A typical Tea Partier:

1.Thinks that 9/11 was an "inside job," but fail to realize, if this is true, the "insiders" were GW and Cheney.

2.Believe that the rich and their wealth (1-3% of the US population), are more important then the Poor and their health (80% of the US population)

3.Receive benefits like Workman's Comp, Medicaid and food stamps (65 million families got them in the US this week), yet call those that fight to keep these programs "socialists."

4.Are jealous of workers that can keep their jobs because of unions, while they fear for their job loss, and can't figure out that that is why they should join a union.

5.Calls earned benefits "entitlements," and refuses to acknowledge that the money is put in their by the same people that receive it through payroll taxes and other government fees. In fact, what TP'r's are really saying is they want to STEAL the government administered savings of the middle and poorer classes, and hand that money to the richest 3%.

6.Thinks that evolution is a crock, science is useless, and that all important questions of science, politics or economics can be resolved with the Bible, while living in a society produced by secularists and agnostics, who's very JOB was to doubt anything they are told, which creates things like flight and radio, both of which were declared impossible and demonic at earlier points in history.

7.Waves a pistol around, declares that the 2nd is the most important amendment (clearly, the first and 5th amendments are not very interesting to this crowd), produces image after image of gun-sites, targets, lotteries of guns being sold (this week in Maricopa county, where Giffords was shot) that are the same as that that killed their enemies (and other innocents), all the while claiming that democrats are "violent" and yet unable to produce one image or story of a democratic rally in which someone actually even had a gun. In fact, I would challenge TP'r's to produce one image of democrats waving guns around at a rally in the last 20 years.

8.Entirely misses the point of brotherhood, Christianity and national unity in favor of bile-soaked invective directed at old ladies and babies. Has never met a political opponent he/she does not wish to personally insult. Has little knowledge of civility either on forums or in public, and for all their talk about Jesus, would not allow a person into their home unless properly introduced.

congressional dissatisfaction

When we say we are "dissatisfied" with congress, we are saying we are dissatisfied with parliamentary mechanisms that allow a small minority to threaten and direct the majority into ideologically driven directions. For example, the budget cuts massive amounts, FIVE YEARS from now. So, the Tea Party basically sucks all the money out of government, and then leaves, not even sticking around to take care of the mess. Their agenda is straight up: end the Federal Authority over the States. Their goal, though some may not realize it, is the rebirth of the Confederate States of America, complete with labor laws from 1890 and the deliberate cessation of education for the working classes. This is not some ephemeral enemy, but a real and constant threat, rearranging textbooks so that Joe McCarthy isn't a vampire with blood dripping from his fangs, but rather, an American "hero." ( So what if a lot of innocent people lost their lives or jobs...we had those commies on the run. NO THX.) Or that biology doesn't explain our existence. Or that the best thing that ever happened to the American Indian was Christopher Columbus. These clowns, through massive national and international PAC slush funds, posing as "christians" and "conservatives" are gutting the Nation, getting elected to high office on such platforms as "i'm a housewife," and "I hunt a lot."while tromping around in literally tin-foil hats talking out of one side of their mouth about 911/Bush//Conspiracy and the other side Bush is King! They rationalize Bush holding hands, literally, with the King of Saudi Arabia, a brutal MONARCHY while slamming men who, as teenagers, braved vicious dogs in the South to make it so black men and women were allowed into restaurants! Frankly, such congressmen are repulsive to me, and while I believe in the American system, I am certainly ready to see it work a little better then letting this flotsam and jetsum have it's day warming the congressional benches.

Evolution, explained for those who are confused

Proof of evolution

Politics of Medicine changes with Doctors' Jobs

Working for Salaries, Doctors go Left

Inevitably, confronted with corruption and it's impingement on guaranteed salaries, doctors with standardized wages are going to support, like most workers, unlimited torts. Capping Torts is like giving industry a free pass to kill some of us after they figure out the "most" they can lose. Corruption will contribute to a downward spiral on actual doctor's (as opposed to their "managers'") wages. Hence, they will demand that the check of "unknown" tort judgements are the only thing to keep these mega-corporations in line. Once they have a specific amount they have to worry about, they can work around it, at all of our expense.

The New York Times suggests Making Medical School Free

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/opinion/29bach.html

I would add that we should subsidize ALL education so that it is free for the populace at large, and simply educate students based on their abilities.

Pay bankers their Customers' average total income.

Instead of paying bankers by how much they make for the bank, I think a better system would be that they get paid based on an actuarial table related to savings vs income. In other words, I'm guessing that an average salary per customer can be determined via some sort of accounting calculus. Principal bankers would get paid multiples of the average wage: say, no more then 20x the standard wage of the average customer. So, for example, the Bank of America would have an average wage per customer of say...40,000 bucks, so, most of the bankers would get that much, and the CEO might get 800,000 bucks a year. Basically, all salaries would be tied to customer average salaries, and even bonuses could not exceed 2x the base salary of the employee.

A list of terms used in Psychological Propaganda

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Interesting stuff.