Tea Party Movement Plans "Strike" for Jan. 20

5133203As the one-year anniversary of President Obama's inauguration nears, the Tea Party movement is planning a "strike" against corporations they call responsible for "funding socialism" and "backing the leftist agenda" of the new president.

Liberal politicians benefit from "large donors, labor union thugs, Hollywood elites and major media propagating our destruction," contends strike organizer Allen Hardage at the Tea Party Patriots web site.

In the wake of the economic downfall and the financial and auto bailouts of the past year, the tea party movement sprang up to represent conservative voters who felt disenfranchised. The election of a Democratic president intent on promoting new government spending on things like health care has spurred on the movement, prompting protests against big government and its ties to big business.

Hardage writes that on Jan. 20 "the TEA Party movement moves into the next phase, TEA 2.0, of taking our country back... We will demonstrate our power and reach to those companies who employ individuals backing the leftist agenda in every major city, every congressional district and every small rural town in America to spread one unified message. That message is simple: Stop funding socialism."

Hardage told Talking Points Memo that he will not release the companies which the strike will target until Jan. 20. but that it will focus on businesses "that are the largest supporters of the most liberal members of Congress as well as those that support extreme liberal media outlets."

The strike has gained some interest online, where more than 4,000 people have shown their support for the event on Facebook and other sites. If the strike proves ineffective, according to Hardage, the tea partiers will hold a march on Feb. 27, as well as a national boycott "of all of the companies that do not stop donating to people like Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Chris Dodd et al."

Republicans tried to capture the energy of the tea partiers. GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann said in a radio interview on Dec. 29 that if the Republican party wants to succeed in the 2010 midterm elections, it needs to "embrace the tea party movement with full arms."

But Suzy Khimm of Newsweek points out that the movement "has yet to pay off for the Republican Party in terms of small-scale donations─the kind of grassroots support that proved critical to bringing Obama and congressional Democrats to power last year."

Up-and-coming conservative politicians like Marco Rubio in Florida, however, could try to bring tea partiers into the Republican fold as he battles Gov. Charlie Crist in a GOP Senate primary this year. If the tea partiers succeed in electing politicians like Rubio, New York Times columnist David Brooks writes, "their movement is likely to outgrow its crude beginnings and become a major force in American politics."

[ussindyet]

You all act like scared little girls.Please don't join the military.

[cmcapcathletic]

I am unemployed. I have five children with two minor children left to raise. I have been on government assistance in the past and have worked diligently to get off of any governmental assistance.I have not received any government assistance since 2007. I am one of the poor unfortunates that people constantly speak of. I do not want public health care. I want to be able to afford my own health care. Stop using me, my family and people like me to forward your lousy socialist agenda. Tell the federal government to back off and deregulate and delegislate so that I may start a small business more readily and support myself and my family.Fining me between $750 and $3500 a year for not having health care is beyond reason, even for this Congress and President. And adding jail time-how interesting and unconstituional! If I can't afford car insurance I don't buy a car, how do you dare fine me for living when I do not use medical services that I can not afford. I can make payment arrangements on my own with a medical provider on a cash basis and do not need a "middleman" to broker a deal for me especially in the form of an oppressive government. I was in the system long enough to know to get out of the system and what the "system" was about. People are foolish to believe that this sort of entitlement program will not have grave consequences to our God-given liberties and free-market economy. If you believe that you want this health care garbage that's your business-but stop using the "poor" to boost your agenda. Talk to the "poor". You'll find that we appreciate our freedoms and desire the ability to build wealth and support ourselves as much as anyone. Stop using the "poor" to sell this social and economic atrocity! Perhaps if people would again take care of their families and extended families with follow through from the churches, the public would be less apt to look to the state for guidance and social security programs which are going bankrupt as this is written. Free market wealth building and free-will giving and charitable organizations work. Having been the recipient of both types of assistance, I can tell you that only free will and free markets will work effectively. I was also able to give back to the community with what I could do with volunteering my time to a local private food share program. Free will, everyone, not forced redistribution. Government programs are forced giving.The government can supply for the public good from its excess, it should not give due to mandated unconstitutional programs and redistribution of wealth. I know, who knew the "poor" could type this well, right?

[cmcapcathletic]

I am unemployed. I have five children with two minor children left to raise. I have been on government assistance in the past and have worked diligently to get off of any governmental assistance.I have not received any government assistance since 2007. I am one of the poor unfortunates that people constantly speak of. I do not want public health care. I want to be able to afford my own health care. Stop using me, my family and people like me to forward your lousy socialist agenda. Tell the federal government to back off and deregulate and delegislate so that I may start a small business more readily and support myself and my family.Fining me between $750 and $3500 a year for not having health care is beyond reason, even for this Congress and President. And adding jail time-how interesting and unconstituional! If I can't afford car insurance I don't buy a car, how do you dare fine me for living when I do not use medical services that I can not afford. I can make payment arrangements on my own with a medical provider on a cash basis and do not need a "middleman" to broker a deal for me especially in the form of an oppressive government. I was in the system long enough to know to get out of the system and what the "system" was about. People are foolish to believe that this sort of entitlement program will not have grave consequences to our God-given liberties and free-market economy. If you believe that you want this health care garbage that's your business-but stop using the "poor" to boost your agenda. Talk to the "poor". You'll find that we appreciate our freedoms and desire the ability to build wealth and support ourselves as much as anyone. Stop using the "poor" to sell this social and economic atrocity! Perhaps if people would again take care of their families and extended families with follow through from the churches, the public would be less apt to look to the state for guidance and social security programs which are going bankrupt as this is written. Free market wealth building and free-will giving and charitable organizations work. Having been the recipient of both types of assistance, I can tell you that only free will and free markets will work effectively. I was also able to give back to the community with what I could do with volunteering my time to a local private food share program. Free will, everyone, not forced redistribution. Government programs are forced giving.The government can supply for the public good from its excess, it should not give due to mandated unconstitutional programs and redistribution of wealth. I know, who knew the "poor" could type this well, right?

[SkirtsLifter]

by nodnarb_1976 January 8, 2010 9:57 AM EST
You are the idiot thinking Global Warming is a myth.
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Speaking of myths, here's a little something from the Canadian Free Press (and myth #1 comes to mind):

Obama: The only promise he made that he is fulfilling is the transformation of the U.S. into a failed socialist economy
2010?s Top Ten Myths

By Alan Caruba Thursday, December 31, 2009
In no particular order, here are ten myths that will affect U.S. domestic and international policy in the year ahead.

1. Myth: Global warming is real. It was never real except for the natural warming cycle that occurred from 1850 to 1998 when the Earth began another natural cycle, when it began to cool. The new cycle will last for several decades.

2. Myth: Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a danger to humans. This is the most pernicious lie that has been put forth by environmentalists and is the basis for the global warming lie. CO2 is vital to all life on Earth as it represents for all vegetation what oxygen is for all animals. This myth is the rationalization for Cap-and-Trade legislation.

3. Myth: The world is running out of oil. Not even close. New reserves of oil are being found on a regular basis. There is no substitute for oil as the basis for transportation and the many other products such as plastic for which it is the basic component. Failure to access national reserves of oil such as that in ANWR or offshore in the U.S. continental shelf is criminally stupid.

4. Myth: Afghanistan is critical to the war on terror. No, sorry, all the real action is in Pakistan these days and, in the days to come, in Yemen. Few NATO members want to provide forces for action there for lack of confidence in its present government and other factors.

5. Myth: The future is in ?clean energy? as opposed to ?dirty? coal. Wrong again. If wind or solar energy could demonstrate any practical use beyond very small projects it would attract investment, but it does not. Dependent on unreliable factors and requiring a backup source of energy such as a coal-fired or nuclear plant, large scale applications are a huge waste of money.

6. Myth: The U.S. must become ?energy independent.? No nation on Earth is energy independent. The U.S. has failed to encourage the building of a single new refinery since the 1970s and is failing to encourage the building of nuclear plants to meet the nation?s growing need for more electricity.

7. Myth: The government can create or ?save? jobs. Wrong again. The only jobs government creates are government jobs. These are essentially managerial and often exist to justify the continued existence of government agencies that actually impede job growth or significantly interfere with the free market.

8. Myth: The financial crisis is not a significant threat. An economy whose annual gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to be $14 trillion cannot long survive a debt ceiling of $12.4 trillion as approved by Congress on December 24. That requires too much borrowing. Only less spending can ensure stability.

9. Myth: The United Nations is necessary for resolving international disputes. Historically the UN has repeatedly failed to stop conflicts since its inception after WWII. It has a long record of corruption and inaction.

10. Myth: President Obama tells the truth. Barack Obama?s first year in office demonstrated to his supporters, independents, and critics that he lies all the time about everything. The only promise he made that he is fulfilling is the transformation of the U.S. into a failed socialist economy.

[nodnarb_1976]

These idiots say they are against out of control goverment spending because their children will be the ones paying for all of this, yet during the elections they were yelling, "Drill here, drill now" about oil. That seems hypocritical. They do not want their children to pay for health care (which they wont be because the Congressional Budget Office that is non-partisan said this healthcare bill would decrease the deficit)yet they do not mind using up what little oil is out there now for themselves (further accelerating global warming) and have their children paying over $7.00 a gallon for gas and living in a planet in further disarray. These guys are really intelligent. LOL

[stevemelp]

brandon, you are so out of it it's embarassing. Global warming? Wake up! As far as the health bill goes, you can't add 30 million people to the rolls and have it COST LESS! It's idiots like you that voted this idiot into office and got us in this mess in the first place. Obama is against drilling UNLESS you're Brazil. Then we'll give you $2 billion to drill your own oil.

[nodnarb_1976]

You are the idiot thinking Global Warming is a myth. I guess the polar ice caps melting at an alarming rate is normal. Why is it that since the industrial age the planet has became much warmer? If the carbon output from a cars exhaust or from a factory is not harmful then sit in a room for a few hours breathing it in. Your just what the big oil companies and big Industries want. You people are soo hypocritical, this story is about the "Tea Partiers" not wanting big companies to control the goverment and set its agenda but here you are standing up for all the big companies. Another sucker that will believe their BS so they can have fools like you lobby for them while they become richer and then you complain how much the price of gas is. It is strange that scientist all around the world pretty much agree on global warming. The few emails you cite contained words that were science slang and these moronic self proclaimed scholars as yourself think you know what they are talking about. It is kind of like some black people calling others the N word. You think that makes them racist against other blacks? Even the Pentegon considers global warming a national security issue. Some people are soo narrow minded. Call us idiots for believing in global warming in several years when we really see the chaos that has resulted from it. I know many of you have a hard time believing in science and most of you are the same ones who believe in a talking snake and the rapture.

[Justacitizen48]

In response to Justice4us' earlier comment "I find it shameless that our representatives have chosen not to represent the majority of the American people on this and other bills being considered. We did not sign up to be ruled, we signed up to be represented and THEY ARE NOT LISTENING!" You hit the nail on the head.

Democratic strategist James Carville states it openly in the title of his book. "40 More Years: How the Democrats Will RULE the Next Generation" Like you I want to be REPRESENTED-NOT RULED.

Reading the Liberal's comments on many blogs it seems they are incapable of thinking independently and want to be RULED and let someone else take care of them. It's never worked and never will work.

[Justice4us]

All those who are heralding the health care bill will soon change their minds when they discover they actually have to pay for it through higher taxes, fewer doctors, longer wait times, etc. I don't think they realize their costs for health care actually increase under this bill.

I find it shameless that our representatives have chosen not to represent the majority of the American people on this and other bills being considered. We did not sign up to be ruled, we signed up to be represented and THEY ARE NOT LISTENING!

I truly hope those who do not listen find themselves without their current jobs soon. However, they will continue to receive their high priced medical benefits courtesy of those they snickered at while they decided to shove it to us.

[Justacitizen48]

You hit the nail on the head.

Democratic strategist James Carville states it openly in the title of his book. "40 More Years: How the Democrats Will RULE the Next Generation" Like you I want to be REPRESENTED-NOT RULED.

Reading the Liberal's comments on many blogs it seems they are incapable of thinking independently and want to be RULED and let someone else take care of them. It's never worked and never will work.

[nodnarb_1976]

You are just as the Insurance companies want you, their own personal lobbyist. If nothing is done healthcare will go up regardless only less will be able to afford it and less will be covered. If it will go up regardless we may as well cover more Americans. I mean even prisoners have free healthcare. Why is goverment run healthcare great for the Millitary, elderly, and prisoners but not the rest of America? I was a Marine so I have a voice on this from personal experience.

[guest173]

the tea party is another gimmick, just like McCain's "pork" claims are a one-sided gimmick. I have a relative who loves all these Republican gimmicks, and I totally disagree with them, they love Bush's policies, they are warped and out of touch with reality

[redhoffer]

What is so dismaying about the tea bag movement is that they are a conservative group that is complaining about spending and the deficit.
The current projected deficit remains almost entirely a result of Bush/Repub policies from 2000-2006. When these people gained power in 2000, they had a large projected surplus, but they spent and spent on money we did not have and created the huge deficit they now whine about.
It is truly pathetic, the tea baggers have nothing historical to stand on. The last five republican presidents were deficit spenders (evfen both of reagans) while the the last three dem presidents prior to Obama had a balanced budget for their terms.
We are supposed to buy they give a dang about spending and the deficit. Just silly. These people are a joke. they make noise, but they have zero credibility

[redhoffer]

And a "strike" is just an effort to hurt america's economy. nice, tea baggers want a bad economy for the USA and are fighting to do so, esentially making them domestic terrorists

[tugar04]

The people: (The TEABAGGERS) really don't know what to do with themselves !