The main issue is that on this track our government will go bankrupt and there are only a few options when that happens. The most likely scenario is that the government will print more money causing hyper-inflation. For a future glimpse, one merely needs to look at Greece.

The Libertarians were out on the street with the Dems before, and we are now conspicious in our support of Cindy Sheehan, because most of her Dem supporters disappeared when Obama was elected. This is how you can tell an original Tea Partier from the interlopers. We–like Ron Paul whose campaign helped inspire the movement–are against wars of empire and wars against our own people, which cost billions (in addition to the violations of rights).

Becky and JoeBuddha: as a Libertarian, my party was definitely protesting the bank bailouts that Bush started and Obama continued. We are consistent. The first Tea Party I went to had a gigantic tarp with words protesting TARP, which started under Bush. Regulation, though, is another story. You want to think lack of it was the problem…and ignore Barney Frank’s encouragement for Freddie and Fannie’s bad loans and Greenspan’s expansive monetary supply (contrary to his libertarian teachings), you just go ahead.

Larry B. — Bravo, you hit many good points. Thanks.

SabrinaR — I had no idea what the 9-12 Project principles were until now. I just looked them up. Um, not quite what the Tea Party started as. Ron Paul didn’t push his religion on others like that. Check out the socially-liberal, fiscally-conservative philosophy of the Campaign for Liberty in my state, please, folks:

“For all their talk of ‘change,’ neither major political party as presently constituted challenges the status quo in any serious way. Neither treats the Constitution with anything but contempt. Neither offers any kind of change in monetary policy. Neither wants to make the reductions in government that our crushing debt burden demands. Neither talks about bringing American troops home not just from Iraq but from around the world. Our country is going bankrupt, and none of these sensible proposals are even on the table.” — http://www.vermontcampaignforliberty.org/who.html

Instead of hoping to dismantle the government (which is comprised of THE PEOPLE, btw) try putting heat on the banks, the lobbyists, the big pharma, big oil etc. that is trying day and night to continue to rob the treasury. The deficit isn’t there because of food stamps and immigrants people.

One other thing: I didn’t notice any actual demonstrations or real dissent on the Right when GW was running things. It was always the same old “love it or leave it” and “why do Liberals hate America” and “Elections Have Consequences” and so on and so on that we on the Left have endured for the last eight years. Forgive me if the so-called “Tea Parties” don’t hit me as so much sore loserisms. You had eight years and almost destroyed my country. Give us a couple of years at least to attempt to undo the damage.

For those who deny some basic history: in Germany, class envy was rampant and was driven by the National Socialists, otherwise nicknamed “NAZI’S”, another name for a German SOCIALIST. Be careful with this class envy, history has been known to repeat itself.

A racist is always the first person to see racism. Before you condemn anyone for their “passion” such as a tea party, go to one and find out. I did and saw and met a variety of regular people with a variety of reasons of why they were there. The one sign that made me think was, “God said to love thy neighbor but said nothing about paying for his mortgage”.

Only the “progressives” would steal 2 elections in “progressively” controlled states by denying the military votes to be counted.

You’ve beaten us and we’re on the run?? I think King George probably thought the same and was he ever wrong! Only someone who has forgotten what it is to be an American would make the statements you have. We aren’t running we’re bringing the fight to you. The difference is we’ll do it peacefully and without using the race-baiting game.

Good luck dealing with the Giant when it finally and fully awakes, libby-lefties.

“makes me laugh at the american patriot’s destruction of english as a language.”

If you intended “american patriot’s” to be plural possessive, you should have put the apostrophe after the ’s’: american patriots’.

how is this in any way evil, racist, bigoted, sociopathic, hateful, bizarre, extremist, nativist, supremacist, intolerant, etc. etc. etc.???? SPLC seems to simply throw around these words at anything and everything that doesnt align with their agenda, to the point that they have zero credibility with most people.

it really makes no sense even from their perspective, if SPLC was actually somewhat fair with how the phrase/word things, they would still get their point across, and would reach a larger amount of people instead of completely alienating half the country by going into attack rants

Campus liberals nationwide have been disrupting speeches by conservatives, destroying property and fighting with the police.

You lefties have some nerve attacking tea parties that were peaceful and purposeful. If you want this idiotic stimulus package, then YOU pay for it. I’d rather keep my money and stimulate my own personal economic situation.

Any thinking person, including myself was laughing at these idiots and at the same time, feeling horrible that our country seems to be devolving into a sea of ignorance and hatred hand fed by the powerful.

Rupert Murdoch and the rest of the media conglomerate, the bankers who still enjoy the privilege of immediate white house access, energy companies and many other major conglomerates and their heads seem to have finally mastered the art of Fascism Under Cover.

The powerful and the elite find Obama’s policies extremely threatening and they are doing all they can to attempt to scare Obama and alienate him nationally. So far it isn’t working, but they’ve got plenty of time and money to keep working at it. Also, as long as education and opportunity are kept as low as possible among the masses, the fodder to run democracy to the ground is never ending.