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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (88)	8/30/2011 2:26:34 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Sure, the family knows my views. If it is my wife's mother's side, we don't talk politics much anymore. If it is my wife's father's side, it is a regular mini tea party gathering. My Mom (who also posts here on SI) has politics very similar to mine. But a couple of her siblings fall into the ultra liberal progressive category. I'd say that most topics about pretty much anything are off limits with them. My wife is in the movie industry which is, as you might guess, very liberal. I avoid her industry parties as being conservative in hollywood is frowned upon pretty significantly. She could see work dry up if she let her views be known to the wrong people. (wife is conservative, but she wouldn't really identify herself as a tea partier).

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (88)	8/30/2011 11:51:42 AM
From: longnshort	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

First Black Tea Party Forms in Houston by James M. Simpson Crispus Attucks Falls at the Boston Massacre Anita MonCrief, infamous ACORN whistleblower, was asked to go on Sean Hannity’s radio show Thursday the 20th to discuss the founding of America’s first black Tea Party. Named after the first person to die in the Revolutionary War, the Crispus Attucks Tea Party was founded January 18th, 2011, at “ This Is It” soul food restaurant in the heart of Houston, Texas’ 3rd district. (Read the interesting original court documents about the “Boston Massacre,” including a dramatic description of Attucks’ slaying, here.) The 3rd district is Represented by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and was the focal point of rampant ACORN-style vote fraud and widespread voter intimidation this past November. It is thus fitting that this tea party had its inaugural meeting right down the street from Lee’s residence. With the typical politesse and considerate attitude of conservatives — always left unreported by the press (do ya think?) – Rep. Lee was extended an invitation to the event. And with typical leftist rudeness, Lee snubbed it. Wonder why? These are her constituents, after all. Surprisingly, the local Fox News channel reporting on the event hastened to observe that many attendees at this founding meeting were white. Simply unbelievable. Is it not even possible to attend an event in support of the group without the information being somehow skewed by the media to suggest that it wasn’t “authentic” because white people were there??? One blogger put up a hilarious parody of liberal hypocrisy, observing that if they could get away with it, liberals would report the event as: White Tea Party Racists Attend Black Tea Party. Well, never mind. The times they are a changin’! Yes they are, and the media is getting the message, whether they want to hear it or not. We are not going away.