primitives discuss January 20 strike

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Oh my.

sabra  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-04-10 04:18 PM
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Tea Party groups plan (January 20) 'strike' 

Washington (CNN) - Some Tea Party activists from across the country are planning a 'national strike' on January 20, the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama's inauguration.

The idea of holding an economic protest sprung up during the holidays as the result of a conference call held by various Tea Party group leaders, according to Allen Hardage, a conservative grassroots organizer from Georgia.

"Tea Party activists are frustrated that despite a huge turnout over the last year Congress is ignoring them," says Hardage, who is national operations director for the planned strike. "The question is that if the elected officials ignore you, what do you do to exercises your right to self-governance? So we decided to hold a National Day of Strike where we go after the large donors of the people pushing this radical agenda."

Hardage says the idea of the one-day strike is to focus attention on the businesses that support the most liberal members of Congress as well as groups that advocate "big government" policies.

But Hardage says the move will not be a boycott: "Here we are exposing the agenda of some of the most widely known companies in America and letting the consumer decide. If a corporation decides to jump into politics to the tune of millions of dollars, then they need to expect that they will alienate some of their customers."

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/04/tea-par... /

niyad  (1000+ posts)       Mon Jan-04-10 04:21 PM
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1. whaaahhhhhhh

"Tea Party activists are frustrated that despite a huge turnout over the last year Congress is ignoring them," says Hardage, who is national operations director for the planned strike. "The question is that if the elected officials ignore you, what do you do to exercises your right to self-governance? So we decided to hold a National Day of Strike where we go after the large donors of the people pushing this radical agenda."

the peace activists have far larger turnouts, and ignored completely. so now the tp'ers have some vague idea how we have felt all these decades.

Wow.  Given that last sentence, the above primitive's on some good weed.

UrbScotty  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-04-10 04:22 PM
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2. Well, I guess I'll be spending quite a bit that day!!

Welfare checks come out on the 20th?

Robb  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-04-10 04:22 PM
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3. LOL. Best part doesn't come until the end of the article:

"CNN reached out to a number of national Tea Party organizations. While some were aware of the planned strike and some not informed, none said they were going to actively take part in the event."

So their own "fact-checking" found no one really taking part, yet they ran the story anyhow.

blm  (1000+ posts)     Mon Jan-04-10 04:31 PM
THE BOWEL MOVEMENT PRIMITIVE
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9. and they never managed to report when the left protested Bush in various ways for 8yrs, did they?

Now, the corpmedia can't trumpet the teabaggers every move and whim enough, can they?.

Bluzmann57  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-04-10 04:24 PM
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4. Damn. I was hoping they'd call in sick

Get fired and open up jobs for people who want and need work. But wait, there's a hole in that theory, teabaggers may not have jobs.

I had a teabagger ask me last year if I actually had a job. I told him yes and it's likely that I make more money and enjoy better benefits than him. I work at a Unionized shop and we get holidays, etc. where he probably doesn't if he even has a job.

YOY (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-04-10 04:55 PM
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13. Most of the folks I see protesting look to be retired age.

Not a slur...but definitely worth noting.

high density  (1000+ posts)      Mon Jan-04-10 04:24 PM
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5. Where was all the whine about big government when Bush and Cheney were at the head of it?

These guys are only against big gov when it's not run by their own cronies.

mac56  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-04-10 04:27 PM
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6. oh, I can't wait to see how this one plays out

So: they'll all stay home for teabagging?!

doc03  (1000+ posts)      Mon Jan-04-10 04:30 PM
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7. I am going to save all my monthly buying for January 20th.

Yeah, yeah, sure you are, doc.

MindPilot  (1000+ posts)      Mon Jan-04-10 04:31 PM
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8. So exactly how is this supposed to have an effect?

"It's not a boycott". A bunch of people will take the day off and not buy anything. The next day they will go back to work and buy the stuff they didn't buy the day before. mmmm...kay.

A strike doesn't really have any effect until there is garbage piling up in the streets and the store shelves are empty. Methinks they have a little issue with the concept.

louis-t (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-04-10 04:36 PM
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10. Right, let's listen to a screaming minority of crazies.

Besides, if what they "wanted" made any sense at all, they'd be more credible. I've asked wingers to define this "radical agenda" many times. They can't do it. They only know the talking points. "Yeah, but he's gunna..." is their only argument. I ask "What has Obama done that is so radical? He's kept a lot of bush people and most of bush's policies."

YOY (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-04-10 04:51 PM
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11. DC will be flooded with the stink of vinegar and water.

"radical agenda"...sweet ****ing Jesus...

Joanne98  (1000+ posts)      Mon Jan-04-10 04:54 PM
#07 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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12. LOL make sure we spend money that day and thank the companies for ignoring them. BWHAHAHAHAH

HopeHoops  (1000+ posts)      Mon Jan-04-10 04:56 PM
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14. Excellent! Employers will know who to include in the DUMB**** LAYOFF.

mstinamotorcity (238 posts)      Mon Jan-04-10 04:56 PM
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15. Oh I can't stop laughing

did i believe my lying eyes.Please tell me they did not say they were going to take the day exposing the biggest corporate donors and let the consumer decide.     

so what day is it they start telling on themselves,and what are they going to do when they find out some of their favorite leaders are in so deep they could dig a hole to China.And find out that we did that.Oh,somebody help me I just can't stop laughing this s--t is funny as hell!!!!

Cheap_Trick  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-04-10 05:02 PM
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16. These morons need to get real.

They don't have enough brain cells between ALL of them to strike a match.

CLANG  (1000+ posts)      Mon Jan-04-10 05:09 PM
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17. Doesn't really count as a strike if you are unemployed or retired

Most of those people look to be over 60 or so. Ignoramuses.

Auggie  (1000+ posts)      Mon Jan-04-10 05:15 PM
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18. I am one of those liberal businesses. Come expose me, assholes.

All you'll get from me is the one finger salute.

I don't suppose many tea party patriots patronize drug dealers anyway.

So the finger can relax; no workout needed.

santamargarita  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-04-10 05:25 PM
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20. The Shit Baggers are on strike from what?

FarLeftFist (807 posts)       Mon Jan-04-10 05:41 PM
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21. But these TAX protesters will all be filing taxes this year....

No doubt about it. At least the anti-war activists aren't afraid of jail time, you won't see these so called 'rebels' staying true to their beliefs come april 15th. Oh the hypocrisy.

KamaAina  (1000+ posts)        Mon Jan-04-10 06:49 PM
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23. A strike? Isn't that kind of a lefty, commie, union thing?

fascisthunter  (1000+ posts)      Mon Jan-04-10 08:08 PM
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24. they should all jump into Boston Harbor

seeinfweggos  (538 posts)      Mon Jan-04-10 08:11 PM
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25. strike from what?

cashing their medicare checks?

Anybody know what "medicare checks" are?

How can I get one of those?

[Chris_]

LOL !

If you find out let us know,  I'd like one myself !

For people claiming to think "teabaggers" are so funny they sure do spend lots of time worrying what they're up too.

[Duke Nukum]

I nearly remember "Not one damn dime day" and every DUmmie seemed to take that seriously.

[GOBUCKS]

I nearly remember "Not one damn dime day" and every DUmmie seemed to take that seriously.

It was never realistic to expect DUmmies to observe Not One Dime Bag Day.

[BEG]

I can't believe these hyper PC assholes use the gay "teabagger" insult to describe tea party people. They can deny that it's a gay insult when they use it against the tea party but I guarantee if someone called them "teabaggers" they would call them a bigot.   

As Anderson Cooper said: 'It's Hard to Talk When You're Tea-Bagging'. Naw that has nothing in common with the gay insult.  

I wonder how all the lard asses on DU would react if they used some obese insult to describe a conservative group. We all know how sensitive obese moonbats are.  
 

[kenth]

I can't believe these hyper PC assholes use the gay "teabagger" insult to describe tea party people. They can deny that it's a gay insult when they use it against the tea party but I guarantee if someone called them "teabaggers" they would call them a bigot.   

As Anderson Cooper said: 'It's Hard to Talk When You're Tea-Bagging'. Naw that has nothing in common with the gay insult.  

I wonder how all the lard asses on DU would react if they used some obese insult to describe a conservative group. We all know how sensitive obese moonbats are.  
 

They do the same with their transvestite insults of Ann Coulter, for example.

[Karin]

It sounds to me that the gist of the Jan 20 thing is to expose/attack the idea of big business and big government getting into bed together.  (Where Reagan famously said "Nobody sleeps well.") 

Isn't that what these asshats are constantly howling about?  Don't they see that?  Can't a mole go over and point that out without endangering themselves?  Probably not. 

[dandi]

I remember the "not one damn dime" day and the various "strikes" that the leftist howlers were going to use to shut down the economy and get attention.  I remember how absolutely hilarious I thought it was that they thought they had that much power.

The runup to these "events" were so exciting!  And the eventual fizzle when the realized futility hit them was equally hilarious.  Charlie Brown, Lucy, football, you get the idea.

Now, someone else is doing something similar and they are poo-pooing them as nutcases, fringe crazies, welfare cases, unemployed, et cetera... Which to me is the height of irony considering quite a bit of the DUmp is on some kind of goverment tit.

Bottom line?  If irony were strawberries, we'd all be drinking daquiri smoothies.

[USA4ME]

For people claiming to think "teabaggers" are so funny they sure do spend lots of time worrying what they're up too.

They're scared of the Tea Party protesters.  As you're already aware, the way to tell what libs are afraid of is just listen to what they try and tear down, Gov. Palin being another example.  And when you point it out to them, they'll deny it, which is another way of knowing they're scared.

Libs are so transparent.

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[TheSarge]

I remember the "not one damn dime" day and the various "strikes" that the leftist howlers were going to use to shut down the economy and get attention.  I remember how absolutely hilarious I thought it was that they thought they had that much power.

The runup to these "events" were so exciting!  And the eventual fizzle when the realized futility hit them was equally hilarious.  Charlie Brown, Lucy, football, you get the idea.

Now, someone else is doing something similar and they are poo-pooing them as nutcases, fringe crazies, welfare cases, unemployed, et cetera... Which to me is the height of irony considering quite a bit of the DUmp is on some kind of goverment tit.

Bottom line?  If irony were strawberries, we'd all be drinking daquiri smoothies.

Don't forget their "Buy Blue" lists they all carried in their cars too.   

[jukin]

If I quit buying on that one day it will equal all of the spending the DUmmys can muster. 

[BlueStateSaint]

If I quit buying on that one day it will equal all of the spending the DUmmys can muster. 

Seeing that that day is a NYS payday, I intend to buy . . . ammo.

[dandi]

Don't forget their "Buy Blue" lists they all carried in their cars too.   

Yeah, there were those, too.   

[Freeper]

If all us conservatives took a holiday on Jan 20th the big difference would be people would notice we weren't at work. When DUmmies do it the only people who notice are the ones happy that they don't have to deal with moonbats for a day.

[thundley4]

I'm game. I won't go to work on the 20th.
[size=00pt]Unless I get called for overtime. [/size]

[GOBUCKS]

When DUmmies do it the only people who notice are the ones happy that they don't have to deal with moonbats for a day.

If none of the DUmmies show up for work, I'll sure notice it. The drive through will slow to a crawl.

[Freeper]

If none of the DUmmies show up for work, I'll sure notice it. The drive through will slow to a crawl.

nah the freeper manager will be able to keep things moving smoothly. 

[DefiantSix]

nah the freeper manager will be able to keep things moving smoothly... 

...Like he usually has to when they're there.