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A group of Tea Party members caused fear that a Colorado towns 4th of July parade wont be safe to attend because theyll be carrying weapons.
The town of Westcliffe normally has a lively 4th of July parade every year and is described as the busiest day for businesses. This year, however, citizens were afraid of what will happen with as many as 300 people marching with guns slung on their shoulders.
The Southern Colorado Patriots Club sent a out a flier advertising the parade and instructing members to bring unloaded rifles, especially the evil black ones.
The Custer County Chamber of Commerce, the events sponsor, cancelled the parade after fearful citizens circulated a petition to stop the club. Donna Hood, president of the chamber, abstained from the vote to cancel the parade but told the Denver Post that the controversy has polarized this community in a week.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/06/28/2233221/colorado-town-divided/
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Response to The Straight Story (Original post)
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blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)otohara
(24,135 posts)meow2u3
(24,764 posts)Teabaggers threaten to intimidate organizers of a non-political 4th of July parade that occurs every year like clockwork, forcing the organizers to cancel the parade. Don't tell me this isn't a terrorist act.
This should be a good use for the Patriot Act, locking up those teabaggers who ruined a town's civic spirit. They ought to be brought up on conspiracy charges.
kentuck
(111,102 posts)several times. That's a bummer.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)The town of Westcliffe decided to sponsor the parade instead;
"It has polarized this community in a week," said chamber president Donna Hood, who abstained from voting to cancel the parade. "I'm sure safety was an interest with everybody, but I don't really believe that the Tea Partyers were gonna draw attention to themselves by shooting people going down our small town road."
Go to hell, teabaggers.
Initech
(100,080 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Fucking LOSERS!!!
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)maxrandb
(15,334 posts)This is GREAT!
It seems the only time anything gets done about some asshats is when they begin to harm "bidniz".
I'm playing the tiniest fucking violin in the world for the Custer County CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
These ass-pickle T-baggers were their fucking cat's meow when they were just gnashing their teeth for lower taxes on billionaires, but the minute these turd-polishing dumbasses start hurting business...well, it's suddenly a problem.
Fuck the "chamber", they created these fucking monsters, let them now reap the reward.
Moses2SandyKoufax
(1,290 posts)they got in bed with these people, now they're having buyers remorse?