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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (87622)	7/15/2010 10:26:40 AM
From: tonto	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224847

Yep. The economy is very weak and the pr camapign to spend more is underway.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (87622)	7/15/2010 10:39:20 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 224847

NAACP Plays Latest Race Card Against Tea Party by Publius The always great John Kass in today’s Chicago Tribune: race_card Now the NAACP, an organization with a historic role in civil rights, seems to be taking Jackson’s path to irrelevancy. At its national convention in Kansas City, Mo., this week, the NAACP offered a resolution condemning what they call “racist elements” in the anti-big government tea party movement. “You must expel the bigots and racists in your ranks or take full responsibility for all of their actions,” NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said. Let me hazard a guess here. Some critics of President Barack Obama don’t like him because he has black skin. They might invoke other issues, but the black skin thing bothers them. Conversely, some Obama supporters like him because he’s black. They might talk about other issues, but it’s the black skin that compels them. But for the NAACP to condemn the tea party as racist — and the point of the resolution was to put the libertarian movement on the political defensive — isn’t only wrong, it’s wrongheaded. I’m no member of the group, but from what I can tell, tea party supporters aren’t a bunch of absolute racists. They’re a bunch of absolute heretics. They’re heretics because they distrust and oppose a federal government that keeps growing, telling people how to live and what to do, no matter what party is in power. They’re opposed to Democratic tax increases and Republican borrowing. And they want the government to stop gorging. The heresy of tea partiers is that they’re not asking government for anything except to leave them alone. That’s what frightens liberal Democrats and corporate Republicans and confounds much of the news media. Such heresy is also highly threatening to groups that leverage government for access or “outreach” or whatever. The smaller the government, the smaller the pie and the smaller the slice. And when groups demand that government use skin color to hand out benefits — in the form of contracts, promotions, hiring and so on — what do you call that exactly? Racism? I thought so. biggovernment.com