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Ventura County Democratic Party: An Obscene Insult
+++++Content Warning – Adult Content Below+++++Screen Cap from the Ventura Demcoratic Party WebsiteDavid Atkins a blogger for the Ventura County, California Democratic Party posted an obscene insult to over 1,000 Ventura County national tax day tea party participants on their official party website.Atkins who blogs at the Daily Kos as thereisnospoon has obviously thought that the typical obscene references at Kos are appropriate at the official Democratic Party site.
So, what is the FLAP?
Is it Atkin’s unhinged rant against the Tea Party protesters or his wild conspiracy theories as to the organization of the event?
No, Atkins is entitled to his opinions – as unhinged and unintelligent as they are.The Flap is his reference to TEABAGGERS.
What is Teabagging or a Teabagger?Teabagging is a slang term for the act of a man placing his scrotum in the mouth[1] or on or around the face (including the top of the head) of another person, often in a repeated in-and-out motion as in irrumatio. The practice vaguely resembles dipping a tea bag into a cup of tea.[2][3]
Teabagging is also an erotic activity used within the context of BDSM and male dominance, with a dominant man teabagging his submissive partner, either a woman or a man, as one variation of facesitting and/or as a means of inflicting erotic humiliation.
This post is vulgar and disgusting.
Is this the photo of a Teabagger?
How about this photo of GOP Camarillo, California City Council member Mike Morgan and veteran plus attorney Jeff Gorell?The Ventura County, California Democratic Party should be ashamed of themselves and issue an apology for their vulgar reference on their website.
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Over 1,000 Boisterous Protesters Attend Ventura County California Tax Day Tea Party
Over 1,000 people gathered at noon and protested during Ventura County Tax Day Tea Party at the Ventura Government Center.Here is Catherine Saillant’s, a reporter with the Los Angeles times, piece about the protest.
In Ventura, more than 1,000 people gathered under blue skies to vent wide-ranging concerns, from over-taxation and government spending to condemnation of a recent Homeland Security report tracking a rise in violence among right-wing groups.
Holding signs such as “Abolish the Federal Reserve,” and “We are Obummed Out, Stop Spending, No More Taxes,” the crowd was in a celebratory mood, loudly applauding each speaker and cheering as a small plane droned overhead pulling a banner that said “I’m Tea’d Off!!”
In an interesting note: I had not seen Catherine since 1994 or so when she used to interview me when I was an active participant in Ventura County GOP politics as an officeholder and candidate. I always found her to be a fair and balanced reporter.The Photos:
There were two groups of Tea Party attendees – one at the government center listening to speakers and the second on Victoria Avenue carrying their signs and soliciting honks from the passing motorists.
California Republican Assembly Candidate Jeff Gorell talking with Camarillo, California GOP City Councilman Mike Morgan
Jeff Gorell addressing the Tea Party Protest throngFlap’s Twitter friend @erickbrockwayTwitter friend @pir8gold sporting her #TCOT Top Conservatives on Twitter T- Shirt
All of Flap’s photos from the event are here. All are subject to the Creative Commons License on Flickr, all rights reserved.
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Video: California Republican Assembly Candidate Jeff Gorell Speaks at Tax Day Tea Party
Jeff Gorell, a Republican candidate for California Assemblywoman Audra Strickland’s seat in 2010 (Strickland is term limited out) speaks at Tea Party protest todayOne of the few politicians who adddressed the hundreds who gathered at the Ventura County Government Center this afternoon was Jeff Gorell, the consensus Republican pick for California’s 37 Assembly District.
The Jeff Gorell for Assembly 2010 Facebook group is here.
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Photos: Ventura County California Tax Day Tea Party
I just returned from Ventura, California where I attended one of a couple of regional California Tax Day Tea Party protest events being held.
The Photos:This PORKY protester greeted everyone passing to enter the Ventura County Government Center
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Tax Day Tea Parties and the Republican Party Establishment
Political Cartoon from Ed Gamble
Well, not so much.- Mitt Romney, a top contender for the 2012 nomination who has been cautious in his criticism of President Obama, will not attend a tea party, said his spokesman.
- John Boehner, the House minority leader, will attend a tea party in Bakersfield, Calif., with Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
- Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, is on official business overseas and won’t be participating.
- Eric Cantor, the House minority whip, is in his Virginia congressional district with no public events today, said a spokesman.
- Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who will likely consider a 2012 run, is out of town and not participating, according to a spokesperson.
- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, last year’s GOP VP nominee and a potential 2012 contender, won’t be attending any tea parties “that I’m aware of,” said a spokesperson.
The Tea Party movement is not about the GOP, in any case. But, the GOP better get the message.
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National Tax Day Becomes Protest Day – Will Tea Parties Change American Politics?
And, the funny thing is that the Tea Party protests are not so much about TAXES but how the Obama Administration and the Congress are spending the tax money.Today American taxpayers in more than 300 locations in all 50 states will hold rallies — dubbed “tea parties” — to protest higher taxes and out-of-control government spending. There is no political party behind these rallies, no grand right-wing conspiracy, not even a 501(c) group like MoveOn.org.
What’s most striking about the tea-party movement is that most of the organizers haven’t ever organized, or even participated, in a protest rally before. General disgust has drawn a lot of people off the sidelines and into the political arena, and they are already planning for political action after today.
Cincinnati organizer Mike Wilson, a novice organizer who drew 5,000 people to a rally on March 15, is now planning to create a political action committee and a permanent political organization to press for lower taxes and reduced spending. Tucson tea party organizer Robert Mayer told me that his organization will focus on city council elections in the fall as its next priority. And there’s lots of Internet chatter about ways of taking things further after today’s protests.
This influx of new energy and new talent is likely to inject new life into small-government politics around the nation. The mainstream Republican Party still seems limp and disorganized. This grassroots effort may revitalize it. Or the tea-party movement may lead to a new third party that may replace the GOP, just as the GOP replaced the fractured and hapless Whigs.
Michelle has more on the history of the Tea Party Movement.
So, will this movement survive past tax day?
Yes, fiscal conservatives have found the power of the internet and social networking genrerated grass roots organizing. The tax and spend mantra of the Tea Parties will united like minded individuals in a call to action that will translate into local political action and beyond.
Stay tuned…….
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Day By Day by Chris Muir April 15, 2009 – Revolution is Brewing – California Tea Party Information
Today is Tea Party Protest Day.Are you going?
Here is the information for Ventura County, California to be held at noon today.
Ventura
When: April 15, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Where: Sidewalks adjacent to Ventura County Government Center
Map: Click Here
Contact: EMAIL (Carla Bonney) 805-652-0667
Contact: EMAIL (Dale DeHart) 805-312-2800
Website: www.teapartyteams.com
Facebook Group: Ventura County TEA Party
Facebook Event: Tax Day RallyHere is a link for the nearest California Tea Party to you.
See you there and please send your photos, videos and Tea Party stories to Flap. Contact information is above.
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April 15: Nationwide Tax Day Tea Party – Ventura County, California Tea Party Information
Flap has not really pushed the Tax Day Tea Party movement here because there are references to it all over Twitter and other sites. But, when the FAR LEFT Journolist starts memes against the movement it gives me great pause.And, so why the Tea Party protest?
But, Glenn has an extensive list of links that expands upon the GRASS ROOTS Tea Party movement.
And, Flap’s local Tea Party in Ventura County, California.Ventura
When: April 15, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Where: Sidewalks adjacent to Ventura County Government Center
Map: Click Here
Contact: EMAIL (Carla Bonney) 805-652-0667
Contact: EMAIL (Dale DeHart) 805-312-2800
Website: www.teapartyteams.com
Facebook Group: Ventura County TEA Party
Facebook Event: Tax Day RallySee you there.
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Tea Parties Forever and the GOP
Flap always wonders why the FAR LEFT like Paul Krugman are SO concerned with the state of the Republican Party?
So what’s the implication of the fact that Republicans are refusing to grow up, the fact that they are still behaving the same way they did when history seemed to be on their side? I’d say that it’s good for Democrats, at least in the short run — but it’s bad for the country.
Uh Huh…….
Ok, Paul, where’s the REAL beef?
Afraid of a tax revolt?
Update:
Now, Flap understands: Krugman is part of the Journolist cabal and it is their meme of the week.JournoList-approved Meme of the Week! But it’s just a coincidence that Krugman’s reading from the same script as Jane Hamsher, Steve Benen and Oliver Willis. Their smear campaign against the Tea Party movement isn’t “orchestrated” or anything.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir April 5, 2009 – Tea Time
Day By Day by Chris MuirChris, don’t tell me you believe that both political parties, Democrats and Republicans are “DUPLICITOUS” in the tax and spend game?And, sticking American taxpayers with enormous debt that will require generations to retire?
But, the Obama strategy, and a transparent one at that, is to cause massive inflation and “stick” China and other foreign countries with the bill.
What a plan……
In the meantime, the American Tea Party tax and spend protests continue.
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