It's not new. It's the same tactic as when Everytown's Demanding Mommies hold a protest with 30 attendees -- 25 of whom are reporters -- it's "hundreds", but when 800 gun owners rally at a capitol building to protest new laws, it's "dozens".
A number of years ago I attended such a gun owner protest in my hometown. The news reports (such that could be found) said "hundreds", but I have photos somewhere, taken from behind the podium, facing out. It was standing-room-only for a two-block radius; by my estimate there were approximately 2,000 people, NOT including cops or reporters.
(In my case, the layout of the Capitol Mall doesn't help matters, either; there's very little space directly in front of the building, so most attendees are in a big open area across the street ... which "just happens" to be BEHIND where the news vans park so those folks are never in the published photos. It ALWAYS looks like "dozens" no matter how many people are there, and you just have to take the reporters at their word. That's why I made my way behind the podium to take my photos, to capture the across-the-street crowd. I could pull up a map and post it if anyone's interested.)
As an aside, despite likely half the crowd being armed, we didn't cause a fuss other than protest-y noise, didn't block traffic, and we left the place just as nice as we found it. Compare that with 1/10 as many BLM/Antifa "protesters".
The media will always fluff the numbers of Leftist protests while under-counting conservative or Constitutional protests.
Elon was along for the ride on The Trump Train since the summer. I sure as hell DID vote for this. I’ve never had my political expectations crushed until now.
And by crushed I mean I’ve never been pleasantly surprised until now.
This is such an amusing argument, from the people who specialize in imposing on us (as the Declaration of Independence put it) "swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance". Unelected, eh? All those unelected bureaucrats, many of them at unconstitutional so-called "independent agencies".
The other problem with the argument is that their unelected bureaucrats have rule-making power, effectively subverting the legislature. Musk, on the other hand, is merely an advisor.
What is it with the folks on the left side? It is almost as if they do not actually have an independent brain of their own.
For a week or so, it was egg prices, then it was tariffs are bad, now it is Elon Musk is not an elected official. What is coming next?
And, if they have grief with Musk as a special Government employee, they better take a look at John Kerry's actions under the previous administration. The job title was identical, and an unelected official was speaking on behalf, and with the authority of the President.
Somehow... it is only bad when a Republican does it.
Nobody elected the Dept of Ed. The ATF. The FBI. The CIA. The entire Federal bureaucracy. They want to get rid of all non-elected Fed gov I'm good with that. Retards.
“thousands”….. ya ok.. is this using new math?
It's not new. It's the same tactic as when Everytown's Demanding Mommies hold a protest with 30 attendees -- 25 of whom are reporters -- it's "hundreds", but when 800 gun owners rally at a capitol building to protest new laws, it's "dozens".
A number of years ago I attended such a gun owner protest in my hometown. The news reports (such that could be found) said "hundreds", but I have photos somewhere, taken from behind the podium, facing out. It was standing-room-only for a two-block radius; by my estimate there were approximately 2,000 people, NOT including cops or reporters.
(In my case, the layout of the Capitol Mall doesn't help matters, either; there's very little space directly in front of the building, so most attendees are in a big open area across the street ... which "just happens" to be BEHIND where the news vans park so those folks are never in the published photos. It ALWAYS looks like "dozens" no matter how many people are there, and you just have to take the reporters at their word. That's why I made my way behind the podium to take my photos, to capture the across-the-street crowd. I could pull up a map and post it if anyone's interested.)
As an aside, despite likely half the crowd being armed, we didn't cause a fuss other than protest-y noise, didn't block traffic, and we left the place just as nice as we found it. Compare that with 1/10 as many BLM/Antifa "protesters".
The media will always fluff the numbers of Leftist protests while under-counting conservative or Constitutional protests.
Elon was along for the ride on The Trump Train since the summer. I sure as hell DID vote for this. I’ve never had my political expectations crushed until now.
And by crushed I mean I’ve never been pleasantly surprised until now.
Murphy obviously has a PRO subscription to Politico and Axios. It will be infuriating to see what other organizations are on the USAID dole.
The big disappointment will be that the bastards who ran this scam will get off scot-free.
This is such an amusing argument, from the people who specialize in imposing on us (as the Declaration of Independence put it) "swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance". Unelected, eh? All those unelected bureaucrats, many of them at unconstitutional so-called "independent agencies".
The other problem with the argument is that their unelected bureaucrats have rule-making power, effectively subverting the legislature. Musk, on the other hand, is merely an advisor.
What is it with the folks on the left side? It is almost as if they do not actually have an independent brain of their own.
For a week or so, it was egg prices, then it was tariffs are bad, now it is Elon Musk is not an elected official. What is coming next?
And, if they have grief with Musk as a special Government employee, they better take a look at John Kerry's actions under the previous administration. The job title was identical, and an unelected official was speaking on behalf, and with the authority of the President.
Somehow... it is only bad when a Republican does it.
Just the first rule of politics ... It's not what is said, but who says it, that makes it good or bad.
First axiom of politics...
Nobody elected the Dept of Ed. The ATF. The FBI. The CIA. The entire Federal bureaucracy. They want to get rid of all non-elected Fed gov I'm good with that. Retards.