On the heels of my “Everyone Poops” posts I doubt this will sound credible. But then again I am talking about shit again….as in the shitty job the government has handled our rights and spent our money. I attended the Boise TEA Party this afternoon. What I witnessed was a boisterous crowd who has had enough intrusion by the US Government in their lives and want to see some real “change.” It was a fantastic sight and one of thousands throughout America. I’ve heard a lot of people call this a GOP tactic or downplay these gatherings. They say that these protests took place on parks, roads, plazas all paid for and maintained by tax dollars. Well no shit Sherlock…but also the politicians are paid by tax money, work in buildings paid by taxes, and most importantly spend our tax money. Here’s my synopsis of the TEA Parties (TEA=Taxed Enough Already)
- It’s not a Republican or Democratic issue but an absolute demand for a change in the fiscal direction of this country
- We need Government and taxes, but the current taxation and spending is beyond out of control
- “Where were you in the Bush years?” I’ve never like big government but the last 12 months have seen unprecedented growth and spending of Uncle Sam.
- The “Tea Bag” jokes by some are about as original as a knock knock joke.
- This is THE most important crisis we face. Pretty basic, the economy supports everything.
In a show of ultimate Liberal feel goodness, I found these protesters a block away from the TEA Party. Sure, stopping Global Warming and stopping executions might make you feel all warm and fuzzy but it seems to me that they are oblivious to the real crisis’ we’re facing . I only hope their sign was on 100% recycled paper and that we buy carbon credits for any executions via gas chamber that we perform.
