Excuse Me, Your Leftism is Showing
by Jeffrey JenaOn March 2nd there was a demonstration in Washington D.C. It was billed as the largest demonstration for green power/global warming awareness/stop dirty coal/ let’s all go live in a tepee, ever held. It was attended by, (are you ready for the number?), 2,500 people. That was the largest one ever! This demonstration was covered by every major television and news service. No station or alleged newspaper gave any coverage to opposing opinions. Ironically there was a blizzard that day another fact which, to the best of my knowledge, was not noted by any major news outlet.
Thirteen days later one of the first of the grassroots “Tea Parties” was held in Cincinnati Ohio. Over five thousand average middle-class folks showed up on Fountain Square in the center of the city. Their message was simple, we can’t afford our government! Did you see it on CNN? Maybe you caught it on ABC or MSNBC? If you did you need to check the strength of your prescriptions, it wasn’t on any of them. In fact, the overwhelming success of this protest against rampant, run away big government was one of the inspirations for yesterday’s national day of protest. But unless you live in Cincinnati you probably never heard about it.
In thousands of cities and towns across America, hundreds of thousands of plain folks came out into the streets to say. “Enough!” This was not a protest against any party or person in particular but against a paradigm in governments from Washington D.C. to the local city halls that assume there is no end to the amount of money we are willing to kick in.
You wouldn’t know that from the coverage. Everyone from CNN to MSNBC to my local paper went out of their way to make it seem like anyone who attended one of these gatherings was a right-wing extremist! Right-wing extremist, hummm where have I heard that term lately? Wasn’t there some sort of government document leaked to the public the day before all these Tea Parties? I am not a believer in coincidence, especially in politics. I believe that the Department of Homeland Security report was released in an effort to intimidate some citizen and keep them from attending the anti-tax rallies.
These demonstrations were too many and too big to be ignored so the leftists in the media moved to their second tactic, belittle and mock. I am sure that you may have seen alleged journalist from Anderson Cooper to Susan Roesgen to Keith Obermann mocking you and your beliefs. Belittling your efforts to make your voices heard. I personally have had enough of a mediocre sportscaster passing himself off as an intellectual. His program would be alright if it were on the proper cable channel at the proper time: Comedy Central sandwiched in between Stewart and Colbert. It would probably also get better ratings.
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i pictured them later that night in a collective safe room hiding from the hammer that's coming for them. sure they were still talking about (and demonstrating?!) teabagging, but there was definitely a growing uneasiness running through their janeane garofalo approved jabs. one fears what one doesn't understand.
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I think the obvious media bias from most of the networks was a good thing, another positive offshoot from the Tea Parties. Now even more people will get their news elsewhere. Way to go, CNN!
http://the100mostannoyingthings.blogspot.com/
As satisfying as the tea parties were they haven't done much to get things changed. What we need is a tea party the day before the 2010 election so that the energy and focus of the event can be channeled into action. Instead of throwing tea in a harbor, the new tea party can throw tax raising politicians out of office. That would be more meaningful than venting anger over a year from being able to make real changes in our corrupt political institutions.
The national news media is a lost cause, as we are all well aware. I attented a rally by accident. I was driving through downtown and suddenly there were people everywhere. The number of people was astounding, in the thousands. And the LOCAL media was present – all outlets represented. So when the citizenry sits down at night to watch the news, they usually watch the local and national – back to back. So most of them DID hear about it, and most likely know people who went (I excitedly told all my relatives how I signed the giant sized copy of the Declaration of Independence) A giant crowd of people is still news in middle America!
Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Andrew Breitbart know all the people to help make this a real tidal wave of action. I hope someone picks up on this idea. We could have tea parties leading up to the big one the day before the 2010 election.
Great idea — amen to that!
I heard talk of another similar protest/march in DC on July 4th. I wonder if there's any truth to that.
I am sure we will, but it's a long road to 2010. Next up Independence Day Tea Party in D.C.
I just thought of something. The major "news" people are laughing at the relatively small groups of people that showed up to the tea parties. Well, usually, if there's a lefty protest organized by Soros et al, it's in one place. Everyone goes there. The people aren't spread out. I've been hearing over 300,000, but at least 250,000 showed up on April 15th. Small groups, lots of places. If that's not grassroots, I have no idea what could be. Sorry if I'm late to the obvious party, but my brain just turned on.
How about if Hannity does a countdown to the 2010 tea party. He could do one of his big concerts with all the star power that he knows behind it.
Media can mock. Pelosi can call us Astro-turf supported. Obama can listen to Chavez and Putin and ignore what is happening on his front yard. We will gather and get larger and louder and soon many fools will be out of office. We will take this country back before the Dems and Republicans spend us into the national poverty.
For 2 days now, my comments are being deleted within minutes. Why BH? I'm being a good boy.
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This post reminds me of something a friend of mine told me on April 15th. She was telling me her daughter was at the grocery store, and asked the lady behind her in line if she was going to the tea party that afternoon. This woman told her no, because "they put people in concentration camps for that."
My initial reaction was "what tosh!" (well, not precisely "tosh"), but then thinking about the Homeland Security document that just came out, and the reaction of the national views networks, not to mention the reaction of some of these elected officials, I'm wondering if that lady's fears might not be exactly "tosh."
And yes, it's a warm fuzzy thrill up my leg to know that our elected officials are so concerned with the opinions of dictators than they are with the opinions of the very people they were elected to serve.
Mainstream media does not control the flow of information any more, so these officials should watch their butts or they'll find themselves back in the private sector.
Just as long as we KEEP IT UP! Not every week or even month, but every few months or 6 mos.
4th of July, Independence Day is good. Most people get off.
Labor Day may be okay
Thanksgiving Day AFTER is a great time too. Most people get off that day!
Tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell everyone!
Republicans and democrats: and Independents too
Liberals and conservatives: and moderates!
EVERYONE should be repulsed by what our governments (Fed, State and Local) are doing with OUR money!
The Tea Parties did amazingly well this week. These thing build momentum on their own, slowly. All that's needed to keep the momentum growing, like the commercial used to say….."they told 2 friends, and then they told 2 friends and then……" get the picture? It's great that Hannity & Levin & others in the media talk about the parties with truth and enthusiasm. But it would be wrong to try and get them involved beyond the postive reporting. Otherwise the charges about the Parties being "Astro-turf" will look a whole lot more valid. Just keep telling regular folks about what the Parties are and what they mean and they will keep going and growing.
MSNBC-CNN-ABC-CBS-NBC responds, “I’m sorry Mr. Jena, we weren’t listening, did you say something?…MAKEUP!
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They're doing a good job of keeping me extremely angry. The kind of angry that makes me participate, donate money, and man phone banks. I'm not much of a participator by nature, but even us Han Solo types pitch in when it comes to fighting the Empire. If they were trying to create as strong a backlash from the normals as they possibly could, they couldn't play their cards any better. These fascists are going down. It is very personal now. They are all going to spend the rest of their lives hiding under rocks commiserating with their fellow narcissistic fascists about how the bad guys won. I don't care what it takes. The purpose of my life from the middle of 2010 till November is to convince as many people as I possibly can to vote Republican. And I'm doing plenty to push that now. Turn your anger into action. And SPEAK UP. Nobody can hurt you for doing it, at least not yet. Exercise your freedom to speak before you lose it. Stand up. Now.
Imagine, folks getting together to urge the Feds be responsible, not waste money and not indebt our grandchildren forever.
Surely, we needed to be put in chains and taken away. Oh, and yes, we are ALL racists.
No doubt. I was just on the tea party site, and they're already planning for the next rally on May 30, and then the big one on July 4. This is exactly what needs to be happening; keep them going…swell them to impossible-to-be-ignored proportions. It's hard for the media to try and sweep something that gargantuan under the rug, and if they do, they'll be further exposing their own blatant Statism.
I believe that it is entirely unfair of you to disparage Keith Olbermann for his remarks concerning those who attended the tea parties. It is entirely possible that his Mommy forgot to wash his jammies the day before and little Keithy just couldn't get his proper sleep.
Which is a greater breach of journalistic integrity, lightly covering an event or coordinating, sponsoring and MC'ing the events that you cover?
For those who didn't see Red Eye last night, the best comment of the evening came from Pinch (The Magic New York Times Newspaper). They had just shown a clip of Jeanine Barfolo calling everybody who participated in the Tea Party a racist. They cut to Pinch, expecting him to agree with Barfolo. Instead, with his best upper westside accent, the talking newspaper said "That skank? She has more ink on her than I do!"
There was another great comment the other night on Redeye about the media's treatment of the tea parties. I can't quote it exactly, but it was along the lines of now the media no longer has to pretend that they aren't the elite.
The tea party / conservative movement is desperately casting about for a leader. Would somebody in the Republican establishment please step up? We can't wait until 2011 for a Romney or Palin or Santorum or McCotter to suddenly announce for the presidential nomination. Reagan would not have stood in the shadows, afraid of being criticized by the MSM. As R Lee Ermey might say, "Grow a pair…"!
We had a tea party in Greenville SC last night with an attendance upwards of 3000 people. On the same property there was a protest to make Gov. Sanford accept the $700 million for schools, by a local radio station. They had 250 people in attendance. The tea party movement will continue to gain momentum. As a minority, I resent the opinion that I am racist, because I believe in being responsible for my own actions, and expecting others to be held responsible for theirs. It's time we held our government officials accountable for the asinine decsions they are making.
Apologies to Mrs. Palin.
3 parts: (TimeBomb by Beck)
Okay….so Drudge and Breitbart are the true muleskinners of news in my world. We still need CNN and their leftist brethren. My news diet consists of any and all sources for a full and complete picture. Yours should be too. Imagine a world where Bill O’reilly is the face of all news! Of course…..the man is excellent in my book….but what if he were to have a bad day and want to miss-use his audience to obtain a political objective?
What if all the president’s advisors were leftist’s? What if Homeland Security were to be infiltrated by a leftist feminist agenda? What if they had the ear of the Executive Branch? What if that granted them immunity and control of the Justice Department and the collection branch of the USA? How to use the Democrat controlled house in order to check mate with legislation? Dangerous Liasons? Now, disseminate information for the public’s news diet on CNN while silencing opposition pressure backed by legal consequence. You guys are just passing it back after 8 years of a Bush admin. What happens when that toy gets boring?
In the meantime Pelosi leads a committee to investigate Wall Street and there is a meeting to decide if a certain corporate owned media source is portraying an undesirable view of the president. Not CNN, but a news source with Right leaning tendency. Big Hollywood couldn’t have come up with a better plot….this one is real life. The only way to win this fight from the ground up is to rebel and cooperate. In this case the common goal is Civil Rights and the soul of the United States. Lets wrestle the devil. LDRSHIP Now! (Homewerk, Daft Punk) Based on this fictional plot….project outward in policy and predict the effect on the rest of the world. Where will we be in 20 years and who’s flag will be flying? Too many questions. (Season of the Witch, The Essential Donovan)
"I do not like you…you are not to speak!"
And, still NO PIE Auntie.
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I had written off the MSM a long time ago. I haven't watched CNN or MSNBC in years and that was pretty much that. But the "coverage" of the tea parties brought the MSM to a new low. I found the gleefully derisive attitudes and constant references to "teabagging" to be vile and inexcusable. I've been seething ever since and all I want to know is, how do we destroy those networks? The idea that that kind of bias and misinformation is allowed to be broadcast is frightening in the extreme.
I loved the comments from this article/post because they mirror mine completely: I have HAD it with these idiots calling themselves 'journalists' and belittling everything and I mean EVERYTHING that we hold dear in this country. They do not seem to get that their ratings are telling them something and continue to bash what IS America for their own leftist agenda. They INTEND to change this country forever and we had better realize it and do something about it. I think that is one of the reasons the Tea Parties were and are so successful. People get it now that the left in the media, on the internet and in Washington do NOT have the best interests of AMERICANS at heart.
They intend to rule and intend to rule us ALL. Obama is a complete idiot and this country elected him. Why were the media allowed to get away with hiding who he really is. Why was John McCain so weak and why was HE the choice of the Republicans? The Republicans are weak and besotted with Washington elitism. THEY need to go and everyone who does not embrace the founding principles of this country. That goes for the media , too. I agree most of them belong on the trash heap, but Comedy Central will do for now! I want Sarah Palin. Joe The Plumber.Rush Limbaugh.Bobby Jindal. ANYBODY who can articulate the conservative voice. And NOW not three years from now.
Honey, stop playing with the internet and come bake some pie. You do know how to bake pie right?
Actualy….how do we enable those networks? How do we pump them so FULL of bs that the public catches up? How do we push THEM off the edge of that cliff and into the ocean?
If this were ancient Greece, I would suggest that you angered the gods. But this isn't ancient Greece, so you're probably ok.
Judging by the massive number of layoffs, our elitist friends in the MSM may find themselves unemployed sooner rather than later. And that's no bulltosh!
And like clockwork, here's antifascist (the most ironically named poster in all of Big Hollywood) to shout the left's "Big Lie" about the tea parties; Fox created them.
FoxNews is the only news outlet that honestly covered the tea parties … its your lefty buddies at the rest of the MSM that are lying about them, just like they lie about everything else, just like you lie about everything else.
I just love what's happening here.
We've come to expect the teens to protest, sulk and whine, but when Dad finally loses his temper…?
The Left is FREAKING OUT.
Boycott anything and everything that has anything to do with the MSM, or any leftist cause for that matter. The best way to get the attention of any corporate or philanthropic entity is through the purse strings. Such as GE products, they own NBC. Any advertiser on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC. Most people already have but cancel all subscriptions to newspapers, Magazines, etc. If you have kids in college if they stray to far left, cut the money off etc. let them achieve nirvana on their own dime. We are fighting for the survival of the USA the hard left is the enemy. The money dries up they dry up.
This is a perfect example of a comment I would give a thumbs up
Now someone please subtract one from me 
How about paying people to attend to beef up your numbers like ACORN does? None of those attending to protest were paid to be there. Speaking of which, are you paid to come here or do you just like the abuse? I mean, if you're just a masochist we can certainly crank up the mockery.
Steven Colbert is might funny; Jon Stewart can be funny (and wicked smart) when he doesn't go into his funnyfaces routine (like he did on Thursday's show, ripping the media outlets for becoming what they used to disdain); Keith Olbermann is just a pompous windtard (yes, we can tell the difference!); as for Janeane Garafolo, look for what's left of her career to completely dry up once 24 gets around to the inevitable killing off of her useless character…
Sorry Big Hollywood, but I almost forgot you have to add movies to the boycott list, Sean Penn, George Clooney, you know the bunch. On the flip side support right leaning movies, actors, etc., get busy BH!
Dinsdale!
LH is skank another technical word like nut?
Yep. I'm starting to put a technical manual together. I'm going to call it "How to Correct Liberals by Describing Them in Proper Technical Terms." The original working title was "Nutty Skanks Suck."
Ahh My good friend Anti
I am still wating for an answer to my last question, What, besides spending your mommy and daddy's money to stimulate the economy, have you ever done for your country?
Thats what Im talking about….art imitates life! I remember Sean Penn as an awesome actor…Fast Times! George clooney was awesome and I don't want to detract from the Hollywood bunch……keep making good movies
BTW…I have been watching Palin…..If I was a teenager….mmmmm
Jeffrey,
You're just going to confuse the poor dear, (again), and make her start pouting, and stamping her pretty little foot in defiance. (Maybe, even hold her breath till she turns blue…oops to late.)
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Write your comment here…
You guys have a born on date. Your starting to get skunky. Who knows what will happen in about four years? For now….looking for hope.
Your my kind of guy!
I'm watching your "six" for you Sgt.
I guarantee it.
+1
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God Bless America, send the "kingfish" packing!!
Keep up the good work!!
Just turn them off!!
Amen!!
Everyone complain to the FCC. I did regarding Anderson Cooper and Bathtub Boy Olbermann.
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumers.html
If everyone does it the networks will get hammered. I am also writing my State Attorney General.
No I believe Michael Steele, Bobby Jindal, Alfonzo Rachel, Ted Hayes, Lloyd Marcus, Jesse Lee Peterson and all the rest are very racist : )
Where as, I agree with your sentiment, I for one, am drawing a line in the sand NOW. I’m not going to wait 2 years, for this administration, to drag us all kicking and screaming into that black hole of Government domination, that 52% of the American cultist voters are hell bent on me, and mine living.
I call for El Degüello ➦ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Deg%C3%BCello
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My fingers are spiders typing to change your mind. You live in a box and your tired. Why should you cave and land on spikes? That would hurt your butt. Where will you land? You american people should reject and remember your training. You should remember a greater good and participate. Turn that spider around…..slam it with a shoe. Rediculous…..poof. HaHa. Don't allow yourelves to be tortured….its silly and I know silly. If you are truely afraid of the mouse…get a cat and most important…..impose your god given ability to stand for all.
It’s good you’re beginning to grow up, and seeing things more clearly. Real maturity there auntie to recognize the syncopation of the MSM with the coronation of the Magnificent “O”
"I heard talk of another similar protest/march in DC on July 4th. I wonder if there's any truth to that."
I was hoping something like this was going to happen. I'd fly out with my 2 boys from Kalifornia it that was true.
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Anderson Cooper was obscene with his teabagging comment. But if anyone should know about teabagging, in that context, Anderson Cooper is the person.
Pres Obama recently made this comment, "As surely as our future depends on building a new energy economy, controlling healthcare costs and ensuring that our kids are once again the best educated in the world, it also depends on restoring a sense of responsibility and accountability to our federal budget." For a guy who has spent/spends his life pursuing a political philosophy that destroys a sense of responsibility and accountability, I find the comment surreal. Given his leanings, I seriously question which programs he intends to control.
My husband and I wonder if it would be possible to get together a class action suit for slander or libel or defamation of character against Cooper or Olbermann or Maddow or all three for accusing all the Tea Party goers of homosexual pornographic activity. There were upwards of 10,000 at the Party in OP, KS with another 5000+ at the Liberty Memorial down the road in KC, MO. I don't how many traveled between the two events. And many of us who attended knew others who wished that they had gone. That's a lot of people to add to a lawsuit.
If Imus can get fired for one remark, then surely we should be able to demand Olberman's head on a platter for continuously referring to us with that remark.
Thanks Hawk, I’m taking notes! I have a good friend who is an attorney I’ll forward these pearls of wisdom, let’s see, “nut, skank.” got it. I’m sure he can use these in his cross examinations.
Oh please…just make fun of his increasingly orange skin and be done with it…
"Thanks for the Mmrs" Roman symbol for irrational. Bring it!
I just looked at the Red Eye video again (up top right now on this site). Pinch the Magic Newspaper also said that Garafolo's Asian tattoos actually spelled out "skank." So I have gotten from the Highest Authority–The New York Times. And who would ever doubt the New York Times? It would be tantamount to maligning the Spanish Inquisition.
I still have to watch last night's episode, it's on the DVR but for all the hate that Pinch gets, he amuses me.
I'm considering driving down to DC on the 4th, I may even call my mom up and have her make me a bunch of homemade pies to bring too.
Yeah her lack of pie is disturbing.
You did notice that the Garofalo segment is posted on the headers on this site under "Red Eye Rips Olbermann, Garofalo," right?
I'm sure they'll get a bailout so they can stay in business. "Because the press is the only profession mentioned in the Constitution doncha know?"
Unfortunately that's the *only* thing most in the press know about the Constitution.
[...] Big Hollywood: Excuse Me, Your Leftism is Showing [...]
Yesterday there was a time when I couldn't get anything to load up, or posts to stick. I blame Anderson Cooper.
Maybe there’s a way to link up with the Tea Party organizers who ever that is and begin a formal boycott of the advertisers with the MSM, that would include FOX. I can assure you that any corporate board in America, will freak out. Say a half million to a million, productive Americans signatures boycotting their products, hit’em in the pocket, it could be fun. For instance, Cargill, GM, advertise on CNN. GM that’s easy, Cargill however are into all sorts of things we could boycott, let’s show’em our teeth! Take no prisoners, bhwahhahahah…! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Yeah even some generally non-politically savvy people I know who watched the "coverage" on the MSM networks looked at what passed for "coverage" and said they found it either lacking, or downright offensive. So I predict yet another ratings bomb for them.
JRG3, great point you have. As I was reading your quote of Barry’s, I had to catch myself my head was going back and forth like I was watching a ping-pong match, weird!
Yes I did, but I like generally prefer watching Red Eye on my big TV as opposed to my smallish monitor. Especially when Diane Falzone is on…
Okay fine I'll watch the clip. Lawyers, I swear.
Oh, scientific! I new you had researched it well. TTFN the wife calls.
CNN's reporters actually appeared to be in mourning covering the Tea Parties; they looked like they were terrified of the normal folks they claim to represent. CNN lost the irony of the situation.
The MSM networks are destroying themselves as their audience continues to hemorrhage; the MSM is stabbing themselves in the back & slitting their own wrists. You don't have to do anything except watch.
I never let science interfere with my opinions, just as I never let facts get in the way of a good argument.
Pie you say? And I don't even have to fake an interest in Ishtar? Hmmm…
Pie you say? And I don't even have to fake an interest in Ishtar? Hmmm…
Anderson Cooper is a shallow, obnoxious prick. I'm gay & can't stand Anderson Cooper or Barney Frank.
Nope, I'm magnanimous with pie at protests.
Sadly, you're right.
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The way I see it is that police and military have to do yearly qualifications to prove they can still do what they're supposed to do. So I wonder how the press would fare if they had to take a yearly test on the Constitution and journalistic ethics, with a failing grade meaning their press credentials were suspended until they could pass. It'd never happen, but it's an amusing thing to ponder on an otherwise lazy Saturday.
It's ON then. I just found this:
➦http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le2OnDKqj3g&eu...
I'll see you all at the great mall then, Independence Day, July 4, 2009.
I"ll bring my little boys with me from Kalifornia. Anybody got an extra room for a couple of nights? Hmmmm?
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Her lack of clue is more disturbing.
Yeah but the lack of clue I don't think we can do much about, the pie isn't a completely lost cause I don't think.
I think you're on to something there. Let's have the M$M vote on it.
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I'd like to see annual rallies on May 1st every year, where everyone dresses in red and pays homage to Comrade Obama.
If you bring strawberry rhubarb i will attend. If not, screw you guys, I'm going home!!!
think of it as a lot of small million man marches. Only about 200K attended that and it is hailed as the greatest thing since 1964.
Cerally, if you keep disparaging Our Dear Leader (all hail), i will have to turn you in to the thought police. You have been warned.
yeah and then the number of replies counter would say 5 and only show 2 etc.
This new layout is realy grating my cheese.
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