On the tea parties and organizing

[nadinbrzezinski]

I am going to say something that will not be popular here.

There are things they are doing right.

WHAT?

Yes...

There are.

You see, they are standing to principles (as well funded as they are) and getting off the keyboard and making a lot of noise.

I have said it in the past... we need to leave the keyboards and do some more grass roots work. For the next two years we must take that model and show up at your local rep meeting, with placards and ready to do battle.

Truth be told I don't expect it... but that's we need to do. And a little street theater, like actually doing what the billionaires for wealth care did. (And it was fun, we did)

Again, I don't expect it... but I recognize things when they are done right... and they ARE organizing... and they are showing up. Granted the media will NOT show you... but it does matter.

That is all...

[OneGrassRoot]

1. Along this line, I'm leaning toward focusing strongly on Faux and Limbaugh....

The noise they generate -- the lies and misinformation they perpetuate and the sheer hatefulness of their rhetoric -- have caused so much harm, IMHO.

On one hand it's their viewers/listeners' responsibility for choosing to listen to their garbage, but after a while, I've seen formerly reasonable people get absolutely sucked in to the hate.

It's like mind control. Absolutely.

Before many of these people can be open to seeing things a different way, returning to (if they ever were) reason and rationality, they need to unplug from the hate.

I think that's my part of my mission. Many will continue because hate and fear are often easier emotions to deal with; it takes less effort and less thought.

But, if even a few realize how toxic right-wing media is, that's a good thing.

As we know, many of their viewers/listeners consider themselves "good Christians."

I posted this excellent blog on FB this morning.

"Should Christians listen to (and follow) Rush Limbaugh?"

http://searchwarp.com/swa388946.htm


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Edit to add this great quote: "Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear." ~ William E. Gladstone, 1866

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Good

We may be in deep shit soon. Listen to McConnel at heritage today... Not good.

[OneGrassRoot]

3. I hope someone posts what he actually ends up saying...

versus what he intends to say.

I don't like quoting what someone intends to say...lol...even though I don't doubt that's the plan.

Did they release a transcript or something, or was it merely leaked, do you know?

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. It was on the tv machine

And heritage will post it, as well as McConnel