to this day i have NO idea what they're protesting health-case wise that is.
do you not know our health care system is VERY broken? do you not care? will you start caring when you or a loved one gets raked over the coals by it?
sure, this health care bill is no where near perfect but damn, we MUST start somewhere
oh and p.s. BACHMANN STFU!!!
'Tea party' protesters accused of spitting on lawmaker, using slurs
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus said that racial epithets were hurled at them Saturday by angry protesters who had gathered at the Capitol to protest health-care legislation, and one congressman said he was spit upon. The most high-profile openly gay congressman, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), was heckled with anti-gay chants.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) issued a statement late Saturday saying that he was spit upon while walking to the Capitol to cast a vote, leading the Capitol Police to usher him into the building out of concern for his safety. Police detained the individual, who was then released because Cleaver declined to press charges.
"The congressman was walking into the Capitol to vote, when one protester spat on him. The congressman would like to thank the U.S. Capitol Police officer who quickly escorted the other Members and him into the Capitol, and defused the tense situation with professionalism and care," said Danny Rotert, a spokesman for Cleaver.........
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No, they complain as loudly as everybody else when they get screwed over by some part of the health care system. But that's one hemisphere of the brain, and the other is controlled by the Republican propaganda machine, which has always been adept at getting people to despise their own best interests.
I saw a Tea Party rally poster the other day which had a raised closed fist smack in the middle of it. Che Guevara t-shirts will be next, and then we'll have a real ball-game :-)
PS, and when I say ball game, of course I mean Calvinball.
that made me chuckle. both the che and the calvin(ball)
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