Danville TEA Party members reportedly plan to burn Perriello, Pelosi in effigy
Members of the Danville TEA Party reportedly plan to burn Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in effigy at a Nov. 21 rally.
Last Saturday, Perriello was one of four Virginia Democrats who voted in favor of the $1.2 trillion health-care overhaul. Two Virginia Democrats and all five Republicans voted against the bill.
The Star-Tribune, a newspaper in Pittsylvania County, reported on its Web site yesterday that the protesters plan to end their "Fired Up for Freedom" rally in Blairs by burning Perriello and Pelosi in effigy.
It quoted Nigel Coleman, chairman of the Danville TEA Party group, as saying: "At this point we feel we have no representation in Congress."
Democrats decried the report.
"These shocking and despicable acts are becoming all too common at extreme right-wing Republican rallies," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
"While there should be a robust debate about reforming America's broken health-insurance system, violent expressions are beyond the boundaries of a respectful debate."
On Thursday night, Perriello held a telephone town hall on health care that drew 8,000 participants, according to his staff.
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I feel the reason behind most of our troubles and the need for TEA Parties is the government’s ability to print up whatever money it wants to manipulate us.
Maybe this will help make the danger of fiat money clear.
Imagine you and me are setting across from each other. We create enough money to represent all of the world’s wealth. Each one of us has one SUPER Dollar in front of him.
You own half of everything and so do I.
I’m the government though. I get bribed into creating a Central Bank.
You’re not doing what I want you to be doing so I print up myself eight more SUPER Dollars to manipulate you with.
All of a sudden your SUPER Dollar only represents one tenth of the wealth of the world!
That isn’t the only thing though. You need to get busy and get to work because YOU’VE BEEN STIFFED with the bill for the money I PRINTED UP to get YOU TO DO what I WANTED.
That to me represents what has been happening to the economy, and us, and why so many of our occupations just can’t keep up with the fake money presses.
They have been beating us with our own stick!!!!1
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