Now ask me how I really feel about this ass.
On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 5:12:29 AM UTC-6, Bruce Majors wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Greg Dempsey <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: Monday, January 20, 2014 > Subject: [PresidentBarakObama] *? 2 ALL: NOAM CHOMSKY: THE TEA PARTY IS > THE 'PETIT BOURGEOIS' FACE OF CORPORATE OLIGARCHS - WHAT ARE YOUR COMMENTS?* > To: Greg Dempsey <[email protected] <javascript:>> > > > > > < > https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/dMkizDZ-Yrl0HEOv7DjlzEoexGAWZrR3PnnEpkXz-APqg-IG2ojCVmRUNSIS6YgMGoxlKhcJb-v2QVdbeAPDr5HQbACjej-YzGl1p0ltyAGHjoPySe0=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.chomsky.info/NoamChomsky%28c%29OliverAbraham-2013.jpg > > > > (above): Noam Chomsky > photo credit: Oliver Abraham > (oliverabraham (at) gmx.de) / chomsky.info > Video at http://tinyurl.com/nxjgnyq > > Hi Team! > > *? 2 ALL: > > NOAM CHOMSKY: THE TEA PARTY IS THE 'PETIT BOURGEOIS' FACE OF CORPORATE > OLIGARCHS - > > < > https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9tNelR4Kcl0/TZEteUozSWI/AAAAAAAALek/ODMuLZjcTeo/s1600/Teabagger-CorporateInterest.jpg > > > > Travis Gettys reports: > > The Tea Party is just the popular face of corporate power in the United > States, says political philosopher Noam Chomsky. > > “I wouldn’t call them revolutionary,” Chomsky said, dismissing a > suggestion that the conservative political faction had anarchist > characteristics. > > He told Radio VR during an interview posted online last week that he > agreed with the conservative political analyst Norman Ornstein’s > characterization of the Tea Party. > > “He just described them as a radical insurgency opposed to rationality, to > political compromise, to participation to a parliamentary system — in fact, > with no positive goals themselves,” Chomsky said. > > He said traditional anarchists opposed the inherent inequality in the > relationship between a government and its people or business owners and > their workers, while Tea Party conservatives promote this imbalance. > > < > https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C0i17aNlXP0/TMcrrI7-VbI/AAAAAAAADJc/4T1EWtMuJp4/s1600/ads_teapartyinc.jpg > > > > “They’re in favor of having the population subordinated to concentrated > private power, which should have no limits,” Chomsky said. “When they call > themselves anti-government, that means they don’t want government to limit > the capacity of concentrated private power to dominate the society. That’s > very far from any anarchism.” > > ...Chomsky agreed that the Tea Party was a genuine popular political > movement who members were almost entirely white, “petit bourgeois” business > owners who tend to be highly nationalistic and had racist elements. > > The group’s power and significance comes not from its numbers, he said, > but by the heavy funding it gets from corporate backers and the favorable > coverage it receives from some media outlets. > > The Tea Party’s popularity is essentially a symptom of the rigged > political system, Chomsky argued. (continued below) > > < > https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/vNIulNbhzZEAgoEeQGJ2I3-qUfQ8MGk6RKJcpPdl0xfhRprHQKqYd5qth13W74iOALu2r7BrHVZGalNMwPWsMK4GlBuj3Caq4ugZqfdyIlDZxxlCd_TjjLym_Q=s0-d-e1-ft#http://woodgatesview.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/tea-party-puppet.jpg > > > > Noam Chomsky: The Tea Party is the ‘petit bourgeois’ face of corporate > oligarchs – what are your comments? > > Greg Dempsey > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SECULARHUMANIST/ > Voice of the People > ======= > > Noam Chomsky: The Tea Party is the ‘petit bourgeois’ face of corporate > oligarchs > > By Travis Gettys > Raw Story > Monday, January 20, 2014 12:19 EST > > ///Tea Party conservatives present themselves as strict constitutionalist > proponents of a limited government, a claim that Chomsky rejected. > > “They do oppose too much state power, but that’s a bit of a joke; they > also support state power,” he said. “They support the powerful systems that > sustain private power, concentration of power, as opposed to traditional > anarchists.” > > ...“They have popular support and plenty of financial support, and a lot > of their power comes from the radical gerrymandering, redesigning of > electoral districts,” Chomsky said. “So for example, they’re powerful in > the House of Representatives, where in fact, Republicans have the majority > of the representatives but with a minority of the vote.” > > He said that Democrats actually won significantly more of the popular vote > in the last congressional election but were unable to gain a House majority. > > “By virtue of rearranging of electoral districts and vast amounts of > money, the right wing was able to take over the representation,” Chomsky > said. > > He cited a study by the political scientist Thomas Ferguson on campaign > funding and its effect on electoral results. > > “(He) showed there’s an almost linear relationship between the amount of > money put into a campaign and electoral victory,” Chomsky said. “These are > basically bought.” > > __._,_.___ > Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic > Messages in this topic (1) > Recent Activity: > > Visit Your Group > < > https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/0H4dpVBYnt8fMx25taz4HPHjzMS3zAzpyUfv85yQLjoNr5hFzk-H8c6lXpVY2sxK1v1uRMItgaQDFA8OMTH-hGPmlACfxHlK6CI3ZK9nuHq7tvilfqzoKQtsEPILYkAt8k1Y56E=s0-d-e1-ft#http://l.yimg.com/ru/static/images/yg/img/email/new_logo/logo-groups-137x15.png > > > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us > Feedback > . > < > https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/r4sAtYSqa1iDmoaWJjIvncc8cOYtWKFN2VhAZ3CONUFOdE4scf2v_UfYbDXHLpqRIakoJryAfcDWFbwPPFb2i5rdEXmovvLphAOnSN2JxtFI9mSJP3ix3EyO4DriQa1eWSLcKCewKPOnfo_QnHN0CsbPomQ9uV4icA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=22156351/grpspId=1705060376/msgId=49147/stime=1390276654 > > > __,_._,___ > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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