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The Collectivist News - today’s highlights

The Collectivist News … excerpts from today’s issue of The Union News. Blame Collectivism … Capitalism is not to blame for this economic mess. Government involvement is largely to blame. Whenever business decisions are made on the basis of political considerations, the result is bad business. The mortgage crisis was largely caused by government coercing lenders to loan money to...

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CNN Sucks … in The Union News

The Union News blog has covered critiques of Tax Day Tea Party event news coverage since before April 15. Here’s an excerpt from a spectator.org story from today: CNN Sucks … And then there’s reporter Susan Roesgen. Thank you so much for unveiling your scorn while playing tea party in Chicago. You made yourself famous by demonstrating what a poor playmate you are and thus how much CNN...

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Reviewing yesterday’s news coverage

The in-the-tank MSM took a decisive step toward irrelevance yesterday. Or so I am told. Live-blogging the Tax Day Tea Party news coverage, I didn’t pay all that much attention. Instead, I was screening hundreds of stories coming directly from on-line publications and blogs in actual cities and towns and counties across the country, unfiltered by the Media Centers. By my estimate, most of the stories...

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10pm EDT Update

California: Chico: Fed up tax payers packed Chico City Plaza Wednesday for a tax day tea party. Many in the crowd responded with cheers, while holding signs criticizing President Obama and calling recent economic policy outright socialism. “If my business was belly up there would be nobody there to bail it out.” Tennessee: Chattanooga: Wednesday’s Tax Day Tea Party at Ross’s Landing drew...

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9pm EDT Update

Nationwide: In Tennessee, an overwhelming crowd of 10,000 people met on the Legislative Plaza, spilling into sidewalks and up the hill toward the Capitol building. Cars circled the area honking horns. In Rochester, N.Y., 1,000 tea partiers marched on the county administration building and city hall. Approximately 4,000 people crowded Fountain Square in Cincinnati, while 8,000 gathered in Madison, Wis.,...