[RobbyS]

All besides the point. After James II was overthrown, the monarch reigned but did not rule. However, the power of the monarch remained, now centered in, as Hansard put it, The Estates-general of Great Britain and Ireland, which consisted formally of Church, king, Lords and Commons.” It was this concentrated power that the colonies rebelled against, and it is concentrated power that the Tea Party opposes. The Establishment really does want to be an “Establishment,” one like that which ruled in Great Britain in 1776.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Pretty ironic considering that the US Federal Gov’t has more power over the states than the the Crown ever had over the largely self-governing American colonies...