On a serious note about the tax tea parties:
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Today’s idiotic spate of “teabagging” protests is galling on so many levels. First and foremost, of course, is that none of these “protesters” had a *edited* thing to say when Bush & Cheney were busy bankrupting the nation other than “Go go go!” (A lot of them did also say “Thanks for my tax cut” and “Hell, no I won’t go”.) They were for massive government spending that made them rich and kept their wingnut party in power; now that Obama and the Dems are spending money to rebuild (and transform) the economy and the nation, they suddenly discover fiscal “responsibility”. Of course, for them, “responsibility” means “Oh sweet Jesus we may never get back into power again!” and “Poor me, my taxes may still be lower than under Reagan”.
We’ll take a break to recover from our collective gagging at their rank hypocriscy.
The original Boston Tea Party had a clear purpose: protest English taxation that was harmful to the colonists and denied them a say in the political process. In stark contrast, Barack Obama has welcomed the participation of Republicans and other political opponents from even before his inauguration. Their response, of course, was to spit in his face. Now this charade, this grotesque pretense that they give one good *edited* about the nation’s fiscal and economic health. The very nature of their protests proves how little they care and, perhaps worse, how little they even understand.