For about the past eight days, the rest of the world has been seeing the people of Egypt come out in frustration over their daily lives and getting fed-up with the strong-man rule of President Hosni Mubarak have come out to protest against President Mubarak and his thirty years of rule.

Off and on, I have begun to wonder, has the protesters in Egypt gotten inspiration to address their grievances which today includes a million people’s march to the palace of President Mubarak today, from the tea party movement in the United States which has been going on these past two years.

Since up until last week when the Egyptian government had shut down the internet, on YouTube, there has been many videos of tea party rallies that have taken place around the United States, including the capital city of my home state, Hartford, Connecticut, at the State Capitol. Since half of the Egyptian population is under forty years of age and are big users of the internet, this should come as NO SURPRISE. This would prove that there have been efforts building up for a while leading to which has been seen for the past eight days. IMHO, this is a sign that people everywhere, not just only in the United States, have the desire for freedom from oppression. And not just only in Egypt, Tunisia, has via many rallies have removed their own dictator. Also protests have sprung up in both Jordan and Yemen. The ONLY BIG CONCERN I do have, is that these protests are not HIJACKED by those with agendas which are not in the best interests of the Egyptians or the other Arabs that are saying, “enough is enough” in their own way. I wish the people in Egypt and in the Arab who have said “enough is enough” world Godspeed in their efforts to stand up to those who have oppressed them.

Have the Egyptians learned from the tea party movement? A classic tea party movement from Rick Santelli of CNBC on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade nearly two years who spoke the words that ended up going around the world.

From TheSmokingArgus YouTube video presentation:”Rick Santelli of CNBC calls for a Tea Party style even in response the current and former bailout/stimulus deals.

The floor of the Chicago Board of Trade erupts in support and boo’s when asked if they want to pay their neighbor’s mortgage.

He also offers a comparison of Cuba changing over from an individualist to collectivist society and the effect it has had on their economy.

He asks that all capitalists join him in July for a new Tea party on the shores of Lake Michigan.”

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Update:

Even Jack “Uncle Cranky” Cafferty even brings up the role that social media has been used to organized these protests in the Middle East.

Even I have used them in regards to tea party gatherings in the past. There is no denying the fact that dictators are “fearful” of such tools, because an educated public as Mr. Cafferty says, is an enemy of dictatorships.

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