I joined the Tea Party tonight because I believe that the future of America is hanging by a thread. I believe in the principles set forth by the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. I personally was raised in a "whitebread" community in a country club in NJ in the 1970's and raised to believe that all men/women are created equally and deserve the right to strive for excellence which I have done & achieved. I am willing to fight because although I am a pacifist and a Catholic, my children are "biracial" (my husband and I have informed them that they are "Americian") and I want them to live in a clean, peaceful and free world where they can pursue their dreams. They already speak of their plans to do so and they are only 3 years old. What a wonderful way to start! Let us hope that we can continue to afford to be able to support their gifts, talents, values and hopes for a better and brighter USA, because at the rate our country is going, we no longer can do so despite our blood, sweat, sleeplessness, grit, toil, sacrifice and HARDSHIP, I dare say, matches some of that which is being brought to the spotlight by our current administration.