Together and changing. there s an enormous explosion of civic effort now among young people working in our schools and trying to do other things to improve the quality of life in this country. that ought to get more coverage. the tea party, as the tea party evolves, we ve just heard into the constructive action, i think we ve created stereotypes of the tea party and that deserves coverage as they evolve so we can help understand each other and see each other as three-dimensional figures. too often we present two-dimensional figures, how people can have good sides and bad sides. we ought to look at the good sides too. thanks. it does help bring that conversation a little forward when we can show we have different positions on things but can have civil discussions about them. david, pleasure to see you, arianna, a pleasure as always. thank you. come back again. mark, you have been a good friend to our show as well. we ll continue with that great relationship. your greatest investment
Social media to do that. howigotlaid off.com, wevegottimetohelp.org, all these things need to be celebrated by the media. good discussion. mark, you re a prominent leader in the tea party movement, someone who respects a good but civil discussion. a lot of people saw things happening around them on economic issues, what does the tea party need to do now, take an active role in toning things down, reforming how the debate takes place while maintaining passion on economic issues crucial to your base. it s interesting, ali, i ll tell you, i ve seen it daily now. state groups are beginning to form. what i ve observed, that passion, visceral reaction we had early on in tea party movement is beginning to
Us down. there s differ ways to debate. jon stewart said that when he did that rally to restore insanity, talked about the media being the new system of democracy, need to do a better job on that. one more thing we all in the media need to focus on what is working in the country rather than what is not working. there is amazing things happening people coming together to build communities, helping in this tough economic times, using social media to do that. how i got laid off.com, we ve got time to help.org, all these things need to be celebrated by the media. good discussion. mark, you re a prominent leader in the tea party movement, someone who appreciates a good, civil discussion. a lot of people saw things happening around them on economic issues, what does the
Of work, home values collapsed. what role does that play in the pitch that our political tone has taken? ali, it does play a huge role. historically we ve seen in times of economic crisis and deep economic anxiety we now have 27 million people either unemployed or underemployed. there is a sense generally in the country there may be another shoe to drop. when that happens, when over 2 million families have lost their homes in foreclosure in the last two years and there s many, many more to come, there is that growing sense that people are not safe. there is that fear that comes. when people operate from fear, unfortunately, they operate not from the better angels of our nature but darker instincts. that s exactly what we ve seen much of. mark skoda, founder of the memphis tea party. mark, shortly after the shooting
Two-dimensional figures, how people can have good sides and bad sides. thanks. it does help bring that conversation a little forward when we can show we have different positions on things but can have civil discussions about them. david, pleasure to see you, arianna, a pleasure as always. mark, ewe been a good friend to our show as well. we ll continue with that great relationship. missing in action in this recovery, neck, is 2011 the year that the value of your home finally bowdens back? i ve got some interesting stuff for you. dad: here s my new windows phone. see these live tiles? they update all the time.