they hate us, we hate them...we can't win

[qqthxnvkhfuuzza]

Can we really solve our society's problems with beer? Of course we can, and should. Beer is indisputably the ideal facilitator of conflict resolution. But a better answer is probably still "beer and a thorough investigation by Internal Affairs, supervised by the public", because in the same week of the "beer summit"* we've got a gay lawyer in D.

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[captain_squid]

Why are you so hostile toward those of us who don't want the government taking over every aspect of our lives? Most of the tea party crowd would support your efforts to curb the abuse of authority by the police. If you'd take a moment to stop looking down your nose at us like we're a bunch of dirty uneducated racists, you might find a useful ally in this fight.

And yes, there are birthers and black-helicopter types in these crowds. They are embarrassing, but it's hard to kick people out when your message is once of personal freedom and tolerance. For what it's worth, there were plenty of Stalinists and "selected not elected" and Chimpy McHitlerburton believers in the protests of the previous administration, yet somehow their goals remained noble. Try to remember that.

[qqthxnvkhfuuzza]

I don't know if we're talking about the same tea party movements, but the one I'm familiar with has a national coordinator who gives her organization's imprimatur to emailing pics of Obama with a bone in his nose as a legitimate means of campaigning against health care reform