A Message From People Who Left Other Countries To Come To America

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Uppity Woman

They didn’t put everything on the line and leave for an unknown country for nothing.

International House of Protestors:: European Transplants Worry about Socialism

The protesters waving signs along College Avenue before Barrack Obama speak had more in common than just their opposition of the senator. Nearly half of them were foreign born.

Countries like Romania, Holland, Germany and the Netherlands were represented in the group who said Obama will bring a socialist agenda that mirrors the agenda of European countries.

Martin Boonstoppel, 47, and Juul Dijkstra both of the Netherlands, said they wanted to protest what they saw as an unfair tax policy.

“I lived under socialism and we were taxed hug amounts and it was going to people who did not work,” said Dijkstra, who moved to the United States in 2003. “That is part of the reason I fled home.”

Boonstoppel said he was taxed up to 52 percent and did want to see the same happen under an Obama administration.

In recent weeks, opponents of Obama have tried to paint his tax policies as a bordering socialism.

Gina Bagbey of Fort Collins said she came out to show support for the Republican ticket, Arizona Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

But Bagbey said she worries Obama will bring a socialist agenda to the White House.

“I don’t like the tax the rich and give the poor,” she said. “ Obama reminds me Karl Marx.”

Protestors said they were surprised in the level of support they got from drivers who honked as they drove past.

“I was really worried because Fort Collins is more liberal,” Bagbey said.

Kaylin Brewer, 18 of Fort Collins, said she supports McCain and worries about the growth of government if the Democratic control not only both houses in Congress but also the White House.

“The government is just going to get more and more control,” Brewer said.

After the speech, Larry Bruns stood on the corner of Mulberry Street and College Avenue waving a sign reading “No clue, Nobama,” and had a picture of Obama with Mickey Mouse ears.

As Obama supporters cleared out from the speech, some had a few choice words for Bruns.

“I have had my share of the f word,” he said.

Filed under: Barack Obama, Socialism & Communism Watch

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4 Responses

  1. nygal, on October 30, 2008 at 9:07 AM said:

    Uppity :

    You are so fast with your site…..probably already seen this….but it’s my 1st time………..

    warning : do not drink coffee while watching…..or any other liquid, if you hate it going down the wrong tube…..

  2. thetownecrier, on October 30, 2008 at 10:34 AM said:

    Interestingly, it would have to take those with the experience of being overtaxed by socialistic countries, to have to come to the US to teach the native born brainless/mindless/never learned about Socialism in school crowd, that Socialism has some very real downsides. YOUR PAYCHECK –> SOMEONE ELE’S POCKET!

  3. Uppity Woman, on October 30, 2008 at 11:04 AM said:

    OMG ROFL NYGAL. You got me that time!

  4. nygal, on October 30, 2008 at 11:40 AM said:

    leaving work early…..but I can’t stand to be away….

    I admit I watched a bit of the informercial yesterday……I felt sorry for the “ordinary people” he portrayed in the production…not because of their situation but because he used them like he used everybody else he knows to— up his positions ….(seriously—-I personally believe the people he USED the Most all his life were African Americans….and most ,especially in his district aren’t better off…..except for rev.wright)

    anyways—that video of the radical leaders made my morning !!……lets continue to make some serious jokes about this candidate…….

    who is he really and
    who does he think he is….

    and the answers to it is JUST SAY NO DEAL….
    speaking of which…..

    BTW…did anyone catch Will B. on Greta lastnight?

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