The ark had a dinosaur! The ark had a dinosaur!

[Ricter]

If one believes in the true ideals of the tea party, business should not need any tax incentives whatsoever. If you people want to see true tea party or small government advocates, then the Koch bros are for you. Obviously you people are faux TP'ers.

I was going to write a bit more but really, a dinosaur on the ark! How can one not laugh at that?

Hopefully you're laughing at the ark, too.

 

[jem]

there should be no income tax at all.
its a theft of property... and it is obviously does nothing to curtail govt spending.
its not like D.C. people limit their spending to match revenues.

If one believes in the true ideals of the tea party, business should not need any tax incentives whatsoever. If you people want to see true tea party or small government advocates, then the Koch bros are for you. Obviously you people are faux TP'ers.

I was going to write a bit more but really, a dinosaur on the ark! How can one not laugh at that?

 

[Trader666]

A few minor things which probably won't be relevant to you (Covertibility), since you're just out to troll for responses.

1. Creationists merely believe that life originated from intelligent design. It doesn't mean they believe there has to be a literal account of the Bible. Now, I'm sure there ARE creationists that believe in a literal account of the Bible, just like there are people who believe in things like Scientology, or that if they kill themselves, they'll beam up to the comet that is in the solar system, etc.

2. $43 million in tax incentives is not the same as getting taxpayer money, even if you moonbats want to classify it so. One means you get a tax break in order to bring jobs (construction in this case, etc) and those jobs create more taxes. The other means you were written a check of existing money. One is a business deal that is made to companies all over the country in order to entice them to do their business in your state/county in order to bring jobs. Whether this theme park is silly or not, it is viewed as a business, which is why the democratic governor agreed to the incentives - rightfully so. It means jobs and tax dollars.

3. If the point of the museum is to show children that evolution is not real, and that the only possible truth is that of Noah's Ark and the Bible, then I agree, it is rather stupid. But pardon me for being skeptical that Ms. Maddow is telling the whole truth.

She then goes on to spend several minutes in a theatrical review of this religious group in Colorado and Ebenezer the dinosaur in what is quite obviously a ridiculous tale (again, if told accurately) of some wacko group. Slow news day on MSNBC? I guess I can see why you (Covertibility) and 5 other people watch this channel regularly. I mean, it's not like there haven't been enough silly and stupid things that the left or left wing groups have said in the past. Or even democratic congressmen like Hank Johnson who thought the island of Guam could capsize.

4. The Ms. Maddow decides to go into Michael Peroutka, some Constitutional Party candidate running for local council and the fact that he bought the dinosaur. She points out how rabid Mr. Peroutka is for stating that "The federal government doesn't have a right to tell you to wear a seatbelt, or a helmet, or to take one person's money and give it to another simply because they don't have money in a redistribution scheme". It's not like this is worse than saying all global warming deniers should be incarcerated or anything.

Finally, Maddow goes on to say that thousands of people visited the theme park this weekend - which is probably slightly more than tuned to her show in the past thirty days. So all that hate she spewed over the 9:36 video was about a religious group that is quirky, harmless and runs a theme park.

Meanwhile things like the VA scandal, Benghazi, Terrorist trading, the miserable economy, etc...all these things go unreported at the "news" station that calls itself MSNBC. Oh, and maybe I missed it or something but I didn't hear a single mention of Rand Paul in the entire broadcast. Just your comments on it. Hmm..

What a colossal waste of time both you, and MSNBC, are.

Covertibility OWNED but like tinyarrow with the tiny IQ, probably too stupid to realize it

 

[Lucrum]

If one believes in the true ideals of the tea party, business should not need any tax incentives whatsoever. If you people want to see true tea party or small government advocates, then the Koch bros are for you. Obviously you people are faux TP'ers.

I was going to write a bit more but really, a dinosaur on the ark! How can one not laugh at that?

Tea Party Goals:
1. Eliminate Excessive Taxes
2. Eliminate the National Debt
3. Eliminate Deficit Spending
4. Protect Free Markets
5. Abide by the Constitution of the United States
6. Promote Civic Responsibility
7. Reduce the Overall Size of Government
8. Believe in the People
9. Avoid the Pitfalls of Politics
10. Maintain Local Independence

 

[futurecurrents]

 

[Spike Trader]

Tea Party Goals:

6. Promote Civic Responsibility

Gaggle | Define Gaggle at Dictionary.com

a flock of geese when not flying. Compare skein. 3. an often noisy or disorderly group or gathering: a politician followed by a gaggle of supporters.

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Luke . . . the NRA says this of you.

Yet while unlicensed open carry of long guns is also typically legal in most places, it is a rare sight to see someone sidle up next to you in line for lunch with a 7.62 rifle slung across his chest, much less a whole gaggle of folks descending on the same public venue with similar arms.

The National Rifle Association condemned the "scary" actions of open carry activists in Texas, including some who were shown in a video harassing a Marine veteran on Memorial Day.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/02/nra-open-carry-activists_n_5433648.html

 

[Tsing Tao]

If one believes in the true ideals of the tea party, business should not need any tax incentives whatsoever. If you people want to see true tea party or small government advocates, then the Koch bros are for you. Obviously you people are faux TP'ers.

I was going to write a bit more but really, a dinosaur on the ark! How can one not laugh at that?

Shows how much you know about the Tea Party outside of your talking points. The majority of tax issues the Tea Party has is with the federal government, not the states. Again, we're talking about the official Tea Party platform, not some fringe group that you choose to focus on because it suits your narrative du jour.

But a dinosaur on the ark is indeed amusing.

 

[Covertibility]

Shows how much you know about the Tea Party outside of your talking points. The majority of tax issues the Tea Party has is with the federal government, not the states. Again, we're talking about the official Tea Party platform, not some fringe group that you choose to focus on because it suits your narrative du jour.

But a dinosaur on the ark is indeed amusing.

You have your fringe groups backwards. The Koch Bros have been around a lot longer than the TP nonsense that started up in 2009. And as we're seeing now, the TP is on the way out while the Kochs are buying up politicians at the state level.

 

[Tsing Tao]

You have your fringe groups backwards. The Koch Bros have been around a lot longer than the TP nonsense that started up in 2009. And as we're seeing now, the TP is on the way out while the Kochs are buying up politicians at the state level.

Look, I get it. Honestly, I do. Your talking points tell you that you've got to be focused on the Koch brothers and attack them incessantly. Go for it. I could care less. But your thread was about this theme park, and your video with MSNBC has been outed for the sham it is.

Your understanding of the official Tea Party doctrine is horseshit. In times of deep polarization there are always going to be radicals on both sides of the isle that say and do things that are reprehensible and silly. Their counterparts across the spectrum will then point to these radicals and say things like you're saying now, at the top of your voice, to make sure we hear. We get it. Some folks are kooks - both left and right.

However, pushing for smaller government, the adherence to our constitution, less taxes, more efficiency in government, states rights - all of these things are not fringe. They aren't racist. They aren't any of the labels that left fringe folks (like yourself) make them out to be. Oh, sure, I get that they probably drive progressives like yourself insane with their beliefs.

If you'd like, why don't you pick out some principles of the official Tea Party that you find so disgusting and tell me why you feel that they are fringe, and we can debate those.

 

[bigarrow]

Hey Covertibility lighten up on Tao he's about to stroke out. Go easy on the boy.