It's 3 p.m.: Time for New American Tea Party

If history serves me right, the Boston Tea Party was a protest against the ruling British government for taxing them heavily on British-owned tea forced on colonists to pay. It went down in history. School children know all too well about it.

Today, we are not governed by a distant, overseas monarchy. We are governed by a republic that seems to be tearing itself to shreds with its governmental civil war sessions on how to run congress and/or preside over the people. Survival of the politically fittest and most liberally popular seems to override common sense amidst the filibusters.

The New American Tea Party seeks to protest against the use of the people's money being use as a bailout for banks and mortgage lenders. These money businesses that use foolish tactics to make money at the expense of the public at large should not be given a slap on the wrist and told, "You made a mistake. I'll have to get you out of this one, Junior."

It is a good idea and platform to take a stand on an issue that, unfortunately, displays history repeating itself. Thus, in over 200 years and almost 10 wars later, we have not learned how not to exploit our citizens and take advantage of their common knowledge and way of life. Greed is the disease that fosters this imprudent epidemic. A protest might lead the way to finding a cure, though, greed is a condition of the heart; how does one minister to a dying soul?

If the three branches of government cannot check and balance each other, it is inevitable that an outside party come in to tell them what they are blinded to see. Let's hope that in the fervor of seeking out what is right conduct and practice, we do not become witch hunters to the unseen force of corruptness, when in reality, the seed of change begins from within. We seek to destroy the enemy, but remember since this is a civil war; the enemy is "We the People." Our people are corrupt. We want to inoculate ourselves against further decay.