re: What's the biggest myth, you were taught in school as being fact?

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You also brought up her religious craziness. This is what I usually think about when the Tea Party is brought up

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Why does that instantly make you think of that. Is it what you personally saw as they represented themselves, or what you saw presented to you by media that caused you to form that opinion?

Yep. On the flip side, there are good folks that do foster children. A buddy of mine and his wife have done it the past 4 or 5 yrs, one child at a time. They finally finalized an adoption with the last one they took in. Long legal battle to get the mothers rights stripped, but necessary. Tried to allow her visitation and she'd show up stoned on meth. Child had to have heart valve surgery and my buddy and his wife took her to Nashville for it. The mother showed up stoned and asking for money before she even asked about the little girl. Foster care does work in many instances, but as you said, it can be abused. It's all about the people allowed to take part in it.

Was she not the chairman of the Congressional Tea Party caucus? I admit I probably generalized because of that.

I have no idea. I was just curious as to how folks make their minds up about what a certain groups ideals were and what their priorities are.

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CNBC's Rick Santelli is widely credited with launching the grassroots movement. While standing on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on February 19, 2009, he unleashed what can only be called a rant against the Obama Administration's proposal to help homeowners facing foreclosure refinance their mortgages

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Santelli, however, can't claim credit as the sole mastermind of the movement. Prior to his appearance in Chicago, Keli Carender, a Seattle at-home mother also known as Liberty Belle, had been using her blog to get the word out about the populist "Porkulus Protest" she was organizing against President Barack Obama's proposed $750 billion stimulus package. About 100 people showed up for her event in mid-February. Similar events inspired by both Santelli and Carender, followed in quick succession in Denver; Mesa, Ariz.; Tampa, Fla.; and other cities. Tea Party organizers claim that the first nationwide Tea Party protest took place on February 27, 2009, with coordinated events occurring in more than 40 cities.

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Santelli or Carender... which is Palin's alias?

I saw Santelli's rant live!

Let's not act like that's representative of the actual Tea Party though. There's a reason people like Bachmann were able to make themselves the "face" of the movement. TPers aren't religious nuts though, I agree. They are one of the irrational crazies of the political persuasion.

And the fact that the Tea Party movement started organically and locally made it harder for the opposition to attack. They needed to personify it. And a mad blogger in Seattle wouldn't do.

Ok back to myths..

Private Banks lending money needing only a %10 margin thereby creating a private money supply that can be manipulated so the banks can siphon as much off the top as possible is a good thing.