by PrestonSturges » Sun 20 Feb 2011, 02:49:54
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', 'I')t looked like the Tea Party was outnumbered about 300 to 50,000.
I think the "Egypt" moment her is that the labor movement realizes it outnumbers the tea Party by about 1000:1
Remember Comedy Central rally to restore sanity drew about 4x the number of Glenn Beck's rally, which I attended.
Did you forget that the teachers are "calling in sick" to attend the protests?
Those of us with real jobs in the real world would get fired if we "called in sick" to attend a rally.
It shouldn't surprise anyone that the Left's rallies have more attendees. College students, government union members, the unemployed and young people in general have lots of free time to attend these sorts of things. How many people in the private sector could get away with giving themselves a week long vacation to march around with signs?
Teachers can go on strike while still collecting their wages and benefits, courtesy of the taxpayer. At least in private sector unions, a strike means no more paychecks from "The Man". Even FDR was against public sector unions. “It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.”
Public sector unions were born in Wisconsin and it looks like they might die there. And not a minute too soon.
Yep, there's a handful of "Real Americans" and then there is "The Other." And the "Real Americans" have thrown out the cops and firefighters. Pretty soon the "Real Americans" are all going fit into a make believe fort made out of sofa cushions. And they'll still be cashing their disability checks.