tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post7176855040879775731..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: The Original Tea Party - December 16, 1773Alan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-57906720211118176062011-12-15T06:27:07.277-08:002011-12-15T06:27:07.277-08:00@TexasFred:
Yes, today's Tea Party is a much ...@TexasFred:<br /><br />Yes, today's Tea Party is a much more quiet affair than the original one in the late 18th century, and is attempting radical change in the government by redress and voting.<br /><br />However, make no mistake about their resolve should the Obama Regime and the Left resort to outright tyranny and insurrection.<br /><br />Like the Unionists during the run up to the U.S. Civil War, today's TPM (Tea Party Movement) is waiting for the other side to fire the first shots of civil war.<br /><br />Then all hell will break out...<br /><br />It is no mistake that gun and ammunition sales are very strong this holiday season.Ronbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767498198886077632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-76091850232242820072011-12-15T06:22:15.270-08:002011-12-15T06:22:15.270-08:00@Aelfrith: Not all of the local papers took this p...@Aelfrith: Not all of the local papers took this position. Indeed, news of the event was swiftly greeted with similar actions in towns in other colonies. <br /><br />Not all the colonists supported the Revolutions, but most did and we can thank them for bringing about the USA.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-41403333736566773142011-12-14T23:31:54.702-08:002011-12-14T23:31:54.702-08:00Contemporary reports in the local newspapers showe...Contemporary reports in the local newspapers showed these people were Tea smugglers objecting to the removal of the tax on tea. They were disposing of the first locally taxed tea, which undercut their prices, so that they could dispose of their sticks. All the rest is political spin written after the event.Aelfrithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733280767559267231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-53354509390062092632011-12-14T18:22:01.140-08:002011-12-14T18:22:01.140-08:00@Fred: According to Cummins' book, there was n...@Fred: According to Cummins' book, there was no violance during the Boston Tea Party event and even though a British military ship was moored in Boston Bay, it did not respond. There was, however, considerable damage done by mobs of patriots regarding the British representative of the crown.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-80240489377935966802011-12-14T18:17:14.088-08:002011-12-14T18:17:14.088-08:00@Splooshman: My pleasure!@Splooshman: My pleasure!Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-27308775791113066282011-12-14T17:54:40.490-08:002011-12-14T17:54:40.490-08:00The Boston Tea Party was an act of rebellion, an a...The Boston Tea Party was an act of rebellion, an act fraught with danger, loss of life and freedom a distinct possibility.<br /><br />The TEA Party today bears NO resemblance to those patriots of old.<br /><br />Taxed Enough Already is a slogan, nothing more, and all the TEA Party can, or will do is sit around and talk, talk, talk, wave a sign at a TEA Party Rally and talk some more about how they really showed Obama what THEY are made of... <br /><br />And that is why I, and most others that I know, cut ALL ties with the TEA Party... They wanted to sit around and drink tea, not dump it in the bay...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-65754958091725128162011-12-14T16:10:14.910-08:002011-12-14T16:10:14.910-08:00Wow Alan...that is a great article! Very informat...Wow Alan...that is a great article! Very informative. I had no idea there were other Tea Party locations besides Boston. Was never taught that in school. Thanks for bringing this to light!Splooshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15759758043225926446noreply@blogger.com