Why is the word party in their name? These guys aren't very much fun.

Oh my! It is getting ugly here in A-merry-ca folks. Over at the NAACP they are blaming the tea party folks for doing not so nice things:

"A mysterious package arrived at the NAACP’s headquarter in Washington D.C. this afternoon. The envelope, filled with a white powder, sat in a conference room as staffers worked to alert authorities. While the organization is still investigating the envelope’s contents, it cannot confirm if it is a threat. But NAACP President Ben Jealous says the organization has seen a number of death threats over the past few weeks as it has ramped up pressure on the conservative Tea Party movement.

“We have received dozens of death threats, more than 100, since we called for the Tea Party to expel racists from its ranks,” Jealous told Blackenterprise.com today. The 37-year-old says the NAAC,P along with a number of black congressmen and women, have been at the end of racially motivated intimidation over the past few weeks. He says the harassment stems from their protest against racism within the Tea Party. " [Article]

Say it ain't so, Ben. And here I thought the teabaggers were just a bunch of nice older white folks.

Speaking of the tea party; it seems that their candidate up in Alaska has his own ideas about the First Amendment:

"Security guards for Alaska senate candidate Joe Miller handcuffed and detained the editor of the online magazine "Alaska Dispatch" on Sunday while he tried to interview the Republican nominee, according to multiple reports.

The Anchorage Daily News reports that Tony Hopfinger, who founded and edits "Alaska Dispatch," was arrested by Miller's private guards at an Anchorage school. The senate hopeful was on hand as part of a town hall event.

The firm that handles Miller's security says that Hopfinger shoved a man, but Hopfinger claims that he only pushed back at a guard after the guard began pushing him.

According to an article at the website for "Alaska Dispatch," Hopfinger was warned that he would be charged with trespassing if he did not cease asking questions and leave the premises:" [Article]

Yes, watch those questions. Some of my tea party friends aren't very comfortable with things like questions. Answering them might actually involve using their brains.

Yep, those tea party folks are something else. I just hope that they stick around for awhile. Politics is so much more fun now.

Finally, on a far more serious note: I see that another young African American man lost his life due to the actions of the po po up in the Empire State. I wonder what he did which was so egregious that caused him to pay for it with his life? Wait....

"..Investigators said several dozen police officers responded to a large brawl that occurred outside Finnegan's Grill in Thornwood, N.Y. early Sunday morning, and Mount Pleasant Police Chief; Louis Alagno said at least 4 officers were directly involved in the incident with Henry.

A Mount Pleasant police officer, identified Monday as Ronald Gagnon, approached Henry's Nissan Altima which was parked in a fire lane. For reasons unknown, Henry junior drove away into the path of a second officer, Aaron Hess, who ended up on the hood of the vehicle as it accelerated, reports CBS station WCBS.
Alagno told the station that at some point Officer Hess drew his weapon and fired into the vehicle.

The chief said in addition to another officer who was struck by Henry's side view mirror, the fourth and last officer involved in the incident drew his weapon as Henry's vehicle came in his direction, and also fired.

Henry who hails from Easton, Mass. was shot and killed, and his front seat passenger, 20-year-old Brandon Cox of South Easton, Mass., was also shot, but survived. A third, rear seat passenger, 21-year-old Desmond Hinds of Stamford, Connecticut, also survived with unknown injuries." [Article]

OK, carry on A-merry-ca, there is nothing to see here. Law and order must be maintained at all cost.

We don't want to end up like the people in Germany. Thank goodness the tea party folks are coming.