On the subject of tea parties, it seems to be a little known fact that the original Boston Tea Party was not a protest against government taxation. It was a protest against a tax break that had been granted to a powerful corporation which gave it an unfair competitive advantage, and against the ability of that corporation to make governing decisions in the colonies. And for this reason, our current teabag movement is the exact opposite of the intent of the original movement that brought us the Boston Tea Party, since the current movement wants more power for corporations rather than less.