Tea Party groups plan (January 20) 'strike'

[sabra]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) - Some Tea Party activists from across the country are planning a 'national strike' on January 20, the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama's inauguration.

The idea of holding an economic protest sprung up during the holidays as the result of a conference call held by various Tea Party group leaders, according to Allen Hardage, a conservative grassroots organizer from Georgia.

"Tea Party activists are frustrated that despite a huge turnout over the last year Congress is ignoring them," says Hardage, who is national operations director for the planned strike. "The question is that if the elected officials ignore you, what do you do to exercises your right to self-governance? So we decided to hold a National Day of Strike where we go after the large donors of the people pushing this radical agenda."

Hardage says the idea of the one-day strike is to focus attention on the businesses that support the most liberal members of Congress as well as groups that advocate "big government" policies.

But Hardage says the move will not be a boycott: "Here we are exposing the agenda of some of the most widely known companies in America and letting the consumer decide. If a corporation decides to jump into politics to the tune of millions of dollars, then they need to expect that they will alienate some of their customers."

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/04/tea-party-groups-plan-strike/

[niyad]

1. whaaahhhhhhh

"Tea Party activists are frustrated that despite a huge turnout over the last year Congress is ignoring them," says Hardage, who is national operations director for the planned strike. "The question is that if the elected officials ignore you, what do you do to exercises your right to self-governance? So we decided to hold a National Day of Strike where we go after the large donors of the people pushing this radical agenda."


the peace activists have far larger turnouts, and ignored completely. so now the tp'ers have some vague idea how we have felt all these decades.

[L. Coyote]

29. Coool, a list of those who are coooool, by those who are not.

Been waiting for this list :rofl:

[UrbScotty]

2. Well, I guess I'll be spending quite a bit that day!!

:-)

[Robb]

3. LOL. Best part doesn't come until the end of the article:

"CNN reached out to a number of national Tea Party organizations. While some were aware of the planned strike and some not informed, none said they were going to actively take part in the event."

:rofl: So their own "fact-checking" found no one really taking part, yet they ran the story anyhow. :D

[blm]

9. and they never managed to report when the left protested Bush in various ways for 8yrs, did they?

Now, the corpmedia can't trumpet the teabaggers every move and whim enough, can they?.

[Bluzmann57]

4. Damn. I was hoping they'd call in sick

Get fired and open up jobs for people who want and need work. But wait, there's a hole in that theory, teabaggers may not have jobs.
I had a teabagger ask me last year if I actually had a job. I told him yes and it's likely that I make more money and enjoy better benefits than him. I work at a Unionized shop and we get holidays, etc. where he probably doesn't if he even has a job.

[YOY]

13. Most of the folks I see protesting look to be retired age.

Not a slur...but definitely worth noting.

[high density]

5. Where was all the whine about big government when Bush and Cheney were at the head of it?

These guys are only against big gov when it's not run by their own cronies.

[mac56]

6. oh, I can't wait to see how this one plays out

So: they'll all stay home for teabagging?!

:evilgrin:

[doc03]

7. I am going to save all my monthly buying for January 20th. n/t

[MindPilot]

8. So exactly how is this supposed to have an effect?

"It's not a boycott". A bunch of people will take the day off and not buy anything. The next day they will go back to work and buy the stuff they didn't buy the day before. mmmm...kay.

A strike doesn't really have any effect until there is garbage piling up in the streets and the store shelves are empty. Methinks they have a little issue with the concept.

[louis-t]

10. Right, let's listen to a screaming minority of crazies.

Besides, if what they "wanted" made any sense at all, they'd be more credible. I've asked wingers to define this "radical agenda" many times. They can't do it. They only know the talking points. "Yeah, but he's gunna..." is their only argument. I ask "What has Obama done that is so radical? He's kept a lot of bush people and most of bush's policies."

[YOY]

11. DC will be flooded with the stink of vinegar and water.

"radical agenda"...sweet fucking Jesus...

[Joanne98]

12. LOL make sure we spend money that day and thank the companies

for ignoring them. BWHAHAHAHAH

[HopeHoops]

14. Excellent! Employers will know who to include in the DUMBFUCK LAYOFF.

[mstinamotorcity]

15. Oh I can't stop laughing

did i believe my lying eyes.Please tell me they did not say they were going to take the day exposing the biggest corporate donors and let the consumer decide.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: so what day is it they start telling on themselves,and what are they going to do when they find out some of their favorite leaders are in so deep they could dig a hole to China.And find out that we did that.Oh,somebody help me I just can't stop laughing this s--t is funny as hell!!!!:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Cheap_Trick]

16. These morons need to get real.

They don't have enough brain cells between ALL of them to strike a match.

[CLANG]

17. Doesn't really count as a strike if you are unemployed or retired

Most of those people look to be over 60 or so. Ignoramuses.

[Auggie]

18. I am one of those liberal businesses. Come expose me, assholes.

All you'll get from me is the one finger salute.

[drm604]

19. Are they going to boycott Viagra spammers?

That CNN blog has a link to the organizers' website at http://strike120.ning.com/
Go there and scroll down the page to just below the eagle in the center column. Right below that there is a section marked "Forum". The first post in that section is by someone saying that a "strike" will accomplish nothing useful. The second post is labeled "Zithromax causing tinnitus". If you click on that you will end up on a full page spam for Viagra and other prescription drugs. The page is not even on another website. It's on the same strike120.ning.com domain and it's apparently been there for 12 freakin hours. :rofl:

On Edit: They just added another one right at the very top of the "Forum" section. It's labeled "Fluorescent light lasix" and leads to the same spam page as the other one. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[santamargarita]

20. The Shit Baggers are on strike from what?

:puke:

[FarLeftFist]

21. But these TAX protesters will all be filing taxes this year....

No doubt about it. At least the anti-war activists aren't afraid of jail time, you won't see these so called 'rebels' staying true to their beliefs come april 15th. Oh the hypocrisy.

[CLANG]

22. Here is the letter they are proposing to send to the top contributers

of those they hold responsible for the health bill (which they claim will cost trillions - and there isn't a bill yet!). The reason for their "boycott" is priceless teabaggery:

President , XYZ Company
Vice President , XYZ Company

Dear __________, ____________:

The undersigned write today to express our concerns regarding your political contributions to Senator _________ who supports the Health Care bill. This legislation will severly limit the freedoms and Defense of our Nation. I cannot support any business with such a short sighted approach to business and the greater good of the Country. I urge you to contact Senator _____________ and explicitly denounce your support, and withdrawl any promises for contributions for the candidate so long as they supuport the Health Care Bill in any present form.

I will be boycotting your products and services, and passing this letter along to 10 of my friends and contacts and urging them to do the same until we are aware of a public withdrawl of your support for any candidate who supports the health care bill.

We look forward to again patronizing your company once we see your retraction of support for the candidate,

Thank you,

[llmart]

26. Are they all from the South?

because they are going to "withdrawl"???

Well, no one ever said they were intelligent.

[CLANG]

27. Yeah, too bad their daddies didn't 'Withdrawl" in time...

[mstinamotorcity]

36. Funny you should mention

the South, When is the last time anyone looked at the automobile boom of the south and its Senators and its Governors and their finances i have always wondered just how prosperous did they become after we allowed countries that we were at once in war with to now building on American soil.

[Roland99]

31. Is that the *actual* text? Love the typos in it.

[KamaAina]

23. A strike? Isn't that kind of a lefty, commie, union thing?

:shrug:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

30. That's right!

Aren't conservatives supposed to DESPISE group intiatives?

[fascisthunter]

24. they should all jump into Boston Harbor

[No Elephants]

37. Please, no. I can see Boston Harbor from my window. And not in a Palin way.

If the harbor fills with Teabaggers, I might faint from the stench.

Besides, who needs THAT footnote to the story of the Boston Tea Party? (Bad enough the Patriots dressed like Native Americans.)

[seeinfweggos]

25. strike from what?

cashing their medicare checks?

[Canuckistanian]

28. This will be a disaster

For IHOPs, bowling alleys and Branson, MO.

[krabigirl]

32. What a bunch of losers who don't even know what they stand for (except hating others, Iguess?)

And wow, what a white and out-of-shape crowd from the looks of that photo. These are the people who want some revolution? lmao

[kpominville]

33. A National Strike requires that the nation participate

Not just a small group of fringe radicals.

[jmowreader]

34. This so-called strike is laughable, but I have to ask...

how does this differ from "Buy Nothing Day"?

[Odin2005]

35. GO GALT you fuckers!