tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post7619847835642557633..comments2024-03-19T02:45:37.685-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: The essence of the Tea Party: leave us aloneScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-5775068207462091382010-05-19T09:35:17.504-07:002010-05-19T09:35:17.504-07:00Gotta love Ed Crane. Well said.Gotta love Ed Crane. Well said.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419732134820777154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-21802323319714440502010-05-18T18:47:53.258-07:002010-05-18T18:47:53.258-07:00Scott,
Thank you. I would LOVE to see some gridlo...Scott,<br /><br />Thank you. I would LOVE to see some gridlock right now.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652253509768573561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-49775382193002781962010-05-18T10:42:57.586-07:002010-05-18T10:42:57.586-07:00The size and scope of government in the US is inco...The size and scope of government in the US is incompatible with democratic governance - hence the frustration of the Tea Party people. The expansion of governmental power now underway, if it is not reversed in 2010 and 2012, will doom us to government by bureaucratic elites. The crucial test is whether the Tea Partiers are willing to slash middle class entitlements to save our way of life.<br /><Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00607057013050715435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-17127124838542612522010-05-18T10:01:51.884-07:002010-05-18T10:01:51.884-07:00John: Re the impact on Congress of the November el...John: Re the impact on Congress of the November elections. From everything I've seen, I think we'll see heavy Democrat losses in both houses of Congress this November. The losses will easily be enough to erase the Democrat's control of Congress, and enough to ensure legislative gridlock. At this point, gridlock is a thing devoutly to be wished. Furthermore, I think there is a Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-41766762513078712992010-05-18T09:09:28.860-07:002010-05-18T09:09:28.860-07:00It would be nice also if every state got back from...It would be nice also if every state got back from Uncle Sam roughly what it paid in. No more subsidizing of weakling states. <br /><br />By definition, the red ink is going to states that received more abck from Uncle Sam than they pay in. <br /><br />Libertarianism and the Republican Party: Strange bedfellows. <br /><br />Polygamy anyone? Cocaine? Brothels with blinking lights and plate glass Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-39853058746849723252010-05-18T08:00:30.162-07:002010-05-18T08:00:30.162-07:00The Federal Reserve has as much to do with the cur...The Federal Reserve has as much to do with the current problems as any government body in America.<br /><br />If you believe in limited government, then you should believe in dismantling the secrecy, power, and control of the Federal Reserve.<br /><br />Otherwise, you are fooling yourselves into believing a few tea leaves can save the day.Public Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017383928897945054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-44497036128345906502010-05-18T06:25:57.874-07:002010-05-18T06:25:57.874-07:00Scott,
That's also my anecdotal experience he...Scott,<br /><br />That's also my anecdotal experience here in Tx with the Tea Partiers I know. The focus is mostly on Obama's private sector grabs, and his red-ink spewing super volcano of debt.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843411100678811292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-84712998296688563782010-05-18T06:23:31.251-07:002010-05-18T06:23:31.251-07:00Fiscal policy focus yes. Until the flat tax is co...Fiscal policy focus yes. Until the flat tax is constructed there will always be ties into the social fabric of who is defined as a man & wife for a family unit. Tea Party enemies will want to force arguments where they should not be, as long people major on the majors it will be fine. I am praying for this November and beyond.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362700124030334035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-36060976680473862202010-05-17T21:19:24.884-07:002010-05-17T21:19:24.884-07:00I've said before and I'll say it again: th...I've said before and I'll say it again: the strength of the Tea Party is that it is focused on fiscal policy not on social policy. If social policies get inserted into the Tea Party movement it will surely lose a lot of its momentum.Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-8329063350042625672010-05-17T20:53:21.778-07:002010-05-17T20:53:21.778-07:00This is great. I am all for libertarian philosophy...This is great. I am all for libertarian philosophy and the portions of the Tea Party that embraces. Particularly the ideal of reduced government. However, please remember this includes men having sex with other men. Women dressing as men. People smoking marijuana (or more) in the privacy of their own homes. And remember this is the way it should be. A she-male's home is his/her castle. If MadTaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01993644388485131972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-43852743354269423132010-05-17T20:47:42.676-07:002010-05-17T20:47:42.676-07:00We can't even get our government to stop meddl...We can't even get our government to stop meddling in the affairs of nations literally on the other side of the globe. <br /><br />There is no corner of the earth too remote or economically insignificant that someone from the federal government will not declare that absolutely vital and crucial interests are at stake, and that we must spend billions, even trillions of dollars to rectify Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-82993092991860307682010-05-17T20:24:07.789-07:002010-05-17T20:24:07.789-07:00Scott,
I don't do politics except around elec...Scott,<br /><br />I don't do politics except around election time but I saw some poll numbers the other day that surprised me. The congressional spread for congress was a negative 49% but was about even for President Obama. It appears the public is blaming Congress for the country's ills. <br /><br />I'm wondering if you have a feel for how the two houses will change in the next Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652253509768573561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-52456774173755027482010-05-17T20:10:08.979-07:002010-05-17T20:10:08.979-07:00Maybe people should try reading a section of the D...Maybe people should try reading a section of the Declaration of Independence. You see those folks back then had a little problem and they bothered to jot it down directly into the Declaration of Independence:<br /><br />(1) our government continues to erect “a multitude of new offices”,<br /><br />(2) and send “swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out our substance”. <br /><br />Same W.E. Heasleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368333904571061995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-39293959572681437182010-05-17T20:07:52.685-07:002010-05-17T20:07:52.685-07:00Whut we hauve heeyer...is a faaailure..to commuuun...Whut we hauve heeyer...is a faaailure..to commuuunikate!! <br /><br />Struther Martin - Cool Hand Luke<br /><br /><br />Sorry Scott, just couldn't help it.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652253509768573561noreply@blogger.com