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Andrew Sullivan and the The Tea Tantrum Movement

April 14th, 2009 | Comments Off

Back when Andrew Sullivan was a conservative, he sent lots of traffic this way with a number of links. So, I feel a certain sadness with his change of perspective over the last few years. Andrew wrote a piece titled The Tea Tantrum Movement for The Atlantic. It is his take on the Tea Party protest movement based on an admitted hour or so of on-line research. He professes to have emerged from his rigorous course of research perplexed, bothered and bewildered. He describes the movement as “some kind of amorphous, generalized rage on the part of those who were used to running the country and now don’t feel part of the culture at all”. He calls it “adolescent, unserious hysteria”. Andrew makes the error that most liberals insist upon, that this is a … Read entire article »

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Tea Parties and Freedom

April 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment

April 15 will see over 500 Tea Party protests being held nationwide. During the run-up to this important date, we have read a number of news stories about the roadblocks that local governments have placed in the way of these peaceful protests. The permit requirement seems to be the typical means of suppressing free speech. In the guise of “protecting” the protestors and the community, the permitting process lays a number of difficult to negotiate steps in front of any wou8ld-be protest organizer. The first impediment is that you must be an “organization”. In many communities, you and I cannot go out and get a permit to parade, or hold a rally. By requiring an “organization” sponsor the event, the locality places a burden on free speech. Liability insurance is another requirement that … Read entire article »

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