tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547107171993607996.post6090640021518886628..comments2023-10-10T08:44:27.567-07:00Comments on Brett's Constitution: And to petition the Government for a redress of grievancesBretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817916189480737690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547107171993607996.post-87922984353758265852009-04-16T20:20:00.000-07:002009-04-16T20:20:00.000-07:00Yep:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/15/7205...Yep:<br /><br />http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/15/720534/-And-now....the-helpless-despair-sets-inSueMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07462120567105608158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547107171993607996.post-2142541538215344642009-04-16T19:30:00.000-07:002009-04-16T19:30:00.000-07:00"To me, this smacks more of sneering at people for..."To me, this smacks more of sneering at people for getting together to protest rather than an honest disagreement with the outcome the protesters endorse."<br /><br />No, it's sneering at a bunch of clueless dumbasses, most of whom are getting a tax cut under the current plan, for not having a clue as to what they are protesting. Socialism? Most of them have family members who are on Medicare and/or getting Social Security checks. Fascism? From the signs, most of them don't have a clue as to what that even is. These are just a bunch of idiot white people who don't like the fact that their guy lost to an African American. <br /><br />Had Fox simpletons like Glenn (I'm related to Tom Paine) Beck not ginned this whole thing up, nothing would have happened. By the way, Beck is so clueless he doesn't even know that Paine wasn't a Christian, didn't like any organized religion, was for a minimum wage and proposed a social security system. In other words, he was a LIBERAL. Old Tom would have been laughing his ass off at these morons.<br /><br />You are right about the right to assemble, but there's an unenumerated right to be stupid as well and these people have made it an art form.<br /><br />Here's a few rules for successful protests:<br /><br />http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/4/16/720821/-Why-yesterdays-protests-were-stupidSueMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07462120567105608158noreply@blogger.com