Tea Party On the Rise

SEE HERE I'm really fond of the Tea Party folks. I know a number of them and they all impress me as concerned citizens that are trying to make a significant difference for the better. If they have accomplished nothing else they have pulled the curtain back to reveal that our leaders don't really want to represent us. "The man behind the curtain ..." is a con-man who puts on an act to make you vote for him or her and when they get to Washington they join the pork barrel party that is in session. I knew a marketeer once in an aerospace company who used to manage a lot of contract proposals. He always said things like: "Are we in bagging mode or skinning mode?" Bagging mode was when you were working to win the contract. Skinning mode was when you'd won the contract and were spending the customer's money. I think those two modes pretty much represent our politicians. In "bagging mode" they say whatever is needed to win, and in "skinning mode" they reap the benefits. The two modes don't necessarily connect too well. The Tea Party has put a lot of this in the sunshine and it isn't a pretty sight. The question is what to do about it. We need some serious reform that ensures a smaller and more representative government before we all go down for the count.