Tea Bagged

Wait a second. Protesters in DC weren't allowed to dump a million teabags in the Potomac River? And then they weren't even allowed to dump them in Lafayette Park? And THEN they were kept from rallying in front of the Treasury Department?? Sounds like Socialist conspiracy to me. I'd say The Left is trying to repress America's finest and most articulate Americans.

And then there's the kids:

Maybe I'm giving the kids too little credit, but I wonder if the child protesters know what their signs mean. I wonder if their parents are even sure of what the signs mean. "No taxation without representation". Ok, good. Maybe your 3-year-old can elaborate on which specific tax policies are at issue, and what the underlying problems with those policies are. It would go something like this:

Q: What does your sign mean, 3-year-old kid?

A: I wanna go pee-pee in a big kid potty.

I have no problem with the kids. The kids are adorable and completely innocent. It's the parents, who use their children as an instrument for passionately representing their own incomplete understanding of these issues, who should be criticized.

It takes a lot of courage to write your ideas on a neon sign and make your toddlers hold it. Maybe I'm wrong - maybe the kids have advanced penmanship and early formation of fiscal policy priorities. Buuut I doubt it.