Extra, utterly Madison excuses for Tea Party rage
Is that barrow full of hearty meals, or just socialism?
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When Wisconsin's Tea Party activists swarm around the Capitol Square Thursday morning, their chief target will of course be taxes, and their chief temptation will be to give in to the asinine pageantry that beckons participants in any rally-type situation. Whether you see these folks as genuinely disaffected citizens who deserve serious consideration or just servants of runaway groupthink, it's clear that anger helps to fuel the movement.
Well, they needn't focus it all on Obama and the IRS. Tea Partiers, should you want a little extra power for the home-stretch or fodder for some crazy quotes that left-leaning passersby can tsk-tsk for years to come, The A.V. Club looked around the Square for local features worth foaming at the mouth about.
Myles Teddywedgers Cornish Pasty (101 State St., 608-257-2383): The Cornish miner painted in the shop's front window suggests that Myles' handy, hot pies are stuffed with as much unionist propaganda as meat and cheese.
The food carts around downtown: Choose an outrage: because they seem suspiciously curated for ethnic diversity or because they're victims of government regulation.
Wisconsin Historical Museum's Odd Wisconsin Exhibit (30 N. Carroll St., 608-264-6565): This exhibit demonstrates its hatred for white people and their culture by giving equal billing to oddballs, outcasts, and minorities.
Cocktails at Madison's Downtown (119 King St., 608-229-0900): Madison's serves arguably the best martinis in town, but you would never know it from the unfair representation in the mainstream media.
Navigating the Square: The one-way streets that run through downtown are illogical, baffling, and perplexing, much like the claim that President Obama is simultaneously a fascist and a socialist. And as dense as that damn health-care-takeover bill.
Madison Children's Museum: Closing for even a few months represents a most grievous affront to family values. How will the children learn?
Helpful cops: While the Tea Partiers enjoy their rabble-rousing about wasted taxpayer money, the Madison Police Department may spend a day's worth of police salaries checking each of their vehicles for a "pass/fail" report card on how well they've secured their valuables.
