tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post3096493923553372787..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: Fill in the Blanks YourselfJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-15187490335843886002010-12-02T20:44:32.853-05:002010-12-02T20:44:32.853-05:00So Bush was a socialist? Wow...So Bush was a socialist? Wow...bettywhitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-82985270643650197572010-12-02T15:20:41.424-05:002010-12-02T15:20:41.424-05:00Brushfire, the literature the other progressive pu...Brushfire, the literature the other progressive put out do not agree with you. Their entire purpose is to create big government in a strange socialist/fascist mixture.<br /><br />Sorry, but you are wrong.easily seennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-24391886042492006112010-12-02T11:06:52.791-05:002010-12-02T11:06:52.791-05:00I know- Just because you define the word the way y...I know- Just because you define the word the way you want to, doesn't make it valid. Progressives don't like big government for the sake of big government. We, or at least I, believe that the constitution mandates the federal government to promote the general welfare,provide for the common defense, establish justice, and ensure domestic tranquility. By definition it takes a complex and largish government carry out all those mandates in an extremely large and complex society such as ours. <br />The "Patriot Act" has nothing to do with progressive ideals, but is right out of the neo-con playbook. The only people to protest it were the <a href="http://www.bsu.edu/web/harchanko/patriot.htm" rel="nofollow">progressive liberal "elites"</a> you hate so blindly. In fact the first lawsuit against it (as far as I know) was filed by the ACLU.Brushfirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-2057078124705904802010-12-02T09:36:51.921-05:002010-12-02T09:36:51.921-05:00He was a proponent of big government. He increase...He was a proponent of big government. He increased the deficiet (altouhg not nearlyas much as Obama). He started the Patriot Act that Obama has strengthened. (for instance the scans and pat down searches that violate the fourth amendment) Can you deny it BW? He was a progressive.I know one when I see onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-35081836205430340572010-12-01T19:23:48.820-05:002010-12-01T19:23:48.820-05:00Bush is a progressive?? What rock did you crawl ou...Bush is a progressive?? What rock did you crawl out from under? Sheesh.bettywhitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-5308336385858553742010-12-01T14:17:15.088-05:002010-12-01T14:17:15.088-05:00The last two posters are correct. This blog did a...The last two posters are correct. This blog did argue against the Patriot Act when bush was in office, but has not since Obama took over, except for the conservatives. This is strange, because Bush wasn't a conservative. He is a progressive.U both r Correct.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-41551368455891319862010-12-01T13:59:27.773-05:002010-12-01T13:59:27.773-05:00Popcorn:
"Not a peep (about the Patriot Act) ...Popcorn:<br />"Not a peep (about the Patriot Act) on this blog after the Messiah took office"???<br /><br />Took me all of 15 seconds to prove that's a lie. Simple Googling found this: http://blog.wataugawatch.net/2010/09/what-hells-wrong-with-obama-part-two.html<br /><br />There's more, but that one example is enough to show how you guys lie through your teeth ... or at the very least just make stuff up to suit your narrative that All Liberals Are Evil.Henerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-4571414678906732822010-12-01T13:49:51.548-05:002010-12-01T13:49:51.548-05:00The government does indeed overreach which is why ...The government does indeed overreach which is why the liberal lost big last month. The Patriot Act was named as an issue on this very blog by the Bush haters and then not a peep when the Messiah took office. The Tea Party must attack the Patriot Act because the liberals sure didn't want to (it fits in with their model of people control and big government).Popcornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-54758688727911384582010-12-01T09:37:39.586-05:002010-12-01T09:37:39.586-05:00Oh I see. George Soros who bought the Democrat pa...Oh I see. George Soros who bought the Democrat party for the far left is now in the Tea Party.<br /><br />Thanks for the info, LPOVused to be Anonymous but extorted by the blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-16869634132956758902010-11-30T21:05:55.592-05:002010-11-30T21:05:55.592-05:00in disbelief of liberal ignorance
"The Tea P...in disbelief of liberal ignorance<br /><br />"The Tea Party is made up of members of the Republican Party, the Democrat Party, Independents or Unaffiliated Voters, and Libertarians. "<br /><br />But controled and funded by the world's richest billionaires see post on The American Liberty League of 1934.<br /><br />Your being conned to work against your own political and economic interest.Liberal POVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-51163672116544581392010-11-30T15:14:34.651-05:002010-11-30T15:14:34.651-05:00The Tea Party is made up of members of the Republi...The Tea Party is made up of members of the Republican Party, the Democrat Party, Independents or Unaffiliated Voters, and Libertarians. look at the local election returns and see for yourself.<br /><br />So now the truth comes out. Majority rule is only allowed if the left is in the majority. <br /><br />As was said when Obama duped people into electing him. You lost. Get over it.in disbelief of liberal ignorancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-75931810860996397372010-11-30T13:25:33.903-05:002010-11-30T13:25:33.903-05:00The Tea Party is just the radical side of the Repu...The Tea Party is just the radical side of the Republican Party. That's all there is.Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-56537407635192141532010-11-30T13:17:36.743-05:002010-11-30T13:17:36.743-05:00read it and weep
What's popular is not alway...read it and weep <br /><br />What's popular is not always right and whats right is not always popular.Liberal POVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-12794993114967807992010-11-30T13:16:31.822-05:002010-11-30T13:16:31.822-05:00JW, what do you mean it's not posted online? I...JW, what do you mean it's not posted online? It's at http://www2.wataugademocrat.com/editorial. BTW, there's no mention of jackbooted thugs, only unconstitutional laws. Why are you afraid of the Constitution, JW?No Compromisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-58237923753768681552010-11-30T10:58:22.424-05:002010-11-30T10:58:22.424-05:00it is certainly interesting that more people agree...it is certainly interesting that more people agree with the Tea Party than with brotherdoc and Liberal POV. Witness the election.read it and weepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-80172153763503635912010-11-30T10:42:22.054-05:002010-11-30T10:42:22.054-05:00JW
The modern day Tea Party seems to be a repeat ...JW<br /><br />The modern day Tea Party seems to be a repeat of the 1934 American Liberty League.<br /><br />"Created in August 1934, this association of wealthiest corporate leaders said its goals were “to combat radicalism, to teach...respect for the rights of persons and property, and generally to foster free private enterprise.” It attacked government funding for poverty relief and social services and opposed all “burdensome taxes imposed upon industry for unemployment insurance and old age pension.”<br /><br />http://coat.ncf.ca/our_magazine/links/53/all-both.html<br /><br /><br />http://www.newdeal20.org/2010/07/01/the-tea-party-movement-successor-to-the-american-liberty-league-13880/<br /><br />". It was largely financed by some of the most powerful business interests in the country, including the du Pont family (which provided roughly 30% of the League’s budget) and the leaders of General Motors, General Foods, Chase National Bank, Standard Oil, and other major corporations."<br /><br />"As a political phenomenon, then, the Tea Party shares many of the same tenets and clearly emerged from some of the same forces and fears that gave rise to the American Liberty League in 1934."<br /><br />"The du Ponts – through their control of the Remington Arms Co. – were also prepared to provide weapons for the Croix de feu-like veterans’ organization that the conspirators wanted Butler to lead as part of their plan to overthrow the government."<br /><br /><br />"The League distributed 50 million copies of extremely right-wing, often blatantly fascistic, pamphlets. It bankrolled a speakers’ bureau, hosted nation-wide radio shows and launched lawsuits targeting the New Deal’s 1935 Wagner Act because it allowed collective bargaining."Liberal POVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-71659129039465942142010-11-30T10:13:17.322-05:002010-11-30T10:13:17.322-05:00Very good analysis, JW. I guess one really has to...Very good analysis, JW. I guess one really has to be inside the "movement" to understand the TPers' rhetoric and nostrums, but I can only regret the level of ignorance, coupled with rancor, that seems to possess them. Rational argument means nothing to them. Meanwhile our rascally right wing politicians are given their backing to act irresponsibly in Washington and Raleigh. We will see what they try to accomplish locally--I imagine they are closeted someplace even now trying to figure out how to accommodate the angry electorate.brotherdochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597543573448439126noreply@blogger.com