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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda

Is there a point here? 

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Thousands of downtown DC protesters blast Obama


WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of protesters fed up with government spending marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, showing their disdain for the president's health care plan with slogans such as "Obamacare makes me sick" and "I'm not your ATM."

The line of protesters clogged several blocks near capitol, according to the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. Demonstrators chanted "enough, enough" and "We the People." Others yelled "You lie, you lie!" and "Pelosi has to go," referring to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Throngs of people 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.

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

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ORIGINAL: lronitulstahp

Ahhh...if only we had Beer Halls where we could hold meetings outlining the "wrongs" done to these embittered citizens that only seek to right the wriongs being done to them in the name of healthcare availability. It's funny how given the right amount of bullshit hateful rhetoric and the threat of "change" that might affect the old ways, how blind sheep can become become wolves.

 
Innocent victim of greed and of hatred and of cunning....We recognize him. We must crush this vermin, we must wipe this plague from our nation...
 
It's soooo cliche... And that's the scary part....
 
 
 

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Anti-Government Protests Draws Tens of Thousands to D.C.

Tens of thousands of conservative protesters crowded outside the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, a massive demonstration aimed at stopping what organizers called the over-expansion of the federal government under the Obama administration. "Hell hath no fury like a taxpayer scorned," declared Andrew Moylan, head of government affairs for the National Taxpayer Union, urging protesters to call their representatives. "You're being ignored today by the media and some politicians."


The crowd -- loud, rambunctious and sprawling -- gathered at the foot of the Capitol after a march along Pennsyvania Avenue from Freedom Plaza. Invocations of God and former President Reagan by an array of speakers drew loud cheers, echoing across the Mall. On a windy, overcast afternoon, hundreds of yellow "Don't Tread on Me" flags flapped in the breeze, mingled with U.S. and Texas state flags.


"We own the dome," the crowd chanted loudly, pointing at the Capitol.


About 30,000 people registered online for the march, according to one of the rally's sponsors, FreedomWorks, a Washington-based group headed by former House majority leader Dick Armey (R-Tex.). FreedomWorks and other sponsors, including Tea Party Patriots and ResistNet, comprise a loose coalition of conservative groups that helped organize several health-care and anti-tax rallies during the spring and summer.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/12/AR2009091200971_pf.html

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The average life span increased from 71 to 78 years. When Medicare began, there were five workers for every Medicare recipient. Now there are only four. And by 2030, the Board of Medicare Trustees expects there to be just 2.4. Unless millions of new young workers suddenly arrive from some other planet, there is no way that there will be enough workers to pay the Medicare benefits that we politicians have promised. Medicare's unfunded liability is $37 trillion -- yes, trillion. It's a scam.

...politicians should be ashamed of what we promised ... constituents.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/09/09/obamas_speech_tonight_98213.html