There is definitely more than one way to make your voice heard.
Candi is forever sending emails, making phone calls and signing petitions. She also attends rallies and demonstrations in support of smaller government and less spending. You may not see her and her friends on the news, but they are still making their voices heard in government.
On the other hand, you can congregate in large numbers and have sex on the street, do drugs, defecate on police cars, burn the American flag and bear your breasts to get the attention of the "lame stream media" without having a cohesive or coherent message.
Now, I ask you...which is more effective? The quiet and respectful, or the loud and obnoxious? I'm with my human on this and prefer the first!
When asked, "Where is the TEA Party?", my human responded with the truth. The TEA Party is quietly making it's voice heard through actions such as petitions, phone calls and emails. They are busy spreading the word via social networking sites and organizing rallies such as the one she attended in Nashville over the weekend. Just because you don't see them on the news, doesn't mean they aren't active.
To organize mass numbers to confront these "occupiers" would only result in escalating violence. Do we really want people killing each other on the streets of America? I think not. I may be a dog, but I know that violence is not the answer. And with Van Jones and Stephen Lerner actively encouraging these "occupy" people to invade the homes and terrify families of CEO's, along with forcefully occupying buildings, believe me...violence would ensue if large numbers showed up in an anti-protest.
Also, with members of Congress and Hollywood showing support for these "occupy" people, the main stream media would have no problem whatsoever convincing middle America that the TEA Party instigated the violence. Would we do more harm than good if we showed up enmasse to fight these hairy and unwashed people? Once again, I have to agree with my human in thinking that we would.
So here is my advice to those who think the TEA Party is silent now. Either make use of that computer you're sitting in front of and email your representative or put it away and make a phone call. It's easy to talk big on the social networking sites, it's a lot more difficult to put yourself out there and actually take action. For those unable to actively participate at rallies and so forth but are making calls and sending emails...well done! For those unwilling to do more than complain publicly and talk big via Facebook and Twitter...would you please get out of the way? There are those of us who are actually doing something and you're thwarting our progress!
Conversations Between A Dog And Her Human
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
OWS and the TEA Party Movements
Today was one of those rare days when my human completely flipped out over some comments in the news. Now this doesn't happen very often, but when it does...watch out! When she begins to color the air blue with language, I sit back until she finally runs out of steam and then I go try to offer her some comfort. Today took longer than usual for her to run out of steam.
"Have these political analysts on the left completely lost their minds?" she jumped up and asked.
She then began to pace up and down cursing with such vehemence and volume, that any sailor would be proud. She ranted on and on about how stupid it was to compare the coherent message of cutting spending and smaller government of the TEA Party movement to the unclear and idiotic demands of the unwashed currently holding cities all over America hostage. Finally, she began to calm down and I trotted over to lay my head on her lap to comfort her.
"Candi, why are they comparing what those people are doing to what you and your friends stand for," I asked.
She looked down with great sadness in her eyes and said, "Because, Shasta, the liberal media and the liberals in Congress don't want to admit that they've messed up. They messed up when they forced Obamacare down our throats, they messed up with TARP and they're messing up with this insistence on funding 'green jobs' companies like Solyndra. And those three things only scrape the surface. They don't like the TEA Party demanding government get out of the way of the private sector. They can't control us and it terrifies them. But what made me so angry is the comparison. I've been to dozens of rallies and have NEVER seen the kind of behavior that theses 'occupiers' are exhibiting. To compare our rational and well behaved rallies to this demonstration where drugs are being openly used, people are defecating on police cars and American flags, and where the police are having to arrest hundreds is inexcusable to me."
Because I'm just a dog and don't fully understand I had to ask, "Why though? What is it that offends you the most?"
She took a deep breath, counted to ten and said, "The TEA Party stands for less government and fiscal responsibility. These 'occupy' people want big government and more spending. We stand and salute the flag at rallies. These people burn it and defecate on it. We stand peacefully listening to speakers or singing along. These people chant mindlessly the words of someone with a bull horn. We clean up after our rallies and put everything back where we found it. These people throw trash everywhere and make it impossible for anyone else to come in and pick it up. We have a cohesive and short message. These people take off their clothing and scream at buildings while holding up traffic. We quietly and methodically contact our representatives in an attempt to get what we want. These people scream and rant and rave until the media comes down with cameras and begins to sympathize with their plight. We have worked for what we have. They have lived off mom and dad. We take responsibility for our actions. They blame everyone else. The media loves to paint us as violent, although they have no proof of us being unruly or violent. They paint these people as peaceful, although there is ample evidence of their violence and hatred. I have a real issue with the media bias on this and trying to get middle class America on the side of these protestors by comparing them to the TEA Party movement. That is what I am so upset about tonight, Shasta."
I felt her pain and disgust at having the noble ideas and goals of the TEA Party movement compared to what these "occupiers" are doing. I can see in her eyes the sadness at the thought that her Patriotism is being related to the anti-American rants of the unwashed. Her total disappointment in elected officials condoning their vile behavior as opposed to condemning their public displays of drug use and sex was something I could not hide from. It is a horrible thing for a dog not to be able to comfort her human. But what comfort can I give her, when the country she loves so much is being handed to the socialists by the main-stream media.
When will middle America wake up and realize that they're being handed up like sacrificial lambs to the elite who would have them completely under control? What will it take for the average Joe to see that the TEA Party movement is based on constitutional principles and that the people participating are law abiding citizens just trying to keep America great? With comparisons like this one today, it will take even longer to undo the damage that is being done to this great country by the likes of Pelosi, Reid, Wasserman-Shultz, Stephen Lerner, Hoffa Jr., Obama and George Soros. In the meantime, all I can do is stand with my human and say, "Anyone who thinks the OWS movement and the TEA Party movement are the same has lost their mind! We suggest you put down your crack pipes, stop drinking the kool-aid and wake up before the very freedoms you grew up with are gone!"
"Have these political analysts on the left completely lost their minds?" she jumped up and asked.
She then began to pace up and down cursing with such vehemence and volume, that any sailor would be proud. She ranted on and on about how stupid it was to compare the coherent message of cutting spending and smaller government of the TEA Party movement to the unclear and idiotic demands of the unwashed currently holding cities all over America hostage. Finally, she began to calm down and I trotted over to lay my head on her lap to comfort her.
"Candi, why are they comparing what those people are doing to what you and your friends stand for," I asked.
She looked down with great sadness in her eyes and said, "Because, Shasta, the liberal media and the liberals in Congress don't want to admit that they've messed up. They messed up when they forced Obamacare down our throats, they messed up with TARP and they're messing up with this insistence on funding 'green jobs' companies like Solyndra. And those three things only scrape the surface. They don't like the TEA Party demanding government get out of the way of the private sector. They can't control us and it terrifies them. But what made me so angry is the comparison. I've been to dozens of rallies and have NEVER seen the kind of behavior that theses 'occupiers' are exhibiting. To compare our rational and well behaved rallies to this demonstration where drugs are being openly used, people are defecating on police cars and American flags, and where the police are having to arrest hundreds is inexcusable to me."
Because I'm just a dog and don't fully understand I had to ask, "Why though? What is it that offends you the most?"
She took a deep breath, counted to ten and said, "The TEA Party stands for less government and fiscal responsibility. These 'occupy' people want big government and more spending. We stand and salute the flag at rallies. These people burn it and defecate on it. We stand peacefully listening to speakers or singing along. These people chant mindlessly the words of someone with a bull horn. We clean up after our rallies and put everything back where we found it. These people throw trash everywhere and make it impossible for anyone else to come in and pick it up. We have a cohesive and short message. These people take off their clothing and scream at buildings while holding up traffic. We quietly and methodically contact our representatives in an attempt to get what we want. These people scream and rant and rave until the media comes down with cameras and begins to sympathize with their plight. We have worked for what we have. They have lived off mom and dad. We take responsibility for our actions. They blame everyone else. The media loves to paint us as violent, although they have no proof of us being unruly or violent. They paint these people as peaceful, although there is ample evidence of their violence and hatred. I have a real issue with the media bias on this and trying to get middle class America on the side of these protestors by comparing them to the TEA Party movement. That is what I am so upset about tonight, Shasta."
I felt her pain and disgust at having the noble ideas and goals of the TEA Party movement compared to what these "occupiers" are doing. I can see in her eyes the sadness at the thought that her Patriotism is being related to the anti-American rants of the unwashed. Her total disappointment in elected officials condoning their vile behavior as opposed to condemning their public displays of drug use and sex was something I could not hide from. It is a horrible thing for a dog not to be able to comfort her human. But what comfort can I give her, when the country she loves so much is being handed to the socialists by the main-stream media.
When will middle America wake up and realize that they're being handed up like sacrificial lambs to the elite who would have them completely under control? What will it take for the average Joe to see that the TEA Party movement is based on constitutional principles and that the people participating are law abiding citizens just trying to keep America great? With comparisons like this one today, it will take even longer to undo the damage that is being done to this great country by the likes of Pelosi, Reid, Wasserman-Shultz, Stephen Lerner, Hoffa Jr., Obama and George Soros. In the meantime, all I can do is stand with my human and say, "Anyone who thinks the OWS movement and the TEA Party movement are the same has lost their mind! We suggest you put down your crack pipes, stop drinking the kool-aid and wake up before the very freedoms you grew up with are gone!"
Respectful Versus Disrespectful and Dogs
On Friday, my human left me behind while she went to Nashville for the "We Stand With Gibson" rally. Naturally I was disappointed at being left behind, but I did understand the reasons for it. Saturday evening she came home and after about twenty minutes of showing her how happy I was at her return, she went to get ready to head back out. We didn't have any time to talk about her trip or the rally. So yesterday, we spent the entire day cuddled on the sofa watching old movies and chatting about the rally and other events that were taking place during the weekend.
I told her about the coverage of the OWS I watched on TV and she told me about the various artists performing at the rally. I told her about the struggle I had trying to use the Netbook and she told me about the rude person next to her at the hotel. After a day spent discussing such things I came to a few conclusions.
One, according to liberals, my human is free to work hard as long she supports others that are unwilling to work. As long as she isn't free-thinking enough to assume that what she earns is hers and doesn't belong to the village, they will let her go about her business uninterrupted or challenged.
Two, she is free to protest anything she wants as long as she is unruly, defecates on police vehicles and shows a total lack of respect for the environment they are so concerned about. It is unseemly for her to attend a peaceful demonstration in support of hard work, American ingenuity and job creation such as the "We Stand With Gibson" rally in Nashville.
Three, she is free to worship however she chooses, as long as it isn't Christian worship. Heaven forbid that she believe in God and the Ten Commandments. She must choose to worship in the ways the ACLU deems best or risk being ostracized and sued by our government.
She is also free to attend any gathering where they don't sing the national anthem or say the Pledge of Allegiance first. The fact that most TEA Party events do begin with showing respect to our country is something that drives the ACLU up a wall, and we can't have that! Lord knows we don't want to offend anyone by proudly standing with our hand over hearts and reciting the Pledge!
I find it interesting that my human would be told "God bless you for what you're doing" by the liberals if she were showing her breasts or showing disrespect for anyone in authority. But showing respect and love for her country and the freedoms it was founded on gets her called ugly names and ostracized by the "intellectuals" of our time. How is it possible that thinking for herself is condemned but the mindless chants of a crowd are applauded?
"Shasta, don't worry so much about what the liberal left thinks. The simple fact is, my friends and I are obviously doing something right. If we weren't, we wouldn't be under attack the way we are," she told me.
"Well be that as it may, I think the liberal left needs to get a sense of humor as well as some common decency. They need to understand that their unwashed bodies, public use of drugs and unruly behavior is doing nothing but making them look ridiculous and childish. Even dogs behave better than that!"
I may walk around on four legs, go to the bathroom outside in the woods and depend on my human for fundamental needs, but even I know that the liberal left has NO clue what it means to be patriotic. They obviously have great disdain for anyone seeking to protect the very things that made this country great. And by that very reasoning my last conclusion after talking with my human is this: I'd rather be a dog and have the love of my neighbors than be a joke and disgrace to my country.
I told her about the coverage of the OWS I watched on TV and she told me about the various artists performing at the rally. I told her about the struggle I had trying to use the Netbook and she told me about the rude person next to her at the hotel. After a day spent discussing such things I came to a few conclusions.
One, according to liberals, my human is free to work hard as long she supports others that are unwilling to work. As long as she isn't free-thinking enough to assume that what she earns is hers and doesn't belong to the village, they will let her go about her business uninterrupted or challenged.
Two, she is free to protest anything she wants as long as she is unruly, defecates on police vehicles and shows a total lack of respect for the environment they are so concerned about. It is unseemly for her to attend a peaceful demonstration in support of hard work, American ingenuity and job creation such as the "We Stand With Gibson" rally in Nashville.
Three, she is free to worship however she chooses, as long as it isn't Christian worship. Heaven forbid that she believe in God and the Ten Commandments. She must choose to worship in the ways the ACLU deems best or risk being ostracized and sued by our government.
She is also free to attend any gathering where they don't sing the national anthem or say the Pledge of Allegiance first. The fact that most TEA Party events do begin with showing respect to our country is something that drives the ACLU up a wall, and we can't have that! Lord knows we don't want to offend anyone by proudly standing with our hand over hearts and reciting the Pledge!
I find it interesting that my human would be told "God bless you for what you're doing" by the liberals if she were showing her breasts or showing disrespect for anyone in authority. But showing respect and love for her country and the freedoms it was founded on gets her called ugly names and ostracized by the "intellectuals" of our time. How is it possible that thinking for herself is condemned but the mindless chants of a crowd are applauded?
"Shasta, don't worry so much about what the liberal left thinks. The simple fact is, my friends and I are obviously doing something right. If we weren't, we wouldn't be under attack the way we are," she told me.
"Well be that as it may, I think the liberal left needs to get a sense of humor as well as some common decency. They need to understand that their unwashed bodies, public use of drugs and unruly behavior is doing nothing but making them look ridiculous and childish. Even dogs behave better than that!"
I may walk around on four legs, go to the bathroom outside in the woods and depend on my human for fundamental needs, but even I know that the liberal left has NO clue what it means to be patriotic. They obviously have great disdain for anyone seeking to protect the very things that made this country great. And by that very reasoning my last conclusion after talking with my human is this: I'd rather be a dog and have the love of my neighbors than be a joke and disgrace to my country.
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