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Re: Let’s all place our well-appointed ridicule of Tea Baggers here.

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:55 am
by etudiant
stahrwe wrote:
Interbane wrote:Raise taxes on the rich first, back to the same percentage it had been for the majority of this century.

For the majority of THIS century it has been what it is now, therefore your argument, while awkwardly phrased is to make the Bush Tax cut permanent.

Glibness aside, let’s look at how tax rates have compared to the workings of the economy over the last “century”.


Early 1900’s- The age of the Robber Barons, obscene polarization of wealth, class violence…… but a low top tax rate.

Early 1920’s- There is a surge in taxes for the rich, followed by a boom decade.

Late 1920’s- Taxes for the rich plummet. A huge speculative bubble develops, causing a run on banks, and the great depression.

1930’s and 1940’s- Taxes on the top end gradually increase. The economy gradually recovers.

1950’s and 1960’s- Highest top tax rates ever, reaching 91%. Most sustained economic boom ever, with a rapidly expanding middle class, and general affluence that comes to be taken for granted, despite the repayment of massive wartime debt.

1980’s to the Present- Taxes on the top income brackets drop sharply. Speculative bubbles form in the Savings and Loan industry, in high tech stocks, and then in real estate. A crisis develops as social programs become unfunded, and infrastructure becomes neglected. Class distinctions reappear, polarization of wealth increases.


I’ve been put off drinking tea lately, but today I may have a shot of whisky, depending on the outcome of today’s show.

Re: Let’s all place our well-appointed ridicule of Tea Baggers here.

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 3:01 pm
by phillies4evr
wilde wrote:Tee hee. "Tea baggers."


If only they knew....
Wilde.... what do you mean by tee. hee.....tea baggers? If you don't know this by now, and I am sure that u do, I am a huge tea party activist. I believe, or rather I know that it the tea party had a huge victory on election Day. That is definitely nothing to sneeze at! Now we will wait and see what happens in January when all of these tea bag constituents were sworn in. I really believe that this is a huge victory for this entire country but it will be interesting to follow.

Re: Let’s all place our well-appointed ridicule of Tea Baggers here.

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 3:44 pm
by stahrwe
phillies4evr wrote:
wilde wrote:Tee hee. "Tea baggers."


If only they knew....
Wilde.... what do you mean by tee. hee.....tea baggers? If you don't know this by now, and I am sure that u do, I am a huge tea party activist. I believe, or rather I know that it the tea party had a huge victory on election Day. That is definitely nothing to sneeze at! Now we will wait and see what happens in January when all of these tea bag constituents were sworn in. I really believe that this is a huge victory for this entire country but it will be interesting to follow.
Wilde was referring to the potty humor meaning of tea bagging. If you don't know what it refers to you aren't missing anything. The fiscally challenged delight in saying it with smirks and giggles but they seem to be the only ones who get any stimulation from it. I liken it to the Yankee which was a term of derision used by the British during the revolution. It backfired when the colonists co-opted it.

As far as the future is concerned, I am still as worried. Despite the Tea Party victory, our fiscal house is such a mess that it seems unlikely that it can be repaired.

Re: Let’s all place our well-appointed ridicule of Tea Baggers here.

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:02 pm
by phillies4evr
stahrwe wrote:
phillies4evr wrote:
wilde wrote:Tee hee. "Tea baggers."


If only they knew....
Wilde.... what do you mean by tee. hee.....tea baggers? If you don't know this by now, and I am sure that u do, I am a huge tea party activist. I believe, or rather I know that it the tea party had a huge victory on election Day. That is definitely nothing to sneeze at! Now we will wait and see what happens in January when all of these tea bag constituents were sworn in. I really believe that this is a huge victory for this entire country but it will be interesting to follow.
Wilde was referring to the potty humor meaning of tea bagging. If you don't know what it refers to you aren't missing anything. The fiscally challenged delight in saying it with smirks and giggles but they seem to be the only ones who get any stimulation from it. I liken it to the Yankee which was a term of derision used by the British during the revolution. It backfired when the colonists co-opted it.

As far as the future is concerned, I am still as worried. Despite the Tea Party victory, our fiscal house is such a mess that it seems unlikely that it can be repaired.
stahrwe......that is exactly what the tea party is all about; fixing the mess that has gotten so out of control. With time I do believe that the tea partists will turn things around for this country. It won't happen overnight and since so much damage has already been done, because honestly Obama has nobody to blame but himself and their are so many more people that believe the same thing because this past election has made me realize that Obama is doing such a horrible job at the tea partyists had given everyone who voted the way they did something amazing and that is definitely a move in the right position for us tea party activists!

Re: Let’s all place our well-appointed ridicule of Tea Baggers here.

Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 2:53 pm
by johnson1010

Re: Let’s all place our well-appointed ridicule of Tea Baggers here.

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:58 pm
by johnson1010
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_ ... index.html

Tea Partiers demanding that we white wash america's history and put founding fathers on gleaming pedestals of "not slave owners" and "were fair to the indigenous peoples".

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/arc ... ess/69530/

Tea partiers erupt in hate filled mob mentality, shouting "jew" at democratic candidate who defeated the tea party candidate. Tea party candidate himself found to be front and center of boiling cauldron of stupidity, egging his supporters on.

Now is your chance tea partiers. Denounce these acts of stupidity as the embarrasment that they are. Your silence is viewed as support of this behavior. You don't do it by saying, "I'm one of them, and we are all bad." you do it by saying "These guys call themselves tea partiers, but they are 100% asshole, and i don't want them speaking for me."

Re: Let’s all place our well-appointed ridicule of Tea Baggers here.

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:52 am
by johnson1010
http://www.guessthatteapartier.com/

So, this site just puts up quotes from tea partiers... and you match the crazy to the crazy person.

Fun... and very sad. These people hold office in our country.

Explain yourself, america.

Re: Let’s all place our well-appointed ridicule of Tea Baggers here.

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:33 pm
by johnson1010
Michele Bachmann... wrong about something?!?

Oh, no wait. Michele Bachmann is always wrong.

http://io9.com/5840104/american-academy ... etardation

Re: Let’s all place our well-appointed ridicule of Tea Baggers here.

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:43 pm
by R. LeBeaux
This is a pretty valiant, powerful and poignant rebuke of the Teabaggers and ultra-right-wing conservatives (if you scroll down, there is a video tribute to the craftsmanship of the victim in question).

dailykos.com/story/2011/09/13/1016557/- ... ia=siderec

Re: Let’s all place our well-appointed ridicule of Tea Baggers here.

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:08 am
by johnson1010
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_ ... index.html

Bachmann doubles down on the stupid.