Comments on: The 1% hit back with – - – money. https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/19/the-1-hit-back-with-money/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/19/the-1-hit-back-with-money/#comment-8566 TB Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:57:20 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5378#comment-8566 <p>Many thousands of middle class people who were not normally activists turned out for Tea Party protests.</p> They came, made their points about government being too big and too expensive, then they went back to their lives. In the following election, the Democrats were eviscerated. Biggest mid-term defeat in the House since 1938. A mind capable of dealing with "newer concepts" might have drawn a few conclusions from that. A few points of interest: It isn't the conservatives in this country who have done their damnedest to carve this nation up into ethnic, class, language, and other political interest groups. We all know where that finger points. And it isn't "cake" now. It's "steak and arugula." Unrelated sidebar: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_them_eat_cake" rel="nofollow">a little background on "Let them eat cake"</a> Many thousands of middle class people who were not normally activists turned out for Tea Party protests.

They came, made their points about government being too big and too expensive, then they went back to their lives. In the following election, the Democrats were eviscerated. Biggest mid-term defeat in the House since 1938. A mind capable of dealing with “newer concepts” might have drawn a few conclusions from that.

A few points of interest:

It isn’t the conservatives in this country who have done their damnedest to carve this nation up into ethnic, class, language, and other political interest groups. We all know where that finger points.

And it isn’t “cake” now. It’s “steak and arugula.”

Unrelated sidebar: a little background on “Let them eat cake”

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/19/the-1-hit-back-with-money/#comment-8559 bowser Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:38:05 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5378#comment-8559 Kind of the classic fight, isn't it. And we used to be The Great Melting Pot. To bad we don't still have Nancy Reagan to say, "Let them eat cake!" Seriously, it's class warfare, and it's been joined by the Tea Party types. Look for them to hire Blackwater to offer supplemental help to the local police. Arf Kind of the classic fight, isn’t it. And we used to be The Great Melting Pot.

To bad we don’t still have Nancy Reagan to say, “Let them eat cake!”

Seriously, it’s class warfare, and it’s been joined by the Tea Party types. Look for them to hire Blackwater to offer supplemental help to the local police.

Arf

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/11/19/the-1-hit-back-with-money/#comment-8557 TB Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:24:30 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=5378#comment-8557 You two really need to broaden your news sources. You two really need to broaden your news sources.

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