La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for April 13, 2010

Yes. Tea partiers love to play dressup and shout slogans and ride busses provided to them by mega corporations. I wonder how mad they would have been had we actually gotten a public option.

They used to dress up in sheets with eyeholes.

I’ve heard some RV’s cost over a million dollars and the gas milage they get really sucks. The RNC got a lot of flack wasting $$$ on “entertainment”…. wonder how much $$$ the TEA Partiers (or their sponsors) spent on this caravan across the country!

Let’s be blunt. The Tea Partiers are not patriots. They are trying to overthrow the system of government that has been in place since the country’s inception. The original Tea Party protested taxation without representation. Well, they have representation. And most of what the Tea Baggers stand for is just plain immoral.

Re: “ITYM” = I Think You Mean ☜ Agreed “Puppet Masters OR Controllers” In-Deed!

There’s a song that goes: Brick, baby, upside you head.

So we know definitely that members of the Tea Party have been questioned, arrested and indicted for the bricks? You mean we’re just guessing because they were one of many groups against the bill? The press says so? Must be true, they never lie or put opinion in the news.Was that the Enquirer of the World Weekly News that printed the photo of them conspirering with space aliens?

I read in the paper this morning that opponents of the Tea Party are actively seeking people to infilitrate the hundreds of Tea Parties ploanned for April 15th with an eye to cast aspersions on the Tea Party people and make them look rediculous. Apparently the critics can’t win by means of a fair and open debate so they have to resort to trickery and deception in an effort to drown out the message that enough is enough. BOTH Dems and Republicans have been driving this country into ruin by spending with no concern for the furture.

Shiek. The KKK advocates violence. The Tea Party people don’t.

GJ. If it’s private money and not government money, what does it matter how much they spend? It doesn’t come out of your pocket. It ‘s not taxpayer money.

cdward. You don’t deserve a response.

take our country back– back to when–when bushie was invading Iraq for no reason and under the guise of ‘homeland security’ gutting our constitutional rights…… oh, you mean back to when a white guy is in charge……well, why didn’t you say so?

gotta love those teabaggers and their misspelling!

it’s just rediculous that those morans in charge don’t have a bran!

Nighthawks. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones and people who can’t spell shouldn’t ridicule others. It’s MORONS not morans. It’s BRAIN not bran and you also misspelled rediculous.

Oh and the MORANS in charge are not the Tea Party People, they’re Democrats.

Hey, herdleader, sounds like you haven’t seen the signs the TeaPartyers were sporting. Nighthawks was just repeating the spelling on some of those signs. Sarcasm, get it?

Could be. But are you sure he was being sarcastic?

In any event the morons in charge are still Democrats.

Lewreader: Yes. One “Mike Vander­boegh”, of Pinson, AL. He’s the specific tea partier in question that wrote on his blog for people to toss bricks at Democratic Party Headquarters across the country. You can look it up.

Sedition is a term of law which refers to overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that is deemed by the legal authority as tending toward insurrection against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent (or resistance) to lawful authority. Sedition may include any commotion, though not aimed at direct and open violence against the laws. Seditious words in writing are seditious libel. A seditionist is one who engages in or promotes the interests of sedition.

TeePees and elected Republicans might want to stop doing that.

T.P.’ers ☜ “What a bunch of Maroons!” (one of my favorite Bugs Bunny quotes). I’ve seen photos of TEA Partier Signs - I’m going with rotts on the sarcasm. Maybe this would help: _  

BTW - Re: “If it’s private money and not government money, what does it matter how much they spend?” Then it shouldn’t matter to the T.P.’ers how RNC spent their $$$ on so-called “entertainment”.

Dirty Dragon. I guess Dr. King and Ghandi were each guilty of sedition then. How about all of the babyboomers who protested during the 60s? Does that make them wrong? Pray tell how can one be guilty of sedition if one is exercising their Freedom of Speech as set forth in the Constitution?

GJ. I think it was the GOPers that were more upset with how their leadership spent the money than the Tea Party people were. Don’t forget amigo. A lot of the Tea Party people are registered as Republican. The Tea Party is not a third political party in and of it’s own right. It is composed of Republicans, Democrats and Independents. About the only thing they have in common is a strong desire for fiscal responsibility on the part of our elected officals REGARDLESS of political affiliation. Politicians, as a class, are seriously lacking in common sense.

What the colonists really objected to was not the tax on tea itself, but the fact that the British East India Trading Company, which was given a monopoly on the tea trade with the colonies, was exempt from the tax. Small merchants had to pay it, and they were forbidden by law from buying from anyone else (who were classed as ‘smugglers’ and ‘pirates’). So what the original tea partiers were objecting to was not taxation per se but unfairly applied taxation.

Oh, yes, the #1 shareholder in the DEITC was the king himself. Most of the board members were also bigwigs in parliament, all of whome profited from the scheme they passed.

Difference is Herdleader is that Dr. King and Gandhi were opposing the discrimination against certain people. They opposed lynching people for simply trying to vote or being killed for simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights. Tea Partiers are acting out against a bill that would actuallyhelp many of them and other uninsured people. Apples and oranges. In fact the tea partiers are using the same language that people who opposed Dr. King used. Interesting. “States rights” was a term for those who opposed civil rights for all citizens. Ironic huh?

Pilotx. Dirty Dragon said:

“Sedition is a term of law which refers to overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that is deemed by the legal authority as tending toward insurrection against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent (or resistance) to lawful authority. Sedition may include any commotion, though not aimed at direct and open violence against the laws.”

That definition would apply to Dr. King, Ghandi, or the Vietnam anti-war protestors. They were ALL of them protesting what they perceived as wrongs being perpetrated by the ruling govt. That is what the Tea Party people are doing. They are protesting what they perceive as wrongs being perpetrated by the ruling govt.

Your statement that the bill (I assume you mean Obamacare) will actually help many of them and other uninsured people is your opinion. It is not an established fact. Even if it does help as you assert that does not mean that the country can afford it. A new pair of shoes may help my posture and relieve back pain but if I can’t afford it; I can’t it. If new shoes means less food on the table for my kids, does the “benefit ” to me from a new pair of shoes justify less food for them? Does the benefits to me from Obamacare justify sticking the next 2-4 generations with the tab?

Millions of people respectfully disagree with your approval of Obamacare. We do not believe the Democrats when they say that Obamacare will save money, cut the deficit, and pay for itself. If the plan is self supporting, then why do we get 10 years of new taxes and costs but only 6 years of benefits? If the plan was so wonderful and helpful, why did the Dems have to buy legislative support by resorting to things like the Louisiana Purchase and the Cornhusker Kickback? Why did Obama have to cut a special deal with the Unions to exempt their Cadillac plans from the bill? Why are thousands of healthcare providers down on the plan? (Not all of them are in it for the money.)

“Your statement that the bill (I assume you mean Obamacare) will actually help many of them and other uninsured people is your opinion. It is not an established fact.”

There are studies (from the CBO, for example) that contradict your assertions which are, after all, only your opinions, not established facts.

DIRTY DRAGON You didn’t answer my question, Has anyone been arrested? You said someone said something in their blog. Stop the Internet! Burn the presses! Some lunatic opposes the ruling party. Call out the National Guard! Perhaps beating and torture will stop this wild speech.Have the army load their weapons before they enter the square.

Runar. I agree that it is my opinion but citing the CBO is only supporting the Tea Party position. Look at their track record. Compate their estimates of the costs for such things as Medicare and Medicaid with the actual costs incurred. They were WAAAAY off. Forgive me if I decline to trust their figures in this matter.

As I pointed out above, if this bill was so good, then why did the Dems have to resort to bribery to get Representatives and Senators to vote for it? Why did Obama have to buy off the Unions? Why did the Dems feel it was neccessary to piggy-back a provision concerning student loans on top of this bill? Why 2000 pages for that matter? James Clavell’s novel “Shogun” was only 1000!! And it was much more entertaining and enlightening!

I was wondering why this strip keeps coming back to brick-tossing. It appears DirtyDragon has provided the answer.

The next question is, how does a blog post by some jerk justify accusing the entire Tea Party movement of violence?

I conclude the Left is desperate to draw attention from the chasm between them and people who believe in freedom.

There is no chasm between the left and those who believe in freedom because the left is all about freedom. I’m all for the freedom to be able to go to a doctor when you get sick. The public option would have been the height of freedom because the key word was option. Herdleader, there were so many deals because there are deals to pass ANY bill this one was no exception. LBJ had to make deals to pass the civil rights act but since then I don’t know anyone who would want to repeal that do you? As far as Dr. King being seditious maybe so but he was protesting a nation that did not enforce its own laws for certain people. He said in his own words as did Gandhi that it is just to oppose an unjust law. They were right and because of them I am able to vote without fear of death. Thanks Dr. King and Gandhi.

Boy, touchy touchy..

Just because your movement is full of people who casually toss around the “N” word, send e-mails that link to witch doctors, and openly talk about arming yourself against the evils of the government, why would anyone get the idea that the TeePees have racists and seditionists in their midst?

(Not to mention elected Republicans such as Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry)

But you say these are only isolated instances? My friends, one or two times are isolated instances - 20 times and counting is a trend.

Maybe you should move to Oklahoma, where two elected (state level) Republicans have voiced support for a plan to organize an Oklahoma Army (‘Militia’) to defend their state against the “federal government’s infringements on state sovereignty”.

Public officials helping to raise an armed response against the legally elected United States government?

Let’s see.. I know there’s a name for that…

Oh, right… Sedition.

First off Dirty Dragon, is that the Gigglesnort Hotel dragon? And I agree with your statement. Funny how there is so much fear nowadays. Pulease, we’ve been through a civil war, slavery, jim crow, lynchings and two world wars, a little health care with a Democratic president should be a walk in the park. Geez.

That is indeed the Dirty Dragon from “Gigglesnort”.

Although I chose him more for a local afternoon show in Chicago called “Cartoon Town”, where Bill Jackson, DD and most of the Gigglesnort cast did skits in between Tom & Jerry, Woody Woodpecker and such.

Cartoon Town ran weekdays, after that show ended Gigglesnort Hotel began (and ran Sunday mornings here), the show was a way to fulfill the educational mission that the FCC insisted on to retain a broadcasting license. Which made it much more suitable for syndication.

Of course that was back when we had broadcast standards… ; )

Let me see if I understand completely. According to you enthralled Obamabots, if left-wing protesters are destroying property, burning buildings, looting flat screen TVs and trashing a city, they are simply exercising their rights. If right-wing retired folks hold a rally, clean up after themselves, but disagree with Glorious Leader Obama, they are committing sedition. Hmm………………….