On Sep 17, 2010, at 4:59 PM, mex sara wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Francis Drouillard <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're interested in the truth about Tea Partiers, you may want to read > this article: > > <http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/09/16/2010-09-16_stop_mocking_the_tea_party_if_anyone_is_nuts_its_the_elites_and_incumbents.html> > > My only quibble with her take is that the Tea Party is more of a political > movement or awakening than an organized political party, and one that > befuddles and confuses both major political parties. > > i cringe at the term 'elites' ....
Perhaps you identify with them? I don't know about Australia, but there certainly are elites in this country that believe they know best for the rest of us. They're in Washington, DC, on Wall Street and within our major universities. In fact, I dare say that anyone with a PhD feels we should listen to them and that they should be in charge of something. Hollywood is full of elites. It's not an illusion, and it's the elites that feel they're entitled to consume voraciously. > nothing like an allusion to create an image to inflame the entitlement greed > of the consumer class ... the aspirational hard done by but "we were > promised we could rule the world if we buy more than we can afford > and live your prescribed dream" ... a very good prescription for > maintaining the good old 'the richer get richer and the poor get poorer" > > i am still gobsmaked about this > > "On his radio show, Mr. Beck said he had not intended to choose the > anniversary for his “Restoring Honor” rally on Saturday but had since decided > it was “divine providence.” > Dr. King’s dream, he told listeners, “has been so corrupted.” > > “Judge a man by the content of his character?” he said. “Character doesn’t > even matter in this country. It’s time we picked back up the job.” > > He later added: “We are the people of the civil rights movement. We are the > ones that must stand for civil and equal rights, justice, equal justice. Not > special justice, not social justice. We are the inheritors and protectors of > the civil rights movement. They are perverting it.” > I watch Glenn Beck's show frequently. I try not to miss his Friday episodes which he calls "Founder's Fridays." Lot's of interesting history, especially the role of blacks in the founding of our country. Quite shocking how we went from an integrated society before the American Revolution to one with slavery and bigotry. The racism promulgated by Democrats after the Civil War was quite shocking, too. The segregation initiated by Woodrow Wilson was quite repugnant, too. Funny how leftists key on the date for his "Restoring Honor" rally. He says the event was scheduled before he realized it was the 47th anniversary of King's speech. No other groups scheduled a commemoration, not even the NAACP or Jesse Jackson or other black leaders that have usurped the mantle of Dr. King. Only the Rev. Al Sharpton had an event at a nearby school auditorium, one he scheduled after getting his panties in a twist after hearing about Beck's event. He could have attended the 8/28 event with Beck. He was invited, but choose not to attend. Dr. Alveta King showed up and spoke. She's Dr. Kings's niece, and agrees that Glenn Beck has the right take on her uncle's legacy, whereas the self-appointed leaders of his legacy like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, and even the NAACP, do not. But hey, Mex, keep on thinking what you want about Beck and the Tea Partiers. It really doesn't matter in the greater scheme of things. > i am sure it was "divine providence" and carefully constructed and stage > managed the hubris to call on an Elite > > because of course Martin Luther King is an Elite in the dictionary sense of > of the word ... the "I have a Dream' speech > > will be/ is one of those documents like > > the Magna Carta, > > the Declaration of Independence > > the Ten Commandments > > referenced and referenced the referenced again > > all this alluding reminds me of a quote from Walter Benjamin > > " The logical outcome of fascism is an aestheticizing of political life " > > as the Italian Facists said > > “Fiat ars, pereat mundus” > > > > mx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
