Having attended a Tea Party rally in Philadelphia that was organized by an African American and in which 9 of 13 speakers were African American and Latino, I keep trying to reconcile Harry Reid's view of the Tea Party with my own firsthand experience. Saying it's time to rebuild America by working together to create jobs, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Sunday prepared for Congress' return to Washington this week with a warning to Republicans to leave Tea Party "extremism" behind and "learn what legislation is all about." My conclusion is simple.  Harry's view of extreme is, well, extreme.  Where else but in the extraordinary mind of Harry Reid would a balanced budget be extreme?  Where else but in Washington DC would the idea of cutting public funding for a Cowboy poetry reading and the studying shrimp exercising be extreme?  Are the Tea Party extremists so heartless as to expect Cowboys to fund their own poetry reading?  Do these Tea Party extremists...(Read Full Post)