...but quite honestly, believe that they may be futile as long as the Four S's (Simpletons, suckers, sleazebags and Socialists) constitute the voting majority. Remember, the Boston Tea Party did little beyond steel the resolve of those who were already committed to casting off the yoke of British tyranny. It's widespread impact wasn't very big. A year after, the colonies were still about seventy percent Tory or status quo supporters. It didn't stir ol' King George to action, good or bad. It took Lexington and Concord for the British to wake up and realize that they had a rebellion on their hands. Perhaps events will allow some future Emerson to pen, "Here once the embattled taxpayers stood...."