The Tea Parties explained in one statement:

[Are_grits_groceries]

"TEA Parties Are for Little Girls and Their Imaginary Friends"

Seen on a Bumper Sticker
http://juanitajean.com/2010/05/21/seen-on-a-bumper-sticker/

Oh SNAP! heh!

[RandomThoughts]

1. I think you are imagining

friends being imaginary, I have watching your posting, I know you know better then that.

You are well aware of the patterns.

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. It's a bumpersticker with a pithy statement.

It's not meant to be a detailed analysis to be dissected.

You seem to think you know what I know. Why are you stalking MY postings? Is it your mission now to answer and correct a lot of what I post? Am I your special project?

I don't know what patterns you have discerned. Fractals?
Why do you seem intent to pin me in your box made of your definitions of patterns?
Why are your arguments more valid than mine? I don't track you and comment on what you say.

You are almost as bad as my Mama could be. No matter what, she had to find something to say about any idea of mine. She finally decided that I didn't need a keeper and that it was okay to let me be most of the time.

I didn't have an ignore button for her, but I do for you. My posts aren't sacred and not meant to be off limits to comments. However, you can put your needle away or use it on somebody else ad nauseum. For all the back and forth and arguments on this board, you are the first to be ignored.

Stalkers aren't benign no matter how they present themselves.

[Altoid_Cyclist]

3. Not that you need anyone to defend you, but I tend to seek out your posts

because they usually make an important contribution or provide a much needed moment of levity in this ass backwards world.

Keep up the good work.

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. Thanks. I appreciate that.

Following posts is one thing. Looking so closely and discerning my "patterns" to comment on is another.

[LiberalLoner]

6. I love your posts too - when I see your user name I always say,

"Oh, there's Are-grits-groceries, bet she posted something great as always!" And a lot of times you post something scathingly witty and I have a good laugh and try not to snort my morning tea out at the computer while I'm laughing, and I think, I wish I knew her in real life, I wish I could have her over to my house for dinner or to hang out or go shopping with or anything. And your picture of the "meh" kitty always makes me smile no matter what mood I'm in. A lot of times in life I feel "meh" to be honest. But not when I'm reading your posts. :)

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. Thank you for that.

I'm glad that some people don't seem to be ready to write dissertations on them.

I do think about what people say many times and realize I was off the mark somehow. Other times I feel that they have made me more sure about what I believe as I move the arguments around in my mind. Then there are those that make me say to myself, "Gah! Why in hell did you even post that?"

Some are posts are winners. Some posts are losers. And some are rained out.

[LiberalLoner]

8. LOL I don't have enough functioning brain cells to write a dissertation, trust me, LOL n/t

[malaise]

20. +1,000

I love Grits' posts.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Someone made a similar comment to me yesterday

And it's not the first time. Last time it was a freeper troll. So I plan on watching this poster.

[RandomThoughts]

18. I was not talking about your patterns. I was saying you know about the patterns. n/t

[bobbolink]

27. There are quite a few on DU who take that as their mission.

I believe it is against the rules, so you may want to alert on the pattern.

I have enjoyed many of your posts, for what that is worth. :hi:

[Are_grits_groceries]

30. Thank you very much.

:hi:

[Lerkfish]

5. +1

agreed. keep posting. Don't let the bastards get you down.

[RandomThoughts]

19. Feeling the love for sure.

Interesting how people see things.

[RandomThoughts]

17. If what I said was correct.

Would you post that it was correct?

Although it is possible I was not responding to you.

[Canuckistanian]

21. Patterns? AGG has "patterns"?

If that's true, then we should ALL model ourselves on those "patterns".

AGG is one of our best news sources with some pretty sharp commentary, to boot.

[RandomThoughts]

22. I did not say Are groceries grits had patterns.

I said their were patterns, and he knew about them, it was him that said he had patterns.

I also did not say anything bad about Are groceries grits in the post.

[Canuckistanian]

23. OK, then

This must be some intrapersonal stuff.

Carry on.

[Are_grits_groceries]

25. No, there isn't.

He brought up patterns and that he knew I knew better. I have no idea what patterns he is alluding to, either mine or anybody else's. I assumed he was talking about mine, but even if I'm wrong about that I wouldn't tell somebody that I knew they know better. That is presumptuous and condescending.

If I need a lecture, I'll call the 'Know It All' hotline.

When posting in on a board for any length of time, one gets to know people somewhat by their avatars and names. That is to be expected. I don't take notes about people who post. I try not to jump to a conclusion about anybody, but I doubt I succeed all the time.

RT has made a pattern that did begin to catch my notice. He began to appear immediately after a lot of posts to 'lecture' me or whatever. That finally began to filter in enough and today he said he was watching my posting. That is why I asked him if he was stalking my posts for some reason. Watching isn't a word I would connect to just a benign interest. Following them or reading them is one thing. Watching them is a little different IMHO.

[bobbolink]

29. The difference is someone who "follows" and always and/or only makes negative

comments or attacks.

There is no need for that, and it constitutes harrassment.

[Tesha]

9. Humor (and even mockery and derision) can be a *VERY* powerful force.

It often works where reason and intellectual persuasion utterly fail.

"Welfare queens"...
"Bleeding-heart liberals.."
"There you go again..."

Our enemies know this very well; we should too!

Tesha

[CrispyQ]

10. +1

If the dems had had the courage of their convictions to challenge the Regan era 'liberals are bad' propaganda, they would not have had to capitulate to the right like they have. Instead, they let the repubs control the message, just like the continue to do today. :eyes:

The dems need a serious intervention with George Lakoff.

[whathehell]

11. Agreed...+1000

[azul]

13. They can dish it out, but not take it.

Dems just got outspent and blindsided in the media propaganda business. Maybe because they thought it was beneath themselves, or just ineffective, or illegal, or a poor investment? Whatever, the hate and fear message profitably rules the waves today.

What is left but a funny-bone to fight with?

[CrispyQ]

14. Lakoff says that the dems problem is that they believe that all you have to do is point out

the facts of an issue & that people will be swayed to your point of view, because it's based on facts. The problem is that many people are swayed more by emotion than fact. That's why a sound bite is so effective, even if it's a total lie. Soundbites are quick, easy, you don't have to think about it, & they usually appeal more to emotion than fact. The dems have ignored Lakoff at their own peril - or perhaps I should say, at our peril.

It's too bad really. By letting the republican propaganda machine control the message for 4 decades, the dems have lost control - even when they are supposedly in control. ~sigh

[azul]

15. I don't really get what dem damn demented dems are up to in this.

The two most important things that I expected the democrats to fix in coming to some power in 2006 were to fix the voting machine fiasco and clean up the media and news. The media frame all other issues, and voting is somewhat important in a real democracy.

~grrrr

[CrispyQ]

16. Add campaign finance reform to that list,

and their silence on these three critical issues betrays who they really represent.

The dem party has shifted so far to the right it's alarming. Even on this board, there are many who advocate what used to be considered traditional conservative values & yet they call themselves liberals & refer to those, such as myself, as the radical left. :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

"dem damn demented dems" - I like that.

[Tesha]

24. Precisely. (NT)

[havocmom]

26. OMG! What a great blog!

Thank you mucho for bringing that one to us!

[Are_grits_groceries]

31. I travel the interwebs in search of......

well just searching. I know what hits the right spot for me when I see it. The "Webaverse' is a vast and scary place at times. It is also fun to explore.

[LaydeeBug]

28. Very Nice, but I like "TEABAGGING IS FOR NUTS." nt