Tea Parties Forever

Bravo..Murphy. Once again your perceptions and your timing are perfect. You are a seer of good heart and a will that embodies the best of all of us in this country.

Together..across this country…the people…we..the people…have yet to have our full say…but as you say…we are everywhere and that everywhere will not be silenced.

Topic: Koolaid drinkers

Good cartoon about today’s Tea Parties here!
http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/69208/

random washington tea party pics on gretawire:

http://gretawire.foxnews.com/

LJSNAustin you wanterd to know if im going 2 the tea party in san antonio at the alamo .. im thinking about it …. it supposed to be one bigger ones ..

Topic: Media News Suppression

Just posting this for newbies, most on this blog already know if you post anything to CNN they never print your comments. Case in point most recently, if you post any supportive comments about Tea Parties to stories like this one:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/15/tea.parties/index.html

and state that you’re not a Republican, or that you’re an Independent or a Democrat, they will not post your comment.

Hi NewOrleans, have a beignet for me today! ;D

http://www.cafedumonde.com/beignet.html

11hillstheone: Oh thank you..they beat peeps anyday!

Via RBO, still the best source for all-things-obama and more:

Women stoned protesting sex-every-four-days law. ‘Death to the slaves of the Christians,’ yells rowdy crowd pelting rocks

gaygal: A variation on the theme was the one empty cup with a note that said…you get the empty cup…I am sending my money to and then the woman could list a shelter in the area for battered or abused or homeless women and children.

Hats off to Lisa Benson and to hillstheone for the link.

see today’s Benson cartoon, “Tell him we don’t negotiate with pirates”
ttp://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/69353

Great post, Murphy!
You have the gift to put the right words to our thoughts.
That’s what we PUMAs are.
Thanks to all for the comments with updates on the tea parties going on today.

This is a clip on the TEA parti in San Antonio…. The one in San Diego starts at 5 pm !!! so late..but it will be at the post office where traditionally, people come in until midnight to mail off their taxes and radio stations have a “party” there. Will take pics for DWP .

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-244501

Just listening to PIG Jay Severin on the radio and he is so pleased because he says there will be no lefty low lifes there. And that the crowds would be much bigger, but all the tea party supporters have to work unlike the lefty welfare cases. After all, these economy bleeders wouldn’t dare show up because that is what who they are protesting.

I think anyone should protest however they see fit for whatever causes and I commend them for it. But I (personally) can’t get past the fact that these protests represent the status quo of the two party system.

I may be in the minority in stating this. But, I firmly believe that we need to build our own messages and become strong as a group before we help other groups with their message. We have a lot of work to do and should focus on that, which is what I think murphy is referring to.

Maybe I am to idealistic. I don’t think we should just give our power away to any group that needs PUMA’s for bodies. We end up looking like we don’t have ideas or an agenda of our own, when we do.

I want to grow a movement too. We are. But this kind of stuff (tea parties) in my opinion is distracting to PUMA’s. I know I sound like a broken record, but I feel strongly about this.

Neil Cavuto on Fox tv is reporting directly from a tax protest in Sacremento CA. He says there are more than 5,000 people there.

I want to grow a movement too. We are. But this kind of stuff (tea parties) in my opinion is distracting to PUMA’s. I know I sound like a broken record, but I feel strongly about this.
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I understand your point, and agree to an extent, but, I also believe if an action or movement is in alignment with our position/positions, I see no harm in joining that action. Organizing and coordinating an action oursleves could be more of a distraction, and dilution of focus and energy, than joining is one that’s already been organized.

taggles, don’t listen to Jay Severin, your head will explode. PIG is an understatement.

As for the protesters, we ARE them.

PUMAs are at protests-not to work for Republicans, but to protest!

So many people are angry, and for so many good reasons.

The protests are being covered by major media outlets RIGHT NOW. They are on tv, radio and the internet
news outlets. Why is this a bad thing?

and taggles take some pleasure in knowing that severin will die alone like a dog

The tea parties are run by well known republican hacks who brought us the Contract with America. They know what they are doing.

Persophone, you got the astroturfing about a new way forward, but not the tea parties????

There’s also something to be said for publicizing the fact that PUMA has the ability to get bodies out there, and that we’re action oriented. That alone adds to our power… as long as we identify as who we are: PUMAs

Sorry, missed the first “h” in the Benson link:
http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/69353

taggles1,

The tea parties are broader based and more sponstaneous than the MSM would have us believe. They might at least promote a healthy, positive response from people who’ve been sitting on the fence. Once people wake up, get out and receive information, such as what cjv tells us happened in Albany NY, they’re better able to grasp the PUMA agenda and to join here on a long-term basis. Volunteerism and activism are cumulative and contagious!

persephone, that is what they are protesting.

The tea party theme is easily recognized and understood by all Americans because I think everyone learns about the original tea party in school, so It’s a symbol – not really silly. Most people are not really spilling tea, just like the women’s movement did not really burn bras. It’s a rallying symbol.

I thought you were leaving persephone!

A spokesperson in Sacramento is saying that people are done with parties and done with partisanship. That’s a change I can support.

taggles: If a Republican ..a Democrat.. Constitutional Party member or an anarchist…and everything in between feel strongly enough about something to get off their behinds and show up at a Tea Party or any other protest that says no in some way to Barack Obama and his cronies…both Republican and Democrat status quo people alike…then this is a sign that something or someone is waking up. The protests that should and I hope will occur in this country will become far more varied than this one and I say…Thank you God …thank you people…keep paying attention. Long live the right of free assembly of the people..long live the right of free speech..It is these very rights and others that in 3 months this administration has moved against even more powerfully than Bush did…and no surpise at that either…

NewOrleansPuma 04.15.09 at 3:32 pm

6gaygal: Oh..you are truly a woman after my own heart! It is time to bring out the bras in various ways once again in protest…no doubt about it.

Hey, NOP, I would not have put up the bra if he did not put up the Confederate flag. That made it a human rights issue to me. If he would have just stuck to the American and AZ flag, he would not be seeing my bra flapping in the wind. Just wish I was a bigger cup size!!!

gay gal
Borrow one. I’d never let them know what size bra I wore.

I could say a lot more but my take on the tea party is, some believe and do and some don’t belive and don’t. That’s OK…

My husband just went and talked to folks at a Tea party in Canyon City , Oregon. Population 700. There were about 12 people, earlier there were 20 they said.

My sign is going to say… “CHAINS you can believe in “.
I’ll color Freds paws with food coloring and paw print it.

ok tags, im still here mybad

we are not going to break the party system today, so bring on the big and loud protests, IMO

And we have to hope that the next president, dem or repub is not corrupt!
Maybe a populist leader will emerge..or something wild will happen and HRC will be 2012 potus.

I’m with you on movement growing where to start?

do you find more women like mimi planas and work like hell to get them elected??

I gotta run. One thing we can agree on is people have a right to protest and protest they will!

Really, good luck! Maybe this will turn into something more. Who knows.

Does is bother anyone else that part of the “stim bill” gave a chunk of tax dollars to Ted Kennedy so that he can build yet another Kennedy monument?
(b/c we don’t already have enough of those here in MA..)

If that doesn’t make you want to fling a teabag at someone..

State Dept. Press Briefing excerpt:

Robert Wood

Acting Department Spokesman
Daily Press Briefing

April 15, 2009

INDEX:
NORTH KOREA

US Experts in Yongbyon Asked to Leave / Separate from IAEA Officials / A Step Backward / North Will Have to Deal with Consequences / Statement from UNSC Is Clear / North Has Failed to Fulfill Obligations / Denuclearized Korean Peninsula
Briefing Hill on Issue / Phase Three Funding

CYPRUS

Secretary Clinton’s Meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat / US Recognizes One Government / Republic of Cyprus / Maintains Contacts with Turkish Cypriots

SAUDI ARABIA

Child Marriage Is a Clear and Unacceptable Violation of Human Rights / US Has Raised the Issue Frequently at Many Levels with the Saudi Government

IRAN

US Is Willing to Have Direct Dialogue with Iran / Iran Has Obligations It Must Meet / Suspension of Uranium Enrichment Goal / Policy Is Under Review
The Secretary Has Discussed Iran with Many Leaders in the Region / Want to See a Change in Iran’s Behavior / Bri ng it Back into the Good Graces of the International Community
Concerned about the Judicial Process – Roxana Saberi Case / Less than Transparent / Iran Has Not Been Forthcoming with Information / Asked Swiss Protecting Power to Verify / Charges Are Baseless, Without Foundation / Call for Her Release

PAKISTAN

US Concerned about the Situation in Swat Valley / Violent Extremists Must Be Confronted / Concerned about Parliament’s Decision on Women’s Rights

ISRAEL

Special Envoy Mitchell Will Discuss Many Issues with the Israeli Government

MISCELLANEOUS

Durban Review Conference Text Must Be Viable / Must Not Reaffirm in Toto the Flawed 2001 Durban Declaration and Program of Action / Document Has Come a Long Way, but Concerns Remain

LIBYA

Continue to Call for Fathi El-Jahmi’s Release / Concerned About Reports His Condition Has Worsened / Raised Issue with Libyan Government
______________________

so that was Hillary’s day.
Wonder what Obama did? Oh, wait a 15 minute press conference-he must be exhausted!

gaygal
I might not ever be able to support a party again.
When I checked that “unaffiliated” box I meant it!

When I voted for a third party in the last three elections, I meant it, too, persephone. But after some thoughtful reflection, I do wish I would have voted for Gore in 2000. Bush was the propped up puppet, that year, however.

gaygal: For the record …I support no one who has played Obamas game..in either party. I support no one who played Bush’s game in either party. If a third party arises it will be made up of people like me and you and all kinds of other surprising perhaps combinations. Ralph Nader has run for years on this concept…for example. Who knows yet what will occur? but the time to act against Obama in the streets when one can is whenever there are enough people moved to do so. This was one example of many…I sincerely hope.

Any one who thinks the Republican Party can steer a huge group of people who take to the streets to protest is in for rude shock in the future (assuming this movement grows). Once they are stirred up, no repub I know can steer them towards a certain candidate unless they believe that candidate is completely different than ones in the past.

BigCatLover 04.15.09 at 4:30 pm

“gay gal
Borrow one. I’d never let them know what size bra I wore.”

Oh, this one is going to be so bad of me: Maybe I will borrow one from him. His breast just might be bigger than mine.

Going back to welding. Can’t wait for all the pics. No pressure, dances. One step ahead of the evolution of the rest of humankind. Gall bladders like wisdom teeth are going extinct.

Maybe I am to idealistic. I don’t think we should just give our power away to any group that needs PUMA’s for bodies. We end up looking like we don’t have ideas or an agenda of our own, when we do.

I want to grow a movement too. We are. But this kind of stuff (tea parties) in my opinion is distracting to PUMA’s. I know I sound like a broken record, but I feel strongly about this.
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I have been workin’ and didn’t get to read the rest of the posts after this one but wanted you to know Taggles that protesting today is about what some of us do believe, and doesn’t have to have anything to do with being PUMAs or not.

I don’t protest as a PUMA, I protest as a woman that is against what is happening and my sign will state what bothers me.

I don’t stand on a street corner to be part of the Republican movement, I am doing the same as many Republican’s, Dems, Independents and voters that don’t care what party it represents.

As much as I adore you and all the PUMAs, I am about what I believe in first and don’t think it has anything to do with distraction from the PUMA movement.

BigCatLover: Whatever the White House says will be nothing more than what the members thereof have done in 12 months…dissemble to their own ends….That was one of the purposes of the Directive from Homeland Security which characterized its sets of new possible terroists. In the construction of that list…they made a strategic error to their purposes: They listed returning servicemen. This error will come back done the line to bite their asses more than any others in that list…all of which is Ojamba Propaganda..put out by his willing Director Of Homeland Security…Janet Napolitano…

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/15/clinton-announces-new-efforts-fight-somali-piracy/

Freddie-
My sign is going to say… “CHAINS you can believe in “.
I’ll color Freds paws with food coloring and paw print it.
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Love your sign and Fred’s signature on it.

One of my signs will have a black paw and tea bag hanging from it.
The other sign will have a package of kool-aid taped to it.

GREAT post murphy…

And PUMA needs to be OUT THERE to get people IN HERE to get HER IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

PERIOD.

oh, and any group talking about how fucking awful the current nobama/democrap administration is gets my stamp of approval. ANY GROUP. Period.

taggles1 04.15.09 at 3:59 pm
I saw that Frontline was doing the children of the Taliban last night, but could not bring myself to watch it because of the fear that I wouldn’t be able to deal with it. I understand your nightmares.

cvj
I don’t know what else to say. What I do know is that when it comes to preserving my country, my bank account, my freedoms as I grew up to know and love, I will join with anyone to fight to save it. And when it’s PUMA, great. When it’s not, oh well, I’ll be there just the same.
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Yup, I’m with you cvj 100%.

BillieJo – # 75
Thanks for so eloquently speaking for me as well. We can and should think for ourselves in any grassroots event. Even if it is Murphy who says Prowl, we have to believe in it to do it. That said, not everything we do politically can or should be put into nice little boxes labelled Dems or Repubs and not everything grassroots is a ploy by the other party. We can’t all be so suspicious and jaded, can we?
Just asking.

IMPEACH OBAMA NOW AND the DEMOCRAPS!!

LONG LIVE PUMA and the AMERICAN TEA PARTY!!

Go DANCES

(((BillieJo))), I’m not Catholic, but for Lent you’re supposed to give up something you LIKE. I never liked huffpo, I’ve always preferred sites like commondreams.org myself… ;D

She’s pragmatic and action oriented. Read Sec of State Clinton’s ideas for dealing with the Somali pirates (from the link above posted by persophone):

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the State Department will work with shippers and insurers to improve their defenses against pirates, part of a diplomatic initiative to thwart attacks on commercial ships off the Somali coast.

“These pirates are criminals; they are armed gangs on the sea. And those plotting attacks must be stopped,” Clinton told reporters at the State Department.

Clinton did not suggest using military force against the pirates, although she mentioned “going after” pirate bases in Somalia, as authorized by the United Nations several months ago.

“We need to bring 21st-century solutions to bear,” she said.

In a question-and-answer session with reporters, Clinton said it may be possible to stop boat-building companies from doing business with the pirates. One element of her initiative, she said, is to “explore ways to track and freeze pirate assets.”

The other element of the initiative include calling for immediate meetings of an international counterpiracy task force to expand naval coordination against pirates. She said federal agencies would meet Friday to review the problem and consider potential responses.

The administration plans to send an envoy to a Somali donors conference scheduled for next week in Brussels and will attempt to organize meetings with officials of Somalia’s transitional government as well as regional leaders in its semiautonomous Puntland.

freddiebrown

BillieJo – # 75
Thanks for so eloquently speaking for me as well. We can and should think for ourselves in any grassroots event. Even if it is Murphy who says Prowl, we have to believe in it to do it. That said, not everything we do politically can or should be put into nice little boxes labelled Dems or Repubs and not everything grassroots is a ploy by the other party. We can’t all be so suspicious and jaded, can we?

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Thanks Freddie, PUMAs are independent thinkers and not followers…which is why there are some swipes and nips every now and then.

Great post as always Murphy! I guess we didn’t go away like they thought and hoped.

I can’t believe how naive I was to believe in the Democrats all those years – how I believed that anyone or thing Republican was evil and totally wrong – boy has this election opened these old eyes. Let’s dump them ALL in the harbor with the tea and start over. There’s no one left to believe in – those who give us hope are squashed by the corrupt system – it’s so very sad.

Jenni- I hope you’re kickin’ tea all over Texas and back.

((((BillieJo)))))

Thank you! I wnet alone and appreciate the support.

I saw a few local stations there and was praying that they would not take sides when reporting the evetn later. Two videos (one where I can see me, but too far away to catch the face, just the jacket). Here’s a link where one speaker states about halway in the three minute video:

“The Democrats do NOT represent us! The Republicans do NOT represent us!” In essence he is so right. Both parties have been taking us to the cleaners.

Here’s the viedeo. The link will take you to the site where the other video is also there with the one I am in. Not the point, but they also did a decent job giving an objective report. For once a news station gave essentially an objective report……

Oh, i was wrong about the number there, it was 3,000 that showed up.

http://www.cbs6albany.com/video/?bcpid=1137806146&bclid=1143371293&bctid=19838131001

Sorry..the official site is http://www.Teapartyday.com

Great post Murphy. I couldn’t go to a tea party as I’m suffering with a severe sore throat and cold. I had a group that I was going with so that is totally disappointing.
Have you seen this? I want the fraud gone NOW!!
HR20-New Mother’s Mandated Mental Health Test-JUST PASSED HOUSE!
A sweeping government policy for all new births in the United States has just passed the House of Representatives and is now headed to the Senate. The Mother’s Act, if passed, will mandate that all new mothers be screened by means of a list of subjective questions that will determine if each mother is mentally fit to take their newborn home from the hospital. Just imagine that after your child is born, you are told that you can’t take them home since a multiple choice questionnaire wasn’t answered correctly. Just imagine being told that the only way you can take your child home is if you or your spouse goes into treatment or on anti-depressants which we know causes psychosis, delusions, and even homicidal thoughts. It just doesn’t make sense. Unfortunately, this bill is on a fast track–No public debate, no public disclosure of the broad impact on our society and that is why we need you to act now!
The Mother’s Act violates our Constitutional right to privacy and your right to liberty and it is just outright dangerous. That is why we need you to help stop this. We urgently need you to call and email each Senator on the HELP Committee and tell them you STRONGLY OPPOSE the MOTHER’S ACT and that you are OUTRAGED that there was NO public debate or disclosure on the impact this would have on our society as a whole.

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/89675

Instructions for ACTION on the DailyPaul website above.

Sincerely,

Paul R. Smith

PROTECT YOURSELF!!

Campaign For Liberty

Houston, TX

Precinct 548 Coordinator

“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people…
They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”
—Thomas Jefferson

I can see the value of follow-up in terms of post-partum depression in mothers, but, since men seem to kill, maim, mutilate mothers and children, it seems to me that they are the ones who should be tested for being allowed to live in the home with children and mothers / wives/girlfriends/partners.
Not that I hate men… I am FOR women and children.

ladyhawkke,

Send a friend/family member out to your local herb shop or health food store etc. to get you some Cherry Bark & Slippery Elm Bark Tea. Blends e.g. Yogi Tea’s “Throat Comfort” and similar “Throat Care” herbal teas usually contain one or both as active ingredients. Cherry bark alleviates the pain and soreness. Slippery elm soothes with a protective layer in the same way honey does.

Then have your own tea party and drink to regaining your health. Get well!

HTH

Both parents should be tested. And like dances said, men kill or abuse most of the children. There should be an amendment to it that fathers get tested too, at the same time as the mother.

#111 Social-Psyche I already took Slippery Elm Drops under the tong. I’m also drinking echinacea tea with honey and lemon and now only hot water with honey and lemon. My sore throat is almost gone but my nose has now been running for 5 hours, I’ve used a box of kleenex. I’m miserable.

jenniferforhillary, I agree with that, but why are we always looking to women, as Dances says, the men should be filling in the application.

Lame Cherry
http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2009/04/obama-without.html

Regarding the Pirates: Fine…talk to others and take their assets AND
BLOW THEM OUT OF THE WATER.

gay gal sez,
Point well taken, Social-Psyche (is that a clinical diagnosis by the way. LOL). I’m a registered Independent thus Independent it is.

Cheers to independent thinkers and voters, with my cuppa green tea in hand!

{{making this explanation up as I go along, like I did with the alias}} Umm, in my imagination, the very essence of Psyche, Goddess of the Soul, synergized with Social Psychology, the smarter inter-disciplinary younger sister of Psychology, and at that very nanosecond, my third eye (ah ha!) caught a quotation I had jotted on a sticky note:

“Fear has been dropped, like a dark cloth, upon the psyche of this nation.”
- “Hyacinth” in Keeping Up Appearances

Commercial ships which have to go through those routes should be armed with weapons which can be used against assault.

Since when in the history of shipping has talking with pirates and heads of states (Somalia) who know they exist in their countries done anything? The pirates have said they will slaughter Americans. Obama can take his talk…one more time and shove it.

Just catching up to responses to my comment yesterday taking a FIRM stand for not joining the tea party movement and saw that sunshinelvr and BigCatLover took time to explain the rationale for joinging a tea party protest which I read with appreciation. I could not disagree one bit with your takes on what you are protesting. I hope it turned out well and that your message was heard and look forward to the pictures. I ended up sticking with my prior position whick is kind of close to
taggles1 04.15.09 at 3:59 pm
“Maybe I am to idealistic. I don’t think we should just give our power away to any group that needs PUMA’s for bodies. We end up looking like we don’t have ideas or an agenda of our own, when we do.”

Me thinks PUMAs are individuals and may have interests and causes outside of PUMA as cjv and bj articulated well. I just prefer a disciplined approach and dont think we should coopt all interests and causes under PUMA when the alignment can not be established without smearing or contradicting our true common movement objectives. I could detail that further (using the four bullet points from murphy above) but right now I’m just going to enjoy the pictures and the stories brought back.

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BigCatLover 04.15.09 at 6:01 pm

C-Span will be showing Sec of State Clinton talking about combating the Somali pirates today at 6:45 pm Eastern time.
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The only way to combat Somali Pirates is to permit the Captain and at least three higher responsible members, of his crew to be armed or/and within easy reach of a gun and ammunition and even machine guns.

The Captain and his crew should have the right to protect themselves against possibly murderers; there is probably already a Nautical law stating that the Captain has the right to defend himself and his crew, on the high seas, and that law probably just has to be reactivated…

ladyhawke….

well, most people who kill newborns are mothers

hi pumas¡¡
the tea parties are being successful¡¡¡¡
those of us that are democrats will have to found a new party, given that our is being hijacked by a “strange political philosohy”, where terrorists are defined as those who oppose the government, and those who want to destroy our nation,culture,people might be defined as some sort of nature inclemency, oh no¡¡ we can not call them terrorist¡¡¡¡OMG

131storytellers: I am with you on this storytellers…I am very happy about the teaparty attendance.

On the other hand there was not one teaparty within the city limits of New Orleans….

gay gal suggests,
Hey, how about we call our third eye our Independent eye.

What if the third eye needs glasses? Does that mean it will have to wear a monocle? That’s so Erich von Stroheim! The third eye clearly would insist on wearing its very own Independent Lens.

Problem is, my other two eyes will bitch mightily about missing something. They start to roll like mad whenever that happens.

Download Obama’s tax forms here:

http://gretawire.foxnews.com/page/2/

Texas…PUMAS rock, and Madi is our puma with the power today

oh, and don’t forget that if the tea parties were a NOFUCKINGNOBAMA idea, there would have been media reports of 5 million in attendance….with 4.9 million of them being paid obots

Jennifor, FOX news is during their job: Their doesn’t seem to be any shortage of media coverage. I lurked and actually turned on the BSMSM.

“Thanks, Corporate Media, we couldn’t control the people without you.” That’s a great T-shirt for protests by the way.

Over 300 people turned out ( very good turn-out for a town of around 6000!) There were speeches urging all Americans to write their Congressman, become & stay involved in what is going on in our coutry. Speeches about the current administration dis-honoring America and the Constitution. There were patriotic songs. (there was crying (by me) I just always tear up when there is a big beautiful American Flag waving in the breeze and many voices are singing “Oh say, Can you see” ) (My kids have always laughed at Mom for this.)There were leaflets passed around stating that we, as Americans, vow to make the President and Congress answerable to WE the People. We control it, We own it, We need to work it! There was also one going around that said “I do not support Obama. I never have, and I never will. I will do everything in my power to have him re-called, impeached or found in-eligible. He is not proud to be American as evidenced by his actions and words. We must take America back.”
I don’t have pictures as of right now, but my friend took plenty of them and she prominses as soon as possible. I didn’t agree with everything they said, but they kept it mostly focused on being American and making Government responsible. My signs, (I had two) said “Bankers run or government & Obama is their puppet” and “Bail out Main street, not Wall street.” Both had pumapac.org written in orange. I am glad I went. My first protest rally ever!!

MADI, Junior Puma, GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOT.

Ladyhawke (107)- I agree with you completely. Before a woman is discharged from the hospital after giving birth, her doctor already examines her, talks with her, etc. If there were a good way to predict who would get postpartum depression one day after giving birth, then it would already be done. The multiple choice test will be like the questions they ask you when you check your luggage at the airport. (‘Did a terrorist put a bomb in your bag?”, “Are you a terrorist?”, etc.) Congress should spend its time working on real problems and stop grandstanding. If we gave women and men, whether they were having children or not, free mental health care, we would solve most of the problem.

Caught a few minutes of C-Span’s coverage of our SOS’s press conf on piracy. The meeting looked standing-room-only with people lined up on the side aisles.

She was able to think on her feet and speak without teleprompting because she had the facts at her fingertips! Hot Damn.

She took questions that appeared to be unscripted, i.e. reporters were framing Qs based on what she had just said; then she gave straight answers that likewise sounded off-the-cuff yet informed and informative.

Based on what I saw, it wasn’t rushed or overly repetitive either.

My only quibble (not sure if this is with her official statement, or due to the usual doublespeak from POTUS The Perp, or the MSM reportage of it) is that having a U.S. Navy escort does amount to military force. The rescue of Captain Phillips was a use of force by necessity in an emergency.

DANCES !!!!!!!!!

First May 1st. and 2nd .

and Dances, wherever you are, you are coming to

TT: Good luck to Madi! I used to be a long distance runner and races are soooo exciting!! Sounds like she is good at reaching inside for all she’s got…

Hey pumas…Back from the Bangor Tea Party. I estimate 300 people. I think I spoke with every one of them. Orange puma shirt, Hillary pin with a teabag hanging from it, and my fight the oligarchy sign. I passed out dozens of miniature versions of my sign with pumapac.org on them. There was not one sign with obama’s name on it. Most of the signs were against the bailouts. Many American and Don’t Tread On Me flags. Most people no longer identify with a party, two thirds lapsed republicans. Lots of thumbs up and honking from passing cars. My friend, a disgruntled national delegate, worked the crowd pushing the national campaign to have people change to unaffiliated on May 31. She was so pumped by the response she called into the Howie Carr show on the drive home. A good, proud to be an American day.

Went to one in NJ. Will try to get pics out. Let me tell you there were plenty of moderate Democrats there, plenty of libertarians, and conservatives. People were saying conservative instead of republican, because republicans have been a party to wasteful spending as much as wasteful democrats. And many were mad at those Republicans like Arlen Specter who appears to be bought by the Obama Administration.

Everyone I met was very nice. No Obots. We had a good time expressing our 1st amendment rights… a peaceful exchange of ideas. Unlike the violence that goes along with the Obama rallies.

What it comes down to is… all of us want lower taxes. We know how to spend our money better than the govt. And make our tax dollars work better. Instead of welfare… workfare and job training.

A friend of my sister’s… single Mom with kids. Went from K-mart to medical tech to more than that. She got training and assistance for the kids while she was learning from the State. Became an ultrasound tech… company paid for more training. In two years she went from 20K at K-mart to 35K and now 55K+ with all the extra training. And she’s thinking about more training.

This is what our local, state, and federal govt needs to do more of. She’s happy. Her kids are happier, and she’s going to pay more in taxes than the cost of the state grant for the training. Probably a lot more.

I call that a win-win. Everything Obama is doing is lose-lose, except for advancing his and Pelosi’s and Reid’s causes.

mountainsong,

His books sold a ton to the Obots during the campaign.

jenniforhillary 04.15.09 at 8:13 pm
and Dances, wherever you are, you are coming to
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LOL! Murphy’s gonna think I’m stalking her!

I’ll send you the names and email addresses of the PUMAs who sent a note of interest in a Texas Puma Gathering

Dances,

I will be calling you tonight…and you better answer.

I had a hard day today, and then something ( or one) woke me up.

Life is good because of friends, and my puma friends are my heart. I love you all (well, most of you) and I just wanted you to know it.

TexasTigress: Yes indeed..it is so…did you see in the article you linked that one protestor had a sign that said

Some Pirates are in America…with pictures of Ojamba Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid with pirates’s hats one…OHHHHH I love it!

I know my boy Thomas Jefferson enjoyed the hell out of this day..from whereever his vantage point is now.!!

check out headline on Drudge :
http://www.drudgereport.com/

TexasTigress: Love it …love it..oh go check out on that same page an update from Janet Napolitano re her support of that let me act like Hoover in the 60s and 70s and McCarthy in the 50s did but pretend I am not ….piece of propaganda she put her name to as one of the mouthpieces of this Fraud Ojamba’s politiburo…..protecting us from us…This woman is a disgrace…but not anymore than he is.

HEY DWP…. Your post (on the previous blog) made me cry… darn You… I am so glad you are recovering well… Oh, and the chicken soup offer is still open… Anyway, I have just returned from our Tea Party.. I had a friend send the picture’s that I took to the actioncenter… The bad news… I took about 50 pic’s… She sent them all so, maybe by next week they will all be loaded up… We had 500 plus people show up and participate… Everyone was soooooo wonderful and kind… We had our Santa Ana Winds which kicked up to 45-55 miles per hour… WOW!!!!!! Trying to hold on to my sign was a challenge… I also, spread the word about Puma and got alot of positive feedback… Will be looking for new member’s very soon… I have to say more Dems (who were Dems before) outnumbered any other party… But, today it was not about Party…It was about AMERICA AND HER PEOPLE!!!! IT was Wonderful…Hope everyone enjoy’s the picture’s…

Dances: It is great to see you in such great spirits so soon after the big o….and I don’t blame you for loving the not any better than this care…enjoy and do not reject it any time…too soon!

TT: That sounds like a fair deal to me…some of these state highways have not been fixed I think since Huey P. laid them down…all over the place…we experienced some of them while trying to take side roads etc and state highway connections to Texas after Katrina…never heard of some of the towns we passed and it was so dark you had to have faith that you were on a road to somewhere just to keep driving!

TT the reason that Louisiana doesn’t fix the roads is because they don’t have to employ as many police officers to patrol for speeders on the interstate…… think of the bad roads kinda like speed bumps…

186AniEm: How venal do these people get? Watch and see…we have not seen the depth of their venality and banality yet! The Homeland Security Notice is a huge example…current one…look for more very soon…in different areas…

May the light continue until it becomes an inner fire of indignation and action which represents the very best in this country…and her people.

inv – LOL !

TT,

Madi kicked some serious butt today… You gotta be proud of her and I’m proud of such an awesome Junior Puma!!!!

MKfromLa and Pumabear…. Thank You for all that you are doing… How kind,compassionate and caring both of you are… Oh, DWP make sure you get at least a few hugs a day from Pumabear… She give’s great hugs.. And, it will help in your recovery…. Truly, Thank You!!! May the very best in EVERYTHING in life be the very best for both of YOU!!!!

She is telling us ozero has done a lot for women

Million Tea Bags, But No Place to Dump Permits end dumping before it starts

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/1-Million-Tea-Bags-but-No-Place-to-Dump.html

The Pacific Northwest had a lot of Tea Parties today. The one I went to surprised the heck out of me because I had expected apathy and instead encountered a couple hundred sign-carrying people.

A Republican woman and I talked quite a while and agreed on most points, including that people need to be less divided and come together to form a more powerful movement. She & her husband were business owners. A young kid who looked college-aged (& liberal) & was holding a sign up about the bailouts overheard our conversation & said “right-on!”

I didn’t stay long but I drove my kids by there later so they could see what democracy in action looks like.

I stopped by the Tea Party tax protest here where I live on my way home from work. People are upset about the inability to pay taxes due to job losses and the ppor economy. BUT they are way more upset over Geithner overseeing the IRS. IRS employees are held to such hig standards their jobs are often on the line.
Geithner goes unpunsished and is allowed to get by with saying his failure to pay $34,000 in Medicare and Social Security taxes between 2001 and 2004 was an “oversight”, an “embarrassing mistake.”
And they/we are upset that this man is giving away hard earned money from people who DO pay their taxes in his Stimulus spending.
A similar “mistake” by one of his subordinates at IRS would swiftly be terminated.
This extreme hypocrisy, representative of the entire Obama administration is just outright immoral and illegal.
Hopefully, this “Tea Party” will live more than just one day, and spread across the country.
How the hell did Obama, who couldn’t win American Idol or Dancing with the Stars get elected POTUS. If I HAD voted for him, I’d be red-faced embarrassed to say so.
The puppy I just rescued is smarter than he is.

Hi Caspercat! DWP is a real trial (as you know) but we’re doing the best we can. I’ve got plenty of hugs to go around and am saving one for you, too!

(((Dances))) I am happy you are done with that gb and those angels are spoiling you. Stay comfortable and heal quickly.

Oh no, I guess spoke to soon. MK, you snuck in a post while I was writing mine.

Some body anybody watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY&feature=related

wanna talk about a woman who smokes

Rancho,
Your card knocked me over!! We had a great laugh over it.
and still get a chuckle when it’s mentioned! Thank you!
Love that roseannadanna

Tea Parties are for everyone. They are not run by anyone. Only the people who think the U.S. is going in the wrong direction should go to a tea party. That is a heck of a lot of people.

MKfromLA, Pumabear and DWP…. You are the BOMB!!!! I am so grateful and sooooooooooo appreciate all of you!!! You are Very Special… Sometimes, I think this reminds me of both of you and DWP… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7tuUG6dLv4 If we replace the motorcycles with the internet… WOW!!!!!! YOU are all dangerous…. Ha! Ha!!

Henry
I watched it when you first posted it…
I’ve watched it 9 times in the past three days! LOVE it!
Thanks.

CasperCat
You’re a riot! Thanks.

Sorry dances but she has blown me away. I have felt reduced to nothing by another persons voice only once before and that was live hearing Jeff Buckley do Hallelujah in the east village in the 90’s. I am knocked down by this woman’s voice. Perhaps because until yesterday I hated the song.My dad thinks I am just in love with the fact that a middle aged woman dared to go on a stage and sing her heart out and throw everyone for a loop,

Dances…well when the fuck can I call (note: i was very excited and just got home but darn it….)

And MK and Pumabear thanks for being so kind. You rock.

Jenn
Soon. I’m on pain meds and I don’t want to blather all my secrets incoherently…coherently, no problem… incoherently = problem.
Soon. I promise.

well, do me this much…email me your address. I made a dances box (yes, it is late) and went to address it and my NEW computer and I don’t get along and cannot access it…..there are many neat surprises and things to cheer you up and make you smile (yes, it is late)

henry–i have watched it too many times….I truly love it.

Rancho, if you are still here.. Sorry, a dog running loose on my block… Of course I picked it up and returned it back to its owner… The Tea Party was downtown at the Court House. Between 10th and 11th street… we marched from there to University and Lime back down to mission Inn ave and across main street and we did it 3 times.. We had such a great turn out… I just couldn’t believe it… Great People and all focused on ONE ISSUE… AMERICA and what is going on… Wish you were there… Look forward to seeing You next week… take care, Casper

oops… Invalid… that (234) was from me, Dances.)
DancesWithTooManyLaptops

Dances???????? are you incognito as MKfromLA…..

(SOCK PUPPET) LOL

Rancho… I get it now!!!!!!! It has been a long day…. Yes, it is OK… Check in Only….. If you know what I mean….. Hope you are doing great… Hugs, Casper

Casper . . .doing o.k, abt. 4 hrs. sleep and lots of stress at work, “kids” are great, but tensions are surfacing. . .still lots of pink slips not yet rescinded, too many variables, without possible resolution until the end of the month, or even later

jenniforhillary 04.15.09 at 6:17 pm

billie jo….

I’m waiting for YOU…where are you???
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Just got back from a tea party Jenni……….wassup?
Reading the blog bottoms up.

Rancho
Billijo! How wonderful for you and Goanderson. Loved the part
“One guy said, is this the liberal part of the group, we said, “Hell ya!”
I “heard” the next big day would/could be July 4. I’m in! if there is something in SoCal!
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Wish all California PUMAs could meet up, state is too damn long. Many great PUMAs are down there and a small pile up in the Bay Area…take a train and meet half way for the 4th of July…………I’m there!!!!

BillieJo . . .You’re on!!!

cjv 04.15.09 at 5:43 pm

((((BillieJo)))))

Thank you! I went alone and appreciate the support.
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Great job cjv………..it feels good after protesting doesn’t it? I am proud of you for stepping outside of the box and will check your video link now.

BillieJo
“Let’s try to make this happen Rancho……”

I’ll be out of the country until July 3, but I don’t see any reason why this wouldn’t be something that couldn’t be done.

“We could all bunk up to save money on a motel and party like it’s 2012!”

BB hopefully tomorrow night.

I love the idea!!! Let’s research, and keep the dialogue going!

Freddie-
I am very glad to have taken part in this and I wish more Pumas did because it was something to experience. I did not see any Republicans trying to coerce anybody and all the messages were stuff that all of us are concerned about – we just took it to the streets.
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I’m with ya Freddie. Glad you had a great time too.
Are you into meeting up in California on the 4th of July? Rancho and I are going to check the possibilities of all PUMAs meeting up then. Check posts above. I would love to meet you and Fred.

Rancho, the next time I go to claro’s YOU bet I will stop by… but, I will call first… take care and have a wonderful get a way…. Hugs

“We’re not against government spending: We’re against corruption and waste, and we are FOR a strong social net.
We’re not against taxes: We’re against taxing the people to enrich the few, and we are FOR taxing the people for the prosperity of the PEOPLE.
We’re not against government: We’re against government By the Few FOR the Few, and we are FOR government By the People FOR the People.
We’re not against Democrats: We’re against cronyism and we are FOR the protection of democratic principles.
We’re not against Republicans: We’re against corruption and degradation of the Constitution, and we are FOR Equal Rights for ALL American citizens.
We’re not against men: We’re against woman-lynching, discrimination, and we are FOR women.”

Rock on Murphy! Love it.

A friend of mine went to a tea party in Michigan – her mom wore a cute hat decorated with tea-bag tassels tagling from it and had tea bag wrappers for the hat band. My friend’s sign said “What happened to ‘pay as you go’????” and on the other side “The mainstream media is the Matrix”, which I thought was hilarious.

Obama ‘unaware’ of the tea partys.

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2009/20090415103312.aspx

I think they are overlooking that ‘unaware’ is his natural state.

pigpaws 259

funny and good links. This is so typical and illustrates the arrogance I don’t like about him – he does not acknowledge or really HEAR opposing views. He’s perfect for this age of media madness – stay on message, don’t really communicate anything worth reading/hearing.

#1 NOP

Actually, it’s “brava” not bravo…Murphy’s very much an “-a” not an “-o”
—tsk-tsk! You should know that.

Glad I missed this useless day’s posting. Criminy…and Cannonfire is hopelessly arcane this week.

Luckily, Tn Guerilla women has a VERY useful and relevant post up about a REAL protest with DEADLY REAL consequences.

The women in Afghanistan have been braving rabid bearded men throwing stones at them for protesting their country’s making rape a man’s right by law.

#25 taggles

A-fucking-men! Testify, sister!

Keep doing what you do best…expose the bs.

Anyone who heard you on Tuesday should have a clue.

Enough of PUMAs being hijacked. I’m solidly in your corner.

To be clear, I’m allllll for rightwingers organizing protests and more power to them. But the crap you are describing is all too real and we should have nothing to do with their lame line of reasoning and their POISON. Wouldn’t it be nice if you were MSM instead of these vile spewers like Jay Severin and GLENN BECK, whom wayyyyyyy too many posting here swoon over (gag).

#29 dances

“I understand your point, and agree to an extent, but, I also believe if an action or movement is in alignment with our position/positions, I see no harm in joining that action.”

Pigs who sneer about lefties have ZERO alignment with us, unless you see us as rightwing…which may fauxgressives do, from the nonstop invasion of the original concept by rightwingers with their own agenda.

The tea parties were a rightwing creation and promotion. Facts. We might wish they’d been bipartisan or nonpartisan, but that is unfortunately not the case.

that was taggles #30….her comments #35 are also gospel:

“The tea parties are run by well known republican hacks who brought us the Contract with America. They know what they are doing.”

I’m only sorry she had to fight the good fight alone today, with no one at her back.

#62 gaygal

Oh, what a disappointment. Come on. A bajillionith “third” party?

The repukes took over an existing party. That’s what we need to do. At the primary level.

It can be done. The tirrrrrred old yadda yadda about 15 hundred “new” (cough) “third” parties is pointless.

#67 glad to see some remorse.

Bush was propped up in 2000…part of that propping up was Nader’s lie that Bush and Gore were “the same.” How true was that?

So sad that those who want progressive change are just as easy to manipulate as those on the opposite spectrum.

#71 Big Cat Lover, the last eight years has proven NOTHING else but that the media can steer the dupes on either end of the political spectrum.

If they decide on Mittwit or Newt “blowjob” Gingrich, we may need to flee the country, because that’s who would be installed.

#91

geeeeee Jenni!!!! You forgot also to mention the repukes?

An oversight?????? Or an agenda? Do tell!!!!!!

heh.

Zee: Bravo here is used as an interjection in the English Lanugage and as such bravo is the accepted form.
Since I am speaking English and since interjections are not in and of themselves connected to the rest of the meaning of the sentence relative to bravo of what sex..i.e. this is not Italian….brava is not in fact what is appropriate here.

If Murphy begins to sing opera and if I think her performance is splendid…perhaps I will say brava…but I doubt it.

And this …I did not expect you to know. I was correct.

If you really wanted to make a useful.relevant point…youshould have noted that the standard punctuation
for an interjection such as this should have been an exclamation point.

Good night Zee…you need sleep…

Zee 04.16.09 at 2:30 am

the tea parties are the antithesis to this statement:

We’re not against taxes: We’re against taxing the people to enrich the few, and we are FOR taxing the people for the prosperity of the PEOPLE.
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Again, testify, taggles! Though apparently those here either don’t get it or pretend not to.

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Zee, let me ask you…. Do you practice trying to offend and be-little people and their opinions, or does it just come naturally? In your mind, apparently the only valid/right opinion is yours and those who agree with yours. I am not offended or mad at you, because I don’t chose to be-little people, even if I disagree. People can disagree, but diplomacy goes a lot further than sarcasm.

White house made georgetown Univ. cover up the name of Jesus when he spoke there on Tuesday , and they did ..

http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/04/georgetown-says-it-covered-over-name-of-jesus-to-comply-with-white-house-request.html

TexasTigress 04.16.09 at 8:40 am

White house made georgetown Univ. cover up the name of Jesus when he spoke there on Tuesday , and they did ..
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Theses Afghan women are so brave. My heart goes out to them.
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Too bad the twits at georgetown U are scared little boys, they should be as brave as Afghan women!!!!

Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”–symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the “IHS” monogram that had previously adorned the stage at Georgetown’s Gaston Hall was still covered up–when the pediment where it had appeared was photographed by CNSNews.com.

On Wednesday, CNSNews.com inspected the pediment embedded in the wall at the back of the stage in Gaston Hall, where Obama delivered his speech. The letters “IHS” were not to be found. They appeared to be shrouded with a triangle of black-painted plywood.

Pictures of the wooden pediment prior to Obama’s speech show the letters “IHS in gold. Many photos posted on the Internet of other events at Gaston Hall show the letters clearly.

http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/04/georgetown-says-it-covered-over-name-of-jesus-to-comply-with-white-house-request.html
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Everyday I am more convinced we have an insidious threat at the top of the crap heap…muslim obama!

Murphy: On a happier and jollier note…it looks as if a large amount of Holy Spirit ZAPS …blasted around the country yesterday …awakening some of the o ye who sleep….into some kind of action on their own behalf…Good to know somebody is working overtime…

NOP, yes where is my damn gall bladder when I need it!! I have so much gall in my heart I will need my heart stones removed!
I have said I am not a religious person, but I damn well respect others. You can be respectful by saying NOTHING!
You can as a leader of MY WONDERFUL COUNTRY, show respect by not bowing to a sovereign of a terrorist nation. You must be humble and respectful of AMERICA!
What freaking rock did they dig this abomination of a dork out from under? I can not abide the sight of him nor do I.
Where are the REAL Americans, the ones who profess to love this country, where are the “MEN OF GOD” who profess to love and lead the least of us?? WHERE???? UP OBAMA ASS!!!