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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neil H who wrote (79055)	7/3/2010 9:53:39 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149317

If tea party is a group of rag-tag political junkies as Dick Armey implies they are, then it is like the Taliban. Notice how they have cushioned themselves for the defeats of Rand Paul and others like Angle in Nevada. What suddenly went wrong after Obama won in 2008 that these splinter groups (who incidentally have memberships from the white community)all sprung up. The birthers were not concerned that " a non American born was running" until such time that he won. The Tea Party folks were not frustrated or disgusted as they claim they are now up until Obama won. I didn't hear accusations of Obama being a "socialist" during the campaign? Instead I heard cries of he being a Muslim.

To: Neil H who wrote (79055)	7/3/2010 12:41:12 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

Poll: Public warming to Obama health-care law The most recent Associated Press-GfK poll on Obama's top domestic achievement finds support for the new overhaul has risen to its highest point since the survey started asking people about it in September, six months before it became law. seattletimes.nwsource.com

To: Neil H who wrote (79055)	7/3/2010 12:57:24 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

Jackson's comment and the group’s name hark back to the nation’s revolutionary beginnings in its tax revolt against England, and the Fourth of July holiday this weekend has become a rallying cry for supporters who plan a rally in San Antonio, a fair in suburban Atlanta and more. To look at who the foot soldiers are in the nation’s newest political army and what motivates them, USA TODAY combined results from national polls in May and June and did additional interviews. First of all, their name is a misnomer. They are nothing like the Boston Tea Party revolt for which they are named. That revolt was to register the colonists unhappiness with taxation without representation. That is not what this group is all about. Secondly, maybe as a group they are not racist but there are racists within the group and their racism has manifested itself from time to time and will continue to do so going forward. Thirdly, many of the people in the movement tend to hold extremist views. Sharon Angle, the GOP senatorial candidate for NV, has claimed in the past she wants to abolish the Dep't of Education, either abolish SS or radically alter it, and suggests the Second Amendment in intended to foster revolution. I say "claimed in the past" because currently the GOP has her muzzled pretty tightly. Another wacko is Rand Paul whose running for senate from KY. Until this week, he was suggesting that to stem illegal immigration we need to build an underground electric fence. The suggestion was pulled when he was asked to explain what he means. It is just one of many crazy and/or extremist ideas this guy has presented. These idiots are people running for the most august legislative body in the land. Its enough to make a grown man cry. Fourthly, this is probably the 2nd or third reincarnation for this tired group.......these are the same players who were Reagan's Silent 'Majority' and each time they emerge they become more extremist. I am sure that the election of Obama and his foreshadowing of a darkening America has brought in more of the fringe than in the past. These people tend to be white, affluent, straight and heavily entitled. They think they own this country lock, stock and barrel. They have gone along with democracy only because its been good for their wallet. And frankly, I don't like them very much.....and you shouldn't either.

To: Neil H who wrote (79055)	7/3/2010 1:31:47 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

Out of touch and out to lunch by Jed Lewison Fri Jul 02, 2010 at 11:22:04 AM PDT Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour says that when it comes to BP's oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, nobody has more to lose than BP itself. I think right now every oil company in the world says, I don’t want to pay $100 million a day to cut corners on drilling a well. And that’s where I believe the market system works. Nobody’s got more to lose in this deal than BP. Obviously, BP will suffer to some extent as a consequence of its oil spill, but that doesn't mitigate the foolishness of Barbour's argument. His claim is that companies like BP will police themselves because they are afraid of the negative consequences that flow from these kinds of disasters. That's absurd on its face! This isn't the first spill or oil well blowout, so BP was aware of the potential for this kind of disaster yet they still cut corners, making increasingly risky decisions that ultimately led to the disaster. If Barbour's argument had any merit, BP would never have jeopardized the lives, livelihood, quality of life, and property of innocent third parties. But they did. And the amazing thing is that even after the extent of the devastation became apparent, Barbour was more worried about saving BP than making sure people were compensated. In fact, one of the reasons why BP was willing to take the risks they did was that they correctly believed guys like Barbour (who used to be an oil industry lobbyist) would use their positions of power to defend BP in the event of disaster instead of holding them accountable. Even if Barbour were willing to let BP fail as a result of its failure to correctly operate the well, his willingness to allow companies to impose tremendous risk on bystanders is callous in the extreme. On the same day that he was arguing that nobody has more at stake than BP, his state announced that every inch of its territorial waters had been closed to fishing. Thanks to BP, there's no place left along the Mississippi coast where you are allowed to fish -- nowhere. Even more distressing, we learned that oil has entered the food chain in the Gulf, infesting crab larvae off the coast of Biloxi, raising the prospect that BP's oil spill may have spoiled the Gulf Coast fishing industry for years. And now, the same folks who fought to weaken safety standards and cut spill preparedness budgets while expanding drilling want us to believe that it's BP who will end up being its own biggest victim. No thanks. dailykos.com