An Interesting Phenomenon Amongst Teabaggers

[MineralMan]

Lately, and especially during the holidays, I have come into contact with several teabagger types. Sadly, some of these are members of my extended family. Aside from their slavish attention to everything Fox, I noticed something else they all seemed to have in common:

They're investing in Dinars. Or, they think they're investing in Dinars. It was the talk of the table on several occasions. I kept my silence during these conversations, but listened to their chatter about how they stood to make substantial amounts of money on their "investments." Pretty heady expectations they had too.

It got me to thinking about teabaggery and gullibility. Perhaps that's the common ground in the tea party movement: gullibility.

Anyhow, for those not familiary with the Dinar investment world, here's an interesting article describing this blatant scam:

http://www.ethicscheck.com/consumers/scamreport/rpt_10_04_06.htm

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Oh, crap.

Now what am I sposed to do with my basement full of dinars?

[blondeatlast]

3. SELL! BTW, you look wonderful--

have you lost weight? :hi:

[Jackpine Radical]

19. ??

"BTW, you look wonderful--"

Are you stalking me or something? :silly:

[MineralMan]

5. Sell them to teabaggers on Ebay.

It's all I can suggest.

[louis-t]

10. Sell them to baggers.

[Ian David]

2. I'm posting this on Twitter...

Liberals want to trick you into NOT buying Iraqi Dinars! http://tinyurl.com/4o4eopy #ocra #tcot #iamthemob #teaparty #gop
http://twitter.com/IanDavidB/status/25994448441704448

Let the assholes waste their money.

[MineralMan]

9. A fine use of my post!

[Renew Deal]

4. I went to a Greek Dinar the other night and it was packed.

:evilgrin:

[damntexdem]

6. So, let the Teabaggers be scammed.

I say 'hurrah' to that. ;-)

[DCKit]

7. Stupid Baggers.

I'm far better diversified with my collection of flying carpets and Beanie Babies.:crazy:

[EFerrari]

8. Authoritarian followers are gullible because they don't think for themselves. n/t

[Cognitive_Resonance]

11. It's a mindset ripe for manipulation. They're receptive to appeals targeting prejudices,

fears, selfishness, and greed. The same dynamics are in play with Televangelists, RW political leaders, RW media/personalities, and survivalist oriented con artists of many flavors (precious metals, firearms, MREs, etc.).

[Riftaxe]

12. Currency Speculation can work

For people like Goerge Soros, however the first rule is always invest a LOT of other people's money (really softens the personal financial blow, if things don't work out). :)

*Only a fool would use their own money for it

[eShirl]

13. last time I heard anything about dinars was on Xena Warrior Princess

http://feedfliks.com/movie/xena-ssn-1-a-fistful-of-dinars/73454

edit: the credits they have listed for the episode are wrong

[MineralMan]

14. I think the baggers are trying to keep this "bonanza"

to themselves. You know...don't let the "libruls" in on it. :rofl:

[blondeatlast]

17. Too late; I cashed in my Class B B/H shares and bought up dinars.

Did they really think they could keep this slam-dunk opportunity to themselves forever?

[Crankie Avalon]

15. Maybe they need to get their hands on dinars so they'll have something to wager on the newcomers...

[madinmaryland]

16. Isn't that interchangeable with Monopoly money??

[alfredo]

18. Maybe I can sell them some lots on Jewell Key Florida.