Well that kind of proves my initial point that the Tea Party opposition didn't have roots in the bailout in 2008
Don't speak for all the initial TP-supporters. They were/are just as grassroots and everyday as many of the OWS people.
I saw Rick Santelli's rant (http://youtu.be/DHbjenBMLno) first-run on TV, quite by accident, because I was glued to these financial channels for the first time in my life for fear of something horrible happening, like everyone else. THAT'S what made me sit up and take notice, that someone -- I didn't care WHO -- was willing to say "The Emperor Has No Clothes!" and ask people who had no input around him what they thought... and they agreed.
THAT'S what made me wonder if a "Tea Party" could really happen. THAT'S what accelerated my fury. Just like Ad Buster's said "hey, let's occupy wall street." There was an actual beginning to the movement at a time when people were f'ing scared to death because the media and the leaders were all running around screaming "But we're all going to die!"
Don't tell me when I got involved. I know it like most people know where they were when Kennedy was shot.
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Date: 30/11/11 23:35 (UTC)Don't speak for all the initial TP-supporters. They were/are just as grassroots and everyday as many of the OWS people.
I saw Rick Santelli's rant (http://youtu.be/DHbjenBMLno) first-run on TV, quite by accident, because I was glued to these financial channels for the first time in my life for fear of something horrible happening, like everyone else. THAT'S what made me sit up and take notice, that someone -- I didn't care WHO -- was willing to say "The Emperor Has No Clothes!" and ask people who had no input around him what they thought... and they agreed.
THAT'S what made me wonder if a "Tea Party" could really happen. THAT'S what accelerated my fury. Just like Ad Buster's said "hey, let's occupy wall street." There was an actual beginning to the movement at a time when people were f'ing scared to death because the media and the leaders were all running around screaming "But we're all going to die!"
Don't tell me when I got involved. I know it like most people know where they were when Kennedy was shot.