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Friday, February 20, 2009
Michelle Malkin :: Townhall.com Columnist
Rebel Yell: Taxpayers Revolt Against Gimme-Mania
by Michelle Malkin
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On Wednesday in Mesa, local conservative talk station KFYI spearheaded a third large protest to welcome Obama as he unveiled a $100 billion to $200 billion program to bail out banks and beleaguered borrowers having trouble paying their mortgages. The entitlement theme played well last week in Florida, where Obama played Santa Claus to enraptured supporters shamelessly seeking government presents. But nearly 500 protesters in Mesa came to reject the savior-based economy with signs mocking gimme-mania.

Their posters jeered: "Give me Pelosi's Plane"; "Annual Passes to Disneyland"; "Fund Bikini Wax Now"; "Stimulate the Economy: Give Me a Tummy Tuck"; "Free Beer for My Horses."

And my favorite: "Give me liberty or at least a big-screen TV."

Plans are underway for anti-stimulus-palooza protests in Overland Park, Kan., Nashville and New York -- home of smug Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer. Schumer's derisive comment on the Senate floor about the "chattering classes" who oppose reckless spending has not been forgotten or forgiven. The insult spurred central Kentucky talk show host Leland Conway to organize a pork rind drive. Angry taxpayers bombarded the senator's office with 1,500 bags of cracklins.

Disgraced Democratic Sen. John Edwards was right about one thing: There are two Americas. One America is full of moochers, big and small, corporate and individual, trampling over themselves with their hands out demanding endless bailouts. The other America is full of disgusted, hardworking citizens getting sick of being played for chumps and punished for practicing personal responsibility.

Now is the time for all good taxpayers to turn the tables on free-lunching countrymen and their enablers in Washington. Community organizing helped propel Barack Obama to the White House. It can work for fiscal conservatism, too.

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Reply # 1
Date: Mar 24, 2009 - 6:02 AM EST
Taxpayer Remorse
Our tax dollars support AIG because were told by policians that its to big to fail. Our government is also to big to fail which now demands trillions of taxes to support it.

Our nation’s fight for independence and individual freedom was sparked by the Boston Tea Party, and those patriots who opposed excessive taxes imposed by the British Empire. For years, those who represent us have chosen to ignore what was represented by this historical event. Our govenment is fiscally and monetarily out-of-control and this situation must be reversed for the benefit of future generations.

We should never take for granted the freedoms provided to us under our nation’s constitution as our personal freedoms could be lost by politician’s penned signature applied to deceptive tax and spend legislation that we have now witnessed with the TARP, Stimulus, and our nation's budget legislation.

Larry Erickson
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Reply # 2
Date: Mar 3, 2009 - 1:37 AM EST
The pork will pay for their control
Michele read this/.........

Obama's 3 Big Lies
His Plan to Destroy the GOP
Urgent Message From Scott Wheeler
Executive Director

"Dear Supporter:

Let me tell you the real reason Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid pushed through the biggest spending bill in history — without proper debate, without Republican input, and without any public scrutiny at all.

Simply, they are trying to turn the United States into a one-party country and to put the Republican Party out of business once and for all.

The massive appropriation called a stimulus — some $787 billion of your money — is really a political war chest for the Democrats.

They want to change the face of American politics forever, and they want to use your taxpayer money to do it.

They want to use billions from our treasury to reward their political friends — and have huge amounts of cash to dole out before the 2010 and 2012 elections.

Some people have wondered why, if the country is in dire need of emergency “stimulus,” most of the money appropriated by this law will not even be spent this year.

Instead, spending will go on for five to 10 years.

There is no mystery here, as the answer is simple: These billions in taxpayer funds will fund the Democratic political machine for many years to come. ...........continues......! "
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