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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 05:12 PM
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Why aren't the teabaggers/freepers screaming about BP?
The silence is deafening.
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charlesg Donating Member (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 05:15 PM
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1. They scream at the firefighter and let the arsonist get away
They also blame the firefighter for the fire.
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 06:53 PM
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11. more like, they'd scream at the fire PLUG, or a nearby tree nt
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 05:15 PM
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2. I guess they don't think it's a big deal.
What I want to know is, what do the RWers who live in the Gulf Coast think about it? Specifically, fishermen.
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 07:11 PM
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13. I bet they will complain about government power
when BP is ordered to clean up the Gulf.
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misanthrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 12:09 AM
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21. They have some anger toward BP but they are starting to redirect it...
...They are picking up on the "Obama's Katrina" meme that is getting maximum exposure down here in the Tea Party Central.
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JoePhilly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 05:16 PM
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3. When you hear one BITCH about the Government response ...
Agree with them ... then ... ask them to JOIN YOU in a march on Washington to DEMAND tougher regulations and enforcement of the oil industry. Ask them to help you ensure that the government has the physical resources to engage a spill such as this. Ask them to DEMAND higher taxes to fund such equipment.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 05:17 PM
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4. the same reason they didn't march on Wall Street..the fascists funding them don't want them to
Edited on Fri May-28-10 05:18 PM by blm
direct their attention to the REAL culprits who undermine the health and wealth of this nation.
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Kookaburra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 05:26 PM
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5. Because Faux News told them not to.
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 05:27 PM
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6. 'Cuz corporations are infallible, according to them.
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Andy823 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 05:31 PM
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7. That's simple
They only take their marching orders from the likes of Rush and Beck, and if they are not "told" who to be upset with, they remain silent! These people can 'NOT" think for themselves, they need to be told by their overlords, Rush and Beck, who to attack, what to say, and who to vote for. They are drones that simply follow their leaders no matter how insane those leaders are!
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 06:52 PM
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9. They are directed to hating their government while dissuaded from even looking at corporations
plus-"multinationals" have the tint of class warfare and they have been for 30 years trained not to question the leadership, their genetical betters
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 06:49 PM
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8. They can't see the oil from their Mom's basements?
:shrug:
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MODem75 Donating Member (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 06:52 PM
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10. Some of them actually feel sorry for BP.
They think the government is beating up on BP. I have never seen people so brainwashed in my life.
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 07:08 PM
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12. Willing serfs they are.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 07:12 PM
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14. My guess is it's made them actually take a breath and listen for a change
Their gods are not so godly. Even those idiots don't hate nature.
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lostnfound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 09:03 PM
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15. Their corporate media hasn't told them to be angry.
The ones directly in touch with the Gulf will be, but if a tree falls and isn't on Fox, it doesn't get heard.
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athenasatanjesus Donating Member (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 09:45 PM
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16. Corporations cannot take away a persons freedom FACT!
And no a poorly regulated corporation destroying the livelihood of millions is still not harming their freedom.
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troubledamerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 11:54 PM
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17. Because they ARE b.p.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-10 11:56 PM
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18. Minds made of mush, they were already taken down by the corpofascist oligarchy
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 07:59 AM
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23. Funny and illuminating at the same time.
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johnaries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 12:05 AM
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19. Because they're white?
:shrug:

And this coming from a guy who is so white I actually glow in the dark.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 12:08 AM
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20. Willing, obedient, slaves to the machine.
On the whole they are beyond hope. A few will randomly see the light to varying degrees but all the talkers of the left/right coalition are just truly optimistic believers in the best in the human heart.

These sorts have been with humankind the whole way and to do anything to move us forward it is usually been a hugely outnumbered minority. Seldom in history are their massive movements for change.

We'll get little help and from unexpected places for the most part. The majority is almost always asleep and easily directed by those with power and power always has a goodly amount of die hard pawns like the TeaPubliKlans.
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county worker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 12:09 AM
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22. Maybe they are so fucking stunned they are speechless.
Maybe it gets to some of them that drill baby drill has consequences. Maybe they see that getting government out of the oil company's way is disastrous.

On second thought no.
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 09:52 AM
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24. Actually I did see something being said
"over there".

They're apparently blaming the Environmental movement for the disaster...


(Taken from FR site)



Environmental movement responsible for Gulf Oil Disaster

Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:56:24 AM · by Patriot1259 · 8 replies · 133+ views

TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 05/29/2010 | Tony R. Elliott
The environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico with the millions of gallons of crude oil is due to the limits imposed on oil companies by environmentalists and their lobbyists in Washington by implementing restrictions on drilling sites.



Yes...it appears it's all the fault of the people who want restrictions placed on drilling sites.

:eyes:




Now, please excuse me while I go delouse and disinfect...
:puke:
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