Pensacola Tea Party 4-15-09

[phantom power]

Run time: 01:13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOwsIIIe5I   Posted on YouTube: April 15, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 16, 2009 By DU Member: phantom power Views on DU: 8740

 
An exercise in telling people what they don't want to hear.
:popcorn:

[imdjh]

1. K&R

[BlueCollar]

2. ouch...n/t

[phantom power]

3. It cracked me up when he said "How many of you make less than $250K/yr ?"

and everybody is all "Yeah! Working class! Woohooo!"

"All of you are going to get a tax cut!"

<<cognitive dissonance>>

"Boo!"

[progressoid]

11. The booing was just amazing. But expected.

They really don't see it.

[Wapsie B]

58. I cannot remember how many times I've overheard people like that

talking about how bad it was that someone earning 7 figures was taxed at a certain rate. Two problems with that mindset. 1. What the rate is has no bearing on what is actually paid. 2. The people ranting about this have a snowball's chance in hell of making that money in an entire lifetime let alone in one year.

edit: I remember one instance of a guy talking to his son in a grocery store, in a loud enough voice so everyone around them could hear and walking through the store at such a quick pace few could keep up with them.

[curiousdemo]

30. Boy, that was funny!

This man prove these were a bunch of racist right wing republican idiots. Why did they boo when he stated the republican was the one to raise their taxes. This shows everyone, including Fox Noise, idiots are idiots when idiots support idiots.

[TheEuclideanOne]

4. That was so great!!!

I love the way he fished them in, got them cheering, then.....shazam!!!!

[Voice for Peace]

5. that was brave!

[peace13]

6. Great..and THANK YOU!

Yes, we need more people to speak up to these maniacs.

[stlsaxman]

7. Hyper-patriotic 5th K&R!!!!!

This awesome gentleman is truly speaking TRUTH TO STUPIDITY!

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[AlexDeLarge]

44. Truth to Stupidity!!

That's is an absolutely fantastic spin on the popular saying. And it so eloquently sums up the Faux new crowd.

[stlsaxman]

52. Thanks! You heard it here first!

As far as I know... i coined the phrase with that post.

(stlsaxman beams with pride)

[cynthia]

71. love it

that guy really was brave

[intheflow]

8. I. LOVE. IT!!!!

I hope the crowd didn't lynch this guy afterwards, off-camera.

[Enthusiast]

9. K&R Fantastic! nt

[progressoid]

10. Bwaaaha aha ahahahahahahahaaaaahah *cough* *cough*

I hope somebody bought that guy a drink!

:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:

[lazyriver]

12. Excellent.

[nolabear]

13. My Hero! And Live Oak Trees Too

Lord, I miss me some Live Oaks. But that man rocks.

[eagertolearn]

14. OMG what a brave soul! n/a

[mcjackson]

15. that ruled!

[cooolandrew]

16. I think they are getting too much attention from our side. As one radio caller said >

the best way to deal with a tantrum is ignore it. It'll work itself out.

[Esra Star]

17. Articulate, succinct.......well done.nt

[tomm2thumbs]

18. smartly played - they all cheered along and thought 'uh, what did I just do?'

dolts

[Laf.La.Dem.]

19. Bigger balls than me!!

Great :toast:

[TankLV]

29. then he must have been a hit at any "teabagging"!!!

of course, always remember to breath thru your nose when teabagging...and no teeth, please!!!

[Joe the Liberal]

20. LOL that guy is smarter than all those people around him combined......

At first he sounded like he was going to spew a whole bunch of right wing talking points, boy was that crowd in for a surprise. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Solomon]

21. A Great American

Fucking Hero.

[Catherine Vincent]

22. Who was that white male?

What a brave soul! Awesome!

[Roland99]

23. LMAO!!

[firedupdem]

24. That guy was great!!!! knr!! n/t

[onestepforward]

25. Truth NOT welcome there! Typical. Great video!

[AlbertCat]

26. Boy, I'm glad this Teabagging thing is over. (for now)

I seriously can't take much more "stoooopid".







I'm serious. It not just the corporate sponsored astroturf we-don't-have-a-clue-what-we're-protesting and the be-scared-of-the-black-man crapola. It's the misspelled, illegible signs with words that have to curve down because they're running out of room on the sign. It's kids (like in this video) who are being told to hold up those signs. It's people, annoyed by their taxes, booing their tax cut.

Enough already! We get it. You've completely lost your minds.

[Hulk]

27. Man, the truth hurts!!

These morons don't want to hear the reality. They live in a fantasy world of "hate democrats", hate "President Obama", hate "liberalism, socialism, communism, etc"....no matter how misused the labels are.

Took some guts to pull that one off...but damn, when the truth comes out, these f*cking idiots run around like chickens with their heads cut off.

[DWilliamsamh]

28. That was AAAAAAAwsome!

Just goes to prove the "anti-tax" issue is a very thing VERY fake excuse to bash the current President. You know the one the American people elected to fix all the crap perpetrated by the LAST President - the one this jagg-offs loved so much.

[Jakes Progress]

31. Brains exploding. Well,

not functioning brains, but what fills their heads anyway. Ka-Bloooom!

[mwb970]

46. What *does* fill their heads anyway?

I think the Harvard Medical School should investigate the contents of the rather unattractive heads of the most virulent right-wing crazies. I wonder what's in there! It sure as hell ain't brains.

[Jakes Progress]

55. Ewww! Who would want to touch that.

Icky.

[TacticalPeek]

32. It's Sinfonian - Keeping America's Wang™ safe for progressives

Comments at Eschaton and his blog

http://flprogressive.blogspot.com/


Cool dood.

:hippie:

[progressoid]

34. Thanks for the link. I just left him a little thank you.

:thumbsup:

[dflprincess]

33. This was played on Countdown tonight

with Janine Garofalo offering her opinion. She explained to Keith that in people like the tea baggers the limbic brain system is larger and pushing on their frontal lobes so they have trouble processing the truth when they hear it. :rofl:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

61. Ugg! Fear!! Confused! What Do??

Hope she explained the limbic system while she was on....

Multi-sectioned part of the brain including areas responsible for a variety of basic survival functions, like regulating heart beat, breathing, hormone production, olfaction. Other parts of it responsible for long-term memory formation and cognitive mapping.

Or, our favorite part in this context: the AMYGDALA, or the primitive brain. Instinctual and emotional memories and responses. Fear, Anger, Pleasure responses....

So, that would be like...


Ugg! Fear!! Confused! What Do??
Do what Big Chief tell me!
Big Chief say, enemies that-a-way...He big leader, He ANGRY!

Us Angry Too!! Must react!! Kick small weak person!!

Ahhh! Feel Better!!

Go look for small Dominican boy now.... Oooooo! Ahhhhh!! Then go shopping....

[dflprincess]

65. I usually refer to the limbic system as the

"lizard brain".

[BlancheSplanchnik]

69. yes! and lizardly it is! **Adorable Pics**

wait, now I feel bummed by that... insulting lizards!

Look how cute!







:7

[BlackX-068]

35. This was the best thing seen for me today

And then I saw it on Countdown; laughing my ass off! They cheer lies and boo the truth.

[Darkhawk32]

36. That's a ballsy feller right der. n/t

[ThatsMyBarack]

53. ....

:rofl:

[Oilwellian]

37. The guy also has a thread on Daily Kos

He really made my day. :D

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/4/16/720820/-Yeah,-Im-the-guy-who-spoke-at-the-Pensacola-Tea-Party

[The_Casual_Observer]

38. What a righteous dude!!!!! Thank you!

[Oldtimeralso]

39. Great Job

He baited and set that hook real good before he reeled them in.

[Hissyspit]

40. Hmm... I'm pretty sure I met him in Denver at the convention.

I recognize his blog from when we hung out in The Big Tent. Cool.

[bjobotts]

41. Well done. A liar's hero...showing how to tell the truth.But failed cause it didn't=hate Obama

[Wetzelbill]

42. I like when he raised his hands and walked off

lol

[proud2BlibKansan]

43. That is too funny.

:rofl:

[mwb970]

45. Classic. A man stands up and tells the truth and the wingnuts boo.

Booing the truth. For me, that sums these crazies up right there.

[SkyDaddy7]

47. WOW!

Nothing like a dose of cold hard facts to ruin the mood of TEA BAGGIN Orgy! I love the crowd cheering about making less than 250K as if they had no idea where he was going with it! That just goes to show how powerful the FOX TABLOID News Bubble is to these weak minded knuckle heads...It is kinda sad when you think about...Not that I feel sorry for them. I am no fan of Religion but these people are led around with the "Carrot&Stick" of Christianity as "Vote-Bots" for the wealthy and they have yet figure it out.

BTW-That guy had a serious death wish but I was very happy to him do what he did!

[asdjrocky]

48. My man. K&R

[JI7]

49. that was great, shows these morans don't know what they are protesting

or rather they do (black president) but claim it's about taxes.

[EJSTES2005]

50. Truth hurts

LOL

[graywarrior]

51. Big cajones

:thumbsup:

[esfergus]

54. This man has cojones (and reason is on his side)

This guy must need a wheelbarrow to carry his cojones around. He rocks.

[Jakes Progress]

56. Make that man head of the Democratic Press Office.

In four minutes he did more than the Democratic Party or the White House has done in three months to show the truth.

Done deal.

[sledgehammer]

57. How dare he speak truth and logic???!!! n/t

[K8-EEE]

59. Why doesn't this SMART GUY get the Joe The Plumber treatment?

Why is it that dumbass know-nothings get so much media attention?

[jimlup]

60. Great Job! You showed them for the misguided fools they are!

Great Job!

[Turborama]

62. Anyone for a cup of cognitive dissonance? Fortunately enough time to rec...

Watching that reminded me of this, if you haven't read it yet, it's well worth checking out...

The Power of Political Misinformation: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/14/AR2008091402375_pf.html



That guy deserves some kind of recognition for what he did. He casually lured them nicely into his trap and then... SHAZAM!! courageously smacked them between the eyes with the truth.


:kick: & R

[BlancheSplanchnik]

63. KandR!!!!!!! You could see the moment their cognitive functions shut down

.. and they switched to automatic pilot!

Like Pavlov's dogs, only the Overlords have taught them their attack signal is "Any Criticism of Republicans".

So the Rich Masters have conditioned the response: Big Enemy!! Attack!!

Gives a new understanding to why they loved the Palinism about being a pitt-bull with lipstick!!!

jeez, makes me ponder more on the significance of the Pox Spews phenomenon too....

[Turborama]

67. Absolutely, there must be some subliminal messages coming through the TV that we're all missing

or something.

BTW, love your user name!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

70. I realllllly wonder what it is that leaves some people susceptible

and others immune to that Poxy manipulation. I mean, I've been allergic to hypocrisy since I was a kid. So why do so many people just gobble it right up? It's so alien to me, I can't get a handle on it by trying to put myself in their point of view....

hmmmm (ok, where's the "deeply pondering" emotieface? )

and thank you--glad you like my user name :7 I admit, I like it too :hi:

[Island Blue]

64. That took balls the size of Texas.

:applause:

[gauguin57]

66. Make that dude Time's Person of the Year

The title could be Folks Who Stood Up to the Right-Wing Freaks in 2009, YOU are Time's Persons of the Year!

[Fireweed247]

68. Don’t Fall For the Old Divide And Conquer Trick

The powers-that-be are trying to distract us from the looting of our wallets by the big banks by creating a left-versus-right, us-versus-them drama. You know, the old divide-and-conquer schtick.
Americans from across the political spectrum are furious at the financial elite who have robbed us blind, and their enablers in government.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5477471