Scenes From the 9/12 DC Tea Party Protest, Part I

Sad, shows the world the 'ugly' not so pretty side of America, not stuff of the American Dream where people would come to a beacon of life attracted by hope and rebirth just to find this angry racist mob screaming in their face.

Racism? I think not. If it would have been racist, there would have been a white side and a black side. There were black people there, too. And it's ignorant to think any of those people were there to be racist. And it's good to show an ugly side every once in a while. "Nobody's perfect." -Hannah Montana.

Lo, are you kidding? Because these people think differently than you do, they are UNAMERICAN? That is crazy, and opposite what this country stands for. The expression of opinion is what this country was founded on! I don't see racism in ANY of this, all I see is dissatisfaction with how this administration is heading us toward socialism. People around the wordls can look at this and envy the FREEDOM we American have to express our opinion and affect change. How pompous of you to think people with opinions contrary to yours are less American.

I don't get it. What freedoms are we losing? I live in Appalachia-work 3 jobs, my husband works 2, but none provide health insurance. It takes all those jobs to pay mortgage, utilities, car expenses, and food. There is none left over for health care, I keep trying to think of a way to work another job, but I do have to sleep sometime. And now what...I'm very sick! I put off going to a Doctor for years because I could not pay--it is so high out of pocket! So there was an emergency, and I don't know what is going to happen. I need surgery-but how on earth can that happen? Does anyone out there think this is one of my American rights...to die from neglect and financial woes? I work my ass off! Now what?

Rock on! Lets roll! Lets bury this Obama junta before it's too late ...

The point of a society is to help one another. By working together we don't all have to do everything our selfs. We can work together like the amish putting up a barn, or like the government building a road. I don't want to build a sewer system for myself, I would rather pay a tax. Many people are complaining about healthcare reform and how it is delivered without thinking about what should be done. Instead of just call names or just as bad if not worse excepting the ideas of the congress/government why not think about how it works and come up with some useful ideas.
Currently we have a problem, big companies can cut us off from medical treatment if we don't have insurance. But they are the only ones who can sell us insurance. We have higher and higher costs. Most of us won't be able to pay if the trend continues. The more people without insurance, the more people in emergency rooms. The more people in emergency rooms, the more state governments will have to pay. We all live in states, so we will all have to pay. So what is the solution? I'm open to suggestions. It's really kind of a math problem.

SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.

Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries BY A GOVERNMENT, which we might expect in a country WITHOUT GOVERNMENT,
our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise. For were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform, and
irresistibly obeyed, man would need no other lawgiver; but that not being the case, he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest; and this he is induced to do by the same prudence which in every other case advises him out of two evils to choose the least. WHEREFORE, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever FORM thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others.

Deep Brain:

You were not there and you're comment is without relevance.
However, that being said.....you are due the same amount of respect as you're inane comment.
Even though there was a SIGNIFICANTLY greater number of people attending the protest as compared to a football game - you're comment demonstrates the point that you would even compare the two? The PROBLEM with this country is JUST THAT. No one pays attention to their civic and constitutional duty of paying attention to our government representatives and the issues that they are PAID to address and worry more about meaningless football games.

I am frankly disturbed at the liberal press that they failed to cover this event, either before, during or after. However, I shouldn't be surprised for they have been slanting the news for quite a while lately. I think Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank have all led us down the garden path to a socialistic government, if we don't start taking action in voting them out of office. .

What are you talking about it was on the news in the news on the radio and where discussing it right now. What did you expect a mini series

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Protesters paid by "FreedomWorks".

I was one of the MANY protesters on Capital Hill and by no means were any of us paid my Freedom Works or any one else. We paid our own ways there to stick up for our right to freedom! It is quite ashame how ignorate so many Americans are being.. especialy when it comes to protecting the freedom that our founding fathers fought so hard for us to have!!!!

Your out there protecting private health companies? Is that what our founding fathers wanted? Corporate profits above all!!!

All 1.2 million of them. That's alot of cash.

1.2 million? Try again.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/09/size-mat...

The Capital Police estimated 2.5 MIllion....

If the rest of us were happy, why did tens of thousands of people turn out in protests?? There is anger brewing in America that will get out of control if ignored much longer.
Back when the United States of America was just the colonies that were ruled by Great Britain, colonists began to feel oppressed and controlled by the far, out of touch government in England. The taxation without representation and unfair taxes on exports along with other controlling actions by the Parliament made the colonists feel like their lives were being run for them.
So anger started to brew amongst colonists, yet it wasn't a majority that wanted a revolution against the controlling government, it was a small radical group of brave and intelligent people that began the rebellion that is now known as the American Revolution. This revolution represented citizens' desires to be free of a large and controlling government that decides everything for its people.
Yet here we are, a little more than 200 years later, we have a massive government that continues to chide into each and every part of it's citizens lives and a good amount of those citizens have had enough. High taxes, unnecessary spending, governmental intervention everywhere, where is the individual responsiblity? What happened to the Americans who were too proud to accept a handout from the government and instead would find a way to make it on their own? What the United States doesn't need is the government making yet another decision for them, we need to stand up to our representatives and show them how we feel like we're suffocating from the firm grasp of the federal government's hand.

Wow. You got almost as many people from around the country to attend a rally as attended a single college football game.

Me so SKARED now!

EXACTLY!

As usual, you have to look outside the country to see what is really going on. The media here is controlled - so sad what has happened to my country and how so few see thru it. I was there - I never saw so many people. In the picture here from AP you can clearly see the 9/12.org tee shirts worn, so you can not say it is another protest.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/artic...

Oh noes. A conservative brit newspaper tells the troof!

There is no coverage about this in Germany...

Goons on parade. A cumulative IQ of the entire marching circus didn't exceed enough to compete with a piece of rock's.

There should have been more anti-protesters like the older gentleman in the picture above. If I ever get a chance, I'll go to a rally holding a sign that says, "I'M WITH STUPID" and have arrows pointing in all directions...

The true minorities in America were represented at the teabagger demonstrations today. They are the birthers, truithers, deathers. nativists, libertarians, and LaRouchers. They are different from the other minorities because they are shrinking while the other minorities are growing. One more generation and they will be relegated to the dustbin of history.

The Micro-Million Mor an M arch.

Looks like they told people to spread out to make the street look filled in these shots. Then they took some shots with the crowd compacted.

If seen other shots (e.g. aerial photos that are clearly of other protests...one even had a flag at half mast...Kennedy Memorial?

I Found this post on the 9/l2 protestors own website.

" I'm really disappointed in the fox coverage online. The video was great, but the sound was from the 911 memorial done last night. Sent a notice but nothing was fixed. Ended up going to a different link to watch it."

Weak minds are easily manipulated. So sad.

Today was all about opening one's eyes and seeing the TRUTH of it all. It had NOTHING to do with the color of one's skin. Nothing. But there are those who are going to HIDE behind that because they are either too afraid or too lazy to learn the TRUTH. For anyone who thinks that CNN, ABC, etc are reporting things as they are....watch Fox news a few nights and then let's hear what you have to say. When we go down, we all go down together. Why not help to right things and help to strengthen America instead of destroying it.

I'll watch Fox if you watch PBS or better yet BBC America

What truth would that be? That we should listen to Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh. Please. You are being manipulated by corporate interests. And you are falling for it.

And I suppose you are not being manipulated by the secular progressives and falling for it?

I am secular. Always have been. George Bush made me progressive. He made legions of us, actually. I never cared about politics until he came along.

BTW, I get my news from PBS, BBC. Try to avoid most American outlets as they are all owned by corporate interests and biased, IMO.

This must represent the 20% that thought Bush was a great President. Boy talk about some pent up rage.

Incidentally, Matt was actually LOOKING for nutjobs

And he couldnt find any he must be like me when I lose my glasses.

must be why you cant see the truth...

The truth is we spend 16-17 cents of every dollar in this country on health care and rank 37th. Even if we ranked No.1 that is to much when our competition around the world covers everyone for 8-10 cents on the dollar. Tell me how spending that much more for less and not covering everyone at the same time is not a Conservative value. Go read Burke.

good health care costs money,duhhh!! And some people want it to be paid for by others so that they can have their gas guzzling Cadillac Escalade ala spinners and sound system, etc...

So what are you saying your not allowed to have a fancy car and good health care. Why would others have to pay their bill. You get it at work or you purchase it yourself. The govt. says it will help subsidize the lower income workers and that's bad how? What type of car do you think CEOs of ins. co.'s drive with 25-30 cent of each dollar they get not going to health care. And by the way what exactly do insurance company's do. When you get sick you don't go see your ins. agent.

And Medicare loses 1 dollar out of five, Indian Health services provide abominable care for 20 grand per person, Social Security and Medicare are bankrupt, Amtrak is really a money loser not to mention the quality of service, the post office is losing money.... By God, I think we should start another federal disaster, eh?

Are you joking? Read Matt's take at Reason.com. Everybody he found HATED Bush. No Birthers either.

http://reason.com/blog/show/136041.html

Don't kid yourself, 90% of these people thought Bush was the second coming of Winston Churchill up until November 7, 2006, when it became clear that Bush was a liability for the conservative movement in this country.

I watched on C-Span I saw birther signs. Nobody wants to claim Bush anymore would you.

Stupid White People (tm)

That is a pretty sad comment. I was there and there were people from all races and backgrounds. That doesn't matter.. we are all AMERICAN!

That's the best you can do? Obviously you weren't there today.