Oh, snap!  They even got the Falcon involved in this mess!

~(no)rave!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100211/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1129

Since 1941, Captain America has been one of the most popular comic book 
characters around. The fictional super-patriot fought Nazis during World War 
II, took on those who burned the American flag during the Vietnam era, and 
raked in hundreds of millions of dollars for Marvel Comics along the way.  Now, 
the appearance that he is taking on the Tea Party Movement in a storyline about 
investigating white supremacists has forced Marvel to apologize for the comic 
hero.

Issue 602 of the comic features Captain America investigating a right-wing 
anti-government militia group called "the Watchdogs". Hoping to infiltrate the 
group, Captain America and his African-American sidekick The Falcon observe an 
anti-tax protest from a rooftop.  The protestors depicted are all white and 
carry signs adorned with slogans almost identical to those seen today in Tea 
Party rallies like "tea bag libs before they tea bag you" and "stop the 
socialists."

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