Comments on Advance Indiana™: If The Tea Party Still Exists, Would It Please Stand Up, Indianapolis Taxpayers Are Calling

Gary's right to pose the challenge or question...

2014-08-21T08:52:40.377-05:00

Gary's right to pose the challenge or question. And, Anon10:29, 12:05 is wrong in their bigotry.

The establishment has revealed itself as the short change cashier; to whom any return is a "shame on me" proposition. The Greed Over Principle (GOP) establishment suffers from poor intellectual hygiene; unaware of its own smell. Disconnect with the party battered base is establishment made; a growing enthusiasm gap which ironically spells the end of the establishment...

Public sector misadventures in real estate & business development are shiny object distractions from their Constitutionally legitimate mission; public safety (~provide for common defense, etc.), that which is government's true & limited design.

It's been said that the contemporary Tea Party movement began here back in 2007; maybe so. It's at least fair to say that ours was an early incarnation; therefore now advanced, in its experience & disillusionment.

The Tea Party is focused on these issues of the status faux; unconstitutional, runaway, non-government. Gary & Paul are right however, there's work to be done- now.

Any search engine would can answer the query, &quo...

2014-08-19T19:57:19.509-05:00

Any search engine would can answer the query, "What is the platform of 'The Tea Party'?" Unless, of course, the goal really isn't edification but rather instigation...

Tea Party Movement Platform
www.teaparty-platform.com

Running away, 7:02? Here I was so yearning to lea...

2014-08-19T19:33:15.084-05:00

Running away, 7:02?

Here I was so yearning to learn the Tea party platform.

Thank you Anon 11:41/4:45/6:15 for proving my poin...

2014-08-19T19:02:20.737-05:00

Thank you Anon 11:41/4:45/6:15 for proving my point at 12:05 and vindicating me completley. You sure do seem to come from a very unpleasant mindset and you place your mean-spiritedness here on display for all to plainly see.

Your questions are evidence that you are indeed from an extremist far left of center political point of view that is out of sync with the majority of Americans.

Thanks also for investing so much energy in drafting eight queries- 8!- that are inherently created to provide you with your unearned sense of moral superiority. Anyone also schooled in Test and Measurement would agree that each of your numerous questions are crafted in a duplicitous manner slanted against honest discussion.

For Paul Ogden and 12:05, here's a story that ...

2014-08-19T18:15:27.272-05:00

For Paul Ogden and 12:05, here's a story that just hit the wires:

I’m a cop. If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t challenge me.

Does the Tea Party believe this cop is mostly correct, or does the Tea Party believe the cop is cannot be more wrong and the cop's attitude is proof that the country needs a revolution?

12:05, if you're a Tea Partier, what's the...

2014-08-19T16:45:38.517-05:00

12:05, if you're a Tea Partier, what's the platform?

Eight claims were made about the Tea Party. Which are untrue?

1. Does the Tea Party love police? Does the Tea Party believe that police are a good idea and that we are all freer and better off if each one of us submits to police authority so that police can direct us to the best and safest course?

2. Does the Tea Party love the flag and national symbolism? Does the Tea Party believe all persons are better off being instructed in national stories, slogans, songs and goals? Does the Tea Party believe in "American Exceptionalism?"

3. Does the Tea Party support the wars and our military efforts overseas? Does the tea Party support using the military to defend Israel? Does the Tea Party believe that military members should receive priority treatment at stores and restaurants and should be given priority boarding on airplanes?

4. Does the Tea Party support Evangelicals and the Evangelical view of the world? Does the Tea Party think Israel is a chosen nation and that Jews are "Chosen People?"

5. Does the Tea Party salute the troops and believe that public events should include a troop salute? Does the Tea Party think we are free because of the troops?

6. Does the Tea Party believe that it's good to have rules, and that it's better to follow a bad rule than for people to decide for themselves which rules ought to be followed?

7. Does the Tea Party believe in big government? Does the Tea Party oppose legalizing unregulated drugs, prostitution and gambling? Does the Tea Party believe that government only has permission to intrude upon any action that involuntarily harms another person?

8. Does the Tea Party believe that our safety and security is best secured by acting as a group, and that it's necessary for people to be part of the group for their own benefit and the benefit of the group? Does the Tea Party believe that we're all freer and better off if each person first considers how every action will impact the group before acting in self interest and that if self interest diverges from the group desire that one should suppress self-interest and obey the wishes of the group?

I'm with Anon 12:05. Anon 10:09 obviously doe...

2014-08-19T14:59:52.172-05:00

I'm with Anon 12:05. Anon 10:09 obviously doesn't care that he completely mischaracterizes the Tea Party. It's not clear whether it's done out of ignorance or dishonesty.

Nonetheless, Gary is totally right that the Tea Party needs to be more active in Indianapolis politics given the looting of our tax dollars that is going on now.

To Anon 10:29- You have absolutely no idea exactly...

2014-08-19T12:05:38.555-05:00

To Anon 10:29- You have absolutely no idea exactly what the Tea Party is, my friend, and that fact is obvious from the trite, misinformed hate you spew. You sound to be a close-minded liberal leftist Democrat (but I repeat myself) who would demand tolerance from all but who would consistently deny it of those with opinions other than your own.

The utter ignorance and mean-spiritedness of your comment is beyond the pale and deserves nothing more than contempt from clear thinking, honorable men and women.

The Tea Party in Indiana essentially doesn't e...

2014-08-19T11:41:11.354-05:00

The Tea Party in Indiana essentially doesn't exist. It's less organized than the Libertarian Party, which is saying a lot.

The criminal justice deal is a boondoggle, just like the monorail.

They won't help. Tea-Partiers are just cop-lov...

2014-08-19T10:29:33.207-05:00

They won't help. Tea-Partiers are just cop-loving, flag-waving, war-loving, Evangelical, troop-saluting, rule-following, big-government authoritarians.

They call themselves "pro-life," yet support every time the cops kill someone.