This week we've been treated to hundreds of photographs and many videos from recent Teabagger rallies from across the country. We saw and heard dozens of idiots saying they were "tired of losing our freedoms" and threatening to "take our country back."
About the same time, supernut Glenn Beck continued calling Progressives a "cancer" on America, and encouraged his brainwashed followers to "do something." What to do, exactly, is apparently left up to the brainwashed followers. (You know, the ones who loves 'em some guns.)
The statements ubiquitous at Teabagger rallies, and the ones made by their conspiracy guru Beck, beg many serious questions.
I guess it's too much to think that the answers to these questions should clear things up for them.
So, Teabaggers:
1. What freedoms have you lost, exactly?
Has your international travel been restricted?
Nope.
Has your interstate travel been curtailed?
Nope.
Has the government demanded that you give up a room in your house for soldiers?
Nope.
Has anyone demanded that you give up your guns?
Sorry, but...nope. Not yet.
Has the government seized any businesses that haven't directly asked for help?
Nope. All the business that were "taken over" begged for intervention.
Has the government forced you into a job that you hate?
Nope. That was the Soviet Union.
Has your television viewing been restricted?
Nope. You do that yourselves, you Fox zombies.
Are the airwaves and newspapers filled with one-sided government propaganda?
Nope. Not government propaganda, anyway.
Has the government banned certain internet sites?
Nope. That's China.
Has the government banned any books or magazines?
Nope. That's North Korea.
Has the government put limits on how many children you can have?
Nope. That's China. Again.
Has any authority figure ever stopped you and demanded your papers?
Not yet. But don't go to Arizona, where it's a REPUBLICAN idea.
Has the government tapped your phone line?
Yep. And guess what? It was the REPUBLICAN BUSH ADMINISTRATION that did it.
Has your right to speak your mind and voice your opinion been outlawed?
Nope. Have all the teabagger and klan rallies you want.
Has anyone you know been arrested suddenly and then disappeared?
Nope. Oh, wait...except for the ones taken by the BUSH ADMINISTRATION.
Has the government demanded more than a paltry percentage of your monetary earnings?
Nope. And what they do take they spend on roads, schools, police & fire departments and public transportation. Hope you enjoy those.
Just what the hell are you mad about?
Apparently, nothing. Ergo, you're all idiots.
2. Can you explain what "your country" is, and why you "want it back"?
Is it the country that allowed the buying and selling of human beings?
Wait a minute...Progressives put an end to that.
Is it the country that had legalized slavery?
Progressives put an end to that, too...despite your best efforts.
Is it the country that said blacks were 3/5 of a person?
Turns out, Progressives popularized the idea that they were whole people.
Is it the country that did not allow women to vote?
Whoops. Progressives again.
Is it the country that treated blacks as third-class citizens?
Guess what? Progressives.
Is it the country that used its army to kill its own citizens?
Whattaya know? Unions, backed by Progressives, put a stop to that.
Is it the country that forced children into hard labor?
Uh-oh! Those pesky Unions and Progressives again!
Is it the country that refused to pay its own veteran soldiers?
Damn. Progressives resolved that too!
Is it the country that let its citizens fend for themselves in the face of outrageously high insurance & medical costs?
Not anymore. Thanks to Progressives.
Is it the country portrayed in "Leave it to Beaver"?
Definitely. But that was sanitized make-believe, you stupid old farts.
Is it the country that let wealthy persons control its whole economy?
Ooookay, now I think I see where you're coming from....
Silly Teabaggers.