Picking and choosing when the government is evil and too big & when it needs to be more active and hands-on in order to criticize the president no matter what he does? Shocking.

OH NOES!

listen up gynnis we NEED the tea party because they are the singlemost important politcal movement in the history of time.

It is my dream that Tea Party Libertarians take control of the GOP and tell those stupid
social conservatives to shut u0p about the culture war and focus soley on libertarian
small government solutions.

Oh please lord we need to the TEA PARTY to keep the social con jerks in line!!!!!

That raises an interesting point, and one that’s been touched upon in discussions about whether or not the Tea Party will fracture the GOP. Social conservatives have been vital to the GOP at least since Reagan’s first term. Can they coexist with a more Libertarian element in the GOP?

I realize that the fact that some contacted James Cameron is a good punchline and trotting it out will really have no effect, but as has been pointed out elsewhere, he did film the wreckage of the real Titanic and I believe that I saw an A&E or Discovery Network thing that talked about some of the inventions and innovations that he had to use.

Sure, it’s a nice joke and he probably has thick skin, but it seems that with clearer pictures and better camera angles, the undersea robots might be able to perform better.
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As for the Tea Party and its coverage: these things go in cycles and right now there’s something more interesting filling the news hole. When this story passes and/or something more exciting happens, the media will move on the something else.

Oh, and once the movement buttoned-down for legitimacy and the media figured out that their disorganization wouldn’t allow it to have a national effect, I’m sure it moved to the back-burner. I mean, if a random Tea Party person in Montana were to say something ridiculous, I’m sure MSNBC will jump on it, but as long as we’re facing a huge environmental and economic catastrophe, I don’t know that anyone will care.

/my 2-cents

No, the teabaggers blame BIGGIE government for the BP oil spill. If we had a TINY, nimble government a boom would have been immediately deployed that would have captured all that oil

It’s amazing to me how the left simply doesn’t get it… willful ignorance, or plain ignorance… it’s not clear.

The Tea Party folks don’t want government to run certain industries. The government had/has it tentacles all over oil, and yet… this still happened… mostly because government doesn’t do its job efficiently or properly. The Tea Party (nor Stossel, or anybody of the other people who’ve had words inserted into their mouths by Glynnis and the left) want the government to do anything more than fulfill its current responsibilities… which is to facilitate the cleanup. Of course, they’re not doing that properly (hence why there’s such a fight brewing, and the people of Louisiana are complaining they’re not allowed to do anything to help yet)… and so those who recognize this (and aren’t fanatical Obama hacks) have called out the government.

There is no contradiction… that is, unless you want to invent one. It’s amazing that all the left knows how to do is attack the right and people who disagree with them. Instead of saying, “Hey, there’s a problem here,” they’ll blame it on anyone and everyone who doesn’t think like them. If pointing fingers solved the leak, it would have been done weeks ago. Sadly, that’s ALL they know how to do… well, that and make stuff up (as evidence by this farce of a story).

I’m sure your finger pointing and fictional outrage provides a lot of comfort to those people suffering.

“Can they(social conservatives) coexist with a more Libertarian element in the GOP?”

to quote house minority leader Rep. John “the tan” Boehner

HELL NO!!!!!!!!!

Again, shockingly, Glynnis gets it wrong.

Dealing with national disasters, like the Gulf oil spill, is one of the main functions of the federal government and they cannot even handle that. This only proves the feds should stick to doing fewer things competently, instead of many things incompetently.

The Tea Parties will kick back up with the next big legislative debate, or perhaps Kagan’s hearings.

But haven’t some argued that lack of regulation was one of the problems, due to closeness between the oil industry and the government?

Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers says:
June 2, 2010 at 1:45 pm
No, the teabaggers blame BIGGIE government for the BP oil spill. If we had a TINY, nimble government a boom would have been immediately deployed that would have captured all that oil

Actually, you loon, if we had a small, less regulatory, invasive nanny government we wouldn’t be drilling 1 mile under the frickin water. We’d be drilling on top of the land.

Jesus you people are stupid.

It was hard for BP to get anything done while those mean commie bastards from DC had their jack-boots on the throats of the BP people.
But, don’t you worry your pretty little head over the TEA Party Glynnis. We are networking at this very moment.
While Obama is posturing and yapping about the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and how George Bush blew that platform to make him look bad, the adults are busting their butts in search of solution.
Liability will be dealt with later.

Wait till the town halls start up-if the dems even bother to hold them. A lot of phone town halls probably or maybe by remote broadcast . Everything is cyclical. Remember last summer?

It’s not as difficult to reconcile conservatives decrying government effectiveness and their belief in small government.

Conservatives are not anarchists. We believe there are legitimate roles for the government. Military, police, fire, even education (done right) are legitimate roles for the government. Protecting our population is a legitimate role, and thus expecting government effectiveness in the face of the BP disaster is not going against principles.

On the other hand, conservatives don’t feel the need for the government to, say, run an auto manufacturer…

The actual irony is those advocating a broader role for the government defending it in the face of clear ineffectiveness with one of its already agreed to roles. The organizing principles that results in inefficiency in the DMV, poor results from public education, and an inability to do ANYTHING with the BP oil spill do not instill great confidence when applied to health care, manufacturing, or banking.

Too many stupid liberal comment too even respond too. All we can do is to laugh at their ignorance. But what can we expect, the fools voted for a Commie.

Another insightful, thoughtful, and well-reasoned comment from the ultimate lover of America and cowboys.

What the hell is MacNicol talking about? What the hell does one thing have to do with the other?

Wow..more brilliance from Mediaite

The tea party is still healthy. It’s just that the liberal media would rather beat up on British Petroleum this week. The oil spill will actually help the tea partiers, and increase their influence in the coming months. More and more people are realizing how little government can solve problems, and are already more responsive to the tea party’s message of local control and accountability and less centralization of power in Washington D.C.

Seriously, Glynnis?
You measure the potency of a political movement based on cable news? Seriously?
Please tell me this was a prank posting.

I have no use for the tea party movement or any other political movement….that being said…you conclusions are almost silly.

You say: “one imagines the calls for government intervention and oversight are only going to increase, likely from all corners. A development, one assumes, that will make it rather difficult to run a national anti-government political movement.”

I suspect it might even be easier to run an anti-government political movement, what with self-important politicos traipsing down to the Gulf beaches just to be seen, up to their ankles in oil and sand. I can imagine all of the mind numbing photo ops….ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh……

Luckily the football season will be in full swing and I can ignore it all….YAY!!!

paulmdoro says:
June 2, 2010 at 1:51 pm

But haven’t some argued that lack of regulation was one of the problems, due to closeness between the oil industry and the government?

It doesn’t matter how many regulations there are… when the government doesn’t enforce them.

Because they’re in bed with the industry.

Why make noise, the dye is cast. We know what needs to be done and now…we simply quietly wait.

The teabaggers will be back in the news soon. They can’t go long without doing something extremely stupid.

No…no…you’re right…

That’s the end of 30 Millions Americans and their overarching goal to rein in government.

Move along folks. Nothing more to see here…

Wait a minute…

Once in a while I get fed up with reading crap from morons.

It just kinda seems like that asshole drunk in the corner when you’re trying to have a nice lunch.

You gotta decide…leave the restaurant or tell what you think.

If “Big_F-ing_Deal” has any redeeming value to mankind…at all…it’s hiding it.

Why does it have nothing to add to the discussion of any value, just 3rd grade taunts and a serial killer attitude..?

Why does he have more hate spilling out of him than Hitler..? For fun? Vindication?
A desperate lunge for a shred of relevance..?

I mean what the hell is it with creeps like this?

Do they like being the turd in the punchbowl..? Why would that be a goal of anyone..?

Check this excrement out…

Check “Big_F-ing_Deal” in comments sections of various posts…

It brings you all the smelly slime it can…so it can leave a trail of black sickness.

Seriously…Why?

paulmdoro says:
June 2, 2010 at 3:18 pm

Because they’re in bed with the industry.

Which would have less effect if the government had less control. (To explain: they wouldn’t be drilling in such deep waters to begin with, making a spill less likely, and more easily contained. In fact, Obama -somewhat secretly- lifted the ban on shallow drilling recently… not that the media paid attention.)

So should we let them self-regulate?

Hey Glynnis:

In the future, please get the following two facts right about the Tea Party Movement:

1) We are not anti-government; we calling for smaller, less obtrusive government.

2) We are not anti-immigrant, we are anti-ILLEGAL immigrant; a distinction that progressives intentionally overlook.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter.

Look at those numbers! Maybe some truth regarding those who claimed newds outlets in general limited their coverage of Oil spill ‘early’ on.

Using Glynnis provided figures, it took news outlets A MONTH to finally lead and nearly quadruple their Oil spill coverage. A month? That’s 150,000 barrels of oil into the spill using BP’s now lowball estimate or 600,000 barrels of oil into the spill using existing estimates. What, that’s not enough oil spilled in April for comprehensive coverage? Threshold is 700,000 barrels? That’s a loooonnnnng and disasterous ‘early’!

And Glynnis, taking your logic further with you HL question. I suppose the question could now be posed Does the BP oil spill mark the death of the AZ immigration policy or reform? Immigration lead news outlets coverage in April as well.

bamman says:
June 2, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Hey Glynnis:

In the future, please get the following two facts right about the Tea Party Movement:

1) We are not anti-government; we calling for smaller, less obtrusive government.

That’s why the left were all called traitors and Anti American by you lunatics in going against the Patriot Act. Because that sure cut down the government intrusion….

Ahhh. It was an oil spill not a Tea spill… What the hell does a British Oil Company have to do with The Tea Party??? Freeking Morons…. LOL

http://www.gallup.com/poll/139337/Obama-Weekly-Approval-Average-Dips-New-Low.aspx
See what happens when the media stops mocking the Tea Party?

Teabagger shit don’t get much funnier than this….

Gov. Brewer claims her father ‘died fighting’ the Nazis — but he actually passed away 10 years after WWII….

Actually the death of Wilford Drinkwine came 10 years after World War II had ended. During the war, Drinkwine worked as a civilian supervisor for a naval munitions depot in Hawthorne, Nev. He died of lung disease in 1955 in California.” Brewer’s spokesman justified the governor’s statement, claiming Drinkwine “eventually died from the toxic fumes he inhaled” while working at the factory.

Mediaite: ‘Does The BP Oil Spill Mark The Death Of The Tea Party Movement?’

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/06/02/mediaite-does-bp-oil-spill-mark-death-tea-party-movement#ixzz0pkAQTRS2

Glynnis , just got punked @ NewBusters.

LOL. poor Glynnis…..

paulmdoro says:
June 2, 2010 at 4:28 pm

So should we let them self-regulate?

Who said that? Again, it’s not all or nothing.

Jackie_Treehorn says:
June 2, 2010 at 7:07 pm

Which is why the left is still against it, even though Obama re-issued it. Oh wait… they’re not.

Hmm… I guess it wasn’t such an intrusion after all.

Big_F-ing_Deal says:
June 2, 2010 at 7:48 pm

Uh-oh… BigF doesn’t like the topic, so he’s changing the subject. This is the 3rd time I’ve seen the same copy/paste hypocrisy from him. Oh well… I guess it’s easier than thinking… right, Same?

I blame Obama for the slow clean up. I want to see the commie out there with a mop and bucket. Now there is a job he might be qualified for

The point of the Tea-Party was not about Government helping out in disasters, it’s about rising national debt due to wasteful entitlement spending. If you think that the Tea Party people are against the government helping out with a disaster your terribly wrong.

Oh wow, now I remember why I don’t check this site anymore.. INB, glad to see you are still taking no prisoners! And to all of the rest of the evil, right-winger, nazi, sexjst, racist, homophobic, angry, white, sick twisted, dittoheaded, hannitized, levinitized and generally.. ‘unintellectual’ masses: I love you.

I forgot one brand new adjective! HALF-ASSED!

NewsBusters| Mediaite: ‘Does The BP Oil Spill Mark The Death Of The Tea Party Movement?’
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/06/02/mediaite-does-bp-oil-spill-mark-death-tea-party-movement

The “Tea Party” is,NOT, something like “what’s his name?” – They are WATCHING, WAITING and THINKING /EVALUATING – NOT just making noise! an earlier comment sums-up, most of it: [Not to repeat, as Mark Twain would say.]
ImNotBlue says:
June 2, 2010 at 1:49 pm

It’s amazing to me how the left simply doesn’t get it… willful ignorance, or plain ignorance… it’s not clear.

The Tea Party folks don’t want government to run certain industries. The government had/has it tentacles all over oil, and yet… this still happened… mostly because government doesn’t do its job efficiently or properly. The Tea Party (nor Stossel, or anybody of the other people who’ve had words inserted into their mouths by Glynnis and the left) want the government to do anything more than fulfill its current responsibilities… which is to facilitate the cleanup. Of course, they’re not doing that properly (hence why there’s such a fight brewing, and the people of Louisiana are complaining they’re not allowed to do anything to help yet)… and so those who recognize this (and aren’t fanatical Obama hacks) have called out the government.

There is no contradiction… that is, unless you want to invent one. It’s amazing that all the left knows how to do is attack the right and people who disagree with them. Instead of saying, “Hey, there’s a problem here,” they’ll blame it on anyone and everyone who doesn’t think like them. If pointing fingers solved the leak, it would have been done weeks ago. Sadly, that’s ALL they know how to do… well, that and make stuff up (as evidence by this farce of a story).

I’m sure your finger pointing and fictional outrage provides a lot of comfort to those people suffering.

the tea baggers cant afford $ara Pay-lin anymore…lol

Only in your wildest and wettest dreams Glynnis.