(Iowa) State Officials Ban Tea From Tea Party-(Violates Clean Water Act!)

Malkin ^ | 27 Feb, 2009 | Michelle Malkin

[tcrlaf]

Via Snapped Shot and STACLU comes news that Iowa state officials have banned the use of tea by Tea Party protesters holding an event tomorrow in Cedar Rapids.

The tea violates environmental standards because it will discolor the water:

A Cedar Rapids group will do a symbolic tea dumping into the Cedar River on Saturday because state officials won’t let them use the real thing.

An anti-tax group wanted to pitch in real tea like the Bostonian revolutionaries opposed to England’s tea taxes.

Tea, although natural and quite tasty, is considered a pollutant that can’t go into a body of water without a permit, said Mike Wade, a senior environmental specialist at the DNR’s Manchester field office.

“Discoloration is considered a violation,” Wade said. What would our Founding Fathers say?

[tcrlaf]

You just KNEW this was coming, and I predicted it on several of the protest threads. Sometimes, you just see it before it happens.

I can't tell you how disgusted I feel. We have sold our freedoms out to the point that I fear we cannot reclaim them.

[mgc1122]

Throw some good old fashioned Iowa Democrat bullsh** in then.

[SolidWood]

Throw the Iowa State officials in the water together with the tea.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

No tea in the water?....just pee in the water!

[Darksheare]

Send them 3 by 5 cards with tar and a feather.
Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.

[shadeaud]

I suppose they won’t the St.Patrick’s Day parade begin with coloring the water green as is done in so many cities.

[meyer]

Break the law - they can’t arrest everyone.

[RasterMaster]

DUmp the LIEberals into the river and enjoy a nice iced tea beverage afterward.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

So, who gets fined every fall when the autumnal waste (leaves) discolors the water?

[mmichaels1970]

A Cedar Rapids group will do a symbolic tea dumping into the Cedar River on Saturday because state officials won’t let them use the real thing.

British: "Why didn't we think of that?"

[Sir Gawain]

Do it anyway and bring guns.

[devistate one four]

How about used tea bags?

[TomGuy]

[RatsDawg]

When I was a kid, probably 4th grade, I was swimming at a buddies house and we had a container of tea mix, because we made some tea to drink, to refresh us when were swimming. Well one of us got the bright idea to dump all the tea mix in the swimming pool, and well lets just say his mom wasn’t too happy. lol

[SamuraiScot]

So, who gets fined every fall when the autumnal waste (leaves) discolors the water?

You're darn right. Same coloring agent, too—tannin. I say, dump away.

[Nathan Zachary]

"Tea, although natural and quite tasty, is considered a pollutant that can’t go into a body of water without a permit, said Mike Wade, a senior environmental specialist... “Discoloration is considered a violation,” Wade said. What would our Founding Fathers say?

BAH-HAHAHAHA! Only in America. The Insane are running the asylum.

[Vigilanteman]

The tea violates environmental standards because it will discolor the water . . .

So do the leaves that fall every autumn. What are they going to do about them?

[ken21]

can you imagine if the officials in the boston harbor had done the same?

/j

[patton]

If you use the feather of a raptor, it is a felony.

[sam_paine]

What a friggin joke of a protest!

Conservatives have no damn business trying to protest things like liberals! Asking permission from the government to protest the government!?!?!

And how many posts do I see around here about “Let them just try to take my guns! Civil War II!”

NONSENSE. Demoralizing how weak and confused conservatism has become.