A Tea Party

Black, Green or Orange Pekoe

Long before there was any talk of a "Tea Party" and even before "Glenn Beck" got his daily hour in the spotlight there had already been dozens of letters and e-mails sent to Senators, Representatives, newspapers and other newspersons in what has, so far, turned out to be an exercise in futility. Shortly after the 2006 election a letter was written to one of the larger newspapers in this area, then updated after the 2008 election when it was posted in this blog on June 13, 2010 and titled "The Ditch." Part of that letter and subsequent posting is as follows.

"Even after the loss, by the Republicans, in 2006 of both Houses of Congress and the debacle of 2008, there are many who seem to have no idea what the problem was or how to right it which brings to mind a verse in the Bible where the Disciples came to Jesus and said, "Know Thou that the Parisees were offended by this saying" and Jesus answered and said, "Let them alone, they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall in the ditch".
Can anyone disagree with the premise that, at least, the National Republican Party has fallen into a very deep ditch? Too long in power, so it seems, has transformed very large egos into bright and shiny objects which appears to have blinded some to reality. Lest anyone should foolishly believe that the Democrat Party has been immune to the allure of this malady, there is more than enough evidence to convict many of them of that same egotistical mind-set."

More than twenty years ago we wrote and had published in a Memphis newspaper, a letter laying out our beliefs as to how abortion is murder and our standing by, saying and doing nothing, and allowing our tax money to pay for abortions on demand was making us a party to that murder. More than twenty years later we are still protesting the use of that money. Times haven't changed much.

On December 20, 2007 an article titled "Will History Repeat Itself" was published as a Guest Column in one of our larger daily newspapers. It is, in part, copied below.
"I don't believe that this war on terrorism (Al Qaeda) will ever be over, at least not in most of our lifetimes. It may become dormant and remain that way for years but just like a cancer in remission, it is still there and can erupt at any time. We must recognize it for what it is, an attempt to destroy our way of living and to rule the world, or we will be leaving ourselves open to that possibility." That column was posted on this blog on May 15, 2010 with followups on August 4, and August 8, 2010 and mentioned in others.

In a letter to one of our weekly newspapers in October of 2008 (before the election) we wrote; "Alex de Toqueville was born in France and came to America in 1831 when he was 25 years old. In 1835 he wrote Volume One of "Democracy in America" and Volume Two in 1840. The two Volumes were a study of the American people and their Political Institutions. The following is a direct quote from one of those books. "America will be a great country until the people learn that they can vote themselves money from the public Treasury, after that it will be a war of all against all with each person striving to get the greatest amount of free money possible." Have we passed the [point of no return] and fast approaching melt down?

Over the years there have been many other letters and e-mails sent out, some published, others not, most with no apparent signs of success but we tried. Thanks for your time and input. Stay tuned. - William