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Monday, November 16, 2009, 6:17 PM
Jim Hoft

Pro-commie Che supporters with the radical ANSWER Coalition beat up tea party protesters at a Fort Lauderdale rally this past weekend.
The goons were caught on camera:

From the video: Supporters of President Obama’s Amnesty plans attacked Tea Party Against Amnesty & Illegal Immigration demonstrators in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on Sat. November 14, 2009. One of the men attacked is 62 years old. Dave Caulkett of FLIMEN (Floridians for Immigration Enforcement) is assaulted and then kicked in the face while he is down. The other camera man from the Tea Party is hit with several signs.

Those attacking the Americans that oppose Amnesty for illegal aliens were organized by ANSWER Florida.

99 Comments

    Agent 99No Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 6:30 pm | #1
    ar05075No Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 6:30 pm | #2

    Those are the kinds of trouble makers Pelosi admires.
    …………and Obamao

    Agent 99No Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 6:33 pm | #3
    John TuttleNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 6:50 pm | #4

    War in the streets of America…its coming folks, get ready. First, the SEIU thugs, then the New Black Panthers, now these scum bags…we are fast degrading into a Banana Republic.

    John SteeleNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 6:51 pm | #5

    “Well Mr. Caulkett acted stupidly in falling and ramming his head into the boots of one of the fine upstanding folks from ANSWER” said Barry.

    DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTHNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 6:56 pm | #6

    Just some of the AMERICAN CITIZENS killed by the INVADERS – http://www.VOIAC.org and http://www.OJJPAC.org/memorial.asp

    LA RAZA ON YOUR LAWNNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 6:58 pm | #7

    See how your rep. votes – http://www.BetterImmigration.com

    pst314No Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 7:05 pm | #8

    This is the true face of progressivism: Liberals may protest that they don’t beat up people they disagree with (which is sometimes true) but they are tellingly silent about the violence that does occur. “No enemies on the left” is still fundamental to American liberalism.

    TEA Party protester attacked by pro-amnesty mob in Florida – Update | Radio Vice Online
    November 16th, 2009 | 7:12 pm | #9

    [...] Jim Hoft over at Gateway Pundit adds the following information. Supporters of President Obama’s Amnesty plans attacked Tea Party [...]

    shiba07No Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 7:14 pm | #10

    how much longer are we going to allow this? when are we going to stand up and defend ourselves? why don’t we fight back?

    Conservative GazetteNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 7:20 pm | #11

    I can’t wait to see what happens when one of these goons decides to attack a CCW holder.

    » Speaking of Thugs
    November 16th, 2009 | 7:32 pm | #12

    [...] (Source: Gateway Pundit) [...]

    CattusMagnusNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 7:33 pm | #13

    Che would be so proud.

    Joe CamelNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 7:44 pm | #14

    Florida is a CCW state, same as Missouri.
    Soon, someone will pull this with the wrong group, and then there will be blood in the streets. I look for the day to come, but of course, the thug will be the victim. What a crap bag society we live in today.

    Mike WNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 7:50 pm | #15

    SEIU sends a “Well Done” to answer coalition thugs.

    TaqiyyotomistNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:04 pm | #16

    I’ll post here what I posted at MM, in response to a lot of “I’d put hot lead in them…” responses:

    And that’s exactly what the wacko left is hoping you do.

    Go read just about any HuffPo thread. You will see that I am right. They are openly expressing their hopes that someone like yourself will do something like you suggest. I read a ten-page thread there yesterday, (about the MSM-erased story of the arrest of one Joseph Moshe), it was hard to read, because 9 out of ten comments said things like “Good. One less Rethuglikkkkan.” and the most common comment on ANY thread about ANY topic there, “Lock them all up. Every one of them. We have to lock them all up. They’re going to do something.” and uncountable variations on that theme.

    You go and do that as a response. Then it’s open season on Conservatives, their end-goal. And they do have the majority of the police on their side, and the lawyers, and the judges, and the states, and the FBI, and the CIA, and the rest of the fed. So go and do that, give them what they want, and get ready for the pogrom.

    Sound extreme? Wait a year and get back to me on that.

    Commie Thugs Beat Tea Partiers Protesting Illegal Immigration | The Lonely Conservative
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:05 pm | #17

    [...] H/T Gateway Pundit AKPC_IDS += "12871,";Popularity: unranked [?]Possibly Related PostsAugust 8, 2009 — Sebelius calls on her ‘brothers and sisters’ aka goons to ‘keep doing what you’re doing’ (0)August 6, 2009 — White House stirs the pot – pits neighbor against neighbor (4)November 16, 2009 — Arizona Tea Partiers: Neo-Nazis not welcome (1)November 5, 2009 — Heh! Heh! Obama opens an OFA office and a Tea Party breaks out! (1) Categories : Politics, Tea Party, crime, immigration [...]

    bbhNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:05 pm | #18

    I am sure that Eric Holder will act swiftly – just like he has in St. Louis.

    Oh wait …

    mpw280No Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:09 pm | #19

    As to if a ccw does something to ones of these brownshirts: violent anti government protester shoots and kills peaceful seiu counter protester.

    That is exactly how the headlines will read all through the democrat owned media.

    mpw

    Instapundit » Blog Archive » THESE MUST HAVE BEEN THE ONES WITHOUT GUNS: Video: Tea Party Protesters Attacked, Beaten by ANSWER…
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:10 pm | #20

    [...] THESE MUST HAVE BEEN THE ONES WITHOUT GUNS: Video: Tea Party Protesters Attacked, Beaten by ANSWER Thugs. [...]

    DocScienceNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:30 pm | #21

    Surely Holder will prosecute these tea party people for violently hitting the fists of the ANSWER protesters with their heads and injuring the feet of the ANSWER people by repeated pummeling of their bodies.

    Like reading the early chapters of Shirer’s Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. I wonder how it will turn out this time?

    egoistNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:36 pm | #22

    CCW point… isn’t that exactly the game changer the left would want? It would be used to their advantage and probably even allienate some TEA folks. In this case, I think the video is mightier than the bullet.

    EricNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:37 pm | #23

    I live in Florida. I always keep my .45 ACP loaded with 3 non-lethal loads at the top of the clip, just the first clip. After the first three are on the ground, and not dead, there is little likelyhood I will need the forth shot. If they get up and keep coming, bring it on. Funny how pink paint makes a madman turn tail.

    DaughterofARNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:39 pm | #24

    Liberals aren’t human. They are scum. I have smarter, more intellectual bacteria on the bottom of my shoe after entering a public restroom than all of the leftist liberals combined.

    Joe CitizenNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:44 pm | #25

    OK, soon after the fighting started, I heard a bunch of police sirens. I was waiting for the cops to roll in and knock some heads. Where did they go? Did Dunkin’ Donuts announce a sale?

    LeeNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:47 pm | #26

    Just so you guys understand what you’re up against:

    The Revolutionary Catechism by Sergey Nechayev

    http://www.marxists.org/subject/anarchism/nechayev/catechism.htm

    Brad StevensNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:50 pm | #27

    I agree, leave the guns at home during ANY political protest, but if you’re protesting against thugs, you best be able to defend yourself against them.

    Go in groups with enough people to handle something like this, and bring men that know how to kick some ass. I would love to see them try this with a few ex-Marines.

    Che-Supporting Commie Goons Beat Tea Party Protesters In Florida (AMAZING Video) « THE BLACK KETTLE
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:50 pm | #28

    [...] WATCH HERE [...]

    wGravesNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:51 pm | #29

    Eventually, some will defend themselves. Then, we’ll really see what happens. It may not be weapons, all of my kids are black belts. Try and beat them up and watch what happens next…

    Brandon CObbsqNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:52 pm | #30

    Props to the two guys -

    You two did great! Especially the old guy – whoever you are, when the camera came back you had that huge goon on the ground! And the other guy fought well too, especially against that long-haired filthy hippie.

    If I were there, I would have backed you two up.

    Rob CrawfordNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:57 pm | #31

    So we shouldn’t defend ourselves because that’s exactly what they want?

    Then what are people supposed to do? If the authorities won’t enforce the law — as in St. Louis — then so long as people continue to speak their minds, the thugs will increase the violence. THAT’S the end-game: the thugs want us to shut up, and they’ll keep getting more violent until we do or they pay a price for their violence.

    The only way to prevent this from getting out of hand is if the authorities DO THEIR JOBS. The longer they refuse, the more likely serious violence.

    So we have to keep pressure on the authorities — local, state, federal — to prosecute these criminals. That means the crimes have to be documented, and publicized. EVERY protest should have designated videographers, some obviously joining the protest and others NOT TAKING PART, just documenting.

    If something happens, put together as many angles of the event as you can get — UNCUT, just tack the camera views end-to-end — along with the information on who to contact in local authorities.

    24AheadDotComNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:58 pm | #32

    If any smart people want to do something far more effective than rolling around in the mud with ANSWER, I’ve been promoting this plan for almost three years, getting almost zero help with it. Some people even try to dissuade others from following that plan, when it could be devastatingly effective against those who support amnesty.

    Write your leaders and ask them why they’re promoting useless street demonstrations instead of smarter, more effective ways to achieve the same ends.

    Mark TurnerNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 8:59 pm | #33

    People,

    Two words:

    Pepper Spray.

    Get some, preferably the good stuff.

    Taqiyy.No Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:02 pm | #34

    Rob Crawford:
    “So we shouldn’t defend ourselves because that’s exactly what they want?”

    Learn to read and comprehend.

    RIGHTY SHOOTING SOMEONE is exactly what they want. Which is what was expressed, not your kneejerk rewrite.

    OMG people who cannot read should not attempt to discuss things online.

    Taqiyy.No Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:04 pm | #35

    Mark,

    So we should drown them all with pepperspray until they’re all dead? Is that what you’re saying?

    ^SARCASM DIRECTED AT ROB CRAWFORD

    Taqiyy.No Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:05 pm | #36

    F*ing idiots. To the right and to the left. A world full of f*ing idiots.

    YehuditNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:17 pm | #37

    Did anyone get arrested? It’s hard to tell from the video.

    Army of DavidsNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:17 pm | #38

    Sadly I think we see more of this. The Marxist movement is growing. Many don’t see it.. but it’s there in the shadows.

    YehuditNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:21 pm | #39

    There’s a reason non-violent protest won the civil-rights fight in the 50s and 60s. Radicals promoting Black Power and advocating battles with police did not.

    Go in groups, chant peacefully, take PLENTY of video, have cellphones set on 911 in case, post video. The accumulative impression will make it clear who the bad guys are.

    Rob CrawfordNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:35 pm | #40

    “Learn to read and comprehend.”

    I can read perfectly well. Perhaps the problem is the writer? All I saw in your comment was OH NOES!!! THEY WANT TO PROVOKE VIOLENCE!!! DO IT AND THEY’LL SIC THE FEDS ON US!!!

    You failed to actually give any constructive advice beyond “DON’T DO IT”.

    Oh — and lonewhacko — people stopped listening to you because you’re annoying. If your advice is so wonderful, leading by example would be infinitely better than constantly nagging people.

    SGT TedNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:35 pm | #41

    Get a grip Taqiyy, you’re not anyones daddy here. Nor are you the Keeper of Approved Self Defense Techniques. Only a victim can make that decision not you.

    Rob CrawfordNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:40 pm | #42

    What, Mr. Taqiyya, do you propose people do should the authorities continue to let lefties get away with violence? Continue to accept the beatings? I’ve at least offered some advice that MAY get something done.

    TaqiyyotomistNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:53 pm | #43

    Rob,

    All I said was that the Left wants very badly for the right to come out guns-a-blazin’, which is demonstrably true. This was in response to a couple of folks who expressed their probable guns-a-blazin’ response to this violence by the left.

    You say “OH NOES!!! THEY WANT TO PROVOKE VIOLENCE!!! DO IT AND THEY’LL SIC THE FEDS ON US!!!” is what you saw in what I wrote.

    Someone needs to get a grip. On reading and comprehension. You’re reading way more than I wrote.

    SGT Ted, I’m just prognosticating, predicting, telling it like it is. You shoot people at protest rallies for any reason other than YOU are being shot at, and that is what is going to happen. I didn’t order anyone not to do so. Screw it, go shoot you up some union thugs! Provoke them, get them to give you a reason to shoot them, knock yerself out, so to speak. See if I was right. Reichstag Fire would be a good place to begin your study of this opposition.

    John in the Land of LouisNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:54 pm | #44

    Nothing that a weekend of boxing lessons couldn’t fix.

    TaqiyyotomistNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:55 pm | #45

    #36 stands.

    TaqiyyotomistNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:56 pm | #46

    Yehudit, #39

    Well said.

    wanumbaNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 10:02 pm | #47

    Yehudit
    November 16th, 2009 | 9:21 pm | #39
    There’s a reason non-violent protest won the civil-rights fight in the 50s and 60s. Radicals promoting Black Power and advocating battles with police did not.

    Go in groups, chant peacefully, take PLENTY of video, have cellphones set on 911 in case, post video. The accumulative impression will make it clear who the bad guys are.
    …………………
    Absolutely. The reason they gotten away with this stuff for so long is that the media wouldn’t show the public anything untoward.
    This very video is certainly at this moment being examined very closely by law enforcement for identifying the perps.

    !@#$!@#$!@#$No Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 10:21 pm | #48

    So far there has not been ONE incident of violence perpetrated by the “FAR RIGHT” as detailed in the famous MIAC report, but this is about the 8th or ninth time violent leftists have made their mark. This has to stop. Call your dogs of Pelosi!

    #@$!#@$!@#$!@#$!#@

    W. KellerNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 10:24 pm | #49

    12 million guns purchased in 2009. Americans ARE watching and preparing. Not sure what the tipping point will be, but I fear it’s approaching much quicker than I ever imagined.

    !@#$!@#$!@#$No Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 10:26 pm | #50

    They never caught the two thugs who accosted open-carrier William Kostric as he stood peacefully outside the Obama Town Hall in Porstmouth NH this summer, but photos were supplied to the cops.

    But Chris Matthews sure got his tingle-panties in a knot because Bill had the gun…

    Not a word about the two thugs though.

    wanumbaNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 10:30 pm | #51

    Patience! Since the media sits on this, it takes a bit longer to make the public rounds, but it will – with more and more on the way.

    DebraNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 10:39 pm | #52

    All I can say is have several cameras and keep the cameras going. To me, that is such a powerful tool. Don’t allow them the opportunity to lie about what happens.

    S. WolfNo Gravatar
    November 16th, 2009 | 10:46 pm | #53

    SEIU thugs now after Scouts…

    Union troubled by Eagle Scout project in Allentown

    “Nick Balzano, president of the local Service Employees International Union, told Allentown City Council Tuesday that the union is considering filing a grievance against the city for allowing Anderson to clear a 1,000-foot walking and biking path at Kimmets Lock Park.

    “We’ll be looking into the Cub Scout or Boy Scout who did the trails,” Balzano told the council.

    Balzano said Saturday he isn’t targeting Boy Scouts. But given the city’s decision in July to lay off 39 SEIU members, Balzano said “there’s to be no volunteers.” No one except union members may pick up a hoe or shovel, plant a flower or clear a walking path.”

    el polackoNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 12:31 am | #54

    so these goons beat a 62-year-old guy in the street, with on-coming traffic no less, and nothing happened to them ?? i’m staying the hell out of florida!

    jerrylNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 12:56 am | #55

    joe citizen they were fire trucks police cars dont have air horns

    Turtle NoneckNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 1:13 am | #56

    Eric Holder’s selective enforcement of the law means that violence for the advancement of “progressive causes” won’t be prosecuted.

    After all, what’s a few smashed heads when Utopia is on the way?

    Chicago Boyz » Blog Archive » Legal Question
    November 17th, 2009 | 1:38 am | #57

    [...] Interesting video over at Gateway Pundit, where two people were the victims of an unprovoked attack by protesters taking part in a sidewalk chant organized by ANSWER, the Communist group. [...]

    hellinahandbasket.net » Blog Archive » Attacked From Behind
    November 17th, 2009 | 2:20 am | #58

    [...] Amazing video over at Gateway Pundit shows two innocent people facing a physical attack by thugs taking part in a protest organized by ANSWER, a Communist group. [...]

    SMSgt MacNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 2:22 am | #59

    What amazes me most is the absolute weenieness of what passes for ‘thugs’ on the left these days.
    Come to Texas.
    Please.

    DanNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 4:53 am | #60

    I guess it beats that previous video from a pre-positioned camera filming a staged fight where the guy simply fell over for half a second and claimed to have life threatening injuries from a beating.

    Hurricane Obama: Proceed With Caution When Opposing Obama’s Policies — ExposeTheMedia.com
    November 17th, 2009 | 5:18 am | #61

    [...] Che-Supporting Commie Goons Beat Tea Party Protesters In Florida (AMAZING Video) [...]

    NahanniNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 5:31 am | #62

    This is not surprising, they are part of the Obamao totalitarian regime’s thug brigade. As we have seen over the past few months the Corruptocrat owned judicial system will protect these thugs and the MSM will cry crocodile tears over them, too.

    What they do not realize is that the wind is beginning to rise. It is the whirlwind that they have been sowing.

    BTW-Here is a “fun fact” for you…Two of the biggest funders of International ANSWER are, you guessed it, George Soros and Teresa Heinz-Kerry.

    Leslie BatesNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 5:35 am | #63

    The three things that separate Progressives from Fascists are grooming (shave and haircut), hygiene (bath or shower), and a clean and pressed uniform. They all believe that we are domestic animals with no rights whatsoever. (They won’t admit this because lying is one of the control mechanisms.)

    TantorNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 5:53 am | #64

    This isn’t surprising at all. I’ve been attacked twice at ANSWER “peace” marches in DC, once by an ANSWER demonstration manager. While most of the goofballs who go to anti-war marches love have their photo taken (it’s a big party for them), the radicals who form the spine of these demonstrations don’t. They hate cameras and will demand you not take photos of them, even though they are demonstrating in a public space. However, videocams really set the radicals off. Both times I was attacked, I was videotaping demonstrations. In the case of the ANSWER demonstration manager, I was videotaping the march passing by in the street when he angrily approached me and demanded I stop. When I refused and began taping him, he attacked. We wrestled for a few seconds and then he broke it off. He went off somewhere, got a camera, took a picture of me, and made some vague threat that they’d be looking for me.

    When you videotape the ANSWER peace thugs, you should always take a buddy with you. They’ll only attack singletons. If you have a partner, they’ll back off because they’re cowards. You also should be ready to call the police and press charges.

    NahanniNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 5:55 am | #65

    Taqiyyotomist #16,

    Um….

    Who cares what the weenies in the fever swamps think? They are small dogs that like to bark alot with their buddies so they think they are all “big and bad”.

    TantorNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 5:58 am | #66

    You know, ANSWER is so predictable it would be easy to set a trap for them. Send somebody with a videocamera to videotape them up close while you have another videocam taping at a distance to capture the inevitable attack. Make sure you’re legal when you present them an opportunity to attack you. Then press charges and sue them. Make sure you document everyone there so you can get everyone charged.

    The Lukewarm Civil War « CIIDG
    November 17th, 2009 | 6:00 am | #67

    [...] The Lukewarm Civil War 2009 November 17 by Cannoneer No. 4 Che-Supporting Commie Goons Beat Tea Party Protesters In Florida (AMAZING Video) [...]

    SGT TedNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 6:05 am | #68

    Yes, Taqiyy, calling everyone idiots is a great way to pursuade them. Quit acting like everyone who advocates CCW is a kook just waiting to shoot someone.

    ajacksonianNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 6:26 am | #69

    Getting attacked on a busy street is not ’staging’ in any way, shape or form. That is not a ’safe’ thing to do. It is smart to have someone at a distance to cover these events, particularly if you have friends involved counter-demonstrating or just trying to get close-ups.

    Of course when a Leftist actually goes one step further and kills someone, then the media will play up to how the killer was just ‘defending his speech’… thereby sanctifying political based killing. And a long stick used to hit someone and chase them into traffic is a very deadly intent.

    So when is it right to defend yourself when that happens? Not everyone is able to learn or physically able to perform Karate, Savate, Jiu-Jitsu, Krav Maga, or other of the martial arts modern and ancient, although Savate comes the closest to what most people could do for this sort of thing. To those saying that you shouldn’t carry to political encounters, just how much blood has to be spilled before you will support one’s right not to be beaten for your political beliefs? Or will you still be standing by that position while people are killed and the media applauds?

    There are a number of Open Carry States. I do suggest that people understand their rights and exercise them in a civil fashion. It might just get some politeness back into the polity when you do so. Unless you like seeing people beaten for their political beliefs, that is… using one civil right to protect another is no ill and perfectly lawful so long as YOU are law abiding. Politeness starts with you, and your ability to demonstrate you expect others to behave in a civil fashion with respect to your civil rights.

    Tom PerkinsNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 6:27 am | #70
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    November 17th, 2009 | 6:57 am | #71

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    kerryNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 7:01 am | #72

    The responses to such attacks are well illustrated here: http://www.targetfocustraining.com/

    (I have no $ interests in TFT)

    Taqiyy.No Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 7:18 am | #73

    SGT Ted,
    I was only calling people idiots, here we go again, who have demonstrated in this thread that they have a few problems comprehending the English language.

    I never said “DON’T DO IT.” re: shooting these thugs as a response to fisticuffs. I merely stated the likely consequences of such action. You and Rob saw what you wanted to see in my text, and thought (despite the fact there were no commands yea or nay on the matter in the text – scroll up, it’s still there, defying your hallucination – merely predictions) that I was playing “daddy”.

    Again, you do so. Please, point out where I suggested that “everyone who CCW is a kook waiting to shoot someone.” Of course, you cannot. I know quite a few CCW permit-holders, and they don’t express any propensity for shooting people who would engage in fisticuffs with them. You are seeing what you want to see in what I have written.

    You should scroll up, read what is written, and resist the obvious urge you have to “translate” it into some new verbiage of your design.

    Same with Rob C…who even used QUOTES to pretend that I said “DON’T DO IT!”, among other things never said. English is English, you don’t have to translate. And you certainly don’t have to invent quotes.

    Taqiyy.No Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 7:23 am | #74

    “calling everybody idiots”

    SGT Ted, as I see it, I called TWO people on ONE thread idiots, not because they did not agree, but becuase they displayed that they could not read. More than likely I agree with you on most political and socioeconomic views.

    My sincere apologies for the namecalling, to both you and Rob C. When tensions run high, especially lately, people do rash things, like calling people idiots, and like refusing to read what is written, as it is written, and like putting ideas and words into them that were never there, or even in the head of the writer.

    Taqiyy.No Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 7:25 am | #75

    “If a person does X, then Y will likely occur.”

    does not equal

    “Do not do X, I command thee.”

    Aitch748No Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 7:27 am | #76

    Most useful suggestions I see here: Carry pepper spray if you don’t know martial arts; protest in groups for mutual protection; trap these thugs by videotaping them openly while having a second camera videotaping them more discreetly.

    Aitch748No Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 7:30 am | #77

    Also: Taqiyy needs to learn some manners if he expects to be listened to.

    IconoclastNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 7:50 am | #78

    To: Taqiyy – The moonbats might attempt to exploit a lethal response to an assault, but the fact remains that being attacked by a group of thugs using blunt instruments well could put a reasonable person in fear of their life. If the victim has attempted to retreat and continues to be assaulted, then I for one would much rather risk being judged by 12 than carried by 6. And, in fact, if I had been one of the individuals who suffered this attack, at least two of these thugs would have been carried off in body bags. MY life versus these maggots’ ??? Are you kidding ???? Not a second thought and not a regret.

    tdNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 8:11 am | #79

    This is a brilliant example of how the right wing is addicted to a narrative of victimology. There is plenty of bad behavior to go around here but you guys are breaking your backs trying to make the incident one sided when anyone with two eyes can clearly see it is not.

    TexmomNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 8:35 am | #80

    79 td, we must not have wacthed the same video…

    One thing I would like to add is not to let these incidents intimidate us. It would be easy to start backing off on attending tea parties and town halls out of fear of violence. I am not a violent or confrontational person at all, but they hope this intimidation will shut us down, just like they try to shut down Dobbs, Beck, etc. with media assaults.

    Jim Hoft « Sister Toldjah
    November 17th, 2009 | 9:29 am | #81

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    SueNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 9:30 am | #82

    We need to hide Chuck Norris in the middle of our protesters. I would love to see their face when they pick on the old man…

    SteveNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 9:42 am | #83

    Wow, nice spin, Hoft. I guess you saw what you wanted to see there. I don’t care what they are protesting, but I see anti-protestors inciting those holding a peacful protest. Seems to me that they got exactly what they were expecting to get so it could be captured on camera.

    Random Nuclear Strikes » This is why
    November 17th, 2009 | 9:44 am | #84

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    jgreeneNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 9:58 am | #85

    Comment removed by Moderator.

    bgNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 10:17 am | #86

    ++

    Taqiyyotomist @ 8:04 pm #16

    i hear you, and i know you mean
    well, but let me tell you like it is..

    that’s exactly how the Islamists intimidate US/West..

    don’t do this or they’ll do that..

    but guess what..

    they are going to do it no matter what, why
    should “we the people” tolerate thuggery??

    besides, saying things like “i’d put hot lead in them”
    is not the same as either doing or condoning it..

    imho it’s just an expression, a release of pent up frustration due to
    the fact that thuggery is obviously condoned by the powers that be..

    no one but a fellow whack job is going to do any such thing.. but i suspect it doesn’t work both ways, and the MSM ignoring their attacks on innocent dissidents only serves to embolden them.. ergo, i predict there will come a time when “putting hot lead in them” will become justified, they haven’t crossed that line yet, but if they are free to inflict harm on whomever they deem unworthy of deploying freedom of speech, and no one is standing in their way, hot lead it will be, and not by choice, by necessity..

    ==

    Commie Goons Beat Tea Party Protesters In Florida « Fox Enterprises Limited Weblog
    November 17th, 2009 | 10:31 am | #87

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    bgNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 11:11 am | #88

    ++

    pardon if a repeat..

    “they bring a knife, we bring a gun” ~ B Hussein O

    they bring a gun, “we the people” bring
    a cannon ~ the US Constitution!!

    Purple Shi/r/t People

    ==

    BobNoxiousNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 11:53 am | #89

    Hatred begets hatred.
    Paybacks are a b**ch. Ask Orly.

    gun-toting democratNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 12:12 pm | #90

    bg, you are an idiot.
    Bush’s National Security Presidential Directive 51 suspended the US Constitution whenever he and his cronies felt like it, which apparently was quite often. Nearly all of those NSPD’s are still in effect.
    One more thing to thank W for.
    You know, besides a broken economy, two endless money-pit wars, bailouts, profiteering, loss of international relations, politicizing the Justice Department and every other federal office, Plame scandal, Libby scandal, Tillman scandal, etc, etc, etc…..

    bgNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 12:47 pm | #91
    bgNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 1:45 pm | #92

    ++

    just a sample, really haven’t got time to play
    games with “back to square one” genuineasrses..

    gun-toting democrat @ 12:12 pm |#90

    re: [bg, you are an idiot.]

    guess that makes you a genius in this bass ackwards world we live in..

    re: [Bush’s National Security Presidential Directive 51 suspended the US Constitution]

    we are AT WAR.. a WAR Obama declared does not to exist anymore..

    re: [whenever he and his cronies felt like it, which apparently was quite often. Nearly all of those NSPD’s are still in effect.]

    name a time it was used & provide proof, thankyouverymuch..

    oh btw, that’s why Bush took a huge rap for Katrina..

    albeit they were standing by, Blanco would not authorize
    the troops deployment into New Orleans, go figure..

    re: [One more thing to thank W for.]

    you haven’t got a clue as to what to thank Bush for,
    but if you’re ObaMessiah keeps it up, i’m afraid you will..

    re: [You know, besides a broken economy, two endless money-pit wars, bailouts, profiteering,] Plame scandal, Libby scandal, Tillman scandal, etc, etc, etc…..]

    <a href="http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/"economy

    “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” B Hussien O

    by all measures, the War in Iraq was Victorious..

    if not winning, we were holding our own & advancing in Afghanistan until Obama was selected & elected to lose it..

    re: [loss of international relations]

    Bush didn’t lose anything,

    Bush gave them nothing, Obama is giving them the store, and they don’t exactly love him, they love CELEBRITIES, presidents, not so much..

    re: [politicizing the Justice Department and every other federal office]

    other than MSM koolaid drinkers headlines..

    again, proof of exactly how he accomplished that..

    btw, “politicizing” everything Bush did, was/is
    the Dems department, and again, go figure..

    re: [Plame scandal, Libby scandal]

    ROTFLMBO!!

    Why did Fitzgerald continue probe if he knew where CIA leak came from?

    ==

    bgNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 1:52 pm | #93

    ++

    correction re: bg @ 1:45 pm | #92

    economy

    ==

    LarryNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 7:12 pm | #94

    Jeez…you douchebags are a hoot!

    !@#$!@#$!@#$No Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 7:47 pm | #95

    There is even one deluded blogger who is insisting that despite what you think you saw on the video, it was really the tea partiers who initiated the attack…. (shyah right)

    TCKNo Gravatar
    November 17th, 2009 | 10:03 pm | #96

    You know, up until now I would have agreed with all of the people insisting we need to deal with this via the “ballot box.” However, with the voter intimidating thugs, on top of MULTIPLE attacks on peaceful demonstrators, and then finally a senior citizen getting brutally attacked by a gang of thugs after already being knocked to the ground, I’m ready to channel the spirit of Fighting Fred Funston. We need to hang the treacherous savages, every last damn one of them.

    XhristopherusNo Gravatar
    November 18th, 2009 | 12:08 pm | #97

    I would like to set the record straight. As someone who was there, and involved.

    I was the first person to cross the street (Not shown in any video). I went there to offer American flags to the AMSWER protesters because they had clearly forgotten theirs in their mom’s basements.

    I asked on of the people present who had a camera to accompany me as I offered American flags (for free) to the ANSWER people. As I crossed the street with about 20 flags in hand, the fat bald guy ( seen in the video fight later) stuck his sign in my face ( yes it hurt, it was assault) I did not react, instead I politely offered him an American flag, he declined and called me a name I don’t care to repeat here.

    I offered each of them a flag, telling them it is a free gift since I know they are patriots who simply forgot to bring theirs. All declined my offer of a free flag, preferring to hold signs with the image of Che Guevara (A violent communist killer).

    There were fewer than a dozen ANSWER protesters. I am certain they could have had a better turnout had their mothers been able to wake them before 12 (The TEA party peaceful demonstration started at 1 pm)

    JBNo Gravatar
    November 18th, 2009 | 12:45 pm | #98

    I’m sorry, while many have no doubt posted sane responses on how to handle any response, I’ve now passed wanting to feel “sane”.

    I’m ticked off, militantly so, and frankly I feel this slight incremental way of handling these incidents, it’s what got us to this point in the first place.

    This country IS a tinder box, and about to blow. And I certainly will NOT be on the left’s side…

    Bond in MichiganNo Gravatar
    November 20th, 2009 | 8:11 am | #99

    Almost 20 years ago I lived in West Virginia during a major strike by the United Mine Workers. This was the most peace-full strike in the history of the UMW because almost everyone had a video camera. Only one man was murdered by UMW thugs. He was an environmental technician working for a contractor who was monitoring the shut down coal mine for the EPA. He was not a strikebreaker and had a good reason to cross the picket lines. The UMW was sued by the victim’s widow. Union bosses told the UMW members to use violence and the union was forced to pay up.

    BRING MANY VIDEO CAMERAS! TALK TO LAWYERS! USE DEADLY FORCE ONLY IN CLEAR SELF DEFENSE!

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