Tea Party? Try Tea Puppets

• Thanks Norm, Next time someone wants to know where I get the idea that many tea party people are insanely angry, I will offer your post as evidence. Hope you get better.

• We should have never bought into their tea bagging crap. http://cmrji.com/blog/ Anyone who would vote for Michelle Bachmann, is a threat to us all.

• Good advice. http://cmrji.com/blog/

• THIS IS 100% true. This is Exactly what the Corupt Republicans are doing in Florida and All over the country. We need to fight .

• You leftards keep bashing the TP...they thive on your disdain.

• lol, Tea Parties are for little girls with invisible friends. www.real-privacy.it.tc

• As a Florida Tea Partier, I can attest to the fact that the Tea Party has no use for Charlie Crist and others like him who are influenced by money and spending. However, we love Rick Scott who is cutting the budget so we don't have higher property taxes we can't afford

• Rick Scott is a douche bag. Election Day was a very sad day for the prospects of this state. Having said that, it's a real shame he derailed our high speed rail project. Those who have been pushing it through since the beginning remind me of the pioneers in this state in the 40s and 50s that fought hard and long to realize the dream of the Florida Turnpike (no, I'm not that old but it is a well documented history in our state). The levels of growth we saw in our economy along the turnpike corridor were unprecedented across numerous industries, many unexpectedly. Our state leadership has been void of forward-thinking visionaries for a long time. It's a real shame.

• I canceled my republican membership and those crooks have ceased to surprise me. I detest Scott since he cancelled the project. knew he was a crook.

• Hey I can see I have a lot of replies today there seems to be some good support for lawyers,let's see if we can go one week that there are no lawyers getting arrested in broward,ok the next time I will knock a lawyer is when they get arrested or charged for stealing,if I had to make a bet I would say they can't make a week starting tomorrow.so let's sit back and see,and I'm sure they won't let us down.

• And now we have the US going to war on behalf of the oil and defense industries. 112 cruise missiles fired - at about $600,000 per missile. That’s some sweet cash for the war profiteers! And what interests lay in Libya, you ask? Black gold baby, black gold! All done without congressional authorization! The Koch brothers indeed have some pull - all the way to the White House it seems. Perhaps the tea party already has it’s President in office.

• If the fed starts freely printing money, you'll be able to book a trip to London for $100,000. Your parent's retirement savings will be depleted in 2 years.

• Do you really need someone to explain it to you? My point is that Bob (and more than half the commentators on this site) constantly pat themselves on the back for pointing out how stupid the tea partiers are. While doing so, they completely miss the fact that they are being sold a bill of goods by politicians and special interests on the left but don't see it. I'm not a Scott fan or a tea partier. I am just of the opinion that the high speed rail between Tampa and Orlando would be another waste of money and would never self-sustain itself from ticket sales. I formed my opinion on my own without reading the propaganda from either side, both of which is published by special interests. Got it "jackhole"?

• If the country doesn't get its finances in order soon, the handful of greedy people that you refer to will be in just as much trouble as the poor. I guess possibly even more since they have more to lose.

• Great response. Miss the whole point of realist's post and then answer that we can simply print our own money. If you don't understand why that's not a good thing, then there's no point discussing it further.

• Somebody above pointed out that the big money sees a viable movement, and the money then flows in so they can benefit from it. I won't dispute that big money interests are now behind the tea party movement. Be intellectually honest for a moment Virgil. Do you really think that the Soros crowd isn't doing the same exact thing on the left? Can you say with a straight face that moveon.org isn't an "AstroTurf movement financed and organized by billionaires?"

• Rick Scott for el Presidente!!!

• Sorry that was meant for twas

• A brief re-telling of the events surrounding Florida Governor Rick Scott’s sudden resignation Certainly it was unexpected. March 19, 2011, less than three months into his term of office, Rick Scott submitted his resignation to a stunned Secretary of State and substantial Florida audience. “It has come to my attention that Florida Governors must submit proof of residency in the state for seven years prior to taking the oath of office. To my surprise and chagrin I had resided here six years, eleven months and twenty-seven days.” After a series of urgent phone calls from party officials to the Executive Mansion the Governor altered his position claiming a: to have misspoken and b: to having his statement misinterpreted by the media. A brief statement was promptly issued by his Press Secretary. “Ridiculous,” was his one word response. On succeeding days this was followed by, “the Democrats will do and say anything” and later by the ever popular and expressive, “The Governor always follows the letter of the law” and finally by the impressionably succinct and revealing “No comment.” Members of his inner circle argued his time in residence was “close enough.” Tea Party adherents declared they were “fully behind him” as was former Governor Jeb Bush and the entire state-wide staff of Solantic Urgent Care Centers. Curious note: From 1999 to 2003 Scott worked with World Vision to create a primary health care system in Bunyala, a poor area of Kenya. It is often alleged that current president Barack Obama was raised in Kenya by his father and grandfather who regaled him with tales of murderous Mau Mau exploits. (Reference: Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee who is expected to seek the presidency in 2012 and recently misspoke on the same subject.) Additional curious note: The president remains in office despite his birth in Kenya. Governor Scott baldly agreed with the Tea Party explanation that they were “Fine, patriotic citizens who completely understand that seven years residency as advocated in Article IV, Section 5b of the Florida Constitution is merely a suggestion and cannot be construed otherwise.” Discussing the final four days of his initial residency, the time span under discussion by the liberal, socialist press, Governor Scott argued, “I repeatedly flew over Naples, Florida on my way to a secret meeting in the Everglades to discuss overthrowing Fidel Castro, the communist dictator of Cuba who was slated to later become a secret Obama speechwriter and responsible for vast money-raising activities in the island nation 70 miles from Florida.” When asked to name others in the discussion group Governor Scott aggressively dismissed the thought. “It was a secret meeting of patriotic Americans and I will not, unless I am water-boarded multiple times, reveal their identities.” He then repeated that he met the strict, litmus test requirements of Florida residency. The Governor also offered to provide a notarized birth certificate attesting to his arrival in the United States December 1, 1952 in Bloomington, Illinois. A careful search of hospital records of December 2, 1952 and a detailed reference in Bloomington’s The Daily Pantagraph revealed the “arrival of Richard L. Scott to his parents December 1, 1952.” Mother Esther is known to the press and public but nothing has been heard of/or about his father, a long-distance truck driver. Editorial Note: Bolstering his credentials as a very, very conservative Republican it has been cited that famous communist Democrat, Adlai Stevenson, was also born in Bloomington, Illinois. Upon reaching the age of four Scott insisted the family move to a more politically attuned state and they relocated to Kansas City, Missouri. Stevenson’s family owned and ran The Daily Pantagraph, a liberal newspaper. The Liberal Press immediately rushed to judgment and demanded the resignation of the Governor. Protests were held at Cinderella’s Castle in DisneyWorld where the Governor was successfully burned in effigy. A crowd estimated to be in excess of 1,203,710 was present on the first day and thereafter grew to an astonishing 4,213, 888 by the weekend. Many of those attending claimed to be merely visiting on a 20% off coupon offered by Tropicana but this remains, as yet, unverified. Commercials were presented on the major state television channels and on cable television calling for his resignation. Prominent entertainment and sports personalities looked squarely at the camera’s interpretation of the Governor and simply said, “GO”. It was all Floridians spoke of and thought about. The Governor answered by firing 14,212 teachers state-wide plus known Democratic voters in South Florida, Tampa and Naples. He also purchased key newspapers in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville and Key West and television stations throughout Florida. The Florida National Guard was dispatched to Miami. The governor in campaign speeches had said he would bring 700,000 new jobs to the state and after declining to build a government-offered train route from Tampa east and ultimately south to Miami said he would personally dredge the Port of Miami and make it the port of choice in North and South America. Opponents claimed he was going to build a canal from Florida to California and this would not be cost effective. Arizona’s Governor Jan Brewer said every person traveling through her state would be asked for documentation and if not forthcoming would be promptly dispatched to Guantanamo. Others wondered if he would personally pay for the canal. The Governor issued a statement declining to pay for the canal and his polling numbers dropped precipitously and ominously. Will he resign? Will he be impeached? Only time will tell. “Let’s get to work!” PS: The governor served in the Navy and so did I. I hope he keeps this in mind when the subject is brought to his inattention. warren-langer@att.net Still Liberal at 83 Coming soon: Still Liberal at 84

• Rick Scott for el Presidente!!!

• The problem is you think the Democrats give a shit about the people and the middle class. You could not be further from the truth. Kool Aid Isle 6!

• Exactly, just like the hippie protesters in Wisconsin are being manipulated by their union masters . . .

• Maybe someone could explain why we are going to war with Libya? Because the Asshole in the white house never told us. Maybe it was the tea party. Virgil is a Douche Bagger.

• Nailed it.

• You're the best. A pleasure reading the posts of an educated and informed person.

• Was at TY park this weekend, ya know the broken down for years thing next too the pool Safety Town? Well it's getting a face lift and the whole crew are mexicans. Saw Hollywood getting sidewalk repairs.....whole crew mexican. My neighbors getting their roof fixed yup mexicans.

• you using the "Realist" moniker, is just an oxymoron..... Since all you do is so far from reality as it can get.... You just repeat scary crap to justify how a handful of greedy people control ALL the wealth in the country.... No deference from what the kings and emperors did and still do ....

• Tony, would you consider having the "big government" getting out of your life, by dismantling the military, police, jail houses? And how about letting you build your own roads and ports? Or just letting the old just die homeless if they can't fend for themselves? Taking the time to understand the difference between you being broke and the scary propaganda you seem to just follow, would be of great help for you, man...

• If you were a Realist, you would know that a country is not a company nor a corporation nor a "family". Specially a country that prints it own money... So I suggest you start thinking and learning and stop just repeating scary talking points...

• You know it!

• Now, the billionaire gives half a cookie to the county commissioners to allow him to build a ( fill in the blank with whatever), then gives another half a cookie to the unions to help elect the county commissioners by telling them that the county commissioners love unions, but just won't negotiate with them and force them into a health care provider that has contributed some cookie crumbs to the election campaign of the count commissioners!

• You go!!!! I hate tea baggers and the billionaires trying to influence America!

• I agree!!!!

• Brilliant!

• Off topic: School board invesitagation kicks off tomorrow, not that there is anything wrong with that!

• A unionized public employee, a billionaire and a Tea Partier are sitting at a table. A plate with a dozen cookies are set down before them. The billionaire quickly grabs 11 of the cookies. The union guy then reaches for a cookie. The billionaire turns to the Tea Partier and says: "Are you going to let him get away with that with your cookie?"

• George Soros, the bogeyman of the Right. Nice how you conveniently forget about the Coke Brothers, Rupert Murdock and the other right wing billionaires who do the same crap for the right wing spin machine. Dick Armey, financed by Freedomdoesn'tworks, orchestrated the Tea Party movement. There are a lot of things to be pissed off about and this was a nice way to turn the blame away from the Republicans who were a major player in the collapse of the housing market and our economy. Say what you want, but if Obama were White, this hole tea party movement wouldn't have gotten off the ground. This isn't a lot different from Nixon's Southern Strategy in the 50s. They were losing the South, so they started the spin that not only were the Democrats trying to get more Blacks registered in the South, but they were going to give them more rights than the Southern Whites. They used bigotry, hatred, fear and poverty to create the Dixiecrats. This isn't a left wing consipiracy theory, it is documented history. They love to say the left is playing the race card whenever they are caught in their own racism. It's just like them crying "class warfare" when anyone dares to say that CEOs make 250 times as much as the average worker or that the tax cuts for the rich should be stopped. The history of the GOP is mired in the use of racism to push their agenda, while they raise the Ten Commandments and tell the world how holy they are - Right Newt?

• Actually, Semites are a group of peoples and are defined by origins of language, Hebrews (now Jews) among them. I know Wiki is a cheap shot to use as a reference tool, but it's easy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic

• What will the Tea Baggers want next? Hearings on un-American Activities.... I don't like the idea of telling private business owners -- I abhor racism. I think it's a bad business decision to exclude anybody from your restaurant -- but, at the same time, I do believe in private ownership.'' —Kentucky GOP Senate nominee and Tea Party favorite Rand Paul, arguing that government shouldn't require private businesses to serve customers of all races, interview with Louisville Courier-Journal, April 25, 2010

• Hey I can see I have a lot of replies today there seems to be some good support for lawyers,let's see if we can go one week that there are no lawyers getting arrested in broward,ok the next time I will knock a lawyer is when they get arrested or charged for stealing,if I had to make a bet I would say they can't make a week starting tomorrow.so let's sit back and see,and I'm sure they won't let us down.

• Lance..Don't you think you're being a little hypocrate. I've said before, I don't ignore. That might be your thing,but not mine. If I were you. I would think long and hard , choose my battles and who I decided to defend. Parkland man is a hateful creep. If you want to choose his way of thinking and expressing himself, that's your problem, I will continue to speak out against that idiot when he spews his shit.

• Sounds like your not a nice person that could be way you like to defend lawyers,and that's fine,and first of all the whole world hates lawyers and that's the bottom line,and your not going to change it,so don't be mad at me for telling the truth kick a lawyer in his balls

• Sounds like your not a nice person that could be way you like to defend lawyers,and that's fine,and first of all the whole world hates lawyers and that's the bottom line,and your not going to change it,so don't be mad at me for telling the truth kick a lawyer in his balls

• Learn to write at a level higher than a 6th grader, and then, maybe we'll figure out what the hell you are trying to express.

• Hey I live in parkland not on the parkway,it sounds like you have hate in you,I don't hate anyone,now if the truth about lawyers being nothing but scum that you don't like that's something you might have to deal with yourself because that's what there are,I just don't like lawyers,or rapiset.

• You Betcha!

• The Tea Baggers, as with Sarah Palin, wouldn't know their asses from their elbos..... ''Well, let's see. There's — of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that there's never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So, you know, going through the history of America, there would be others but —'' —Sarah Palin, unable to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with other than Roe vs. Wade, interview with Katie Couric, CBS News, Oct. 1, 2008

• Actually, it's anti-Semitic, not "anti-semantic". Someone who is anti-Semitic is anti- (against) Semitic people (jews). I am not anti-Semitic. I am, however, against your semantics, "Lance".

• Virgil,I see you have plenty of time on your hands do you not have a job,Do you have your own paper that you write for or were you a paper boy,or is it your ex wife That hated you is a lawyer,for some reason you seem to like dirtbag lawyers and that's fine some people like fat women and bank robbers,you might be one of them.

• No never been thru that I just don't like sb lawyers,I'm not a big fan of bank robbers,or people who steal from drug stores,I think you should work for a living and make something happen,and not red tape jerkoff.

• Dear Lance... It's clear you must be a sporadic reader of this blog. My judgement of the Parlandland man is based on his constant antisemetic, illiterate hateful utterings. He wrires as if he never made it past the second grade and constantly professes, in a common illiterate, ignorant, distasteful lowlife way how much he hates lawyers. There is nothing valid to what this creep posts and if you agree with that, than I feel sorry for you. Actually I am a frequent reader and poster, I did state that I changed my moniker. Now, how do you avoid a bully? On a written forum?? Geez, I dunno, ignore them!!! Arguing with someone that is anonymous and on a blog is like winning the special Olympics or being class valedictorian of summer school, OK, you won but so???? And for all the bashing you gave the guy for his grammar, it's he "writes" not wrries, it's anti-semantic not antisemetic and it's uttering not utterings.,not that I care but it goes to show we are all human. Look, I like people that disagree, and from what I can tell most of you do also...unless they are disagreeing with you! Chillax, nothing you write has any meaning but to you, you have not changed the world, or any one's mind. Parkland man is right, based on what pulp has written about attorneys and politicians and judges, they are all scum, now that being said I read and listen to other venues so I know that is not true, but if I only read Pulp, the Parkland man is right. Now, "breathe in, breathe out, karate from here, not here, walk right side, OK, walk left OK, walk middle squish like bug" from the great and abstract thinking mind of Mr. Miyagi....

• Thanks for the kind reply Mr. Jones. If the US doesn't get it's finances in order their will be wars. We'll eventually run out of funding and will be forced to seize the assets of other countries. I'm sure you are a proponent.

• I think the key to the taxes will actually be a lowering of tax rates for all taxpayers and a significant reduction in loopholes which are really creating the biggest inequities in the system. The bipastisan committe seems to feel that this would greatly increase tax revenues. I'm all for it. America was built on capitalism and capitalism suggests that companies will try to maximize profits by lowering costs. The unions in American have actually had a great deal to do with the outflow of jobs to other countries. Admittedly, work conditions in some of these countries are very poor and I would hope that our business leaders do their best to not support abusive labor. I really don't think that you can blame the outflow of jobs on a particular group, unless we want to close down the borders and not export our own goods. It's an extremely competitive world, if another company is making goods for 30% less than I am, I won't be in business for very long. Communist leaders were always good at controlling labor wages and ensuring that jobs remained home. Remember that it took a financial disaster to finally close down the GM reading room program, I think it was called. Workers were offered the option of being trained for another job outside of GM or they could show up every day and be paid for killing the day in a reading room. Many opted to hang out. Programs like that don't help keep manufacturing jobs in the US.

• Tired of being a Teaball Sucker? Well spit it out and bend over and grab your ankles because there's a big Koch gonna be rammed some place you are used to getting rammed. Or, instead, you could read my blogs and learn stuff... http://neo-nazi--teaparty--kkk.blogspot.com/ http://gop-demon-sheep.blogspot.com/ http://truthiest.blogspot.com/

• >> Wendell Cox Consultancy Speaking of cox, where's Unowho?

• So divided? We once fought a civil war. How much more fucking divided can a nation get? You might be a middle of the road Republican, but you are a total douche bag.

• Subversive? Why, because he is stating a fact, that the tea part is an AstroTurf movement financed and organized by billionaires? What is subversive about that? I suggest you don't throw around terms that you do not comprehend.

• There's always a trick.

• I meant Axelrod and his bipartisan panel. Do they have a plan to convince the treasonous Fortune 500 to stop doing business with Commies because they can pay slave wages, and return our jobs? Do you understand that is the primary problem?

• You are in the minority. The overwhelming majority of Republicans refuse to accept the fact that taxes need to be raised on everyone, especially the top 1%. Interesting that you mention nothing about how the outsourcing of millions of jobs is the main driving force behind the decrease in the tax base. Does Aronberg have a plan to return manufacturing to America, or is he just another puppet for the Chamber of Commerce?

• Would you walk away and ignore someone being constantly bullied? I choose to speak up. You may choose to ignore. That's your choice. Not mine.

• Dear Lance... It's clear you must be a sporadic reader of this blog. My judgement of the Parlandland man is based on his constant antisemetic, illiterate hateful utterings. He wrires as if he never made it past the second grade and constantly professes, in a common illiterate, ignorant, distasteful lowlife way how much he hates lawyers. There is nothing valid to what this creep posts and if you agree with that, than I feel sorry for you.

• Why so divisive: tea baggers, middle class conservatives, law enorcement vs. elite republicans? Our country has become so divided. We obviously all have differing interests and need to come together for a greater good. Given the incredibly dangerous work that law enforcement is asked to perform, they probably shouldn't have their benefits reduced. But should they have been awarded defined benefit pensions in the first place, while the rest of corporate American places their funds in 401k's and are subject to the whims of the market? And obviously there have been a lot of games played in the last few years with excessive overtime leading to higly inflated retirement benefits. The future of the US is dependent upon reducing debt and deficits. That means reducing spending and raising tax revenues. The bipartisan panel led by David Axelrod has identified key areas that can put our country on a good path. I hope the momentum is not lost. The majority of Americans have no idea how dire our country's financial position is. It's just become so difficult to accomplish anything because our country is so divided. I'm a middle of the road republican and am well aware that all parties will have to make sacrifices.

• The incendiary and subversive Pulp strikes again! Can anyone point to actual REAL facts to back-up their statements? George Soros is fundamentally changing the American way of life the best way he can, with Money $$$ and the far-left-wing bomb throwers leading the charge. Soon, we won't even recognize it.

• Any story leaked/written by an "interested" party about another is propaganda in the truest sense. This happens on every side of the political aisle. The image Pulp put up is from a website Republicandirtytricks.com. I am more skeptical of information coming from someone with a dog in the fight. I did not comment on the validity of the article. Sometimes propaganda is true. Just remember what it is. I dont know the validity of the article. I do know this. The cities that I have been in that have the best public transportation systems I have seen (New York and DC) have no loss of motor vehicle traffic try driving through eitherone of thos cities. For those in the know, Disney opposed the rail system. Disney has a monopoly on the bus service from the airport/sea port directly to LBV no stops at Sea World, Universal or The Holy Land.

• Now,now...the idea of the pulp is to share ideas, thoughts and to vent. You have made a judgement of Parkland man, fine. But don't include me or anyone else in your triad. After reading and experience all the corruption in Broward with low life attorney's,politicians and judges it is easy for anyone to lump them all together. What I find really appalling is that for some unknown reason, the republicans and tea partiers have become the " burning car " for the dems and libs. I just love the Bush bashing when it was a democratic house, I love that everyone wants to recall Scott, but that is only in Broward, he is being championed elsewhere, oh yea I forgot, anyone that does not agree is a STUPID MORON. When you speak of puppets, remember it is not the repubs and tea partiers, tell me the condo dwellers, who have elected almost every judge and local politician in this county for the past 40 years, tell me they are free thinkers? Tell me they won't sell their soul for a part time poll watchers position? Tell me they won't listen to another voice other then what their condo board tells 'em. The only reason we are seeing the arrest now, instead of 30 years ago is: 1)Feds stepped in, 2) Mike Satz decided he liked being an elected official more then having friends 3)the demographics in the county has changed4) the elitist,Teflon attitude is beginning to pit away. And besides, did Chase Damon,every make amends to those he wronged? Did he ever atone for his sins? Did he pay back his student loans? I have also changed my name, from Murry GoPhuckurselph, to my current moniker, Lance Sterling, just has a lil more panache', eh??? Now,stop calling peoples names and let them say what they want, you can always ignore them, like I often do....

• Great piece Pulp, proving what every informed person already knows. The tea baggers, along with most middle class conservatives, are stooges for the elite. My favorite are my friends in law enforcement who have been voting for Republicans their entire life. Now that their pensions are under attack by the GOP, they are waking up. I've been telling them the same thing for years. They are stooges, and now I am being vindicated.

• What the F are you talking about now? This is called investigative journalism. A journalist uncovered a link from ultra wealthy billionaires to Rick Scott. How is that propaganda?

• This equivalence argument is nonsense. The money that funds the corporate Right dwarfs the money raised on the left. It is not even close.

• I didn't know the Sun Sentinel publishes a pop up children's version of their paper with BIG WORDS. Who is helping you?

• Hey douche. Did you know that Rick Scott is an attorney? He earned a J.D. Degree from SMU. Jesus H. Christ, you truly are as dumb as a rock.

• You're a douche nozzle. Attorneys are nothing but pawns used by the ultra wealthy. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

• Nice work pulp.

• Wait until you get arrested for something...you'll love your public defender then!

• Or the mercedes with the tires slashed-- discovered AFTER the wife got safely home....

• Another point I'd like to raise, most of what we see as news is propaganda. This is a propaganda piece. Even real stories are often propaganda events leaked out by the other side. How many stories are "leaked" to reporters by political opertives. Some are true, some are not. I remember during the presidential election, the Bob Beckel starting a rumor about Michele Obama as a last ditch effort to get Hillary nominated (We'd totally be better off if she were elected). He wont tell but I wonder how many stories politics related we read here are leaked by polical foes. Remember the hand squeeze incident? The photo of the gun range study? Pulp does great work and I understand political enemies make great sources. Rarely are sources or leaks politically disinterested.

• Bob your out of touch: The tea party is nothing more than about getting the government out of lives period. The flip side of your argument is the opposition are puppets of big government. The truth is the country has become dominated by big goverment, big industry and big labor. What is it about us being broke you don't understand?

• Such it is with most of the movements where people are moved to emotional outrage against their own best interests by the manipulators. The steam went out of the KKK in the late 1920s when it became apparent that the leaders where in it to make money selling Klan robes and trinkets to the rubes.

• The best substitute for brains is silence.

• Who gives a shit why Rick Scott killed (for now) this multi-billion dollar boondoggle? Just as long as he killed it. I'm sure those angling for the bullet train are far more corrupt. There's nothing on earth like a genuine, bona fide, electrified, six-car monorail.

• @ Skydove, once again well said. If you look behind either side of any issue you will see big money. Media Matters there is moveon.org funded in a heavy way by George Soros and the CEO of Progressive Insurance. Someone mentioned look who is behind the "green energy" and carbon off-set companies. The Tea Party, like the fringe elements on the left like ACORN are often operate as a grass roots operation until there is a decent sized voting bloc then the big money rolls in to a national office and they co-op the message. Groups like these have ignorant followers or sheeple. Most of these fringe elements on BOTH sides follow what the big money wants them to. Remember a mind can only work if its open. Those who dismiss an idea soley because it is from the other side is a fool.

• Rick(The Crook)Scott is, as we see, also just another PUPPET!

• The tea party movement is an over the top response to an over the top problem: deficits and US Government debt. Manipulation or not, our country can no longer afford these projects. If the country ever gets back to running surpluses, it would be a nice project. Companies which over the course of just a few years, spend more than they take in eventually disappear. There is no end in sight to the projected deficits of our country, what will be the ultimate outcome for the US? Whether you are a tea party supporter, liberal or conservative we are all faced with an incredibly troubling situation. Significant changes have to be made. The daily operations of our country are financed by foreign countries. China is laughing at us, they are more than happy to lend us money so we can build our bullet train and keep going further and further into debt. This is such a serious threat to our nation that it would be great to see people put their idealogies aside and take a common sense look at this issue. If we don't significantly reduce our spending, there is no good outcome for the US.

• It's time I've had my say to you. It's obviuous you're not a scholar. You're just a dumb, illiterate man filled with evil and hate. Your words and comments are disgusting and hold no weight with me or anyone else. You STUPID MORON!

• Tea Bagger PUPPETS follow the the leader blindly out to sea!

• I still thnk you're an ignorant illiterate SLUG!

• I got a feelin' your ex-wife's lawyer handed to your ass to you.

• I've learned this one the hard way. Never, but never, disect anyone's in the heat of the moment.

• There's a certain amount of post hoc, propter hoc going on here. Rick Scott is awful; the Koch brothers fund fellow right-wingers, including the tea party and the Reason Foundation. Scott's transportation adviser and his study maker have clear ties to big oil interests. So the bullet train to have been initially financed by stimulus funds was wrongly rejected? The only way that works is if you put your thumb on the progressive side of the scales and ignore common sense. Every big-bucks project in the world involves dueling studies. Both sides get the results they paid for and trot them out in the course of what's presented to the public as a debate or dialog but generally is a behind-the-scenes power struggle, during which it's quietly agreed that the studies cancel each other, hence can be ignored. On the local level, you have studies paid for by the developers and First Pres "proving" that the church's expansion plans won't tie up traffic in the neighborhood, and studies paid for by the neighborhood saying, "Oh yes they will." In the middle, on Las Olas as in Tallahassee, lies common sense. The result in both cases is or will be the outcome of a power struggle, and startlingly enough, money always figures prominently in such events. Then the losing side can emphasize this point with all the outrage at its command, the winner can rejoice in consolidated power, and the original rift will deepen.

• Awesome job their Parklin Man! Wow, grate gramer their you iliterate. Your 2nd grade disleslic sentince strukture is also vary well put together. Your vews are so insiteful that may be you shuld right a book. I wood luv to reed it...butt... Before you do, please brush up on how to use "their, there, and they're", realize that "don't" is typically used for the plural as opposed to the singular "doesn't". "Wright" is a former UF safety who now plays for the Bears, I believe you intended to use "write". You couldn't even spell Anti Semitic correctly. C'mon man! If you're (as opposed to your) going to be this blatantly anti semitic in your online ranting, at lease have the courtesy to spell it correctly!

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_streetcar_scandal

• This is nothing new, just like Goodyear and GM conspired decades ago to destroy the country's light rail systems.

• Bob, you're so caught up in hating the Repubs that you got this one wrong. I hate the Repubs, too, but I also hate the Dems. They're two faces of the same coin. I don't want to pay for a train that cuts 1/2 hour off people's trip from Tampa to Disney. It's the most ridiculous project ever imagined. The idea that the ridership will pay for the operations is laughable. There is no public-train transpo in Orlando. You need a car once you get off the train. Or a bus to Disney. On the other hand, we all drive and we all use the roads. Better roads help us all, not just the few who would be helped by the stupid train. Nothing I can do about the money eventually going to Koch, but are the ultimate recipients of the train profits going to be any better corporate citizens? Hell no.

• So you're an apoligist for Scott and his masters like the Koch's? What is your point jackhole.

• Hey im reading the sun sentinel this morning and reading about this prominent lawyer damon chase has been arrested over a dozen times,again just goes to show you what lawyers are all about, he's a criminal most of them are,lawyers to me he is a prominent pice of shit just like the rest of them,he's good friends with stacy ritters husband who is a drunk a cheat a lier and shitbird.i guess anyone can be a dog walker or a lawyer.

• The same Harry Sargent that you busted Judge Hurley flying around with for free? It appears something may have happenend with the lawsuit Ed McGee was going to file because the Hurlman sure gets a pass around here now a days.

• Do we really need that monorail? Is it so awful that someone has to take a cab to the port? How many cabbies would be out of work by the monorail?

• Well said Bob. Those stupid tea partiers are puppets for war profiteers and don't even realize it. I have to get back MSNBC now to see how my 'progressive' president is doing with those missles we're lobbing at Libya. Stories like this are why I am so proud to be a liberal. Those dumb, racist, redneck tea baggers are against a high speed rail that would cost the state millions to operate to shuttle a few hundred people from Tampa to Orlando. Good thing none of 'green' studies are funded or influenced by any special interests. We are so much smarter than them.

• Hey are you a lawyer and work for little money also or just a jerkoff trying to protect a pac of lowlifes,we dont have alot of lawyers living in parkland because most of them are broke and if you like lawyers then go blow one ah

• It would seem that Tea Party drones have their own particular individual hate issue, that they find support for within their group. They are oblivious to all the other agendas that also float around the group. Their baseless loyalty knows no bounds and therefore all the individual agendas gets rubber stamped by the entire group. That is a symptom of stupidity. Blind faith is a disease common to this group. What they have accomplished is placing the puppet masters in elected positions where they can do the most damage. Just fucking brilliant. Of course Scott is the front man for an entrenched power group with severe cases of self enrichment. Florida is lost and unrecoverable. Decisions and policies made now will be the gifts that keep on giving well into the future.

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