Click here for more info and to find a tea party in your local area. Click here to socialize with other Tea Party Patriots.

If you're wondering what the tea parties are all about, it's primarily the out of control spending that has been going on for years and now is being taken to new levels of insanity. It's about being Taxed Enough Already. It's about restoring some sanity and responsibility to our government and reminding them that they work for us, not the other way around. It's about preserving freedom and liberty for our children (and grandchildren, and great-grandchildren), and not having them burdened by unprecedented levels of debt.

Here's a great summary of the economic crisis and a visual of the amount of spending we're seeing:




And insightful analysis of the current sad state of the tax code (it's over 60,000 pages!). The privacy issues raised here are concerning, I hadn't really thought of that aspect before.

H/T MyAmericanism.com

The taxpayer protests of February 27th were just the beginning. The next one is scheduled for April 15th and will be held in cities across the country.

Michelle Malkin has more information here.

For any of you who may not be totally on-board with the government's new dictionary and would prefer a return to the old-school definition of "fiscal responsibility," there are several Tea Party USA events happening all over the country, many this Friday, February 27th.

For more information and to find one near you, visit the official #TCOT Tea Party site, or Michelle Malkin has more info also.