Comments on: Remember The Tea Party http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2009/04/13/remember-the-tea-party/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remember-the-tea-party ...it's about the quality of life! Thu, 17 May 2012 14:52:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Eye Spy http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2009/04/13/remember-the-tea-party/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Eye Spy Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:21:47 +0000 http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/?p=1002#comment-301 Yes it does appear they are profiting, but hey I guess it is a free market economy. We linked to the products that were on the Facebook page since it appears that they are the organizers locally (or at least have put in some effort to organize it locally) and hey, as Bill Murray might say---hey, how bout a little somethin for the effort. Yes it does appear they are profiting, but hey I guess it is a free market economy. We linked to the products that were on the Facebook page since it appears that they are the organizers locally (or at least have put in some effort to organize it locally) and hey, as Bill Murray might say—hey, how bout a little somethin for the effort.

]]> By: Jesse Barron http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2009/04/13/remember-the-tea-party/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Jesse Barron Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:37:02 +0000 http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/?p=1002#comment-299 Yesterday I saw a news article about how much sales "tea party" merchandise is racking up. There are people profiting greatly from this movement. I really wish it were some kind of non-profit endeavor, where product profits were donated to a cause. Otherwise, it sort of feels like fighting greed with greed. But hey, if the movement works and causes something good to happen then I guess I wouldn't care if someone makes a few bucks -- it would be worth it. <abbr><em>Jesse Barron’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/13/annapolis-police-blotter-for-easter-weekend/" rel="nofollow">Annapolis Police Blotter for Easter Weekend</a></abbr></em> Yesterday I saw a news article about how much sales “tea party” merchandise is racking up. There are people profiting greatly from this movement.

I really wish it were some kind of non-profit endeavor, where product profits were donated to a cause. Otherwise, it sort of feels like fighting greed with greed.

But hey, if the movement works and causes something good to happen then I guess I wouldn’t care if someone makes a few bucks — it would be worth it.

Jesse Barron’s last blog post..Annapolis Police Blotter for Easter Weekend

]]> By: Jesse Barron http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2009/04/13/remember-the-tea-party/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Jesse Barron Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:32:53 +0000 http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/?p=1002#comment-298 Someone posed a question to me today that made me pause: People are so angry about the bailouts that they are doing tea parties. Wouldn't the same people be having coronary's if all of the banks collapsed and we were sent into the third world? One of those "what if" scenarios that we will likely never have an answer to. I will say this much -- it seems like the bailout funds were disbursed yesterday and some companies are already reporting profits in the billions. Isn't it a little too soon for that? Sure seems fishy to me. How do you go from the brink of collapse to profitable in a few quarters? Wouldn't the losses just get smaller by the quarter until there is eventual profitability? Better yet, are these profits really just AIG money, which is taxpayer money? Is Goldman posting a profit, thereby able to pay back the Treasury, because they got AIG payouts on their creative policies? If they are, then we've been sucker punched out of our money for good! Wall Street may have egg on their face right now, but there are many geniuses that occupy those few blocks. If there is a way to fleece taxpayers, Wall Street will be the ones to master it. <abbr><em>Jesse Barron’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.sweethomeannapolis.com/2009/04/13/annapolis-police-blotter-for-easter-weekend/" rel="nofollow">Annapolis Police Blotter for Easter Weekend</a></abbr></em> Someone posed a question to me today that made me pause:

People are so angry about the bailouts that they are doing tea parties. Wouldn’t the same people be having coronary’s if all of the banks collapsed and we were sent into the third world?

One of those “what if” scenarios that we will likely never have an answer to.

I will say this much — it seems like the bailout funds were disbursed yesterday and some companies are already reporting profits in the billions. Isn’t it a little too soon for that? Sure seems fishy to me. How do you go from the brink of collapse to profitable in a few quarters? Wouldn’t the losses just get smaller by the quarter until there is eventual profitability?

Better yet, are these profits really just AIG money, which is taxpayer money? Is Goldman posting a profit, thereby able to pay back the Treasury, because they got AIG payouts on their creative policies?

If they are, then we’ve been sucker punched out of our money for good!

Wall Street may have egg on their face right now, but there are many geniuses that occupy those few blocks. If there is a way to fleece taxpayers, Wall Street will be the ones to master it.

Jesse Barron’s last blog post..Annapolis Police Blotter for Easter Weekend

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