Deficits are a major concern, too, but so are taxes. Yet no one in the tea party can explain how to cut taxes and reduce the deficit at the same time.

That's because no one wants to acknowledge the elephant in the room - that entitlement spending must be curtailed. It would be political suicide to propose extending the retirement age, trimming Medicare benefits, etc. Unfortunately, I believe it will eventually come to that.

Where were these people during the eight years of the Bush administration?

We were not being represented. Look, I know a lot of dyed-in-the-wool conservatives who subscribe to the Republican mantra. Those folks are blind to the spending excesses of the Bush years. Many of the TEA Partiers though don't go near social issues in general as political issues, but they see the spending in Washington as a major illness in need of an immediate remedy. This includes Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike. We wanted small government in 2000. That has not changed. Hopefully, the next Congress will embrace that ideology, although even now, I remain skeptical.

Love the Buffalo Springfield shout-out. Particularly fitting on the week CSN were here. More fitting if it had been CSN&Y.

I was lucky enough to first see Graham Nash with the Hollies when they opened for Herman's Hermits. He word a double breasted purple crushed velvet coat. Fabulous performance. I have since seen CS&N and CSN&Y. Doesn't get much better.