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1. #1
   On December 31st, 2009 at 10:40 am, ssnark said:

   I like that sign. IIRC, there were many variants thereof in the Dallas and Fort Worth Tea Parties.

2. #2
   On December 31st, 2009 at 10:40 am, tre said:

   My nomination for the best story of 2009:

   Duh One’s plummeting poll numbers!

3. #3
   On December 31st, 2009 at 10:44 am, Flyoverman said:

   That sign was a keeper.

   I hope we see many, many more of them.

4. #4
   On December 31st, 2009 at 10:44 am, zorro said:

   Excellent!

   Happy New Year Michelle and to all who visit this site.

   Please Pray for our Great Country.

5. #5
   On December 31st, 2009 at 10:50 am, swmbo said:

   A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN !

   Let’s all go shopping now cause I know where some real dirt is and it will take all of us to clean it out.

6. #6
   On December 31st, 2009 at 10:54 am, DanMan said:

   I also liked the one that said “I’m not with the party of no, I’m with the party of Hell No!”

7. #7
   On December 31st, 2009 at 11:01 am, NJ-Aviator said:

   Outstanding!

8. #8
   On December 31st, 2009 at 11:02 am, shooter said:

   Well said Zorro, will do.

   Signs and messages.

   My message; Hey Obama & Co.
   - the Constitution wasn’t written to protect you…..
   It was written to PROTECT US FROM YOU.

9. #9
   On December 31st, 2009 at 11:11 am, prendad said:

   Hey Obama, I’ll take the Constitution. . .you can keep your “hope and change”.

10. #10
    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:12 am, Doug Powers said:

    My tea party sign was more directed at Nancy Pelosi: “Nobody move! I dropped a Swastika!”

11. #11
    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:16 am, zyzzyg said:

    Absolutely, beginning with Government subsidies for crops, regional airports, earmarks, Congressional junkets, etc.

12. #12
    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:21 am, prendad said:

    I hope that the New Year brings such a stench from our rotting government that even Congress will not be able to stand the smell. At least one nice gift will come with 2010. . .Obama lovers will not be able to say anymore that “he’s only been in office less than a year. . .give hime some time, he needs time to _________ (fill in the blank)”.

13. #13
    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:43 am, corkie said:

    Absolutely, beginning with Government subsidies for crops….

    I always wonder why liberals (and zyzzyg is a liberal) often choose farm subsidies as the first budget items they would cut.

    I have never analyzed the actual cost-benefit of current farm subsidies (I have no trouble believing that such spending needs to be cut from current levels), but I definitely understand the reason to maintain a reserve of food supply capacity – similar to ship yard capacity and strategic oil reserves. I wonder if zyzzyg understands it, too.

14. #14
    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:55 am, tre said:

    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:16 am, zyzzyg said:
    Absolutely, beginning with Government subsidies for crops, regional airports, earmarks, Congressional junkets, etc.

    … NPR, PBS, National Endowment for the Arts, SanFranNan’s huge jet, “Stimulus”, “Bailouts”, “Cash For Clunkers”, ACORN funding, Useless Nitwits funding, ….

15. #15
    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:59 am, denver republican said:

    Thanks, Corkie, for the same ol’, same ol’ rationalization that keeps all of these programs alive and kicking. Zyzzyg is no dummy and understands perfectly well, I’m sure, the importance of food security. What no one has ever done is explain the link between food security and crop subsidies. (Because there isn’t one. Those subsidies exist solely to win votes and create dependence.)

16. #16
    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:59 am, zyzzyg said:

    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:55 am, tre said: #14

    … NPR, PBS, National Endowment for the Arts, SanFranNan’s huge jet, “Stimulus”, “Bailouts”, “Cash For Clunkers”, ACORN funding, Useless Nitwits funding, ….

    Agreed.

17. #17
    On December 31st, 2009 at 12:04 pm, zyzzyg said:

    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:59 am, denver republican said: #15

    Thanks, Corkie, for the same ol’, same ol’ rationalization that keeps all of these programs alive and kicking. Zyzzyg is no dummy and understands perfectly well, I’m sure, the importance of food security. What no one has ever done is explain the link between food security and crop subsidies. (Because there isn’t one. Those subsidies exist solely to win votes and create dependence.)

    Amen.

    Let the market decide. Yeah, I know it is a conservative principle that interferes with the liberal’s “it’s my rice bowl” theory.

18. #18
    On December 31st, 2009 at 12:21 pm, rambler said:

    Every state need the ability to recall elected officials if those officials violate their oath to protect and defend the Constitution by passing unconstitutional legislation. No government employee should have more job security than the private sector. The inability to fire any employee leads to a decline in the productivity and efficiency of the entire unit. I saw this first hand when I worked for EPA.
    The gov has gone way out of line by using the EPA to impose mandates on carbon so as to blackmail congress into passing legislation; using the Census Bureau to collect private info on citizens with the threat of fines; creating a huge agency to micro manage the healthcare and health insurance for every resident using the power of the IRS for enforcement. The gov needs to get out of all private sector businesses. Above all, the gov needs to stop spending, printing and borrowing money! Those responsible for violating the public and the best interest of the country need to be held accountable and some need to jailed for contributing to the financial collapse.

19. #19
    On December 31st, 2009 at 1:22 pm, dan708 said:

    I’d like to put my anti-government footprint on congress’ backside; trouble is, they are too numb (dumb?) to notice.

20. #20
    On December 31st, 2009 at 1:31 pm, emjem24 said:

    Here’s a message that shouldn’t be too hard for Congress and Federal government to understand:

    If You Only Had A Brain

    …. from The Wizard of Oz.

    You may have Ivy League educations, lobby dollars, and special interests in your pocket funding your permanent pay checks but that doesn’t mean you know what the HELL you’re doing.

    I’d rather have regular Joes and Janes running the show, wanting to serve their country for the sake of service, not the self-serving political side-show it’s become.

21. #21
    On December 31st, 2009 at 1:50 pm, corkie said:

    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:59 am, denver republican said:

    What no one has ever done is explain the link between food security and crop subsidies. (Because there isn’t one.

    Actually, those demonstrating the food security “link” have made a much more convincing argument to me than those that claim no link exists.

    Regardless of whether or not the link exists, it’s interesting that it’s often the first budget item liberals want to cut.

    Let the market decide.

    This comment is stupid. The market doesn’t decide risk mitigation. The market wouldn’t decide to purchase public oil reserves. The market wouldn’t decide to fund a military. The market wouldn’t decide to keep near idle ship yard capacity on-line. Please let me know if anyone wants more examples of what the market wouldn’t decide.

22. #22
    On December 31st, 2009 at 2:28 pm, ssnark said:

    On December 31st, 2009 at 1:50 pm, corkie said:

    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:59 am, denver republican said:

    Let the market decide.

    This comment is stupid. The market doesn’t decide risk mitigation. The market wouldn’t decide to purchase public oil reserves. The market wouldn’t decide to fund a military. The market wouldn’t decide to keep near idle ship yard capacity on-line. Please let me know if anyone wants more examples of what the market wouldn’t decide.

    I agree with Corkie. It might be nice if the market took such long term views or of the strategic value of excess capacity in certain industries. It doesn’t. This is where the role of government “to provide for the common defense and promote the general welfare” comes into play rather than as perverted in recent history since FDR.
    Government provides for contingency mitigation to assure that vital capacity for defense of this nation exists (it doesn’t anymore) Moreover, maintenance of strategic interior lines of communication and commerce (air, land and waterborne)are vital to the countries interest if it is to survive and thrive. Bridges and power generation should be part of this. Food surplus is vital to assuring that even if disaster strikes we will not suffer famine. All of these are far more vital to the countries interest and provide the means for mitigating national catastrophe than any social program that can be named say for the work of the CDC and PHS.

23. #23
    On December 31st, 2009 at 3:40 pm, cheapseat said:

    on this crop subsidy, i have to agree with zz. we are in a situation where a gallon of milk costs more than a gallon of premium gas. a bushel of corn and a bushel of soy beans are at all time high levels due to ethanol and exports. sugar, don’t even get me started on sugar. we pay “farmers” to produce milk we can’t possibly consume, so we turn it into cheese and give it away all over the world, we push milk on our kids through schools because we can’t get rid of it, and we feed grain crops to 1/4 of the world to get rid of the oversupply of those crops. and all this from only 2% – 3% of the population. these agribusinesses aren’t farmers any more than shell oil is a wildcatter. my uncle owns a large chunk of iowa row crop land and has never set foot on the property. he did build a $500k custom hot rod which won last years rod of the year award, and winters in phoenix where the tennis is good, and visits the worlds “spots” often. yes, he lists his occupation as a farmer.

24. #24
    On December 31st, 2009 at 3:51 pm, corkie said:

    cheapseat,

    You’re right. I had no idea that farmers were making such high margins on crops and products such as milk in this country and that the subsidies were making them all rich.

    So are farmers making 70% or 85% gross margin on milk?

    /sarc

    But I certainly appreciated the anecdote about your hot rod uncle.

25. #25
    On December 31st, 2009 at 5:12 pm, tbear44 said:

    My favorite sign: Obama Bin Lyin

26. #26
    On December 31st, 2009 at 7:14 pm, Send_Me said:

    These Tea Parties have potential, but only if the concept becomes a political entity. Unless it can strike fear into the Democratic and Republican parties by either (A) putting forth third-party candidates who can overcome “conservative” fears that any vote not for a Republican is therefore for a Democrat, or (B) striking fear into the Republican establishment that no longer are “conservative” voters mere sheep who will vote for anyone with the letter “R” next to his name, hence prodding the RNC to back more conservative candidates.
    This all requires three things: (A) a renewed focus and intensity on Congressional and state elections by “conservatives”, (B) intelligent leaders of character and experience to step up and run for office, and (C) “conservative” voters to vote on the very principles they claim to espouse rather than maintaining the “conservative” status quo of voting for the least of two evils. You can’t win if you don’t risk losing.

27. #27
    On December 31st, 2009 at 11:27 pm, starlightwoman said:

    On December 31st, 2009 at 10:54 am, DanMan said:
    I also liked the one that said “I’m not with the party of no, I’m with the party of Hell No!”

    That was my favorite!

28. #28
    On January 1st, 2010 at 9:17 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    Nice sign. Isn’t that the new mask of terrorism according to liberals?

29. #29
    On January 1st, 2010 at 9:52 am, jangar said:

    tbear44 said:
    My favorite sign: Obama Bin Lyin

    Ditto. It does recap the last 2 years quite well, but there are many more who lie and undermine the USA.

30. #30
    On January 5th, 2010 at 12:46 pm, happy2behere said:

    Sign from the Denver Tea Party —
    “We work hard so you don’t have to!” Wish I’d thought of it.