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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 678130" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>That's odd! Looking at Hoax's original response, it quoted a post made by Tieguy so I assumed the above was aimed at him. And quite frankly, I thought he nailed it too! But if you feel it fits you as well, who am I to argue!</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /></p><p></p><p>And I thought the Salon piece you linked asked some fair questions. I do feel the whole Tea Party idea which is a good thing is being or has been hijacked to some degree by others for serving other self interests beyond the idea of small limited gov't and individual freedom and liberty. I find it telling that Sarah Palin passed up CPAC to go speak at the Tea Party Convention and earn a $100k speaking fee. Just to attend <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131209144344/http://surgeusa.org/actions/tea/nashville.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">this event</span> </a>is nearly $600 per person not counting room and meals so I really question is this about freedom and liberty or about using the idea of freedom and liberty to make money? I've watched these charlatans wrapped in patriotism come and go since the 70's looking to make a buck off good, well meaning people and IMO this is no different.</p><p></p><p>The good book sez, "an Ox is worthy of his hire" and I completely agree but IMO we're dealing here with just pure swine! I wonder what we'd have today had our founding fathers charged a good week's pay to hear them give reason why we should succeed from England and form our own country? The natural (and a very good one IMO at that) movement of what became known as the Tea Party gatherings and the expression of what people feel is wrong in this country is a good if not great idea but it's natural goodness is being subverted and used for something else entirely and that's a sad thing IMO.</p><p></p><p>Gov't should be local and focus on issues from a local perspective and so should the tea party events. Let local solutions emerge and thus slay the leviathan dragon of central planning by solving problems at home and making the monster of big central gov't obsolete and unnecessary by just stripping away it's issues to twist for it's own self interests.</p><p></p><p>jmho</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 678130, member: 2189"] That's odd! Looking at Hoax's original response, it quoted a post made by Tieguy so I assumed the above was aimed at him. And quite frankly, I thought he nailed it too! But if you feel it fits you as well, who am I to argue! :wink2: And I thought the Salon piece you linked asked some fair questions. I do feel the whole Tea Party idea which is a good thing is being or has been hijacked to some degree by others for serving other self interests beyond the idea of small limited gov't and individual freedom and liberty. I find it telling that Sarah Palin passed up CPAC to go speak at the Tea Party Convention and earn a $100k speaking fee. Just to attend [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20131209144344/http://surgeusa.org/actions/tea/nashville.htm'][COLOR=red]this event[/COLOR] [/URL]is nearly $600 per person not counting room and meals so I really question is this about freedom and liberty or about using the idea of freedom and liberty to make money? I've watched these charlatans wrapped in patriotism come and go since the 70's looking to make a buck off good, well meaning people and IMO this is no different. The good book sez, "an Ox is worthy of his hire" and I completely agree but IMO we're dealing here with just pure swine! I wonder what we'd have today had our founding fathers charged a good week's pay to hear them give reason why we should succeed from England and form our own country? The natural (and a very good one IMO at that) movement of what became known as the Tea Party gatherings and the expression of what people feel is wrong in this country is a good if not great idea but it's natural goodness is being subverted and used for something else entirely and that's a sad thing IMO. Gov't should be local and focus on issues from a local perspective and so should the tea party events. Let local solutions emerge and thus slay the leviathan dragon of central planning by solving problems at home and making the monster of big central gov't obsolete and unnecessary by just stripping away it's issues to twist for it's own self interests. jmho [/QUOTE]
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