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Bullshit. You fundies spout crap like this and have no evidence except what feels correct to you to back up crap like this.

Nikki Haley seems to have some skeletons in her closet. So that would be a perfect choice for the Rethugs.Edited by Theodoric, : spelling

Colin Powell could never be described as being a member of the Tea Party.As for Hermann and Michael. Well there were Native Americans that participated in the genocide of their own people. That doesn't mean that there was no genocide against the Native Americans.

This is no different than when a racist excuses his racism by claiming he has friends that are black.Kinja

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[Cain] says he didn't want to make trouble during the civil rights movement. He believes if you don't have a job, it's your fault. And he's constantly throwing in little self-deprecating minstrel-ish digs like calling himself "Cornbread."

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He's a black man constantly dissing black people and distancing himself from black people. Far from proving the Tea Party isn't racist, he ratifies that they are. He gives them comfort. He's a black man who seems to know his place.

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Fox News Channel commentator Juan Williams argues that the Tea Party movement emerged from the "ashes" of Ron Paul's 2008 presidential primary campaign...

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On January 24, 2009, Trevor Leach, chairman of the Young Americans for Liberty in New York State organized a "Tea Party" to protest obesity taxes proposed by New York Governor David Paterson and call for fiscal responsibility on the part of the government. Several of the protesters wore Native American headdresses similar to the band of 18th century colonists who dumped tea in Boston Harbor to express outrage about British taxes.[73]

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Some of the protests were partially in response to several Federal laws: the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008,[74] the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,[75][76] and a series of healthcare reform bills.[77]

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New York Times journalist Kate Zernike reported that leaders within the Tea Party credit Seattle blogger and conservative activist Keli Carender with organizing the first Tea Party in February 2009, although the term "Tea Party" was not used.[78] Other articles, written by Chris Good of The Atlantic[79] and NPR's Martin Kaste,[80] credit Carender as "one of the first" Tea Party organizers and state that she "organized some of the earliest Tea Party-style protests".

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Tea Party movement - WikipediaNow there is this

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and the Tea Party could be traced to a 1971 memo from tobacco lawyer Lewis F. Powell, Jr. who advocated more political power for corporations.

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But we all know that here was no Tea Party at that time and no organized groups claiming to be a Tea Party until after the 2008 election. If you have other evidence please present it and correct the historical record.

But that is not the Tea Party as it exists now. Yes the Koch's tried to start astroturf groups many times, but there was not a Tea Party movement until 2008-2009. Also, most tea partiers will vociferously claim they are not Koch funded or an astro turf group, which completely negates the 2002 Tea Party website as part of this same movement.If the claim is to be made that the current Tea Party movement started earlier than 2008, then an argument needs to be presented showing how it evolved from the ealry Koch astroturf to the 2008-2009 protests. Just claiming there were people or groups using the name earlier doeas not mean it was or is the same movement.There was an American Republican Party from 1843-1854. It was an anti-immigrant party. Does that mean that the Republican Party of today is some how connected?

Did you follow the hearings at all? Do you remember any racist signs or comments by liberals during the hearings. Ever hear of Anita Hill? Posse Comitatus too?

Political parties and elections are much different in the US system than they are in a parliamentary system. The Dems and Repubs have so much entrenched power it will be very difficult to raise the funds necessary to be effective on their own electorally.That being said, some observers are talking about a potential schism in the Republican party. Being a fairly well informed political observer, I think this is possible. Not likely, but very possible. The internal roilings of the party are historically reminiscent of other party schism in the past.If they do split, from the Republican Party, they are going to have to carry a fair amount of sitting reps and senators in order to have momentum to be effective. I find this the most unlikely part.(This was a prime reason for the failure of Teddy Roosevelt's Progressive (Bull Moose) Party They will attract the reps and senators with the least seniority and the least power.

So you have nothing but attacks? Can't support the crap you post?
Typical.

Gee not only are you a geologist, but it seems you are a doctor lawyer and seer too. Oh lets add idiot too.The treatment for most arthritis is not prescription pain killers. Rheumatoid arthritis is treated with corticosteroids and drugs like Enbrel. These are not pain meds and they are extremely expensive. Can easily run 1000 or more a month without insurance. I know from experience how crippling rheumatoid symptoms can be. That can be and was for me a manifestation of sarcoidosis. So like most right wingers you are talking out your ass.As for the niece you and we do not know the actual situation. To make the claim she must have been intoxicated is plain hateful and assholish. Even if she was, that is why people have insurance.Go crawl back under your rock.

Well I know this is not true because unions do not bid on construction projects. Want to try again? Unions do not care about or picket projects this size. No one gives a rats ass if the company that makes the building assembles it or if he hires another builder or if he does it himself. Just to pretend this is reality, have the company that sold him the building build it. Anything else would be plain stupid. That way everything is warrantied by the original seller. They cannot claim the builder is responsible and vice versa This is all more bullshit. People build their own buildings and houses every day. The problem you have is not with unions it is with local building codes and financing when you do a self build.So all your anecdotes are pure bullshit with no basis in reality.

Do you even understand the argument you tried to make originally?

Wrong again. Unions have nothing to do with the pricing of jobs. Unions do not do the building. Union members do, but they are employees of contractors that use union labor. So your anecdote is still bullshit. Want to try again? More bullshit. What union? Again unions do not care about a project this size.. There is no money in a 70k project to be worth the effort. Reality and common sense. Have you ever built a building or had one built. You talk like Union is some big monolithic group that controls everything. What union do your friends work for? There are many unions and many reasons for them. Well you know what happens when you go with the lowest bid. Again, UNIONS DO NOT PRICE JOBS OR BID ON PROJECTS. That would be the contractor or builder who may be using union labor. So this part of your story is either bullshit or you misunderstand the specifics and reality of the situation. That non-unionized contractors are cheaper than unionized contractors is not born out by the data. Here is one study.http://www.ijeme.org/paperInfo.aspx?PaperID=4763

But this is not true. If it were it would be extortion, which is a federal offense. They would be within their rights to informational picket a place that is using non-union labor. They would not be within their rights to picket a place that is self built. When was the last time you saw an informational picket? What do you think the whole system of laws are? I guess parents shouldn't have to make their kids go to school.Your argument has now gone to ridiculous.

Here are more studies showing that the idea that Unions or prevailing wage drive up costs is bullshit.http://constructionacademy.org/...n-industry/prevailing-wage