They are NOT like the "Patriots" of 1773

[ErikJ]

[jtuck004]

1. K&R n/t

[Cha]

2. Excellent, ErikJ.. Exactly.. they are not like them at all and this Graphic

illustrates it ever so well. Thank you.

[napkinz]

3. re tossing out education, health reform ...

[napkinz]

4. dump out the tea!

[davidpdx]

5. ROFL

Very funny. Thanks for sharing it.

[Larry Ogg]

6. And why did they destroy the tea?

Because the king gave the East India Company a tax exemption on the tea it imported to the colonies so it could sell tea cheaper than the small mom and pop independent merchants.

In effect, the King was giving th East India Company a corporat monopoly on tea, and the small mom and pop shops a pink slip.

And they were not upset about paying taxes, they were upset about not getting any of the benefits that came with paying taxes.

In effect, they revolted because they were being robed by the ruling class, and not by the poor.

So in comparison, the Tea Party of 1773 started a revolution, and the Tea party of 2010 just wanted show the world how much damage a bunch of clueless idiots dressed like patriots could cause.

In other words there is no comparison between the two Tea Parties.

[brewens]

7. Yeah. Come up with an equivalent of the Boston Tea party that could happen today

and see how that goes over with the Teabaggers. If someone were to sabotage a couple oil tankers as a protest, they'ed be up in arms! They actually wouldn't get it because they don't know their history. They think the rebels dumped the tea cuz they was mad about taxes. Only true in the most oversimplified bagger friendly terms.

[napkinz]

8. Uncle Sam wants you to ...