{"id":2983,"date":"2010-01-20T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T03:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/now-the-mad-hatters-plan-to-take-our-ball-and-go-home-or-herd-us-back-into-free-speech-zones\/"},"modified":"2010-01-20T20:47:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T03:47:00","slug":"now-the-mad-hatters-plan-to-take-our-ball-and-go-home-or-herd-us-back-into-free-speech-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/now-the-mad-hatters-plan-to-take-our-ball-and-go-home-or-herd-us-back-into-free-speech-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Now The Mad Hatters Plan to Take Our Ball and Go Home? Or Herd Us Back into Free Speech Zones?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t care that Mad Hatter Jeff McQueen (see below) is guilty of sedition or treason. I\u2019m more concerned at the implication of taking up arms against one\u2019s fellow citizens. But mostly, I\u2019m fucking tired of these lunatics who pay empty-headed lip-service to The Holy Founders and The Sacred Constitution but want to rip the country to shreds one year after a clear majority voted for change \u2013 after 14 years (or 24 of 26 years) of the mean-spirited lunatics running the show. Stupid, selfish bastards. Cry babies. Sore losers. Grow up and vote for change \u2013 change back to the nonsense of the past 30 years that clearly has served us all so very well.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Think Progress \u00bb Brown victory party featured flag calling for a \u2018second\u2019 revolution, tea party-inspired civil war.\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/20\/brown-second-revolution\/\">Think Progress \u00bb Brown victory party featured flag calling for a \u2018second\u2019 revolution, tea party-inspired civil war.<\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>McQueen, a tea party organizer, has repeatedly used tea party websites to call for a revolution. In one of his <a href=\"http:\/\/teapartypatriots.ning.com\/profiles\/blogs\/does-american-need-a-good\">posts<\/a>, he explains that the country would be better served by splitting states between Democratic and Republican:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>We are now as divided as America was in the 1860s<\/strong>. When two people find they can no longer communicate, while living under the same roof, they often split apart and go there seperate ways. <strong>So what if . . . we took the United States and just split it in half . . . 24 states become The United States of the Democrats and 24 states become The United States of the Republicans <\/strong>(including Ron Paul supporters and Libertarians etc . . .). California and New York can be split in half and go the the side they choose.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/20\/brown-second-revolution\/\">Think Progress \u00bb Brown victory party featured flag calling for a \u2018second\u2019 revolution, tea party-inspired civil war.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s a new basketball league for the Confederate States of Republicans:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Think Progress \u00bb New basketball league open to whites only, to get away from the \u2018street-ball\u2019 played by \u2018people of color.\u2019\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/20\/white-basketball\/\">Think Progress \u00bb New basketball league open to whites only, to get away from the \u2018street-ball\u2019 played by \u2018people of color.\u2019<\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A new professional basketball league called the All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA) sent out a press release on Sunday saying that it intends to start its inaugural season in June, with teams in 12 U.S. cities. However, the AABA is different from other sports leagues because <em>only players who are \u201cnatural born United States citizens with <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.augusta.com\/stories\/2010\/01\/19\/nba_563760.shtml\"><em>both parents of Caucasian race<\/em><\/a><em> are eligible to play<\/em> in the league.\u201d AABA commissioner Don \u201cMoose\u201d Lewis insists that he\u2019s not racist, but he just wants to get away from the \u201cstreet-ball\u201d played by \u201cpeople of color\u201d and back to \u201cfundamental basketball.\u201d Lewis cited the recent incidents of bad behavior by NBA players, implying that such actions would never happen with white players: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing hatred about what we\u2019re doing,\u201d he said. \u201c<strong>I don\u2019t hate anyone of color. But people of white, American-born citizens are in the minority now. Here\u2019s a league for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like.<\/strong>\u201d [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/20\/white-basketball\/\">Think Progress \u00bb New basketball league open to whites only, to get away from the \u2018street-ball\u2019 played by \u2018people of color.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And if the Mad Hatters haven\u2019t taken to the streets to prevent fall elections from taking place, then, maybe, there still room for hope:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Think Progress \u00bb After Brown\u2019s Win, Steele Still Pessimistic About GOP\u2019s Chances To Win House And Senate Majorities In 2010\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/20\/brown-steele-2010\/\">Think Progress \u00bb After Brown\u2019s Win, Steele Still Pessimistic About GOP\u2019s Chances To Win House And Senate Majorities In 2010<\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Despite the backlash from his colleagues on the Hill, and in the wake of Scott Brown\u2019s (R-MA) victory in the Massachusetts, Steele still proclaims pessimism about the GOP\u2019s chances in 2010. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/wbal.com\/apps\/news\/templates\/story.aspx?articleid=44104&amp;zoneid=2\">You just can\u2019t stop and think<\/a>, \u2018well OK now we\u2019ll win in Maryland, we\u2019ll win Delaware and we\u2019ll win everywhere in the country because we won in Massachusetts.\u2019 Every place is different,\u201d he told a local Maryland radio show today. And on ABC this morning, Steele again said the GOP probably <a href=\"http:\/\/hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com\/archives\/2010\/01\/steele_still_wo.php\">won\u2019t win back the House and Senate<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>STEPHANOPOULOS: Scott Brown wins in Massachusetts. Does this mean that the Republicans are going to take the House and Senate in November? <\/p>\n<p>STEELE: <strong>Oh, I think we are very well on our way at this pace to certainly narrow the margin in the United States Senate as we will in the House and we\u2019ll see how the rest of it plans out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/20\/brown-steele-2010\/\">Think Progress \u00bb After Brown\u2019s Win, Steele Still Pessimistic About GOP\u2019s Chances To Win House And Senate Majorities In 2010<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, Steele isn\u2019t eligible to play in the AABA, so maybe he no longer speaks for the Grand Old White People\u2019s Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t care that Mad Hatter Jeff McQueen (see below) is guilty of sedition or treason. I\u2019m more concerned at the implication of taking up arms against one\u2019s fellow citizens. But mostly, I\u2019m fucking tired of these lunatics who pay empty-headed lip-service to The Holy Founders and The Sacred Constitution but want to rip the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/now-the-mad-hatters-plan-to-take-our-ball-and-go-home-or-herd-us-back-into-free-speech-zones\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Now The Mad Hatters Plan to Take Our Ball and Go Home? 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