Atheists and christmas

[clocker]

So we're bored.
What, no Know Nothing Tea Party event to attend today?

[j2k4]

So we're bored.
What, no Know Nothing Tea Party event to attend today?

Oh, we're smarter and richer than the hoi-polloi, or haven't you heard.

NYT and CBS say so, and I'm not gonna argue.

[clocker]

NYT and CBS did not say "smarter", they said "higher level of education".
Bush was granted a college degree, so you may assign whatever value to the "higher level" you want.

The articles also mention the age/ethnicity breakdown of the TPs and it confounds me how a mostly white, mostly old group of supposedly well-educated people have been duped into agitating against their own best interests.
Because of the high median age of the group, it's safe to say that many are already- and many more soon to be- enjoying the benefits of the "socialistic programs", i.e., Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, that they so adamantly oppose.

Where was the Tea Party when Bush shifted the tax burden from the top earning group down to the middle class ( the final gasp of Reagan's inane and deeply flawed "trickle down economics" policy)?
Why is the Tea Party all upset now when the tax rate on the middle class is the lowest in 50 years?

Given the disconnect between what the Tea Party says and the reality of conditions, it's logical to assume that the main plank in the Tea Party platform is "Bitch About Everything And See What Sticks To the Wall".

[j2k4]

NYT and CBS did not say "smarter", they said "higher level of education".
Bush was granted a college degree, so you may assign whatever value to the "higher level" you want.

The articles also mention the age/ethnicity breakdown of the TPs and it confounds me how a mostly white, mostly old group of supposedly well-educated people have been duped into agitating against their own best interests.
Because of the high median age of the group, it's safe to say that many are already- and many more soon to be- enjoying the benefits of the "socialistic programs", i.e., Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, that they so adamantly oppose.

Where was the Tea Party when Bush shifted the tax burden from the top earning group down to the middle class ( the final gasp of Reagan's inane and deeply flawed "trickle down economics" policy)?
Why is the Tea Party all upset now when the tax rate on the middle class is the lowest in 50 years?

Given the disconnect between what the Tea Party says and the reality of conditions, it's logical to assume that the main plank in the Tea Party platform is "Bitch About Everything And See What Sticks To the Wall".

I see you are inclined to comprehensive mis-interpretation.

It is a common condition for which there is no cure, save for the passage of time.

The month of November will bring enlightenment - be patient, now.

[clocker]

I see you are inclined to comprehensive self-delusion.
There is a cure but withdrawal from Fox would probably be traumatic for you.
Thanksgiving is in November, you can have turkey.

[j2k4]

I see you are inclined to comprehensive self-delusion.
There is a cure but withdrawal from Fox would probably be traumatic for you.
Thanksgiving is in November, you can have turkey.

Mmmmmm, turkey...