[TArcher]

And the original Tea Party, had more than a little to do with the Opium trade in a certain region of the world...

http://www.google.com/search?q=British+Opium+Trade+Afghanistan+Tata

Tata.

[DBrow]

Tea Party was, I think, 1773 and Tata was born in 1856, the Opium Wars were 1838, I don’t see the connection? Can you enlighten me?

At the time of the Revolution, New Hampshire was a big opium producer.