The July issue of Adbusters Magazine, which launched OWS, started out as a tongue in cheek spoof ad. No one thought it would be taken seriously, let alone spawn an international movement! It would be hard to conceive of a more spontaneous -- one might even say accidental -- outpouring of political sentiment.
I'm glad to see the Tea Party Nation taking firm aim at its foot. I just hope it has the good sense to take its foot out of its mouth before it pulls the trigger. On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 11:02 AM, michael gurstein <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > Looks to me like the Tea Party folks are getting a wee bit anxious. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Tea Party Nation [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, October 10, 2011 10:46 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Sign the Americans against Occupy Wall Street Petition > > Tea Party Nation <http://www.teapartynation.com/> > A message to all members of Tea Party Nation > > > > <http://Teapartynation.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network> > > > > The left has been desperately searching for their own version of the Tea > Party movement since 2009. > > > > Now, they think they have found it. > > > > For the last three weeks, the far left anarchists of Occupy Wall Street > have been the media darlings. The media has been overlooking almost > everything about them, including their insane and often contradictory > demands, just so they could say there is a liberal version of the Tea Party. > > > > The Democratic National Committee has now gotten into the act, starting a > petition drive to send 100,000 signatures to John Boehner and Eric Cantor, > insisting that they surrender to the far left demands of the George Soros > driven Occupy Wall Street crowd. > > > > We need to stand up and tell America that the Tea Party is America. Occupy > Wall Street is not. We need to tell everyone that the Tea Party is the > majority. We are the 99% that love liberty and freedom and we reject they > tyranny of mob rule and socialism that Occupy Wall Street wants to impose on > America. > > > > You can help. We need to send a message to Congress that we are the > majority. If the far left is sending a petition with 100,000 signatures on > it we need a petition with 250,000 signatures. > > > > I need you to do two things. > > > > First take a moment and sign our online > petition<http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/americansagainstoccupywallstreet/>that > says we are the majority, not the far left anarchists of Occupy Wall > Street. > > > > Second, take a moment to forward this email to everyone in your Tea Party, > Liberty, 9/12 or Republican group, as well as everyone on your email list. > We need at least 250,000 signatures to show the Republicans in Congress that > We the People outnumber the people liberal activist groups are paying to be > on Wall Street. > > > > This costs you nothing and takes only a few moments of your time. Please > sign our petition > today<http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/americansagainstoccupywallstreet/>and > take a moment to forward this email to as many people as you can. > > > > Just click the link > here<http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/americansagainstoccupywallstreet/>and > it will take you to our petition site. > > > > Thank you for standing up for America. > > > > > > > > Judson Phillips > > Founder, Tea Party Nation > > Visit Tea Party Nation at: > http://www.teapartynation.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network > > To control which emails you receive on Tea Party Nation, click > here<http://www.teapartynation.com/profiles/profile/emailSettings?xg_source=msg_mes_network> > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > -- Sandwichman
_______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
