tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84915272704282719.post8084455687816232499..comments2021-08-03T06:48:41.028-05:00Comments on The Public Money: Death and.....Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01939964640082045428noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84915272704282719.post-3579404419762671892010-04-15T12:02:25.344-05:002010-04-15T12:02:25.344-05:00Heh...Ed proving once again that my army of free e...Heh...Ed proving once again that my army of free editors and fact-checkers is way better than those at ChronBlog. <br /><br />Good comments Ed, and I'll make the correction.Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01939964640082045428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84915272704282719.post-80921596192265976782010-04-15T11:59:29.409-05:002010-04-15T11:59:29.409-05:00I think a good part of the "problem" wit...I think a good part of the "problem" with the Tea Party is that the movement as a whole is not really organized (though some would have us think it is), and the publicity it has received to date has been remarkably one-sided (though many of those I know of in "leadership" roles in the various local efforts are minority, if you believe what you see/read in the news you would think that it is simply the KKK minus the bedsheets.)<br /><br />While not a part of the movement per se, I am definitely sympathetic to their issue regarding government (over)spending, an issue in which the Ds and the Rs are equally culpable (in that both are guilty of spending our grandchildren's money like there is no tomorrow.)<br /><br />Also, I don't care if it is Tea Party, Coffee Party, Red Bull Party, Code Pink, Code Blue, or Code Red: I don't have a problem with anyone/everyone speaking their piece in this country (after all, that is one of the things I placed my butt on the line in the USofAF to protect), although I don't like seeing pieces of dead baby as I drive down the road all that much, and I am really not a fan of the <i>agent provocateur</i> role as it is being played out.<br /><br />Lastly: the Contract with America (and the R retake of Congress) happened in 1994. I suspect the Rs went on a spending spree after they had been in power for awhile, and got comfortable.<br /><br />~EdT.Ed T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05901818490442310728noreply@blogger.com