Recently I wrote about the Tea Party and its adoption the Gadsden flag as a symbol. I was making the observation that The Tea Party’s number one symbol is a flag of the American Revolution and as such could be construed as treasonous. I received a number of comments.
Then a regular reader sent me this message:
Brent,
I saw a very telling picture on a tea party site on the internet the other day. It was a photograph of the United States Capitol dome with a huge snake winding itself around it. Perhaps a tea party person could explain what appears to be a picture of a snake attempting to choke the life out of our government?
Maple Leaf
I followed the link that the reader sent me, and I thought readers here might find it interesting. The picture described above is on Glenn Beck’s 9/12 Project site.
While most Tea Partiers deny a connection with larger groups such as the 9/12 Project, it is a fact that a great deal of money to large gatherings of the Tea Party comes from some very wealthy people through their organizations.
Some chief supporters supplying cash to drive the Tea Party agenda, in addition to the “9/12 Project,” are “FreedomWorks” and “Americans for Prosperity.”
Check out the graphic used on Beck’s 9/12 web site.
Symbol on Beck’s site
What message do you think Glenn Beck is sending?
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The 9 12 Project claims not to be political. Yeah, right. I'm sure they give a non threatening reason for the rattlesnake coiled around the capital dome, too. BUT, weren't we taught that if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's most likely a duck?
ReplyDeleteThe 9 12 graphics look like the Tea Party. The more I read on their sites, I find that they talk like the Tea Party. They act like the Tea Party. Sites that promote them both contain frightening political statements and items for sale...
They hiss and threaten, as they praise what they call good - and they claim to be non political? I think we need to come up with a new word to describe them!