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“The Empowered Man,” by a Utah tea party painter who loves liberty and is not at all making a racial comment.

“There’s something simmering deep inside the soul of all Americans,” the artist says. “We want to know that we’re a free people. That the government acknowledges our individual rights and that fiscal responsibility is an absolute requirement.”

Along with Carhartt jackets and blue jeans.

“Do we have freedom when one half of the country pays taxes to support the other half?” the artist asks.

Maybe he should stick to painting and grumbling to himself about this “other half”. We’ve debunked his statement here, and here, and here, and here.

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   i think my favorite part...is obama’s yaoi hands

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   It’s amazing that people can look at...interpret so incredibly differently from the way...

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   I think it was Milan Kundera (a bit of...misogynist but…)

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   Poster’s Note: Lincoln, the man who suspended habeas corpus, is applauding - that seems a bit odd. I like the guy on one...

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    Passing along for the comment and the links.

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    George W. Bush standing...Democrats? I think I understand

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    What a jackass and a waste of skill.

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    Agreed to the Abe Lincoln notion. The Constitution was written by people who hated the oppression and strength of...

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29. kyriezombie said: Is he…holding a wad of money in his other hand?? OH SHIT. IT’S JOHN GALT.
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    Ok. I’m glad this guy has found...calling using his hatred

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    lol… The Tea Party..

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    The bench.

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    I don’t get how the Constitution was “crafted for the common man to be over ruled”? By the way…Abraham Lincoln should...

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    forefathers? And Kennedy seems...be over there too…. This statement is confusing. And...

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