Government Shakedown...again...

I am so !@#$%^& sick of people who make such disparaging claims, who make charges of racism where there is none (can you spell NAACP?), etc.......

I better go watch a movie, or something, before I post a message I might later regret.

Super Soakers? When I was growing up, we had the whimpy water pistols that always broke. We usually just ended up with squirt bottles.

Ahhh, the good old days.. Running through the sprinklers, eating a popsicle, playing with my thousands of bubbles and giant bubbles kit. Then, when it was really hot, and mom wanted to make you take a nap, putting a blanket under a tree in the back yard and "pretending" to nap.

I could use a nap right now.

Since they can't argue the issues, can't denigrate a grass-roots political movement, they must attack the people themselves.

It doesn't matter that, time and again, the claims of racism, non-intellectualism, and snobbery have been provem false. You just can't argue facts with people who don't care about the truth - just their ideology.

He's a troll, no more, no less - or a complete idiot. Either way, not worth the cyber bytes his message consumes.

What got my goat, however, was someone who used this idiot's message to disparage an entire group of people, totally unrelated to either that person or what he was rambling on about.

As to the rest of your message, you make some good points, and you make others worthy of discussion. But I just don't feel like it right now. Maybe later, maybe never. I pretty much said my peace, and that's about all I'm gonna' say.

Whether or not dawgit wants to address the tens of thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of good people he indirectly insulted remains to be seen.

Perhaps ciscodaze just should have been given [i]The Link[/i], which speaks volumes for itself (especially if your volume is turned up high!).

For those unfamiliar with [i]The Link[/i], I post it for information and reference purposes only:

http://tinyurl.com/yjm842

Use it both sparingly and wisely for the best impact.

[b]Ross Perot:[/b] Not a grass-roots movement. Ross Perot announced his candidacy and formed the Reform Party, getting himself onto the ballots in all 50 states. In hindsight, I don't believe he had any intentions of winning. His motives (in my opinion) were twofold: to create a platform to voice his ideas and concerns about runaway spending and debt; and to take votes from his arch-enemy, GHW Bush. He succeeded on both counts, although the former has fallen upon deaf ears. But voters like you and me bought into it, and by doing so, we also delivered the latter, sealing the election for Bill Clinton.

[b]Newt Gingrich's Contract with America'[/b]: You called it yourself; it was the brain-child of Newt, not any grass-roots movement. They sold their ideas, but they failed on the implementation.

[b]Hippies[/b]: I wouldn't call that a political movement, but rather a factor in massive social change. And whether or not they were [i]treated with much respect[/i], as you suggested, depends on one's perspective and time-frame. Politically speaking, it could be argued that their anti-war protests resulted in an end to the Vietnam War without a declared victory. And then they cursed and spat upon the returning soldiers. I suppose the soldiers of the time didn't view them with much respect. I find it ironic, however, that the anti-government hippies of the 1960s and 1970s are, for the most part, the big-government progressives of today. The hippie movement kind of segued into the Environmental movement.

The [i]Tea Party[/i] movement will never be a political party, like the Reform Party was (at least I hope not). Conservatives and/or libertarians generally aren't known as vocal activists. This is the first time it's happened in my lifetime.

And if America continues on its current road to more socialism, you might see more conservative and libertarian activists demanding a return to the principles of liberty that were intended for this country. And if America does continue on its current road to more socialism, prepare yourself for a second American Revolution - armed or otherwise.

I can't recall any time in history when people revolted in favor of less freedom and liberty. They always revolt for more. And the more that's taken away, the closer we come to revolution.

[i]On four occasions, Graham met with Tea Party groups. The first, in his Senate office, was "very, very contentious," he recalled. During a later meeting, in Charleston, Graham said he challenged them: " 'What do you want to do? You take back your country — and do what with it?' . . . Everybody went from being kind of hostile to just dead silent.

"Graham earlier said: The problem with the Tea Party, I think it's just unsustainable because they can never come up with a coherent vision for governing the country. It will die out." Now he said, in a tone of casual lament: "We don't have a lot of Reagan-type leaders in our party. Remember Ronald Reagan Democrats? I want a Republican that can attract Democrats." Chortling, he added, "Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today." [/i]

http://preview.tinyurl.com/24v5fst

edit: Why doesn't TR recognize special characters?