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	<title>Comments on: New Report Examines &#8216;Tea Party Nationalism,&#8217; Charts Extremist Ties</title>
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		<title>By: John Garrett</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Garrett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 23:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You feel law abiding Tea Party members are a threat but not the Occupy terrorist. Could your left-wing agenda be more obvious? I think not!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You feel law abiding Tea Party members are a threat but not the Occupy terrorist. Could your left-wing agenda be more obvious? I think not!</p>
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		<title>By: michigan</title>
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		<dc:creator>michigan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is another example of Tea Party racism:

http://miracismwatch.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/michigan-racist-warren-tea-party/

The leader of the Warren Tea Party here in Michigan is a racist who has a long history of involvement with racist organizing in Michigan. In the past he&#039;s organized talks for Paul Fromm and has started a variety of racist groups including the European American Association and Vox Nationale.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is another example of Tea Party racism:</p>
<p><a href="http://miracismwatch.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/michigan-racist-warren-tea-party/" rel="nofollow">http://miracismwatch.wordpress.....tea-party/</a></p>
<p>The leader of the Warren Tea Party here in Michigan is a racist who has a long history of involvement with racist organizing in Michigan. In the past he&#8217;s organized talks for Paul Fromm and has started a variety of racist groups including the European American Association and Vox Nationale.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter Blaise</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter Blaise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The TEA Party is a ruse for racists to hide behind, and that is all.

Everything the TEA Parties say is true is actually unfounded and unsupported by any facts.

They are simply looking for a great sounding excuse to get rid of a black president.

&quot;He&#039;s black&quot; sounds uncomfortably bigoted, so &quot;taxes are too high&quot; even when taxes are at their lowest under Obama and were higher for every white President, well, any slogan will do, even if it makes no sense.

Sure, the US can elect a black president, &quot;See?  We are not racists.&quot;

But let him succeed, even help him succeed?

NEVER!

They can&#039;t wait to put this &quot;experiment&quot; in the dust bin and move on.

The &quot;Take Back America&quot; slogan of the TEA Party is John Tanton&#039;s doing -- they want to take America back from the minorities who have become all too present, all too majority.  

John Tanton is trying to put is &quot;attrition&quot; ideals into law -- see the second line of Arizona&#039;s SB1070.

&quot;Attrition&quot; is where they plan to peal off one layer of non-white, non-European American culture at a time until America is a white European majority again.  

That is what &quot;Take Back America&quot; is about -- it&#039;s about not living &quot;under&quot; any black President!

And it&#039;s not The &quot;Tea&quot; Party -- the &quot;TEA&quot; stands for Taxed Enough Already&quot;, but the original &quot;Tea&quot; stands for the original Tea Party that wanted representation, not less taxes.

When the TEA Party clamors for more representation, for federal voting rights and representation for the District of Columbia, for instance, then I&#039;ll know they take their moniker seriously.

The TEA Party is a shameful, racist, lying, ignorant, stupid sham. *

Sadly, I can&#039;t imagine this fear dissipating until a few more generations ... but we said that 50 years ago, and 100 years ago, and 150 years ago, and 200 years ago ...

Click!
Love and hugs,
Peter Blaise

*  Ignorance is whe you don&#039;t know any better, stupidity is when you do.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The TEA Party is a ruse for racists to hide behind, and that is all.</p>
<p>Everything the TEA Parties say is true is actually unfounded and unsupported by any facts.</p>
<p>They are simply looking for a great sounding excuse to get rid of a black president.</p>
<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s black&#8221; sounds uncomfortably bigoted, so &#8220;taxes are too high&#8221; even when taxes are at their lowest under Obama and were higher for every white President, well, any slogan will do, even if it makes no sense.</p>
<p>Sure, the US can elect a black president, &#8220;See?  We are not racists.&#8221;</p>
<p>But let him succeed, even help him succeed?</p>
<p>NEVER!</p>
<p>They can&#8217;t wait to put this &#8220;experiment&#8221; in the dust bin and move on.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Take Back America&#8221; slogan of the TEA Party is John Tanton&#8217;s doing &#8212; they want to take America back from the minorities who have become all too present, all too majority.  </p>
<p>John Tanton is trying to put is &#8220;attrition&#8221; ideals into law &#8212; see the second line of Arizona&#8217;s SB1070.</p>
<p>&#8220;Attrition&#8221; is where they plan to peal off one layer of non-white, non-European American culture at a time until America is a white European majority again.  </p>
<p>That is what &#8220;Take Back America&#8221; is about &#8212; it&#8217;s about not living &#8220;under&#8221; any black President!</p>
<p>And it&#8217;s not The &#8220;Tea&#8221; Party &#8212; the &#8220;TEA&#8221; stands for Taxed Enough Already&#8221;, but the original &#8220;Tea&#8221; stands for the original Tea Party that wanted representation, not less taxes.</p>
<p>When the TEA Party clamors for more representation, for federal voting rights and representation for the District of Columbia, for instance, then I&#8217;ll know they take their moniker seriously.</p>
<p>The TEA Party is a shameful, racist, lying, ignorant, stupid sham. *</p>
<p>Sadly, I can&#8217;t imagine this fear dissipating until a few more generations &#8230; but we said that 50 years ago, and 100 years ago, and 150 years ago, and 200 years ago &#8230;</p>
<p>Click!<br />
Love and hugs,<br />
Peter Blaise</p>
<p>*  Ignorance is whe you don&#8217;t know any better, stupidity is when you do.</p>
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		<title>By: skinnyminny</title>
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		<dc:creator>skinnyminny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katherine Nay,
Thanks for sharing this input. Believe it or not, this is what I was thinking all along. I also believe this was one of the reasons they went after ACORN, in order to cripple an organization that registered minority voters. 

I also look at the fact that the corporations have been sitting on a pile of cash. Some of this cash is being used to endorse republican candidates. I scratch my head and think, &#039;how many employees could these corporations have hired with this type of money.&#039; 

I was disgusted with Carly Fiorina ridiculing Barbara Boxer&#039;s hairstyle, while overlooking Meg Whitman&#039;s hairstyle. As for me, if I had to choose between these two hairstyles, it&#039;s Barbara&#039;s all the way!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Katherine Nay,<br />
Thanks for sharing this input. Believe it or not, this is what I was thinking all along. I also believe this was one of the reasons they went after ACORN, in order to cripple an organization that registered minority voters. </p>
<p>I also look at the fact that the corporations have been sitting on a pile of cash. Some of this cash is being used to endorse republican candidates. I scratch my head and think, &#8216;how many employees could these corporations have hired with this type of money.&#8217; </p>
<p>I was disgusted with Carly Fiorina ridiculing Barbara Boxer&#8217;s hairstyle, while overlooking Meg Whitman&#8217;s hairstyle. As for me, if I had to choose between these two hairstyles, it&#8217;s Barbara&#8217;s all the way!</p>
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		<title>By: skinnyminny</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/10/20/new-report-examines-tea-party-nationalism-charts-groups-history-and-extremist-ties-2/comment-page-1/#comment-205686</link>
		<dc:creator>skinnyminny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katherine Nay,
I think the teas/republicans think we have forgotten what they have done the past 10 years. The teas are offering less government regulation/less government/less taxes/reduced debt/less government spending...

As someone who can care less what they are offering, because I am voting straight Democrat, the teas/republicans forget, or at least they think we have forgotten the Anti-immigrant marches with the slogan, &quot;2012 is coming for you.&quot; After Hurricane Katrina, &quot;pull yourself up by your bootstraps.&quot; Gas prices went as high as $5.00 a gallon (meanwhile they are inching back up, I&#039;ll bet they are expecting a republican landslide at the elections to raise it to their &quot;$10.00 a gallon.&quot;) They want to bust up all unions. They said Americans were lazy and didn&#039;t want to work - they are using Juan Williams as a posterboy for employment firings-yet, I don&#039;t know any American that have lost one out of 2-3 jobs (and I say literally, &#039;cause I don&#039;t know anyone that have 2-3 well-paying jobs at the same time) and able to get a better one. Most Americans, if they lose a job, sometimes they are unemployed for at least 6 mos. - to 1 year. And taxes, how does that affect the little guy? If the little guy has no job, how can he pay taxes? For me, with the foreign money coming in to back republicans, to me, this is saying that foreigners are able to install the government they want - yet, foreigners hate when we install their government officials. 

The best unknown candidate that I have seen so far is Jimmy McMillan (NY) the &quot;rent is too damn high party.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Katherine Nay,<br />
I think the teas/republicans think we have forgotten what they have done the past 10 years. The teas are offering less government regulation/less government/less taxes/reduced debt/less government spending&#8230;</p>
<p>As someone who can care less what they are offering, because I am voting straight Democrat, the teas/republicans forget, or at least they think we have forgotten the Anti-immigrant marches with the slogan, &#8220;2012 is coming for you.&#8221; After Hurricane Katrina, &#8220;pull yourself up by your bootstraps.&#8221; Gas prices went as high as $5.00 a gallon (meanwhile they are inching back up, I&#8217;ll bet they are expecting a republican landslide at the elections to raise it to their &#8220;$10.00 a gallon.&#8221;) They want to bust up all unions. They said Americans were lazy and didn&#8217;t want to work &#8211; they are using Juan Williams as a posterboy for employment firings-yet, I don&#8217;t know any American that have lost one out of 2-3 jobs (and I say literally, &#8217;cause I don&#8217;t know anyone that have 2-3 well-paying jobs at the same time) and able to get a better one. Most Americans, if they lose a job, sometimes they are unemployed for at least 6 mos. &#8211; to 1 year. And taxes, how does that affect the little guy? If the little guy has no job, how can he pay taxes? For me, with the foreign money coming in to back republicans, to me, this is saying that foreigners are able to install the government they want &#8211; yet, foreigners hate when we install their government officials. </p>
<p>The best unknown candidate that I have seen so far is Jimmy McMillan (NY) the &#8220;rent is too damn high party.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Katherine Nay</title>
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		<dc:creator>Katherine Nay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Republicans are also using the tripod style of organizing. Leg 1: attract and provide a platform for large numbers of racist organizers; Leg 2: simultaneously accuse their opponents like Obama, the SPLC, the NAACP, and the ACLU of being the &quot;real&quot; racists who &quot;hate&quot; Blacks; Leg 3: become indignant that your opponents like Obama et al are playing the &quot;race card.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Republicans are also using the tripod style of organizing. Leg 1: attract and provide a platform for large numbers of racist organizers; Leg 2: simultaneously accuse their opponents like Obama, the SPLC, the NAACP, and the ACLU of being the &#8220;real&#8221; racists who &#8220;hate&#8221; Blacks; Leg 3: become indignant that your opponents like Obama et al are playing the &#8220;race card.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: skinnyminny</title>
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		<dc:creator>skinnyminny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buz,
I&#039;d like to ask you, do you think the teas can get the minority voters? I&#039;m curious because I don&#039;t see the teas walking the neighborhoods or offering them something better than what they have or don&#039;t have now! What we are hearing is not worth our while. Wow! I&#039;m willing to bet you haven&#039;t heard the old, but famous rap songs that gives an idea of the minority communities, &quot;Don&#039;t Believe the Hype&quot; by Public Enemy, or &quot;Thugz Mansion&quot; by Tupac and Anthony Hamilton, but it&#039;s all good though!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Buz,<br />
I&#8217;d like to ask you, do you think the teas can get the minority voters? I&#8217;m curious because I don&#8217;t see the teas walking the neighborhoods or offering them something better than what they have or don&#8217;t have now! What we are hearing is not worth our while. Wow! I&#8217;m willing to bet you haven&#8217;t heard the old, but famous rap songs that gives an idea of the minority communities, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Believe the Hype&#8221; by Public Enemy, or &#8220;Thugz Mansion&#8221; by Tupac and Anthony Hamilton, but it&#8217;s all good though!</p>
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		<title>By: skinnyminny</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/10/20/new-report-examines-tea-party-nationalism-charts-groups-history-and-extremist-ties-2/comment-page-1/#comment-205348</link>
		<dc:creator>skinnyminny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buz,
You said, &quot;The tea party folks will save this country wheather [sic] you hate them or not...&quot; 

I think people from big cities will give you the November surprise you&#039;re not expecting. We don&#039;t like the &#039;cut and run&#039; tactics, we don&#039;t like the fact that, and I&#039;m speculating here, the female candidates picked up a term from Michael-still-don&#039;t-get-it &quot;Man Up&quot; and running with it. 

What&#039;s puzzling about this, the females are acting as if they are taking advantage of being a female but using reverse sexual harassment and daring their male opponents to fight back so that they can cry and expect the female voters to back them. Again, coming from a neighborhood where the phrase, &quot;MAN UP,&quot; is used, and the way it is used, and the situations it is used in  - it is normally men with each other - and if these female candidates knew exactly what it is, if they had any self-respect, they&#039;d be embarassed.  For one, they are not, I repeat, they are not &#039;Old School,&#039; they are not OG or LG. And the news should be ashamed of themselves for showing this - because this is actually slang for some words that would never be allowed on any broadcast - again these candidates dissed the media, the media so quick to get a story they really don&#039;t know what they are reporting!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Buz,<br />
You said, &#8220;The tea party folks will save this country wheather [sic] you hate them or not&#8230;&#8221; </p>
<p>I think people from big cities will give you the November surprise you&#8217;re not expecting. We don&#8217;t like the &#8216;cut and run&#8217; tactics, we don&#8217;t like the fact that, and I&#8217;m speculating here, the female candidates picked up a term from Michael-still-don&#8217;t-get-it &#8220;Man Up&#8221; and running with it. </p>
<p>What&#8217;s puzzling about this, the females are acting as if they are taking advantage of being a female but using reverse sexual harassment and daring their male opponents to fight back so that they can cry and expect the female voters to back them. Again, coming from a neighborhood where the phrase, &#8220;MAN UP,&#8221; is used, and the way it is used, and the situations it is used in  &#8211; it is normally men with each other &#8211; and if these female candidates knew exactly what it is, if they had any self-respect, they&#8217;d be embarassed.  For one, they are not, I repeat, they are not &#8216;Old School,&#8217; they are not OG or LG. And the news should be ashamed of themselves for showing this &#8211; because this is actually slang for some words that would never be allowed on any broadcast &#8211; again these candidates dissed the media, the media so quick to get a story they really don&#8217;t know what they are reporting!</p>
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		<title>By: Ruslan Amirkhanov</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ruslan Amirkhanov</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah Buz, people who have no understanding of basic economics, much less people who can&#039;t even form a consistent ideology, are going to &quot;save&quot; America.  Hilarious.  Personally I hope they win, to run the country into the ground with their shot in the foot policies.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah Buz, people who have no understanding of basic economics, much less people who can&#8217;t even form a consistent ideology, are going to &#8220;save&#8221; America.  Hilarious.  Personally I hope they win, to run the country into the ground with their shot in the foot policies.</p>
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		<title>By: Ruslan Amirkhanov</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ruslan Amirkhanov</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well Deft, please post some of Jeremiah Wright&#039;s &quot;racist&quot; words and we&#039;ll determine if they are indeed racism or just stating the obvious.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well Deft, please post some of Jeremiah Wright&#8217;s &#8220;racist&#8221; words and we&#8217;ll determine if they are indeed racism or just stating the obvious.</p>
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		<title>By: buz thompson</title>
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		<dc:creator>buz thompson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[,   Its easy to accuse someone or something of being a hate group or one that hates. Just wait until after the November elections and you can hate a lot more. The tea party folks will save this country  wheather you hate them or not. Get use to the idea!!. Thank God... Buz, a true tea bagger]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>,   Its easy to accuse someone or something of being a hate group or one that hates. Just wait until after the November elections and you can hate a lot more. The tea party folks will save this country  wheather you hate them or not. Get use to the idea!!. Thank God&#8230; Buz, a true tea bagger</p>
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		<title>By: skinnyminny</title>
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		<dc:creator>skinnyminny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deft,
I actually laugh when people like you post here! Do you not find it hypocritical to judge the prez on his past but not your typical candidates? Hmmm, let&#039;s see here, witch doctors, aqua buddha, hitler, FRC...

I&#039;m not a follower, nor am I a fan of Farrakhan, however, I think he is more educated, or at the very least consider  him well-spoken compared to what I&#039;m seeing today.

Hmmm, you are criticizing something that was held in doors, but not something out in public for everyone to see? You don&#039;t think holding signs of the prez as a joker, muslim, hitler as being racially insensitive and disrespectful? You don&#039;t think it&#039;s disrespectful and unprofessional for the candidates using slang from the hood, &quot;man up?&quot; Would the male opponents receive the same respect if they told the females, &quot;who&#039;s your daddy?&quot; 

I find it odd that the female candidates are using slang from the hood when they have made it obvious they no nothing of the hood. Is this the future of politics using slang when these people would not dare go anywhere near these type of hoods out of fear?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Deft,<br />
I actually laugh when people like you post here! Do you not find it hypocritical to judge the prez on his past but not your typical candidates? Hmmm, let&#8217;s see here, witch doctors, aqua buddha, hitler, FRC&#8230;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not a follower, nor am I a fan of Farrakhan, however, I think he is more educated, or at the very least consider  him well-spoken compared to what I&#8217;m seeing today.</p>
<p>Hmmm, you are criticizing something that was held in doors, but not something out in public for everyone to see? You don&#8217;t think holding signs of the prez as a joker, muslim, hitler as being racially insensitive and disrespectful? You don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s disrespectful and unprofessional for the candidates using slang from the hood, &#8220;man up?&#8221; Would the male opponents receive the same respect if they told the females, &#8220;who&#8217;s your daddy?&#8221; </p>
<p>I find it odd that the female candidates are using slang from the hood when they have made it obvious they no nothing of the hood. Is this the future of politics using slang when these people would not dare go anywhere near these type of hoods out of fear?</p>
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		<title>By: Deft</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/10/20/new-report-examines-tea-party-nationalism-charts-groups-history-and-extremist-ties-2/comment-page-1/#comment-204936</link>
		<dc:creator>Deft</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think that the NAACP should demand that President Obama distance himself from the vile racist and anti-semitic pro-pos of his former pastor, the Reverend Wright. I&#039;ve listened to several hours of Wright&#039;s &#039;sermons&#039; and boy is it  far, FAR nastier than anything you&#039;d hear at a Tea Party gathering.

Our nation&#039;s President sat in a  pew in the Reverend Wright&#039;s church for over 20 years listening to this disgusting racist drivel. To boot,  the church&#039;s newsletter once featured Louis Farakhan on its cover.

Where was the SPLC on this when it counted?

Why such selective indignation?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that the NAACP should demand that President Obama distance himself from the vile racist and anti-semitic pro-pos of his former pastor, the Reverend Wright. I&#8217;ve listened to several hours of Wright&#8217;s &#8216;sermons&#8217; and boy is it  far, FAR nastier than anything you&#8217;d hear at a Tea Party gathering.</p>
<p>Our nation&#8217;s President sat in a  pew in the Reverend Wright&#8217;s church for over 20 years listening to this disgusting racist drivel. To boot,  the church&#8217;s newsletter once featured Louis Farakhan on its cover.</p>
<p>Where was the SPLC on this when it counted?</p>
<p>Why such selective indignation?</p>
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		<title>By: Tango4</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tango4</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a left-wing organization evaluate and analyze a right-wing organization is like having a right-wing organization evaluate and analyze a left-wing organization.  One has no more credibility to me than would the other, socio-scientific baffle-garb notwithstanding.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having a left-wing organization evaluate and analyze a right-wing organization is like having a right-wing organization evaluate and analyze a left-wing organization.  One has no more credibility to me than would the other, socio-scientific baffle-garb notwithstanding.</p>
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		<title>By: skinnyminny</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/10/20/new-report-examines-tea-party-nationalism-charts-groups-history-and-extremist-ties-2/comment-page-1/#comment-204667</link>
		<dc:creator>skinnyminny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Nettleton,
Here&#039;s a question for you, I&#039;m asking for clarification of something that I&#039;m confused about. I&#039;ve heard all the complaints about the debt and deficit and, of course, spending. I&#039;ve also heard that complaints that China holds our debt. What&#039;s puzzling to me is, how can one complain of a foreign country holding our debt, but, at the same time sell our assets to a foreign country? I&#039;m confused because there are foreign countries that blame the West for their woes, yet, it is alleged that the chamber of commerce is receiving donations from some of these very same countries. Can you explain to me, what do you think the expected outcome for foreign countries participating in our elections? And I guess, I ask one more question, you say that social security is unfunded, then why hasn&#039;t anyone from the teas questioned why McCain bragged that he receives $1938.00 a month from SSI, and how many other republicans/teas are receiving SSI while also receiving a taxpayer funded paycheck as an elected official, and other elected officials receiving military pension while serving as an elected official - do you know how many there are right now?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rick Nettleton,<br />
Here&#8217;s a question for you, I&#8217;m asking for clarification of something that I&#8217;m confused about. I&#8217;ve heard all the complaints about the debt and deficit and, of course, spending. I&#8217;ve also heard that complaints that China holds our debt. What&#8217;s puzzling to me is, how can one complain of a foreign country holding our debt, but, at the same time sell our assets to a foreign country? I&#8217;m confused because there are foreign countries that blame the West for their woes, yet, it is alleged that the chamber of commerce is receiving donations from some of these very same countries. Can you explain to me, what do you think the expected outcome for foreign countries participating in our elections? And I guess, I ask one more question, you say that social security is unfunded, then why hasn&#8217;t anyone from the teas questioned why McCain bragged that he receives $1938.00 a month from SSI, and how many other republicans/teas are receiving SSI while also receiving a taxpayer funded paycheck as an elected official, and other elected officials receiving military pension while serving as an elected official &#8211; do you know how many there are right now?</p>
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		<title>By: skinnyminny</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/10/20/new-report-examines-tea-party-nationalism-charts-groups-history-and-extremist-ties-2/comment-page-1/#comment-204658</link>
		<dc:creator>skinnyminny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amira,
Here&#039;s a question for you, if the teas candidates can use private security firms to detain reporters, why can&#039;t they use these same security firms to detain people with the signs/posters that give them a bad name/reputation?

Another question, it&#039;s obvious what some supporters are running from, but, do they know what they are running to? Example, they claim to want to reduce government taxes and less government regulation also to remove minimum wage laws. I don&#039;t think some of the supporters realize that, for example, cruise ships are registered in Bahamas, Liberia, and Panama and some of the cooks are making $150 per week for a 98-hour-work-week. Security firm Triple Canopy hires mercenaries from Peru and other emerging countries for about $30-a-day (see the site Corpwatch).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amira,<br />
Here&#8217;s a question for you, if the teas candidates can use private security firms to detain reporters, why can&#8217;t they use these same security firms to detain people with the signs/posters that give them a bad name/reputation?</p>
<p>Another question, it&#8217;s obvious what some supporters are running from, but, do they know what they are running to? Example, they claim to want to reduce government taxes and less government regulation also to remove minimum wage laws. I don&#8217;t think some of the supporters realize that, for example, cruise ships are registered in Bahamas, Liberia, and Panama and some of the cooks are making $150 per week for a 98-hour-work-week. Security firm Triple Canopy hires mercenaries from Peru and other emerging countries for about $30-a-day (see the site Corpwatch).</p>
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		<title>By: skinnyminny</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/10/20/new-report-examines-tea-party-nationalism-charts-groups-history-and-extremist-ties-2/comment-page-1/#comment-204637</link>
		<dc:creator>skinnyminny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ruslan,
Thanks! I&#039;ve noticed when I ask one of the teas a serious question, they ignore me, haven&#039;t you noticed that? I think, for the most part, they ignore you too! 

I was hoping one would respond to me, because I&#039;ve heard rumors that the teas as well as Freedom Works are encouraging as well as using these books for training sessions, Saul D. Alisnky&#039;s &quot;Rules for Radicals&quot; and the &quot;Communist Manifesto.&quot; This is what was alleged at one of the get-togethers I was at - the guys look at sports, while the women discuss issues. Further, it was alleged that these books were used to help them gain traction in running for office, and to use it against their opponents.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ruslan,<br />
Thanks! I&#8217;ve noticed when I ask one of the teas a serious question, they ignore me, haven&#8217;t you noticed that? I think, for the most part, they ignore you too! </p>
<p>I was hoping one would respond to me, because I&#8217;ve heard rumors that the teas as well as Freedom Works are encouraging as well as using these books for training sessions, Saul D. Alisnky&#8217;s &#8220;Rules for Radicals&#8221; and the &#8220;Communist Manifesto.&#8221; This is what was alleged at one of the get-togethers I was at &#8211; the guys look at sports, while the women discuss issues. Further, it was alleged that these books were used to help them gain traction in running for office, and to use it against their opponents.</p>
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		<title>By: skinnyminny</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/10/20/new-report-examines-tea-party-nationalism-charts-groups-history-and-extremist-ties-2/comment-page-1/#comment-204632</link>
		<dc:creator>skinnyminny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mitch Beales,
Idiocracy is a movie by the makers of Beavis and Butt-head. It&#039;s a funny, yet, scary movie about America embracing illiteracy. In this movie, people were identified by a barcode on their wrists and this was used to buy food at Carl&#039;s Jr, and hospital visits it was mandatory - meaning, people didn&#039;t use driver&#039;s licenses....The government officials were equally dumb. The stars of the movie is Dax Sheppard, Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, and Owen Wilson&#039;s brother.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mitch Beales,<br />
Idiocracy is a movie by the makers of Beavis and Butt-head. It&#8217;s a funny, yet, scary movie about America embracing illiteracy. In this movie, people were identified by a barcode on their wrists and this was used to buy food at Carl&#8217;s Jr, and hospital visits it was mandatory &#8211; meaning, people didn&#8217;t use driver&#8217;s licenses&#8230;.The government officials were equally dumb. The stars of the movie is Dax Sheppard, Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, and Owen Wilson&#8217;s brother.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Steinback</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Steinback</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As deputy editor of the Hatewatch blog, I would like to address two comments posted here. 

To Joseph S.: The Southern Poverty Law Center has never identified the Tea Party as a &quot;hate group.&quot; What we have done is make note when Tea Party units have developed associations with individuals and groups whose public comments or organizational connections we have documented as promoting hate. The NAACP-sponsored report does essentially the same thing: Saying that while most Tea Party officials and members have not engaged in hate speech, people who have promoted hate have been drawn to and included in, Tea Party activities. 

To Amira:  The SPLC has never &quot;attacked&quot; the Tea Party as a whole, but has identified elements within the movement that have, at times, manifested views we monitor. As we wrote in the Spring 2010 issue of Intelligence Report: &quot;The &#039;tea parties&#039; and similar groups that have sprung up in recent months cannot fairly be considered extremist groups, but they are shot through with rich veins of radical ideas, conspiracy theories and racism.&quot; We consider it our mission to track the activities of known propagators of hate, wherever they turn up. If they turn up at Tea Party rallies, we make the effort to inform the public of the known facts about them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As deputy editor of the Hatewatch blog, I would like to address two comments posted here. </p>
<p>To Joseph S.: The Southern Poverty Law Center has never identified the Tea Party as a &#8220;hate group.&#8221; What we have done is make note when Tea Party units have developed associations with individuals and groups whose public comments or organizational connections we have documented as promoting hate. The NAACP-sponsored report does essentially the same thing: Saying that while most Tea Party officials and members have not engaged in hate speech, people who have promoted hate have been drawn to and included in, Tea Party activities. </p>
<p>To Amira:  The SPLC has never &#8220;attacked&#8221; the Tea Party as a whole, but has identified elements within the movement that have, at times, manifested views we monitor. As we wrote in the Spring 2010 issue of Intelligence Report: &#8220;The &#8216;tea parties&#8217; and similar groups that have sprung up in recent months cannot fairly be considered extremist groups, but they are shot through with rich veins of radical ideas, conspiracy theories and racism.&#8221; We consider it our mission to track the activities of known propagators of hate, wherever they turn up. If they turn up at Tea Party rallies, we make the effort to inform the public of the known facts about them.</p>
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		<title>By: Mitch Beales</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mitch Beales</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amira I think Hatewatch is only moderated to insure civility unlike the blogs of tea partiers like Pam Geller.  Try posting something on Atlas Shrugs that disagrees with the party line and see how long it lasts.  Unlike Hatewatch, Atlas pretends that she&#039;s open to all comments and then deletes them without warning or notice if they disagree with her right wing point of view.  Many other right wing blogs don&#039;t even allow comments.

Skinnyminny I hadn&#039;t heard of &quot;Idiocracy&quot; before.  Is it a documentary?  :-)

How come you tea party supporters object to the SPLC being political?  Isn&#039;t the tea party a political movement?  josephS says the tea party began getting national attention in April 2009, about 3 months after Mr. Obama was elected president.  Government spending way beyond our means had been rampant for about 8 years (2 invasions, tax cuts, &quot;homeland security&quot;) by then but I&#039;m sure it was just a coincidence that the tea party didn&#039;t really get going until an African American was elected president.  It may not be cause and effect but there&#039;s definitely a correlation there!

I just noticed that my browser wont let me spell correlation wrong.  Here&#039;s a tip to you tea partiers.  When your typing is underlined in red you&#039;ve spelled it wrong. Ha, ha, ha.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amira I think Hatewatch is only moderated to insure civility unlike the blogs of tea partiers like Pam Geller.  Try posting something on Atlas Shrugs that disagrees with the party line and see how long it lasts.  Unlike Hatewatch, Atlas pretends that she&#8217;s open to all comments and then deletes them without warning or notice if they disagree with her right wing point of view.  Many other right wing blogs don&#8217;t even allow comments.</p>
<p>Skinnyminny I hadn&#8217;t heard of &#8220;Idiocracy&#8221; before.  Is it a documentary?  :-)</p>
<p>How come you tea party supporters object to the SPLC being political?  Isn&#8217;t the tea party a political movement?  josephS says the tea party began getting national attention in April 2009, about 3 months after Mr. Obama was elected president.  Government spending way beyond our means had been rampant for about 8 years (2 invasions, tax cuts, &#8220;homeland security&#8221;) by then but I&#8217;m sure it was just a coincidence that the tea party didn&#8217;t really get going until an African American was elected president.  It may not be cause and effect but there&#8217;s definitely a correlation there!</p>
<p>I just noticed that my browser wont let me spell correlation wrong.  Here&#8217;s a tip to you tea partiers.  When your typing is underlined in red you&#8217;ve spelled it wrong. Ha, ha, ha.</p>
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		<title>By: Hetshepsu</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/10/20/new-report-examines-tea-party-nationalism-charts-groups-history-and-extremist-ties-2/comment-page-1/#comment-204552</link>
		<dc:creator>Hetshepsu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tea Party Movement act as sympathizer to groups that are infected with a racial pathology of prejudice and discrimination manifest during America&#039;s inception.  As long as any American think of themselves superior than other human-beings, America will forever fail to reach its potential, or a state of righteousness.  America chose the wrong course of action after the Union victory during the Civil War.  The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the destruction of the Reconstruction effort is evidence of said facts.  Confederate traitors should have been dealt with accordingly.  Mistakenly, they were allowed to infiltrate and infect all three branches of the Union/government.  The Tea Party Movement is their legacy.  The confederate mentality continually re-invent itself throughout America&#039;s existence.  In that regard, the Civil War for them will never ended; unless, they are able to return to their yesterday.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Tea Party Movement act as sympathizer to groups that are infected with a racial pathology of prejudice and discrimination manifest during America&#8217;s inception.  As long as any American think of themselves superior than other human-beings, America will forever fail to reach its potential, or a state of righteousness.  America chose the wrong course of action after the Union victory during the Civil War.  The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the destruction of the Reconstruction effort is evidence of said facts.  Confederate traitors should have been dealt with accordingly.  Mistakenly, they were allowed to infiltrate and infect all three branches of the Union/government.  The Tea Party Movement is their legacy.  The confederate mentality continually re-invent itself throughout America&#8217;s existence.  In that regard, the Civil War for them will never ended; unless, they are able to return to their yesterday.</p>
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		<title>By: Ruslan Amirkhanov</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ruslan Amirkhanov</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To answer your question:  

Q:&quot;Maybe someone from this party can explain to me, why do the teas like to pass out “Communist Manifesto,” written by Karl Marx and F. Engels then tell people that 10 planks is what is causing the fall of the U.S. and the Dems are to blame?&quot;

A: Because they are morons.  First off I doubt they are passing out the whole manifesto, because they couldn&#039;t understand it(&quot;What the HELL is a BOR-GEE-O-SEYE?!&quot;)  

They are most likely trying to claim that the &quot;Ten planks&quot; are ten planks of the Communist party  when in fact Marx and Engels did not write that they were. The Manifesto was supposed to define Communist political ideals, to introduce them.  They wrote that in most situations, Communists would generally approve of the following policies....&quot;   

Look at it this way- many Tea Partiers would generally approve of anti-abortion policies(or use the States&#039; rights cop out on this issue).  Of course this does not mean that the Tea Partiers approve of some Islamic theocracy where abortion is also banned.  A progressive income tax, for example, is not a goal of Communists- it is a policy they would be favorable toward but Communists fight for revolution, not reform(too bad many Communists forget about this fact).  

Many of those planks were taken up by various political leaders who were opposed to Communism, so as to stave off a workers&#039; revolution.  The threat of revolution has led to many positive effects in countries where there never was a Communist revolution.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To answer your question:  </p>
<p>Q:&#8221;Maybe someone from this party can explain to me, why do the teas like to pass out “Communist Manifesto,” written by Karl Marx and F. Engels then tell people that 10 planks is what is causing the fall of the U.S. and the Dems are to blame?&#8221;</p>
<p>A: Because they are morons.  First off I doubt they are passing out the whole manifesto, because they couldn&#8217;t understand it(&#8220;What the HELL is a BOR-GEE-O-SEYE?!&#8221;)  </p>
<p>They are most likely trying to claim that the &#8220;Ten planks&#8221; are ten planks of the Communist party  when in fact Marx and Engels did not write that they were. The Manifesto was supposed to define Communist political ideals, to introduce them.  They wrote that in most situations, Communists would generally approve of the following policies&#8230;.&#8221;   </p>
<p>Look at it this way- many Tea Partiers would generally approve of anti-abortion policies(or use the States&#8217; rights cop out on this issue).  Of course this does not mean that the Tea Partiers approve of some Islamic theocracy where abortion is also banned.  A progressive income tax, for example, is not a goal of Communists- it is a policy they would be favorable toward but Communists fight for revolution, not reform(too bad many Communists forget about this fact).  </p>
<p>Many of those planks were taken up by various political leaders who were opposed to Communism, so as to stave off a workers&#8217; revolution.  The threat of revolution has led to many positive effects in countries where there never was a Communist revolution.</p>
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		<title>By: Daniel Rosenthal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Daniel Rosenthal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If these tea party idiots did their homework they would find
that Karl Marx was NOT the founder of the Welfare State--
Otto von Bismarck (a German Imperialist) was. Bismarck
wanted to undercut the incipient labor movement starting
in Germany at the time so he adopted some of the Unions&#039;
demands as part of his own platform.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If these tea party idiots did their homework they would find<br />
that Karl Marx was NOT the founder of the Welfare State&#8211;<br />
Otto von Bismarck (a German Imperialist) was. Bismarck<br />
wanted to undercut the incipient labor movement starting<br />
in Germany at the time so he adopted some of the Unions&#8217;<br />
demands as part of his own platform.</p>
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		<title>By: Amira</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amira</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, even my comment is &quot;awaiting moderation&quot;.  I hope we haven&#039;t reached a point with SPLC where even advice that does not concur with SPLC is considered unworthy of consideration.  I&#039;m really getting a bit worried about the state of the 1st Ammendment these days; ironically, around the left leaning groups.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadly, even my comment is &#8220;awaiting moderation&#8221;.  I hope we haven&#8217;t reached a point with SPLC where even advice that does not concur with SPLC is considered unworthy of consideration.  I&#8217;m really getting a bit worried about the state of the 1st Ammendment these days; ironically, around the left leaning groups.</p>
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		<title>By: Amira</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amira</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks at SPLC; you&#039;ve gone off the left deep-end on this one.  Sorry, but these attacks on the Tea Party are weak at best, and really hurt your credibility.  It is making me doubt your other judgments.....such blatant political partisan slant for an organization such as yours really hurts our nation.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Folks at SPLC; you&#8217;ve gone off the left deep-end on this one.  Sorry, but these attacks on the Tea Party are weak at best, and really hurt your credibility.  It is making me doubt your other judgments&#8230;..such blatant political partisan slant for an organization such as yours really hurts our nation.</p>
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		<title>By: Marty</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, most of us know by now that the poor schmucks who think that they &quot;are&quot; the tea party are being USED by the Koch bros, et al, but they seem to be so willing to be used!  Yes, the ones turning the screws are using their hatred for anyone different than they, for anyone brown!, for anyone who is more progressive than Hitler to get them in the crowds rallying for Beck and Palin.  But, the poor schmucks will still defend the tea parties because they think it&#039;s still &quot;their grassroots&quot; movement.  
I guess you just can&#039;t save some people from themselves, but I&#039;m not going to let them sell me down the river when they give up their own freedom.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, most of us know by now that the poor schmucks who think that they &#8220;are&#8221; the tea party are being USED by the Koch bros, et al, but they seem to be so willing to be used!  Yes, the ones turning the screws are using their hatred for anyone different than they, for anyone brown!, for anyone who is more progressive than Hitler to get them in the crowds rallying for Beck and Palin.  But, the poor schmucks will still defend the tea parties because they think it&#8217;s still &#8220;their grassroots&#8221; movement.<br />
I guess you just can&#8217;t save some people from themselves, but I&#8217;m not going to let them sell me down the river when they give up their own freedom.</p>
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		<title>By: David Tiffany</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Tiffany</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, many of the Tea Party do not recognize that their compatriots are racist.  Therefore, they perceive attacks on their &quot;party&quot; as being biased and unfair.  The problem is to find a way to break the delusion, and get them to recognize the behavior of their less honorable party members for what it is:  Opposition to a black President.  Until they recognize that opposition for what it is, they will continue to think that they are being unfairly stereotyped.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadly, many of the Tea Party do not recognize that their compatriots are racist.  Therefore, they perceive attacks on their &#8220;party&#8221; as being biased and unfair.  The problem is to find a way to break the delusion, and get them to recognize the behavior of their less honorable party members for what it is:  Opposition to a black President.  Until they recognize that opposition for what it is, they will continue to think that they are being unfairly stereotyped.</p>
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		<title>By: Marisa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHY have so many Americans become so STUPID as to be taken in by the Tea Party and the B.S. accompanying it....lies, innuendo, deceit, no real answers to anything, but mad over &quot;something,&quot; anti-government without really knowing what &quot;anti-government&quot; means or how that stupid stance might affect them, etc., etc., etc.   This is a perfect example of the dumbing down of America.....when people know a little, they never seem to try to increase their knowledge.  Just deplorable - the Tea Party and everyone who supports these idiots.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WHY have so many Americans become so STUPID as to be taken in by the Tea Party and the B.S. accompanying it&#8230;.lies, innuendo, deceit, no real answers to anything, but mad over &#8220;something,&#8221; anti-government without really knowing what &#8220;anti-government&#8221; means or how that stupid stance might affect them, etc., etc., etc.   This is a perfect example of the dumbing down of America&#8230;..when people know a little, they never seem to try to increase their knowledge.  Just deplorable &#8211; the Tea Party and everyone who supports these idiots.</p>
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		<title>By: skinnyminny</title>
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		<dc:creator>skinnyminny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oops! Need to try to write this so that people can get a grasp on what I&#039;m saying. 

I would like to ask one of the teas, why do the teas hand out copies of the book, &quot;The Communist Manifesto&quot; and tell them the Dems are responsible for the &quot;10 Planks to seize power and destroy freedoms&quot; listed in the book?

I would also like to ask, if the teas are strongly for the 2nd Amendment, then where were they when LE held gun buy-back programs in the minority communities?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oops! Need to try to write this so that people can get a grasp on what I&#8217;m saying. </p>
<p>I would like to ask one of the teas, why do the teas hand out copies of the book, &#8220;The Communist Manifesto&#8221; and tell them the Dems are responsible for the &#8220;10 Planks to seize power and destroy freedoms&#8221; listed in the book?</p>
<p>I would also like to ask, if the teas are strongly for the 2nd Amendment, then where were they when LE held gun buy-back programs in the minority communities?</p>
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		<title>By: Leslie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leslie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How strange that a reporter was handcuffed to a chair against his will at a political rally by the security detail of a tea party candidate. This is the same tea party that says they are the party that defends the Constitution and wants to protect American&#039;s freedom.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How strange that a reporter was handcuffed to a chair against his will at a political rally by the security detail of a tea party candidate. This is the same tea party that says they are the party that defends the Constitution and wants to protect American&#8217;s freedom.</p>
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