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Of Taxes and Tea Bags

Happy Tax Day! Kidding. Nothing to celebrate. I did my taxes 6 weeks ago, so this day is pretty much meaningless except for the constant coverage on television. Something that I am paying attention to is:

In case you missed it, to protest government spending to stimulate the economy, conservative activists are hosting Tea bagging parties. More here from the Rachel Maddow show.

Why is this funny? Because all of the calls to “tea bag Obama” and “tea bag them before they tea bag you” seem to be completely unaware of the other, sex-related meaning of the term tea bagging. Also featured in Sex and the City:

J has been laughing like a 12 year old boy about this all week. Now I see why.

Next time, booze cruises and membership cards.