Coffee, Tea ?
National Politics came to Fort Lauderdale's Victoria Park neighborhood this afternoon, with the first local gathering of the new movement ....
......... the Coffee Party
The Coffee Party is a political response to the rather new, but very well known national movement, the Tea Party. This afternoon, a diverse group of citizens gathered at the Brew Coffee Shop in the Winn-Dixie shopping plaza on Federal Highway at NE 6th Street to get acquainted and plot! They quickly out-grew the coffee shop and moved out onto the sidewalk.
The well mannered group, about three dozen strong, included mostly white, though some black, mostly middle-aged, but some older, and a tiny smathering of young blood!
The make-up included war vets ( two Korean and one Viet Nam), old hippies (still in the fight), and the one man that singularly faces off the giant group of Tea Partiers at the intersection of Oakland Park and Federal many weekends ( he got a big round of applause).
There was some talk of boycotts, ( tea mostly!) and a big showing of frustration at the condition of the national dialogue.
Here are a few of the comments from the attendees:
.............. " I'm a sadist, I watch Fox TV"
.............. " they've taken control of the American flag"
............. " I came to have a civil discussion"
............. " the dirty things they do in the name of religion"
............. " I'm scared of the people on the other side"
............. " my wife says I love pain - I watch Oreily!"
............. " they're out - shouting us"
The meeting lasted just short of an hour, and no immediate plans for the future were decided. The event's organizer, Evan Rowe ( evanrowe@gmail.com ) , told the attendees to make sure to sign-in and he'd be in touch.
I'll keep you posted ........ Tim
......... the Coffee Party
The Coffee Party is a political response to the rather new, but very well known national movement, the Tea Party. This afternoon, a diverse group of citizens gathered at the Brew Coffee Shop in the Winn-Dixie shopping plaza on Federal Highway at NE 6th Street to get acquainted and plot! They quickly out-grew the coffee shop and moved out onto the sidewalk.The well mannered group, about three dozen strong, included mostly white, though some black, mostly middle-aged, but some older, and a tiny smathering of young blood!
The make-up included war vets ( two Korean and one Viet Nam), old hippies (still in the fight), and the one man that singularly faces off the giant group of Tea Partiers at the intersection of Oakland Park and Federal many weekends ( he got a big round of applause).
There was some talk of boycotts, ( tea mostly!) and a big showing of frustration at the condition of the national dialogue.
Here are a few of the comments from the attendees:
.............. " I'm a sadist, I watch Fox TV"
.............. " they've taken control of the American flag"
............. " I came to have a civil discussion"
............. " the dirty things they do in the name of religion"
............. " I'm scared of the people on the other side"
............. " my wife says I love pain - I watch Oreily!"
............. " they're out - shouting us"
The meeting lasted just short of an hour, and no immediate plans for the future were decided. The event's organizer, Evan Rowe ( evanrowe@gmail.com ) , told the attendees to make sure to sign-in and he'd be in touch.
I'll keep you posted ........ Tim
Thanks Tim, for once again standing up for what you believe in.
From what I have read,the coffee party is not only made up of Dems,but Independants and Republicans as well that are fed up with the insane rantings of some....
I cannot believe there are many out there that flock to see that IDIOT Palin with her crosshairs on the map of the US,inciting violence as a way to rectify a decision that didn't go their way-how about redirecting that hate,and stand up to the plate with some positive action that would benefit others?
Perhaps alot of so-called religious people missed the part about being their brothers' keeper...
I think the tea party should change their name to the koolaid party-Whenever I see or hear about them, pictures of Jim Jones and Guyana filtrate my senses............
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The "Tea Party" was really formed originally to protest government spending and the deficit. (P.S. I do not belong or attend.) As far as hate speech, the libs forget it sure was open season on President Bush. Remember, lots of lib hosts stirring up hate and inciting violence agains him, but libs as always, have short memories and forget that stuff. President Obama still blames Bush for everything and uses him as an excuse for his failures.
The formation of the Coffee Party is interesting in that some people evidently feel that the "Tea Party" needs to be responded to. So that means they must be effective in getting out their message and getting the libs off the couch to rally a response.
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Maybe that's what the Tea Party was originally formed for but it's certainly not that now. For the most part they are a disgusting group of racists, bigots and just plain un-American whiners. All you have to do is check out their protests at the intersection of Fed Hwy and Oakland Park Blvd. The signs they hold up are disgusting. I don't condone that by either side but the tea party has taken it to a whole other level. I don't recall any liberal protests where guns were worn or violence encouraged. President Obama SHOULD blame Bush for most of this mess. He is the one that caused it and left it for the Dem's to clean up. Anybody who can't see that is blinder than a bat! Hell, the Republicans are still blaming everything that goes wrong on Clinton!
The tea party is such a small minority but the press loves a good story. Their effectiveness comes in the fact that they are angry and motivated to go to the polls. Hopefully the advent of the Coffee party will motivate civilized people to go to the polls to counteract this extremism!
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Glad to see you were able to get over there, Tim. Will be interesting to see if the civility you, I and it seems the Coffee Party founder have long advocated will ever become the norm in our political lifetimes.
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