Comments on Creative Minority Report: CNN on the Coffee Party and Tea Party

" Low Life Starbucker "...THATS why if I even sort...

2010-04-27T10:46:16.256-04:00

" Low Life Starbucker "...THATS why if I even sort of agreed with their "positions" on the issues I would NEVER step foot on soil next to a sign toting, screaming, violence-inciting tea partier.

Our tent is bigger and we have room for the people who are having a hard time deciding what they want to protest about or with whom. Congressmen and women are meeting with us because we don't scream in their faces, spit on people or call our Government a bunch of Nazis, plain and simple. Didn't you ever hear that saying that it's may not be what you are saying but HOW you are saying it that people remember ?

Big Fail ? IDTS...Aparently you don't watch the news at all because we are growing so large that we are forming boards with bylaws all across this country, unlike the unorganized mess that you are. that is important if you want people to take you seriously. we don't get our political views from anyone but ourselves, unlike the TP who swallows whatever Murdoch, Koch, Armey and Fox makes them. I am an intelligent, well-read, hard-working, self-supporting humanitarian who can form my own opinion from what i see, hear and read. I just happen to love green tea as a beverage but for my sanity and for my 3 kids FUTURES, I love a great cup of coffee...because I don't want NeoCons, Christian Conservatives or Fascists in charge of our lives ever again

We catch a lot more flies with honey than they do with vinegar.

FROM: http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/ "BIG...

2010-03-13T17:04:25.473-05:00

FROM: http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/

"BIG FAIL. St. Louis Libs Hold Coffee Party – 30 People Show Up
Saturday, March 13, 2010, 12:41 PM
Jim Hoft
On Wednesday morning, 2,225 patriots turned out at the “Kill the Bill” rally in St. Charles, Missouri.
They were expecting 600…… But, 2,225 turned out."

As they saying goes, "Enough said!"

Some folks need to read more than their horoscopes or get their politcal news from others besides Olbermann, Maddow, and The View.

Methinks the Coffee Party was deliberately man...

2010-03-13T15:05:20.782-05:00

Methinks the Coffee Party was deliberately manufactured by the Democratic Party or one of its minions in response to the "grass roots" Tea Party movement.

JDTB thanks for the insight. I think the differen...

2010-03-12T17:57:38.862-05:00

JDTB thanks for the insight. I think the difference here was meeting vs protest. It sounds like your meeting, especially being held indoors at a private venue where bad behavior would mean getting thrown-out is different than anything outdoors. Also, a meeting means you are there to learn and/or discuss, as opposed to get in your thoughts/sound-bites with a poster.

But I think to your point, and the point of the follow-up video here, is that there are many groups/sub-groups being drawn together here under the tea-party umbrella. And it would be unfair to be categorized by the lowest common denominator in any situation.

Recently I went to the Rockford, IL Tea Party whic...

2010-03-12T17:03:11.634-05:00

Recently I went to the Rockford, IL Tea Party which had about 200 people in attendance. Held at a restaurant (where they large quantities of coffee, and not much tea!), it was a pretty sedate event: no signs, very little yelling, and no loud swearing (and the Swedish pancakes were quite good, too!). A number of presentations regarding taxation, upcoming legislation, and economics were given(with a fine presentation on basic economic theory by a young high school lady - her work was excellent).

I don't know about other Tea Parties, but this event was quite mild. People were concerned, and some were visibly upset over the fiscal and social policies of the federal and state governments, but the people I talked to were polite. No "fist-based" civility here!

JDTB

ER, I think Patty should start avoiding caffeinat...

2010-03-12T13:33:14.118-05:00

ER,

I think Patty should start avoiding caffeinated beverages and caffeine-related conventions altogether.

They appear to make her irritable, if not down-right violent.

Patty - if you go to the Tea Party convention, ple...

2010-03-12T13:08:29.263-05:00

Patty - if you go to the Tea Party convention, please report back on what you see. I've never attended, but on youtube I see some pretty racist and just plain evil signs/people there. If this is propaganda, I'd like it exposed. And if there truly are people like that carrying such signs and slogans, it would probably be best to distance ourselves here.

PattyinCT seems to have anger management issues. ...

2010-03-12T13:08:16.998-05:00

PattyinCT seems to have anger management issues.

"The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., "Over the Teacups," 1891

"Born on Facebook just six weeks ago, the group to...

2010-03-12T12:19:58.241-05:00

"Born on Facebook just six weeks ago, the group today boasts more than 110,000 fans. The Coffee Party is billed by many as an answer to the Tea Party (more than 1,000 fewer fans)"

This makes me want to join the facebook tea-party group just to spite them...

Civility? If you're looking for civility it comes...

2010-03-12T11:58:42.414-05:00

Civility? If you're looking for civility it comes right behind my fist!
So, I'm planning on attending a Tea Party April 15th...And I told my husband last night that our whole family (except our oldest) can sport our homemade shirt saying "I have a big brother, I'm looking for my President". Hahahahah!
Darn, and I'm a coffee drinker by nature. Why do these low life star-buckers have to put their political claws on everything??? Argh! Oh well! Tea totalers! I'll see you on the 15th!!! Woo hoo!!!