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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE AT TEA PARTY RALLY: How many of you watched the movie "Lonesome Dove"? What happened to Jake when he ran with the wrong crowd? What happened to Jake when he ran with the wrong crowd? He got hung. That‘s what I want to do with Patty Murray.
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MADDOW: "What happened to Jake when he ran with the wrong crowd? He got hung. That‘s what I want to do to with Patty Murray." That happened at a TEA Party event in Washington State in mid February. Now, a Washington State man was arrested for his threats to kill Senator Patty Murray.
Coincidence? I think not.
The Perfect Storm of Wingnut Hate is Growing.
Tea Partiers want to claim that they're just a naturally occuring grass roots organization of concerned citizens who have risen up in opposition to the increase in Federal Power, arguing that any increase in said power is a direct deterrent to personal freedom.
Y'know like the personal freedom not to have your health care ripped out from under you by greedy insurance executives just when you need it most.
They claim that their against the wasteful spending of Tax Pay Dollars, when it seems that money spent on the Wall Street Bailout has largely been paid back - at a PROFIT to the Tax Payer.
The U.S. Treasury has already made more than $10 billion in profits on repayments of bailout funds from major financial firms and the latest analysis suggests the taxpayers could profit on the investment, reports Financial Times. The Troubled Asset Relief Program is expected to result in an $117 billion loss for the Treasury, including auto industry and AIG investments, but the $76 billion offered in relief for the financial sector could be profitable, according to SNL Financial.
They complain about supposed Tax Increases precisely when Taxes have been CUT - to help spur the Economy.
If you’re married and making less than $250,000 ($200,000 as an individual), you’re probably going to see your taxes drop.
What are the 2009 & 2010 Obama Tax Cuts?
* So long as Obama’s plan does as it promises, you will see:
* A tax refund of $500 per individual ($1,000 per married couple) if you’re making under $200,000 ($250,000 if married). If under those thresholds you will also not see your tax rate increase.
* If you’re a homeowner and don’t itemize your taxes, you can claim a 10% Universal Mortgage Credit. This averages out to $500 per homeowner.
* Your capital gains tax rate will stay the same unless you’re making more than the ‘$200K/$250K’ threshold. If you’re over, it’ll go up 25%.
They claim they're concerned about their Medicare - and don't want it inteferred with by the Government, when Medicare already IS a Government program.
There are no Death Panels. (Those were never in the Law)
There will be no Rationing. (The Law as passed specifically prohibits it)
Still we get people ranting things like this on the phone to members of Congress.
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CALLER: I ain‘t getting the (EXPLETIVE DELETED) health insurance, that (EXPLETIVE DELETED). Don‘t tell me I got to get some (EXPLETIVE DELETED) health insurance. I ain‘t paying no (EXPLETIVE DELETED) a fine. Tell that (EXPLETIVE DELETED) he can come put my (EXPLETIVE DELETED) in jail if he don‘t like it. (EXPLETIVE DELETED) worthless (EXPLETIVE DELETED), all them other (EXPLETIVE DELETED) that voted for that (EXPLETIVE DELETED) Obama and all them white trash honkies that voted for that (EXPLETIVE DELETED) communist socialist stuff. Dumb mother (EXPLETIVE DELETED).
I ain‘t getting the (EXPLETIVE DELETED) mandatory health insurance son of a (EXPLETIVE DELETED) mother (EXPLETIVE DELETED) bunch of (EXPLETIVE DELETED) white trash honkies, son of a (EXPLETIVE DELETED) communists voting for this (EXPLETIVE DELETED).
I ain‘t going to fight no (EXPLETIVE DELETED) war, I‘m not going to be forced to do something I don‘t want to do. So (EXPLETIVE DELETED) all y‘all (EXPLETIVE DELETED). You, John Lewis, you (EXPLETIVE DELETED) worthless, communist (EXPLETIVE DELETED).
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And the Anti-Health Care baggers say they don't have "Racists" in there midst? They say there's no proof that Rep. John Lewis was called "NIGGER?"
There's your proof Right there!.
The man who made this call is 65 Years Old. HE HAS MEDICARE. He already has government mandated Health Insurance and would be exempt from the individual mandate, and from the penalty for not paying the fine - which is _ NOTHING!
SEC 5000A Subsection G (A) WAIVER OF CRIMINAL PENALTIES- In the case of any failure by a taxpayer to timely pay any penalty imposed by this section, such taxpayer shall not be subject to any criminal prosecution or penalty with respect to such failure.
The Man is clearly misguided and clueless as to what is actually in the legislations - but then again, he's not alone:
Am I wrong or does this guy NOT sound exactly like a Becking Tea Bagger?
Quote, "I do believe that every one of you expletive socialist Democratic progressive expletives needs to be taken out."
So why's he really so hopping MAD that he's ready to kill a sitting U.S. Senator?
Maybe it was this:
Sure, it's not like sitting members of Congress have directly egged this kind of thing on... certainly not.
Bachmann: At this point the American people - it's like Thomas Jefferson said, a revolution every now and then is a good thing. We are at the point, Sean, of revolution. And by that, what I mean, an orderly revolution -- where the people of this country wake up get up and make a decision that this is not going to happen on their watch. It won't be our children and grandchildren that are in debt. It is we who are in debt, we who will be bankrupting this country, inside of ten years, if we don't get a grip. And we can't let the Democrats achieve their ends any longer.
If Tim Geithner is successful under President Obama, and they move us to an international currency. Then we have no hope of standing on our own as a sovereign nation with our own economic system. It's over. We can't do that.
Bachmann: Right now I'm a member of Congress. And I believe that my job here is to be a foreign correspondent, reporting from enemy lines. And people need to understand, this isn't a game. this isn't just a political talk show that's happening right now. This is our very freedom, and we have 230 years, a continuous link of freedom that every generation has ceded to the next generation. This may be the time when that link breaks. And I'm going to do everything I can, I know you are, to make sure that we keep that link secure. We cannot allow that link to break, because as Reagan said, America is the last great hope of mankind.
It's not like this was an idle threat - this guy was Packing! Just like James Addkinson who killed two and wounded five at the Unitarian Chuch in Knoxville for being Too Liberal. Like the Right-Winger from Maine who was trying to construct a Radiological Dirty Bomb. Just like James Von Brunn who stormed the Holocaust Museum with a Rifle killing a security guard. Or the guy who flew his plane into the IRS Building in Austin Tx, or the Christian Hate Group that is Currently Terrorizing Amarillo with Fundamentalist Dogma.
Or the pack of Mad Dog Militia Morons who were caught just this week plotting to kill policemen, then bomb the funeral in order to start a war with the Anti-Christ Government!
These people are Domestic Terrorists - ALL of them. They are attempting to use Fear, Intimidation and Occasional Violence to influence the political process - simply because they Can't WIN at the Ballot Box. In this particular case in order to catch this guy what did the FBI do? They pretended to be Tea Baggers!
After getting a subpoena to trace the man‘s blocked telephone
number, an FBI called the man‘s phone number and pretended to be from the
anti-health reform group Patients United Now. You remember that Patients United Now is part of Americans for Prosperity, the Koch Industry funded group that spent a good deal of the last year organizing those "hands off my health care" rallies.
Well, during that course of that call from the FBI agent, the affidavit in this case says the suspect, quote, "repeatedly expressed his strong dislike for the recent health care reform legislation," and, quote, confirmed that he regularly placed calls to Senator Murray‘s and Senator Maria Cantwell‘s offices."
So watch out Baggers, the next time you're at a big rally with your Giant "Bury Obama" Poster - they guy next to you with the "Stop the Socialist Democ-RAT Commie Muslim Nazi Kenyan Agenda!" - just might be a Federal Agent.
Don't say we didn't warn you.
Vyan