Party Like It's 1773

The tea parties across the nation on April 15 were meant to evoke the Boston Tea Party, a well-known event in American history where colonists protested taxation without representation by dumping British tea into Boston Harbor. Today we have representation, but many people feel that they are being ignored when it comes to decisions on how to spend the tax money. The tea party at Dallas City Hall ended up being a broad umbrella for all sorts of anti-government sentiments. “Dump Congress in Boston Harbor” read one sign. “I'll Keep My Money, Guns, & Freedom. You Keep the Change” read another. Other signs were “Accorns [sic] are for squirrels, not the census” and “Earth First – we'll strip mine the other planets later”.