It's Time For A Pot Party

Yep, PPUSA. Our logo will be various snacks and munchies that are made from green products.

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Collectively we will work with government, stumble by stumble, to make this country totally awesome. So awesome that all those bad people will want to just come here to talk and chill. That's awesome by itself. Right? Talk about really cool grass roots. BTW, no coffee or tea stuff to mire the buzz, RC Cola or anything Big Gulp is cool.

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Free pot for everybody. In fact, to drive the necessity of chill home, anybody not caught stoned will pay a fine equal to the current subsidized cost of a 1/4 lb of Jamaican.

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And then we'll all watch free rad movies on our gigantical TVs with zombies and dynamite Napoleans all day while having 10 babes giving us food and beer. Oh, yeah, we can switch places with the babes next time so that'll be cool.

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Tomorrow we can like go to the zoo and let the animals free because all things are beautiful. Maybe a zebra or something will follow us home. Oh wow, maybe a gila monster or one of those snipe things. That's be cool.

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Check out the stars. It's far out to lay on your back and try to stare at just one and then realize all those stars could just be molecules that make up part of a thumbnail on a gigillion big person who's like thinking the exact thing. Whoa. Don't start that when you get to the end of all the universes what's on the other side thing. Bummer.

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Everything will be like so totally copacetic and every person will get to choose what they do best or be cool at or whatever so there will be no more strife type war or anything. Man, people will be beautiful and happy and not have that bush or shrub thing bringing down their day.

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I am stoked.

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Vote Pot Party. I'm a PPUSA type of dude or dudette.

Obama. Hope. Change. Talk. Disaster.

Obama stated about Rick Warren, " We Can Disagree Without Being Disagreeable". Obama campaigned on variations of this statement, especially concerning America's "perceived" enemies. Perceived enemies that Obama believed George W. Bush made into our enemies.

Obama said that he was different. He said he was going to talk to our enemies and by doing so, he would bring them into the fold of peaceful coexistence with the United States of America.

Let's see how he is doing.

China PLA officer urges challenging U.S. dominance
China should build the world's strongest military and move swiftly to topple the United States as the global "champion," a senior Chinese PLA officer says in a new book reflecting swelling nationalist ambitions.

Putin: Russia to build new strategic bomber
"We won't limit ourselves to just one new model," Putin said at a government meeting that focused on military aviation. "We must start work on a prospective long-range aircraft, our new strategic bomber."

Farrakhan predicts 'white right' trouble for Obama
The 76-year-old leader said the "white right" was conspiring to make Obama a one-term president, and pointed to his stalled efforts to introduce health care legislation as proof. He said those opponents and lobbyists were trapping him into a future war with Iran that could lead to mass destruction.

Iran President Tells Obama to Back Off
Mahmoud Ahmedinejad Warns That U.S. Comments on Unrest Closes Off Possibility of Talks

So, outside solving his smoking and drinking problem what is Obama doing? Cause that talkin' thing ain't working. From his financial daddy to our prior allies and our enemies, they're laughing, challenging and about to pull the money and military power rug out from underneath us.

Hope and change. Bullshit. Our friends and enemies will disagree with us while being disagreeable and Obama will stand alone in the middle of the playground, arms despondently draped to his sides, wondering why noboby wants to play with him.

Water. Pool. Deep. Drown.

Snow Hill

Loudon Street

Tea And Coffee: A Constitutional Republic VS The Tyranny Of The Mob

To understand our form of government is not hard. Read the Constitution and amendments usually is a pretty easy way to start. To respect and honor our form of government is obviousley not so easy, just look at progressives, the courts and local and state governments and the federal government. They backstab our founders seemingly at will.

The Coffee Party believes the middle is consensus. The Tea Party believes the middle is the Constitution.

The Constitution is not a living document. It is based in principle as the vision for the United States of America's future and the founders deplored the idea of the mob controlling America whether it was the tyranny of the large states stepping on the rights of smaller states, industrial over agriculture or large government crushing the liberty of individuals.

let's start a coffee party . . . smoothie party. red bull party. anything but tea. geez. ooh how about cappuccino party? that would really piss 'em off bec it sounds elitist . . . let's get together and drink cappuccino and have real political dialogue with substance and compassion.

Progress is patriotic, they tell the camera. Wake up. Espresso yourself. Something is brewing, America.

How about a Latte Liberal Party? Yes, progress is patriotic, but not all progress(ivism), only progress that fits within the Constitution.



About Us
We are diverse — ethnically, geographically, politically, in age and in experience.
We are 100% grassroots. No lobbyists here. No pundits. And no hyper-partisan strategists calling the shots in this movement. We are a spontaneous and collective expression of our desire to forge a culture of civic engagement that is solution-oriented, not blame-oriented.

Your web presence shows that you are 100% grassroots, eh? Sharing goals, venues and projects with MoveOn, Organizing for America, unions, MSM and others and your coming out of the gate with professional logos, videos, websites and all of you fellow groups pounding the intertoobs to create the sense of an overnight avalanche of support. You're so hyper-partisan and non spontaneous, it will be interesting to unravel your finances to see who has really been funding you from inception.

We demand a government that responds to the needs of the majority of its citizens as expressed by our votes and by our voices; NOT corporate interests as expressed by misleading advertisements and campaign contributions.

We want a society in which democracy is treated as sacrosanct and ordinary citizens participate out of a sense of civic duty, civic pride, and a desire to contribute to society. The Coffee Party is a call to action. Our Founding Fathers and Mothers gave us an enduring gift — Democracy — and we must use it to meet the challenges that we face as a nation.

Any group is the sum of its parts. The Coffee Party is growing quickly and absorbing a variety of views and opinions. The one thing we all agree on is that Government has to change… and we would like it to change for the better instead of rolling back to the last Century.

Demand all you want as long as those demands are within the Constitution which clearly lays out the reason and the form of our form of government.

Democracy may be sacrosanct somewhere, but not here. You will call it nitpicking, which belies an ignorance of governance, but the United States of America is a Republic which is quite different than the tyranny of Democracy's majority. Again, you can demand all you want concerning the needs of the majority (who decides those needs to be prioritized by the majority?) as witnessed by your votes and voices, but again, Constitution; Republic; Law.

Vienna, Va.: If you look at the recent Pew study on the Millennial Generation, that group is more progressive than the preceding generations. How are the Coffee Party Groups specifically reaching out to that cohort? They are really important.

Annabel Park: Great point, Vienna! The Millennial Generation, frankly, has a lot to teach the rest of us when comes to appreciation of diversity and a sense of collective identity that transcends the usual lines that divide us. We want to appeal to them to not only be involved, but to take on leadership. We are starting chapters on college campuses where students can come together to practice democracy as a community.

I'm sure one of your instantaneous grassroots support groups will help you with this. Maybe the NEA and the Department of Education?

We believe that, when the Millennial Generation steps up for our country's future, it will lead to profound changes in our politics.

Annabel Park: We want to shift the paradigm from thinking of politics as a zero-sum game with two opposing sides. If one side loses, the other side wins. This is not a democracy. This is a misunderstanding of the tenets of democracy.

And you misunderstand the tenets of the Republic of the United States of America.

Democracy is based on the notion of the common good. People should come together to go through a deliberation process to produce collective decisions that benefit the common good.

Here in our Republic that deliberation process is called elections. You'll see the process in action next November.

What would Abraham Lincoln suggest if he were living today? Would he be willing to sit down and have a cup of coffee and discuss our nations issues? I think so (just maybe not with me). After the Civil War, the North had won a significant battle. He did not tell the people to follow the rules of a zero sum game. He did not recommend that we obstruct democracy but that we be "flexible in our efforts."

Lincoln never stated that we should be "flexible in our efforts." If the Civil War was not a zero sum then Lincoln would have compromised and toned down the rhetoric with the Confederacy. The unconditional surrender of the Confederacy was definitely zero sum. One wins. One loses.

The snowballing response made her the de facto coordinator of Coffee Party USA, with goals far loftier than its oopsy-daisy origin: promote civility and inclusiveness in political discourse, engage the government not as an enemy but as the collective will of the people, push leaders to enact the progressive change for which 52.9 percent of the country voted in 2008.

Oopsy-daisy my butt and that 52.9% is evaporating as quickly as they find out who Obama is and that progressive is just another way to spell socialist.

Republic, constitution and law. Form, process and the way things must be done. Fairly damned simple for most people.

Kos Guy Blackwaterdog Thinks America Racist, Yeah...

I don't think anyone was under some real illusion that the election of Barack Obama actually means the end of racism in America.

If they did they don’t understand humans.

I'm pretty sure that the president-elect knew it better than anyone. After all, he saw it every day, from the moment he announced his candidacy. To some degree, he saw it within his own party during the primaries. And he saw it in all ugliness during the general election. For half of this country, he was "That One". No matter how big and clear his victory was. No matter how smart he is. No matter how decent he is. No matter what a true patriot he is. No matter how optimistic and positive his vision for America was. All that didn't matter. Because at the end of the day, he was still black.

Over half the voters voted for him and I can with the same veracity as Blackwaterdog that those that opposed his election did so because they opposed his platform and who he was, not his skin color.

I'm quite old. I remember, vaguely, where my parents been on November 22, 1963. I've seen so many presidents. Some were feared, some were hated, some were adored, some popular and some not. But all of them, without exception, were treated with the highest respect deserve to the office of the president of the United States.

Highest respect? What crap. Both Bushs, Reagan and Nixon come to mind as not only not getting the “highest respect”, but were denigrated at every chance by their opponents and the media.

That is until a black man won the right to occupy this office. It's been 13 months now, and in the eyes of so many, Barack Obama is still that one. He is being disrespected and at the same time being held to the highest standard of any president I've ever seen – and not just by the Republican side. He has to perform three times better than any president in history, and even that may not be enough.

He is disrespected because of his disdain for others, his policies and his failure to achieve or resolve the problems we face. He is disdained because he has an agenda which is completely out of touch with the majority of the electorate. Can you say jobs?

For the media, he is many more times just "Obama" than "President Obama". They create scandals out of nothing issues. It took them at least 6 years to start giving Bush a small part of the shit he deserved. It took them 6 months to begin crap all over Obama because he's yet to fix the catastrophe that was left for him.

Whether the majority liked Bush or not they saw that he was focused on their priorities. Love the “highest respect” ole Blackwaterdog is showing the office of the President of the United States.

They use condescending tone when they talk about him, and only mildly less condescending when they talk TO him. With anyone else, CNN wouldn't dare go to commercials every time the president speaks, like they did during that summit on Thursday. They wouldn't dare counting how many minutes George Bush or Bill Clinton were talking. Chris Mathews wouldn't dare making an issue out of Ronald Regan calling members of congress by their first name, like he is not actually the freaking president. They fully cooperate with the Right-Wing smear machine when it comes to president Obama's national security performance – even if almost every independent and military expert actually thinks that he's a terrific Commander in Chief. You'll never see them on TV, and virtually no one from the Left, in congress and outside, defend the president on this matter.

This paragraph is so incoherent in light of the facts there is nowhere to begin, but one question might be, do you remember whether Clinton wore boxers or briefs?

I don't care about the Far-Right. They're just crazy ignorant Neanderthals. It's the way the beltway and the mainstream treats this president that is shocking. On Thursday, almost every Republican had no trouble interrupting him in the middle of a sentence. They looked like they're going to vomit every time they had to say "Mr. president". They all had this Eric-Cantor-Smirk whenever he spoke. Then they went out and started to spit their stupid talking points, to the delight of the media. Sarah Palin, a woman who can hardly read, thinks that he was "arrogant" towards John McCain, and somehow this is an important news. Because you see, "Obama's Arrogance" is the talking point of the day.

“Obama’s arrogance”? People might think that because they didn’t think his put down of McCain very dignified or respectful of the office of the presidency. They thought him petulant. To continue your love for the dignity of elected office, I hear Sarah Palin reads quite well, but I wouldn’t want you to think that I would compare your level of achievement to Gov. Palin’s as a measure of intellect. I am amazed at your acuity in being able to see that Republicans looked as if to vomit. That’s amazing.

Oh, those talking points. He is arrogant (because he knows the facts better than all of them combined). He is an elitist (because he uses big words that they don't understand). He is weak on national security (because he actually thinks about the consequences). He divides the country (well, he did that the day he had the audacity to win the election). Worst of all, he actually thinks that he's the president. He even dared to say so on Thursday. How arrogant of him. You'd think that previous presidents didn't have any ego. Somehow it turned out that the one president who treats even his biggest opponents with the utmost respect – is the arrogant one. I wonder why.

Knows facts better? How do you know that? Uses words that Republicans don’t understand? I’m sure you know that as fact. National security? Most Republicans see that as his bright spot. He divides the country by his audacity? Yep, but not because of your racist card toss. He should think he is president? Yep, he was elected. He’s the one president who treat his biggest opponents with the utmost respect? That is such a stupid statement I am sure you’ll winch that you made it once your rant wears off, but you wonder why he might feel this way and you answer it for him in your silent cry of RACISM?

I expected that his winning the Presidency would bring out some ugliness, but it's been far worse than i imagined. The racism coming from the Right is obviously clear and shameless, but there's also some hidden and maybe subconscious and disturbing underline tone behind some of the things that I read here and throughout the Left blogosphere, even before the end of Obama's first year - 'He's weak, he's spineless, he's got no balls, primary him in 2012'. It'll be dishonest to deny that.

'He's weak, he's spineless, he's got no balls, primary him in 2012.' That’s not what I am hearing from Republicans (you said that racism was clear and shameless in Republicans) and nor am I hearing that from Democrats that I know, work with socialize with. I do hear it from Progressives that think he betrayed their hopes and dreams, so, take that up with them.

The fact is that for millions in America, Barack Obama is this uppity black man (Not even a "real" black), who received good education only due to affirmative action, and has no right to litter the sacred Oval Office with his skin color. They just can't accept the fact that the president is a black man, who unlike his predecessor, was actually legally elected. But what's really sad is that it's not just the fringe, its deep deep in mainstream America.

Blackwaterdog, this paragraph shows how unhinged and scattered your thinking is. “Uppity”, “affirmative action”, “litter” “actually legally elected” and “mainstream America”? You are “deep, deep" (ly) disassociated with mainstream America and this proves it. Unlike mainstream America you allow pure hatred and rage flow through you words and thoughts choosing to throw reality to the gutter as useless.

Barack Obama's ability to remain above all this slob, to keep his optimism and his strange and mostly unjustified faith in people, while continuing to gracefully deal with an endless shitstorm – is one of the most inspiring displays of human quality I have ever seen. And i can only hope that the Cosmos is on his side.

“Strange and mostly unjustified faith in people.” Well, Blackwaterdog, he’s got you whether he would want you or not, but then that’s what your hoping isn’t it. It gives you gravitas. It gives you self importance.

It’s too bad you don’t give the utmost respect that the American people deserve, but you can’t because you think we’re stupid, as you are so much smarter to see us thus, in the true light that shines down just for you and President Obama.

That is sad.

The Clownish Boorishness of Joe Klein

It is pretty obvious to practically everybody that Joe Klein is smug. Most can't comprehend why.

His latest ode to Obama is filled with so many falsehoods that it cannot be taken for anything other than a service rendered for future payment.

The Health Care Summit
Shame on me. I was elsewhere yesterday and missed the health care summit. I'm catching up now, and the tea leaves seem to indicate that Obama came out well ahead of the Republicans.

Klein's seeming hatred for all that is not he is a hatred that spews forth in vile terms, cloaked in his smugness, and outright lies in my opinion.

Yes, It's Racism...but it's Complicated
And even though the teabaggers' pinched , paranoid sensibilities are now being stoked by Boss Rush and the leaders of the Republican party, I take comfort in this: the racists and nativists have always been with us, and they have always lost. They will lose this time, too.

Klein has become a parody and is an embarrassment to his shareholders in the once proud Time corporation. Of course, if I were a shareholder I would immediately sell for something more profitable and less odious. Like Porta Potties.

I Can, I Can, You Rats

Shamelessly stolen from the Webutante. Go read the rest.

So here's a little school yard quiz: Do you know what the last four letters of American spell? I CAN. Now the last four letters of Republican? I CAN. Finally the last four letters of Democrats?

I am still chuckling. Thank you Webutante. I needed it this morning.

United Socialist States Of America

I've been asking and saying this for a while now and it is very good that conservatives are beginning to ask what they need to do about the success of the far Left's agenda in Washington. Be aware, if you are not, the left has been very successful in transforming America away from our roots and a free nation inhabited by rugged individuals.

Transformation

The left has made us much more docile. They are being "nice" to those that need help, they say. Bull, they are making the biggest power play in our history. They know it. They hope we don't, but more importantly, they don't give a damn. Win, lose or draw in the upcoming elections, they believe they have won by destroying the greatest experiment of freedom in the history of the world. Yep, that'd be the United States of America.

I think our side is analyzing this all wrong: Today's Democrats are controlled by the radical Left, and it is more important to them to execute the permanent transformation of American society than it is to win the upcoming election cycles. They have already factored in losing in November — even losing big. For them, winning big now outweighs that. I think they're right.

As Americans focus on the latest outrage executed by Obama and his administration they tend to forget the last outrage they made happen. Just as they planned. Huge auto corporations owned and operated they way the government (and their union lackeys) wants them operated. Banks being threatened and closed for "bad practices" that the government implemented and forced on the banks. States being blackmailed or bribed into submission. Whole industries deemed unworthy by the government are squeezed, battered and closed because they did not fit the government model. Look more closely at what government bureaucracies and Congress has done in the past years, but especially in the last year, and you will see that the United States of America is dissolving before your eyes.

If you are unwilling to do the hard work, welcome to the United Socialist States of America. I kid you not.

Ohio: Most Lib/Con Congressmen

BTW, I just read that Sherrod Brown is rated the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate. Way to go Sherrod. Keep voting against your constituents.

From the National Journal

Team Obama Sends Out The Nasty Grams For Health Care 'Reform'

And ObamaMan wants you to send in a battle report after you have struck out at the enemy.

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Oh, Lord, how much more can Talk Radio take from the warriors of weenieness?

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After the rant, you must report!

1965 Austin Healey 3000 Mark III BJ8

I loved this car. I bought one like this used and it was in beautiful condition. I kept it that way, but the Lucas electrics were a pain.

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My interior leather was blue with a burled wood dashboard and a wooden steering wheel.

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After a few years, like the fool I was, I sold it for a 400 Ram Air GTO which I blew up within a year.

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I still have the AH 3000 manual.

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My best friend and I put the top down one December and drove back to my house through 2' of snow with a 10' Christmas tree sticking out from the tiny (I mean tiny) back seat.

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Yeah, we got some looks. Might've been the music.

Out all night, sleep all day,
I know what you're doing.
If you're gonna a-act that way,
Think there's trouble brewing.

Harkin Read Letter from Staffer's Relative At Health Care Meeting

Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, read a letter from a distressed constituent concerning the cost of health care. The constituent stated that costs were spiraling out of control stating that in the future he would pay in excess of $42,000 a year.

Sen. Harkin offered no proof as to the contents of the letter, but he used it as a dagger to the heart of fairness and honesty concerning the health care reform debate.

Nor did Sen. Harkin divulge that the letter was from a relative of one of his staff.

Convenient, eh?

Tea Party Goes International Moves Home Across The Pond

Obama and friends, keep thinking the Tea Party is filled with just nearly dead white people. Please.

British Tea Party Movement to launch on Saturday

We'll see you on election day.

Batchelder Decries Dems Squashing Of Free Speech And Tax Reform In Ohio

via Right Ohio

A great piece about Bill Batchelder whose thinking could save the Republican Party here in Ohio. Go read it!

House Republican Leader Bill Batchelter Strikes Back at Speech-Stiffing Democrats

Below is Statehouse News Bureau Bill Cohen with some background on Rep. Batchelder's speech.

Blair House Health Meet A Bust

Whose mind was changed? If some people did change their mind were they ever capable of forming a solid opinion in the first place?

The two act play produced by onstage director, President Obama, had two teams facing each other with a "Can't we all just along" theme playing in the background.

The away team, the Republicans, had facts, expertise and intelligent questions. The home team had platitudes, anecdotal evidence and ad hominen arguments.

Democrat Jim Cooper of Tennessee spoke earnestly as if he were speaking to a PTA meeting with his parents proudly looking on, but wanting to make sure he gets home in time for a snack before beddieby time.

How much did this charade cost the taxpayer?

McCain gets Under Obama's Skin And Obama Slaps Him Down

How Presidential.



Obama kept stating that Republicans were getting bogged down in process, how the bill will be accomplished, and not addressing the needs of the public. That is a perfect example of The Art of the Lie.

The process is the important factor in this debate. I would humbly suggest that they should start with whether this idea is even constitutional. But, it should also be discussed whether coercion, bribes and shutting Republican ideas out is a good process for legislation and voting on it and whether is it good for the people.

The process is important when our elected officials are attempting to decide legislation that will forever alter America away from open markets, capitalism and freedom to choose. A classic example is Prohibition. Though well meant, at least to those totally unaware of human nature, Prohibition was not just a disaster, it was stupid, killed people and built the largest organized crime groups in world history.

Process is important. Very important. Without process, without thought, we end up with bad legislation and administrations. We are witnessing both at the moment.

Outstanding Post On Big Government's Lies

Excuse me for posting the entire piece from Ohio Citizens Accounting Standards Board , but it cuts to the bone and should be read.

How to lie

It is interesting but secondary to wonder whether this man is lying or merely ignorant:

“We have arrived at a juncture in our politics where reasonable efforts to update our regulations, or make basic investments in our future, are too often greeted with cries of ‘government takeover’ or even ’socialism’,” Obama said.

“Getting this balance right has less to do with big government or small government than it does smart government. It’s not about being anti-business or pro-government; it’s about being pro-growth and pro-jobs,” he said.

No, sir, it’s not about being pro growth and pro jobs nor is it about smart government. It is about who makes decisions, you, or a free people. If you’re so smart and so persuasive, then raise capital and put it at risk. If you succeed you’ll both become fabulously wealth and serve society, the poor most of all. If, as is certain in this case, you fail miserably, then you’ll at least be out of our way and you won’t be able to hurt the poor any more than you already have.

DeWine/Redfern/Strickland/Kasich Agree To Hate On HSUS

Good for them. United, united at last!

Ohio candidates oppose HSUS plan

I really like veal.

Televised Health Care Debate Openers/Politicians And Somebody Else's Food Budget

Health care reform conference being shown on television.

Gotta love Nancy. She always goes with the cliche that is designed to pull the heart strings. Never mind facts, just go for the tears.

Paraphrasing Nan: "I heard from a woman in Michigan that said they'd have to pay their health care premiums and that money would have to come out of their food budget."

Harry: "You're entitled to your opinion, but not your own facts." Said to his very good friend Lamar Alexander.

Obama: "Small business can't hire because of health care premiums." My, how he loves small business. At certain times.