The leftists on blogs and newspaper comment boards are spraying out this argument that the Tea Parties 2009 are not in the same spirit of that of 1773. It's totally different circumstances, they say. We *have* representation, they say. The original Tea partiers would be ashamed of these events, they say.
So I decided ok, let's just see what the boys of '73 had to say.
Benjamin Rush was a Philadelphian, not a Bostonian, and he did not dump the tea. But his "Hamden" letter was said to be instrumental in causing Sam Adams and the Bostonians to take the action they did.
Use it well.
If we really wanted to emulate the founders, we would be tarring and feathering tax collectors, and burning IRS offices.
bump