Originally Posted By: Wonder Boy
I assume the "tree of Liberty" you refer to is Jefferson's statement that it periodically needs to be watered with the blood of patriots.


And, tyrants!

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The Tea Party it could be argued is too focused on government corruption, and not giving enough mention to the corporate lobbyist part of the equation.
The Occupy Wall Street protestors give more emphasis to corporate lobbyist influence and profit, and not giving enough (if any) mention of the necessary government part of the equation to enable corporate profits.




I agree with this 110%!

Above is my whole original post. It got cut off cause my little brother is a bandwidth hog on the X-Box. I had to cut what I was responding to out of it but, I think you should be able to figure it out.