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A quiet anger

Soapweed

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I received an email this morning which quoted a statement made by James P. Gannon who is a retired former Wall Street Journal reporter and newspaper editor. He lives in Virginia. In it Mr. Gannon makes some great points about the anger which is building in America. No matter what your political opinions, this is worth a read.
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There is a quiet anger boiling in America.

It is the anger of millions of hard-working citizens who pay their bills, send in their income taxes, maintain their homes and repay their mortgage loans — and see their government reward those who do not.

It is the anger of small town and Middle American folks who have never been to Manhattan, who put their savings in a community bank and borrow from a local credit union, who watch Washington lawmakers and presidents of both parties hand billions in taxpayer bailouts to the reckless Wall Street titans who brought down the economy in 2008.

It is the fury of the voiceless, the powerless, the ordinary nobodies of Flyover Country who are ridiculed, preached to, satirized and insulted by the Celebrity Loudmouths of the two Left Coasts, the Jon Stewarts and Keith Olbermanns, the Paul Krugmans and their ilk.

It is the salted wound of the millions who see that ruling Democrats in Congress are not listening to them but are willfully ignoring public opinion and the verdict of recent elections in passing a huge new health care entitlement when the existing entitlements of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are already going broke.

It is the frustrating helplessness of citizens who revere the Founding Fathers and the genius of the Constitution that they wrote, who actually believe the words of the Constitution mean what they say, not more and not less. They who watch politicians and the courts stretch and bend that Constitution — finding "rights" not enumerated, powers never granted, meanings unimagined — believe that their country is being redefined without their consent.

Most of the angry are not out marching in the streets, waving signs or shouting into bullhorns. And they are not smashing windows or phoning death threats to politicians. They are simply waking up angry in the morning, and going to bed angry at night. And their resentment is multiplied by the media’s efforts to portray them all as dangerous, crazy people, and by the effort of certain Democrats to tar them with brush of violent intent.

They are embittered, too, by the rhetoric of a triumphant president who turns on its head Winston Churchill’s heroic attitude promising defiance in defeat but magnanimity in victory. For a president of a deeply divided country, defiance in victory is not an endearing posture. It has all the
persuasive charm of a Chad Ochocinco victory dance in the end zone of the opponent’s stadium.
These quietly angry people gather in their churches while their religions are called divisive and their beliefs are labeled as bigotry, and they pray for a better day. They talk among themselves in their Main Street cafes, at the Rotary club or at their kids’ softball games, seeking others who understand their frustration and will not respond with arrogant dismissal. They are tired of being told they are too stupid to understand the country’s complex problems, too rooted in the past to find solutions, too selfish to share what they have worked for with everyone else who wants it.

They are not reaching for guns or for pitchforks. They are holding their anger within, waiting for their time, watching those in power over-reach and over-indulge. Their wound is deep, and it will not be salved by more presidential speeches, Congressional hand-outs, or promises of wonderful things to come. They no longer believe any of that. Their quiet rage abides, waiting till it can be expressed in that silent place behind the curtain where the ballot lists the names that they have now committed to an angry memory.
 

redrobin

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The article is spot on soapweed. I wonder how old Dis thinks these fall elections will go. She usually bounces back in to Ranchers before election time. I can't wait to here her prophetic utterances lol.
 

Steve

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They are holding their anger within, waiting for their time, watching those in power over-reach and over-indulge. Their wound is deep, and it will not be salved by more presidential speeches, Congressional hand-outs, or promises of wonderful things to come. They no longer believe any of that. Their quiet rage abides, waiting till it can be expressed in that silent place behind the curtain where the ballot lists the names that they have now committed to an angry memory.

is it anger? I have been to a few Tea Party protests, and a few meetings.. emotions can run a bit high, but anger? embittered?. are not the right words..

in fact I find and sense it is something else.. I can't put a finger on it.. but it is not bitter, nor angry.. but then again as a first hand witness... reading commentary after commentary trying to put a finger on it.. I just feel they all somehow miss the real point..
 

Sandhusker

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Angusgord said:
No Stevie-Wonder it's anger and it's destroying our nation ,hope your all happy you Un-American Dollywooder's

You would recommend the continued complacency while our freedoms are eroded and we charge towards socialism and bankruptcy? I'm mad as hell BECAUSE our nation is being destroyed!
 

Steve

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Angusgord said:
No Stevie-Wonder it's anger and it's destroying our nation ,hope your all happy you Un-American Dollywooder's

I didn't see you in DC... but then again it was a large crowd...


BTW,... I am happy and American through and through.
 

Lonecowboy

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Steve said:
They are holding their anger within, waiting for their time, watching those in power over-reach and over-indulge. Their wound is deep, and it will not be salved by more presidential speeches, Congressional hand-outs, or promises of wonderful things to come. They no longer believe any of that. Their quiet rage abides, waiting till it can be expressed in that silent place behind the curtain where the ballot lists the names that they have now committed to an angry memory.

is it anger? I have been to a few Tea Party protests, and a few meetings.. emotions can run a bit high, but anger? embittered?. are not the right words..

in fact I find and sense it is something else.. I can't put a finger on it.. but it is not bitter, nor angry.. but then again as a first hand witness... reading commentary after commentary trying to put a finger on it.. I just feel they all somehow miss the real point..


Steve, I have been to many TEA party protests, the words I would use to describe it is "righteous indignation"
When you love something as much as we TEA partiers love our country and you see it being destroyed from within, our rights and Constitution trampled, our families and property endangered. it raises someting within us that we've never felt before. We all want it to stop! We are frustrated by politicians that ignore us, use us, tax us, ridicule us, and think that they are above us.
 

Steve

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Lonecowboy said:
Steve said:
They are holding their anger within, waiting for their time, watching those in power over-reach and over-indulge. Their wound is deep, and it will not be salved by more presidential speeches, Congressional hand-outs, or promises of wonderful things to come. They no longer believe any of that. Their quiet rage abides, waiting till it can be expressed in that silent place behind the curtain where the ballot lists the names that they have now committed to an angry memory.

is it anger? I have been to a few Tea Party protests, and a few meetings.. emotions can run a bit high, but anger? embittered?. are not the right words..

in fact I find and sense it is something else.. I can't put a finger on it.. but it is not bitter, nor angry.. but then again as a first hand witness... reading commentary after commentary trying to put a finger on it.. I just feel they all somehow miss the real point..


Steve, I have been to many TEA party protests, the words I would use to describe it is "righteous indignation"
When you love something as much as we TEA partiers love our country and you see it being destroyed from within, our rights and Constitution trampled, our families and property endangered. it raises someting within us that we've never felt before. We all want it to stop! We are frustrated by politicians that ignore us, use us, tax us, ridicule us, and think that they are above us.

thanks... having been at a few anger just didn't seem to fit..
 

backhoeboogie

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Sandhusker said:
You would recommend the continued complacency while our freedoms are eroded and we charge towards socialism and bankruptcy? I'm mad as hell BECAUSE our nation is being destroyed!

We'll take it back.

Their champion is as crooked as crooked gets. The more the die hard left defend him, the deeper they dig themselves into the rut. Second in command is a foul mouth. Pelosi is hated at well. The more they applaud these people, the more independants will turn away.

Oil the gears and grease the tracks. Good times are ahead.
 

MsSage

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I think alot of people are having a hard time expressing what they are feeling in this country today.
Lone you got it pretty spot on.

I still cant understand WHY I am a hatefilled unamerican when I seak out against policies that are harming our freedoms?
Too bad the ones doing the name calling and dividing this country dont see how much harm they are doing.

I am so glad I am so far out away from cities and major urban areas.
 

Steve

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MsSage said:
I think alot of people are having a hard time expressing what they are feeling in this country today.
Lone you got it pretty spot on.

I still cant understand WHY I am a hatefilled unamerican when I seak out against policies that are harming our freedoms?
Too bad the ones doing the name calling and dividing this country dont see how much harm they are doing.

I am so glad I am so far out away from cities and major urban areas.


the same loud voices that condemned every Bush move now cheer the same actions taken by Obama, all in the name of politics..

It might surprise you to know that many in the city and urban areas are just as concerned, but the liberal media isn't focusing on them either.
 
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