Posted on 09/19/2010 9:54:59 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
To me, Santelli’s rant and the youtube clip with the birther woman confronting Castle (of all people) marked the birth of the tea party movement. The confrontation with castle was important because it showed that people were not afraid to stand up to elected officials.
Proverb success has many fathers, failure is an orphan
1.Many will seek credit for success, few will accept responsibility for failure.
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Santelli never looked for any credit - he just speaks his mind.
America finally sees the knife the RATS and RINOS are plunging into it’s heart and is fighting back! It’s like seeing the American revolution again without the bullets. (So far)
Freepers with great memories, please respond...
Here be the thread from that memorable morning!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189035/posts
CNBC Floor Commentator Outburst “Obama are you Listening?”(SILENT MAJORITY ALERT)
CNBC.com ^ | 2/18/2009 | Rick Santelli
Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:35:24 AM by longtermmemmory
Edited on Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:57:49 PM by Admin Moderator. [history]
How can you be a staunch capitalist AND a social liberal?
I can understand being a staunch capitalist and a philanthropist...
I heard a Rush stand-in (one of the Marks) on Friday use the phrase “Peasants with Pitchforks.” I like it...I like it a lot!
>America finally sees the knife the RATS and RINOS are plunging into it’s heart and is fighting back! It’s like seeing the American revolution again without the bullets. (So far)
Ah, but there *ARE* shots which have been fired: consider a SWAT raid, especially those executed without warrants. By whose authority do they do this?
The police chief may issue the order, but his authorization comes from a greater power. The State may be complacent in giving that power, but even its power to authorize such actions comes from a greater authority: the federal government. The federal government, in the body if the supreme court, has declared that such actions are tolerable... but what authority is given to the Supreme Court to make such a declaration? The Constitution, in Amendment Four, plainly states that the government may not search or seize person or property without a warrant.
Therefore, it becomes clear that the Supreme Court has taken on itself a position of greater authority than the Constitution (i.e. they are INSUBORDINATE and REBELLIOUS to it). Therefore, let us not delude ourselves; shots have already been fired in this war and it is a rebellion that the Government has started against the Constitution.
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“It is in vain, sir to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace - but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it the gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God - I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” —Patrick Henry
{Read Patrick Henry’s Famous “GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!!”
http://www.iahushua.com/WOI/henry.html }
That Santelli DID it .. THE best! Here’s a better video.
The link posted was on high speed and was done in two secs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APAD7537RN0&NR=1
Aaah, the memories .. God bless you, Rick Santelli!
(Booo on ya anyway, GE!)
“How can you be a staunch capitalist AND a social liberal?”
It means they started but haven’t yet completed the development of their personal philosophical framework.
Capitalism of itself does not preclude social liberalism; but social liberalism cannot help but attack and erode capitalism.
The answer is that you can’t. Social liberalism undermines everything else.
That, and the guy who stood up to Specter.
Rick Santelli to the best of my knowledge with the ignitor of recent Tea Party exposure, however, many years ago I was one of many who would send tea bags to offending POLs to inform them of our total disgust. It happened before Slick Willie.
That is not meant to lesson the credit to Santelli, but it is fact.
I saw Rick Santelli’s “rant” live. It was absolutely amazing.
Capitalism and drug legalization aren't inherently contradictory. Similarly with capitalism and gay marriage or abortion. If you go past that and you start getting into the Democrats' list of things you either must do or are prohibited from doing, such as Obamacare. Since many of those are focused primarily at businesses most of modern liberalism is anti-capitalist.
You absolutely can. You can be a fiscal conservative and/or social conservative (life, marriage, etc.).
It is the unfortunate history of the word "liberal" in the US, which in England has the sense that libertarian does here, meaning personal freedom - as opposed to social conservatives.
And with all those people all over the country who started Tea Parties that have grown and spread like wildfire, America has been renewed.
THANK you, Mr Santelli!
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