The "Tea Party" Does Not Exist

By now, those who are interested, know of the CBS-New York Times Poll on "Tea Party" members. Without rehashing all the numbers we can come to the conclusion that they are older (45 & over), well off financially ($50,000 + a year), male, well educated (at least some college)and white.

So it seems that they are Republicans, right? So why not just call them what they are? It is odd that the media, talk radio, and the like call them "Tea Party" members. They are Republicans, straight up. There is no Tea Party movement, there is a Republican Protest Movement who are angry with the current administration and some of their own members (but mostly the current administration).

They took a page from the Left, who are more well known for protesting; the Sixties, The Bush years, Equal Rights, immigration, ect. The Republicans have finally embraced protesting, and God Bless Them. The "Tea Partiers" are well organized and financed and have that right. I'm just tired of everyone still calling them Tea Party members and not Republicans. It is like they are embarrassed to be called what they are.

I may not share your opposition to Obama, but I support your right to freedom of speech. So go ahead and march away, but don't try and tell us this is the Country's outrage, it is just your party's outrage.

Sarah Palin Disses Her Two Heroes: Reagan & Jesus!

Sarah Palin Disses Her Two Heroes: Ronald Reagan & Jesus!

Yesterday neoconservative Sarah Palin attacked President Obama for signing a nuclear treaty with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that would shrink the Cold War superpowers' arsenals to the lowest point since the frightening arms race of the 1960s. Palin said President Obama's nuclear weapons reduction policy is "like a kid asking for a punch in the face. It's unbelievable," Palin told Sean Hannity. "It's like getting out there on a playground, a bunch of kids, getting ready to fight, and one of them says, 'Go ahead, punch me in the face. I'm not going to retaliate. Do what you want to with me.'" ....And she went on, " People "are going to rise up and say: 'No more.' National security, national defense is the No. 1 job of the federal government."

Okay, there is something seriously wrong with what she said and all you "Tea Party'ers" should be made aware of. First off, you all love Ronald Reagan, right? Palin and Hannity do, and so should you. But do you think Ronald Reagan would support this treaty? Lets see now:

Ronald Reagan: nuclear weapons were "totally irrational, totally inhumane, good for nothing but killing, possibly destructive of life on earth and civilization."
"For the eight years I was president," he wrote in his memoirs, "I never let my dream of a nuclear-free world fade from my mind."

Reagan nearly came to an accord with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to destroy all nuclear weapons within ten years. Before then, he spoke at Fudan University in Shanghai, China, relaying the following vision:
"We live in a troubled world, and the United States and China, as two great nations, share a special responsibility to help reduce the risks of war. We both agree that there can be only one sane policy to preserve our precious civilization in this modern age: A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. And no matter how great the obstacles may seem, we must never stop our efforts to reduce the weapons of war. We must never stop at all until we see the day when nuclear arms have been banished from the face of this Earth."

So, straight up, Ronald Reagan was a nuclear abolitionist.

Now what would Jesus say about the "Punch in a face"? Well lets see:

In the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says:
You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
—Matthew 5:38-42, NIV

I don't think Obama would turn the other cheek anyway, look how he is handling the war in Afghanistan and the pirates last year, he is far from weak.

See ya- S