Tea party may refer to:

(excerpt from Wikipedia.com)

• Tea party, a formal, ritualised gathering for afternoon tea
• "A Mad Tea Party", a chapter in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in which Alice meets the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse
• Boston Tea Party, the political protest against the British parliament
• A social gathering where large quantities of marijuana are smoked.
• Tea party (protest), any of a series of nationally coordinated, locally organized, conservative protests across America in early 2009.

Note: (continuing my rant from earlier)

Yeah, during the past dozen years liberals organized in opposition to the Iraq invasion, illegal detentions, warrantless eavesdropping, preemptive war, dysfunctional Federal agencies, etc, etc. Now, conservatives are organizing these Tax Enough Already (Tea Party's).

Are you one of those who doesn't want to pay taxes? Are you saying you don't want a National Military Force, Interstate Highways, Global Positioning satellites, FDA, FICA, FEMA, USCG, Police, Fire Fighters, Public Schools, etc, etc?

No. Of course you're not. Yet you have the bizarre notion that your priorities and preferences for how Federal, State, and Local taxes are spent should be acquiesed to based on ... on what? Your knowledge of the virtues of each tax supported program? Perhaps it's based on what you heard on O'Reilly or Fox, or read in the Guardian?

While it might be difficult for you to accept, probabilities indicate you are not qualified to speak with knowledge and authority on 99+% of the technical issues involved in contemporary life...most likely including taxation.

No? Ok, so what is a quark? What is a zygot. How does the distance to the Moon compare in numeric terms to the distance to the Sun? Too involved? What's the formula for converting measurements on the Farenheit scale to Celsius? What substance is referred to as: H2SO4? What was the primary achievement of Amenhotep? Ramses? G.W. Carver, William Shockley?

Yeah...me neither. Better to explore a new hobby, take some classes, or learn a new skill. Bitching about stuff you are not conversant with is only suitable for Twit-ter-ers...twits in short.

(temporary end to rant)