The Tea Party is a symptom of the Left’s inability to control information anymore.

It’s not so much a party as a movement. Parties require centralized leadership. Movements don’t.

A couple of the primary contentions of the democrat-socialists during this midterm election have been that they have not effectively been able to get their message across and that the knuckle-dragging rubes out in the sticks have failed to grasp just how awesomely awesome our dear leaders have been. What they are really saying is that they no longer control all of the sources of information and, hence, no longer control the information itself.

Remember when Scooter Obama said that there is too much information around these days? How can there ever be “too much information?” The Internet has eliminated all of the control once exercised by the state-controlled media. Lies can be instantly made known. The “I didn’t say/do that” can be rebutted by YouTube videos showing the truth and viewed over and over again by millions. Omissions of newsworthy items can be corrected instantly by distribution to millions via alternate news sources, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and other means. Complete records can be made available to others all over the country merely by clicking on the “Send” icon.

I shudder to think where this country would be, and would be heading, after the first two years of the reign of Barry the First (and Last) if the only information sources available to the people were the Presidential press secretary, ABC, NBC, CBS and rags like Newsweak. Sarah Palin would have been long forgotten. No opposition to the stimulus fraud or ObamaDeathCare would have been reported. The voting records of democrat-socialists would be unavailable and the Tea Party would never have risen. Presidential golf scores would be the lead item in the nightly news.

However, the Internet has changed the rules completely and, consequently, the amorphous nature of the Tea Party and the entire conservative and patriot movement is an ever-moving target. There is no “capital city” to be occupied, no leader whose demise will stop the movement, no party headquarters to be attacked. Money can be directed online to specific candidates in specific races at opportune times without the nuisance of the elite party establishments. Silence Blog A, and Blog B picks up the torch. Attack B, and C rebuts it.

Solzhenitsyn wrote about how the Bolsheviks used isolation and division to oppress and demoralize their opponents. They were made to feel that they were all alone in trying to fight the communists, e.g. the “Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here” chapter in “The First Circle.” The Internet negates that tactic. I can know instantly what Al in Montana thinks, or Dave in Florida or C. Johnson in Webster Groves. And, suddenly, a patriotic movement like the Tea Party arises when millions are connected to millions who think like them, totally outside of government control and the propaganda spewed by the state-run media.

It all reminds me of the American Revolution. The British could never find the headquarters, the one leader. The Sons of Liberty were everywhere and nowhere. Is that stable manager over there one of them? Is Sam Adams the leader of this rabble? Or is it Ben Franklin? Where is that Jefferson fellow and what is he up to? What does the silversmith Revere do in his sparetime?

November 2 is only the Battle of Concord. Yorktown is still a long way off. But, an informed and patriotic movement is going to carry the day eventually. Vigilance is a key ingredient, as is adherence to the truth. King Barry and his minions are going down and they might as well get used to it.

Ace Hardware will be a good stock for investment from here on out. Lots of pitchforks and torches are going to be sold.

Checking to see if post will post.

Tens of thousands? I’d guess in the millions.

As a friend of mine used to say
“Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then.”