<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>And as far as the Tea Party "follows the rule of law", I can't wait till one tries to stop me in the car! Or does the New American Bund claim they have the right to pull over cars if they have a bumper sticker they disagree with?</div><div>Based on that, they should favor Universal Health Care cause there are going to be a lot of road kill tea partiers. Just as with the "original" tea party gang, NOT everyone believes in the crap they are peddling.</div><div><br></div><div>I really wish for their sake, they would have picked a better example to follow than rich folks in the colonies trying to avoid paying their fair share of taxes! Oh, wait a minute, that IS what they advocate!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 21pt; font-family: Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 98, 183); ">Palin to Obama, Pelosi, Reid: 'Spending spree is over, you're fired</span><img width="1" height="1" align="right" alt="http://www.burstnet.com/enlightn/4735/B0B2/" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.gif@01CAD000.44716520"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><br>(NECN: Searchlight, Nev.) - The 'Tea Party Express' rolled through Searchlight on Saturday, where a rally was held in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) hometown.<br><br>Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin (R) was the main draw of the event, with American and Alabama state flags flying behind her as she delivered remarks on the outdoor stage in the Nevada desert.<br><br><a name="bp"></a>Palin asked those in attendance to be ready to ask Sen. Reid questions when he returned home to promote the health care reform bill, which was signed into law last week, and other bills passed under the Obama administration. Questions like, "When does early voting begin and who else is running for his seat?"<br><br>With a Democratic majority in both the House and Senate, and President Barack Obama in the White House, it has been a rough go of it for Republicans in Washington. Palin equated "common sense" Conservatives to an endangered species in the nation's capital.<br><br>She also opined that "the Obama, Pelosi, Reid gang" is going about solving the nation's economic problems in the wrong way. And she said the mid-term elections are the best place to tell the federal government of a citizen's displeasure with the policies enacted over the first two years of the Obama administration. <br><br>"In these upcoming elections we're saying that the big government, big debt Obama, Pelosi, Reid spending spree is over. You're fired," Palin said. "We're not going to sit down and shut up."<br><br>The podium behind which Palin stood read "Tea Party Express III, Just Vote Them Out!" "Them" being the Democrats serving in Washington.<br><br><br><b>Hopey, Changey</b><br><br>Her remarks focused mainly on Sen. Reid, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and President Obama, the latter of whom was the opponent of the McCain-Palin ticket in the 2008 presidential campaign. Palin beckoned to two familiar phrases from the Obama-Biden campaign.<br><br>"That bumper sticker that maybe you'll see on the next Subaru driving by -- an Obama bumper sticker -- <b><span style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; ">you should stop the driver</span></b> and say, 'So how is that hopey, changey thing working out for ya?'" Palin said, poking at two words closely tied to Mr. Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, "<a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/2238959127/'));" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 98, 183); text-decoration: none; ">hope</span></a>" and "<a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://change.gov/'));" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 98, 183); text-decoration: none; ">change</span></a>."<br><br>She did clarify her remark so as to not offend Subaru owners: "I shouldn't be disrespectful; I don't have anything against Subarus."<br><br>Palin has in the past used that "hopey, changey" line at Tea Party events</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 21pt; font-family: Times, serif; color: rgb(0, 98, 183); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><div><div>On Mar 30, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Roger Falen stated:<br><br>"The Tea Party people explicitly say that they follow the Rule of Law,<br>meaning adherence to the Constitution. The various Militia groups are not<br>necessarily a part of the Tea Party. They or anyone else who deliberately<br>kill innocent people are automatically wrong. Do you also condemn the<br>Black Panthers and the other radical groups of the sixties, The Earth<br>Liberation Front, and The Animal liberation Front. These groups are as<br>close to your views than the extreme Militia is to mine (probably closer)"<br><br><br>Roger, Roger, Roger . . .<br><br>"Tea Party" wasn't mentioned in the article or by me.<br><br>I'll go a step further by suggesting that these militias have absolutely<br>NO ties to the Tea Party. These militias are a separate matter<br>altogether.<br><br>As far as the Black Panthers, the violent faction of the SDS (Students for<br>a Democratic Society), the Weathermen, and other radical groups of the<br>sixties are concerned . . .<br><br>If they broke the law, they were arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced<br>. . . much like these militias should be treated if they break the law.<br><br>FYI, Roger: The Black Panthers were organized to protect the black<br>neighborhoods of Oakland against undue (and often uncivil) harassment by <br>authorities during the early- and mid-sixties, or don't you recall . . .<br><br>---------------------------------------<br><br>"J. Edgar Hoover declares '…the Black Panther Party, without question,<br>represents the greatest threat to internal security of the country.' He<br>pledges that 1969 would be the last year of the Party's existence."<br><br><a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/pacificapanthers.html">http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/pacificapanthers.html</a><br><br>---------------------------------------<br><br>One other thing, Roger.<br><br>Those radical groups that you reference are NOT "close to" my views.<br><br>But then, I shouldn't expect an apology from you should I?<br><br>Enough EFFING said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>PS - That URL immediately under the J. Edgar Hoover quote, Roger, is a<br>citation. Perhaps you ought to get into the habit of citing references. <br>Hou about it?<br><br>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<br>and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br><br>- Unknown<br><br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>=======================================================<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>