Astroturf? Thousands Given Free Bus Rides by Unions & NAACP to One Nation Rally
by Kristinn Taylor and Andrea Shea KingIn response to the success of the Tea Party rallies in April 2009, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) accused the nascent movement of being “astroturf”–a political term of art for a faux movement funded by traditional powers to give a cause the appearance of independent grassroots support.
Pelosi repeated the “astroturf” slur in August 2009 as Tea Party activists showed up in large numbers at healthcare townhall meetings.
Five national tea party-related rallies have been held in our nation’s capitol in the past year and half. If there was evidence that thousands of tea party activists were getting free bus rides to these rallies, surely the media would have made certain the whole world knew about it.
On October 2nd, the NAACP and national labor unions will give tens of thousands of people free bus rides, free lunches, free T-shirts and free Metro farecards as inducements to attend the One Nation Working Together rally being organized by a coalition of radical leftist organizations at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has promised to give free bus rides from major metropolitan areas within twelve hours of D.C. The United Steelworkers are also busing in demonstrators from across the Northeast. Even the Screen Actors Guild is ‘getting on the bus.’
Local NAACP chapters on the East coast are also offering free buses, as are the Communication Workers of America.
Rally co-sponsor the AFL-CIO states, “Unions are sponsoring some 1,400 buses from around the country to come to the march.”
At an average of an estimated 50 passengers per bus, that comes to about 70,000 attendees getting free rides to the rally.
To be sure, not everyone is getting a free ride, as other groups are charging for bus transportations. But the vast number of free rides being offered bespeaks a financial giveway by the unions and the NAACP in the millions of dollars.
On September 21st, the SEIU website published this statement about the free bus rides:
On Oct. 2nd, 2010, thousands of Americans are gathering on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to march for jobs, justice, and education. SEIU is a major co-sponsor of this movement and your participation is key to making the event a success. We’ll provide the buses to and from the event in most metropolitan areas within 12 hours of Washington, D.C. All you have to do is join us and make your voice heard for the kind of change we voted for in 2008.
The Pittsburgh NAACP is providing two free buses and lunch for rally participants:
The Pittsburgh Branch NAACP will host two buses to take us to the march. The buses are “FREE”!!! All you need to do is call the NAACP office at 412-XXX-XXXX and sign up. Because it is free, seats are on a first come/first serve basis. We are also providing a “free” lunch. Now what else do we need to do to get you on the bus??? The Tea Party called a march, expected 60,000 people, and got 200,000.
According to a post at the Daily Kos, the New Brunswick Area Branch NAACP will also give flags to demonstrators:
March with us in Washington D.C. on October 2, 2010. Event start time 12 PM. We will mobilize tens of thousands of people to march in solidarity in the Nation’s Capitol in order to protect our jobs, our education and our economy.
Buses, T-Shirts, lunch and flags will be provided from designated locations.
The Morris County Democrat Party is promoting free buses by the NAACP’s Morris County NJ chapter:
The Lincoln Memorial * National Mall
Washington, DCGET ON THE BUS
FREE BUS FREE TEE SHIRT FREE LUNCH
OCTOBER 2, 2010“One Nation Working Together is about reordering our nation’s Priorities To invest in our most valuable resource- our people”
Sponsored By The Morris County NAACP
The United Steelworkers are offering free buses, lunches and T-shirts for rally attendees:
Reserve your spot on the “One Nation” March!
Thank you for reserving a bus seat to the historic “One Nation” March on Washington for jobs on Oct. 2, 2010. Reservations are free and include a boxed lunch, t-shirt and a ride to and from Washington, D.C. Please fill out the form below and hit submit. Someone will be in touch with you with more information.
Please note that an online reservation is required for each reserved seat. If you want to reserve seats for multiple people, you must fill out and submit a complete form for each person. Please call USW International Vice President Fred Redmond’s office at 412-XXX-XXXX if you have any questions about the march or USW buses.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 1923 which claims to represent over 30,000 federal government workers is offering free buses and lunches from Baltimore:
Free transportation to and from the rally will be provided. Buses will be daprting (sic) sharply at 9:00 a.m., Social Security Administrative Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235. Parking lot “B”
BOX LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED!
This web page which was posted by the Progressive Democrats of America-NJ offers free rides from New Jersey:
To Sign up To Ride One of the Buses:
•Be sure to fill out form completely, include name, phone number and email, and any other means we can contact you, in case there is a change of bus schedule or location.
•Included with Free Bus Fare :
FREE BOX LUNCH – FREE T-SHIRT – FREE METRO TRAIN CARD
•Be sure to mark what size T-shirt you will need.
The page lists over one hundred names of those registering for the free rides, as well as their T-shirt sizes.
The Communications Workers of America are busing in thousands free of charge from New Jersey:
As the date grows closer, thousands of New Jerseyans from all over the state are getting on the bus! Click here to sign up for free bus transportation to go to Washington on October 2 to demand the change we voted for in 2008!
According to the Tompkins County Workers Center in Ithaca, NY, the United Auto Workers Local 2300 is sending two free bus loads of demonstrators:
Thanks to the beneficence of the UAW local 2300, the two buses will be FREE and a BOX LUNCH will be thrown in as well! It will be a grueling day, starting at 2 am on Saturday morning when we board the bus, and ending around midnight when we return to Ithaca, but I’m sure the energy, enthusiasm and inspiration we will receive from being in DC with thousands of like-minded activists and organizers will be well worth it.
Apparently some SEIU buses are not free, but are steeply discounted. In Massachusetts, SEIU 1199 is offering $20 round trip bus rides, plus they are charging $5 for the Metro fare cards that others are giving away:
Please note, that we have “raised the price” for tickets. We recently were informed that there will be a $5 metro card required and the organization (1199) that is sponsoring the buses and JwJ (Mass. Jobs with Justice) cannot afford to absorb that cost. We are purchasing them in advance and will give them to you on the bus. Thanks for you patience! Also, there is very limited seats and time left so you must pay online to reserve your seats. We will stop offering seats soon, waiting list will start. If you are low income and cannot afford the $25 bus fare, email (JwJ) and we will talk about a reduced rate.
The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT) is not hurting for money, though. The union is providing free buses to the rally to PFT members, their families and their friends:
It’s time to put America back to work and pull America together.
That’s why the PFT is sponsoring free buses to Washington , D.C., on Saturday, October 2, where we will join tens of thousands of Americans for a massive rally at the Lincoln Memorial.
Reserve your seat below to ride with your friends, family and colleagues to the One Nation March. (It just takes a minute to register, and you can register yourself, as well as family members and friends at the same time.) Choose one of three locations
The Tea Parties are funded strictly through voluntary contributions, compared to unions which are funded by mandatory union dues.
Participation in Tea Party rallies is a matter of free will. With a history of union intimidation, can the same be said for the Oct. 2nd One Nation Rally participants? Even if they are given a free bus ride, T-shirt, lunch and Metro card?
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Simply appalling.
Well, of course. Since they assume they are entitled to a free bus ride.
Purple shirted zombies vs. free will.
"You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose free will….."
Great Work.
I wonder who's providing the 40's?
In California, the Catholic church provides bus rides for all the illegal alien La Raza rallies. What a country!
I'm a White Conservative do I have to sit in the back of the bus?
Who is footing the bill for these bus rides? This sound like a job for O'Keefe and Giles! As an American citizen and tax-payer, I want to know?
Wonder how many will get paid. And at OT rates too.
Buses that I own?…. Public School Buses?
The DoJ will change over in 2013, and people will pay for their crimes.
I'd bet you couldn't get those coarksoarkers to take a free busride if a paying job was waiting for them at the end of the line, but for a free box lunch and a free tee shirt, folks with no honor will go to any lengths.
All we need now is a large supply of chain link fence and razor wire. I mean c'mon, how often do we get this many Marxists in the same place at the same time?
This is classic!…Knowing this would be a huge failure if it had to stand on its merit alone, they are resigned to begging and enticing people to show up for the freebies…..
why bother, even if only 5,000 people showed the liberal media, I am sure, simply morph that number into 400,000+ and call it a huge success.
The LEFTS idea of grassroots activism……. give EVERYONE A FREE RIDE TO THE PARTY!
Can you dream this any better than it is?;-D
I feel for the DC cops though, someone's liable to get CRAAAAAANKY!
Can't wait to see the LITTER!
Pop some corn kick back for the show…
We KNOW they won't have a problem getting coverage…
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When will you go after big corporations that donate to the NAACP like Xerox?
http://diversityinc.com/content/1757/article/5490...
Cowboy, that reminds me of a joke.
How do you keep a democrat from getting paid?
Hide his welfare check in his work boots.
Wait wait weren't all who attended the 8/28 event attacked and belittled that they were all shills for GOP & Beck. Didnt the hate mongers CRITICIZE all that attended for organizing and taking buses to the event claiming GOP etc paid for it.
Well…. what the hell is this bullsh*t! This thing is sponsored by what is it now 300 members of the Alphabet Organized Crime Family not to mention BHO is now playing a hand in it.
Oh BTW where are the watchdogs on this, BG you are dropping the ball… why?! Well didnt it take Beck like a year to plan t8/28 and get P E R M I T S!!! How is this thing being done so fast and better ques to ask is who is applying for the permits and who is issuing them without all the scrutiny Beck had to deal with. WHO is paying for all of this… Soros? Are there going to be enough port-a-potties? Thats a big deal apparently!
This event defines A S T R O T U R F grass roots, is dirty and will be a complete failure if there are not at the least $2 million ppl in attendance! Oh and lets make sure we see all the footage of the hate signs, speech, ppl dressed in black with their Anarchy, Socialism and Communism signs they will proudly be carrying while their faces are masked or covered with dirty hankies! Those who attended 8/28 you are being made a mockery of and laughed at by the radical left with this event. GB hopes it will be positive, I think not as Im sure many of you feel the same.
56 men, our Founding Fathers, had the guts to stand up and do what’s right, what about you? http://www.savingtherepublic.com
It's funny how easy it is to get these Union pigs on a bus to this protest rally, with the promise of a tee shirt and a free lunch,
but could not get the same types on a bus in New Orleans to save their own sorry asses from Hurricane Katrina…
George "Dr. Evil" Soros.
So what? DO NOT PUT UP ANY MORE STORIES ON THEM! THEY NEED NOTORIETY TO SUCCEED! DEPRIVE THEM OF THE NOTORIETY AND THEY WILL FAIL!
DUH!
I bet this gets LOTS and LOTS of MSM coverage too!
It's a little pathetic too. The only way to drum up any numbers at all, is to force union members to go, offer free transportation, free food, free shirts, free, free,free, ad nauseum. Typical of the "something for nothing" crowd.
Well, we all know that the Chrysler employees will pick up their own 40's on lunch break before the free bus ride.
Smedley is talkzalot
This jerk advocates ethnically cleansing the USA.
This is the comment, look at talkzalots themes and sentence structure you will see this is unquestionigly him.
http://www.breitbart.tv/shabazz-white-america-has...
"All that is necessary for the genocide of Whites is for Whites to
accept the GOP nonsense about how race doesn't matter and
color-blindness and all that other BS. NO OTHER RACE buys in to
this. Why do you think you see organizations for EVERY RACE other than
Whites? Better wake up. If Israel can conduct ethnic cleansing using
US tax dollars why can we not ethnically cleanse the US to make it a
White country?"
Talkzalots favorite posts:
http://biggovernment.com/bmccarty/2010/07/27/shoc...
Condensed:
talkzalot says:
"Well, our greatness peaked some time around 1965. Several major
obvious things changed. The removal of Civil Rights from Whites
(called the Civil Rights movement), the flooding of the country with
non-White immigrants, the increased support of that terrorist nation
of Israel, etc….."
And then mijowi says in response:
"I really hate say this but the last part of your post almost makes
you sound like a white supremist."
And talkzalot responds with:
"What is wrong with that?"
RED Holder, Nasty Nancy, Dinghy Harry, and last in this list but not least BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.
cordon them off, then let a few hundred skunks loose in the crowd. It might overpower the fetid stink from the hippies that are sure to show.
You know there will be a riot if someone doesn't get their box lunch.
Use their own tactics. Tea Partiers and other conservatives that wish to throw a monkey wrench into the system in those areas sign up for the seats and then don't show up. Maybe they'll have a few empty buses going to Washington.
your tax dollars in action – Nancy knows astro turf better than anyone!
They are forced to contribute under threat of extortion by good democrats like Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton. Any corporation that doesn't go along with democrat extortion can be subjected to racially-based smear campaigns or other illegal tactics.
For example, consider how bent out of shape and vocal homosexual activists became over Target's contribution to some group that wasn't pro-gay.
If the bus ride is free to the "passengers", who's paying for it?
Who's paying for the National Park Service workers to clean up the trash after the event? (since you know that there's no way in the world they will pick up after themselves like the attendees at Glenn Beck's rally did)
Who's getting paid to go to this event, and if so, by whom?
I suspect that there will be people paid to attend, and you can bet that 100% of the costs is being picked up by taxpayers. The bus count is not even giving estimates of 100,000, let alone the 300,000+ that Beck had. My guess is it will be less than 125,000 total.
This is probably the same bus that these morons will be thrown under when a true investigative journalist figures out what is going on.
Seems funny that they can give them a free bus ride to a rally but they couldn't give them a free bus ride out of New Orleans before Katrina hit.
Ohhhhh, I was thinking something much more EVIL, having to do with drones… >:-{
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Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch… (at tax payer funded, union bailout expense of course). No… unions are not to be considered lobbies…. are they?
And the gullible will enjoy every nibble on the "turkey and government cheese sandwich" lunch in the box… and they will have no problem asking for second serving if they are still hungry.
when libs accuse others of astroturf, it's projection.
The UNION members will turn in time sheets and get paid for Union Business
Paid for by Taxpayers
/spit
I think that would be considered cruel and unusual punishment——–of the skunks.
Having the rally on October 2nd means they'll all have money in their pockets too.
Welfare checks come out on the first of every month. Party Time at the Lincoln Memorial.
Crack dealers are going to be cleaned out………………
Some professional number cruncher should do a calculation or estimate of how much the TEA Movement
folks spent OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS getting to DC for at least two major rallies this year…
FOLKS, where/who is paying for all this transportation and all the other amenities?;-D
WE ARE!
OBIES STASH!!!!
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I'll bet CBS already has the estimated attendance at "more than 850,000."
You mean other than the "drones" that will be in attendance?
I see a solution to a problem here as well. Arizona could put ride for "free" buses out around the state, wait until they're filled, and then drive them down to Mexico.
I want to know what their Carbon Footprint is?
It's kind of different when it's "staged" by socialists, instead of spontaneous by freedom loving Patriots!
HPD-your analysis is close, but they are not 'the same types'. They are close, but I assure you not the same.
DITTOs bro-you thankfully beat me to it.
HA HA HA HA HA,,,, you stinker, don't think I'm gonna say one bit more than I already did.
You trying to get me deleted by the administrator?;-D
Ya need to come up with better than that….
sall I'm sayin'
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Community organizer is just a synonym for astroturf grower.
Just as soon as you go after your hero and underwriter, George "Grinning Socialist Ghoul" $oro$.
It was a stretch, but I took a shot…
It's the hand out /entitlement mentality that is pervasive with all the urbanites..
You know, the type that swoon over community organizers…
It would be more than a little interesting to ride in one of those buses. But I hear they have cooties. Besides my tongue would be gone from biting it. And it might bother them to see someone's head actually explode. The UAW – isn't that the union that got one of the bailouts? I feel really violated. Using my tax money to subvert the democratic process in such a blatant way is……well, there goes the head.
That's right,at least the Chrysler guys bring their own 40's and pot. Gotta hand it to them.
Back in the sixties in Europe , it was the communist and socialist fronts who would bankroll "demo' s," consisting of students and trade unionists . We always knew when a demo was due because the student union bosses had pockets full of cash .
A "reason " for the march and demonstration would be decided upon and then the cash would go to work in the form of organizers appearing in the student union . Most of the students were clueless as to the actual reason for the march.
It was always fun to see literally hundreds of students appear "from other universities ," at these demos. They were the folks shipped in for free by the unions. They were the ones with the megaphones , scripts and cash. They would guide the march and direct it , the indigent student body itself was just a mob to be moved at their command.
…but not surprising…
The veterans among us call this a "target-rich environment," so don't forget the neat-o toys, and the ammo they require…
Excellent song!
Bingo!
The arrogance of these idiots thinking that, they can draw a bigger crowd than Glen Beck, just shows how desperate they are…whatever 'crowd' they do have, I doubt seriously that they can control the trash left behind…I will be paying attention!
I hope there are American patriots there, with cameras! I also wonder if the media will say that these are ALL democrats, like they did calling the Tea Party ALL GOP supporters???
Rent-a-Mob….
Who's footing the bill? WE ARE! It's all our Tax Money! That's the irony.
Whereas with the Tea Parties, they are self sufficient. They paid their own way, motivated by patriotism. – - One of the two groups is a "Staged fraud"……
I wonder how many arrests there will be? Taking bets here, my guess is 125…. Oh, and those of us from the right, take a seat on a bus and then go see Washington. One less seat for one of the lefties.
Biased coverage I'm sure! They better be telling people that they are ALL democrats!
My thoughts exactly!!!
They wouldn't be liberal progressives now, if there wasn't hypocrisy involved. I'm sure the funding for these types of activities has either been provided for by the Spendulus Bill or some neatly tucked away provision within the trainwreck known as Obamacare.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but this is desperation! We will shoot holes the size of Wyoming in this farce!
Nice try commies. Oh and, thank you for identifying yourselves so clearly.
American Tax Dollars at Work!! Astroturf's finest!
I think it’s funny as hell. We’ve got these bastards twisting in the wind. We now know the truth, these phony protest will only go to punctuate, and illustrate what real Astroturf looks like. The parasites will gather in DC who cares.
All that FREE stuff only means that there is going to be a record amount of trash left there when the losers head back to their hovels.
They can't help it when they have the opportunity to manipulate religious and historical phrases.
One Nation under GOD.
one nation working * together? eewww
…."Pop some CORN, kick back for the show"…
Always the consumate sales lady…!!
Free bus ride, free lunch, free tee shirt, but will anyone know why their there?
Everyone needs to reserve 15 or 20 seats on these buses, and then don't bother showing up.
They'll have to donate all of their extra box lunches and t-shirts to the nearest soup kitchen.
At least that way, some cold hungry homeless person may get a free lunch and a new shirt for the winter.
Tell them you want a XXXX-LARGE t-shirt, that way the homeless can use it for a blanket.
Got an e-mail from the union this morning promoting this commie fest. Buses and lunch provided free of charge! My supervisor and I questioned the legality of this…
Hell, they wouldn't even let you on the bus, an if they did you wouldn't make it there alive
I seem to recall driving 11 days round trip to Beck's rally, 5851 miles and paid for it myself. Where's my farking T-shirt?
Hey big brother, nice new pic for you I see. I almost got hooked on those "cheroots" back in the day just to look cool.
Here come the Borg. Unions are for cookie cut-outs who gave up thinking for themselves and any personal responsibility a long time ago
Don't laugh.
Last week, I was in town, cleaning up some investment rental properties for fall.
I asked this one tenant, because I was curious, as to why a particular pair (of what once were new, and I can remember when they were placed there) work boots constantly sat in the top of her picnic table, on her deck. They have been there for going on three years.
She looked me dead in the eye, and told me her man didn't need them. He wears sneakers.
Of course he does.
He doesn't work. Just waits for his check from the Government Draw.
Why not?… the park is on the way there. Probably wouldn't even have to come to a complete stop the way I saw those guys move. Looks like they could do pretty fair at jumping hurdles. They seem to be in such good shape maybe they should revisit their Cadillac health care plan. I wonder if any of them have been on disability or workman's comp recently.
I wonder.
I wonder if those black "farmers" from the Pigford Lawsuit are going to participate?
They could get a free bus ride to Washington, and while they are there, they could pick up their settlement checks.
………"I'll bet CBS already has the estimated attendance at "more than 850,000."
I'll bet CBS already has the estimated attendance at "more than 850,000,000
/Gutfeld math
/Hahahahaha
For the 8-28 rally:WE paid our own way from Colorado, bought our own t-shirts, bought our own metro cards and lunch!
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL SHOW THEM ON NOVEMBER 2nd!!!!
You gotta think
All those people and all those busses
Hussein Obama threw his grandmother and preacher under the bus along with hundreds more
What makes them think he won't do it to them ?
Hahahahahaha
It would be funny if the "Free" bus ride was "OneWay"
The return trip 250 bucks
Hahahahah
These communists, libs, socialists, Obamanistas….are pathetic. Let them rally and pick up their pay at the end of the day. The rest of us will go vote in November. We better tell Pelosi about this. She looks really stressed lately.
Government mum on high tech snooping vans
The administration is keeping silent about a story revolving around some high tech vans recently purchased by the Department of Homeland Security that are capable of literally peering through the walls of your home. If DHS was using these vans to fight terrorism, that'd be great – but they will not confirm nor deny the vans are also being used in other areas that would infringe on privacy rights.
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Never dreamed how relevant that song would be thirty years later. However, for some reason, I just don't know if Rush would share Tea Party values.
Can't wait to see more pics of all the trash they've left behind. Maybe the unions will pick up after them this time or hire non-union temps to do the job.
Libs are terrified. They know the hearings will start in January.
It's the only way to get the freeloaders there. But they take your free stuff and never come back… Typical Obama useful idiot voters.
Unfortunately this sh*t is getting ready to come to a head! Could get ugly. Especially when the impeach and jail Obummer, Pelosi, and Reid.
The money probably came from the stimulus bill so guess who pays?
Here is the website to find out all about the 10-2 rally….
http://www.ydsusa.org/
You can really tell a lot about a person by looking at their friends.
Take a good look at the video on this one folks, this is really what we are up against on November 2nd. Get a good wiff, and then get out the fire hose and lets clean up. It's tsunami time!!!!
I'm a graduate of Loyola-Marymount, and when I learned years ago of their support for La Raza, I stopped contributing as an alumnus and also stopped contributing to the Church. I suspect they are looking to Hispanics for growth, but I find it unpalatable. Count me out.
The downfall of the arrogant is their arrogance … never fails.
They have not completely figured out their half dead DNC parrot can no longer make the public dance to the DNC tune.
Ought to be a fun show.
So, let me get this straight. I pay teacher salaries through my property tax, and other local taxes. Out of that they pay their union dues, with my money. The union, with my money, is providing buses to a partisan event like this? I want my f'ing money back.
The Devil and his demonic angels reveal their true natures! They're scorpions, after all!
You walked the walk on GB 8-28 Rally..
.I noticed you good folks picked up ALL your trash or didn't litter in the first place, more like it…
When these 5000 or so "entitled" slobs are done, the Mall will look like a G-8 protest in Toronto or Berlin…
Remember, in life, there are mean men with guns and cigars, and then, there are men with shovels…you dig…?
Being led just like cattle .
shameful. Anyone that goes should be ashamed of them selves.
Being pimped for a box lunch and a metro card. Jesh how low can you go?
I don't think this is going to end well. Squeeze thousands of "victimized" people who hate each other and would never socialize under ordinary circumstances into a crowded area. Participants will be testy since they have no heartfelt reason to be there. Give them weapons (signs at the very least) and proceed to get them worked up.
The new black panthers will think they're at the Beck rally. It's going to get ugly.
You are so right ……… when will people wake up?
Much more accurate. I wasn't trying to be negative. We both know what you meant. There were also those who had ridden out many a storm and this was just another blow to them. There were those who just weren't prepared/didn't have friends or family to help. And there were those that line up to the trough. Even if we didn't have the canal failures, it wasn't nice.
One of their best tunes. They are probably not Tea Party material but way right of the usual music crowd. (Excluding Ted Nugent of course) They wrote about "The Fountainhead" and most lefties don't get stuff like that.
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