I’m practicing those words tonight, in anticipation of having to look for a new job. It would seem that the mere act of criticizing teabaggers can cost you your job:
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 21, 2010 — Los Angeles actor, D.C. Douglas, says he was dropped from the upcoming GEICO “Shocking News” campaign after a group of Tea Party members harassed him and the insurance giant over a private voicemail the actor left for FreedomWorks. Matt Kibbe, President and CEO of FreedomWorks, posted Mr. Douglas’ cell phone number in a blog post on biggovernment.com, instructing readers to “Feel free to contact (him)… call his employer too. Let them know that you…are now in the market for car insurance.” The next day, GEICO held auditions to replace Mr. Douglas’ voice on the campaign.
Mr. Douglas’ message hardly warranted the mobilization of the Tea Party Movement. Upset by the recent gay and racial slurs slung by Tea Party members at Congressman Barney Frank and Representative John Lewis during the Health Care Reform Weekend, Mr. Douglas left his opinion of FreedomWorks’ staff and followers on their company voicemail and included his phone number.
“I called as a private citizen to make a complaint,” explains Mr. Douglas. “Racism and homophobia are my Achilles heal, but unfortunately my message included inappropriate words and I am sorry for that. However, telling their members to harass my employer to get me fired is an egregiously disproportionate response to my actions.”
Notice carefully, that Mr. Douglas does not go after GEICO for having a lack of intestinal fortitude-in fact he is very complimentary of the company. It is just a further reinforcement that the flow is one way. It’s “hate” when one says something douche teabaggers don’t like-but it is “honest dissent” when they do something totally uncalled for and reprehensible-and cost a guy his job.
Guess former President Clinton was right: There can be real consequences when what you say animates people who do things you would never do.”
Well, since I am probably be going to be flipping burgers anyway-might as well go all in.
The Tea Party is largely the creation of sleazy Republican lobbyists, easily manipulated by Republican office-holders, and entirely dependent on Fox News for their messaging………. I know that the “tea” in the Tea Party is supposed to stand for “taxed enough already.” The only problem is that you aren’t, as evidenced by the existence of your deficits and national debt. If you were taxed enough already, you wouldn’t be borrowing upwards of a trillion dollars from the Communist Chinese to sustain capitalism.
Drive on up to the window, that will be $7.75. Exact change would be most appreciated ( as would a couple bucks in the tip jar!).
Wouldn’t it be refreshing to hear some lunatic get all hot and bothered about the tiny increase in spending over the past ten years? I read some stats the other day on the internet (yeah, I know) that showed that we spent twice as much in FY 2010 than FY 2000, and that is just the Feds.
My state of Minnesocold took all that tobacco money from the lawsuits and blew through the whole wad setting up programs that are still living large in spite of every penny from the tobacco boys being long gone. So, of course, the answer is to raise our taxes, not to cut spending back to the levels before the tobacco money.
Social Security is already in the red. The first Baby Boomer (born in 1946 and later) has yet to turn 65 and retire. Medicare is not going to shrink any time soon. Defense spending is not going to shrink any time soon either, though I would love to see us buy a bunch of Chevy quality toys instead of Rolls Royces (another topic all together).
I support the Tea Party concept for no other reason than they are trying to tell DC and the States that the status quo has to change.
what skinny dragon said!
There’s only one problem with that kind of thinking: It’s wrong. The GOP hasn’t been anywhere near “the umbrella of economic, fiscal conservatism,” and haven’t been in a decade. They actually set that umbrella on fire when Barack Obama was still in the Illinois state senate.
Read the links-when George Bush was breaking the bank no one took to the streets then.
Lets see. The TP consists almost entirely of white middle aged men who make over 50,000 a year.
They dislike, in general, the Republicans as much the commies, uh, I mean dems.
30% of Americans NEVER even heard of the TP.
In the states that really matter in the presidential election.
the overwhelming majority of people are women(of course), blacks, hispanics , Jews etc who almost ALWAYS vote democratic.
And demographically, as we all know, hispanics are the fastest growing segment of the population and they tend to vote democratic. and yet, you and MSNBC seem to quake in your boots at the mere mention of the TP.
Take a tip from Gov Rendall who was on Rachel yesterday.
Don’t worry about THEM, as long as the dems can get the vote out all be be well in the land of Nod.
And display that hammer and sickle flag with price (TIC)
flaming umbrellas. One hardly hears about them.
a white van with schizzle on it? what happened to the girls?
Katakana-if you can read it, it says something interesting.
well if say so.
Now I’m going to have to figure out Katakanaka.
It meant “lick my c**t.” riku mai kunuto