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Activism See other Activism Articles Title: Are You Kidding Me? Are You Kidding Me? by Don Cooper I watched closely all the tea parties all over the country Wednesday. What a showing of national pride and solidarity. What a showing of subservient compliance and casual indifference. What a joke. In Lafayette Park, Washington D.C., of all places to protest, the plan was to dump one million tea bags in the park, but the brave dissidents never did it because they forgot to get the proper permits. Are you kidding me? What is civil disobedience without civil disobedience? They even went so far as to say that they were willing to put down plastic tarps and clean up after themselves. That’s like saying we don’t agree with your oppressive, unconstitutional despotism of our nation and to show our ire in no uncertain terms we’re going to break public law and disrupt the peace so take that, nah- nah-ne-boo-boo. But don’t worry because we’ll put everything back when we’re done as if nothing happened cuz we don’t want any trouble! Videos on the Internet of Lafayette Park show people standing around in their trendy turtlenecks and Tommy Hilfiger and North Face jackets, chatting, socializing, drinking coffee and talking on their cell phones. Some dressed in colonial garb (how cute) and waving flags. Others even break into a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner followed by a chant of "USA, USA, USA." What a terrific show of meaningless symbolism. Who are they chanting to? The buildings in front of them? The birds in the trees? Themselves? What was this supposed to do, because it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to surmise that it did NOTHING! All the politicians were inside, smugly and comfortably seated in their expensive leather chairs that we paid for. They were discussing their next round of special interest pandering and deficit spending at our expense while we mingled as if at a, well, tea party. But not the sort of 1773 but rather more like the sort at 4 p.m. in England that is served with crumpets. The politicians could have cared less about the goings on outside and NO ONE took it to them. Shame on us. No one made sure they took notice. No one was put out one bit. No economic loss to the government whatsoever, as was the purpose of the original tea party, so why should they notice? Is this like giving to a charity? You write a check to feed a starving child for 10 cents a day in some far off, nameless, faceless country and you feel better about yourself? I attended a "tea party" in the Midwest on Wednesday and there were only about 200 people there. And it was literally a tea party: people came with their coffee mugs and sandwiches, holding signs and standing around and chatting and socializing and then everyone went home. No passion. No signs of real frustration or discontent. No real commitment to changing anything. You know why? Because nobody wants to fire the first shot! Everybody wants change, but only if they don’t have to pay for it. Only if their comfortable lives don’t have to be disrupted for their freedom. What a bunch of crap. Then I see all these political pundits ( idiots ) on CNN talking about how the tea party movement is nothing more than a partisan, Republican, conservative movement against the Obama administration and how the majority of Americans agree with the taxing and borrowing and spending. Some numb-nuts CNN political (anal)yst named Jeff Toobin says that the Texas state legislative resolution to reaffirm their state’s sovereignty is a fantasy. Are you kidding me? State’s sovereignty is a fantasy? Well I guess that says it all. Come on everyone, down the rabbit hole. [Background music] One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small… Welcome to the other side of the looking glass everybody. My name’s Alice and I’ll be your host for the mad tea party today. Let me introduce some other guests: the Hatter, March Hare, Dormouse, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, Ted Kennedy, John McCain, Rod Blagojevich, Al Sharpton, Hillary Clinton all the AIG executives and many, many more. Don’t worry you’ll have time to get to know them all since you can’t leave no matter what you do so might as well just get used to it. Resistance is futile. No doubt the majority of Americans didn’t want to go to war against the British in 1776. But would anyone say now that it was the wrong thing to do? No doubt the majority of Americans didn’t want a civil war. Both those wars were, at their core, about state’s rights. About oppressive governments trying to overreach their authority and impose unlawful mandates on the states. It was about their freedom to do what they wish with their lives. I think we have met the enemy and it is us. We’re a bunch of fast food nourished, MTV anesthetized, shopping mall, plug-in-drug (aka television) addicts who will do anything to preserve that way of life at least until we die. After that who cares? We’re a clinically obese, socially disconnected, politically inept and intellectually bankrupt nation of douche bags who deserve everything they get. The movement has no leader. When I listen to anyone other than Ron Paul, Peter Schiff or Lew Rockwell speak about the issues we discuss on LRC I might as well be listening to any other political party spokesperson. They sound just the same. They dress just the same. They say the same old tired things. Ron Paul has even mentioned at times that the Libertarian party has become just another political party interested more in their political posturing rather than liberty. They have all the same sorts of infighting and power struggles that are symptomatic of the fact that they have lost their way. Rallying the troops to vote more like-minded individuals into office won’t work. That’s an old, failing strategy. When will someone step forward with the courage, character, wisdom and intelligence to lead our nation into the 21st century the way our forefathers led it into the 19th century? Will it be Texas governor Rick Perry? Perry is using rhetoric about seceding from the union. That is EXACTLY the kind of thing we need. I believe, given the other states with similar resolutions in their legislatures, that it would begin a domino effect. It would give people a chance to actually have a clear reason to fight: their state’s rights of sovereignty and they would know that they have the state’s resources behind them. Unfortunately, even though it’s clear what a boost Texas seceding would be in uniting us, I have no doubt that Perry is not up to the task and is using the issue as nothing more than a rallying point for reelection. Where have all the heroes gone? Where are all the pioneers? Where are the visionaries? Where are the true statesmen? Where are the defenders of freedom? What has happened to the American Spirit of life and liberty? I guess they’re all at the mall or Starbucks and are too fat to get up out of their chair and fight. Or they’re looking forward to retirement and the "good life" after spending their life being a good soldier and playing by the rules and saving for the "golden years" while their real golden years of youth were passing them by. Certainly they can’t be asked to risk all that for something as silly as their children’s futures. How selfish of me. Or maybe we don’t want to risk our children’s well-being now, so we defer it until they’re adults and let them deal with the fact that they can’t afford college or health care or a home without going into enormous debt and we never teach them the importance of things like: character, honor, integrity, truth and freedom but rather teach them how to live in fear and how important it is to get a "good job" and play by the rules and to go along to get along and that will be safe. We’re pathetic. April 18, 2009 Don Cooper [send him mail] is a Florida native, Navy veteran and Oxford educated economist living and working in the Midwest. Copyright © 2009 by LewRockwell.com Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: TwentyTwelve (#0)
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Waiting patiently for the first shot fired. That's where we are. Waiting patiently. Some people are way too anxious for what we all know is coming. I hope you read this, Don. " We’re pathetic. " Oh really? I guess ol' Don went in looking to get 'er done and came away disappointed. Methinks ol' Don underestimates how many of us will die so Don can then be happy. Fuck you Don. This isn't some game to be played by your rules and ON YOUR TIMING. .
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We are pathetic at this point, I agree. I'd say less pathetic than a year ago. And I'll not disrespect honest Americans just coming to the realization of their disgusting government by condemning the TEA PARTY protocol of peacefulness. When those that are too timid to join a movement see their friends standing there ... at some point they'll feel comfortable enough to come along too. It's OK to be polite. Our founders made numerous attempts to rectify a bad situation before they started dumping TEA and burning stuff down. Civilized people in the main aren't likely to throw a tantrum until they have no other choice. Americans are experiencing an awakening of exponential proportions ... and the paradigm shift will be so ugly when it's finally determined that there's no other way to resolve our differences other than resorting to violence. It's coming ...
Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces. De La Boétie
Perry is NAU scum.
At least we are headed in the right direction.
Totally.
Oh really? I guess ol' Don went in looking to get 'er done and came away disappointed. Methinks ol' Don underestimates how many of us will die so Don can then be happy. Fuck you Don. This isn't some game to be played by your rules and ON YOUR TIMING. You cocksucking moron. They will be sorry for underestimating how many of us there are.
It's OK to be polite. Our founders made numerous attempts to rectify a bad situation before they started dumping TEA and burning stuff down. Civilized people in the main aren't likely to throw a tantrum until they have no other choice very good points
The smooth criminal transition from Bush/Cheney to Obama
What are you threatening to come out of your basement?
I bet you will be wearing a Zionist uniform. Will that make you feel safe?
Perry is NAU scum. Perry talking about seccession at this point is the new world order telegraphing its punches. As things get rougher and there is some real civil disorder, my instincts tell me that these insects will try to use public discontent to encourage separatism and seccessionist sentiments. Anyone who attends Bilderberg klavens is highly suspect when they jangle populist alarms. This is a trial balloon. Perry. I trust him as far as I could throw him.
Join 2x4 Tuesdays & protect your RKBA. I see myself and others often times overwhelming people with info, that haven't had any direct reason to confront the issues. When we do this we come across like a recent convert (zealot) that's out trying to win the world for Jesus, and have a better chance of losing the potential convert.
Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces. De La Boétie
There were hundreds of thousands who went to their local tea parties.
Waiting patiently for the first shot fired. That's where we are. Waiting patiently. You bet'cha bro. We are here.
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