In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, rusty sliver of it that infected me 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of interviewing all of the zine folks that I respected back in the day, during the period which many of us still consider to be […]
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The Boston Tea Party was in response to corporate oppression, not higher taxes
In a world beset by self-proclaimed historians like Glenn Beck, scribbling nonsense on blackboards, and making wild assertions that aren’t backed up by facts, I found this video, which actually revolves around real, first-hand accounts of the events leading up to the Boston Tea Party, to be extremely refreshing. For those of you who are […]
Posted in History, Other, Politics Also tagged 1773, A Retrospect of the Boston Tea Party, Boston Tea Party, Corporate Crime, corporate socialism, corporate takeover of politics, corporate welfare, East India Company, George R.T. Hewes, George Robert Twelves Hewes, Glenn Beck, Rusticus, Samuel Adams, tea, tea party, The Alarm, Thom Hartmann 8 Comments
The Great Tea Party Swindle
Frank Rich, in today’s New York Times, suggests that the Tea Party movement is being fostered because it allows ready access easy marks. Here’s a clip: …Both Steele and Palin claim to be devotees of the tea party movement. “I’m a tea partier, I’m a town-haller, I’m a grass-roots-er” is how Steele put it in […]
Posted in Media, Politics Also tagged bejeweled tea bag, Betsy Ross, Bill O’Reilly, Burberry, Conservative Political Action Conference, Erick Erickson, flags, Frank Rich, Glenn Beck, Jeffery McQueen, Michael Steele, movements co-opted by hucksters, Nashville, National Public Radio, On Point, Opryland, RedState.com, Sarah Palin, swindles, tea party, Tea Party Convention, Tea Party Emporium, Tea Partyfication, the exploitation of the stupid, the straw that brought the camels back, Tom Ashbrook 7 Comments