The message I sent to two leaders at JoinTheTeaparty.US. Praying for a response. :-)

[RBInMaine]

Dear Sir,

Thanks for taking a few minutes to answer the following questions.

1) Why was there no Tea Party during the Bush Administration which squandered a surplus and skyrocketed the deficit with programs and policies such as Medicare Part D (which still left a donut hole and prohibited negotiating for lower drug prices), tax cuts weighted heavily to the rich, and two wars thousands of miles from our shores?

2) What percentage of Tea Partiers are registered Republicans and/or usually vote Republican?

3) I understand you are corporately supported? Is this true, and, if so, to what extent?

4) What percentage of your membership is caucasian? What percentage is minority?

5) You seem to consider yourselves a populist sort of movement. If so, why are you not protesting BP's actions and other corporate atrocities perpetrated against average Americans regardless of their political party?

6) How many of your members are on Social Security and Medicare, and how many are ready to give up those benefits?

7) How many of your members are for closing down or at least refusing to use or participate in the following government-run, or, as you might say, "socialist," programs and services?:

* The U.S. Military
* The V.A. and Its Entirely "Socialist" VA hospitals
* The Interstate Highway System
* The F.B.I.
* The U.S. Border Patrol
* The C.I.A.
* Unemployment Insurance
* The Environmental Protection Agency
* Programs Under The Americans With Disabilities Act and Related Laws
* Local Fire, Police, and Ambulance Services
* State Police Services
* State and Local Transportation Systems and Public Works Services
* National Parks and State and Local Parks and Recreation Services
* Local Schools and Their Many Sports Programs
* State Colleges and Universities and Their Many Sports Programs

8) Can you explain to me precisely why the Sons Of Liberty staged the Boston Tea Party? If so, please do.

As a "grassroots" organization, I am sure you will take the time to answer this email, and I look forward to your responses. Thank you very much.

(Anyone else ever write to them? Did you get an answer? If anyone else is interested in ratling their chain, just Google JoinTheTeaparty.US. Of course there are various Tea Party sites out there to choose from.)

[liberaltrucker]

1. Good luck with that reply

A reasoned argument is jibberish to them. Probably stared
at the screen saying "huh?". :)

[Bitwit1234]

2. I can't understand why the dress in those knee britches and

tri cornered hats and say they are copying the original tea parters. Remember folks the original members of the tea party band wore Native American costumes.

[RBInMaine]

3. And the Boston Tea Party was to protest corporate monopoly much more than taxes.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. You probably won't get a response...

When they read the first point in your email, they'll mindlessly babble something about Kool Ade and delete it.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. Nice message.

Maybe you could get it published as an "open letter" to the Tea Party in a local paper.

I also think it's worth circulating on Kos & elsewhere.

[obxhead]

6. They'll never respond....

First of all the spelling is correct. I'm not sure they'll be able to understand it without proper spelling such a "soshulist"

:rofl:

k/r :)

[vaberella]

7. They probably won't answer. But I love questions 5-8. n/t

[patrice]

8. Excellent questions, good strategy! Perhaps you'll want to consider LTTEs informing

your community of your attempts and the responses or lack thereof.

Especially since they're probably going to ignore you.

[BlueIdaho]

9. Grass Roots...

Why not have everyone send a letter like this to their local tea bagger operation? If you get no response, send a letter to the editor copying the letter and the tea baggers chicken shit lack of response?