Getting On Board With the Tea Party and the Far Left

WONDER OF WONDERS, the American Tea party and the environmental wacko green party agree on something, so anything's possible. They both support the development of solar energy, including government involvement in it to help private enterprise kick start the new technology, and bring it to any American who wants it on his or her roof. And it makes perfect sense. Private enterprise, government support for a good clean up the planet idea, and a better world for all. Although government assistance in free enterprise is not, technically, free enterprse, (it is "mercantilism") it is a system America has always had. Government sells mineral rights on public lands to mining companies for pennies on the dollar, and the railroad companies had government support to plow ahead across previously private land, to name just two examples. True free enterprise, with no government involvement, is essentially untried, and perhaps should remain that way. As for the TEA party, that got started six years ago to the day, as a reaction to the election of Barack Obama. Right wingers always react; when Bill Clinton came to power, they headed out to the woods with Bibles and automatic weapons to celebrate their big threesome: jesus, guns, and money, aka the "militia movement". (who could forget them!) But this time, cooler heads have, thus far, prevailed. And soon, with any luck, so will a cooler climate. But beware: other conservatives, such as the fossil fuel Coke (coal) brothers and their many minions are not on board. If they know what's good for them, they will be, at length.