Let's all have a cup of joe

So the liberals have their answer to the Tea Party, and it's the creatively-named Coffee Party (I never would've thought of that). The objective of the Coffee Party is to bring civility back to politics, something I thought I'd never hear from the liberal left, notorious for violent clashes with authorities during the 1960's. Like the Tea Party, they believe we have a one-party system, although they call that party "corporations" rather than "socialists on the left, socialists on the right." Like the Tea Party, they're concerned about taxes, but unlike the Tea people, they also realize we need some taxes to pay for government services.

They also champion the cause of Campaign Finance Reform, and perhaps the biggest similarity between the two groups is the wide range of beliefs among followers, including Anarchism.

And like the Tea Party, they don't partake in their party name's beverage of choice.

They sprang up with little fanfare over the weekend, with four different gatherings in four states, as opposed to the Tea Party, which had the unrelenting support of Fox News. Come on MSNBC, where's the love? Of course, it goes in with our society's tendency to ignore peaceful movements and focus on the outspoken morons that call the president Hitler.

So I'll do my part to spread the word. So far, I've seen "chapters" on the East and West Coasts, as well as the Midwest.

I personally think the Coffee Party is a good idea, because it actually does bother me how action-packed politics has become. It's supposed to be intellectual discourse, but of course, it's being ruined by the right. (Just kidding conservatives; you know I love you.)

So let's all bring intelligence and civility to politics; let's all have a cup of joe.

Except me. Coffee bothers my esophagus, so I'll be drinking tea.