I don't know if they say we bombed our own selves. I know some are pushing that rumor out there to try to plant seeds in people's minds. To destroy what they don't like.
As far as oil goes......there are plenty of democrats that own pieces of big oil too. But they try to keep it under covers, so that they can yell how the "rich republicans" only want to remain rich off of the "evil oil".
They depend on no one bringing out that fact. They feed on the fears of the poor. But when they get in office, they really don't help the poor as much as they said they would. They do it just to get in office.
I KNOW that there are republicans that do that too. And that's sad. But to single out the reps for having rich people back them is as fair as singling out all the rich dems that do so also. ALL of them are looking out for their own best interests.
The kennedy family owns plenty of stock in oil companies. So do the Clintons.
Does that make them "evil?" I think not. I just don't like that they arn't forthcoming that they DO own and profit off of oil.
I wish there WAS an alternative that would get us out of the "same stuff, different day" crap that BOTH sides have been laying on us for decades.

As far as "going back to the 1950's". I think that wouldn't be a bad idea. I KNOW that they do NOT mean as far as civil rights go. But some latch onto that and TRY to make it seem like that is what they mean. And it's NOT true.

"Cheesey" wrote:

As far as oil goes......there are plenty of democrats that own pieces of big oil too. But they try to keep it under covers, so that they can yell how the "rich republicans" only want to remain rich off of the "evil oil".
They depend on no one bringing out that fact. They feed on the fears of the poor. But when they get in office, they really don't help the poor as much as they said they would. They do it just to get in office.
I KNOW that there are republicans that do that too. And that's sad. But to single out the reps for having rich people back them is as fair as singling out all the rich dems that do so also. ALL of them are looking out for their own best interests.
The kennedy family owns plenty of stock in oil companies. So do the Clintons.
Does that make them "evil?" I think not. I just don't like that they arn't forthcoming that they DO own and profit off of oil.
I wish there WAS an alternative that would get us out of the "same stuff, different day" crap that BOTH sides have been laying on us for decades.

As far as "going back to the 1950's". I think that wouldn't be a bad idea. I KNOW that they do NOT mean as far as civil rights go. But some latch onto that and TRY to make it seem like that is what they mean. And it's NOT true.

"Cheesey" wrote:

lol @nsd - your own thread & you helped take it off topic - gotta love it!! :D

"4PackGirl" wrote:

Well, first, I have to ask "what does the tea party believe in?"

They have a 10 point plan here:
1 - Identify Constitutionality of every new law. I like that and totally support that.
2 - Reject Emissions trading. Don't know enough about it to have an informed opinion.
3 - Demand a federal balanced budget. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Bill Clinton trying to do this?
4 - Simplify the tax system. Why do I have to buy $100 software in order to do taxes (no, in my case, the cheap versions don't work)? It's too complex as is.
5 - Audit federal government agencies for constitutionality. Cool.
6 - Limit annual growth of federal spending. Honestly, your kids deserve to put you in the worst possible nursing home for what you left them and it's partly because of our spending problems.
7 - Repeal the health care legislation. I still don't have an informed enough opinion on this to not sound stupid if I took a side.
8 - Pass an "all-of-the-above" energy policy to limit our dependence on foreign oil. Been saying this for years.
9 - Reduce "earmarks." Cool.
10 - Reduce taxes. Very cool. I pay too much in tax. So do you.

So if I thought the Tea Party movement was those 10 things, I'd probably support it.

"zombieslayer" wrote: