Thousands march to US Capitol to protest spending

[onehandle]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of people marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, carrying signs with slogans such as "Obamacare makes me sick" as they protested the president's health care plan and what they say is out-of-control spending.

The line of protesters spread across Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol, according to the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. People were chanting "enough, enough" and "We the People." Others yelled "You lie, you lie!" and "Pelosi has to go," referring to California congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.

Demonstrators waved U.S. flags and held signs reading "Go Green Recycle Congress" and "I'm Not Your ATM." Men wore colonial costumes as they listened to speakers who warned of "judgment day" — Election Day 2010.

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Other sponsors of the rally include the Heartland Institute, Americans for Tax Reform and the Ayn Rand Center for Individuals Rights.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090912/ap_on_re_us/us_taxpayer_rally

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Ayn Randers. Now the teabagging racists have credibility.

oh, what shall we ever do...

[Nay]

1. And nary a peep out of these ppl when Bush was spending a trillion

for a meaningless war.

[onehandle]

2. My very first thought. nt

[harmonicon]

20. mine as well

Didn't he spend more money than any president ever? I do know that he expanded the size of government more than any president since FDR. It's funny that now that the Democrats are the party of (comparatively) smaller government and less spending, the whackos still hate them - they never did care about that stuff to begin with though, they were just lines to spout to seem legitimate, and now that the circumstances have changed they haven't bothered to change their tune.

[moonbatmax]

41. Does someone have figures on this?

Seriously, if we have the figures, let's get 'em up somewhere.
Somewhere in big, bold text a MILE HIGH, just so no one can claim they're not there.
Of course, many will anyway, but any reasonable person
will know them for the liars and/or idiots they are.

So, anyone know where to find 'em?
In terms simple enough for an idiot like me?

[Mortos]

22. And a douchey time was had by all

Douchebags

[Turbineguy]

4. Well that's true but

"some" didn't say that Bush was a communist.

[humanityisfree]

23. me too - first thought - War $$

Billions spent on a crazy war - and nothing, not a single squeak of criticism. here's where fox news puts the cost of the Iraq war since 2001:

The new report by the Congressional Research Service estimates the U.S. has spent $648 billion on Iraq war operations, putting it in range with the $686 billion, in 2008 dollars, spent on the Vietnam War, the second most expensive war behind World War II.

But do we see any people out protesting that outrage on $$ already spent!!

[Hasnt Happened Yet]

40. If you call one of those lunatics on that..

they say it's the cost of not drilling here. They're that ignorant--you simply can't talk rationally to them. Scary.

[ScottLand]

27. Mine as well.

How many years has it taken them to finally get to Washington? When you set out on a journey, it must be a real pisser to finally get there and find it under new management!

[LittleGirl]

44. now that's funny...

it took them years to get there and Washington is under new management! bwaaahaaaa

[lbrtbell]

55. Spending to kill people in war is AMERIKUN!!

Spending to save lives in America is SOSHALIST!!

....fuckwit teabaggers....

[ixion]

3. my my my... look at all the coverage

MILLIONS marched simultaneously all over the world and there was only a feint-hearted mention.

But a few wildly-politically motivated (purely politically motivated) idiots show up and they get non-stop coverage. :eyes:

[Dr.Phool]

7. I was at the "March for Womens Lives" in 2004. 1.2 million attended.

Or maybe 1.4 million. The streets were filled for MILES!

Skinner and DU even had a contingent there. The whole fricking city was packed. The Metro was jammed for hours.

Much bigger than this monumental failure.

[Faygo Kid]

8. I thought of that, too. WAY more of us marched against the Iraq war, and no coverage.

If we were lucky, we got a small article and pic on page 9 of the Washington Post, the war's biggest cheerleader. This crowd can't hold a candle to the anti-war marchers back then, but the media loves them.

[shadowknows69]

12. Of course they love them. We were peaceful

A racist ruckuss makes for better ratings in this sick country.

[Lost-in-FL]

5. Yahoo news... enough said. nt

[Joe Bacon]

6. And L'il Griff Jenkins from Fox whips them up

Could somebody PLEASE whack L'il Griff with a pie? PLEASE?????????

[pkdu]

9. Please!.......I'll even wire money for the pie n/t

[Dr.Phool]

10. Oooh! Shruggers! Is Greenspan there?

[shadowknows69]

11. And when we marched in the hundreds of thousands against the war the AP called us "thousands"

I wonder how much the RNC paid each protester?

[Grassy Knoll]

13. This is some funny shit...

One teabagger is actually holding a sign " Im A FOXaholic "
another " Glenn Beck for President " , Go figure .

[road2000]

21. Here's what I don't get...

Signs with NoMoreGore.com. Oh, wait. Eight years of Gore got us into this mess.

[moonbatmax]

43. Oh. My. GHOD!

Just when you thought they couldn't come up
with a more disastrous President
than George W. Bush...

If that ever did happen,
I'd be volunteering for of those
one-way trips to Mars.

Safer there.
Saner, too.

[felinetta]

14. I think Glen Beck and Fox overestimate their popularity. These people had a lot of time

to get to Washington DC and still they only got thousands. 
It's time to stop giving the squeaky wheel the grease.

[windoe]

15. Interesting how these people do have part of the big picture

Go Green, We the People, Recycle Congress and that they are being lied to. But the truth is being twisted a crucial 10% so they are mad at the wrong people. This could be used to our advantage. People's anger is real, but if they knew who the real perpetrators were, they would be a help and not such a hindrance.

Majority of these people are racist, egocentric and marginally educated. But they have to get the memo, they have to be given a clue, to stop being used as corporate thugs. I know if they knew who the real perps were, many of them would shift that last 10% easily. Just my 2cents.

[KoKo]

19. Actually...I know for a fact that Chamber of Commerce groups were

involved in this (at least in SC). A message went out on a site (for property owners) that you have to be registered to use on one of the wealthy Resort Islands near Charleston. It was real estate agents announcing the even. Caused a big mess on the site because not all were happy with political activities put out on the board which is usually for sharing info about recommendations for termite inspectors and such. A few of the people who were advocating are property owners who are probably worth millions and they were going. So, there's a lot of business interest in supporting the "TeaBaggers." Just saying....

[Blacksheep214]

16. A Slice Of Americana!

Circa 1820.

Instead of Where's Waldo, how about, Where's Diversity? I see White People!

This is embarrassing and does not represent me!

This, is the NRA! Scary, huh?

[LiberalLovinLug]

17. you got to hand it to the Right

with their takeover of the news media, while still pushing the librul media myth

with their ability to rally thousands out to fight for the rights of the Insurance lobbies.

with their ability to rally thousands out to fight against having their own universal health coverage

fucking unbelievable.

In almost any other country on the planet it would be the other way around.

where is the massive protests FOR healthcare reform?

[kristopher]

18. This is Glen 'Crybaby' Blech's much ballyhoo'd 912 March

It is a total failure for him and his cause, but it puts that point on the fact that they are a fringe group of nut cases.

[robo50]

24. What kind of "spending" are they protesting...multiple choice here.

The "spending" that gave them:

a tax break?

fixed roads and bridges?

school building improvements?

Or maybe

Saving the world economy from total collapse?

Getting GM back on their feet?

Keeping millions of unemployed from starving to death?

Which is it?

[PatSeg]

31. Yeah.......well they're REAL Americans

They don't need no stinkin' roads or bridges! Schools are for sissies! And they are "free" to starve to death if they want to, cuz this is America, land of the Free!

[Trillo]

25. That news photo looks like 50 folks, possibly less.

[Javaman]

26. I went to a few different sites and from the photos, there really didn't look like that many people

or should I say, nutbags attended this "rally".

Just remember, if they got 2000 people that can still be defined as "thousands".

[Grassy Knoll]

42. I see more people at..

A Detroit Lions game each week and they went 0-16,
Not to offend Michigan.

[Rozlee]

28. The Lone Teabagger

I'm visiting my daughter in Beeville, TX., population 12,700. I saw ONE poor old crone in her 70s or 80s holding up a sign saying "We make, they take, no socialism" in front of the Courthouse. No Medicare, No Social Security either, I might have told her if she hadn't looked so old and frail. Hey, who am I kidding? If there ever was a nuclear war, she and the cockroaches probably would reign supreme.

[bc3000]

29. When is the pro-public health care march?

I want to go

[Sabien]

30. Gee, just like we all did on 9/12/01

yah right

[PatSeg]

32. "Ayn Randers"???

Like any of these illiterates ever read a book!

[demwing]

33. And if any do, I doubt they read Rand, and if they have

I bet they don't get it, and if they get it, I bet they can't pronounce her name.

[PatSeg]

34. You've got that right

Someone should ask them if they believe in "objectivism" and then step back and watch their heads explode. They are all sound clips and no substance.

[demwing]

48. They get mad at you for calling them a Communist!

and then we laugh

[angrychair]

35. Their objections ring empty say I....

Where where between 2000 and 2008 when we experienced the largest increase in government (employees and number and size of departments) since the New Deal? Where were they when the government was spending money so fast that it doubled the national debt (from 5.6 T$ to 10. T$)? Hmmmmm? One has to wonder where all this faux outrage was then. Where was their concern when their health ins. premiums went up 27% in the last 3 years? Where is their outrage for Wall Street that has taken us all for trillions of dollars over the last couple of years? Where were the members of congress waving bills and screaming "lier" when * was asking for his fifth "emergency" spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan? Why is it NEVER part of the normal spending bill and why does no one seem to really care???

[demwing]

47. Argh! 'tis post like a Pirate day, says I /nt

[OneTwentyoNine]

36. They're also protesting HIGHER taxes...........

$288 BILLION in the Stimulus package for REAL tax cuts for middle and lower class and those asshats are protesting a tax increase. Those people NEVER read shit,they NEVER research shit. All their info comes from a pill popping idiot,Insanity and O'reilly.

Thugs like Madoff were the prime recipients of the Bush tax cut,not those dip wads at the tea bagger party. You can't fix STUPID.....

[LiberalEsto]

37. My daughter just gave 'em the finger

She was driving through DC a little while ago, saw them, and "saluted."

That's my girl. A real chip off the old blocks.

[JerseygirlCT]

38. Where were these people so concerned with deficits when

Bush ran up record deficits with tax cuts to the rich and a war of choice in Iraq?

[rainlillie]

52. Bush isn't African American, therefore they didn't care..

Make no mistake, the majority are against Obama, because of the color of his skin.

[Capn Sunshine]

39. What Happened to "millions and Millions expected"?

more RW hyperbole

[shawmut]

45. soreloserpalooza

[rainlillie]

53. LOL!

..

[Turborama]

59. LMAO! Excellent!!

This deserves to become commonly used slang for all their events!

[AsahinaKimi]

46. My guess is ...

MORE PEOPLE ATTENDED Barrack Obama's inauguration then showed up in Washington today... Thats says plenty

[JDPriestly]

49. Where were they when Bush was running record deficits and we were screaming.

Bush fought two wars while lowering taxes. That is part of what got us in this mess. The rest is explained in the Looting of America by Les Leopold.

Also, why haven't any marches been organized for our side. I participated in a vigil organized by Move-On and was invited to another one at a time that I could not attend. There has been very little organization on the pro-health care reform side. Why? We way outnumber those Tea-Baggers. What is the real story here?

[troubledamerican]

56. Where were they? Busy outraged at Michael Moore, Janeane Garofalo, Dick Durban,

John Kerry, Dan Rather, Hugo Chavez, George Soros, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, etc.

[bhikkhu]

50. Hate radio sock-puppets

They don't give a crap about anything until the puppeteers tell them to.

[bhikkhu]

51. Seriously - end the war, close the bases overseas, and drill ANWAR

if that's what they want, I don't see a big problem. The first two I'm for anyway and would save us untold billions, the 3rd I'd be happy to just get over with instead of listening to constant griping and the blame game every time oil goes up. If its what was needed to get their backing health care though, no problem.

[SunDrop23]

54. They are really marching to protest an African-American in the White House. Period. (nfm)

[fujiyama]

57. "protest spending" - LOL

Sounds benign enough, like they're a bunch of accountants.

Wow what a way to whitewash these freaks and their nutjob agenda.

[Blue_Tires]

58. i wonder why none of the news stories have focused on the event's flagrant racism...

or even mentioned it, for that matter?

[and-justice-for-all]

60. How quickly these fools forget Boosh's 1 trillion dollar deficit..nt