How about Operation: Deny Reality?
October 12, 2009 9:22 am ET by Eric Boehlert
Right-wingers are being encouraged to descend upon "liberal" media outlets in their hometowns on October 17, and protest all the unfair coverage. It's part of Operation: Can You Hear us Now, and it's a continuation of the Tea Party and heath care mini-mob madness, as activists follow the lead of their "American heroes" Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
Reading about the plans, this part made me chuckle [emphasis added]:
Be peaceful, respectful, but let them HEAR you and SEE you. Remember, they are hard of hearing and their eyesight isn’t what it used to be the last 8 years prior. They accidentally missed 2 million people protesting in D.C. in one of the biggest protests in US History.
And this:
Maybe we cannot repeat an assembly of 2 million mad-as-hell taxpaying patriots in one place, but surely those who longed to go and couldn’t would love to be a part of Operation "Can You Hear Us Now?"
Boy, irony doesn't get much thicker than this, does it? Right-wingers are going to protest "liberal" media outlets for being unfair and unprofessional. For being blind to the truth! And how do `wingers know the news orgs aren't fair? Because they "missed" the anti-Obama rally where "2 million" people were protesting in D.C.
Laugh along as I highlight the press didn't miss that story...because 2 million people never showed up in D.C. According to best official counts, there were actually 1.9 million fewer people than that; about 70,000. But choosing to inhabit their own parallel universe, tea bag protesters continue to cling to the fabricated 2 million number to show how the other guys aren't playing fair.
Honestly, I don't think `wingers hate the press just because it's supposedly so "liberal." They hate the press because journalists won't accept the concocted version of reality that conservatives are constructing for themselves under Obama.
UPDATED: You know trouble is brewing when protest organizers have to urge activists not to show up with posters that feature a "racial epithet."
Can't wait.
Other than that, what do we really expect?
Latest Press Release
Released: Monday, September 21, 2009
The Conference Board Leading Economic Indexâ„¢ (LEI) for the U.S. increased 0.6 percent in August, following a 0.9 percent gain in July, and a 0.8 percent rise in June.
Yes, the economy is getting better. Now, I believe this post was about denying reality?
long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) rose; the civilian labor force participation rate declined; there were declines in construction, manufacturing, retail and government jobs; the GDP continues to decline. The economy is not getting better.
Must have come from the talking points that paid trolls get each morning.
I just don't get why these posters who are obviously so uneducated think that they should be pretending to educate anyone else???
If you don't know that job creation and unemployment stats will lag behind other economic indicators, you shouldn't be trying to educate anyone else.
It's not like we created the way that economic recoveries are measured, after all! It's almost certain that those who do measure that will say that the recession ended in the summer quarter. And have you seen the stock market lately?
Whatever I guess you know more than Wall Street does.
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How's that Earl Grey treating you?
BTW, have to taken a look at the stock market today? It's knocking on 10,000's door. My 401K tanked twice during Bush's administration. In the past 8 months, I have recovered everything that I lost beginning in March of 2008.
Next time you post a C&P, you should really cite your source. Makes you look a bit dishonest if you don't.
you go, kydem09. If you look, you'll notice that the numbers seem to indicate unemployment is leveling off. It will be at least another six months before it begins to drop in any kind of significant way. You'll notice that it begins to climb around the Spring of 07.
The GDP is once again moving in a positive, rather than a negative direction. Wall Street is up. There are no strong indications of inflation.
The long and short of it is that the economic slide has been halted, and things should begin improving across the board next year, which is much sooner than would have been the case had nothing been done.
Confusing, I know, but remember that the recovery in the 90's was credited to, in the eyes of the right, Tom Delay, Ronald Reagan, and the Repubs in Congress, not President Clinton.
Day one was doom and gloom, end of the world "explanations" of how Obama was destroying our economy, pushing policies that were sending us into an irreversible downward spiral into ruin.
The next day I stopped by his clown show, he was more calm, telling the dittozombies that, of course, our economy was going to recover, and it had nothing to do with Obama (I believe he framed it as "in spite of" changes in the thinking that led us to this recession).
I've said it before, but it's still scary how many conflicting ideas the True Believers can accept in a short period of time.
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Obviously, the Dow isn't everything. But neither is it "nothing."
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the single most commonly used economic indicator.
In trying to argue otherwise you are removing all doubt that you are a fool. Better to keep quiet and just let us THINK it than to remove all doubt, as you have done.
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You do realize the earth is round, and that Santa was actulayy your parents, right?
The two main whining-points from the Dittobots were as follows;
1. The Stimulus Plan is doing too much, too quickly.
2. The Stimulus Plan is doing very little, and taking too long to do it.
These were not coming from different con posters who were in disagreement, but from individuals covering their crazy-bases by arguing both points.
Denying reality seems to be a way of life on the far right.
It is a given that, if you don't have a job, then things are not improving, from your perspective. An argument can be made either wasy about just what is going to happen to the economy and what the causes are.
If things improve more than what was expected, certain people will say that it improved "in spite of" the current policies.
Others will say that the improvement was "because of" current policies.
You can bang heads about this all day long and not "prove" anything.
When economists can't agree about what does and doesn't work, how can we expect a politician, or John Q. Public, to have a clue.
Hey, maybe that is where they are getting their tea bag numbers.
They will all be handsome, well dressed,physically fit, and have very reality based, coherent complaints about specific policies..
The group will be composed of a diverse, bi-partisan group of patriotic Americans who were bottling up their unhinged hysteria for eight years of the Bush administration, but could no longer take it as a president who they claim has done nothing attempts to destroy everything they believe in and take their country away from them.
If that's your view of the left, you certainly are a wingnut. Enjoy your visit here on Earth.
Mob rule = Democracy - ie Democrats
Rule of law = Republic - ie Republicans
If you no longer want to live under the Republic set down by the Constitution and would rather live in a socialist fantasy world move to Canada or the UK. If you are really desperate for totalitarian control of your life, Russia, Cuba, or Venezuela would be perfect for your reality check. Either way stop trying to socialize America and leave.
PS. Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!
It's a Sad Day when Lies & Deceit are your best Quality.
Limbaugh & Beck are two Pigs at the same Trough.
It wouldn't surprise me at all if each weekend they got together and played Golf.
Speak truth to power.
Mr. News
I guess that means counting those 70k people about 28 times each in order to come up with 2 million.
This is a media event designed to get attention for no other reason than to protest how they will not be given attention because newsmedia are so terribly biased. Will this protest feature speakers who get up on stage and repeat "Testing, one, two... is this thing on?... testing..." over and over again as well?
I'm not against demonstrations demanding to be heard when a group has actually been silenced or its grievances have been systematically ignored. But this group's grievance is what? That they're "mad as hell"? I mean for goodness' sake, look at some of their suggested signs:
"This is a marathon Not a sprint" (What is "this" exactly?)
"Truth or Consequences" (A lovely town in New Mexico)
"Silence in Consent" (Not to nitpick, but shouldn't that be "Silence IS Consent?)
I also think that the "mad as hell" theme fits pretty well, but more in the British usage of "mad" than in our use of it for "angry". As in, "Stark-raving batsh*t crazy as hell, and we don't know why!!".
No Anti-Obama, Anti-Pelosi, Anti-Reid, etc messages
No Obamacare / Healthcare messages
No "Liar" related
No name calling (e.g. dumb, stupid, racial epithet, etc.)
No Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh for President
LOL...! What...none of the above!?! The tea baggers will be wondering what's the point...how the hell can they protest without name calling? ;>)
Stay away from the following messages? Uh-oh, it sounds like the organizers are trying to silence and censor and discourage dissent among the demonstrators! Well I for one won't stand for this. I invite those of you planning to attend these rallies who feel that the "Can You Hear Us Now?" organizers are deaf to their concerns to protest the protest with your own counter-demonstration. I would suggest holding up signs like, "We Will Not Be Silenced By Those Who Refuse To Be Silenced!", "[Censored Racial Epithet Here]", and "Hey, Over Here!"
No "Get a Brain Morans" or other embarrassing projections
No pandering to Fox News in the hopes of being put on camera
No taking video of Fox News working up the crowd
They also could have included some advice to have a 6th grader check all protest signs for grammar and spelling, so the embarrassment can be confined to content.
Without these directions and prohibitions, the signs were obscene and truly offensive and racist and sexist.
It just points out how lacking in a real point these protests are - if they have a problem with deficit spending or losing rights or government takeover, they should have been out protesting during the Bush Administration, but they weren't.
United for Peace and Justice
Protest Bush
Protesting Bush: If Not Now When
These came up on the first page of a google search. There were protests of Bush. They were not well-reported.
I was horrified by Bush -- could not stand to look at him. However, all I see with Obama is another power-hungry dictator enjoying the lap of luxury, spending our tax dollars on fine foods and jet fuels, and leading this country down into socialism. I say down into socialism because I think that socialism is an inferior style of government.
Bush let this happen. He screwed up so badly that the whole country went for this hope and change that Obama was spewing. The problem is, in my opinion, that it is the same government. Government is going to screw you if it can. The more power you give government, the easier it will be for them to screw you.
So, if indeed conservatives are a minority now, so be it. I really don't know the numbers. I stand for myself only.
On a somewhat related note, does anyone know approximately how many people were demonstrating for civil rights for gay Americans in DC yesterday? I've seen articles saying "tens of thousands", but how many tens: 2? 5? 8?
Good point! How many would UITIUoIDRWU* estimate this crowd to be???
* University I Think It's University of I Don't Remember Which University
Not as big as this crowd no matter what you hacks say
Of course, that's supposing that your photo is even genuine, which, considering the neocons' history on this topic, is far from certain.
They are not proud of what they are doing, which is why, when you visit the site, they refuse to divulge who is behind it and who is funding it. Rather, they would have you believe that the entire thing sprang into existence overnight because that many patriotic flag-lovin' commie-hatin' Amurcans finally found their voice.
Geesh, what will they put on their signs if they pay attention to this rule?
"Rather, they would have you believe that the entire thing sprang into existence overnight because that many patriotic flag-lovin' commie-hatin' Amurcans finally found their voice."
Hmm, "patriotic", "commie-hatin'", well, obviously "The Cat" scoffs at Patriotic Americans who don't want their country to slide into communism. Hmm, pretty obvious where you're coming from.
Yes, he's coming from the side that doesn't have delusional paranoia about Obama sliding the country into communism. Bummer that you haven't got the sense to join us.
I don't see any kind of recovery for the right until 2020 at least, at this rate.
I grew up in Detroit, where the race card has been dropped so often it no longer has meaning. During the 1967 riots my uncle traveled to the most dangerous parts of the city at night to help found Focus Hope with Father Cunningham and Eleanor Josaitis. Focus Hope has helped thousands of kids, primarily black and hispanic, get high-tech skill, which have resulted in an opportunity out of poverty for many.
I don't dis-like Obama because he is Black. I dis-like him because he is a Marxist/Socialist and so are many surrounding him. This country will have other Black Presidents in the future. I predict the next one will be Conservative,and when the Liberal MSM disagrees with him in the future, I won't paint them as racists. I will argue the issues like an adult wearing "big-boy" pants.
You can laugh and call us names, but you can't change the facts. And though I'd love to be mean and spiteful, it doesn't serve any purpose what-so-ever. All I need to say is, I hope you don't have to feel the consequences of what's happening in Washington. And if the 2 million marchers and the continued effort of the Tea Party protesters have anything to do with it, ya'll will be spared. Sad thing is, you won't even know, but that's okay. You can keep your heads buried in the sand and still stay smug and all-knowing.