Where I grew up, it was Giant Food. Never thought about it until someone was visiting and laughed out loud at it -- "What, are the carrots five feet long or something?!?"

Heh.

-CW

I think Safeway's everywhere but the South. You guys still have Piggly Wiggly's? Funniest name for a food store ever!

My first introduction to the Piggly Wiggly name was watching CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND in Redbank, NJ.. :D I hadn't a clue what the hell a "Piggly Wiggly" was.. :D

In the Pacific Northwest, "FRED MEYER" is the big name in super stores..

But I digest.... :D

Michale.....

Point conceded.. However, it is undeniable that they were very vocally anti-Bush. Much more so than the TP'ers are anti-Obama.

David,

I would like to thank the Tea Party, though, for helping the Democratic cause through thick-and-thin with their ranting.

And yet, Democrats are jumping ship.. ooops... I mean "retiring".... left and right..

Why do you think that is??

Ink,

Hm. Fat chance of much participation in the solid south — we're all right-to-starve states down here.

You make that sound like a bad thing?? :D

Michale.....

Code Pink, as far as I know, is in existence to be anti-war. And MoveOn was formed as a pro-Clinton group ("censure him and move on" was their founding slogan, during the impeachment follies).

Code Pink seems to have cornered the market on the "political theater" tactic on the left, raising a ruckus at congressional hearings, etc.

But MoveOn has actually emerged as kind of a "strength in numbers" organization on the left that channels money donated to either political candidates or political causes they believe in (paying for ads on TV, stuff like that). You could call them a "grassroots lobbying effort for the Left" but they'd probably resent the label.

That is actually something to think about. If the TP'ers don't actually form a splinter third party, they could grow into being a balancing organization for the anti-tax right, funnelling donations to candidates they approve of, and withholding it from those they don't. But I think it's still kind of early days for the TP-ers, which is why I will be following the news of their convention very closely, to see what emerges, if anything.

I think Safeway's everywhere but the South. You guys still have Piggly Wiggly's? Funniest name for a food store ever!

:-)

akadjian -

I was kind of surprised there wasn't news of this in more national-type publications. Maybe it's a local thing, trying to get the national TP-ers interested, I dunno. Yeah, I find a lot of irony in conservatives "marching in the streets" myself, but when you grow up around DC, you see all sorts of strange groups enjoying their right to protest (farmers, truckers, etc.).

-CW

This is interesting. I checked our local tea party website and there wasn't any mention of the "strikecott". And this is unusual because we are pretty much ground zero for conservative America.

I would like to thank the Tea Party, though, for helping the Democratic cause through thick-and-thin with their ranting. They sound pretty out-of-touch romanticizing the Bush years, forgetting that the economy almost totally collapsed under 8 years of conservative guidance, and raging that somehow even bad weather is caused by Democrats.

But aren't conservatives supposed to be against strikes? This seems to be an added irony. The world is truly upside down in 2010 - conservatives calling for strikes. What will they be doing next? Chaining themselves to trees.

I wish them luck, but I don't know any employed conservatives who would follow through on this.

-David

Why not??

Code Pink's and MoveOn's sole reason for existence was to be Anti-Bush...

And trust me, Safeway's bottom line isn't going to notice a one-day blip like that, even if you do get enough people to participate on any given single day.

What's a "Safeway"... :D Just kidding. Born and raised in Southern California, I know what a Safeway is.. But back East, they don't have them.. :D Just being persnickety.. :D

Other than my nit-pickey-ness, a great commentary, CW.. :D

Michale....