Tea Parties are Insane?

From the LA Times:

I can recall only a few outbreaks of such collective insanity as these tea parties in recent years. There was that time in the mid-1990s when a $19.95 video proving Bill Clinton was some sort of serial killer went viral. And then, a few years back, there was that chilling, televised midnight seance from the floor of the U.S. Congress aimed at reviving the long-brain-dead Terri Schiavo.

And now this. Whip out your Lipton and don your tinfoil hat and join the protest against ... against ... against what exactly?

I've got a couple of things to be upset about. 

Number 1.  The bailouts of auto companies and financial companies, rather than letting them go through bankruptcy or, especially for the auto makers, fail.  But instead of letting this happen, the current administration has nationalized some of the banks and has gotten into micro managing the automakers to push their green agenda.

Number 2.  The stimulus bill which will likely lead to higher taxes and/or higher levels of inflation, both of which lower standards of living.

Both of these items are plenty for the average American to be upset about, and the tea parties are an excellent way to get the message across.