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Originally Posted by kane
For me the tea party is only going to effect change if they stick to their guns. They say they won't vote for anything that increases the deficit. Let's see if they hold true to that. Rand Paul has said that he would even filibuster his own party if they tried to pass an unbalanced budge proposal. Again, talk is cheap, I need to see some actions before I decide that these guys are any different than standard old republicans who promise the moon and deliver nothing but cheese.
Paul, after all, did once say he would never accept any campaign contributions from any senator who voted for the bail out. After wining the republican primary he flew to DC for a $1000 per plate dinner to raise money that included none other than Mitch McConnell who did vote for the bailout. So it took him less than 48 hours after winning the primary to break a promise. Not a very good start.
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It's the core value of this country to protest when you think something is wrong, only a moron would be against that. If the Tea Party can hold momentum and effect elections the way they have been doing, things will change in Washington. If they grow in numbers, which is something I think could happen, although be it not probable, they as a people would have more political presence than the president of the US, which in a perfect world, is what it's suppose to be. The POTUS is working for the people.
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Originally Posted by dyna mo
vendzilla, you're a tea partier right? is rand paul your leader/voice?
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Not a member of the Tea Party, they are I believe are a group of something like 2800 smaller groups that pull together with similar views and values. I don't think they have any leaders really. they are from the ground up and that is what's making them different than any other political group ever put together. I believe that guys that wrote the constitution were pretty smart and over the last decade, they have been ignored. That's something I want to see change. I've been invited to a Rally, I've never been to a political rally and I think I'll go.
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Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
think about that