Last spring, as the local Tea Party gatherings were shouting hosannahs to the Constitution, they also advocated not answering the decennial census. I pointed out that the census is required by the Constitution, and got disinvited.
Unbridled and unquestioning support of what the “founders” did, instead of the laws they wrote, can lead one astray, as this cartoon shows:
Tea Party philosophy: 'If the founders did it, it's good.'
[...] Humor: Tea Party Medical Care (via: Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub, who talks about getting disinvited from a Tea Party gathering as he pointed out that the census is [...]
RT @TheEconomist: A list of our ten most popular articles in 2011. Number 7: America's debt: Republicans are playing a risky game http:/ ...Splashed: 1 day ago
Slacktivist offers some good business and employment advice links: First, the good news http://t.co/azcjjvYvSplashed: 4 days ago
Tom Peters-style advice on job interviews, sort of. Goblinbooks: Where Do You See Yourself In Five Years After We'v... http://t.co/XusWQ6x8Splashed: 4 days ago
We've been soaking in the Bathtub for several months, long enough that some of the links we've used have gone to the Great Internet in the Sky.
If you find a dead link, please leave a comment to that post, and tell us what link has expired.
Thanks!
[...] Humor: Tea Party Medical Care (via: Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub, who talks about getting disinvited from a Tea Party gathering as he pointed out that the census is [...]
A little trepanation with those leeches?
Yup.