Will you be live blogging from the Gaylord?

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

The devolution to Idiocracy is proceeding mighty quickly.

What kind of interest groups and corporate representation would be drawn to a tea party convention?

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

...Chris Barrett, the organizer of today’s event—the full name of which is “2nd or None: A Celebration of Liberty”—told local media that he didn’t want to “do a negative, scary rally.” Judging from the content of the event, this apparently meant keeping all the traditional trappings of a gun rights rally—the Rebel flags and Confederate uniforms, the 12-foot-long assault weapons displays, the people carrying shotguns strapped to their backs as they walk through the food lines, the poor kid from the local JROTC being forced to stammer through a speech about target ranges that he obviously did not write, and the never-ending line of wild-eyed, vitriolic activists screaming into a microphone—but adding a petting zoo and a bounce house so the kids can come out, too...
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