The Tea Party: a wake up call!

I started my 4th of July by reading the Des Moines Sunday Register, specifically the ‘Your 2 Cents’ Worth’ comments. In case you missed this part of the Metro and Iowa section here are the words that caught my attention.

“We just had our first sweet corn and hate to have the cobs go to the landfill. How about if we all donate them to the tea-partiers for use in their outhouses? If they want the 18th century back, they can have it.”

Signed: “Ames guy”.

Ames guy is rude and crude and probably not worth the attention I am giving him with my post. Rather I wish to high light an awesome writing by Karen Miner Hurd entitled “What the Tea Party Stands For”. I will share a portion of her great article below and you may read the remainder of it here.

The absolutely amazing thing about the entire Tea Party Movement, which has grown exponentially, is the unity and deep conviction of those involved. The Tea Party movement is drawing people from all political stripes, social causes, and income brackets. It is drawing people who have never participated in any kind of political or grassroots movement before. What we have in common, and what holds us together, is a very deep love for the uniqueness of the United States of America, a desire for the limited government that our Founding Fathers created, a fairly “strict” interpretation of the Constitution, a belief in capitalism and free enterprise and a strong sense of personal responsibility. Tea Party Movement people are feeling an urgency. They are sensing that we must take action NOW, not next year.

As the article states: “The Tea Party is a wake up call to all Americans.” Some of us seem to be waking up faster than others, especially one guy in Ames, Iowa!