tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post9041588858257390635..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: You Tea Partiers Are Just Wankers Whipping Up FearsK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-68211348015060106522012-08-26T09:02:31.357-07:002012-08-26T09:02:31.357-07:00I watched that video. There only appeared to be o...I watched that video. There only appeared to be one person ranting and fomenting.Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448369692335981936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-69398469952922317122012-08-24T16:18:52.589-07:002012-08-24T16:18:52.589-07:00Wow. That's quite a link.
"While mainstr...Wow. That's <a href="http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/full-spectrum-operations-in-the-homeland-a-%E2%80%9Cvision%E2%80%9D-of-the-future" rel="nofollow">quite a link</a>.<br /><br />"While mainstream politicians and citizens react with alarm, the “tea party” insurrectionists in South Carolina enjoy a groundswell of support from other tea party groups, militias, racist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan, anti-immigrant associations such as the Minutemen, and other right-wing groups."K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-76522872290555147672012-08-24T16:10:47.964-07:002012-08-24T16:10:47.964-07:00I hate to rain on the parade, but being called &qu...I hate to rain on the parade, but being called "hate groups" by NPR is nothing. How about U.S. military educators war gaming against the tea party.<br /><br />http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/full-spectrum-operations-in-the-homeland-a-%E2%80%9Cvision%E2%80%9D-of-the-future<br /><br />As far as retirees, they still have investment income and social security income taxes. <br /><br />Doo Doo Econhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05010201031724821495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-11037837241967952442012-08-24T13:51:15.741-07:002012-08-24T13:51:15.741-07:00I didn't know that one about KPBS. At least th...I didn't know that one about KPBS. At least they invited a Tea Party person onto the show.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-44647979250130421372012-08-24T13:01:55.270-07:002012-08-24T13:01:55.270-07:00In the early days of the Tea Party, politicians an...In the early days of the Tea Party, politicians and the mainstream media were doing everything they could to stir up hatred against the Tea Party.<br /><br />Our local NPR station KPBS even did a segment titled, <a href="http://www.wcvarones.com/2010/03/is-npr-hate-group.html" rel="nofollow">"Are Tea Partiers Hate Groups?"</a>W.C. Varoneshttp://www.wcvarones.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-48645613674209484992012-08-24T13:00:52.292-07:002012-08-24T13:00:52.292-07:00I didn't review the math so you may be right. ...I didn't review the math so you may be right. Still, it's a good bet these folks aren't breaking 100K, so the point is still there.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-65668816287948856442012-08-24T12:53:38.853-07:002012-08-24T12:53:38.853-07:00While your main point on your "fair share&quo...While your main point on your "fair share" post that you link is true enough, I think your actual numbers are double-counting. If you are already assuming that every tax-paying household has retired, non-income-tax-paying parents (which are going to be a separate household from you), then you've already accounted for "half of the country that doesn't pay any income taxes". Whether you call them retired parents, or unemployed strangers, doesn't matter in this calculation - half is half.<br /><br />That would cut the amount a household would have to earn to pay a "fair share" to about $150,000 or so. Still awfully high, but not so high as to be absurd.tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.com