9.12 DC TEA PARTY - MARCH FOOTAGE WITH INTERVIEWS (lol)

[DaRizzle]

[video=youtube;lUPMjC9mq5Y]

The interviewers questions and comments are great

 

[maxiep]

For an "astroturf" movement, the signs seem pretty amateurish to me. Now for production value, check this out: [video=youtube;WtGrp5MbzAI]

 

[DaRizzle]

^old

 

[maxiep]

^old

Those little girls are too old for you? What kind of perv are you?

 

[STOMP]

love the sightseeing guy carrying the huge cross over his shoulder who had no idea that he'd stumble across this great cross-section of Americans. The wheel on the bottom of it is a nice touch.

While I'm sure that they cherry picked the best bits in making the video, I truly wish I could have been there to observe this freak show myself

STOMP

 

[maxiep]

love the sightseeing guy carrying the huge cross over his shoulder who had no idea that he'd stumble across this great cross-section of Americans. The wheel on the bottom of it is a nice touch.

While I'm sure that they cherry picked the best bits in making the video, I truly wish I could have been there to observe this freak show myself

STOMP

In my time in DC, I saw my fair share of protests. The one thing they all had in common was they all brought the whackjobs out of the woodwork.

 

[blazerboy30]

For an "astroturf" movement, the signs seem pretty amateurish to me. Now for production value, check this out:

Damn. I hadn't seen that. That crap is scary.

 

[STOMP]

In my time in DC, I saw my fair share of protests. The one thing they all had in common was they all brought the whackjobs out of the woodwork.

while at UofO I attended many a protest rally... I was never there to participate. Regardless of the issue gathering the masses on a particular day, some of the same people would always seem to be there to march around and scream stuff. After a while I started recognizing others like me who'd always be there just to watch... we'd give each other nods of acknowledgment and laugh knowing there were other freak show fans.

This particular gathering seems especially fun

STOMP

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

In my time in DC, I saw my fair share of protests. The one thing they all had in common was they all brought the whackjobs out of the woodwork.

Whenever I get a chance to watch a protest in Portland, I go. Those things do indeed bring out a lot of whacko's. But, it's great political fodder for lefties & righties to parade around.

 

[deception]

here's the organizer on anderson copper expressing his bigoted views about the president:
[video=youtube;5fymdNxn82M]

 

[MrJayremmie]

What a joke that is.

After he explains more about Czars... "Oh, well I wasn't aware of that 'til now!" ... LOL! Of course you weren't. You were educated by Faux Noise and radical right-wing neocon radio.

 

[PapaG]

What a joke that is.

After he explains more about Czars... "Oh, well I wasn't aware of that 'til now!" ... LOL! Of course you weren't. You were educated by Faux Noise and radical right-wing neocon radio.

^^old

 

[barfo]

The interviewers questions and comments are great

here's the organizer on anderson copper expressing his bigoted views about the president:

Finally got around to watching these. That's some good entertainment, right there.

barfo

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

hey everybody the pot smoking liberal is posting a daily show clip, let's everyone disregard it entirely

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-september-14-2009/mad-men

ok good

 

[bluefrog]

Iranians protest Obama's health care reform today.

 

[julius]

here's the organizer on anderson copper expressing his bigoted views about the president:

I'm not sure what that video proved, actually. The guy was using a lot of fallacious arguing (but who doesn't, in these circumstances).

They really didn't counterpoint his comments about how Obama is forcing 'socialist' programs down our throat. I'd really like to see how Obama is doing that, especially if you don't include the public option (which is a small % of people who might use it) or the Bush bailouts.

The GM/Chrysler bailouts had happened before when the government bailed out Chrysler in the 80's.

 

[deception]

turn to the 1:05 point of the video and u will hear his infamous comments about the president being an "indonesian muslim turned welfare thug". these ppl were heralded by denny crane and like minded conservatives in the forums as "american patriots" but we all know they are nothing more than obnoxious bigots with nothing better to do.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

With all the over the top signs and lack of knowledge going on, the "bury Obamacare with Kennedy" signs were the most disturbing to me.

 

[mook]

There are some points in "The Office" where I just have to hit the mute button because it's just so hilariously, painfully, awkwardly stupid. I got to that point about 4 minutes into that first video and I just couldn't continue.

 

[mook]

Some interesting context to put the rally in:

My favorite route, because it’s so flat, is from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol and back. I was there last Saturday and found myself plodding through tens of thousands of anti-government “tea party” protesters. They were carrying “Don’t Tread on Me” flags, “End the Fed” placards and signs condemning big government, Barack Obama, socialist health care and various elite institutions.
Then, as I got to where the Smithsonian museums start, I came across another rally, the Black Family Reunion Celebration. Several thousand people had gathered to celebrate African-American culture. I noticed that the mostly white tea party protesters were mingling in with the mostly black family reunion celebrants. The tea party people were buying lunch from the family reunion food stands. They had joined the audience of a rap concert.
Because sociology is more important than fitness, I stopped to watch the interaction. These two groups were from opposite ends of the political and cultural spectrum. They’d both been energized by eloquent speakers. Yet I couldn’t discern any tension between them. It was just different groups of people milling about like at any park or sports arena.
And yet we live in a nation in which some people see every conflict through the prism of race. So over the past few days, many people, from Jimmy Carter on down, have argued that the hostility to President Obama is driven by racism. Some have argued that tea party slogans like “I Want My Country Back” are code words for white supremacy. Others say incivility on Capitol Hill is magnified by Obama’s dark skin.
Well, I don’t have a machine for peering into the souls of Obama’s critics, so I can’t measure how much racism is in there. But my impression is that race is largely beside the point. There are other, equally important strains in American history that are far more germane to the current conflicts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/opinion/18brooks.html?_r=1&em

 

[bluefrog]

Then, as I got to where the Smithsonian museums start, I came across another rally, the Black Family Reunion Celebration. Several thousand people had gathered to celebrate African-American culture. I noticed that the mostly white tea party protesters were mingling in with the mostly black family reunion celebrants. The tea party people were buying lunch from the family reunion food stands. They had joined the audience of a rap concert.

That is awesome. I wish I could been there to see that.

I was in D.C. for an internship one summer and walked up on a slave reparations demonstration. I hung around for an hour and watched some of the speeches. Not once did I feel threatened or uncomfortable. It also seemed like a celebration of African American culture as opposed to "Fuck Whitey." Good food stands at that gathering too!

 

[mook]

That is awesome. I wish I could been there to see that.

I was in D.C. for an internship one summer and walked up on a slave reparations demonstration. I hung around for an hour and watched some of the speeches. Not once did I feel threatened or uncomfortable. It also seemed like a celebration of African American culture as opposed to "Fuck Whitey." Good food stands at that gathering too!

Whenever I talk to people who are so certain that things are going to hell in a handbasket, that we're going to have revolution, that it's all going to explode, I can't help but think of examples like that.

In 1991 the majority of Americans disapproved of mixed race marriage. Now we've got a president who is the product of one.

People get too hung up on the differences and wax too much nostalgia for times that never existed. It's a great time to be alive.