Disclaimer: I am not a tea-partier, nor do I endorse them, but the above that I have just read is absolutly ridiculous, and was clearly written by an idiot, who does not feel the need to learn about things beofre critiquing them. I've seen all the silly pictures, with the white wigs, and such, and personally, it's just not for me. What I do like, is that these people want less government, and I am all for that. Some of them are dumb. Some are smart. Some are very smart. Some are not even concerned with being smart. They believe that they know right from wrong, and that is enough. Those that I have met personally, are certainly smarter then the average person.
Of course, I do not knwo how those in NY compare to those elsewhere. These are mostly very common people - the ones that I have met.. Most of them are 40, 50 plus, have worked hard all their lives and provided for their families. When you learn about all teh fucked up things that the government has done,(not conspiracy -theory stuff) it can be easy to get a little passionate about shit, even if all that drama shit is not for me, personally.
There is a country that I learned about school. I don t live in that country. I think that that is what the tea party is all about- a bunch of poeple who have had enough of the Bush's and the Obama'a.
Paul