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		<title>By: checktothepower</title>
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		<dc:creator>checktothepower</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tea Party&#039;s working well.Liberals have a problem with the Tea Party but the way we see it Liberals are the problem.TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK,VOTE A LIBERAL OUT OF OFFICE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tea Party&#8217;s working well.Liberals have a problem with the Tea Party but the way we see it Liberals are the problem.TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK,VOTE A LIBERAL OUT OF OFFICE.</p>
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		<title>By: Joseph</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting how I put up a page of comments in regards to this writer&#039;s posting on how un-newsworthy this topic is because of the content containing blanket statements and no facts has been completely removed.

I am sure this one will disappear as well.  Probably just racist as I am of Polish decent and you think of me as someone who cannot think coherently such as yourself.  &quot;Americas News&quot;...  I think not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting how I put up a page of comments in regards to this writer&#8217;s posting on how un-newsworthy this topic is because of the content containing blanket statements and no facts has been completely removed.</p>
<p>I am sure this one will disappear as well.  Probably just racist as I am of Polish decent and you think of me as someone who cannot think coherently such as yourself.  &#8220;Americas News&#8221;&#8230;  I think not.</p>
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		<title>By: Joseph</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a site labeled as &quot;America&#039;s News Online&quot;, I am saddened by the attempt to misrepresent the Tea Party movement.

It stands for limited government, fiscal responsibility and taking back America to what our constitution has founded and has no party affiliation whatsoever.

Now I want to dissect the majority of statements backed by no fact whatsoever.

1.  Sarah Palin has to cater to this movement
- Please show how she is catering when she has only been representing what they do with what she has done / wants to do.  Yes, she has bashed the president, but that is her same tone since she was running as a VP.

2.  Palin makes a lot of money speaking at Tea Party related functions
- Please post what she has done with the money and where it has gone.  Obviously you know that as this has not gone into her pockets...

3.  comments about President Obama that seem to be somewhat racially motivated
- Can you elaborate on who and what they said?  Nice blanket statement, but I believe if any racial comments have been made, any news organization would have posted them

4.  They throw out word like traitor, radical, and Muslim 
- Once again, who is they?  On the left and right are far reaching fringe elements, just because one person does something, doesn&#039;t mean they ALL do it...

5.  Most people who join the movement have never even done any homework on the actions that the Obama Administration has taken since entering office over a year ago
- Most... Another blanket statement.  Please identify the polling or factual data you have on this.

6.  They call him a socialist and even compare him to Adolf Hitler
- Are his programs socialistic in nature?  Who is this army of they you speak of again?  Are they comparing them to Hitler or some of the policies to the ones Hitler had? 

7.  When people stop believing everything they read and hear then they can make an informed decision on political issues instead of just joining a group
- What a great statement as this entire article is made up of finger-pointing and blanket statements.

For a site to call itself News, there sure is a lack of fact.  Sad to say if you believe this dribble you are too far left.  If you hate this dribble you are too far right.  If you are a normal person looking for information, obviously this writer / site is not one to glean any information from that would tell it to you as a news agency would, just the facts, nothing more, nothing less.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a site labeled as &#8220;America&#8217;s News Online&#8221;, I am saddened by the attempt to misrepresent the Tea Party movement.</p>
<p>It stands for limited government, fiscal responsibility and taking back America to what our constitution has founded and has no party affiliation whatsoever.</p>
<p>Now I want to dissect the majority of statements backed by no fact whatsoever.</p>
<p>1.  Sarah Palin has to cater to this movement<br />
- Please show how she is catering when she has only been representing what they do with what she has done / wants to do.  Yes, she has bashed the president, but that is her same tone since she was running as a VP.</p>
<p>2.  Palin makes a lot of money speaking at Tea Party related functions<br />
- Please post what she has done with the money and where it has gone.  Obviously you know that as this has not gone into her pockets&#8230;</p>
<p>3.  comments about President Obama that seem to be somewhat racially motivated<br />
- Can you elaborate on who and what they said?  Nice blanket statement, but I believe if any racial comments have been made, any news organization would have posted them</p>
<p>4.  They throw out word like traitor, radical, and Muslim<br />
- Once again, who is they?  On the left and right are far reaching fringe elements, just because one person does something, doesn&#8217;t mean they ALL do it&#8230;</p>
<p>5.  Most people who join the movement have never even done any homework on the actions that the Obama Administration has taken since entering office over a year ago<br />
- Most&#8230; Another blanket statement.  Please identify the polling or factual data you have on this.</p>
<p>6.  They call him a socialist and even compare him to Adolf Hitler<br />
- Are his programs socialistic in nature?  Who is this army of they you speak of again?  Are they comparing them to Hitler or some of the policies to the ones Hitler had? </p>
<p>7.  When people stop believing everything they read and hear then they can make an informed decision on political issues instead of just joining a group<br />
- What a great statement as this entire article is made up of finger-pointing and blanket statements.</p>
<p>For a site to call itself News, there sure is a lack of fact.  Sad to say if you believe this dribble you are too far left.  If you hate this dribble you are too far right.  If you are a normal person looking for information, obviously this writer / site is not one to glean any information from that would tell it to you as a news agency would, just the facts, nothing more, nothing less.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Magauran</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom Magauran</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is always easier to attempt to dismiss or marginalize the new, inexperienced anything. The Tea Party is no exception. But this is not the point. We must look at this as a consensus process of unmet needs and deep frustration with peoples&#039; current realities. And this same reality is causing deep changes in both of the major political parties at the same time.

We need to first agree that no one sees themselves as bad. Each of us may disagree at many levels, but no one that I know of maliciously takes a stand that they do not feel is consistent with their own view of themselves as a good person - except the person who no longer holds any personal convictions - say the &quot;career politician&quot;.

Therefore, it is useful to look at the facts, and perceptions of facts, that underlie peoples&#039; concerns and frustrations. 

As a country are creating debt for generations to come, while families&#039; credit and room to maneuver financially is being torn away - by the same people who were begging us to borrow so recently - by the same people who are being bailed our by our tax dollars - by the same people earning bonuses that most of us will not earn in our lifetimes. Anger, contempt and frustration are realities.

Those who advocate government-directed solutions seem to act as though they were not here for the past 200 years, during which every attempt at government direction of large swaths of anyone&#039;s economy have resulted in failure, lower standards of living and, ultimately, repression of the citizenry. Americans know that government is not the answer.

The elephant in the room is that globalization, bringing 3 billion workers into the labor market (40% of the world&#039;s population), has tectonically shifted labor and investment patterns away from the US towards Asia.

The Tea Party movement is a reflection that neither Republicans nor Democrats have answers that the they see as addressing this new reality.

Both parties have been using the Federal Reserve, by printing money and devaluing the dollar, to lower the value of the dollar and thereby help make American workers more cost-competitive. The normally inflationary policies that the Fed is pursuing are offset by the deflationary pressures of globalization. 

No one argues that this strategy one that is tried and true, except that China&#039;s currency (yuan) is pegged to the dollar. This means that, even if the US wages remain flat, the Chinese wage will not rise when the dollar falls. This means that our debt to China also falls, but this is not felt directly in China&#039;s labor market. So Ross Perot&#039;s &quot;sucking sound&quot; goes now to China with pollution and products wafting back over the Pacific.

Even a fool knows that our strategy is unsound.

Republican desires to have government stay out of the markets, while sound policy that is understood by most, do not seem up to the task of rebuilding American competitiveness. This results in fear that we are in a race to the bottom.

Democrats, who finally have the power to create the second &quot;Great Society&quot; movement, are faced with the reality that we are not as rich as we think; that we have so heavily borrowed against our future that we can no longer afford their grand plans. This results in failure.

Jobs, jobs, jobs...American worker jobs that pay for a nice home, schools and enough to save for a rainy day. This takes honesty, humility, and hard work...the American work ethic.

Barack Obama is a one-term president, unless he puts his entire great society plans on the back-burner, develops a truly bi-partisan agenda, and becomes the great leader that he is intellectually capable of becoming. 

Most people in the Tea Party movement have little faith that this is likely. So, until either party can step up to today&#039;s realities, expect Tea Parties to emerge everywhere.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is always easier to attempt to dismiss or marginalize the new, inexperienced anything. The Tea Party is no exception. But this is not the point. We must look at this as a consensus process of unmet needs and deep frustration with peoples&#8217; current realities. And this same reality is causing deep changes in both of the major political parties at the same time.</p>
<p>We need to first agree that no one sees themselves as bad. Each of us may disagree at many levels, but no one that I know of maliciously takes a stand that they do not feel is consistent with their own view of themselves as a good person &#8211; except the person who no longer holds any personal convictions &#8211; say the &#8220;career politician&#8221;.</p>
<p>Therefore, it is useful to look at the facts, and perceptions of facts, that underlie peoples&#8217; concerns and frustrations. </p>
<p>As a country are creating debt for generations to come, while families&#8217; credit and room to maneuver financially is being torn away &#8211; by the same people who were begging us to borrow so recently &#8211; by the same people who are being bailed our by our tax dollars &#8211; by the same people earning bonuses that most of us will not earn in our lifetimes. Anger, contempt and frustration are realities.</p>
<p>Those who advocate government-directed solutions seem to act as though they were not here for the past 200 years, during which every attempt at government direction of large swaths of anyone&#8217;s economy have resulted in failure, lower standards of living and, ultimately, repression of the citizenry. Americans know that government is not the answer.</p>
<p>The elephant in the room is that globalization, bringing 3 billion workers into the labor market (40% of the world&#8217;s population), has tectonically shifted labor and investment patterns away from the US towards Asia.</p>
<p>The Tea Party movement is a reflection that neither Republicans nor Democrats have answers that the they see as addressing this new reality.</p>
<p>Both parties have been using the Federal Reserve, by printing money and devaluing the dollar, to lower the value of the dollar and thereby help make American workers more cost-competitive. The normally inflationary policies that the Fed is pursuing are offset by the deflationary pressures of globalization. </p>
<p>No one argues that this strategy one that is tried and true, except that China&#8217;s currency (yuan) is pegged to the dollar. This means that, even if the US wages remain flat, the Chinese wage will not rise when the dollar falls. This means that our debt to China also falls, but this is not felt directly in China&#8217;s labor market. So Ross Perot&#8217;s &#8220;sucking sound&#8221; goes now to China with pollution and products wafting back over the Pacific.</p>
<p>Even a fool knows that our strategy is unsound.</p>
<p>Republican desires to have government stay out of the markets, while sound policy that is understood by most, do not seem up to the task of rebuilding American competitiveness. This results in fear that we are in a race to the bottom.</p>
<p>Democrats, who finally have the power to create the second &#8220;Great Society&#8221; movement, are faced with the reality that we are not as rich as we think; that we have so heavily borrowed against our future that we can no longer afford their grand plans. This results in failure.</p>
<p>Jobs, jobs, jobs&#8230;American worker jobs that pay for a nice home, schools and enough to save for a rainy day. This takes honesty, humility, and hard work&#8230;the American work ethic.</p>
<p>Barack Obama is a one-term president, unless he puts his entire great society plans on the back-burner, develops a truly bi-partisan agenda, and becomes the great leader that he is intellectually capable of becoming. </p>
<p>Most people in the Tea Party movement have little faith that this is likely. So, until either party can step up to today&#8217;s realities, expect Tea Parties to emerge everywhere.</p>
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		<title>By: George Ryder</title>
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		<dc:creator>George Ryder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What comes to mind when I think of the the tea party movement is ignorance, homophobia, racism, Christian fascism, xenophobia, and just plain old hate.  Demagogues such as Glenn Beck, Bill O&#039;reilly Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and more recently Sarah Palin, have learned how to churn, channel, and further amplify all of this toxic energy for their own profit.  These hucksters of hate embolden the masses to act out their basest instincts.

The current economic situation is a perfect environment for rabble-rousers to do their damage.  The situation is eerily similar to what was going on in Germany in the mid to late 1930&#039;s.  Discontent with the status quo, simmering nationalism, a world-wide recession, high unemployment, and a growing resentment for minorities and non-Germans.  It took one man, Adolph Hitler, to harness all of that negative energy and change the world forever.  

I believe the same thing could happen here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What comes to mind when I think of the the tea party movement is ignorance, homophobia, racism, Christian fascism, xenophobia, and just plain old hate.  Demagogues such as Glenn Beck, Bill O&#8217;reilly Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and more recently Sarah Palin, have learned how to churn, channel, and further amplify all of this toxic energy for their own profit.  These hucksters of hate embolden the masses to act out their basest instincts.</p>
<p>The current economic situation is a perfect environment for rabble-rousers to do their damage.  The situation is eerily similar to what was going on in Germany in the mid to late 1930&#8242;s.  Discontent with the status quo, simmering nationalism, a world-wide recession, high unemployment, and a growing resentment for minorities and non-Germans.  It took one man, Adolph Hitler, to harness all of that negative energy and change the world forever.  </p>
<p>I believe the same thing could happen here.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, because whining about the government is really ground-breaking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, because whining about the government is really ground-breaking.</p>
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		<title>By: Don</title>
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		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Susan, WOW are you ever out in left field!! I would suggest that you take some of your own advice and read the bill and digest it.  This bill would severely hinder our economy if not totally collapse our monetary system.  You are totally wrong on your left wing comment about the tea party movement being racially motivated. The people who are involved in this movement are people who are tired of big government trying to run every aspect of our lives. The makeup of this movement comes from and consist of every class, color, race, education and age group across America.  These are people who want to see the constitution (as it was meant to be) be the supreme law of the country.  If you get time look up some information on socialism and you will find that is is basically the government running everything, if that doesn&#039;t fit with what President Obama is all about I will buy you lunch.  Real conservative constitutionalists don&#039;t care what color or race the leaders are, it&#039;s their policies and motives that concern us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Susan, WOW are you ever out in left field!! I would suggest that you take some of your own advice and read the bill and digest it.  This bill would severely hinder our economy if not totally collapse our monetary system.  You are totally wrong on your left wing comment about the tea party movement being racially motivated. The people who are involved in this movement are people who are tired of big government trying to run every aspect of our lives. The makeup of this movement comes from and consist of every class, color, race, education and age group across America.  These are people who want to see the constitution (as it was meant to be) be the supreme law of the country.  If you get time look up some information on socialism and you will find that is is basically the government running everything, if that doesn&#8217;t fit with what President Obama is all about I will buy you lunch.  Real conservative constitutionalists don&#8217;t care what color or race the leaders are, it&#8217;s their policies and motives that concern us.</p>
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		<title>By: Rilly</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rilly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your name is misleading. You are not a news organization, but a poor attempt at trying to seem like one. It&#039;s obvious you&#039;re as bad as everyone else out there trying to push your left leaning political agenda. You are also making unfounded accusations which are no more than opinions, just like those you criticize. Once this comment is moderated I will be surprised if you let it appear.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your name is misleading. You are not a news organization, but a poor attempt at trying to seem like one. It&#8217;s obvious you&#8217;re as bad as everyone else out there trying to push your left leaning political agenda. You are also making unfounded accusations which are no more than opinions, just like those you criticize. Once this comment is moderated I will be surprised if you let it appear.</p>
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		<title>By: CHP</title>
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		<dc:creator>CHP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The tea party movement started as an unorganized mass of people who were fed up with both major parties and looking for leadership.
Instead of opening a dialogue with them and finding out what legitimate complaints they may have, the Democrats (in their elitist arrogance) chose to ridicule them and/or call them racists.
The various third parties failed to see the opportunity to increase their base.
Is it a surprise that the Republicans are commandeering the movement.
The democrats need to realize that in a country with a &quot;government of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE, for the PEOPLE&quot; populisty is NOT a dirty word (or at least it SHOULD NOT be a dirty word).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The tea party movement started as an unorganized mass of people who were fed up with both major parties and looking for leadership.<br />
Instead of opening a dialogue with them and finding out what legitimate complaints they may have, the Democrats (in their elitist arrogance) chose to ridicule them and/or call them racists.<br />
The various third parties failed to see the opportunity to increase their base.<br />
Is it a surprise that the Republicans are commandeering the movement.<br />
The democrats need to realize that in a country with a &#8220;government of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE, for the PEOPLE&#8221; populisty is NOT a dirty word (or at least it SHOULD NOT be a dirty word).</p>
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		<title>By: Rilly</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rilly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your name is misleading. You are not a news organization, but a poor attempt at trying to seem like one. It&#039;s obvious you&#039;re as bad as everyone else out there trying to push your left leaning political agenda. You are also making unfounded accusations which are no more than opinions, just like those you criticize.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your name is misleading. You are not a news organization, but a poor attempt at trying to seem like one. It&#8217;s obvious you&#8217;re as bad as everyone else out there trying to push your left leaning political agenda. You are also making unfounded accusations which are no more than opinions, just like those you criticize.</p>
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