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Though the War Between the States, otherwise known as the Civil War, has been over for close to 150 years, a remnant of the Confederate ideology still thrives, particularly in the South. Nostalgic for a past gone with the wind, the South continues to challenge the federal government on issues pertaining to civil rights as it relates to States’ rights and the Tenth Amendment. Emancipation, integration, civil and voting rights, Medicare, and health care reform are benchmark legislation enacted by Congress that not only defines a civilization, but emphasized the federal government’s longstanding constitutional power to impose civil standards on the States. Nevertheless, federal sovereignty remains a point of conflict for those who subscribe to the Confederate ideology; the age-old challenge on grounds of a violation of the Tenth Amendment has not changed since mid 1800s.

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The economic crisis and unemployment have added a blistering crack to the political whip the Tea Party has been wielding at the democrats for the last 8 months. While welting democrats and defaming President Obama, they have effectively corralled the nation’s attention with its own brew of government accountability and reining in spending, essentially neutralizing the democratic gains of the 2006 and 2008 elections. To the democrats’ chagrin, the movement has also managed to sublimate the nation’s frustrations to the democratically-controlled congress. Tea Partiers like their tea black when it comes to message – no milk, no sugar, simply the hot brew. But who exactly is the Tea Party serving?

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