Let's Help the Tea Party

Last week I did some searching. I wanted to learn more about the new "Tea Party" but was disappointed.  Sure you get some hits, 47 million to be exact.  I did not count them myself, will take Google's word for it.

Some of course talked about one way back around 1773 in Boston, still a bastion of liberal Americans to this day. I did notice one thing in common with today's Tea Party goes, they also tried to disguise their true intent by masquerading as Indians.  The similarity pretty much ended there because there was just the one "party" and it was over with pretty fast. No one hung around to talk to the press in those days.  I also doubt they wore tea bags in their hats, or feathers or whatever. It appears the first tea bag appeared around 1903 or there 'bouts.

Anyway....I digress.  Within 47 million pages one might think they could find an accepted definition of the "Tea Party". One would be wrong. There's teaparty, teapartynation, teapartypeople, teapartypatriots, ( I suppose if you don't hang a tea bag on you somewhere you are not a patriot ) teapartyday.  All manner of .coms, orgs and nets. Some Tea Partys have kicked others out.  Didn't know you could do that.  Here in Florida, at least, we have an actual Tea Party registered as a political party.  I assume their logo is a Tea Bag now so the rest must beware of legal suits if you wear a tea bag. After all, I'm sure the inventor did not intend them to be apparel anyway.

In general, however, my quest to understand fell short because I still could not define who they really are or what they stand for other than something about tea and patriots etc.  I'm a patriot and I like tea...does that qualify me for membership or do they only permit far right wing patriots?

Such disunity for someone who's name's appear all over just cries out for a marketing plan!  With that in mind I decided to lend my assistance as a good citizen.  After all every group of such fame deserves a common icon, right?

So I thought my contribution could be to help them pick a motto or slogan that befits their status.  Here's the deal.

I am going to start off with a few suggestions then invite others to contribute to the list.  In one month I will put up a poll with the entries and email everyone to vote.  You will need to register and log in to participate for two reasons, the obvious if I don't know who submits how can we send a prize to the winner? And you know about those nasty spammers and hackers....Yes I did use the prize word. No one should work without some reward. Won't be grand or even expensive...I'm poor and live on disability so you take what you can get.

Here we go! Slogans and Motto's...mix'em up!

• If you don't have the facts, yell louder
• Are we patriots? You Betcha!
• We share one mind...today's not our turn to use it.

Photos courtesy CityPages

• Obama made me stupid and I want revenge
• Keep your government hands off my government
• Ouch, this tea bag hit me in the eye...I need Medicare
• Kick out Obama for lowering my taxes
• Justice by Smith & Wesson
• Hand the death panel back to the insurance company I paid to kill grandma
• Sarah Palin makes us look smart
• We make Sarah Palin look smart
• We march backwards
• Screaming trumps discussion
• Knowledge is over rated
• Volume trumps Intelligence
• What's numbers go to do with economics?
• Stupid people always welcomed
• We vote with our guns
• Our way or no way
• What other people?
• Second Amendment 'cause I can't count any higher.
• If you can't be right, be loud
• Loud and ignorant...the Tea Party Way!

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