Posted on 08/01/2011 7:04:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
So remember the Coffee Party – the liberal, media-generated answer to the Tea Party?
CNN covered it, so did the New York Times.
And around the same time, Jon Stewart organized his rally to Restore Sanity, as a reaction to, again, the Tea Party.
Neither the party or that rally meant squat.
In fact they were lagging indicators of a dead world – a group of shiny, happy people who didn’t see the train heading their way.
The tea party and the health care protests were the train – future predictors that saw the road ahead – and all signs pointed to Greece.
To me, the Tea Party really is the punk rock moment of politics – harkening back to simple math – rescuing us from 20 minute organ noodling found on Emerson Lake and Palmer records.
Yep, in a bloated world typified by Yes’s Roundabout on F-M circa 1977, the Tea Party offered “Beat on the Brat,” a jolt of Ramones wisdom that reminded us of what worked before.
It also exposed a key problem with “hope and change” of 2008. When an organic American movement rose up to question the direction of the Administration, those ephemeral “good feelings” of 2008 withered against simple principle....
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“So remember the Coffee Party – the liberal, media-generated answer to the Tea Party? CNN covered it, so did the New York Times.”
So did Air America. They loved it. Thought it would be as successful as they were.
I dunno, I kinda like the notion of turning 60s era protest rock right back on ‘em: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8zmkzshUvE
Call out the instigators
Because there’s something in the air
We’ve got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution’s here, and you know it’s right
And you know that it’s right
I once had every 8-track Yes album ever made. A couple of ELP albums too.
Gutfeld found the perfect metaphor for this one thru a flashback to my stupid and naive years.
I don't think I'm naive anymore. :)
On the other hand, the fact that the global media is in sync attacking grandpa Murdoch and simple Tea Party folks, blows my minds. This global spin machine was likely paid for with our hard earned Tarp money. George Orwell was a prophet.
Agree totally, but - Hey! I like Emerson, Lake and Palmer :-)
So did Air America. They loved it. Thought it would be as successful as they were.
“It was.”
Oh yeah. Guess they were visionaries.
The real cr*p was DISCO! That is what punk displaced.
Bad analogy. Hardly captures the widespread dissatisfaction with politics as usual. Anyone who tries to pigeonhole the Tea Party today will come up short.
Socialism is the Muzak of the euthanasia clinic.
Well, fur shur, they got that right!
“Now… I got issues with this deal.
Some people worry over Defense cuts. I’m one of them. That stuff matters. But that debate reminds you of one key truth: The left prefers to increase dependence through expansion of entitlements. The rest of us see independence through strength.
A howitzer over handouts.
Lastly, one sad fact: the government will still grow 70 percent over the next decade. And there may be new taxes as soon as 2013.
So this budget debate’s a lot like using Febreze.
Masking the stench doesn’t erase the pile of crap at your feet.
And if you disagree with me you’re a racist homophobe.”
It’s the first thing out of Hollyweird in as long as I can remember that makes sense.
I remember a teacher’s bumper sticker: “When the Air Force Has To Have a Bake Sale To Buy a Bomber (give teachers more $$$ blah blah blah) and this guy seems to get it: next time you’re running 30 seconds ahead of dust cloud from a building bombed by those who have no love for us—call your local PTA.
And: you don’t get stronger by going deeper into debt. If a `Hollyweirdo’ gets it then it must be sinking in with a lot of others. The tea party is nothing more than those of us who can tell bulls*** from Kiwi shoe polish and a lot of people are thinking about it and concluding, “I agree with them.”
And Disco was *real* Astroturf .. a corporate witch's brew of mind numbing headache inducing pounding celebration of decedent sex and drugs but without any of the charm of Rock n' Roll
huh?
These are the musings of children of acid, ecstasy and coke from the Leary Age.. they're tainted fruits.. imho.
Karn Evil Nine - Third Impression, is as relevant today as it was back then. It's metaphor being a machine (government) programmed to be smarter and less prone to error than the humans that programmed it ...
"I'm PERFECT, are YOU ??? "
Punk Rock did great and even became mainstream and survives to this day. It had great influences and made billions for the artists. I’m a heavy metal guy myself but I would gladly take being called a Punker as a compliment.
Nobody got The Clash in the beginning either.
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