Tea Time

On December 16, 1773, a group of colonists, including Paul Revere, dressed as Indians and boarded 3 tea ships in Boston Harbor. They threw 340 chests of tea overboard. This event became known as The Boston Tea Party.

The US Senate threw its own tea party today by refusing to reauthorize major portions of the USA Patriot Act after critics complained they infringed too much on Americans' privacy and liberty, dealing a huge defeat to the Bush administration and Republican leaders. Thank the goddess for a weakened presidency.