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Back to Stage 1?
You're regressing.
I like stage 1. I think I'll stay a while. :)
I can understand that...I rather enjoy your stage 1 antics too (even if they do sometimes make my head feel like it's going to explode...but that's what the duct tape is for). :)
I don't have the time (believe it or not!) to actually research it, but I suspect that many of the British statu quo punditry back then probably said the very same thing about that Tea Party too, so you are in good company!
Actual, interesting Cliff Claven fact of history, that I just learned from skimming through Anne Coulter's latest book: back in the time of the original Boston Tea Party, the "Rebellion" was split among it's own factions (just like our political parties today). The Tea Party was the work of the more radical blue collar Sam Adams faction. The more genteel upper class faction was actually upset and offended by such direct action. John Hancock, personally reimbursed the ship owners for the lost cargo out of his own purse!
Anne Coulter - LOL. You really crack me up with who you consider the voice of reason.
Well, you know what they say...once you get them laughing, you're halfway to home base!
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/08/09/Ann_Coulter_Queen_of_Fabulous/
The Title "Gay Conservative Group" is the funny part here.
Yeah, well, it's an easy house.
Forget the Tea Party, I'm joining the Lemonade Party!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04MNf1YdNxI&feature=player_embedded
(But they do look pretty white...must be a bunch of Neo-Nazi racists!)
There are 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back. What a stupid protest.
Regarding the racist part - racist is as racist does. A group of white people are not racists unless they project racist behavior.
Yeah, there is a good measure of stupid in it, but on the other hand...I thought is was kinda clever in this way: here was a non-violent act of civil disobedience aimed at bringing attention to some really dumb laws and recent abuses of overzealous law enforcement (primarily against children!), that, unlike many other contemporary examples of street protest was staged in such a way that it didn't inconvenience and/or intimidate others, or infringe on other people's rights (ala Critical Mass, various street marches, Sit-Ins, and "die-ins", etc, etc). It even managed to provide a positive public service by offering a cold cup of lemonade in the park on a sunny day for only ten cents (sweet!).
Maybe it's just the old Yippie in me, but I can't help but think that somewhere up in that great Woodstock in the sky, Abbie Hoffman is looking down at this kind of imaginative street theater protest and figuratively pumping a fist in the air and shouting "Right on!".
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