Oh, I'm sorry, do you own the copyright? Or are you Rick Santelli, who coined the idea from the floor of the CBOT, with his rant on CNBC?
Santelli called for a "Chicago Tea Party" when referring to the Obammunist's mortgage bailout program. Here's the URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-Jw-5Kx8k
Tea Parties are about more than just taxes. They're about re-kindling the spirit of the Boston Tea Party, which is what Santelli was referring to when he said he was going to hold a Chicago Tea Party (not some cute, contrived acronym). Tea Parties are about opposing government tyranny in all its forms, taxes being only one.
Furthermore, "Taxed Enough Already" didn't appear until a month or so after the first Tea Parties, in February. I attended two Tea Parties, one in February and another in March of '09, before seeing a "Taxed Enough Already" sign at the April 15th Tea Party.
So long story short, I don't know who appointed you the official Tea Party arbiter, but I'll call it whatever the hell I want.
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>>So long story short, I don’t know who appointed you the official Tea Party arbiter, but I’ll call it whatever the hell I want.<<
Good point. :)
My concern is an over-broad vision, causing the whole thing to implode of its own weight. I thought the focus on taxes and tax funded organizations would do a tremendous amount of good, while an “undefined but ‘Boston tea party’ like” movement would collapse due to lack of focus.
Part of my role in my job is sort of sales engineer. We have learned to limit our presentations to two to three takeaways or the students leave with a lot of good information, none of which sticks more than 24 hours.
But you’re right. I’m not the official arbiter.