The Boston Tea Party

"Victory in the French and Indian War was costly for the British. At the war's conclusion in 1763, King George III and his government looked to taxing the American colonies as a way of recouping their war costs. They were also looking for ways to reestablish control over the colonial governments that had become increasingly independent while the Crown was distracted by the war. Royal ineptitude compounded the problem. A series of actions including the Stamp Act (1765), the Townsend Acts (1767) and the Boston Massacre (1770) agitated the colonists, straining relations with the mother country. But it was the Crown's attempt to tax tea that spurred the colonists to action and laid the groundwork for the American Revolution."

I feel the wild spirit of our revolutionary forefathers rekindled in the current fight against tax and tyranny in Washington. The recent electoral purge, another anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, The Day That Will Live In Infamy, and this anniversary of the events that spurred our original revolution emphasize the waking of the sleeping giant, otherwise known as the silent majority, otherwise known as We The People, who are filled with a terrible resolve.

I urge you, Patriots, to read the Constitution. http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html Familiarize yourselves with your rights as citizens of this great nation. Familiarize yourselves with the limits of the federal government (see the 10th amendment). Pay attention to the actions of the President, Congress, and the Courts. I feel like we are in the early stages of a second revolution. Dig in, arm yourselves with knowledge (and arms; see the 2nd amendment) and be ready to fight. Find your representatives' phone numbers and call them often. Remind them that we don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem. Cut wasteful spending should be our mantra. Don't let them plunder and pillage anymore.

"Most colonists applauded the action (dumping the tea in the harbor) while the reaction in London was swift and vehement. In March 1774 Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts which among other measures closed the Port of Boston. The fuse that led directly to the explosion of American independence was lit."

I think that fuse is lit again, and it's time to "party like it's 1773"  Yes, dear morons in the lefty media,1773. The entire revolution did not actually take place on July 4th, 1776. It was a long fight, and like our feisty forefathers, we are in it for the long haul.

Onward.