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Three New Facts about the Tea Party
For a movement that's helped to reshape the Republican Party—and by extension, reshape American politics—we know shockingly little about the people who make up the Tea Party. While some in the GOP once hoped to co-opt the movement, it's increasingly unclear which group—the Tea Party or establishment Republicans—is running the show. Politicians have largely relied on conjecture and assumption to determine the positions and priorities of Tea Party activists.
Until now. The results of the first political science survey of Tea Party activists show that the constituency isn't going away any time soon—and Republicans hoping the activists will begin to moderate their stances should prepare for disappointment. Based out of the College of William and Mary, the report surveyed more than 11,000 members of FreedomWorks, one of the largest and most influential Tea Party groups. The political scientists also relied on a separate survey of registered voters through the YouGov firm to compare those who identified with the Tea Party movement to those Republicans who did not. (Disclosure: The political scientist leading the survey was my father, Ronald Rapoport, with whom I worked in writing this piece.)
For the first time, we can now look at what a huge sample of Tea Party activists believe, as well as examine how those who identify with the Tea Party differ from their establishment GOP counterparts. Here are the three biggest takeaways from the study:
1. Tea Party activists are not Republicans.
Republicans are now reliant on the Tea Party. While the number of Tea Party supporters has declined since 2010, they still make up around half of Republicans, according to NBC/Wall Street Journal surveys. More important, they are the most active supporters when it comes to voting in primaries, volunteering on campaigns, and participating in various other activities political parties are reliant upon. Seventy-three percent of Republicans who attended a political rally or meeting identified with the Tea Party. The activists are vehemently anti-Democratic. Among the FreedomWorks sample, only 3 percent of people voted for Obama or a Democratic House candidate in 2008, and less than 6 percent identify as either independents or Democrats.
Yet the Tea Party activists doing work for the Republicans are surprisingly negative about the party they're helping. While 70 percent of FreedomWorks activists identify as Republican, another 23 percent reject the Republican label entirely and instead, when asked which political party they identify with, choose "other." Asked if they considered themselves more Republican or more a Tea Party member, more than three-quarters chose Tea Party.
Given that so many don't identify with the GOP, it's perhaps not surprising that the activists also rate the party they vote for so poorly. Given a spectrum of seven choices from "outstanding" to "poor," only 9 percent of activists rated the Republican Party in the top two categories. Meanwhile, 17 percent put the party in the bottom two. In total, 32 percent rated the party in one of the three positive categories while a whopping 40 percent rated the party in one of the negative ones.
In other words, the activists providing a huge amount of the labor and enthusiasm for Republican candidates are, at best, lukewarm on the party they're voting for. Few are concerned about what their impact on the future of the GOP will be. Which brings us to:
2. Tea Party activists aren't nearly as concerned about winning.
Or at least they're significantly more concerned with ideological purity than with political pragmatism. The survey asked FreedomWorks activists if they agreed or disagreed with the statement, "When we feel strongly about political issues, we should not be willing to compromise with our political opponents." Altogether, more than 80 percent agreed to some extent. Thirty-two percent of respondents "agree strongly" with the statement. Meanwhile, less than 10 percent disagreed even "slightly." In another series of questions sent out to FreedomWorks activists, the survey asked whether they would prefer a candidate with whom they agree on most important issues but who polls far behind the probable Democratic nominee or a candidate with whom they agree "on some of the most important issues" but who's likely to win. More than three-fourths of respondents preferred the candidate who was more likely to lose but shared their positions.
In other words, the Tea Party cares more about what nominees believe than whether they can win—and compromising on politics means compromising on principle.
The findings help explain what's happened in so many GOP primary races. Both nationally and at the state level, moderate GOP officeholders found themselves with primary challengers. The Tea Party has helped propel several upstart candidacies, like Christine O'Donnell's infamous effort to win Delaware's Senate seat or more recently, Richard Mourdock's successful challenge to sitting Senator Dick Lugar. In both of those cases, and several others, the Tea Party candidate has proved too extreme for the general election and lost. But despite the losses, the push toward conservative purity continues. A recent New York Times story showed that even House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, seen as the leader with the most clout in the Tea Party movement, has been unable to move the faction's members in his party into more moderate terrain. In light of these survey results, that makes sense—Tea Party elected officials are simply reflecting their supporters. Meanwhile, those left in the establishment fear the party's new direction.
3. Attempts to bridge the gap between establishment Republicans and the Tea Party are doomed to fail.
There's no shortage of moves from Republicans to keep the Tea Party in the fold while shifting things more to the center. After the dismal GOP performance in the 2012 elections, establishment figures began pushing back against the Tea Party. Famous consultant Karl Rove announced a new political action committee designed to challenge extreme GOP candidates with more marketable ones. The national party even put out a report after the 2012 losses that pushed for more pragmatic candidates that could have a broader appeal. As noted, even Eric Cantor is trying.
But the gap between the two groups is huge. In the YouGov survey the study uses, more than two-thirds of Tea Partiers put themselves in the two most conservative categories on economic policy, social policy, and overall policy. Only 23 percent of non-Tea Partiers place themselves in the most conservative categories on all three issues; nearly 40 percent don't locate themselves in the most conservative categories for any of the three policy areas.
Most jarring: On some issues, like abolishing the Department of Education and environmental regulation, the establishment Republicans are actually closer to Democrats than they are to the Tea Party respondents. That's a gap too large to be overcome by a few political action committees and gestures of goodwill.
Tea Party activists dominate the Republican Party, and they're no less willing to compromise with the GOP than they are with Democrats. FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe summed it up nicely in his book title: Hostile Takeover.
Simply put, the GOP is too reliant on the Tea Party—and based on these survey results, the Tea Party doesn't care about the GOP's fate. It cares about moving the political conversation increasingly rightward.
Mon, 2013-04-29 19:11
Whew where to begin on the mistakes on this article?
1 - The tea party is NOT FreedomWorks. They had nothing to do with the formation and are not conidered a tea party now.
2 - The tea party is NOT the GOP or aligned with it or any other party.
3 - The tea party was NOT formed in 2009, but in 2007 by liberty activists who don't ID with either party.
4 - The tea party is NOT a PAC that collects money to give to the GOP (TPP, TPE, TPN, FW, theteaparty.net and all the others are fakes.)
We are a movement and we could care less about elections and everything about ISSUES and educating the public in three realms:
1 - Federal Reserve/Monetary Issues/Taxation
2 - Anti-Interventionism/War
3 - Personal Freedoms
So you can forget all that you read above. We have no representation in DC.
Don't send money to these groups! They are not legit.
Tue, 2013-04-30 13:22
Mon, 2013-04-29 19:13
Wed, 2013-05-01 10:17
I don't agree with that freedomworks and Matt Kibbe have nothing to do with us. I have met Matt. I respect Matt. I think freedomworks is a fine organization. But you are right, the Tea Party is not synonymous with freedomworks. Freedomworks is probably not 100% representative of the Tea Party, but it is not at all inconsistent with Tea Party goals.
I like the TP goals you mentioned:
1 - Federal Reserve/Monetary Issues/Taxation
2 - Anti-Interventionism/War
3 - Personal Freedoms
But I do not think there is agreement amongst the Tea Party over defense issues, nor the role of the Federal Reserve. These are important issues, but you will probably not find consensus on these issues. The fact that we, two Tea Party activists, disagree sort of demonstrates this.
I would suggest that the core tea party issues are a bit broader:
- Smaller, less-intrusive, constitutionally based gov't (this almost certainly would entail minimizing taxation)
- Support for the free market (as opposed to a gov't imposed regulatory solution)
- Emphasis on self-reliance (personally doing things for others rather than allowing gov't to assume this responsibilty, rather than looking to gov't to do things for us).
What do you think, gadsdengirl?
Mon, 2013-04-29 19:31
Mon, 2013-04-29 23:15
As a person who was exposed to a purity cult during childhood, I can observe that the one constant with purity groups is that, when you get a group of them together, they will immediately start to tear each other down as not being pure enough to belong. Never fails.
Tue, 2013-04-30 01:14
Wed, 2013-05-01 10:19
This is a myth. I have been associated with the people who founded the Tea Party movement in Tampa for years (before our first Tea Party event in Feb 2009). The Koch Bros have nothing to do with us. I admire them, but they are not directly involved with our group, or any group I know of.
Tue, 2013-04-30 09:48
Re #2: Does this author think that the Republicans care about winning either? If she hasn't noticed, the Republicans didn't finally nominate Tea Party candidates for the last two presidential elections. They chose wimpy figures who excited practically no one, much less the Tea Party alone. Heck, the last guy (Romney) didn't even want to run, according to his son! It kind of seems to me that Republicans don't care about winning any more than the Tea Party.
Sun, 2013-05-05 01:06
It is not about winning. Republicans have been dead in the water for some time. They have gone defunct three times before, as Federalists, National Republicans, and as Whigs. So now they are going defunct again. That leaves the Democrats as a one-party monopoly, what they said they wanted. Their problem is that Americans are registering as independent voters, and Democrats have no means of stopping independent voter registration. All they have been able to do is push through election laws at state level that prevent independent voters from being candidates for office.
Tue, 2013-04-30 12:11
" were financed, organized and are the property of the Koch Brothers"
Absolutely correct, what the author should of said is the Koch Brothers Industry is not going anywhere any time soon. Ms Author you are trying to erase the fact the whole planet know the Koch D!ck Brothers finance and organized the Tea Party. You can try to re-write history but one little thing you forgot which is instant information on any subject any event any fact any lies and most importantly ANY PERSON. So yeah keep writing BS but these comments will fact check your azz into history.
Tue, 2013-04-30 14:34
What Tea Party-Republicans Want:
1. An America where everyone looks like them, talks like them, and thinks like them;
2. An America of bland uniformity and conformity;
3. An America where nothing ever changes;
(Consequently, an America where most of us would be bored to death in a few weeks.)
4. An America where no one and nothing challenges their prejudices;
5. An America where no one - except themselves, of course - has a right to privacy;
6. An America where employers are free to run rough-shod over their employees, and rape the environment;
7. The America that existed before May 16, 1954
(But, if they had their 'druthers, the America that existed before March 3, 1933.)
Wed, 2013-05-01 16:15
Wow. I hope you realize that Projection involves first creating thoughts in one's own mind -- your list is nothing more than things YOU thought up. Which is why, unsurprisingly, it mimics the things Leftists actually do when they seize power. Re-read your own list while thinking of Stalin ... you'll find it fits the REALITY of Communist/Socialist/Fascist regimes, not the Madisonian vision most Tea Partiers espouse....
And ... just to cut this one off: Fascism is Left-Wing, a variant of Socialism. It was the National Socialist German Workers' Party that collectivized business into a war machine.
Tue, 2013-04-30 15:11
I live in Texas (a little blue in a sea of Red.) Many of my associates who are long term, died in the wool Conservatives, now claim to be Teabaggers. And from close up, Teabaggers look, smell, and taste like KKK, John Birchers, and Skinheads (depending on their age and experiences.) One thing about them all, they hate President Obama. Sure, he is a Socialist to them, but more important, that he is black. "Lordly, lordly, what is this country coming to?" They are scary, and soon we will have to take them on as un-American and inhumane, and it better be sooner before they get the young gun bearing Christain Militias totally on their side. Then it'll take a civil war.
Tue, 2013-04-30 18:59
The claims of institutionalized racism within the tea party is the most over reported falsehood. The second most over reported falsehood are ties to violence. When Boston happened the White House immediately tried to tie the bombings to 'tax day', a clear implication that somehow the tea party, not the Muslim extremists nearly every American expected would eventually be found, was involved. When a small air plane was flown into an IRS building, the immediate media speculation was that the tea party "may or may not" be involved. And that passes for main stream reporting!
There is zero evidence indicating a racist or violent movement. Indeed, Democrats ASSUME these things because that is how THEIR side has acted historically. To this day labor unions respond with violence to anything and anyone who opposes them. To this day race is used to divide by the DEMOCRATIC party, not by conservatives. The constant claims of racism is never proven, just implied. As if saying it enough will make it true. Talking heads on CNBC and elsewhere tie EVERYTHING to race. It's ludicrous.
Tue, 2013-04-30 19:50
Then please explain why at Tea Party rallies have I seen several men wearing shirts that say "Let's put the White back in the White house" if the tea party is not racist. Also, on many, many forums I see people claiming to be Tea party also use racial slurs against the President. It is not assumed, it is what is being put out by those claiming to be affiliated with the Tea Party.
Tue, 2013-04-30 20:24
Please find me ONE story corroborating that claim about said T-Shirts at a tea party rally. Just one. I'll wait. The press would be ALL OVER such an occurrence to back their claims of racism. There have been CLAIMS of racial slurs and the like, but completely unsubstantiated. Those rally's have opposition press all over the place, yet not ONCE have the claims been shown to be true. Repeating a lie doesn't make it true even if you believe it. Tea party organizers have been VERY good at keeping such riff raff out of their rallies and made clear they are not welcome.
Your last sentence is very important. Particularly the word 'claiming'. It is no secret that there are many who want to discredit the tea party movement and there are absolutely instances where someone claimed to be affiliated with the tea party who was not in an attempt to do just that. I'm asking you for legitimate evidence to any of the things you claim. Good luck with that.
The tea party rallies have been peaceful to the extreme, bending over backwards to welcome everyone to their political agenda. It has nothing to do with race. The race baiters claim EVERYTHING as racism in an attempt to discredit anything they disagree with. Most of us have figured that out and stopped listening to the claims absent proof.
Again, I'm not affiliated with any tea party group and don't agree with everything they do. But lying about them and their agenda serves no useful purpose.
Thu, 2013-05-02 04:50
I'm tea party. I spend alot of time reminding non tea party people the issues we face today are American issues, not race issues. I hate to tell you this , but, obama has created division in every sector of society. Race, color, class, party - I have been working hard to diffuse that. One last note, I'm half Shoshone Bannock - Indian and I am the director of the Wa State Tea Party. I have never been discriminated against by Tea Party members, I am treated with respect. On the flip side, I have been heavily discriminated against by Dems whose policies and attitudes insist I am different, I am not an American, I am a pet that must be cared for as I do not posses the intellect to provide for myself. I have provided for myself , accepting no money from those whom claim me as their pet , nor have I remained in the cage they provided for me, the res. Obama is the most racist of them all. I don't know what you saw, I don't know if the people involved were even Tea Party, but, I can tell you this , the Tea Party as a whole are not racist, we believe in equal rights for all Americans, whereas on the other side , your presidents side, extreme racism is carried on daily.
Wed, 2013-05-01 00:27
We don't hate him because of his race and he is Muslim not black btw. We hate him because he's destroying america, arming the enemies, no jobs, no money to take care of our family, wars without congress, Ambassador Stevens, born in Kenya, cover ups lies taking away the constitution, taking away our protection, allowing illegals in making our country unsafe, always lying need more reasons?
Wed, 2013-05-01 16:25
Personally, I don't hate him but strongly dislike him as someone willing to serve as the mouthpiece/salesperson for the Washington/Wall Street/Big Business Establishment.
Washington is the the richest metro in America.
Wall Street has been bailed out by the Fed, a privately owned bank with it's head, an appointee of the President, in Washington.
Compliance and taxation strongly favor Big Business, with lobbyists to get their subsidies and loopholes through (GE paid $0 tax in 2010), crony-driven direct grants and loans, and stifling regulation for market entrants and small businesses -- the strivers.
Witness the Internet Sales Tax bill: 9000+ tax jurisdictions to cope with. Accounting software publishers rejoice; small businesses groan at facing another cost.
I don't hate Hilary either; kinda feel sorry for her, the way the Unions chose Obama and torpedoed her. That said, I'm hoping something, a scandal, an illness, keeps her from running in 2016. No other Dem can win, and any Rep (I'm neither) will open up drilling. That one thing alone will rocket us to 5% growth (and save California's pensions if they wise up...).
Thu, 2013-05-02 15:52
This might be the single funniest comment I've ever seen on the internet. Are you not aware that a "Muslim" is a person who believes in Islam and not a person of a specific race? Do you not know that Africa has many countries where the prominent religion is Islam, meaning their people are both BLACK and MUSLIM, at the same time! Are you aware that the country with the largest number of Muslims is Indonesia, a country in ASIA, whose inhabitants are ASIAN? Or that people in the Middle East are technically considered white? Good lord, way to prove everyone right about the Tea Party being a party of anti-intellectual dingbats!
Tue, 2013-04-30 19:40
Boy, this is really new stuff... 1. Republicans are going to have to get lots of non-Republicans to win, so who cares if the Tea Party isn't GOP; they vote GOP. 2. Concern about winning can be a problem as we saw last year, but conservatives are learning that you have to have good candidates (politicians) to win, not just ideas; i.e., Marco Rubio. 3. Bridging the gap with the GOP doomed to fail? Again, it all depends on recruiting good candidates; i.e., Marco Rubio. You assume all Tea Party candidates are dolts at your peril; i.e., Marco Rubio. Did I mention Marco Rubio??
Tue, 2013-04-30 22:31
These poll results seem accurate to me, but I think the interpretation given is too extreme. Would not 80% of activist Democrats not give a positive response to the statement, "When we feel strongly about political issues, we should not be willing to compromise with our political opponents?" That fact seems to me unremarkable. All those involved in politics want to win, and they understand that to win it is necessary to build coalitions. What the rise of the Tea Party represents is the refusal of certain elements of the Republican coalition, whether party members or simply inclined voters, to have their issues and priorities subsumed any more - most specifically the end of shrinking the size of the Federal government. We who joined the Republican Party as part of the Reagan Revolution of the 70's and 80's - social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, have seen our agenda shunted aside in favor the Wall Street agenda - tax cuts for the rich, deductions and tax credits for special interests, lucrative government contracts for high rolling campaign contributors, the burgeoning growth of America's overseas "empire" and the military-industrial complex, and we're not going to put up with it any more. Now is the time, not to slow the rate of growth of the Federal government, but to cut the size and scope of that government. You cite abolishing the Department of Education and curtailing the jurisdiction of the EPA as Tea Party issues with which the Republican Establishment can't agree. Well, what's wrong with the Republican Establishment. These are not unfamiliar radical proposals. Both were planks in the Republican Platform of 1980. What happened to them? Those who joined the Republican Party as the young enthusiasts of the Reagan Revolution are the veteran core of the Party at the grassroots today, or would be if they had not felt the Party abandoned them. Many who shifted away from voting Republican in the last twenty years have been brought back by the Tea Party Movement. They simply want to see the Party keep the promises made a generation ago. It is the Republican Establishment which moved away from the Party's base and is now struggling to restore a majority it, not the Tea Party, is responsible for destroying. When they tell the Tea Party it is the Tea Party that is keeping the Party from winning elections - frankly, they have no credibility.
Tue, 2013-04-30 22:34
Wed, 2013-05-01 00:08
I am a tea party member and I can tell you what we believe. We believe in life liberty and freedom. We believe in America and our american ways, we believe in judge jury and trial to sentence people not drones, we believe americans should own homes, guns and be in peace no matter where you are without worrying about a over reaching government breathing down your throat! We do not believe our children belong to the community, we do not believe in war but our constitution is our everything we are not willing to give up our rights for people if we haven't commited a crime. We will petition we will rally and we will scream as loud as we can we will preach to kids we will talk at colleges now and open people's eyes completely!! We will expose everything obama has done to the American people and then they will be happy we stood for them!!
Wed, 2013-05-01 00:16
Being american is about standing for something if it means everything to you! How can anyone tell you right from from they are not perfect either they are nobody to judge we are all equal! Gun rights are not a option but a way of life, for many of us it's give us liberty or give us death because we will not stand for anything less than our constitution. Why do you think so many illegals want to be here, go visit there and then you will see why america is the last hope on earth and its being destroyed. We do not want to live in fear, we do not want to loose our freedom of speech, that sounds like a changed animal not a American. When this is all said and done with obama if the usa still stands, then everyone is gonna say this is the closest to destroyed america has ever been EVER!! Impeach this crook exposé him for what he is. Research educated yourself get involved stand up for what you believe in impeach him before its all gone
Will Stark
Wed, 2013-05-01 04:16
Wed, 2013-05-01 08:33
You are precisely the kind of ignorant, intolerant, unthinking, ultra right-wing moron that's going to doom the Republican Party to permanent minority status in this country if not purged from it. I've been a registered Republican all my life and these "Tea Party" nut jobs like you have just about pushed me out of it. You sound EXACTLY like the far left liberal loons who who wailed non-stop about George W. Bush from 2000-2008.
Both the far left and the far right suck. There is a great mass of the electorate out there who, like me, is equally sick of both of them. Whatever party is successful in ridding itself of its extremist "base" and moving to the center will be the party that will dominate American politics for the next 20 years.
Wed, 2013-05-01 08:28
The single best thing that the Republican Party could do would be to tell the Tea Party to go f*** itself. Show them the door. They'd pick up just as many new voters in the middle as they'd lose on the extreme right if they did so. And you know what would happen in the end? After a few years wandering in the political wilderness, the Tea Party would be back at the door of the tent, hat in hand, begging to be let back in.
Wed, 2013-05-01 09:39
As a Tea Party activist, I cringed when I saw this headline and I was prepared to dispute its contents, so used am I to seeing the Tea Party maligned by the Left. But this article was accurate and fair, in my view. I am relieved.
I recognize the hostility toward the Tea Party displayed in the comments here. I don't understand it. I would wish for more tolerance of opposing ideas, but I have not found tolerance to be a common characteristic of the Left.
Yes, put simplistically, we want to move the country "rightward", but that is not very specific. Everyone has a different notion of what the Right wants to accomplish, and the Left generally just summarizes that notion as "everything we hate and disdain". So let us be specific about what the Tea Party really hopes to accomplish. It is simple to state:
* Smaller, constitutionally-based gov't
* Less federal gov't spending
* Much less federal gov't borrowing
* Support for the free market (market-based solutions rather than regulation-based)
* Personal responsibility, self-reliance (doing for others rather than expecting to be taken care of)
That's it. Surely, some open-minded people on the Left can see that these are not catastrophic goals.
Wed, 2013-05-01 09:45
Wed, 2013-05-01 09:47
Wed, 2013-05-01 11:59
The left forces their views under federal or state law on everything that they want no matter how outrageous it might be to ANYONE else especially Christians.
The following issues are STUFFED down America's throat every single day via laws via friendly judges and intimidation. Every single vote of the people on gay marriage FAILED in 32 states. Much easier to find a FRIENDLY judge or court to get what they want by fiat. Lefty issues are considered PERFECTION and ANY disagreement is NOT allowed, period.
1 - Any disagreement with GAY issues no matter how trivial.
2 - Abortion even infanticide is sacrosanct to lefties. Even snipping the neck of infants who are moving a inch out of the womb.
3 - AG Holder thinks amnesty for illegals is a matter of civil and human rights. If Holder is right, everyone in the world has a right to come to the United States. America will not survive that.
4 - Disagreement on gun-control is not allowed. The BAD guys are licking their chops in anticipation of a disarmed USA because of the new victims this will create and how easy it will be to romp and stomp the disarmed GOOD people. Imagine the mayhem when ONLY to BAD guys have the guns.
I could say a lot more.
Wed, 2013-05-01 12:13
Wed, 2013-05-01 12:48
Both major political parties have exploited the voters for decades on behalf of their party, the ruling party. Left or right polemics is staged theater to keep the peasants at each others throats rather than theirs. This publication along with many others is willing and in fact eager to play the role of useful idiot.
Wed, 2013-05-01 12:55
Wed, 2013-05-01 13:24
Wow. Looks like the Tea Party fanatics took over this blog. The bullies are at it again. I am not going to get into the arguments as it's my lunch hr. I will say I really hope these me firster bigots get as many primary wins as possible so that they can lose to the DEMOCRATIC party in the general election as they have time and time again.. I had to cap that given the idiot comments above me.
I and a great majority of Americans do not wish to return to pre 1865 America. We don't want corporations to control our water and air without regulation. We want gay people to be able to be married and get ALL the benefits accorded to married people (Medical benefits is one example) We don't believe in using ID as a new poll tax to keep minorities from voting. We don't believe in letting people who lose their jobs through no fault of their own to be on their own without a safety net and rely on charities when they can't even begin to address the problem. I am sure the bullies will have a field day and bring all their me first arguments couched in the constituion and slam my comments. Slam away because you are going against the tide of history. Years from now you will be remebered as the "No Nothings" just like the same group that brought down the Whigs.
You will do the same to the Republican party and I am so grateful.
Wed, 2013-05-01 14:17
"the Tea Party doesn't care about the GOP's fate. It cares about moving the political conversation increasingly rightward"
Sounds like people who care more about their country than about partisanship.
We hear a lot from the left that politicians should care more about the good of the country than about partisan success. But, of course, when it's people who have different ideas about what is good for the country, that's different.
Wed, 2013-05-01 14:35
Quoting: "In both of those cases, and several others, the Tea Party candidate has proved too extreme for the general election and lost." So reads part of the last paragraph under point 2 in the article.
The assertion that these candidates were too extreme was not "proved." Some of these cases involved candidates that had personal attributes or said a few things that voters reacted negatively to. In other cases the press helped their opposition. Other candidates with similar views may have won. They are likely to in the future.
Fri, 2013-05-03 13:05
Fri, 2013-05-03 14:49
Tea Party aren't Republicans? Is that why they keep voting for Republicans? Thy party has become them, so to speak...
Oh,,,by the way, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORKS, TEA PARTY! The gift that keeps on giving. You all may have started paying attention once "that man" was in the White House, but some of us weren't born yesterday.
Fri, 2013-05-03 16:01
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By TOM WARFIELD
The presidential election is finally over. It was one of the most costly historically and left the nation the most polarized it has ever been in modern times. So much emphasis is currently placed upon the office of the presidency that this would be an amusing spectacle, were the realities of our plight not so tragic in nature.
Amusing, because the executive office was to be just that — a temporary, executive position, chiefly responsible to oversee the enforcement of constitutional law. Domestically, little more than that. It was never meant to be a position of "royalty" or "kingship." At least it wasn't, until we the people seemed to have elevated it to that status.
Tragic, because it underscores the more profound state we have fallen into, in relation to the fact that we are no longer the republic which the founders designed. We have not been since 1913, when the 17th Amendment was ratified. This act altered the way in which a senator was to be seated, changing it from an appointment by state legislatures to direct public election. The founders did not just whimsically toss this idea of appointment into the Constitution. It was intended to maintain a powerful influence of state governments within the federal system.
This we can see within their recorded words:
It is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment, and giving to the state government such an agency in the formation of the federal government as must secure the authority of the former, and may form a convenient link between the two systems.
James Madison
Federalist No. 62
The history of ancient and modern republics has taught them [the Founders] that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the want of a certain balance, and that mutual control is indispensable to a wise administration. They were convinced that popular assemblies are frequently misguided by ignorance, by sudden impulses, and the intrigues of ambitious men, and that some firm barrier against these. operations were necessary. They therefore, instituted your Senate.
Alexander Hamilton
N.Y. Ratifying Convention
The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of state governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty; by allowing them direct representation in the Senate, and leaves in their possession certain exclusive and very important portions of sovereign power.
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 9
This balance between the national and state governments ought to be dwelt upon with peculiar attention, as it is the utmost importance. It forms a double security to the people. If one encroaches on their rights they will find a powerful protection in the other.
Alexander Hamilton
N.Y. Ratifying Convention
As can be seen, it was this division of powers which was the major component within our system of checks and balances — the ability of state governments to defend against the accumulation of federal power through use of their agents, their senators.
Senators were to be state ambassadors to the federal government, not working under their own autonomy, but rather carrying out the wishes of their state governments who appointed them and could also replace them. Altering senators to publicly elective officials essentially freed them from state authority, transforming them into "free agents" who now do as they see fit.
This is a dangerous game that we play, for the founders placed a huge amount of power in the hands of the Senate. It is the Senate which has the final say on Supreme Court justices, federal judges, Cabinet appointees, department heads, commissioned military officers and all budgetary items. All this authority was originally intended for the state governments to wield via their senators.
After the 17th Amendment, any and all influence of the states has been completely stripped away from the federal system. Now, all power is vested exclusively in federal hands. How risky is that?
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, or many, or whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
James Madison
Federalist No. 48
The ambitious encroachments of the federal government on the authority of state governments, would not excite the opposition of a single state, or a few states only. They would be signals of general alarm"
James Madison
Federalist No. 46
Scary isn't it? With the 17th Amendment, we slide deeper into federal despotism. My, what a legacy we leave for future generations.

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"Who's ever heard of meditation?"
Two students raised their hands.
"It's when you get angry, then you go back to being happy again," one said.
It's a little more nuanced than that, Kim Jones explained. Although, at the same time, that transition from one state of being to another was essentially what she came to the meetinghouse of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork in Bridgehampton to discuss last Friday, February 23.
Jones, a prevention aid with the Alternatives Counseling Center in Southampton, led a program called "Stress Busters," geared toward children ages 7 to 12, as part of the UUs' annual Holistic Health Clinic. Down the hall from acupuncturists, massage therapists and Reiki healers, she stood before a crowd of six antsy elementary school students and gave them tools to deal with their stress.
But, you ask — free from mortgage payments, student loans and mounting health bills — what possible stresses does a 7-year-old face?
According to Aiyana Smith-Williams, the prevention coordinator for the Alternatives Counseling Center, stress is very much a part a young people's lives. In fact, she added, it was identified by the Southampton Town Youth Bureau as being the number-one concern for local youths in Southampton.
"Every time we bring up stress, we get a big reaction from students," Smith-Williams explained. "Stress Busters" is part of a larger program called "Too Good for Violence," which she and Jones have brought to several different school districts on the East End, though Sag Harbor has yet to participate.
Smith-Williams went on to say that recently the economy has been a huge factor in this.
"Kids are stressed out because they're scared their parents aren't really telling them what's going on with their finances," she said. "They can tell when something's wrong."
Jones added, "Even for me, as a parent, I may expose my kids to too much too fast."
In addition to the economy, Jones said current events, particularly emotional and violent incidents, like war, can have an indirect impact on kids.
"Everything that affects us is going to affect our kids, too."
Before her captivated young audience, Jones proceeded to discuss the emotions and behaviors the children associated with stress — "upset," "mad," "tired," "your heart beats real fast," "let it go and move on," "cry," "stomp to my room and close the door" — before arming them with several strategies for coping with it.
"You're going to inhale as much air as you possibly can, hold it, and breathe out slowly," Jones instructed. "Then hiss."
The group of students alternated hissy breaths with short spurts of laughter, clearly enjoying the silliness of this stress-relieving exercise.
"What happens to your muscles when you do that?" she asked when they were through.
"It relaxes them!" one girl exclaimed.
That's exactly the point, Jones continued. By taking a few seconds to concentrate on their breath, Jones said the students effectively spent a few seconds not focusing on everything else — including anything that may have been bothering them. While Jones was sure to caution the kids not to hiss in the middle of their classrooms if they felt an onslaught of stress, she told the kids that a viable quiet alternative is blowing cool air on the palm of one of their hands while they're sitting at their desks.
"A lot of kids get stressed, then they develop a lot of anger, and that's when they act out," Jones added. "And that's when they get labeled as having anger management issues. But, really, they just have to come down a couple levels."
She continued to tell knock-knock jokes to emphasize the importance of laughter, and then led the kids through a series of stretches to highlight the benefits of physical activity.
In the end, she left the kids with a few parting gifts, including small figurines, bubbles and a squeezable foam ball.
"A lot of the time," Smith-Williams continued, "the kids already know these things. This is just a reminder for them to put these things into practice."


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I'm just putting the finishing touches to the final pages. The text will be sent tomorrow and then it will come back to me after all the editorial corrections. Perhaps I will bother you with a few more questions then. I must say I didn't expect such cooperative spirit here. The Pratchettians are really lovely people.
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We've heard stories of Corvettes being used for almost everything, but tying a freshly caught shark onto a midyear's decklid just to get the big fish into town is a new one, even on our most jaded staffers. As you'll see, the tale of how one of these classic sports cars came to be temporarily repurposed as a seafood-delivery vehicle speaks volumes about both the Corvette's unheralded versatility and the constantly evolving nature of personal transportation in America.
"Having always admired the '63 and '64 cars, I acquired a '64 convertible after I had just turned 19," says Charles Long, a 52-year-old project manager from Yonges Island, South Carolina. "During those years, a young man's car might be his most prized possession. In many cases, it was his only transportation, and I was no different than anyone else in this regard. It was used for college, for work, for play, and for whatever utility purpose a vehicle could provide. It was a factory street rod, yet it was my date car, even a pick-up truck if needed."
Apparently so, and since GM designer Bill Mitchell penned minimal cargo space into the topless '64 Vette's trunk, Long had to find an ingenious way to get one of his more impressive catches to market. "I became interested in offshore fishing in the mid-'70s, and used the Corvette to go on fishing trips, hauling my catch on top if I could not get it into the car," he says. One day in 1977, that included delivering a 300-pound lemon shark to a local seafood market. "By this time, the Corvette needed a paint job, and since the body was fiberglass and would not rust, I figured what was the harm?" Long laughs.
In 1980, Long sold the Sting Ray to his brother Lewis on the condition that he be given first buy-back rights. As Long recalls, "True to his word, after 24 years, my brother called me in June 2004 and offered to sell the Vette back to me. The car desperately needed a complete restoration. I had no extra garage space, and I did not have the money, but this was the car that had gotten me around in my youth. Very few people would ever be given an opportunity like this, especially after so many years had passed. It did not take me long to say, 'I will take it.' I could worry about the minor details, such as money and garage space, later."
The Vette's original 327/300 had already been jettisoned when Long first bought the car back in 1974, so he felt no remorse in hatching a few high-performance improvements. Chief among them was a GM Performance Parts ZZ383 crate engine, good for 425 horsepower in as-delivered form. This popular stroker includes a cast-iron block, four-bolt main caps, a nitrated and induction-hardened 4340 steel crank, heavy-duty powdered-metal steel connecting rods, and high-silicon aluminum pistons. The standard GMPP Fast Burn aluminum heads come fitted with 2.00/1.55 valves and 1.5-ratio roller rockers, which are actuated by a GM hydraulic roller cam turning 222/230-degree duration and 0.509/0.528-inch lift on a 112-degree lobe-separation angle.
Wanting even more grunt from his not-so-small small-block, Long shipped the engine to Tuned Port Induction Specialties (TPIS) in Chaska, Minnesota. TPIS began by decking the block and milling the heads to bump compression from 9.6:1 to 10.4:1. The TPIS techs also added one of their signature Mini-Ram fuel-injection systems to give the ZZ383 a modern idle and reliability. The Mini-Ram features a short-runner design to boost high-rpm power, a 52mm TPIS throttle body, and Bosch 30-lb/hr injectors fed by a Bosch electric inline fuel pump. Tested on the TPIS engine dyno, the freshly injected motor produced a heady 452 hp and 456 lb-ft of torque.
Meanwhile, Long knew a major commitment would be required to bring his Corvette's body and chassis back to life, so he delivered the ragtop to Jamison's Custom Corvette in nearby Charleston, South Carolina, for a complete frame-off restoration.


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This card will be stacked !!!! Im going to Vegas. Got to join the shitty fight club to get any shot at scoring nose bleed seats!
This has April Fools written all over it. Has it been confirmed?
I think this might be the best possible matchup for Hendo at this time. Cormier isn't exactly known for his speed and that seems to be Dan's biggest obstacle against opponents currently.
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BonerNose was indoctrined by the mindnumbing forces of the Illuminati. It is the all-encompassing explanation for his immaturity and ignorance! All hail Satan!
Word going around is the reason that Dana shot down Ariel's announcement of the actual matchup because they're waiting until Hendo can get medical clearance after the Shogun bout, so it's tentatively booked/agreed to but they're holding their breath until Hendo gets the OK.
Daniel Cormier vs Dan Henderson winner at UFC 175 earns Light Heavyweight title fight
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is lining up its Light Heavyweight championship contenders, with the winner of Daniel Cormier vs. Dan Henderson at UFC 175 earning a spot behind Glover Teixeira and Alexander Gustafsson.
The juicy nugget was shared on "UFC Tonight" earlier this evening, with the 205-pound match still just requiring signatures to be made official.
And if you want beef, then bring the ruckus
Cormier has too much of a gastank for Hendo at this point... similar fighting styles or not. The guy is 43 and can still knock out a mastodon... but I wish he'd take a breather for the next 40 years.
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If Bob Falfa was the good guy in American Graffiti, he would have driven the GM Performance Parts E-Rod '55 Chevy. The E-Rod, as you may know, has the emissions-legal heart of a new Corvette-a 430hp LS3 with electronic fuel injection, catalytic converters, and all the other hardware that'll not only make you a hero with your car buddies, but might not get you banned from the local Greenpeace meeting.
In George Lucas' 1973 cinematic classic, Falfa, played by a young (pre-Star Wars) Harrison Ford, was out to wreak havoc on the town of Modesto, California. He was looking for John Milner and his small-block Chevy-powered '32 Ford deuce coupe. Milner had the fastest car in the valley and Falfa was itching for a showdown. Falfa was the antagonist, running a black '55 with chrome-reverse rims and (truth be told) a big-block Chevy under the scooped hood. He was reckless and wild, going through women and gas in search of street racing glory.
(For you movie trivia buffs, the Falfa '55 in American Graffiti was the same car James Taylor and Dennis Wilson drove cross-country in Two-Lane Blacktop a couple of years earlier.)
But what if the hero was Falfa? Surely, the E-Rod '55 would be more his style than that scary black '55 with the roll bar in it and the skull hanging from the rearview mirror. The E-Rod's white paint (with a hint of green pearl) and metallic green two-tone combo is far less threatening, almost effete. So are its bench seat and eco-friendly color scheme on the interior.
After driving the E-Rod, though, we're pretty sure Milner's '32 would have been toast. Alas, we're getting ahead of ourselves.
I was among a select group of journalists in Michigan recently to drive the E-Rod '55 at GM's historic Milford Proving Grounds (MPG). When the MPG opened in 1924, it was the first facility of its kind in the world, designed and developed specifically to develop and test new automobiles. In this controlled environment (one that can duplicate virtually any street or driving condition imaginable), GM's engineers can test anything from crash-worthiness to handling traits to how well an emergency brake holds on a steep incline. The Milford Proving Grounds are built on 4,000 acres outside of Detroit, house 107 buildings, and have the equivalent of 132 miles of roads. They're home to what is known as "Black Lake" (it's actually called the Vehicle Dynamics Test Area), a 67-acre pad used for testing vehicle dynamics, among other things. While the speed limit on the road we used was 55 mph, it was long, smooth, straight, and often far away from the prying eyes of security-if you know what I mean.
Why E-Rod?
Since its introduction in 2009 at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, the biggest question we keep getting asked is, "Why would anyone want to add all that emissions stuff to their hot rod?" In theory, there are three answers to that: 1. You wouldn't. 2: You live in a state where emissions laws are stringent and/or you need them to legally register your street rod. Or, 3. You actually care and think by building an emissions-legal toy you are doing the right thing by Mother Earth.
Let's face it, we live in a rapidly changing world where environmentalists are gaining power rapidly. If you live in California, the laws are such that if you build a street rod from scratch, you need this stuff just to legally register your car if you are putting LS power in it. For those who are building cars, like an '80s Monte Carlo SS, and want significant horsepower but are bound by strict emissions standards, they need this package to keep from running afoul of the law.
The E-Rod package includes a complete LS3 engine, emissions equipment, and supporting components that enable classic cars to pass California's stringent smog tests. Available through GM dealers, authorized GMPP retailers, and via the GMPP Web site, www.gmperformanceparts.com, the list price for the LS3 E-Rod package is $9,375.


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Third Time is the Charm for Local Teenage Science Wiz
Brevard County's Zachary Loeb Wins Orlando Science Center Competition For Finding Solutions to Prevent, Eliminate Chemical Pollutants in Waterways
ORLANDO, Fla. (April 28, 2014) — Zachary Loeb, a senior from Brevard County's Viera High School, took home the top prize in the Dr. Nelson Ying Science Competition, an annual event hosted by Orlando Science Center. Loeb won a trophy, a $5,000 cash scholarship plus $1,000 awards for his science teacher and his school. It was his third consecutive year competing in the contest and his first time taking the grand prize.
Since 1999, philanthropist, scientist and entrepreneur Dr. Nelson Ying has worked with Orlando Science Center to encourage the outstanding scientific accomplishments of our community's teens. Projects submitted are required to have the ultimate goal of benefiting humanity.


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How to heal the cheatin' heart of American schools
The practical lesson of Atlanta's cheating scandal is a familiar one.
Any school superintendent lionized for dramatically raising test scores should be investigated for racketeering.
Any principal who struts around following a spurt in his school's scores should be viewed with suspicion, not reverence.
Any teacher rewarded for a sudden rise in student performance should be regarded with the same skeptical eye as a beat cop who buys a Maserati out of the blue.
While plummeting student performance may mean something is really rotten — or really honest — in the state of the classroom, a miraculous spike usually means one of two things: Divine intervention or, more likely, cheating.
Cheating, of course, can take many forms.
It can slink around in a cynical curriculum crafted to improve test scores. It can coach kids before or during exams. It can furtively correct answers.
As with students, most of whom will cheat in some fashion (but are seldom caught), the financial and professional incentive for districts, schools and teachers to cheat is huge.
For counseling, I turned to a Renaissance teacher, the most liberal (in the generous, not the political, sense of the word) educator I know.
A former history teacher, varsity basketball coach, principal, Valley Center school superintendent, county schools superintendent and current faculty member at Cal State San Marcos, Harry Weinberg, 76, knows the real score in America's classrooms.
Like any teacher with a cerebrum firing on all cylinders, Weinberg sees standardized tests as the lowest common denominator of learning, a universe away from pedagogical supernovas like Socrates, John Dewey, Horace Mann, Maria Montessori.
Weinberg began his short lecture with a hardpan moral judgment.
"It's wrong to cheat," he said. "Shows bad ethics and weak character."
In other words, education is about, above all else, integrity. A culture of cheating is, by definition, evil for kids.
Weinberg then sank his long teeth into the meat of the matter.
"We have too much of the wrong kind of testing and put too much emphasis on test results, forgetting they are just one measure of what's happening in a school or classroom.
"You don't improve the quality of lambs by weighing them each day. Testing alone will not improve public education. You improve the quality of lambs by feeding and caring for them properly."
In other words, when standardized testing is the whole point, there is no point beyond running up the score on a pointless scoreboard.
"As a teacher from elementary school to doctoral programs," Weinberg said, "my final exams were always 'open book.' I encouraged students to bring all their notes, laptops, dictionaries, etc., to the exam. The only monitoring I did was to make sure they did not confer with other students during the test. After all, would you want to go to a physician who is not allowed to look at X-rays or test results before they make a diagnosis? Or would you tell your attorney to 'put away all your books or notes' before going into the courtroom for their 'final.'


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Trying to differentiate itself in an industry where innovation is lacking, Veridian Credit Union made innovation a priority. After implementing SpigitEngage, Veridian created a program to pull the best ideas from their 500+ employees, driving deeper member satisfaction, higher revenue, and better employee morale. In the first six months of use, the SpigitEngage platform captured over 1200 ideas, of which 32 were implemented, saving Veridian over $115,000 right out of the gate.
Pfizer, Inc. is the world's largest research-based multinational pharmaceutical company, with nearly 100,000 employees and over $50 billion in revenue in 2013. In an industry that depends heavily on a stream of successful new products, innovation is essentially its main focus. In order to maintain that innovation in product, it created the OWNIT! Initiative to create a culture of job ownership that supports it. After two years, the initiative needed a second wind, and the Pfizer Innovation Team utilized the Mindjet Services Team to provide strategic oversight in the development of a CEO-sponsored innovation challenge on the SpigitEngage platform.
With over 240,000 employees in 97 countries, global innovation at Citi is a challenge. In order to come up with best-in-class solutions, it had to innovate at scale.
Citi created the "Future in Banking Challenge" with SpigitEngage to run internal innovation challenges. Over 46,000 employees participated in the first challenge, submitting more than 2,000 ideas. The return on investment was tremendous.
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I have spent the last 9 weeks studying for the Illinois BAR exam, so my posts and blogs have been put on hold. But I have given myself a couple of nights off before getting into the stretch, so here goes...
Like many of the fine wrestling aficionados that frequent this site, I enjoy and miss quality tag team and tag matches in WWE. So I'm going to to come up with a few cost-effective,
Updated 07-14-2011 at 10:43 PM by Anyrysm
This is just a blog on how I would have done things in 1997 leading up to WM14
I would have had Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Bret Hart for the WWF title....
in 1997 I would had Stone Cold feud with the Hart Foundation, with Bret beating him at WM13 and then at King in the Ring in a #1 contenders match...Still have Bret beat the Undertaker at Summerslam. Thus having
Updated 07-14-2011 at 09:46 AM by SilverBack
Hey guys, for the past week I have been reading about who everyone thinks will win at MITB, and that's fair enough. However, for my latest blog I have tried to set the odds for each match. I hope I get close to what you think the odds should be!
My odds are in the brackets. If you do not understand how the system works, if the odds are 3/1 and you placed a $1 bet, you would win back
Alright, I haven't been keeping up with the WWE storylines as usual until the "sudden change" I've been witnessing recently. This is my MITB predictions. CM-Punk win the title, but then this is the "Money In The Bank" ppv right, so the winner of the money in the bank cashes in the title shot against Mr. Money in the bank himself, CM-Punk. CM-Punk then loses the title and John Cena
Updated 07-15-2011 at 06:11 PM by jamez20
Welcome back to another edition of STATE OF THE 'E! I appreciate you all very much and am glad you make it back to read these every time I post one. THANK YOU very much! Now, lets get onto the topic at hand.
THE 'E has done something the last few weeks that have made people all around the world take notice. With this CM Punk angle going on and with all the other angles coming into play...
My first blog! Exciting. First of all, I just want to say that I'm not biased for or against any company. I like TNA and WWE, but for different reasons. Just want to get that out of the way.
Okay, so. Here's my two cents: I think a lot of what the 'E is doing is fine, and I think there are things they need to improve on. While I could go on about how well they're doing with some things,
Having recently gotten back into viewing and reading up on wrestling again, I've looked over rumors of past angles and characters that simply never came to pass and even became a huge let down. With Punk's future completely up in the air, for some people at least, I'm reminded of one angle that had a lot of hype that ended poorly. This may be a bit long, be ready!
It's the
So I've been watching all the PPV's in 2004 and i believe this is wear WWE started getting worse let me explain
1: some good things
OK so thought i should just begin with what they did right befor going negetive whitch if you didn't get it from the title there will be alot of. 1st paying dues the veterans get there 1st world title Eddie, Benoit & JBL they actually had a suprising
Updated 07-12-2011 at 05:32 AM by PHENOMINAL ENIGMA
Hey guys. Now I for one am a TNA fan but I criticize their product so much but I really feel this PPV Destination X really proved that TNA has the better product when it comes to comparisons with the WWE.
I'm very shocked at how great this PPV was. I never order PPV's and I only seen one TNA PPV prior to this one but its obvious I've been missing alot.
The significance:
Wow, just wow.
I really cannot think of a better way to start my blogging than just reviewing this match. All the words, spelling mistakes and incorrect punctuation I give this review can't describe how amazing this match was. I'll just give you guys a little back story beforehand though.
I've struggled to watch TNA over the years. Trust me when I say I have tried, many times.
Updated 07-11-2011 at 09:15 PM by VanHooliganX
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Maximum stretch at the top of about 22 inches, they'll need a garter belt to stay up.
Tube-style foot means they fit most feet, but the bigger your foot is, the less high they can go.
Additional Info: Made in Taiwan.
Fiber Content: 54% nylon, 35% polyester, 11% Spandex.
Hand wash warm, drip dry.
Label: Leg Avenue
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Rated 3 out of 5 by CatB from Great look and fit, not sturdy. These are lovely and looked fantastic on my longer, not-terribly-slender legs; very comfortable. (I'm on the line between regular/tall and "plus".) Unfortunately, the top edge of one of them seemed to have a flaw and I got a run down the leg as I was putting them on. (I have never had a problem with anything noted as "delicate" in past.) I'm hoping that was a one-time occurrence, as I would love to reorder these! I recommend, with reservations.
Date published: 2013-12-05
Rated 5 out of 5 by stellastarlit from Dreamy and decadent These were an excellent purchase; they are not stay-ups and fit beautifully into all garters. They were surprisingly resilient, and lasted many, many wearings and garnering many, many compliments before finally getting a run during a rough day at the Ren Faire. Super soft and comfortable, I highly recommend these sexy stockings!
Date published: 2014-01-15
Rated 5 out of 5 by Artemis from cute and sexy! these are wonderful, I love them! my only almost-complaint is that my thighs spill out of them a bit at the top (my thighs are almost 24" around at their thickest point), but it's really not that bad and they still look great! very cute AND sexy!
Date published: 2014-02-17
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Ongoing Conservative Delusions
There's a phenomenon I've long noticed among liberals dissatisfied with Barack Obama, whereby they'll say, "He's never said X!", with X being some kind of defense of liberal values or articulation of the liberal position on a particular issue. But if you look through his speeches and comments, you'll find that just about every time, he has in fact said whatever it is he's being blamed for never saying. Maybe he hasn't said it often enough for your liking, but the real problem is probably that saying it didn't have the effect you wanted.
I thought of that reading this article by Molly Ball about a gathering of conservatives yesterday at which new senator Ted Cruz of Texas was the headliner:
"More than a few conservatives say, well, if the voters want to bankrupt our country, let them suffer the consequences," he said. But the real problem, Cruz said, was that "Republicans were curled up in the fetal position, so utterly terrified of the words 'George W. Bush'" -- for whom Cruz once worked, as a campaign adviser and in the Justice Department -- "that we never bothered to contest" Obama's economic arguments. The "utterly ridiculous notion" of a "war on women" also went unchallenged, in Cruz's telling.
The other speakers at the dinner -- which was also attended by two members of Congress, Raul Labrador of Idaho and Steve King of Iowa, as well as a former Commerce Secretary, Carlos Gutierrez, and emceed by Bill Kristol, the editor of the Weekly Standard -- were even more adamant that it was the method, not the message, that lost the election for the GOP.
Now, it's true that Republicans didn't talk about Bush, but that's because the voters still kind of hate him. But the idea that Republicans "never bothered to contest" Obama's economic arguments? That they never challenged the "war on women" notion? Seriously?
You can argue that Mitt Romney was a crappy candidate, but no conservative can reasonably claim that he didn't make a case for conservatism. In fact, that was the best thing about this election: for all the trivia, it presented a fundamental ideological debate, with both candidates talking about first principles throughout. Conservatives aren't happy that they lost that argument. But even though it's not particularly good politics to condemn the voters for not seeing the light, it's a lot more honest than saying they never got the chance to hear what conservatism had to offer.
Sat, 2012-12-01 11:10
And the Conservative disconnect with reality continues. Where were these guys during the 20 Republican debates or when Akin, Murdock and Limbaugh were giving us an earful of ignornance and bigotry? Where were these guys when poll after poll confirmed that Americans want the wealthiest Americans to pay their share? The message was heard loud and clear.
Sun, 2012-12-02 09:43
Author actually nailed it. The GOP looked at George W Bush as a leper. Whatever he did or did not do, he did leave us with a 2007 deficit of 167 billion and an unemployment rate in 2007 under 5%. And that was, gasp, 4 years after the Bush tax cuts and the two wars. Yes the housing bubble blew up while he was in office, but the dot-com bubble blew up when Clinton was in office and the left didn't walk away from him.
And that allowed Obama to blame every one of his failings on Bush (the lost 8 years, yada yada) and take credit for all the Bush successes
Thu, 2012-12-06 19:06
I love how you first pretend 2008 never happened (reality check: George Bush was still president at the start of 2009, Obama wasn't inaugurated till January 20th), and then that the bursting of the dot-com bubble was even remotely comparable to the financial crisis of 2008.
David Lloyd-Jones
Sat, 2013-05-11 01:42
...and of course the budgets of the first two years of the Obama Presidency were those planned and passed under Bush.
Budgetary years have been running behind calendar years for at least a couple of decades now, but I believe junior Bush was the first President ever to have a budget year so late that it had *no* ovrlap with its calendar number.
Sun, 2012-12-02 10:40
The GOP looked at Dubya as a leper for good reason. What you fail to mention in your simplistic analysis of Bush's legacy are a couple of other relevant facts. Reduced revenue to the tune of 231 billion because of the Bush tax cuts, 2 wars, a perscription program, and the first installment of the stimulus program have ALL added to our current defict. Merely looking at one point in time and drawing broad generalalities does not really tell the whole story of how we have arrived at this point in our budget.
Sun, 2012-12-02 10:48
The Romney campaign failed miserably to tout the success of conservative policies over the past thirty years, including the Bush years. Beginning with Reagan and continuing through the Clinton years when Republicans controlled Congress and dragged him to the center, America experienced its most spectacular economic success since before World War II. This was indeed the tide that lifted all boats as the rich got richer and so did everybody else. Not only did Romney not mention Bush, he simply didn't tell the amazing success story of the transformation of the American economy beginning in 1981. Nor did he ever lay the blame for the housing collapse and the financial meltdown at the feet of liberal policies, beginning with Jimmy Carter and peaking with Clinton, that unqualified buyers should have a "right" to home ownership. The chickens came home to roost in 2007, but the disaster was blamed -- of course -- on Bush "policies." Interestingly, Obama never identified what these policies were, and Republicans never touted the Bush economy, which, for five of the eight years between bookend recessions, was quite good. The failure to communicate the unqualified success of conservative economics contrasted with the disastrous results of liberal policies, was the greatest failure of the 2012 campaign.
Mon, 2012-12-03 00:56
Mon, 2013-01-07 13:51
Can you provide us with any evidence to support this assertion:
"This was indeed the tide that lifted all boats as the rich got richer and so did everybody else. "
I have no specialist knowledge whatsoever in respect to either the history or the economic theory and therefore have to base my views on the findings of others, but it is my understanding that the data shows that, during the time interval in question, the wealth of the middle class, at least in terms of purchasing power, was being eroded.
Do you deny this? To be fair, of course, you have every right to challenge the sources on which my position is based.
Sat, 2013-05-18 01:47
It's difficult, if not impossible, to tout something that does not exist. And, that pretty much describes the "amazing success story of the transformation of the American economy beginning in 1981" you say Romney failed to tell. Unlike you, Romney knew there was nothing there but pitfalls, and purposely avoided them like the plague. Not that that makes Romney some sort of political genius . . . it was just so obvious that even he could see it.
Sun, 2012-12-02 12:01
Regarding Bush '43 it was clear that the Republicans had a problem with Bush's popularity (lack there of) and the lush target Bush presented Obama with regard to the unfunded wars, the bailouts and the deficit. But I believe that it was their decision to pretend Bush didn't exist, to not have him at least present visually at the convention that gave Obama a serious edge over Romney. And I think that because it demonstrated, broadly and unmistakably, that Conservatives were/are in denial about the country and their messages.
It is not hard to go from the empty chair monologue to asking why would anyone expect Obama at the RNC? And where was Bush? to Romney's agonizing maneuvers to avoid details, facts and the eery feeling that even the Conservatives knew there message wouldn't sell. It wasn't the the "Failure to communicate the unqualified success of conservative economics" that cost Romney the election it was the continual failure to convince the electorate that Conservatives were in the reality based world.
Mon, 2012-12-03 00:44
I agree with most cwwj post. Regardless of the liberal parasites like Barney Franks and Chris Dodd, along with Jimmy Carter, then Bill Clinton, and RINOs Graham, Leach, and Blilley, who allowed the Housing and Banking crisis to implode and cause a world wide economic disaster by repealing the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933 which prohibited any one institution from acting as any combination of an investment bank, commercial bank, and an insurance company., but in addition implemented The Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act allowed commercial banks, investment banks, securities firms, and insurance companies to consolidate. This single piece of Legislation, signed by President Clinton, along with the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 that Jimmy Carter signed into law, allowed and enabled these Liberal Democrats, - specifically Barney Franks, Chris Dodd, and Chuck Schummer to perpetuate and exasperate the sub-prime and ARM mortgage lending govt system, by coercing forcing banks and other financial institutions, along with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, whom GW Bush 43 did nothing to change, to stop, for the GOP was just as much a part of it as the liberal Democrats were. Bush ran up the deficits and debt and expanding govt, almost as much as Obama has, just not to the level of degree as Obama, and operated 2 unfunded wars.. But he did lower tax rates and kept the economy moving on a somewhat even keel without intentionally nose diving it like Obama is.. Basically, RINO's like to manage big govt, not to use it for tyrannical purposes like Obama, as opposed to Conservatives, who restrains big govt, and keeps govt out of the private people's lives, and out of the private sector's market economy.
The reason Romney never did what he should have done, espouse Conservative Values, Principles, and most importantly, the proven past success of Conservative economic, political,and social policies, is because Romney is no Conservative, let alone a Reagan Conservative.. But a Mass progressive GOP establishment RINO in the mold and like so Ford, Nixon, Rockefeller, the Bush's, Rove, David Dewhurst, etc, etc..
Romney even publically denounced Reagan policies while running for Gov.. How can Romney articulate something, communicate something, advocate something he neither believes in, or likes.
RINOs like Romney are big govt progressives just like the Obamacrats, just in Republican clothes.. And is why they are almost as much of a detriment to this Nation than Obama and his obamacrats, for they are not willing to acknowledge any of this, but only proclaim their #1 enemy is the grass roots Tea Party Folks, then #2 is terrorists/ Muslim Brotherhood, etc, then the Obamacrats, etc..
Is it any wonder why Romney the GOP Establishment RINOs lost the election.. besides the claim of the obamacrat sycophants voter fraud rigging, or what have you.
This is what happens when you have a GOP establishment RINO as the GOP Nominee, instead of a Reagan Conservative in the first place.
Reagan was not a GOP establishment Republican, but a Conservative, who was the only Republican Presidential candidate to unseat a sitting incumbent Democrat.
He did so because he knew his enemy, he knew their tactics, he knew their history, and he knew how to counter them with his vast in-depth knowledge of the opposition ideology-socialism/marxism. In addition to his articulate charismatic ability to communicate Conservative values, principles, and ideals of what brings prosperity to a Nation and a people.
He was not one to capitulate, appease, and give in to those he knew were corrupt, subversive, and ideologically driven, as the GOP establishment and GHW Bush soon found out.
This is the kind of leadership in a candidate that we must have to defeat these hordes of progressive corrupt elements, now in power and office.
RINOs are definitely good at destroying their party base structure, and appeasing and capitulating with and to the enemy of Freedom, Liberty, Democracy, Free Market Capitalism, aka the Obama-rats.
Their self-destructing self-serving interests have only made the Republican Party weak and ineffective- ie; impotent.
Mon, 2012-12-03 01:28
Yikes, you obviously don't know the economic history of America. Not surprising of anyone who actually believes that conservative economic policies produce better results than progressive policies. Your ignorance was highlighted when you wrote "socialism/marxism" as if they are the same and as if progressive polices are the same as marxist policies.
Mon, 2012-12-03 11:03
Suggest you review your understanding of the repeal of the Glass Steagall Act and who was behind its eventual repeal. Your understanding and simplistic explantions of how Bush "did lower tax rates and kept the economy moving on a somewhat even keel without intentionally nose diving it like Obama is.." is another example of Conservative disconnect with reality. It wasn't because Romney was a RINO that he failed, it's because the Conservative message fails to include ALL Americans. Romney also failed because Conservatives have taken the message from the far Right and given it a legitimacy that it doesn't deserve.
Mon, 2013-04-01 12:00
I'm confused. Wouldn't repealing a restriction on corporate powers/mergers be a pro-free-market action? If you want to partially blame our circumstances on that repeal, than go right ahead, but don't pretend that it must have been a purely "liberal thing" just because Clinton signed it.
Thu, 2012-12-20 16:22
Fri, 2013-02-08 12:02
Mitt Romney was a "crappy" candidate? No more crappy than the one who was re-elected. BUT..the one thing I can say positive (in my way of thinking) about Romney, unlike Obama, he did not support partial birth abortion. I wrote in Ralph Nader.... (again) .and he wasn't even running this time.
Ran out of topics to talk about? Conservatism has been on display for the 8 years prior to Obama's election and most of us are unimpressed with how irrelevant it is to our daily lives and the advancement of our society at large.
Conservatism seeks to maintain the status quo (the classical definition) and most of us are not happy with the status quo in much of anything. The status qup keeps wages stagnant, but prices keep going up (and the GOP wonders why so many of us have little to no free money to spend); the status quo keeps 50+ million citizens out of medical insurance. The status quo rewards CEOs and their top henchmen with salaries and bonas payments that they did not earn. The status quo keeps in place a tax structure that is unfair to most working Americans. The status quo keeps women on the outside and seeks to deny them ownership of their own bodies.
You can have the status quo; not interested.
Ran out of topics to talk about? Conservatism has been on display for the 8 years prior to Obama's election and most of us are unimpressed with how irrelevant it is to our daily lives and the advancement of our society at large.
Conservatism seeks to maintain the status quo (the classical definition) and most of us are not happy with the status quo in much of anything. The status qup keeps wages stagnant, but prices keep going up (and the GOP wonders why so many of us have little to no free money to spend); the status quo keeps 50+ million citizens out of medical insurance. The status quo rewards CEOs and their top henchmen with salaries and bonas payments that they did not earn. The status quo keeps in place a tax structure that is unfair to most working Americans. The status quo keeps women on the outside and seeks to deny them ownership of their own bodies.
You can have the status quo; not interested.
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This may have been brought up before I don't know honestly.
This does not affect me at this time as I do not put a watermark on my pics yet.
But if the contestants are suppose to be even somewhat ambiguous should that not mean no WATERMARKS on the pics?
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Foot 'n Fiddle – Marlys Waller recollections
Marlys Waller was one of the people involved in the Texas square dance activities of the late 1940s. With several colleagues, she helped found Foot 'n Fiddle, possibly the earliest of the square dance magazines in the U.S. (In later years, she became one of the authors of Dance A While, a large and well-known textbook on teaching different forms of…
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Foot 'n' Fiddle (Texas)
This journal was started in 1946 by Marlys Waller and Anne Pittman, who called it Foot 'n Fiddle. They sold it to Herb Greggerson in 1949, who apparently added the other apostrophe to turn it into Foot 'n' Fiddle. He later passed the magazine on to Bertha Holck as publisher. Holck co-edited with Herb Greggerson starting with vol 4 no 1 (November…