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KansasVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:18 PM
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The Tea Party Anti-Socialism Pledge
Edited on Mon Mar-29-10 04:20 PM by KansasVoter
Send this to your Tea Party Friends........

Source: http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978137663

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I, ________________________________, do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall strictly adhere to the following:

I will complain about the destruction of 1st Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 1st Amendment Rights.

I will complain about the destruction of my 2ndAmendment Rights in this country, while I am duly >being allowed to exercise my 2ndAmendment rights by legally but brazenly brandishing unconcealed firearms in public.

I will foreswear the time-honored principles of fairness, decency, and respect by screaming unintelligible platitudes regarding tyranny, Nazi-ism, and socialism at public town halls. Also.

I pledge to eliminate all government intervention in my life. I will abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:

•Social Security

•Medicare/Medicaid

•State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)

•Police, Fire, and Emergency Services

•US Postal Service

•Roads and Highways

•Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)

•The US Railway System

•Public Subways and Metro Systems

•Public Bus and Lightrail Systems

•Rest Areas on Highways

•Sidewalks

•All Government-Funded Local/State Projects (e.g., see Iowa 2009federal senate appropriations--http://grassley.senate.gov/issues/upload/Master-Approps-73109.pdf)

•Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, shower, dishwasher, kitchen sink, outdoor hose!)

•Public and State Universities and Colleges

•Public Primary and Secondary Schools

•Sesame Street

•Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children

•Public Museums

•Libraries

•Public Parksand Beaches

•State and National Parks

•Public Zoos

•Unemployment Insurance

•Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services

•Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding From Local, Stateor Federal Government (pretty much all of them)

•Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them)

•Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions)

•Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD's ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking

•Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies

•Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies

•If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care

I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist

locations, including but not limited to:

•Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History

•The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments

•The government-operated Statue of Liberty

•The Grand Canyon

•The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials

•The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery

•All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC

I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare.

I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America.

I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army.

I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees.

Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks.

Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die.

SWORN ON A BIBLE AND SIGNED THIS DAY OF ____________ IN THE YEAR ______________.



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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:19 PM
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1. Thom Hartmann read this on the air today. Do you have original attribution? n/t
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KansasVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:21 PM
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2. I added my source link.......
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abelenkpe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:23 PM
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3. great stuff
but a bit wordy. The teabaggers I know didn't graduate from high school. Hope they make it to the end. Love the bit about swearing on the bible. :)
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KansasVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:27 PM
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4. LOL!!
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:27 PM
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5. Please try to refer to them as "teabaggers".
They really hate it since they found out what it means.

Thanks! }(
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:28 PM
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7. Isn't it true that they themselves started out calling themselves that?
And then changed it when they realized what it meant? I remember somebody posting proof of that once.
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one_voice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:34 PM
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8. That's what I heard.
I believe Rachel Maddow did a big piece on this. She was making fun of them for choosing that name.

I can't ever find a link for it though. It pisses the baggers off when you remind them of this, and of course they deny it.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:35 PM
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10. This is true. They even registered the Teabagger domain name. n/t
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:46 PM
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12. Which domain name?
teabaggers.com is a tea/coffee place in Ohio, and .org just has a placeholder.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:47 PM
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13. It was probably the .org. n/t
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:35 PM
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9. TeaKlan and TeaKluxKlan also work. n/t
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:27 PM
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6. Just posted this to my blog. Thanks! nt
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:37 PM
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11. Are you sure they didn't say "anti-social" pledge?
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-29-10 04:49 PM
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14. "Sidewalks"
And get outta the steet, you anti-government types!

Perfect! Thanks.
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