Tea Parties

I don't have much to say regarding the tea parties, though I did just encounter one while mailing my tax returns. I will say that it's a welcomed change to see conservatives and libertarians protesting and utilizing their first amendment rights through media other than the more traditional types (talk radio etc). The conservative movement has been hampered somewhat by the belief that taking your issues to the streets with some good old-fashioned signs and a bullhorn was the domain of left-wing San-Fran pinko types. Finally, a protest other than one that is anti-Iraq War or anti-Bush.

That's not to say that I agree with what is largely being hyped up at these rallies. As demonstrated by the pictures, there is a lot of populist red-state-hot-button nonsense. But at least there's something; in the Age of Obama lots of people seem to still be bowing at the altar.