Why I Dismiss the Tea Party Movement

The reason that I dismiss the Tea Party movement is because the same people that attended the tea parties on April 15 seemingly didn't give a damn about out-of-control government spending or civil liberties prior to January 20, 2009.

There is no doubt that Obama is rushing headlong to fascism through the door that Bush opened (see here the Bush deficit vs. the projected Obama deficit), but the mess that we find ourselves in did not happen overnight, and both factions (R and D) of the Government Party share plenty of blame.

To put the tea parties in perspective, estimates of nationwide tea party turnout are between 550,000 and 1 million people at 858 events. By comparison, Major League Baseball had ~358,000 people in attendance in 14 cities. That is hardly what I would describe as awakening "a sleeping giant."

Hope we can believe in

The preacher spoke last Sunday about hope, which got me thinking. With the economy in a downward spiral (as reflected in the balance of my brokerage accounts), people are grasping for hope. A multitude of Americans have put their hope in President Obama (as symbolized in Shepard Fairey's iconic image from the '08 campaign). But putting one's hope in man will always lead to disappointment. There is only one source of real hope.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead... 1 Peter 1:3