No jokes now, folks.  It’s zero flak time.

The tax day tea parties are in full swing!  While I wasn’t able to attend one this time, I suspect I’ll have other chances in the near future.  Sooner or later, I will get out to one.

Better news still, we’re on the “Then they fight you” stage of this whole movement, and its barely two months old.  For those of you who don’t know the saying:

First they ignore you

Then they laugh at you

Then they fight you

Then you win

  Mahamet Gahndi

Well, the left is in full “fight” mode, including the DHS report I mocked yesterday and the possibility of Code Pink interference.  Apparently, they’re under the impression that they’re the only people who get to protest.  They’re also under the impression that this whole Tea Party thing is astroturfed (fake grass-roots efforts funded by big donors), which means they’re projecting again.

And while these tea parties are well, good, and absolutely necessary, Patterico’s Pontifications asks a relevant question:  What do we do after this?  My suggestion:  a bit of garbage disposal.  Either clean up the party that is in the best position to help us, which I reluctantly admit is the GOP, or burn it to the ground and replace it with one that can.  The path to both of those is a concept I call “maverick adulation”, upon which this site is based and which I’ll explain later this week in its own maverick supporter lesson post.

Until then, keep up the good work, Tea Party protesters.  I’m behind you 100%!