Obvious Irony

It's truly depressing to me that so few recognize irony when it slaps them in the face.

Here's the sitch:  The teabaggers want to hold a protest parade on the 4th of July.  They want to march down Bozeman's Main Street to protest out of control government spending, while displaying their patriotism.  Sounds all good, right?

The city of Bozeman, on the other hand, doesn't want this closure to happen, because they haven't the resources on a holiday weekend to provide for the closure of one of Bozeman's busiest streets ... busy even on a holiday.   Surely, anyone rational can see the irony by now?

It doesn't appear that the organizers of this protest understand irony at all.

But sidewalks are “like being confined,” says organizer Henry Kriegel, and now he is ready to go to the City Commission to get Main Street closed off if city manager Chris Kukulski won’t agree to shut it down.

“He’ll make a really (poor) decision if he does not support us on this,” Kriegel said Tuesday.

You must certainly be seeing it by now?  The people who want to protest government spending are begging/threatening the government (the city government) if that body doesn't spend more money to give the 'protesters' what they want.  Spend for me, but not for thee.

This is certainly low hanging fruit, but that doesn't make it any less delicious.  These teabaggers  don't give a damn about *spending!*  They wish a private parade that we all will pay for so that they may protest spending for governance; the governance they now look to so as to give them our support through our tax money.  Though I sincerely doubt our city commission has the courage to vote this way, I would hope that they point out this flaw in the anti-taxer's ideal, and laugh them out of the city offices.

Though there is strong evidence to the contrary, the tea party folk claim an attendance at there last separatist revival at 700 deluded souls.  I know personally that many of those folk didn't and don't live in Bozeman.  Yet the taxpayers of this city, which number vastly more than 700,  are being asked to spend so that those teabagging asshats might have their day on the street.  That's ironic enough to be mildly humorous, but still rather disgusting in its hypocrisy.  I say no.  I hope with little confidence that the city commission has the wisdom to do the same.

Comments

[Dave Merriman]

The last I checked, the folks that originally protested hard enough to make this a (once-)free country didn't have it all handed to them, either. Maybe the teabag protesters should show a little intestinal fortitude and be willing to take some punishment for their views -- by maybe having their march down Main Street without the benefit of government sanction (and economic support)?

[jedediah Redman]

Or maybe they ought to point out that were it the VFW, Am. Legion, or any number of our respected military who had wanted the street closed, there wouldn't have been a murmur.
Lets respect our troops!

[Big Swede]

Better yet lets have Free Health Care supporters start at one end of Main and the Tea Party guys start at the other, meeting somewhere around the wreckage of the Rocking R.

Last man standing wins.

[Wulfgar]

Jed, the last I checked, The VFW doesn't demand that the city spend money so that they can protest the city's spending of money. Also, when the VFW sponsors a parade, they actually pay to sponsor and organize a parade. If the teabaggers want Main Street closed, why don't they offer to take up a donation to reimburse the city for the expenses incurred?

Swede, you must have a very rich fantasy life. It's your grasp of reality that appears to be suffering.

[Big Swede]

Gee Wolf, 4-14-09 ya said only a handful and a dog would show up.

Besides, isn't pointing your finger and laughing worth the expense?