Did the Tea Party replace militias?

[wreckhog]

Used to live in GA some years back, and it was quite common to meet folks and have them talk about which militia they were a member of. Of course back then, it was in the news all the time too. Do people still join them or is the Tea Party the place to be?

[bilmac]

Militias are a pretty radical thing, maybe as people started thinking more about it they realized what a horrible thing another civil war could be. I toured some of the civil war battlefields a couple years ago and it was pretty sobering.

It would be far, far more palitable to be able to kick the stinking liberals out of Washington than to destroy the country. I think Obama probably has done more to wake the country up than anything that I can remember.

[Dee]

I hope your right bilmac, but waking them up is one thing. Will they go ahead and get up and out of bed is the real question?

[mechanic]

There is little organization to the tea parties except on a local level, and most of it is spontaneous then .  At the last meeting in my little town, we had thousands attend, and most of them had never seen nor heard of each other, nor had they ever met the organizers of the rally.  This is what scares the ruling class, as it seems to be the common man is finally waking up.

Is it too late?  I'm beginning to think so.  It's hard to put toothpaste back in the tube.  It's going to be hard to tell the 47% who pay no taxes, and those who draw their living from the gov. dole that the money is gone and they have to pay up....

[magooch]

The Tea Party really isn't so much a party as it is a barometer of our times.  I doubt that it will really become an actual party like the Dumocrats and the Republicans.  If the Republicans are smart, they will rid themselves of squishy candidates (John McGore, et al) who tend to be compromisers and are too eager to work with Dumocrats.  If they do, there will be no need for a Tea Party.

At the same time, Republicans are going to have to be sure that they keep big business at arms length and try to at least appear to be empathic to the common man.  

[subdjoe]

Isn't it interesting how much the liberals/progressives/hate America crowd fears a real grass roots movement?  Doing all they can to demonize and vilify the moderates and conservatives because they dare to question the hard left mantra.

[nomosendero]

No. The Tea Party is just more of the same old programming and trickery......and arm of the Ruling Elite (financed by Koch Bros.) with a spokesman having a Messiah Complex, and a sister with a War Complex. You will still be impoverished and the culture destroyed.



..TM7
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I know some of the locals who are involved with Tea party efforts. It is called that, but autonomous, gets info from "Tea Party" but does what it needs to do.

[billy_56081]

Hey I know the Koch brothers, Terry and Kevin. Brother brian died of a heart attack a year or 2 ago, whooda thunk they was part of this super secret group! Those boys are some coyote killing machines though.

[The Hermit]

I hope positive political action, buy us "common folk", doesn't peter out, but I'm hard pressed to find any real leaders in this foray. With Nov. approaching, I hope the tea party solidifies.
As far as militias, I'm convinced that their number is growing in America and that they are an unknown mixed bag. The radicals will of course get the headlines. I expect to see more in Arizona, as those folks are at war. These are indeed very uncertain times.


   The Hermit

[ol dad 61]

Both are pretty much DOA as far as getting anything done in that cesspool called D C  I really hate to be so negative a question I have where does the pure corruption really stop? Just my pennies worth.

[hornady]

The Tea party may not be a perfect model, but one they are educating voters to not blindly walk into the booth and vote for the Party candidates, people are getting real sick of career candidates on both sides, and two they are learning what is going on in DC that the local news conveniently omits from the nightly news. Thus thus TEA party = a better educated voter.
Has anyone ask them selves why, the TEA party is trivialized and demonized by both parties to some extent. More so on the left. For years I have heard the statement, I vote the way I do because, my union tells me too, or my family has always voted this party so I do as well. If nothing else the TEA party is getting people to think about where their vote should go

[Redhawk1]

Used to live in GA some years back, and it was quite common to meet folks and have them talk about which militia they were a member of. Of course back then, it was in the news all the time too. Do people still join them or is the Tea Party the place to be?

Not even close, actually kind of offended by such a thought!  Try getting informed. 

[Redhawk1]

No. The Tea Party is just more of the same old programming and trickery......and arm of the Ruling Elite (financed by Koch Bros.) with a spokesman having a Messiah Complex, and a sister with a War Complex. You will still be impoverished and the culture destroyed.



..TM7
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How many meeting have you attended?  By the sound of your rambling, I would say ZERO!

[Dixie Dude]

I have been to a local TEA party.  Most are small business owners who are to be hit real hard with taxes and no write off on expenses this January IF ALL of the Bush tax cuts are not restored.  My wife downloaded 49 pages of the tax revisions starting in January, mostly to fund the health care fiasco.  A small business could write off a vehicle or a large piece of equipment, like a large copier, welding machine, etc, now it cannot be written off on taxes in come January.  Small business owners are rich you know.  More layoffs, less expenditures on capital items, thus hurting the economy even more.

Have you guys noticed the creeping inflation on groceries lately?  I sure have. 

[billy_56081]

No. The Tea Party is just more of the same old programming and trickery......and arm of the Ruling Elite (financed by Koch Bros.) with a spokesman having a Messiah Complex, and a sister with a War Complex. You will still be impoverished and the culture destroyed.



..TM7
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How many meeting have you attended?  By the sound of your rambling, I would say ZERO!

Red I can't imagine old TM has ever came out of his tinfoil lined basment.

[Swampman]

As long as the Tea Party supports the Republican Party they have my support.

[Dixie Dude]

Looks like the TEA parties are trying to reform the Republican party by voting out the RINO's and replacing with true conservatives.