It's Revolution Time

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Another revolution started in 2010.

12/15/10, Time Magazine Person of the Year, "Runners-Up: The Tea Party:"


photo illustration by Finlay Mackay

12/15/10, "The Tea Party," Time Magazine, 1st Runner up to 2010 Person of the Year

"The surprising thing about the Tea Party movement is how many experts were surprised by it. The U.S. has always been home to a large group of people who think the government is too big and spends too much. Why wouldn't those people rise up when the already gargantuan federal deficit more than tripled seemingly overnight?...

Despite the age-old currents, though, Tea Partyism is in certain respects a purely contemporary wave. It spread like wildfire, upending dozens of elections, yet has not coalesced around a single leader, a single agenda or even a common name. The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights has produced a detailed history of Tea Party organizations from large to tiny, viewable at teapartynationalism.com. Included is a map covered with a blizzard of dots, each representing a group or chapter or website or even just a couple of people. This dizzying multitude is arrayed around at least six different banners: Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Express, Tea Party Patriots, FreedomWorks, ResistNet, the 1776 Tea Party. Leveraging the same tools that helped elect President Obama — Facebook, Meetup, blogs, YouTube — the Tea Party opposition to Obama's policies grew huge without ever growing organized....

The Tea Party is about to learn that rallying against its enemies is easier than choosing among its allies."...

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11/20/10, "Revolutionary Do-Over," Wall St. Journal, John Fund

Former GOP Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, now a big-time Washington lobbyist, has already told the Washington Post that

• it's imperative for his tribe to "co-opt" the tea partiers arriving in D.C."...

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Famous 2007 Time Magazine photo of Obama and pesky American Flag at Harkin Steak Fry. Time suggests Obama showed 'respect' because he was 'standing.' Caption:"Respect: Senator Barack Obama, Governor Bill Richardson, Senator Hillary Clinton and Ruth Harkin stand during the national anthem."

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