Tea Parties Cancelled ... Just Move Along Now ...

Wait for it ... wait ... wait for it ... here it comes:

Remember this report from our nation’s history?

CNN (Continental News Network) Boston, 1773: The city of Boston canceled a proposed protest over tea taxes today, citing the fear that too many people dressed as Indians would be gathered near the wharves. Organizers expressed sadness over the cancellation, but meekly returned to their homes fearful of upsetting the officers of the Crown. Taxmen breathed a sigh of relief as the tar and feathers were put away not to be used this day.

You don’t remember that pre-revolutionary history? I should say you shouldn’t, because it didn’t happen. But flash forward a few hundred years and you’ll find it is happening today in Cape Coral, Florida where city officials canceled a tax day tea party gathering because they “feel too many people could show-up.”

That’s right, folks, the God-given, long-held American right to assemble and protest the actions of our government has been canceled due to too much popularity of the protest.

And what does it come down to? Money. You see, the city officials want an insurance policy taken out so that organizers can cover any loss that might occur as a result of the rally. And those insurance policies cost hundreds of dollars.

And it ends thus:

Americans do not have the rights they always thought they did. There is no right to protest government. There is no right to assemble. The people have no rights at all to voice their displeasure. Shut up people. Go home. Nothing to see here. Go quietly back to your IPods and DVDs. Big daddy government will take care of you. The Obemmessiah will decide what’s best for you. Don’t worry your little heads. Oh, and thank you for your payments on April 15th.

Put away the tar and feathers, won’t you? There’s a nice fella.

So I think you know you need to go RTWT now don't you? Seriously, this is a huge wake-up call. Read. The. Whole. Thing.

And my favorite part is that us gullible constitutional protesters probably will be paying AIG for the "protest insurance" policies somewhere or another.

I'll leave out the bad language but you should be glad you're not sitting next to me right now.

Comments?

UPDATE 4/2/09 by Bob: It turns out that the part about city officials actually canceling the tea party was incorrect and has been retracted at the site the article links to (the link is broken if you tried to follow it). However, the part about needing insurance is correct. So you can count on continuing to fund more bandits the more we protest. And the idea that you need insurance to protest is beyond insanity. Way beyond.