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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-14-09 10:30 PM
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The original "Tea Party" protested lowered taxes
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A little historical FYI.
Tell a RWnut and watch their head explode...LOL

:toast:

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Tea Act

By reducing the tax on imported British tea, this act gave British merchants an unfair advantage in selling their tea in America. American colonists condemned the act, and many planned to boycott tea.


http://www.boston-tea-party.org/tea-act.html


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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-15-09 12:07 AM
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1. huh. I had no idea the original Boston teapartiers were whiny assholes, too.
Maybe the tea-baggers hit the right metaphor, afterall. Learn a new thing everyday, I guess.
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