The Ojai Post

Tea parties are nice. I wonder what kept Carla from having one during the previous administration. Politics? Perish the thought. Where was she when we became unwanted guests fighting the wrong battles? Where was Carla when accumulated surpluses were replaced with misbegotten deficits that benefited no one except the merchants of war? Where was she when personal privacy was trampled? Where was Carla when the rich got richer and the poor got poorer?

The Republican party is in deep doo-doo. Maybe changing its name to the Tea Party is one way of recovering. But, after eight years of unrivaled disaster, I think you’ll need something more than a new name to hide behind.

Yes, Carla. You’re right. We are spending money, lots of it. Maybe too much. But what’s your solution when the economy is in the shitter and the once safe middle class is out of work. What’s your solution when your neighbor loses his home, his kids depend on food stamps and no one’s hiring? Do nothing? We tried that for eight years and all we got was dead people, lots of them.

Yes, Carla, there is someone who is doing something. But he won’t be marching with you in this Fourth’s Tea Party Parade. No, he’ll be busy trying to fix the economic and global mess that your heroes left us. And he may even be trying to deal with the disaster that’s befallen California as a result of your minority holding the majority hostage.

He’ll be shooting off fireworks on the White House lawn and thinking about those less fortunate than you and me. Thinking that world domination isn’t such a hot thing while global warming, stem cell research, market regulation, health care, women’s rights, and jobs are.

But you go ahead and march, Carla. There’ll be plenty of room.