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Originally posted by fnpmitchreturns
reply to post by Eurisko2012
There is no doubt in my mind that the we can not stop from going off the fiscal cliff. The history has been written and there is no way out. Even if you took all of the rich peoples money and poor peoples money the debt can not be paid and I don't expect it to be paid.
How we got here is not a mystery. too much spending; not enough taxes and a feeding frenzy by corporations on the public dole....
it is no mystery but if you look at the way the financial industry has used taxpayers money to cover their bad bets they made with other taxpayers money you can see the tip of the iceberg. Corporations which were once limited in scope and life have again become the elephant in the room corrupting government and controlling markets.
there is no simple answer because there are a number of things which most people don't even think about... the phony CPI (inflation numbers) put out by the government is a great example of how we got here and why there is such disparity between the poor and rich.
Originally posted by olaru12
Originally posted by Eurisko2012
Originally posted by VitriolAndAngst
Just when Tea Partiers seem to have exhausted their credibility -- they push to stop a vital problem in America; Republicans hiring gay Democratic muslims!
Yeah, these people are completely being misrepresented by the media -- they should just let them speak for themselves so that people can learn from them how not prejudiced they are.
The Tea Party is simply about Taxed Enough Already.
Smearing the Tea Party won't work.
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It's just a shame that the Tennessee TPM is smearing the well meaning TPM members with the feces of intolerance, bigotry and unconstitutionality.edit on 21-7-2012 by olaru12 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
I want to say something LOUDLY before much more can be said on this story here.
I am 110% Conservative. I've been, in past times, affiliated with the Tea Party. I like 'em, for the most part.
These people make me ashamed to call myself a conservative today.
Nothing much more exists to be said, in my mind. I absolutely had to get this said though and BEFORE a crowd arrives to suggest these bigots represent the majority of normal folk who happen to be pretty right in their politics.
Originally posted by strykr619
Where again is the ACTUAL tea party org's calling for this? All I see is county GOP CHAIRS asking for em.
blogs.tennessean.com...-17554
Is the actual origin of the story and I don't see any tea party org's being named their?
Did the OP actually read his own story he linked? Seems to me like all you read is the headline.
07/06/2012 – 16:29
Governor Haslam’s recent appointment of Samar Ali, an Islamist and professional facilitator in Shariah Compliant Finance, to head the International Division of the Tennessee Economic and Community Development Council has generated significant concerns among many Tennesseans. Some (e.g., members of the 8th District Tea Party Coalition, the 7th District Tea Party and 9-12 Coalition, and other liberty groups around both Tennessee and the country) have expressed our outrage and disgust over this appointment to our elected leaders. To be clear, our concern is not with Ms. Ali personally, but instead with the lack of wisdom Governor Haslam and his administration have exhibited with respect to the documented dangers inherent in political Islam and Shariah Compliant Finance in particular.
Originally posted by fnpmitchreturns
Originally posted by strykr619
Where again is the ACTUAL tea party org's calling for this? All I see is county GOP CHAIRS asking for em.
blogs.tennessean.com...-17554
Is the actual origin of the story and I don't see any tea party org's being named their?
Did the OP actually read his own story he linked? Seems to me like all you read is the headline.
Sorry but you are wrong... I am sure some of the GOP chairs belong to the Tea Party which is the GOP
[url]http://bradleycountynews.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/governor-haslam-appoints-sharia-compliant-finance-expert-to-head-tenn-development-council/[/url ]
07/06/2012 – 16:29
Governor Haslam’s recent appointment of Samar Ali, an Islamist and professional facilitator in Shariah Compliant Finance, to head the International Division of the Tennessee Economic and Community Development Council has generated significant concerns among many Tennesseans. Some (e.g., members of the 8th District Tea Party Coalition, the 7th District Tea Party and 9-12 Coalition, and other liberty groups around both Tennessee and the country) have expressed our outrage and disgust over this appointment to our elected leaders. To be clear, our concern is not with Ms. Ali personally, but instead with the lack of wisdom Governor Haslam and his administration have exhibited with respect to the documented dangers inherent in political Islam and Shariah Compliant Finance in particular.