Big cities are not typically Tea Party territory, but if the new Republican members of Congress apply their libertarian principles assiduously to a few key federal policies, they could do much for urban America.

As education becomes more global one method that has been around for quite some time that has taken root is mobile learning or m-learning. As a subset of distance learning and e-learning it has promised a more immediate and more flexible approach to education. This is popular in places like Sub-Saharan Africa where the telecommunications industry is booming like never before. It is also gaining ground in the developed countries of Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim. Traditionally, we had large, static, and impersonal computers, institutions, and infrastructure in place for e-learning, and now mobile learning gives us learning that can be personal, portable, and flexible.

Once again urban America with urban conservatives must take the lead in making the academic connection between the United States and the Diaspora with technology. In fact, m-learning has brought e-learning to the rural communities of Africa to learners who previously had no access to education let alone technology. M-learning is the gateway to e-learning for most learners in Africa as the rapidly growing wireless infrastructure increasingly fulfills their access needs. Therefore, Africa has gone from a nonexistent e-learning infrastructure to a wireless e-learning infrastructure.

Tea parties. Conservative backlash to Obama’s policies, a most peculiar institution. I didn’t vote for the president. Truthfully, voting seems a charade. Back to tea parties. They are a suspected as the new neo-conservative delivery vehicle. Mostly White; overwhelmingly Christian in a political sense; uninterested in urban America.

Lower taxes- amen! Less government? amen again! Individual rights? Three for three! Liberalism means limitation for urban communities: more money on the EBT card passes for urban Democratic strategy. Still, can a tea party movement moving against this president serve my interests?

Not likely.