Just kidding. But leave it to “public intellectual” Stanley Fish to ask “The question is, in which category – the serious and the connected or the delirious and the unhinged – do members of the Tea Party belong?” (NYT Blogs, April 19, 2010)
I found three (3) news items from the past week, although I may have missed news reports not covered by the Factiva database:
“Arrest clouds Tea Party’s rally plans ; The jailing Thursday of the Springboro group’s founder raises questions about event.”
By Lawrence Budd and Ed Richter
16 April 2010
Dayton Daily News
The founder of the Springboro Tea Party was in the Warren County Jail on Thursday after turning himself in to police.
It was unclear how the arrest of Brian D. “Sonny” Thomas would affect the group’s rally scheduled for Saturday, April 17, at North Park in Springboro.
“Kansas gov. candidate arrested over tea party spat”
17 April 2010
Associated Press
KS GOV candidate Ken Cannon (I) “faces charges of battery and making a criminal threat” following an “alleged altercation at a recent tea party event” in central KS. Police said Cannon’s arrest “wasn’t related to the tea party event” — it “all started when Cannon ran into” the ex-leader of the school board for the district where he once worked, with whom he had “problems.” But Cannon’s mgr. “says Cannon reacted after someone mentioned the death of Cannon’s son”
“Tea party folks say: Just leave us alone; CROWD CALLS FOR LOWER TAXES AND LESS GOVERNMENT”
By Torey Van Oot
16 April 2010
The Sacramento Bee
[Caption] Martin Francis Brown of Sacramento is taken into custody outside the Capitol by CHP Officers Rick Turner, left, and Jeff Lane after Brown rushed the stage shouting, “I want my freedom.” Brown was arrested on charges of demonstrating without a permit and resisting arrest.
As you may have noticed, only Brown’s arrest had anything to do with a tea party rally.
