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To: Navy Patriot

BUT you used TEA party Correctly....when ‘originally’ formed (modern times) it was for Taxed Enough Already, hence the TEA with a given reference to Boston Harbor and the (supposed) dumping of tea off the ships....


65 posted on 09/06/2013 2:09:11 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98 --Egoist:A person of low taste, more interested in himself than me. (Ambrose Bierce))
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To: xrmusn
BUT you used TEA party Correctly....when ‘originally’ formed (modern times) it was for Taxed Enough Already, hence the TEA with a given reference to Boston Harbor and the (supposed) dumping of tea off the ships....

Yes, I did, however I don't know how detail oriented you are.

This morning I am fresh, so let's examine your reply closely.

First I'll re-quote you: ...you used TEA party Correctly....when ‘originally’ formed (modern times) it was for Taxed Enough Already, hence the TEA with a given reference to Boston Harbor and the (supposed) dumping of tea off the ships....

The entire content of that sentence is correct, and true as you intend it's meaning. However there is more information there that can be examined.

The acronym TEA does stand for Taxed Enough Already. The noun "party" generally describes a group of persons gathered for entertainment or social activity. The proper noun "Party" usually describes a more formal group of people gathered or dispersed for the purpose of political philosophy and political social activity.

Recently, concerned grassroots Conservative Americans have been meeting in public First Amendment gatherings to inform the general public about unwise government tax policy and other excessive government actions. The term "TEA party" is applicable to this phase of this movement.

The movement has grown to more formal gatherings with more structure and organization, and "TEA Party" is more accurate here, noting there is more than one TEA Party.

Thus both "TEA party" and "TEA Party" are correct, but mean slightly different things.

Regarding the Boston Tea Party, the phrase references a gathering, an incident, and a political statement. Here the noun Tea indicates the commodity that was taxed as the commodity rather than the tax, and "Party" is at most a gathering, and possibly a verb denoting the destruction of the tea, which was the intent. The effectiveness or completion of the action is not discussed here.

In American revolutionary history there has never been a TEA Party or a TEA party, so your "(modern times)" is unnecessary, but none the less, true.

So how much detail do we need to observe? I do try not to post two conflicting verbs, but occasionally I forget to delete one when I rewrite a clumsy sentence.

I be aware most of the time, Ex Radio Man United States Navy, thank you for your service.

81 posted on 09/06/2013 9:24:52 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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