We can’t wait to see what kind of Tea Party crowd shows up for Obama’s visit to Charlotte tomorrow. Actually, what we’re really interested in is whether the organizers will be able to control some of the more virulent tea partiers and their signs.
As Obama shows up at midday tomorrow at Celgard, a “green” company in southwest Charlotte, tea partiers will be around to show their opposition to the President and his policies. Organizer Craig Nannini is urging his fellow tea partiers to be “respectful,” “bring respectful signs,” and “be on your best behavior.” The unspoken subtext to Nannini’s urgings, if tea partiers are into unspoken subtexts and those kinds of things, is “don’t act like racists” and “check your friggin’ spelling,” unlike the folks who created these Tea Party classics:
Nannini should probably have also counseled the protesters to “keep your paranoia at bay” or even “remember to take your meds,” considering the odd conspiracy theories and blind rage displayed by numerous tea partiers around the country – now including Michael Kelly, president of the We The People NC tea party group, who is quoted in the Observer as saying, “We expect the opposition to protest and try to incite violence.” Oh, really? So it’s people who are opposed to the tea partiers who are trying to incite violence? Thanks for clearing that up, as we thought it might be the tea partiers who show up at rallies with loaded weapons, but I guess that’s our mistake.
One thing the TP’s really should do — seriously — is run their signs through Spellcheck. The prevalence of misspellings in TP messages, although entertaining for the rest of us, has been a setback for the partiers’ ability to come across as intelligent, thoughtful citizens — or for that matter, as relatively literate. The TP’s numerous misspelled signs have become an internet phenomenon, inspiring a new term for those group’s language: “Teabonics.” Check out this site that offers a slew of examples. Whether to laugh or cry at them is your choice.
This article appears in Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2010.
The TEABAG Movement sweeping across America has forged a new English language vernacular. A phenomenon that linguists are calling TEABONICS.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/28/851690/-TEABONICS
Frank,
I guess you are right. That wacky left wing guy Timmy Mc- something, that blew up that awful Obamanation building in Oklahoma sure was a leftie all right. What a commie.
Guess he is everything you would stand for if you had a leg to stand on!
What article? Please provide a link so we can see first that such an article exists and second that it came from an unbiased source and not some right-wing rag. Until then, there is no validity whatsoever in your statement (not that there ever is anyway).
By the way, Timothy McVeigh was a member of the Republican Party, an NRA member and a fan of FOX. Later he became a Libertarian. Sounds like you two have a good bit in common!
Nice but feeble try, Frank. Not spoon fed? I gave you enough information, words to Google, that you could look it up if you wanted. So apparently you’re too lazy (what you accuse others of being) or just too scared. You on the other hand provided just vague words, not enough for me to do a proper Internet search.
So here’s one from me; if you Google, you can find tons more, but at least I can say I provided you with a link so you don’t have to do any work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh
Now where’s the link from you so I can find this article?
Also, you are always praising FOX and Republicans on this site, and you are a Libertarian. I imagine you support the NRA, but since I do not know this for sure, I won’t assume. But just with the other items, it’s obvious that you have a lot more in common with McVeigh than you do with me. I support none of those things.
This is just too easy.
Fascinating how you adamantly refuse to provide a link, obviously because THERE ISN’T ONE or it LINKS TO A RIGHT-WING ARTICLE.
For the record, I Googled the scant words you provided (article, politics of attackers, left) and came up with nothing indicative. So I was hardly being lazy. You on the other hand…
I came here specifically to ask about the article; your war of words with “Not” is something you have to handle on your own; good luck with that. Incidentally, you were the last one to change topics, not him, as you sidetracked from McVeigh to Kennedy.
By the way, it’s not just Wikipedia. There are plenty other sources out there, including Libertarian websites. I can send you those links as well, if you’re too lazy or scared to check for yourself.
So the lesson here, folks, is that Frank was caught making up stuff on this site and trying to pass it off as fact. He does it all the time of course, but this time he got nabbed red-handed.
Really, this is like shooting comatose fish in a barrel.
Damn, looks like Frank got torn a new one.
Hey, Web Editor! Didn’t you just recently tell Griffin he needed to severely limit his posts on your site? So, what happened? How can you let that drunken, racist, homophobic pile of shit hijack your site day after day?