Who could have anticipated . . .

We’ve got an opening here to grab that “Fascist Communist” ID tag now we never had before, and may never have again.

Think about it.

And with so much to like … their anger, hate and rage.

Who would have thought

So, the score is faux Socialists and non-crazy people = 55, Anti-govt and crazy T-baggers 37? The Socialists have been recruiting for 150 years. The t-baggers for six months. Is crazy winning?

Fla.’s Tea Party, tea party movement not the same

So far only 116 voters have registered with the Tea Party. Its organization consists of O’Neal and a handful of volunteers and its headquarters is in a small, sparsely furnished office 15 stories above downtown Orlando. Wall art includes a print of George Washington and scenes from the Revolutionary War and a Tea Party banner.

The tea party that’s not on the ballot is mostly libertarians, judging by the comments of some of the members.

But were they talking about teabagging or teaBAGGING?

I do love the picture at the top.

Quitter is below 37 percent? I guess eventually such ostentatious idiocy must eventually weigh down.

I know, right? Surprising that spittle-producing rage doesn’t attract more fans.

I do love the picture at the top.

Yep. The author of that does seem apostrophe challenged…Only slightly more egregious than the people who insist on writing “ya’ll” instead of “y’all” Apostrophes take the place of omitted letters in a contraction folks, they aren’t there to warn us that a contraction is coming up or has just been used.

LOL. Their signs are great fun to read. I take my laughs where I can get them.

“Spittle producing rage” Swiped for my use! :-)

ya know, I think I’m guilty of that…Glad you pointed it out. (ya’ll instead of y’all) But heck, I’m not a southerner so it’s not native language to me.

Don’t feel bad, lots of people misuse that one but since y’all is a contraction of “you” and “all”, it is not appropriate to be used in the singular, (as far too many people do), and the apostrophe is placed between the y and the a, to keep the place for the omitted ou. As a native Texan and more importantly as my father’s daughter, I feel perversely compelled to correct that error.

LOL

All y’all cum back now, heah.

Say no more…I am my father’s daughter too. “Say for. fooor. Not fur. Fur grows on animals”…

Not entirely OT: How are Pope Benny’s approvals doing?

Well, whenever you control the Message Machine, you win. Teabaggers have had literally unlimited airtime for a year now with basically no questioning whatsoever.

If actual Socialism was given that kind of media support, we’d have single-payer by the next Prez election, but instead Socialism has been victim of a coordinated effort to make it out as a boogeyman by these same BigMedia owners for many decades. It’s because when Socialism has been actually practiced in America, it’s been wildly successful, so that’s why they needed to discredit it before it got too popular:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_P._Zeidler

“Say for. fooor. Not fur. Fur grows on animals”…

LMAO! We MUST be related

Blue Texan –

was just working my way through today’s Wikio list –

here’s a screenshot of this morning’s Newsbusters – ya know, so nyeahhh!

hey, at least they’re consistent :D

ROFL Guilty as charged. I am my daddy’s son. 250+ years of South Carolina worth.

I love it, say it again “Quitter”.

I misspelled “grammar” when I made a textbook cover on my grammar book. Dad was not pleased.

I love Newsbustards.

I bet it even bothers both of you when someone says “nukular” instead of nuclear, right? I know it does me. Especially when I hear Presidents (including former ones) do it.

My Dad insisted on pronouncing the first D in “Wednesday”, just to make sure we knew it was there. I loved him dearly but he was really anal about language. It seemed like he went out of his way to disprove the drawling, English challenged Texas hick stereotype.

I bet it even bothers both of you when someone says “nukular” instead of nuclear, right?

I hate to say it but one of my biggest disappointments was that my Dad, a lifelong Republican, died before George W (Nukular) Bush was “elected”, (if we can use that term), thus robbing me of the delicious opportunity to rub his nose right in it.

The confusion between less and fewer particilarly irritates me.

I could go on and on, but it is futile and petty. Language is a living thing that constantly changes, even in the same region, subculture, etc, etc.. There is no purpose to demanding some false purity.

Tea Partiers Are Fairly Mainstream in Their Demographics

How can they make that statement in the article?

It’s a misleading headline, to say the least.

…and after they’ve been so nice.

My pet peeves include people writing “appauling” instead on “appalling” and “definate” instead of definite”. I try to avoid correcting people but sometimes it’s like I can’t help myself.

The baggers just love themselves the Half-term Governor!

Heh. I was never told to pronounce silent letters to remember they were there. You may be the winner there.

But seriously…I appreciate the reverence toward language that Dad gave me. It has enriched my life, truly.

Tea Party supporters are decidedly Republican and conservative in their leanings.

Also, compared with average Americans, supporters are slightly more likely to be male and less likely to be lower-income.

In several other respects, however — their age, educational background, employment status, and race — Tea Partiers are quite representative of the public at large.

???

I don’t believe that for a minute. All indicators say just the opposite.

Oh, that is so funny because definite is a word I misspell habitually! And license. And tomorrow. For some reason, my brain does not allow me to get letters in the correct order on some words.

Heh. I was never told to pronounce silent letters to remember they were there. You may be the winner there.

M’eh. It was used more as a study aid than for usage in general conversation. I agree! Without my Dad, obviously I wouldn’t be the person I am. I can carry on a conversation with midwestern college graduates, New England professionals, California hippies or southern rednecks with equal ease. And unlike George W, I can speak with genuine Texas inflection as opposed to the made up, drugstore cowboy, cartoon speech he used.

The good news for the Teabaggers is they are still slightly more popular than Saudi Arabia (35%) and the Quitter

How can the baggers be more popular than the bag lady?

How can the baggers be more popular than the bag lady?

I’ll bet the 0.2 percent disparity reflect the teabaggers in Wasilla.

“snuck” drives me bonkers

“very unique” is grounds for immediate dismissal

The only thing that really drives me nuts is using “loan” instead of “lend.” Loan is a noun. “Can you loan me some money” makes me want to yell.

“very unique” is grounds for immediate dismissal

Or “two a.m. in the morning” UGH!!!!

The only thing that really drives me nuts is using “loan” instead of “lend.” Loan is a noun. “Can you loan me some money” makes me want to yell.

There’s a local one around here “Can you borrow me some money”…”borrow” being used in place of lend.

Can you borrow me some money

That is more than I can take. My jaw clenched just reading it.

I hear people saying “I’m gonna learn you somethin’”…and they aren’t just quoting Foghorn Leghorn!

lol – yep. you, Twain, yellow snap, and SoDrag have me thinking somewhere in heaven, some Public School Teachers are smiling.

oh and tunafish – ack!

…and they aren’t just quoting Foghorn Leghorn!

LMAO! I think I love yellowsnapdragon

I had a very rigid, but excellent, English teacher who would have fainted dead away at the words used today. It has made my speech and writing somewhat formal but at least it’s not sloppy.

Jon Walker has a fresh cross-post up: Let The Health Care Regulation Gaming Begin!

some Public School Teachers are smiling.

Mrs. Perminter would surely be proud. :-)

I seem to recall it was Mrs Land, the music teacher, who was quite emphatic with us about how we should never say “Warshington” but should always pronounce it without the R. Otherwise, we were just exhibiting our ignorance.

Tea Party Patriots are for reason, accountability, and limited government.

As are most Americans.

We’ll see y’all in Washington on April 15th.

In Mrs Cooley’s class one not only had to use proper English both orally and in writing one’s penmanship was also evaluated. Didn’t have to be fancy but had to be legible. She also taught my stepmom and her brothers and sisters, as did some of my other hs teachers. Talk about not bein’ able to get away with shit.

Yeah, kind of the down side of small towns where both sides of the family have been around for a few generations. “We already went through this with your [father, uncles, cousins, brothers]. Don’t think your tricks are anything new as they didn’t get away with it either.”

Is that a sincere comment? Sincere question.

Tea Party Patriots are for reason, accountability, and limited government.

Hence all the guns. Yeah, “reason and accountability”. Right.

This again? You really need a new line.

I guess I don’t understand very well, because when the poll reseults say that the Tea party partisans are pretty much mainstream, and that people saying that they support the movement outnumber people opposed (28%- 26%),
with the rest undecided or not giving any opinion,
that doesn’t fill me with the joy of knowing that the public disdains the Tea Partiers.

The majority of Tea Party Patriots are women … 55%.

This is hardly surprising, given that more women than men supported the American Revolutionary War.

… Historian, Thomas Fleming

Eh, 100% of Teabaggers are conservatives, no?

This poll finds that 55% are men.

Road Rage

My granddaughter was driving to school last week, when a woman driver in a small car
switched lanes, cutting off male driver.

At next stoplight, male driver jumped out of his car and was in the process of berating women driver, when all of a sudden he backed up with his hands in the air.

Yep, the woman had a gun.

This will sound rude, and for those intelligent, I apologize in advance. But, Americans are dumb. You can get them to say anything in a poll.

Be interesting to see the percentage polls on this question:
Does the sky appear blue or purple?

Betcha there would be 20% or more that would answer purple. People are stupid.

Well, to resolve this dispute, 55% are either a man or a woman and the other 45% are undecided.

There are that many Ann Coulters out there? YIKES!

Surprising that spittle-producing rage doesn’t attract more fans

Must be the Liberal Media bias causing their numbers to be suppressed. /s

There was a Diary here last week, asked if Progressives are too nice. There were many that responded and said, Yes We Are, Let’s show our anger.

I don’t think so and this shows exactly why.

Thanks Blue Texan !

well, Dudley, we’re really aren’t all that dumb.

when the Canadians get one or two more Nobel prizes and their total reaches 20, they’ll only be 300 or so behind the US, assuming that the US doesn’t garner any more in the decade or two that it might take.

No offense taken.

*g*