tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post6137746923385294062..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Coffee Party ParasitesWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-91409597839015438042011-05-12T12:19:18.735-04:002011-05-12T12:19:18.735-04:00God Bless all Liberals! If I were to choose a word...God Bless all Liberals! If I were to choose a word to describe myself politically it definately would be "Liberal" which comes from Latin meaning "free", you know like "Liberty"! I would rather be "free", than Conservative which means "oppostion to change". I'm all for change when our country is in such dire straits!The words Liberal and Conservative speak for themselves by definition. I want change, not status quo! Remember what Ben Franklin said, you can have a Republic, if you can keep it.rlcclevingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340920863080154636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-74148631747782654902010-12-12T00:07:48.024-05:002010-12-12T00:07:48.024-05:00Coffee Party (CP) may be disingenuous, but nothing...Coffee Party (CP) may be disingenuous, but nothing like a parasite. There is no data - NONE - to support the outrageous assertion that the CP is feeding on the TP, much less threatening to take it over.<br /><br />Also, the use of the title "Coffee Party Parasites" next to a picture of Annabel Park looking out of sorts strongly suggests you are calling her a parasite, and that's utterly reprehensible. Calling anyone a political "parasite" is rhetoric reserved for twisted demagogues. You should be ashamed.<br /><br />PS (you're really talking about parasitoid, not parasite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitism )bojopaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703758951328945851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-89274936135600860212010-03-15T15:09:04.923-04:002010-03-15T15:09:04.923-04:00Trackback: http://republicanheretic.wordpress.com/...Trackback: http://republicanheretic.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/on-the-coffee-party/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-81902643885985129212010-03-14T19:39:36.108-04:002010-03-14T19:39:36.108-04:00Jeff, you posted a comment on March 2nd regarding ...Jeff, you posted a comment on March 2nd regarding people receiving social security and medicare, my question to you, who the hell do you think paid into that system? The same people who are collecting it. If they had been free to make a choice, no doubt, many of them would not have participated in this ponzi scheme and made much better investments and much better returns! Now let me see if you can espouse that same venom to welfare recipients? No, that's not a racist comment, people from all walks of life are on welfare for generations, so don't turn your "bs" comments on me! Parasites, oh yeah, we have some parasites alright and if you weren't so concerned with your progressive agenda, you might be able to see it! Yeah, I said it and you are entitled to my opinion! We are mad as hell and we are not taking it any more. Get use to the idea. VN8VoteNovember2008https://www.blogger.com/profile/18062414194173483461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-63136031980403455352010-03-07T09:27:57.396-05:002010-03-07T09:27:57.396-05:00Well, congratulations Anne Punohu, March 6, 2010 1...Well, congratulations Anne Punohu, March 6, 2010 1:17 PM, above . . . you have managed in four succinct graphs to state precisely the opposite of the truth about both the tea party movement, and the ersatz COFFEE "party." <br /><br />Quite clearly COFFEE is no grassroots endeavor as Prof. Jacobson and others have very persuasively established, including by demonstrating its "creation" by an Obamaite campaign operative with employment ties to the <b>New York Times</b>. <br /><br />Further, your caricature-laden description of tea party events could not be much more uninformed, including your thoroughly slanderous claim that tea partiers somehow seek a return to slavery, and the accompanying nasty assertion that it manifests a "<i>knee jerk dark racist underbelly</i>." <br /><br />Gee, I suppose next you'll be assuring us that that continuing to fling such baseless bile about is all part of the COFFEE effort to "<i>clear up the air"</i> . . . oh wait, you did do that!<br /><br />Were it not for certain unmistakable signs of your giddy and uncritical enthusiasm for the COFFEE scam, I might have even taken your "WOW missive" as a first draft for a submission to the <b>Onion</b>, or some other site featuring outlandish parody postings. I had to read it again to be sure! <br /><br />Sadly, however, it appears that you have really swallowed the entire truckload of their nonsense! <br /><br />Oh, well. Perhaps one day you'll open your eyes to the reality of COFFEE and, as Gertrude Stein once quipped about Oakland, concede that "<i>there is no there there</i>." <br /><br />But, rest assured that few of us will be holding our breaths in anticipation. We know that belief in some deep fantasies can linger for a long, long time!Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-39737934277187274952010-03-06T13:17:31.893-05:002010-03-06T13:17:31.893-05:00WOW. THe Coffee party is a completely grass moveme...WOW. THe Coffee party is a completely grass movement org. I just randomly came across it two days ago. I signed up immediatley after reading the manifesto which is awesome! Not only myself, but now almost one MILLION people have signed up to host parties all over the country in less then three weeks. <br /><br />People are just sick of what they are seeing at the tea parties. Screaming lunatics, with racially hate filled rhetoric and frankly disgusting and offensive signage, railing about secceeding, and being obstructionist while screeching at the top of their klungs that they dont want to pay taxes yet many are collecting fat retirement checks complete with healthcare coverage just does not appeal to people anymore. <br /><br />The tea party movement is self imploding, leaving many in the outer circles disenfranchised. The Coffee Party movement is a non denominational, non party affiliated movement promoting civil discourse, equity and equality and problnm solving for the real issues rather than screaming about "We need to return to the original constitution", unammended which would essentially return slavery, prevent a womans right to vote and repeal the civil rights act. <br /><br />We are a common sense organization, rather than a knee jerk dark racist underbelly movement. We are Coffee because we embrace people of all races, sexes, nationalities and beliefs. That is the difference that appeals to Coffee party members, many of which are defecting from the tea party for just that reason. We slosh through the rhetoric and clear up the air.Punohu's Politics,Environment and Culturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14855749379420613725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-60037136081158043302010-03-04T17:16:25.153-05:002010-03-04T17:16:25.153-05:00Great work, Prof....thank you.
Quoted from and Li...Great work, Prof....thank you.<br /><br />Quoted from and Linked to at:<br /><b><a href="http://thecampofthesaints.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/when-i-take-my-sugar-to-tea" rel="nofollow">When I Take My Sugar To Tea...</a></b>Bob Belvederehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17220595844172546069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-30500822952392713012010-03-04T08:15:54.407-05:002010-03-04T08:15:54.407-05:00Seems like the Dems only know dirty tricks. Check ...Seems like the Dems only know dirty tricks. Check this one out: Democrats or accomplices register a Nevada "Tea" Party to split the conservative vote and keep Harry Reid in office. http://bit.ly/9bfJ1XDavid Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676858642687571916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-29935638666422684902010-03-03T22:03:36.374-05:002010-03-03T22:03:36.374-05:00Well the good news is that they are listening and ...Well the good news is that they are listening and you're having an impact. Maybe we can convert them out of liberalism.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116121761413049785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-71280941352389998532010-03-03T15:05:05.502-05:002010-03-03T15:05:05.502-05:00From your post, above:
"I told Ms. Zernike t...From your post, above:<br /><br /><i>"I told Ms. Zernike that I would do an update to this post, and I hoped that she would do an update to her article to explain Park's Obama connection and apparent motivations. Ms. Zernike declined, explaining that she had to limit her article to 700 words."</i><br /><br />Great punch line, Bill! Heh.<br /><br />At that point, you could have graciously offered to do it for her in the form of a comment following the article. Oh, no, wait . . . the <b>New York Times</b> doesn't have a comment thread following the article. <br /><br />But, she could have offered to keep the conversation going by posting about the topic of the origins and affiliations of the "Coffee Party" on the <b>New York Times</b> blog, <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/" rel="nofollow">The Caucus</a>, no?<br /><br />After all, Kate Zernike is certainly no stranger to posting on such topics on <b>The Caucus</b>, especially when it comes to <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/notes-from-the-tea-party-convention/" rel="nofollow">posting about the Tea Party</a>.<br /><br />Just for the record, it doesn't look like she had any word limitation on <i>that</i> post! My word processing program counts <b>1,369 words</b> as a matter of fact, which is nearly <i>twice</i> the limit she cited in her response to you! <br /><br />Heck, Kate even has <b>NYT</b> fellow contributor Bernie Becker <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/the-early-word-flying-south/" rel="nofollow">touting her article</a> on <b>The Caucus</b> about the "Coffee Party."<br /><br />Here is what he said: <br /><br /><i><b>"Coffee Klatches:</b> The Times’s Kate Zernike notes the quick growth of an online gathering known as the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/us/politics/02coffee.html" rel="nofollow">"Coffee Party,"</a> which started on Facebook and has been collecting thousands of fans since its recent inception."</i><br /><br />And, on the <b>Caucus</b>, Bernie <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/the-early-word-post-summit/" rel="nofollow">has also recently noted</a> a <b>WaPo</b> article by Dan Zak about the group.<br /><br />Gee, is it my imagination, or do the folks at the <b>New York Times</b> -- including Kate Zernike -- appear to be actively participating in "wishing" this so-called movement into existence? <br /><br />Gosh, I didn't think it was appropriate for reporters to do things like that! <br /><br />Huh!Trochilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661310034696479920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-46762706147646391852010-03-03T11:16:12.051-05:002010-03-03T11:16:12.051-05:00Ah, the irony of watching these gaia fetishizing f...Ah, the irony of watching these gaia fetishizing fair trade jackholes create a "coffee party" that isn't organic. They'd evidently prefer to use big media to deceive the peasants into believing that they're the voice of THE PEOPLE. <br /><br />It really is the left in a nutshell isn't it?Abe Fromanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12913497734373815478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-37229112637999477882010-03-03T10:37:00.780-05:002010-03-03T10:37:00.780-05:00What's amazing is that the All Barack Channel ...What's amazing is that the All Barack Channel (ABC News) announced recently that it's shuttering all but its Washington bureau, laying off "journalists" etc and so forth--so how's that hopey changey thing working out for the lamestream media? Not so well since they're adding to the unemployment numbers. And they're just the first, leader of the dying pack, so to speak. <br /><br />Coffee party, my ass. Go on and promote it, oh mighty lamestream media. Real Americans are not going to fooled. Oh, how the mighty hath fallen.M.L. Bushman/Jigsaw Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05470698014259748261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-24300752908368147502010-03-03T08:46:21.079-05:002010-03-03T08:46:21.079-05:00So you're a big fan of freedom and fiscal resp...So you're a big fan of freedom and fiscal responsibility, eh? But you feel out of place at Tea Parties, because they jumped the shark and have gone full blooded neocon? Well then, welcome to The Beer Party!<br /><br />http://kl.am/beerpartyScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311494035987090943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-76763662978917182262010-03-03T04:45:13.716-05:002010-03-03T04:45:13.716-05:00William,
wow.... you got all the meatheads coming...William,<br /><br />wow.... you got all the meatheads coming along to read your blog. Congratulations on such a fine effort.<br /><br />The Hillbuzz boys could have a ball going over the troll droppings that are in the comments field of this post.... and they are so obvious with their silly talking points. <br /><br />First of all to Captain Obvious, great work sir with your responses to the trolls. <br /><br />Second, what Ms Park and her mob do not realize is that there are people, Indies, Republicans and moderate middle of the road Democrats who have come together in opposition to Dr. Utopia.<br /><br />The point is that people are very capable of seeing through the tilt towards Marxism. <br /><br />Ms Park can stick her coffee party... she has no clue about the historical significance of a TEA party.....as in the original Boston Tea Party... and that is what makes this slapstick attempt to counter the TEA movement so ridiculous. <br /><br />The TEA movement is made up of individuals from all walks of life - blacks, whites, old, young, middle-aged, parents, Asians, Indians, and yes even gays are a part of the movement. It is a true grassroots movement. I think for the first time since the Vietnam War era, we do have a true grassroots movement. <br /><br />Dr. Utopia's term as president is almost up, and there is no way that he should have a second term. Just like Carter he is washed up... or to put it another way... he pretends to be intelligent but he simply has no Wisdom. You cannot have as President someone who constantly votes "present". Turning his back on America's allies is amongst the dumbest of his actions....Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532250145038548627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-70081158670205932552010-03-03T02:20:07.429-05:002010-03-03T02:20:07.429-05:00I sure don't care to align myself with the ill...I sure don't care to align myself with the illiterate hollering of the crazies in the tea party.<br /><br />I'd much rather the engage in the "civil discourse" of the Coffee Party.Barnaclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169963389537616871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-38481190183019288712010-03-03T02:05:41.188-05:002010-03-03T02:05:41.188-05:00What are the Coffee people going to protest? Obama...What are the Coffee people going to protest? Obama isn't on TV enough? Obama needs to come to our homes to remind us to brush our teeth, turn off our lights and use only one square of toilet paper? <br /><br />Hello! Their guys are in office. They put 'em there. What do they have to protest? So sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-70317792818999558442010-03-02T22:51:53.091-05:002010-03-02T22:51:53.091-05:00A cheerful 2 thumbs up on Captain Obvious in 2012....A cheerful 2 thumbs up on Captain Obvious in 2012.sybilllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17188465666054204302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-27409768875441060962010-03-02T21:11:04.962-05:002010-03-02T21:11:04.962-05:00WarDamnEagle - Andrew Klavan gives you the answer ...WarDamnEagle - Andrew Klavan gives you the answer here:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWHgUE9AD4sShortTimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01724820786529979544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-36877107868956535162010-03-02T20:22:51.666-05:002010-03-02T20:22:51.666-05:00.
What did John Stewart call these people? "....<br /><br />What did John Stewart call these people? "...The Most Trusted Name In Over-Caffeinated Control Freaks" I think Annabel fits this definition... or at least those "Coffee Party" folk.<br /><br />.Papa Giorgiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046222162630611579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-21681701835108276662010-03-02T20:05:48.135-05:002010-03-02T20:05:48.135-05:00I don't understand what these people are organ...I don't understand what these people are organizing for. Activism in SUPPORT of the government, i.e. the people who have a monopoly on the legitimate use of deadly force? What more could they possibly want? They have the presidency and huge majorities in both houses of Congress. They get to smear and ridicule the teapartiers with impunity. Heck, even the president has come out against the tea partiers; the president of the United States ridiculing ordinary Americans (never thought I'd see the day). In comparison, the tea partiers have mobilized AGAINST the government, armed only with their ability to organize, their voices and some home-made signs. Which takes more courage? BTW, I wonder if the coffeebaggers (see Urban dictionary; it's worse than "teabagger") had any trouble scraping the "protest is the highest form of patriotism" bumper stickers off their cars. I also wonder if they'll have nice mocha-colored t-shirts made up.WarDamnEaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17688897550345783608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-44422027448367468042010-03-02T19:12:29.752-05:002010-03-02T19:12:29.752-05:00I wanted to give them a chance. Last week, I regi...I wanted to give them a chance. Last week, I registered on their site and posted a comment, and I went back to the site a couple days ago. Saw some "tea bagger" references, but my own comment (which was in no way derogatory) was still pending.<br /><br />For a group that claims to want civil discourse, they sure don't act it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-9849023766101037032010-03-02T19:07:40.794-05:002010-03-02T19:07:40.794-05:00DANEgerus - She's a leftist. She's trying...DANEgerus - She's a leftist. She's trying to bring North Korea's form of government here. And no, we can't use the misogynist asian slurs, because misogynistic bigotry is pretty much the purview of the left.<br /><br />And was little NorK also intended as a pun?<br />http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/NORKShortTimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01724820786529979544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-80366949748598153642010-03-02T18:30:54.795-05:002010-03-02T18:30:54.795-05:00Christyne, I level-headedly well-informedly, and c...Christyne, I level-headedly well-informedly, and constructively suggest you read the Constitution. Your right to free speech protects you from the government prosecuting you from saying arbitrarily "illegal things." It does not protect you from being rightly ridiculed by the public for saying "clueless things." You had your say, and you weren't thrown in jail. That's all anyone is entitled to.<br /><br />You obviously have no idea what "hatred" is. Founding a group based on the automatic negative game-saying of partisanship, and then slandering about 20% of your fellow citizens with incessant sexual innuendo is hatred. Then hiding behind a fig leaf of "oh, but we're for civil discourse" wouldn't fool my collie. The RESPONSE is not hatred, but righteous indignation.<br /><br />Nobody "hates" you, but if you're going to hide behind feigned ignorance and hyperbole, we're certainly going to mock you. "Gosh, how could anybody be upset that they were satirized, insulted, and then condescended to of how they have no right to be upset?"<br /><br />Show us one commenter who advocated "total destruction of any kind of governance." Do you REALLY wonder why "all" the people posting here were called names, and are now inexplicably "interested" in name-calling? Is it any wonder no thoughtful person takes you seriously? We don't hate you, but we're not laughing WITH you either...<br /><br />And if you're spewing vitriol, go see a doctor (while you still can). But if you're just complaining about OTHER people's first amendment rights, then shame on you. I hope you appreciate the irony of your misguided bit of bloviating, which regrettably, was not drowned out.<br /><br />But I'M FOR civil discourse, so you are not allowed to be upset with anything I've written. Contradicting me would only be bitching endlessly with increasing volume. So I get the last word... because I'm for civil discourse... <br /><br />NYAH NYAH NYAH NYCIVILDISCOURSE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-77235459583680447192010-03-02T18:21:41.449-05:002010-03-02T18:21:41.449-05:00Christyne, you probably don't see the irony of...Christyne, you probably don't see the irony of writing a hateful comment about us being "hateful". It's typical for libs. Alwayls lecturing to stop the very things that they are doing.<br /><br />And BTW, NOBODY is suppressing your freedom of speech. Only Congress can do that. You might want to actually read the Constitution before making such a fool of yourself.Swibbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052443298219410074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-81946426381932558482010-03-02T18:18:29.537-05:002010-03-02T18:18:29.537-05:00Ms. Zernike went over anyway. Her essay has 713 wo...Ms. Zernike went over anyway. Her essay has 713 words.RightKlikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04475874038428195332noreply@blogger.com