The New American "Tea Parties"

a.k.a. "The Great Agitator Distraction Movement of 2009"

Look people, Congress doesn't give 2 cents for your "tea parties". You know who shows up for protests and marches? People with no job and who don't vote, that's who. Your Congressman knows it, too. The Tea Party was effective back in the day because it was VIOLENCE directed at the STATE and it got the patriots all riled up. Barring that, you are WASTING YOUR TIME.

Additionally, if you mail them a hundred thousand tea bags, then staffers will have a hundred thousand cups of tea and the congressmen will never hear about it. The staff that opens your mail will either be amused or annoyed, but decidedly not motivated to tell their bosses about your wasted tea.

You want your Congresscritters to sit up and take notice? Get people registered to vote and get them to write letters to their Elected Heroes telling them they are freshly-minted voters who will vote against people who increase their taxes.

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Edit/Update: Boortz reminds the world that all the mail going to your congresscritters goes through a mail filtering facility. Remember the Anthrax scare? Remember how it didn't make it to your congressman's desk? Your teabag letters are destroyed people! Nobody is dumping a pile of tea bags on your Representative's desk! Drink it yourself or don't buy it, but don't be stupid with it. Come on now.