A Few Thoughts On Tea Parties and Freedom Of Speech

I know I'm behind again. Tomorrow I'll review another book, but for now, here's something I hope makes you think:

Although the Tea Parties of today have taken an approach I don't support, I find it hard to disagree with their sentiments. Anger at the direction this country is taken has become endemic on both sides, and why wouldn't? We have a president who promised change yet has basically run the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan the same way they were run by the previous administration. A president who sat back blaming others and reminding us Bush "was slow with Katrina" while he allowed one of the biggest oil spills in history to spread and do more damage. He could have sent in federal cleanup and charged BP for the bill, but instead, he sat back and played the blame game. With the problems our country faces, and this kind of leadership from Congress and the White House, we should all be mad and celebrate the freedom of speech our Founding Fathers secured for us. If they hadn't objected to bad governing, we'd be hearing "Hail To The Queen" instead of "Hail To The Chief." So the tea party history is important to this country.