I know that today’s Tea Party movement embodies a lot of conservative principles, which I wholeheartedly agree with, however I believe the more fundamental issue is about accurate representation. The motto for the original Boston Tea Party was “Taxation Without Representation.” When the clear majority of people have to badger their own representatives to prevent [...]
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Representation
Posted in Deep and Profound, Political on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Tea Party Manifesto
Posted in Deep and Profound, Political on January 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
With the uprising in the Massachusetts, I got thinking about what a Tea Party Manifesto would look like. I searched around and found some talk that occurred a few months ago about this very subject. However, I found these to be a bit wordy and, while addressing the issues at the time, were also a bit limited in scope. The [...]