An anonymous editorial by the Idaho State Journal was published on Thursday that tried to Tar & Feather the Tea Party. It wasn't the first and certainly won't be the last. So what's new?
I'll tell you what's new. The silent majority refuses to shut up. The media, the politicians and their defenders recognize that the Tea Party represents a threat to their control. We the People have united and given a voice to the oppressed, and the oppressors want to divide and conquer us.
The masses yearn for the freedom that America once promised. If they can divide us, the establishment continues to win. We all know that America is on the brink of completely abandoning our founding principles. Public Tea Party events and actions have gone a long way towards waking up the electorate and the politicians.
The establishment hates our Tar & Feathers feature and wants to silence us. Earlier this week Tea Party members shared their thoughts on it. The response was about 50/50 for keeping it because it works / dropping it because literal Tar & Feathers would be an act of violence. Everyone knows we're not calling for literal Tar & Feathers, but an easy way to resolve this is to give it a more accurate name: Public Shaming, another old tradition.
Public shaming was often used against criminals, but most criminals don't care what the public thinks. Politicians do. In fact, there's not much they care more about than what the public thinks. That's why this is so effective. Sorry, there will be no more Tar & Feathers, but look at this: http://www.pocatelloteaparty.com/index/shame-on-simpson.
Remember how many calls, emails, faxes, and letters were sent to our Congressman urging, pleading, demanding, and simply asking that he vote against the nearly trillion dollar bankster bailout? Our Congressman voted for it on Monday when it failed in the House of Representatives. They bribed and arm-twisted all week and passed it on Friday. Our Congressman didn't need any arm-twisting - he voted for it both times!
Here is a response from one patriot who is excited that we finally have a voice:
“I believe that the Tar & Feathers is an effective way of calling attention to our elected officials who are not honoring the oath they took to serve the people while abiding by our Constitution. The strong response from them when they have been reprimanded in the Tar & Feathers section on the Pocatello Tea Party web site says that it is working. I too would like a nicer way to get our elected officials attention. My polite but firm letters and phone calls when I voice my concern and discontent are responded to with a pat on the head and an explanation of why they know what is best. One posting in Tar and Feathers seems to create an accountability that can not be done by an individual and is not being done by the news media.WE WILL NOT SHUT UP!
“I find it interesting that the written act of Tar & Feathering is cause for concern while the action that caused it is not. In Andrus's letter that he sent to the local Republican meeting he voiced how offended/threatened he was and then went on to explain why he voted the way he did (another pat on the head). His answer to voting no on the Immigration Bill was that it would be a better idea to assess the employer with a fine (another way to get money out of the small businessman) which the Federal Government has already said could not be done.
“I would also like to add that after considerable reflecting on Thursday's Republican meeting that there was an intentional effort to get the Conservative Republican's to shut up and get in line. Not only did the meeting start with the letter reprimanding the Tea Partiers the rudeness that was present during the meeting was enough to make some not want to come back again. I would guess that those tactics have been successful in the past. I encourage each of you not to give up on the Republican Party, our Country is worth the effort to bring the party back to its conservative roots!”
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