Years have past since the Titanic met its horrible demise on her maiden voyage. The ship that was called "unsinkable" met the bottom of the Atlantic within a few hours after hitting the iceberg tip; she sank due to flaws within her own design. The Tea Party movement is having the same effect on the progressive movement in the United States. Progressives have only met the tip of the iceberg of the Tea Party movement and it will be the flaws within the Progressive's own design that will insure its demise.When the Tea Party movement first poked its head above water in early 2009, progressives, and indeed the Obama administration, either ignored it or denounced that movement as no more than a few fringe group of dangerous, violent, racist, "terrorists". The Obama administration ridiculed American citizens who participated in the Tea Party protests and refused to acknowledge the million plus people who appeared on his doorstep on September 12, 2009. Despite...(Read Full Post)