Tea Baggers and the Tea Party movement

I have conflicting thoughts on this whole “tea party” thing. Let’s start with the good.

It’s good to finally see people become active in openly criticizing the government, rather than worshipping a candidate. It’s nice to see people are doing this in large numbers. This affords not only republicans to get together and share ideas, but it allows for more freedom oriented people (libertarians, minarchists, and the like) to attend the tea parties and interact with the other people there and expose them to the true ideas of liberty. It’s a good networking opportunity. It lets the government see that people are upset.

Ok, the stuff that I’m conflicted about….

It’s about damn time. Where were you people the past 8 years? Didn’t the Patriot Act get you angry? Didn’t the medicare prescription drug bill get you angry? Didn’t all the lies get you angry? Sure, it’s convenient to get all upset at the democrats because they are in power, but when the republicans were in power, government grew by leaps and bounds. Spending skyrocketed. Bush trampled all over our rights. He started the TSA. You know…that organization that frisks old ladies and makes my boys go through a secondary screening. The Bush administration was full of corruption and just plain evil people. During the time the republicans were in power, they didn’t do anything to fix government.

So, my question is this: What do these tea party people really want out of all of this? What is the end goal? I have my own personal goals as far as freedom is concerned, and I have my own ideas on how to get there. I get the feeling that these people just don’t know what they want or what to do. They are just finally pissed off enough to gather in large groups and hold signs saying that somewhere in Kenya a village is missing an idiot. “We are going to take the nation back!”, they say. Really? How do you plan on doing that. Voting for…I don’t know…a republican? Those folks that really screwed things up before Obama is screwing them up even more? Yeah, that’s right. Just vote in “your guy”. That doesn’t work, people. Just read my post on “you can’t take the nation back”. These tea party people need to step things up. I’m not talking about using violence. I’m talking about non-cooperation. Don’t like the government? Alright, stop paying for it. Stop using government entitlement programs. Oh, you like those entitlement programs? Oh I see, you like a little bit of socialism, but more of that socialism that you are dependant on is bad….I get it. See the inner conflict here? See why the tea party people are getting so heavily criticized in the media? See why Sarah Palin looks like even MORE of an idiot now than she ever did? The republican politicians well tell you to vote for them because they will make things right. Really? What evidence is there to support that? I’m not buying it.

You teabaggers ought to just declare personal independence and stop paying. Have the balls to stand up for what you believe in rather than vote in someone who is going to force their political ideals on other people….you know…the same thing that is happening to you that you don’t like because it’s the other team. Oh, but it’s alright if our guys force the other team to do what we want because they are bad and we are good. It’s majority rule, after all, isn’t it? That’s what democracy is….two wolves and a sheep deciding what’s for dinner.