The latest sad and hilarious plan from the tea parties is to hold a national strike on January 20, 2010. On that day, several of their groups plan to go Galt, if only for a day (link):

"What's proposed is a nationwide strike by all Tea Party members, no matter where they are," said Lloyd Rekstad, an organizer of the Yucaipa Tea Party. "The idea is to strike where we are, in our communities, at our employment, to make an impact that will be diverse and spread out."

That would mean, Rekstad said, not going to work, not buying groceries, not going to restaurants or movie theaters.

"You just stay home," he said, "so that the person participating would become, for that one day, a nonentity - that they would give no support to the economy."

1. They're already nonentities. The first link in this post explains all the reasons why that is, but the primary one is because they just aren't that smart. The latest manifestation of that is this effort.
2. As pointed out at the second link above, strikes like this are ineffective since what the partiers won't buy on that Wednesday they'll simply buy another day that week. And, of course, they aren't going to get enough help that anyone will notice their absence.
3. And, of course, they're symbolically withdrawing from the economy at the same time as millions of Americans are out of work. Consumers spending money could help get some Americans get employed; the tea partiers are trying to go the other way.

If you want to laugh at them, visit strike120.ning.com for more sadness mixed with hilarity.