If you ever needed proof that there are too many government regulations and too many government officials enforcing them, this is it.

A Cedar Rapids group will do a symbolic tea dumping into the Cedar River on Saturday because state officials wonÂ’t let them use the real thing.

An anti-tax group wanted to pitch in real tea like the Bostonian revolutionaries opposed to EnglandÂ’s tea taxes.

Tea, although natural and quite tasty, is considered a pollutant that canÂ’t go into a body of water without a permit, said Mike Wade, a senior environmental specialist at the DNRÂ’s Manchester field office.

“Discoloration is considered a violation,” Wade said.

Where are Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty when we really need them?

And where are the tar and feathers?

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