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843 Tea Party activists ahve been arrested in a series of demonstrations in front of the White House protesting that President Bachman hasn't lived up to her promise to send climate scientists to prison. Sources report White House looking for compromise path to end demonstrations.

Tea Party members getting arrested in front of the White House run by their Tea Party-backed President? Based on the media's track record, this sort of event would get banner headlines. A series of events, with Tea Party members being arrested every day, would be banner headlined in every single newspaper, every single day, with panicked discussions on the Sunday talk shows, lights on late in the night in the White House ...

Yet, every day since 20 August, people who worked hard to help get President Obama elected have been in front of the White House facing police ready to arrest them.  Reluctantly, yet joyfully, these people have been stepping forward in mass civil disobedience to have their voices heard about the risks of shale oil and the need for this nation to step away from seeking to feed its oil addiction from the environmental destructive Alberta tar sands mining and the catastrophic implications of its carbon emissions profile.

Yet, despite some media exceptions, can anyone say that this is dominating the national discussion?