Tea Party

I am fascinated by the Tea Party, in micro and macro forms.
(when you have 4 minutes, definitely check this link out: Truth for tea baggers | Under the Mountain Bunker-- a collection of political cartoons, commentary)

Deregulation! Free Markets!

• Gingrich Admits Deregulation Of Wall Street In The '90s Was 'Probably A Mistake' | ThinkProgress  (Nov 2011)

Stateless in Somalia, and Loving It - Yumi Kim - Mises Daily (2/21/2006)

Liberty! Freedom! Limited Government

• "Teapartyers Don't Actually Care About Liberty", Salon, 1/2011
• "The Tea Partyers' fiery hatred of redistribution and resentment of societal "leeches" is certainly real, but it's apparent at this late date that most self-identified Tea Party supporters are libertarians in sound bite form only, and certainly no supporters of "liberty" as broadly defined by Reason magazine and the Cato Institute. The Tea Parties believe "liberty" means "not being governed by Democrats" -- a sentiment most libertarians would probably agree with -- but they don't seem to get the whole "live and let live" part of the deal."

Perceptions/Polls

• CNN Poll: Unfavorable view of tea party on the rise (3/2011)

Enemies from the Chalkboard

• See this post: so. blog.: Enemies from the Chalkboard

Birthers

• "Donald Trump, birther" - David Weigel, Slate (also: "Orthodox" vs. "reform Birtherism"  (3/2011)
• HI lawmakers intro bill to charge $100 for copies of birth certificate (1/28/2011)
• "HI's governor said the birth certificate doesn't exist!" -- No, he did not say that. (1/30/2011)
• MoJo: The Birthers have a Plan..And it May Not Be Crazy (1/30/2011)

The GOP 2012 Pres Campaign+Teaparty

• Mitt Romney will pretend Teaparty doesn't exist (1/2011)

Facts Have a Well-Known Liberal Bias

• Columbia Journal Review fact-checks the fact-checkers (post SOTU 1/2011)

Libertarians, Ayn Randism, The Market, and  Other Inconsistencies

Great listen--just audio, press play and browse in another window while you listen.

Racism in Progress: Rush Limbaugh, post-Tucson, and "The Chinese Threat" 

(1/21/2011)

Tea Party vs. Grand Ol' Party

• See separate posts: Tea Party vs. the Grand Old Party and Keeping Track of the GOP/Teaparty Leadership in 112th Congress 
• GOP Chair of CO quits: "Sick of the crazies" (TPM, 2/7/2011)

Tea Party Welfare Queens

• News Corpse » Palin’s Canceled Reality Show Gets Millions in Gov Subsidies (3/2011) 
• Yasha Levine: Michele Bachmann: Welfare Queen - Truthdig (12/2009) 
• Tea Party Hypocrisy? - ABC News (3/2011)  , at least 23 current members of congress or their families have received government money for their farms -- combining for more than $12 million since 1995

(3/2011, ABC)

Heavy handed, but fun/satisfying: Newsroom: American Taliban
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