TEA party protesters teed off with government spending

yes, coordinated by the college republicans, the fine organization that brought us karl rove and grover norquist...interesting how republicans ran this country into the ground for eight years but just now these lily-white republican activists have become outraged...and we have representation, we voted for it in 2006 and 2008 and these folks lost....as jon stewart said these folks are confusing tyranny with losing...elections have consequences, speak out all you want in your astro-turf corporate think-tank rallies, we'll run the country and try to get it back in good health from the disastrous policies that you voted for

Although I am technically a member of the College GOP, I have never been to a meeting this year due to my class schedule and my job. I do plan to get involved in the future.

Nonetheless I am happy to see over 1200+ Americans from the Mahoning/Shenango Valley's spoke out against the big spenders in Washington!

isaac 45,
Quoting Jon Stewart, repeating Astro Turf, heard today on MSNBC and written by Paul Krugman in the NY Times. If you couldn't quote your liberal sources, you wouldn't know what to say. Must be hell not being able to think for yourself.
By the way, the tea parties are against all of Washington, both Republicans and Democrats. This is the citizens country, not the politicians. We want our country back. Get it?

right right, they're against all of washington...say it as many times as you need to pretend this is a mass uprising of the grass roots......this country had their uprising in 2006 and 2008, we took our country back from people who were too cowardly to stand up to a president and congress who set our country on a path to ruin and now they're whining because they're not getting their way anymore...it hurts to know you're not the majority anymore but the people have spoken...until the right gets back to reality and loses the talk of fascism and quits playing the innocent vicitim they will deservedly suffer the consequences at the ballot box....until then enjoy following the marching orders of boss limbaugh and the wet nap of coverage from rupe and rog, the adults will be running the country...and please, palin '12

isaac45... This attitude will fuel the Conservative Revival beginning this year in 2009 Governor Races when the GOP takes back NJ-VA and in 2010 when their is a referendum on Congress.

wait wait, you're not counting ny-20?..that's going on right now and the r based his whole campaign on your nonsense while the d tied himself to obama in a huge r district...and guess what, another defeat for you guys just days away.....and yes, you always have hope in nj don't you?...this will be the year we get that big r win in nj, and then another loss...and good old virginia, the battle between the real americans in southern and central virginia and those pesky lefties up north, so many of them now, so many d governors and senators and damn if that bi-racial pres didn't turn it blue for the first time in a long time...i wouldn't be singing dixie or lee greenwood's greatest hits there either...no you have many more butt kickings to come before you'll finally get the message of how far you guys are out of the mainstream of the body politic...the capper will be the first d landslide since 64 in '12...only question remains, who will be the face to go down with the ship, and then who finally says "we were wrong america, we apologize and we're going to get better"

and btw, if it gets truly oppressive to live here you could head down to texas...i here the gov is thinking of seceding, you guys could have your own country!...good luck with your economy then, you could always sell "thank you w t-shirts" outside his library, that should get you through a week or two

Isaac45,

Do you realize that Obama's policies would add $9.3 trillion to the national debt, doubling it in six years and nearly tripling it in 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

Last fiscal year, the deficit was $459 billion. For this fiscal year, it was $569 billion when Mr. Obama took office. Under his proposals, another $1.276 trillion will be added to the deficit this year, for a total of $1.845 trillion.

The CBO says deficits will fall for three years to $658 billion, still nearly 50% larger than any past deficit. After that, deficits go back up every year, reaching the trillion-dollar a year mark again in nine years. By 2019, the debt would reach 82.4% of GDP, a level not seen since 1947. With astonishing candor, even Peter Orszag, the president's budget director conceded these levels of deficits and debt are "unsustainable."

Federal spending will under Mr. Obama top $4 trillion this year. This translates into 28.5% of GDP -- a level exceeded only at the height of World War II. According to the president's plans, spending will thereafter slow for three years, but then grow faster than the economy for the next seven years and beyond. Spending rises by $3.1 trillion from 2009-19, including $911 billion for legislation signed during his first two months in office, including the stimulus bill and the expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (and not including interest on the mushrooming debt). Mr. Obama is violating every tenet of his promise "to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day."

Americans are also worried about Mr. Obama's plans for $1.9 trillion more in taxes. These tax hikes won't just affect the "rich," as he claims. His cap-and-trade carbon tax will hit everyone who consumes energy -- that is, every American. Taxes on the top 5% of filers will result in lost jobs and wages for small businesses and less charitable giving. The administration claims higher taxes are required for deficit reduction. But its spending increases are half again as large as its tax hikes.

Rewarding sloth and punishing hard work is a dangerous and stupid thing for a government to do. They don't even do it for noble reasons...don't you understand it's a vote-buying power grab?! They are reducing your freedoms while increasing their power. Wake up bro...followers like you are making the government even more dangerous.

never heard you guys complain until obama took over and now you don't want to even give him a chance....your freedoms have been constantly eroding under republican leadership for years..you gladly sat back and allowed bush to wiretap your fellow citizens, supported his foreign misadventures that have made us less safe and looted our treasury....we gave you a surplus and you turned it into a massive deficit even as our country's infrastructure was crumbling...we can live with debt as we rebuild the country..we have too or we'll become a third world country with crumbling roads and bridges and airports with 10 hour waits because we haven't updated....democrats are historically much better with the economy than republicans...i trust obama to make the decisions necessary to improve this country...the rich can pay more taxes, going from 36 to 39 is nothing, they've done fine, no one's rewarding sloth, it's being fair and focusing on the middle class, who will be getting tax cuts...i'm sure none of the teabaggers thanked obama for that.....it is a long range plan, not one looking for the quick hit on a wall street stock...the american public will give obama every chance to succeed...he has been open and honest about the problems we face and americans know it will take years to get back to an economy functioning at the highest level...again we tried worshipping the god of the free market with no regulation, we've tried to impose democracy around the world at the point of a gun and with an open checkbook, but off the official books....we will start focusing on our problems now and things will get better with or without your help..you're in the minority, you can have your say, but until your great ideas are accepted by the american public at the ballot box, we'll continue to govern as the majority sees fit