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April 26, 2010 By Joan of Snark

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In the latest of a string of reports and statements from those in the federal government, both FBI Director, Robert Mueller and former President Clinton recently donned their best Daddy Dearest ballcaps and issued statements warning about the dangers of “extreme” anger that might surface from the right.  Progressive liberal code for the Tea Party protests and in stereotypical hypocritical contrast, of course, to His Transparency’s excuse after the Fort Hood shooting, “We have seen, in the past, rampages of this sort.  And in a country of 300 million people, there are going to be acts of violence that are inexplicable.”

Both the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing and the recent bust of the wacko Hutaree militia, not to mention the Islamic-raged Fort Hood shooter, have highlighted the fact that they do, indeed, walk amongst us.  But the dangers posed by a few, no matter what side of the political fence they ride, are no reason to tar the majority of Americans with the same brush of suspicion.  Nor does it show any kind of logic or reason to dismiss active Tea Party members because allegedly a whole lot of them happen to be white and work for a living, and while working manage to not only actually spend their money wisely but to save some of it, too.  (Where, exactly, do you think all that money spent on entitlements come from, anyway?)

Yet that big, broad brush is being swept gleefully as the left’s last, best hope to save its sorry political skin in articles by all sorts of media.  Based on a poll taken by CBS and the New York Times:

Tea Party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, and are no more or less afraid of falling into a lower socioeconomic class….

The 18 percent of Americans who identify themselves as Tea Party supporters tend to be Republican, white, male, married and older than 45.

…while most Americans blame the Bush administration or Wall Street for the current state of the American economy, the greatest number of Tea Party supporters blame Congress.

This is simply a prelude to another gut-busting fight now surfacing, courtesy of the brave yet criminally-beleagured state of Arizona, who just last week made it a state crime to be in the country illegally.  Simply put, it reiterates federal law.  Federal law that goes so unenforced that some estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants have invaded Arizona, resulting in a massive crime wave that authorities believe includes the recent murder of rancher Rob Krentz. 

Those who would coddle blatant criminals are angrily protesting, including members of Congress like Arizona Democrat Representative Raul M. Grijalva, who need those beholden, dependent voters to hold onto their self-perceived power, but these protests bear no resemblance to the peaceful Tea Party rallies.  No, these are reminiscent of the liberal left’s protests against the Bush administration, only this time they come with swastikas painted on the windows of the Arizona state capital with refried beans. 

One attendee,  Bill Baker, was quoted as stating the obvious in a Washington Times article, “If I go to another foreign country, if I go to Mexico, I have to have papers.”  All together now:  “Duh“.   To expect the average American to except and embrace criminals here is insanity.

But that insane argument is exactly what is going to be the rallying cry for the November elections.  President Walking Eagle has thrown down the gauntlet by calling on his 2008 minions of “young people, African Americans, Latinos and women” to deliver for Democrats in November, as well as having the Justice Department “examine the civil rights and other implications” of the new Arizona law.  This is, of course, the same “Justice” department of BO cronies who didn’t bother to take the freebie conviction in the Black Panther voting precinct intimidation case and gave the Underoo Bomber Miranda rights. 

All of which is nothing more than continuing to use the race card to pit those raised to believe in entitlement against those who believe in earning their own way.

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Smile, Tea Party Participants, You’re On FBI Surveillance Camera?

April 23, 2009 By Joan of Snark

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If this is true, it’s certainly disconcerting.  The Northeast Intelligence Network recently posted an editorial claiming that the FBI was very interested in attendees at the April 15th Tea Parties.

Of course, it had conveniently become common knowledge the day before the Tea Parties that the Department of Homeland Security was very concerned about right-wing extremists.  You know, those folks, including American veterans, who were growing more and more upset about the economy and such.  So I wouldn’t be the least surprised that many FBI field agents spent April 15th like many of the rest of us; but instead of protesting the tyranny of taxation with representation, they walked around taking pictures and documenting the names of organizers.  Just in case one of the participants just happened to be an everyday, run-of-the-mill, garden-variety wack job looking for any excuse to self-destruct while doing their best to take a few fellow citizens along with them. 

Because we all know that any time a large number of people raise their voices in disagreement with something, there’s bound to trouble.

Methinks they ought to look closer to home.  Like maybe investigating exactly who in the Obama administration decided to lie to the American people this time?  The latest example being a misleading redaction of the Director of National Intelligence’s memo to the President concerning “enhanced interrogation techniques”.  Certain points made by Dennis Blair about the benefits of the information gained shortly after 9/11 were cut from the version published by the administration in order that it appear to support the hue and cry for a witch hunt of Bush administration advisers.

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