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July 20, 2010

Tea Party Express Brings Celebrities To Alaska Press Conference

by Lauri Apple  

Cousin GrizzlyThe Tea Party Express crew is NOT PLEASED that the National Tea Party Federation has kicked them out of their coalition for standing by their hero warrior Mark Williams and his “satirical” things about “coloreds.” So a bunch of their ranks piled into their official, fancy eagle-covered blunder-bus and drove up to Alaska to have a press conference about how angry they are, and also maybe try to “cool their jets” in the cool Alaskan breezes. Some special guests tagged along! (Anger-bear photo = HINT.)

As this photographic evidence shows, Don Corgan — reputed twin brother of “Smashing Pumpkins” grunge star Billy Corgan — traveled to Anchorage to literally stand behind Tea Party Express political director Bryan Schroyer and make sure that Schroyer’s jacket remained lint-free at all times. A resident of Olympia, Washington, Don lives alone in a basement apartment with his cat, Geddy, and spends most of his days practicing the guitar riffs from Rush songs.

Also in attendance was Papa Grizzly, a hip-hop artist whose last single, “Pet Ma Snout for Freedomz,” has sold 15,000 copies, mostly at Tea Party rallies. (WTF is going on with that bear? Is it a costume with a human being inside, or a stuffed bear that these people drag along with them and pet “for good luck”? Also, it looks kind of short.) [Washington Post]

{ 65 comments }

Mr Blifil July 20, 2010 at 10:50 am

Today we are all brothers of shaved-headed former front men.

Down Goes Frazier July 20, 2010 at 10:54 am

WWF + Furries = Amerikkka 2010

FlownOver July 20, 2010 at 10:56 am

A spokesman for the Judean People’s… wait, what?

Already? To death???

OK, nevermind.

Oblios Cap July 20, 2010 at 10:59 am

The tea party – thousands of community groups that promote limited government, free markets and other conservative and Libertarian principles – has resisted any notion of centralized control.

Anarchy writ large. Let’s back to warlords and private armies. This bodes well for the future of the Republic.

MargeSimpsonsBlackFriend July 20, 2010 at 11:00 am

Hint fail – I thought it would be infamous Mama Grizzly Sarah Palin who was the celebrity.

Surfeit O'Hubris July 20, 2010 at 11:00 am

Wait, teabaggers have their own pedo-bear now?

Oblios Cap July 20, 2010 at 11:03 am

I’m changing my name to Papa Pickup – “Pet my trucknutz for freedoms!”

DDD July 20, 2010 at 11:03 am

The referenced bear is in a photo at the Post link…it is the saddest-looking bear I’ve ever seen. Not sad-”crummy” but sad-”sad.” I guess you would be too if you had to spend your time at Tea Party events instead of amusement parks and jamborees.

Oldskool July 20, 2010 at 11:04 am

(Pst. The third link is the same as the first.)

El Pinche July 20, 2010 at 11:04 am

I see Dog the Bounty Hunter make an appearance (who’s dressed in drag? what the? ) . That’s right brother.
BTW, if you’re looking for good Dog quotes, or “Dogisms”, go here right NOW!!! : http://www.boycottliberalism.com/Dog.htm

weejee July 20, 2010 at 11:05 am

Airports in Alaska are filled with stuffed bears like those in the lower 48 are filled with Starbuckerooos. Hell, they even took one from Wasilla and stuffed it in the Governor’s Cabin Mansion in Juneau.

Adversary153 July 20, 2010 at 11:06 am

Um, don’t you mean “Don Corgan — alleged twin brother of rocker and Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan”? That would be considered slander in the lower 48!

ManchuCandidate July 20, 2010 at 11:11 am

Let me get this straight. It’s okay for white people to make “jokes” about how slavery was so great for black people, but when the Feds want to reform healthcare and help the unemployed, the white Teabaggers shriek that its slavery and bring their guns and badly spelled not THAT racist signs in protest…

Only in US America!

Dashboard_Buddha July 20, 2010 at 11:11 am

What the hell do those signs say in the background? bog – jog?

ArkansasFred July 20, 2010 at 11:12 am

Cool mustache, Schroyer. Do you moonlight as a professional wrestler?

doxastic July 20, 2010 at 11:12 am

Weirdly, the part of Williams’ letter that pisses me off the most is when he refers to Ben Jealous as “Tom’s nephew.” If you’re going to try to get holier-than-thou with the NAACP, you should probably know the different between BEING an Uncle Tom and HAVING an Uncle Tom. I’m a pedant for social justice.

BOOBIES! July 20, 2010 at 11:12 am

If I were an Alaskan grizzly, I would maul and eat every last one of those stupid, arrogant tools.

Troubledog July 20, 2010 at 11:13 am

They brought along the bear
to shoot at from a single engine plane
Imported bears, you see
not endangered as a species
only as individuals

Barrelhse July 20, 2010 at 11:14 am

[re=621186]weejee[/re]: I’d like it if somebody would stuff one up Sarah Palin’s ass.

SayItWithWookies July 20, 2010 at 11:16 am

Awww, even their bear looks retarded.

norbizness July 20, 2010 at 11:16 am

Who wants money? Long as there’s honey!

JMP July 20, 2010 at 11:18 am

So the teabaggers have Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Farley and now Don Corgan; they seem to have a lock on the untalented brothers of celebrities demographic.

El Pinche July 20, 2010 at 11:18 am

[re=621192]ArkansasFred[/re]: If it means playing swords and wrestling with naked Rentboys, then yes! He’s definitely a chicken hawk.

x111e7thst July 20, 2010 at 11:18 am

This is a split as deeply significant as that which occurred in the 4th century between Arianism and Anomeanism. What?

Snarko Marx July 20, 2010 at 11:18 am

Carmela Soprano has joined the tea party?

BklynIlluminati July 20, 2010 at 11:18 am

I thought angrybear was pedobear’s older brother.

Geogre July 20, 2010 at 11:20 am

“Brothers! Brothers! We should be struggling together!”

“We are struggling together.”

Indeed, they are unified in their desire to have no unity whatsoever, except in their unity to be free of any control or creed, except the creed that they have no creed… except that one.

(See Governor Joe Brown and troops to defend the Confederacy. States’ Rights bites.)

Troubledog July 20, 2010 at 11:26 am

Within minutes of saying “shoot bears from a plane” I got an email, from Wayne LaPierre, the title of which is “I’m not giving up on you!”

Dear Troubledog [ed. note: yes, that is my real name, don't be a hater]:

Your NRA membership has officially expired. I’ve e-mailed you several times and I haven’t heard back from you.

If you have a problem with NRA that’s keeping you from renewing your membership, please let me know what it is, and I pledge to you that I’ll do whatever I can to fix it.

So, since I have the NRA kissing my ass like Chris Dodd rimming Scott Brown, maybe we should go ahead and make up a list of What’s Wrong With The NRA. So far, I have

1) Inconsistent guidelines regarding jaunty hats

Brick Oven Bill July 20, 2010 at 11:27 am

Teabaggers Naturally rock, being disciples of the Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences, Music being number Six of the Seven.

So the Corgan appearance does not surprise me in the least.

Following our successful election of Alvin Greene (never doubt our abilities), the next mission is to secretly replace that melancholy bumper music on NPR with our friend Ted’s Wang Dang Sweet Puntang. Keep your ears open.

Autochthon July 20, 2010 at 11:27 am

Are you sure that’s a bear? It looks more like a furry pig. Maybe a boar? Or perhaps a javelina?

martinette July 20, 2010 at 11:34 am
dr.giraud July 20, 2010 at 11:35 am

“his cat, Geddy” WIN

Baby who ate the Dingo July 20, 2010 at 11:37 am

[re=621218]Autochthon[/re]: The problem is, its really “Jerry” from Tom & Jerry, after his stint in pro baseball back in the late 90′s. He is a portrait of ‘Roid Rage. Now that he’s older, he still has the bulk, but he sits on his butt all day, so the only ‘roids he has now are suffering from the pain and itch of, well, you know.

Monsieur Grumpe July 20, 2010 at 11:37 am

I counted 6 bears in that photo. What do I win?
And!
Is Petting the Bear the same thing as Flogging the Dolphin?

Mad Brahms July 20, 2010 at 11:39 am

[re=621217]Brick Oven Bill[/re]: What IS the official stance of The Nuge on the teaparty, anyway? It certainly does seem tailor-made for the Rock N’ Roll Sheriff.

Also, conservative novelty records! I bet “Pet Ma Snout For Freedom” would go really great with the Franklin Mint set.

Chuckie Jesus July 20, 2010 at 11:41 am

Mark Williams is on record saying that there’s no official Tea Party spokesperson because every Tea Partier is a spokesperson. Sounds awful socialist-y to me…

Surfeit O'Hubris July 20, 2010 at 11:44 am

[re=621226]Monsieur Grumpe[/re]: More like Teasing the Panther.

just pixels July 20, 2010 at 11:49 am

The mama grizzly is mad. And could use a few pounds.

Baby who ate the Dingo July 20, 2010 at 11:49 am

“Joe” is worried about the circular firing squad; I’m worried about the circular jerks. Circle Jerks I like to call them. I worry about these things.

What do you call 6 potheads sitting in a circle? A dope ring.

What do you call 6 Teabaggers sitting in a circle? A dope ring.

just pixels July 20, 2010 at 11:50 am

(keyboard malfunction)

The mama grizzly is mad. And could use lose a few pounds.

Autochthon July 20, 2010 at 11:52 am

[re=621227]Mad Brahms[/re]: So, who is this “Ma Snout,” anyways? Some sort of soft-core Betsy Ross?

bago July 20, 2010 at 11:56 am

Goddamned Naughty Bears.

actor212 July 20, 2010 at 11:57 am

Did they have the man who shook the hand of Andy Griffith there, too?

Cuz it’s not important enough if they didn’t.

WhatTheHeck July 20, 2010 at 11:59 am

Tell Mama Grizz to just grin and bare it. She pretended to be a Grizz, but she was more like Winnie the Poo. She also pretended to be politically savvy.

Gorillionaire July 20, 2010 at 12:00 pm

Like I NEED another reason to hate the lousy Smashing Pumpkins.

Potater July 20, 2010 at 12:05 pm

Don’t papa grizzlies kill and eat their young?

Jim89048 July 20, 2010 at 12:16 pm

[re=621215]Troubledog[/re]: Lucky troubledog! I have to literally die before my membership expires.

Speaking of dead members…
Feb 6 is now my least favorite day, evar.

just pixels July 20, 2010 at 12:20 pm

[re=621177]Oblios Cap[/re]: back to warlords & private armies

There’s always Somalia if you don’t want to wait.

thehelveticascenario July 20, 2010 at 12:28 pm

[re=621282]just pixels[/re]: Yeah but that’s got black people. Er, I mean, no Real Americans.

Prommie July 20, 2010 at 12:32 pm

Too bad the stuffed bear is not even tall enough to topple on them and kill them, like the stuffed bear in my very favorite worst movie of all time, Roadhouse.

Dashboard_Buddha July 20, 2010 at 12:34 pm

I stole this from Huffpo – wish I could take the credit…

Poor Sarah, who hails from Wasilly
Gets pilloried just ’cause she’s silly.
Other knives in the drawer
May be sharper by far
But still… I could saddle that filly.

Extemporanus July 20, 2010 at 12:35 pm

Don Corgan is the lead singer of The Smushing Vaginas.

Ducksworthy July 20, 2010 at 12:40 pm

[re=621177]Oblios Cap[/re]: I’ve said this before…Somila is the teabaggers utopia.

Extemporanus July 20, 2010 at 12:41 pm

Surfeit O’Hubris: Yep, and he’s the only one among them with a full-time job.

Dashboard_Buddha July 20, 2010 at 12:43 pm

[re=621300]Extemporanus[/re]: Ewww

Suds McKenzie July 20, 2010 at 12:54 pm

[re=621199]SayItWithWookies[/re]: ty

Snarkalicious July 20, 2010 at 12:59 pm

[re=621278]Jim89048[/re]: Whatever dude. Maybe now my astrologer will run a special.

GOPCrusher July 20, 2010 at 1:05 pm

So, when the Tea Baggers expel all the White Nationalists, homophobes, and other generic hatemongerers what will the other two people do for entertainment?

Hooray For Anything July 20, 2010 at 1:13 pm

[re=621163]Mr Blifil[/re]: Today we are all brother’s of rats in a cage

loquaciousmusic July 20, 2010 at 1:22 pm

He noted he had pulled his “inflammatory (and arguably over the top – just ask my wife) criticism of the NAACP.

So has anyone asked his wife? Jack, are you ready for another interview?

Neilist July 20, 2010 at 1:42 pm

Hunting Alaskan Grizzly? Neilist recommends the .460 Mag Ruger.

Hunting Alaskan TeaBagger in Grizzly costume? Neilist recommends the .460 Mag Ruger.

But line them up about four or five in a row. At about $5 a round, it gets expensive to shoot them individually.

Serolf Divad July 20, 2010 at 1:58 pm

It’s a bear in a bear suit!!!!! Run awaaaaaaaay!

Fresh July 20, 2010 at 2:02 pm

That is Sarah Palin in that pic. Just off camera to the left, reaching in to give pedobear a snout job.

whatever_dc July 20, 2010 at 2:15 pm

[re=621278]Jim89048[/re]: oh thanks for that — i was eating lunch but now i lost my appetite! but at least i did learn that zha zha gabor broke her hip and will be having surgery. and how can reagan only be 100 next year — he acted like he was 110 when he was in the white house and i swear to zeus i heard willard wish him a happy birthday…

Mad Brahms July 20, 2010 at 2:17 pm

Also, re the size of the bear: hey, even pint sized partiers can have mmmmmMONSTER PATRIOTISM, come on!

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