Talk to the Hand Some More

Teabaggin Roundup

Good lord that title sounds like some kind of gay cowboy act. No offense to gay cowboys, it's just that it's not really about gay cowboy scrotum sex.

By the way, the tax "increase" they're protesting means the wealthiest Americans will now pay less in taxes than under Reagan and the rest of us will get a taxcut. If those extra tax dollars from the rich are used for programs that reduce expenses (medical, retirement, etc.) then most of us will have gained at very little expense to few of us.

Here's a really excellent blog post about the "teabagging" and how it connects with domestic terrorism.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	M - Th 11p / 10c
Tempest in a Tea Party
thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor

Here's a short video of Anderson Cooper delivering a great straight man line. (No pun intended.)

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Tea Bagging... by Republicans

From the "too good to be true department" and our good friends at Fox "News" comes a movement for "teabagging." Proving once again that they're not even vaguely a journalistic endeavor, Fox Noise is hyping "tea parties" to protest something horrible (I think it's letting the tax rate on the wealthiest people in America go back to 35% which, as we all know, effects most of Fox Noise's viewership) by "tea bagging" politicians. I'm not kidding, the Republicans have come out pro-teabagging. Rachel Maddow can barely get through this segment:

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy