[Peace-discuss] Re: Support for Tea Parties

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Doug Wead, who is Pentecostal, Republican and a friend of the Bush 
Family, writes:


...The fact is that the first, notable, Tea Party since Boston was 
launched at a Ron Paul campaign rally in Austin, Texas in December of 
2007. The second was the famous "money bomb" fundraiser for Ron Paul on 
the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party in the middle of the 2008 
presidential run. And most of the crowd and organizers of yesterday's 
event were Ron Paul supporters. But congressman Ron Paul, the 
Nostradamus from Texas, who predicted the crisis we now face, was not 
mentioned once by the national media.

Credit (or blame) for the event was given to former Texas congressman, 
Dick Armey, a nice guy but not THE guy or to Newt Gingrich, or to 
Washington conservative think tanks that mine for Ron Paul money but 
never give him any respect or credit, or FOX television who actually 
blocked him from an early debate in 2008, or from sinister "corporate 
interests." Huh? Gee... I wonder what corporation could possibly be 
interested in lower taxes and less government spending? General Motors? AIG?

The fact is that many in big business switched to the Democrats in 1964 
when they learned how Lyndon Johnson's new regulations could wipe out 
their small business competitors and gain them monopolies. And it gained 
momentum, even in Republican administrations where powerful corporate 
lobbies ponied up for their share of government largesse. McDonalds, for 
example, wanted and received government subsidies to compete with French 
hamburger joints. Chuckle, chuckle. Now you try that. Go ahead. Open a 
hamburger stand and ask the government for money. Good luck.

Wall Street and big business have been in bed with the Democrats for 
years. Republican corporate greed is not just a myth, it is true too, 
but most corporate leaders give to both parties. Silicon Valley is solid 
Democrat. In 1992 the CEO's of Apple, HP, Xerox all opposed the 
Republican incumbent administration...

Read more...
http://dougwead.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/screwed-again-how-the-national-media-ignored-ron-paul-and-why-it-will-be-their-undoing/


Morton K. Brussel wrote:
> Old news, but a few articles relating to the Tea Parties and how and 
> by whom they were promoted.
>
> http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/lobbyists-planning-teaparties/
>  
> http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/13/corporate-lobyists-raising-money-for-tea-parties/
>  
> http://www.truthout.org/041709C   By Phil Wilayto
>  
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-hamsher/the-corporate-lobbyists-b_b_186367.html

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