1773 Boston Tea Party vs. 2007 Boston Tea Party

Most of the Stats for the 1773 Boston Tea Party can be found at www.bostonteaparty.org (Established by the Boston Tea Party Historicla Society). The web site above worked the day before the 2007 Tea Party but may be having too many hits to stay up and running.

Here are the numbers:

1773 US Population: 2.2 million
2007 US Population: 305 million

1773 Tea Party Participants: 116
2007 Tea Party Participants: Nearly 60,000

1773 Value of the Tea Dumped: about $1 million (current U.S. $)2007 Value of the dump for RP: about $ 6 million and counting

1773 hours spent dumping tea: about 3 hours
2007 hours spent dumping cash: 24 hours and counting

1773 goal of the Tea Party: Show disgust for unfair tax
2007 goal of the Tea Party: Show love for Ron Paul and show disgust for unfair tax :)

Friends, our hearts and actions are united with those of past generations! There is no generational gap in the cause of Freedom. Freedom unites Father's to their sons (14-year-old kid talks to his dad about Ron Paul), Mother's to their daughters as well as families to each other (see Ron Paul's family). And freedom unites socio-economic groups as well as ethnic groups (Latinos for Ron Paul and others).

We carry the torch from where the 1773 colonists left off...fighting against an oppressive government and joining with like-minded people to enjoy the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.

If you are reading this and have not joined a Ron Paul Meet-up (www.meetup.com) or other groups like Meet-up please let today be the day!!

Yours in Health and Freedom,
Francisco