Coffee anyone? Can we really have an accountable government?

You must be crazy. The coffee party is a liberal group organized by an Obama Associate. Do your research. We need cooperation in the government, but we need the American people to become Americans again. We need people to be self reliant and non dependent on the handouts crippling our economy. We need to understand what brought our founders to the point of war that gave us the nation we have today. The colonies went to war with England over a meager 13% tax rate. It is ludicrous to provide physically and mentally capable people with the ability to sit on there butt and not starve. It is unbelievable that we allow the state to pay for the birth of 3 children before they will pay for a fix. Why don't we just fix the problem before there are 2. If you can't financially provide for children you shouldn't be having any. Why do we not make people receiving welfare pass a drug test to collect a check, they would have to pass a drug test to get a job?

Until we stop being and treating everyone like they are 2, our country is doomed. It starts at home. I am not saying all children need to be spanked, but most do. You can't even talk about spanking a child anymore, what a scam. I was spanked, and most you were spanked. Think about it, I am sure it made you think twice the next time.

We need to punish crime. I was talking with a guy the other day and asked what is wrong with taking a hand if someone steals? Look at the countries that do it, crime is nearly non existent. Instead what do we do, we make excuses for these screw ups. Daddy didn't love them, child of divorce, never had a chance, what a bunch of crap. People know the consequences of getting caught and do not have enough fear of them.

We have been misinformed and mislead by our media and learning institutions for years. We have been taught how bad America is. Look what we did to the indians, what a load of crap. Yes we took the Indians land, which they took from someone else(each other for sure). If you are not an idiot you would understand that we build America the same way every civilization throughout time has been built. I feel as bad about what happened to the Indians as I do about what happened to every other conquered civilization. Slavery was horrible, but we abolished it. We integrated, yet somehow they don't have equal opportunity. What a scam. What do we owe them? I never owned a slave, neither did any family member of mine. I am sure if you trace most of our lineages back you could find some family member somewhere who was enslaved. I am enslaved right now. I work and work and work, to pay for dead beats to eat and have a better life than a lot of working people. There are people that work because they are proud and are an American(true sense of the word), and they would have a better life if they just sat on their butt.

Sarah Palin is an inspiring story. Sure I don't agree with a lot of her ideas, but at least she doesn't change what she says out of convenience. What the Tea Party sees in Sarah Palin is someone that is not a politician. She is real. You are right we do live in America, so people can have an opinion. Unless your opinion is not left of center that is. You will probably pull my post down like you do to so many others because you think it offensive. Well what about all the crap you spew out about that I leave up. To some people gay marriage is an offensive thought, why are they not entitled to their beliefs. Abortion is offensive because you are killing life, yet pro choice people want people to only see information on making the choice of abortion. Isn't life a choice? If abortion is the only choice you advocate, you cant really call yourself pro choice can you? How about this for you pro choicers instead of paying people more a month for every child they pop out, increase their monthly income for every abortion they have. We could end welfare in a generation.

We need a government that is accountable, but until the American People quit watching American Idol good luck. If people would have opened their eyes and looked at the crook in office, no sane person could have voted for him. Unfortunately since he wouldn't take or respond to any tough questions and 90% of the news agencies did not due there job people voted for the least qualified anti American B.O. People are waking up, and if you actually understood the Tea Party movement you would see that it is the most diverse group in the country. Poor, rich, black, latino, white, women, men it doesn't matter they are fed up. We will rid this country of the people causing the problems and stop this political correct bull crap that is killing our country.

I don't feel we need more cooperation out of government we need them to stop getting in the way. The less that gets done in DC the better we all are. I don't need the government looking after me I can take care of myself. What do you need from them? Do it yourself. The more they hand you the less you want to get by yourself. Those handouts cost you, if not money your self-respect.

I believe the government was suppose to be a part time job. Provide a service to your fellow Americans not make a career out of it. I feel we need term limits, get them in while they have morals and good intentions, move them out before they lose them. Who cares if your guy has seniority what he gives back to your state should not have been taken in the first place. The more time they spend in DC the more ways find ways to take money and waste it somewhere else. I don't say down with dems. though it would be a good start, but down with all the Jokers who have out lasted their usefulness.

No cooperation stand in the way of everything. It's only standing in the way if it is what you want. To me it's putting to an end wasteful spending and laws no one wants.

"We could drink our coffee and tea together, recognizing that we can all be patriots and agree to disagree."

Now that's good talk there. Everyone won't get their way, things just don't work out like that.

Nice post.

Politics aren't about winning, if it is, we are at war with ourselves.

Jonathan Narcisse will be in town Tue Mar 9th 6:30-7:30 at the Spencer library. Stop by and see what he has to say about other things. We are inviting anyone who wants to come. Later this month or the first part of April The Tea Party Patriots will be holding a Informed Voters Form at the Event center for everyone to ask him questions.

The only thing threatened by the tea party movement is the Republican party, how I see it.

Soon we will have the Republicans, and the Super Republicans... which in all reality will only make the Democrats stronger.

What exactly has the Tea Party achieved to date, other than organized pow-wows with politicians willing to speak with you to get votes... and news filler whenever there is no real news?

At least this coffee party ordeal realizes not everyone will be happy with every decision to come out of DC. I don't think the tea partiers realize exactly how unrealistic they are being.

I didn't say I believe it... but they sure are more likeable thus far.

I don't need to join a support group for people disgusted with government. It's like everyone is just now waking up and realizing there is something very wrong with the way things are run... when things have been very wrong for quite some time.

No worries, you won't see me at either party's functions. :)

I am disappointed that you resort to namecalling. Sarah Palin has integrity. Perhaps that is all they are looking for. I speak for my self when I say I am not impressed with many highly educated individuals. Their disconnect with reality and the middle class is astonishing. I know plenty of people who have PhD's that were educated in our nation's liberal institutions, my father being one of them. They spew what they are taught much better than just being critical thinkers. Most professors support big government because that is who signs their paychecks. The fact that Sarah Palin does not hold a Harvard degree makes her all the more appealing.

Palin aside (no secret about your opinion there) -what do you think of the substance of the last post about the educated politicians being disconnected from reality?

something we agree on :)

"common grounds" -- great slogan for the Coffee Party! Ha! Bipartisanship is two-sided by its very definition. While there is passion in the arguments, in the old days (even 30 years ago) you could meet your adversary under a bridge and see who was the victor and still live to fight another day. Nowadays, unfortunately, it is win at all costs, and leave no survivors. It's sad. That is what I see to be the problem. No integrity on either side. The constitution used to be the middle ground, and there were politicians to the left and to the right of center. Now, it has become so polarized. I wish there was a way to eliminate all of the "crap" between then and now that isn't working and throw it out. Think of the $$ we'd save. I think any law that is passed whould have a 5 year time limit (so that there would have to be an election before its review). If it is not meeting the goals that it was supposed to meet - NO MORE $$. Scrap it and start over. We throw too much good $$ after bad.

I am not a memeber of the "Tea Party" but here is why I believe they came into existence. You can mess with people's rights and privileges for awhile (and that's been happening for more than the past 9 years), but when it intrudes to the almighty dollar when there is not enough to make ends meet, that is when people start to push back. No matter who is in office when there is not enough money to pay the heat bill, and washington is asking us for more, the math just doesn't add up. "Share the wealth" is not near as threatening as "share your measley 15 or 20K". Let's face it - there are not 95% of Americans with lower taxes.