So the 9/12 disciples of Glenn Beck have descended on Washington DC, in colonial garb, carrying pseudo-witty signs about fiscal responsibility, as though they invented the concept, and as if they had adhered to it with similar protests when Bush and the Republican Congress veered so far away from it. Or Bush Sr. Or Reagan.
Yeah, you're just like the revolutionaries, teabagger 9/12ers. The revolutionaries who put their lives on the line to fight against monarchical tyranny, kangaroo courts, cruel and unusual punishments, religious decrees, the lack of elected representatives. Wait ... what are you teabaggers protesting again?
Really, though, I'm glad you're having a 9/12 Glenn Beck tea party. Freedom of speech! Good for you. But if you think this is a real protest, a significant one, think again. More below the fold.
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