Let's go back to 18th Century, Republicans say

Describing themselves as the spark of a "new conservative counterculture," several thousand anti-tax protesters took to the streets in over thirty cities on Friday to object to President Obama's plans to counter the growing economic crisis with government spending....

The protesters identify themselves with the revolutionaries who dumped tea in Boston Harbor in 1773. Some wore 18th century garb to the protests, while others were described as wearing tea bags.

[From The Raw Story | Anti-tax movement holds 'Tea Party' to protest Obama policies]

But dressing up as tea bags sounds more like something PETA would do.