What the Tea Party and OWS Have In Common

This brilliant Venn diagram was posted on a friend's FaceBook. The source of the idea (if not this particular diagram) is this post at a blog called "How Conservatives Drove Me Away" which turns out to be quite an interesting read.


An excerpt from one of the best comments on that post, by blogger Larry Garfield, is worth repeating (edited for profanity):

Tea Party: government/corporate collusion is ruining the country. F*cking government. Let's get rid of it.

OWS: government/corporate collusion is ruining the country. F*cking corporations. Let's get rid of them.

Everyone is so focused on which villain to blame that they totally miss the first sentence. Instead, what should be happening is this:

Americans: government/corporate collusion is ruining the country. F*cking collusion. Let's get rid of it.

Only a clueless moron anarchist actually thinks that government is the root of all evil. Only a clueless moron hippie actually thinks that a modern economy could exist without corporations.

Note that Southern Man says much the same thing (although not nearly so succinctly or elegantly as either author above) in this earlier post. But read it anyway.

In other news Southern Man had an outpatient procedure on his back early this morning and is relaxing at home on an ice pack planning to waste the rest of the afternoon watching movies (currently in the player - Source Code and Eagle Eye) and surfing the 'net. This evening he'll drive to former father-in-law's (about two hours out) to nab twelve-year-old daughter for the rest of the weekend!