tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post2173223635734632773..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: TeabaggingLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-48106099784055343902009-04-16T16:39:00.000-04:002009-04-16T16:39:00.000-04:00From the outside it looks like a substantial perce...<I>From the outside it looks like a substantial percentage of the country doesn't trust the system of government set up by the Constitution. That can't be good.</I>The current budget passed by Congress includes a deficit of more than $1.75 trillion. <br /><br />To put it another way, the government of the United States plans to <B>borrow</B> around 1.3 times the GDP of Canada, just to run itself for this one year. <br /><br />I'm sure that before they give up on the Constitution, they will realize that their tax problems can be solved by expropriating the productivity of our weaker neighbors to the north.John Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027862713126904206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-32864254195779775732009-04-16T13:12:00.000-04:002009-04-16T13:12:00.000-04:00Larry, by"A substantial percentage," do you mean t...Larry, by"A substantial percentage," do you mean the multitudes visible in the Fox News clips? <br /><br />Also he did not say the very best mixed economies. He said one of the very best. Hedged a little there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-2523238584373084802009-04-16T10:43:00.000-04:002009-04-16T10:43:00.000-04:00Larry Moran said:
"It's ironic that the protest i...Larry Moran said:<br /><br /><I>"It's ironic that the protest in Boston was not against taxes per se but against taxation without representation. "</I>The Boston Tea Party was really not about that, but was an action by colonists to help preserve their local businesses from predation by the British East India Company, which enjoyed an unfair tax advantage by fiat from the Crown.<br /> <br />see:<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thom-hartmann/the-real-boston-tea-party_b_187189.htmlGingerbakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211637630936981883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-64798357412216370942009-04-16T10:09:00.000-04:002009-04-16T10:09:00.000-04:00John Hawks says,
"Tea Party" is the traditional t...John Hawks says,<br /><br /><I>"Tea Party" is the traditional term for a tax protest in America, with reference to the "Boston Tea Party" of 1773.</I>I'm aware of the fact that the modern right-wing protests against taxes stem from the Boston Tea Party of 1773.<br /><br />It's ironic that the protest in Boston was not against taxes per se but against taxation without representation. <br /><br />Modern right-wingers are protesting taxation by their properly elected representatives in Washington D.C. Many of those representatives are Republicans.<br /><br />I don't understand the American opposition to taxation. Do Americans think they can have a great country without paying for it? How would that work?<br /><br />From the outside it looks like a substantial percentage of the country doesn't trust the system of government set up by the Constitution. That can't be good.Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-59498644918357574172009-04-15T23:45:00.000-04:002009-04-15T23:45:00.000-04:00I believe that various left wingers may be using t...<I>I believe that various left wingers may be using the term "teabagging" as a derogatory description of the current protests.</I>No, apparently the right wingers came up with it all by themselves. Good job! <br /><br />The left wingers are of course merely reporting the news.386sxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-59383147042999187612009-04-15T22:52:00.000-04:002009-04-15T22:52:00.000-04:00You ought to find the Rachel Maddow Show section o...You ought to find the <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLsKt4O4Yw8" REL="nofollow">Rachel Maddow Show section on teabagging</A>, it was rather amusing.LostMarbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123440130769897997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-84551138567077999042009-04-15T21:23:00.000-04:002009-04-15T21:23:00.000-04:00No teabaggin' for me. I'm just not that trusting. ...No teabaggin' for me. I'm just not that trusting. But how 'bout Frodo Baggin'? Or Bilbo Baggin'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-44576515211322980662009-04-15T18:32:00.000-04:002009-04-15T18:32:00.000-04:00hahahahaha
C'mon. Even I know what t-baggin is, a...hahahahaha<br /><br />C'mon. Even I know what t-baggin is, and I'm in Chile.A. Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876504431768677209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-58576205151193050272009-04-15T18:04:00.000-04:002009-04-15T18:04:00.000-04:00Today I learnt two things from John Hawks - the la...Today I learnt two things from John Hawks - the latest on Australophithicines and the meaning of teabagging!SteveFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-82144339875555043932009-04-15T17:36:00.000-04:002009-04-15T17:36:00.000-04:00Larry -- I don't know if you intended this as a jo...Larry -- I don't know if you intended this as a joke, but "teabagging" has <A HREF="http://www.teenwire.com/ask/2004/as-20040303p747-teabag.php" REL="nofollow">a pretty distinct *ahem* meaning</A> that wouldn't be the obvious manner of a public protest. <br /><br />"Tea Party" is the traditional term for a tax protest in America, with reference to the "Boston Tea Party" of 1773. I believe that various left wingers may be using the term "teabagging" as a derogatory description of the current protests.John Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027862713126904206noreply@blogger.com