Simple Things

         I’m not a big fan of tea.  Although I live in the south where tea is a staple of life and you learn to drink it by the age of 2, I have never been able to sugar it, lemon it, or add enough extra ingredients to make it palatable for myself. I’ve had to make tea for others in my family, and after years of doing it by “sight” instead of by taste, I got it down to a perfect recipe ~ I buy Milos.

     This week many Americans are encouraged to send just one tea bag to Washington, D.C.  I don’t remember much of my American History, but I do remember that there was a “Boston Tea Party” and that the activity got it’s point across. True, our efforts will most likely only result in a large amount of trash for the White House garbage, but it’s the thought that counts, and if you’re not thinking that something is wrong on Pennsylvania Avenue, you’d better use that space between your ears and start thinking.

     It’s not just the governments fault! It’s not just the fault of the CEO’s at all the major companies.  It’s OUR fault!  We have allowed this crap to happen, and until we put our collective feet down and say a resounding NO!, it’s gonna keep on happening.

     I had to go out and buy a box of tea, just so I could participate in this event. I thought about sending a whole jug of Milo’s but the postage was a little prohibitive, plus I had a mental picture of my tea jug getting squashed while going through one of those machines at the post office, and I didn’t want to ruin everybody else’s mail.

     Come on, what else have you got to lose!  Get a little old tea bag and mail it tomorrow to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, D.C. 20500.  There’s no need to send a message, they should get the point.  It’s a darn shame the British weren’t taxing us on beer!  Now THAT would have made a great protest! 

      “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” (J.R.R. Tolkien)

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