Yes, we all know that traditional mainstream media is currently on its death bed. A quick browsing of Circulation Down confirms what we’ve been trying to tell MSM outlets for years. “We want REAL news and we want it presented in an honest way… or else!”
But through the Tea Party Movement, traditional mainstream media has proven, yet again, its full incompetence when it comes to straightforward and honest journalism. Here in Chicago most media outlets completely ignored the February 27th Tea Party protests. This was the case in most cities.
To date, only Fox News and a few conservative talk radio hosts have given the Tea Party Movement any significant attention. And even then, in many cases, the grassroots element is either laughed at or completely left out.
So what’s this “Lumping Patriots and Nazis Together” talk all about?
Another perfect example of a complete breakdown in authentic, honest journalism showed its face this morning. I’m not sure if Riverfront Times blog author Chad Garrison is just delusional or a total liberal hack, but it couldn’t be more clear what he’s trying to assert in his post titled “Nazis, Angry Tax Payers Can’t Wait For April Rallies in St. Louis”
Just read the first sentence…
It’s shaping up to be springtime for Hitler — and fiscal conservatives! — next month in downtown St. Louis.
Garrison continues spewing nonsense until finally closing with this.
So, there you have it. Who says there’s nothing to do downtown?
In other words, you can either go hang out with the Fiscal Conservatives or you can chillax with the Nazis. Fun for the whole family, right?
What Garrison and the rest of his liberal ilk fail to realize is that this is not just a conservative issue. Sure, there are conservative groups supporting the movement, but the ONLY reason you only see these groups is because liberal groups do not support lower taxes and less spending. With this in mind it is logical to only see conservative groups supporting the effort.
But this in no way implies that every American hitting the streets in protest is a rabid right winger. In fact, in my experience with the Tea Party Movement… it’s quite the opposite.
Americans are hurting. We’re over taxed, over governed, and completely over run by an out of control Congress. In this economy, you don’t need to be a Republican or Democrat to realize this. You just need to be a taxpaying citizen.
Here in Chicago when the Republican party was mentioned during a speech at the Tea Party, the crowd booed and hissed. When the current Administration and its surge towards socialism was mentioned the crowd once again booed and ranted.
This is what leftists in the media fail to understand. This isn’t about Republicans vs Democrats. It isn’t about conservatives vs liberals. No, this is about right vs wrong.
And right now… our government is dead wrong. We’re here to correct that.
Would you bedwetters like some cheese with your whine? You morons just don’t get it, do you? It must suck to be so wrong so often. I pity you, you’re just so incredibly pathetic.
Eric Odom responds to a commenter
Eric, meet a precedent setter. He’s one of yours.
http://liberalfascism.nationalreview.com
AMAZING, WE THE PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS HAVE REPORTED FRAUDS, UNCONSTATIONAL ACTS, EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS AND VOTES TO OUR GOV. AND ARE STILL IGNORED LIKE A CHILD THAT IS TOLD THEY SHOULD BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD. WELL, WE REPORTED TO SOCIAL SECURITY 3 YEARS AGO ABOUT NUMEROUS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS BEING SOLD TO ILLEGAL’S AT $500.00 A WACK. SOCIAL SECURITY’S RESPONCE WAS, “WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGHT AGENTS TO LOOK INTO THIS AND IT GOES INTO A BLACK HOLE OR GHOST ACCOUNT ANYWAY”. THIS DOESN’T EFFECT YOU ANYWAY. WELL GUESS WHAT. WE ARE PAYING FOR “ILLEGALS” SOCIAL PROGRAMS FOR MEDICAL, FOOD, HOUSING AND MORE. DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT,T HE PERSON SELLING THESE NUMBERS ALSO DID TAXES FOR NUMEROUS PEOPLE FOR JACKSON/HEWLETT. ON FOX NEWS THIS MORNING THERE WAS A MOTHER WITH HER SON, WHO’S IDENITY WAS COMPROMISED AND THE BOY IS IN AWFUL DEBT ACCORDING TO THE BANK THEY WENT TO SO THE YOUNG MAN COULD OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT. I AGREE WITH MARK J. PUT THE WORD OUT TO ALL TRUCK DRIVERS ABOUT THE MARCH BEING PLANNED IN WASHINGTON DC. THEIR INTERNET IS GREAT. I AM A RETIRED LONG HAULER OF 32 YEARS AND THERE ARE LOTS OF DRIVERS WHO WOULD AGREE TO SHOW UP. WE MUST STAND TOGETHER, LET THE CONGRESS KNOW WE MEAN BUISNESS. OH AND NO SUPRISE EITHER ARE ALL THE PEOPLE OBAMA WANTS IN POSITION ARE BACKING OUT DUE TO NOT PAYING BACK TAXES. SHAME ON THEM. “WE” WOULD BE PENALIZED, INTREST COMPOUNDED, AND EVEN THRETENED TO HAVE OUT HOMES TAKEN. BUT NOT CONGRESS’S GOOD OLD BOYS CLUB. WE NEED TERM LIMITS. I PAID MY TAZES ONE YEAR AND GOT HOME FROM A TRIP AND A LETTER FROM THE IRS STATED A SHERIFF’S SALE WAS IN THE MAKING FOR NON TAX PAYMENT. I GOT OUT THE CANCLED CHECK, CALLED MEMPHIS OVER THIS AND WAS TOLD, OOPS THEY WERE BEHIND IN ENTERING PAYMENTS. I INFORMED THEM IF IRS SHOWED UP AT MY PLACE THERE WOULD BE A FIGHT. AND I HAD OVER PAID. I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD CALL IT EVEN AND WAS HUNG UP ON. IT REALLY IS TIME “WE” STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS IN THE RIGHT WAY. I’M IN…
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The Riverfront Times is an alternative paper - not main stream. It’s probably very liberal as are such papers in other cities. Don’t confuse these guys with the MSM.
If you check, the MSM doesn’t report on war protests, either. It’s just not their thing - you’d have to get 50-100,000 folks for them to take notice.
Meanwhile, just chill out.
The Riverfront Times is the same liberal rag you will find in any major city. In Phoenix its called The New Times. The reporter, Chad Garrison, hides behind the Constitution like the KKK and the NSM do to spew their venom. He hides behind the skirts of his editor and does not have the guts to show up April 15 at the Tea Party, which I hope draws a very large representation.
As for marching on Washington, it must be done while Congress is in session. Instead of a vocal uproar happening at the G20, I would like to see an orderly silent march to the steps of Congress. When members start coming out, just point your INDEX finger.
It will be good if a Big Band can be on for entertainment at most of these events. Hannity announced a singer from Big N Rich will be at the Atlanta Tea Party. We all need to come out and show those Anti Capatalist in London how Conservatives can have a peaceful rally and still get their message across.
Also I hope all these parties around the nation will end in One Big Tea Party On Washington later this year.
Lets not make this an Anti Obama Campaign But focus on Liberty and freedom.
This is the only way the government will get the message to curb spending and Stop the Bailouts. Lets march for a Fair tax - Conservatives, Libtarians, Independents, Democrats, Republicans, Compassionate Capitalists all freedom loving citizens.
Nazi - This title was given to my son 9 years ago in high school. they were given a “test” to see where their political views lay. It said he was very conservative and his teacher said he was Nazi. After that he was called racist which he was not, jumped by black students, talked about, cut from sports teams. Makes you wonder who the racist really are…
Dittto to everything you said. Yes, it turned out to be “LOOSE CHANGE” and “FALSE HOPE”. Have you ever heard of the Peter Principle? It is a belief that everyone will rise to their own level of incompetence. Obama et all are the perfect example of this. I am a nurse, I would be an incompetent doctor. How do they get everything pushed through so fast? We must speak and loud!! I am truly scared for our country. They are so blind and deaf to what the public is saying, what even foreign countries are saying about them and America. Obama has a definite agenda and I have always felt deep in my heart from the beginning of the campaign………..conspiracy. He is arrogant, self absorbed and clueless. He believes the Constitution is ‘outdated’. i think they all have a surprise coming April 15th.
One of the other comments spoke of marching on Washington. In all honesty, I would be afraid to go to Washington. I think this group in the White House are malevolent. I could see “a man-made event” happening and wiping out a huge crowd and them blaming it on the terrorist or whatever politically correct term they call them now. I know that sounds far out but that is how I think of the current administration.
They scare me. After all, Bill Ayers was his friend and he didn’t mind killing people in terrorist activities. Obama had a good teacher. Canada wouldn’t even let Ayers into the country because of his terrorist activities. So take what you like and leave the rest.
July 4th week would not be a good time. The Congress and Senate will be on recess. A March should occur on a day when congress and senate are in session, preferrably when thy are scheduled to vote on some major legislation.
I sense a consensus agreement for a “TEA PARTY MARCH ON WASHINGTON”. So I would say everyone here in agreement should start spreading this idea on these TeaParty blog sites for each state, spread the idea at the Tax Day Tea Parties on Tax Day, and throughout the blogosphere. This needs to be a massive march, not just a few hundred or a few thousand. This effort REALLY need to go viral. Perhaps we can recruit the Dr. Bob Basso who did this youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Funbobbasso
His videos are going Viral on the internet and he has already promoted the TEA Parties.
Lumping Patriots and Nazis Together? That is class warfare tactics described in the communist manifesto.
I have some experience at this, I am a conservative deep behind enemy territory in the center of the five college area in W Mass. If I may offer some suggestions from my 30 years of experience of “Boot On The Ground”, there are only three groups to worry about.
1. College students
2. Socialist labor unions
3. Paid disrupters
College students, this is mob rule. They are basically cowards and seek crowds to hide in. They are very well connected to each other on the internet and texting, they only need one message on their network and they march. Fortunately you can find and monitor their message boards on line and plan counter attacks or plant fake messages to put them in disarray. I like to do both. When confronting college students you must first separate them, in to smaller groups or individually. Avoid group on group and go one on one. They tend to have some sort of childish regression when confronted one on one so be careful.
Socialist labor unions, these are the thugs and anarchists. Avoid this group because they are typically looking for a fight. To know what socialist labor unions to observe look up contributors to your local officials. Their weakness is their chain of command.
Paid disrupters, these are the most worrisome. However they do have a play book, rules for radicals and the communist manifesto, required reading. This is the group that will attack permits to influence corrupt politicians. They also plant insiders to raise doubt and suspicion. Or be rabble rousers for making bad news bulletins. To confront this you need a small comity to make sure permits are in place to police for suspicious activity.
In my opinion, if these three groups can be held in check there is hope to stop the socialist movement.
Just some additional info. BO’s action are more towards Fascism than Socialism actually. Take a good look at history. BO’s agenda is a very very close mirror to the actions of Hitler and Mussolini before WWII.
This is not about race, it’s about what is right. All the more ironic is that story from Chad Garrison.
All is not lost however, many of our State Legislatures are on a path to do the right thing. I strongly suggest that you visit http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com and see if your state has a sovereignty bill on the table. 30 do! Express your support and be certain to read your state’s bill.
If your state does not have a bill, tell your state reps to get on with it already!
i think of ”my” congressman, jonny issacson, and ever since he has been in wash. d.c. we have never heard a squik, from that rat….so as for me, the rep`s is just as low down and worthless as the dem`s…rotten to the core also….i will withhold my vote for that slime come next election….he needs to be sent back to west cobb ga…..just imagine this, what if one of the planes of 9-11 01, had targeted the us congress, what a waste of worthless rats that would of been….i bet that they would awaken from their snoozing, had that happened….oh well….we need to unite and bring down that trash by the ballot box, no planes please….too much colleteral damage…lol…just kidden….jimi b….
It is quite amusing to watch the employees of MSM make utter fools of themselves. With each installment like the post referenced here, they toss overboard more of their credibility. Proceed MSM…….
I would also like to attend a July fourth massive rally on Washington, but aren’t the Congresscritters and bureaucrats on break then? Is that a problem? Maybe the focus isn’t to be “in the face” of the politicians, rather to just make a (loud) statement. I’m just asking.
In reference to Anne’s comment above, the battle over the amnesty bill a couple of years ago convinced me that the professional politicians intend to do as THEY wish for as long as we will let them get away with it. We stopped them then (temporarily, it seems), and we will have to do it again. They must hear our voice so loudly that they FEAR us at the ballot box in 2010. Count me in for EVERY opportunity to scream our collective frustration at them. I hope the sleeping giant is aroused.
I believe that if a march on Washington, D.C. does take place it should be on a day when the Congress & Senate are in town and scheduled to be in session. While I do like the idea of the Fourth of July, I am thinking that most of the legislators are hanging out with their fat-cat friends on the coast during the holiday.
I say let ‘em really sense the magnitude of this cause as they are sitting in gridlock unable to get through on their cell phones because cell towers are over run with calls to the switchboards.
I also know that there are many over-the-road truck drivers who would love to have a part in this as well.
Thanks to all!
Hopefully there are some democrats who still believe in free markets&a capitalist system
and are familiar with the constitution & don’t want our country to continue at “light speed”
towards socialism/communism style govt & by emulating European style govts which
are in worse financial trouble than we are & have much larger healthcare costs with
lower quality of healthcare provided(Yeah Canada has cheaper drugs ..but a huge
waiting list for critical operations,and many stories from England about persons dying
before getting access to cancer drugs etc,and our Healthcare system has been one of the best in the world…..costs rose expedentially after Govt.involvement ,Medicaid and
Medicare .Anyone who thinks govt can provide lower costs &better quality of care has
never dealt with the Va.Hospitals.and I’m speaking from a comsumer as well as former
employee’s experience. Healthcare Reform Now…if it means Atty Gen.Holder will act
to eliminate the rampant fraud in the Medicaid & medicare First!! Also not enacting
tort reform makes malpractice ins.spiraling costs encourage the most qualified
&experienced surgeons, nurse practictioners,who don’t feel ins. company personnel( who never rec’d a license to practice medicine) can dictate to MD’s “cost-effective
guidelines ” or evaluation of their medical treatments,procedures,tests by a Healthcare
Czar .Anyone who doesn’t believe this will involve rationing of care,and denial of certain drugs&,operations to “high risk” patients as cost-effective methods mandated by the
Govt !!.Not to mention the escalating costs of providing illegal immigrants healthcare at
taxpayers expense,Can we expect Atty Gen.Holder to insure FBI,Border control agents
and ICE will do the jobs of enforcing laws on the books now ?!or fear retaliation from Speaker of The House who thinks their actions are “unpatriotic ” and “unamerican”!
“Toxic assets” flourish in the halls of Congress…with the promise of more “Taxation
without Representation” for american citizens who want a Capitalistic Republic and
a chance for the American dream to survive the onslaught of liberal socialists/marxists
who choose to use the economic crisis as a chance to force their agenda on the people.! The Founders of this great country must be turning over in their graves…!
Also previous republican,independent voters who were anti-war as well as those who
felt Bush’s defiect was intolerable and voted for CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN.&
HOPE for progress with “bi-partisan” co-operation to help our housing,&unemployment
problems! The Promise of going line by line to rid any bill of the earmarks which have
costs taxpayers millions.TRANSPARENCY putting the bills “on-line for citizens to see
5 days before congress would be voting on them….Instead no one who voted for the
biggest spending bill in our country’s history,had a chance to read the 1100 page bill.
and “No lobbyists “in my admin.! Yeah,candidates often break promises made in a
campaign..”That is business as usual”in D.C. Obama promised CHANGE IN the way
things were done in D.C. With chief of staff Emanuel (who previously aided & abetted)
Fannie & Freddie top guys in foolingl shareholders & public about the impending doom
of those semi-quasigovt. agencies after the mandated “subprime “loans banks were
providing..Emanuel was paid over $320,000 for his Tutorials in “Chicago style”accounting practices &.Hey where is the outcry about Fannie & Freddie exec.bonuses & golden parachutes given as they desserted the sinking ships they
destroyed?!Congressman Frank & Senator Dodd “stunned & outraged” by AIG bonuses?!(The ones they made possible by the Dodd amendment inserted in the
pork filled bill )and fellow members didn’t have time to read! Pelosi,Reid,Frank,&Dodd
are the real “toxic assets” and hopefully Tea Party demonstrations will wake up enough voters who want REAL CHANGE IN DC and expect their representatives to
follow the constitution and be “a Govt. of the people,for the people,by the people”!
the guys responsible for the tanking of
Yes. ATea Party in Washington would be great. I saw a blip of a message hinting at July 4th. i would go.
A taxpayer march on Washington, D.C. is an excellent idea!
I believe a march on Washington would be excellent. Shutting or slow down movement and other activities in the city would be a very good way to show the Pimp from Chicago American don’t want to become Marxists, Communist or Socialists.
The MSM will not be able to ignore a multimillion person TEA PARTY MARCH on Washington DC!!! Read On……
I think the next step that needs to happen after the TaxDay Tea Party events is to ORGANIZE a TEA PARTY MARCH on Washington DC. This. I think this will drive home our message and voices of protest and anger to the politicians in Washington (and the Supreme Court) who so easily blow off all of our letters, emails and phone calls. This Tea Party forum has grown to a point which makes this an ideal platform to promote and organize an effort to have a March on Washington. Obama and his left wing socialist cronies are moving fast and furious to get their agenda implemented so I think the sooner we can have a March on Washington, the better it will be for all of us. And to have the maximum impact, this should be a march with people in the MILLIONS, not just a few thousand. The event should be so large that it completely shuts down Washington.
Let’s have the main Home page of this site start promoting this effort!!!
What do the rest of you think???
I am so afraid for America!. Does the Pres. make these decisions on his own?
Can a president be impeached for malfeasance of office ori ncompetance? I do
not understand how a president or the congress or senate can so totally ignore the anger and frustration of the citizens. Pelosi, Reid and Geitner are poison for
this country and somehow they must be reigned in. What are the republicans and conservative dems. doing? Why arn’t they more vocal in their objections
and fears? It seems that there should be enough conservative votes to stop
these dangerous policies . Why isn’t it being done? The corruption that is currently being brought out (only on Fox News) within the dem. party is so outrageous that surely honest dems. must be angry too. Not to say that the republ. are free from this but to a much lesser degree. People have to start
demanding honesty and ethic from elected officials or we will truely be lost as a nation.
I hunt, enjoy shooting sports and fishing. I am seeing the over tones of our 2nd ammendments rights being chipped away at. This is a legacy I am proud of and want to see passed on to my grand children..
Yes, I see your point. And, perhaps your post is prophetic insofar as the direction some in the MSM will eventually take in their reporting of this grassroots movement. Do you know if any of the White House press corps have put the question to Gibbs yet? I doubt it, since they’re so tightly controlled. I have to think that eventually, this will happen, and will be interesting to see the response once we can no longer be ignored.
We have to keep up the pressure - are folks thinking beyond 4/15? Monthly teaparties, perhaps? Weekly, even?
Chris, I don’t need to demonstrate anything. MSM has already done that themselves. As mentioned in the post, this is nothing new and we already know honesty is lacking in MSM journalism.
The point here is that leftists actually want to equate our movement to that of the Nazis.
While I agree with the sentiment and general thrust of the post, with all due respect, I think citing a marginal nut job blogger’s post is sort of a weak example in the effort to demonstrate failed honesty in journalism.
There ought to be plenty of fodder over at (MS)NBC, etc. Though, I’d wager they probably have the teaparty movement on permanent ignore status - which no doubt speaks for itself. Come 4/15/09, if the turnout is what I think it’s going to be, they won’t have much choice other than to cover it. Ought to be very telling to see how they spin that.