FOXNEWS O’REILLY 3,980,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 3,239,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,947,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,740,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,401,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,185,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,499,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,336,000
CNN KING 1,292,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,149,000
CNN COOPER 1,021,000
Ann on MSM Lunacy
Obama’s Recipe For Change Not My Cup of Tea
I had no idea how important this week’s nationwide anti-tax tea parties were until hearing liberals denounce them with such ferocity. The New York Times’ Paul Krugman wrote a column attacking the tea parties, apologizing for making fun of “crazy people.” It’s OK, Paul, you’re allowed to do that for the same reason Jews can make fun of Jews.
On MSNBC, hosts Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow have been tittering over the similarity of the name “tea parties” to an obscure homosexual sexual practice known as “tea bagging.” Night after night, they sneer at Republicans for being so stupid as to call their rallies “tea bagging.”
Every host on Air America and every unbathed, basement-dwelling loser on the left wing blogosphere has spent the last week making jokes about tea bagging, a practice they show a surprising degree of familiarity with.
Except no one is calling the tea parties “tea bagging” — except Olbermann and Maddow. Republicans call them “tea parties.”
For You Moonbats….
…..who STILL don’t get it!
HONK!!
Nashville Tea Party!
Updates: The Capital Police put the number closer to OUR estimations…..TEN THOUSAND! Also, check down at the bottom for other links I’ll be adding as I find them. If I haven’t added you yet, put your link in the comments, and I’ll add it, K?
From the little coverage I’ve seen from the local Nashville media, the lies continue. While the local rag has the numbers around 2500, the idjit box said a few hundred. Well, in reality, it was closer to between 7500 and 10,000.
The Mr and I headed to Legislative Plaza around 10:30. Since parking seriously sucks in downtown Nashville, we took a cab over, and was greeted by a bus full of folks who evidently didn’t much care for the idea of trying to find a place to park as well.
Since the Party wasn’t suppose to start until noon, we had plenty of time to look for a few friends, say howdy, sign a petition and a stood in line to sign a VERY long state’s sovereighnty declaration.
I’m not going to go into everything the speakers said. If you are as pissed off as we are, and have been paying attention, you’ll know the topic of conversation. I’m tired, so, I’m just going post some pictures.
The Mr and bud, Bryan:
While folks were still gathering before:
After the beginning, I realized…..I’m short! It was difficult to move around, so I didn’t try a whole lot, but these are pretty much from my view where the Mr and I were standing. Or, in my case, sitting on my cane chair a bit. Hey, I’m old! And falling apart! I needed that sucker today.
I thought this was a pretty cool hat.
A few of the excellent signs:
And my favorite!
Yep! TERM LIMITS! Enough with the career politicians!
A couple of the many folks who were there:
We were getting really hungry, and the crowd was starting to break up. While we were worming our way out, we noticed a couple of young women who were yelling nonsense, holding up an Obama t-shirt. A gentleman kept holding his “Don’t Tread On Me” flag, and one of the women kept trying to yank it out of his hands. Nice.
After lunch, we wandered back over to the Plaza and there were still people milling around, and cars honking their horns. One thing you’ll NEVER see after a lefty rally, or even the current president’s inauguration? A cleaned up area!
Some other folks were there who have posts up, and as I come across them, I’ll link them here. If you have a post, and want to add it here, let me know in the comments.
TENNESSEE
Tea Party: Huge crowd in Nashville! - Super Kev
The people have turned to themselves for leadership – Bob Krumm
The Tea Party, Knoxville-Style – Post Politics
Right wing extremists – Hillbilly Politics
Nashville Tea Party – Bear Creek Ledger
That’s A Lot Of Folks (sure looks like a WHOLE lot more than few hundred to me) – Post Politics
Tea Party Blogging Day – Blue Collar Republican
Brownsville Tea Party – Mike Slater
Tennessee Tax Day Tea Party Protest Photos (Got Teabag?) – The Cutting Edge
Tea Party Pictures – Chris for Liberty
Tea Party Nashville – Poor Richard’s News
Large turnout for Kingsport, Tennessee Tea Party – Kingsport TN Government
Murfreesboro Tax Day Tea Party Murfreesboro Tax Day Tea Party – Ideally Conservative
Knoxville Tea Party Wrap Up – Hear ItFrom.Us
Memphis Tea Party – The Day in Pictures – Rustmeister’s Alehouse
6:29 of Blue Collar Muse Fame … – Blue Collar Muse
Tax Day Tea Parties: Nashville, Knoxville, Philly – Six Meat Buffet
ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY
Rowlett: Residents protest taxes at TEA party – Texas Fred’s
Madison Teaparty – The Asian Badger
Scenes from Madison’s Capitol Square – Badger Blogger
Pics From Tea Parties Across The Country – Right Wing News
Massive: Tax Day Tea Party USA; Updated – Michelle Malkin
The Tea Party – silent E speaks
The Tea Party – Samantha Speaks
Tax Day Tea Party – Tired N Retired
Picture of the Day – April 17, 2009 – Glenn Beck
Livonia and Plymouth, Michigan Tea Party – Enjoying Homeschooling
Fond du Lac Tea Party: A Report From the Field – Liberty’s Logic
PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN on April 15th – TEA PARTY DAY! – Rainbowseeker Antiques
They FEAR Us!
Why is that the left wing moonbats (but I repeat myself) fear people who are so totally fed up, they are staging a protest? Don’t the left have protests all the time? Do we go sneaking around, spreading lies? Of course not. The HUGE difference between us, and them? WE actually DO believe in the 1st Amendment.
The media is actually aiding in their smear campaigns, and there are the usual suspects who will be sneaking around, pretending to be from the media, trying to turn these Tea Parties into racist protests. How utterly pathetic their lives must be, if they feel the need to attempt to deny us the very same right of free speech that they, themselves, demanded for the last 8 years.
Once again, the hypocrisy of the left shines bright.
Worker Wants Pay for Lunch During Massacre
This is just wrong.
A social services accounting clerk wants compensation for missing his lunch break on April 3 during a horrific upstate New York immigration center massacre that left 13 dead plus the gunman.James Kauchis, a government employee of the Broome County Department of Social Services, confirmed that he filed a formal complaint last week seeking the pay, according to the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin.
The disgruntled accounting clerk was in his office in a nearby building when 41-year-old Jiverly Wong walked into the American Civic Association in Binghamton and opened fire with two handguns, killing 13 people and wounding four others before committing suicide.
The Department of Social Services was on lockdown for four hours to protect the 370 workers in the building, Michael Klein, director of the county’s personnel department, told the paper.
Government officials expressed embarrassment and disappointment over the filing.
“A lot of people lost a lot more that day than just one hour,” said Broome County Executive Barbara J. Fiala, adding that “99.9 percent of county employees stepped up to the plate.”
Klein reportedly denied Kauchis’ complaint because there was no violation of the union contract or of state labor laws.
During the four hours that social services employees were confined to their building, pizza and beverages were brought in by department bosses, commissioner Arthur Johnson told the newspaper.
Unbelievable. In the midst of the carnage and while an entire town is trying to grasp the scope of this horrifying event, this person is worried about getting paid for the lunch hour he missed. Remember, he missed his precious lunch hour because officials were trying to keep him and others safe while assessing the situation.
I guess the pizza and beverages weren’t enough for Mr. Kauchis. And people wonder why governmental workers are mocked.
