They are tone deaf and losing what little moderate support their ideas had.  After all, we can’t balance the Federal budget even if we stop spending money on military and welfare…revenue increases are required.

But please, let’s talk some more about “reality.”

The thing about this, is that they didn’t really make a lot of noise about the whole thing being a hoax. This is the first I’ve seen anybody take credit for that whole business. Most rational people just wondered who was responsible.

And immediately after the library was “saved” by increasing people’s taxes by a few hundred a year, (0.7% is a little bit of cash when taxes are really fucking high already) they immediately started talking about building a brand new library. Oh, I thought we were short on funds what happened???

Meanwhile, everyone who just wanted the city to be more responsible with their funds instead of being fucking children gets painted as inbred backwards book burning witch hunters.

On top of that, they’d go around neighborhoods and put those signs on people’s lawns if they had any signs supporting republican candidates, to make those people (the homeowners) look like assholes too.

Honestly, there are too many people around here who just stomp around and get angry when they don’t get their way, and make a public issue about it. I’m no fan of the current mayor, but these consistent failed recall efforts are a perfect example. One group didn’t get the mayor they wanted, so whine, complain and “organize” in the hopes of recall.

It’s a lot harder to just say “Ditto!  Ditto!” when someone injects some actual reality into the picture.

It was about crushing the notion of paying taxes. 

What I do know however, is the effect thier principles have had on the country via their involvement in our government. None of it is any good for America.

And in the teabaggers case, that principle seems to be : I’ll have everything I need supplied for me, but I shouldn’t have to pay for it because there are welfare queens who have the same things but don’t pay for it. I know you are but what am I? But, Obama Obama, Obama !

The teatards are about as hypocritical as my dog barking at the dog down the street because he’s barking at the other dog down the street who’s barking at the other dog down the street, etc … etc … etc.  Pretty soon every dog for a square mile is barking out the same sentiment. But none of them really knows what they’re barking at !

In other words. They don’t think past the instinctual act of barking. In teaturdville, it’s usually just one person who starts an idea and the rest just mindlessy bark their agreement. And unfortunately, the one who starts the idea is usually some idiot on AM radio or on TV.

The teaturds are gonna be pissed off ???
Oh heavens no !!!!!!!!!!!

What shall we EVER do to make it up to them ???
Because after all …. they’re usually  soooo  nice to everyone else. They’re also such exemplary  model citizens and their economic model is just top notch !

They don’t deserve such tomfoolery and disregard for their feeeeeeeee -lings and ideas !!!

I’ve hatcheted, nailed to trees, buried under streams, exposed to the elements, soaked, painted over, nailed to boards, and burned books, as well.

These things happen.

Context is everything.

The campaign that was accepted was also the campaign featured the book-burning promotion.

This is correlation, not causation.
But a pretty good correlation

Additional points of interest would be voter turn out [noting amount of "work we pro-library people did [...] to get the people out to the polls” in all three campaigns], and margins of approval/rejection.

I don’t agree with tax haters, but your accusations are unfair.

If you believe all taxes are bad, then you can’t be consistent with your viewpoint and still drive on roads, call the police, expect the fire dept to save you from a burning house, expect clean water to your house, enjoy a sidewalk, rely on your air not being toxic, benefit from any kind of public education/911 service/fair hiring…The list goes on.

I’m not a tax hater, but I disagree. I assume you’re against people stealing from you. Now let’s say I steal your car and leave you a Vespa in its place. Are you an hypocrite if you use it to get to work? Of course not! You didn’t ask them to steal your car!

Now, if one considers taxes to be theft, then the same applies. They’re forced to pay them, it’s not hypocrisy to use the stuff they pay for.

Now consider the following excerpts from This American Life’s “Wha Kind of Country” episode:

Jan Martin: And a gentleman came up to me and actually thanked me for the adopt a street light program. He had just written a check to the city for $300 to turn all the street lights back on in his neighborhood. And I did remind him that for $200 if he had supported the tax initiative, we could have had not only streetlights, but parks and firemen and swimming pools and community centers. That by combining our resources, we as a community can actually accomplish more than we as individuals.

Robert Smith: And he said?

Jan Martin: He said he would never support a tax increase.

Some people are genuinely against taxes, even if it costs them more. To them, it’s a matter of principle. I don’t share their view – not by a long shot, I’m left leaning by Europe’s standards – but I respect it.

They are not just opponents of taxes, they actively subvert the democratic process in order to achieve their objectives.  It is one of the reasons the mayor may be recalled in November.  

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And, it wasn’t my fail; It was a Disqus fail. ^-^

EG: the birther movement, death panels, claiming Obama’s a “secret muslim”, claiming all unions are run by gangsters, claiming that immunizations cause brain damage.

Why would the teaparty want libraries? They allow for research and sharing knowledge. All the teaparty wants is to believe the sweet lies their billionaire backers tell it.

This is what American politics has been reduced to folks and it shames me.