Ron Paul has unsurprisingly lost another round of that game he keeps on playing, called “Ron Paul vs. The World.” This loss was suffered specifically by a one Colin Wilkinson, a Ron Paul supporter and time travel survivor, who was just “rattling his snare drum” like he did when the British were coming, when the horrible Minnesota State Fair freedom-haters came to ruin his one man parade.
Colin Wilkinson of St. Paul was at the State Fair Sunday, dressed in his patriot garb and rattling his snare drum to draw attraction to the Ron Paul for President booth on Nelson Street.
He was part of the general Fair cacophony, standing across from the DRN fish pond and near the KARE-11 booth and the reptile barn.
But about 3 p.m., Wilkinson was told by State Fair officials to stop the drumbeat.
“I was just informed that if I want to play my drum, I have to sign a contract and then stay inside the booth,” Wilkinson said.
This was very upsetting news for a libertarian.
“I was just trying to direct people to the booth, so they could discuss important issues,” said Wilkinson, who is often seen at conservative public gatherings, drumming in his uniform.
State Fair spokesperson Brienna Schuette said there’s a Fair policy about such things.
“It’s a very interesting history; it goes back to the Hare Krishnas [the religious sect that used to hand out information at airports and the Fair],” Schuette said.
Oh of course, blame it on the Hare Krishnas, even though this is just another example of awful government takeover of everything, Paul 2012! [MinnPost]
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My favorite part of the article:
*He said he doesn't plan to sign a contract with the Paul booth, because even then, he'd have to play inside the tiny booth. "That would drive them crazy," he said.*
I wouldn't worry about it, buddy. They're in the Ron Paul booth, they have a high threshold for crazy.
Just like when Paul Revere was arrested for riding around a ringin' that bell and a shootin' his guns.
Except Revere was trying to *sneak* around, unnoticed-like. But otherwise, yeah.
Obvs, you haven't read the Sarah Palin version.
There's always the conservapedia version.
Actually, I just checked it, and they've finally figured out that they look like complete morons if they let the Palinistas fuck up the page. They settled on misrepresenting what Palin said (Revere "caused bells to be rung" and "resulted in the British being warned"), and dredged up a cite to a historian who "verified" those events. (Citing NPR — that must have pained them greatly!) The talk page, where the nutjobs got bitchslapped, is fairly amusing.
Ah, the passive voice is great for causing errors to be hidden.
The talk pages are the best things about nearly every Wikipedia/Conservapedia/Whateverpedia entry.
They were (feigns shock) VANDALIZED!!
I wonder who stirred up that hornets' nest.
The Wiki-icky version?
With George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and George Bush, on their tireless quest to end slavery.
I thought we'd resolved this. Everything is to be blamed either on W or the bossa nova.
On behalf of all the other senior citizens devotees of Wonkette, I would like to express my thans for the obscure but dead on reference to "Blame It on the Bossa Nova."
Hmm. I will just be content to blame it on the rain.
Too soon?
But how come they let Huey Lewis and the News bang on their drums?
Because it drowns out the singing.
Not to mention T-Rex…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ZjmTvaEZQ
The "T" stands for "The Greatest Band Ever."
Or, this: http://youtu.be/zZjavMEeXF4
Or a certain little drummer boy, at Christmas.
Hey, it's all he had to give! You don't just show up to adore the Messiah without bringing something. It'd be rude.
Right – Mary's just given birth, they're stuck in a stable, Joseph's not getting any ever, ox and lambs making noise all hours of the night, and a bunch of foreign weirdos show up – and then this kid starts beating on a drum. I'm surprised Mary didn't open a can of whoop-ass on that kid.
They've got this messiah thing, and it's fucking golden.
Not to mention fucking myrrhish and frankincensey.
"Joseph's not getting any ever, ox and lambs making noise all hours of the night"
Are you suggesting a connection here?
Oh, I'm sure Mary didn't give a shit. She was feeling mellow after smoking the myrrh.
Huey Lewis? Didn't he overdose on hookers and blow or something?
News to me…
Today we are all born to Rundgren.
Which means none of us are Liv Tyler.
If you are too head-ache inducing for a State Fair, it's time to re-examine things.
The Paultards were probably relieved that this guy was no longer driving people away form their tent. My money says they're the ones who complained.
Jesus Christ!
Why do these Fair fuckers hate America so much!
"I was just trying to direct people to the booth, so they could discuss important issues," which is usually best accomplished while shouting over the sound of a snare drum and trying not to laugh at a guy in period gear. That's how I discuss all my important engineering and scientific issues.
Hare Krishna in the 70s, Ron Paul in the 10s, same mindset, different outfits.
So true.
Remember in Airplane! when Robert Stack slugged that Hare Krisna? Good times.
I don't want to work,
I just want to bang on the drum all day.
Commie pinko welfare queen! REAL 'Murrrcans want to work!
Blame it on the drn fish pond.
"Ron Paul for President Booth"
I thought Booth shot Lincoln? Or am I thinking of the wrong president?
And who are Ron and Paul?
Ron Paul is for lots of weird things — President Booth ranks a few notches below subscription-only fire departments, which made America great.
Ron Paul would be more of a President Frank Booth.
Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum
An old worn Paul to see, pa rum pum pum pum
Our money bombs we bring, pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before the Paul, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
So to annoy them, pa rum pum pum pum,
When we come.
Old man Paul, pa rum pum pum pum
I am a (delusional) libertard too, pa rum pum pum pum
I have no smarts to bring, pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give the Paul, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
Shall I play for you, pa rum pum pum pum,
On my drum?
They objected, pa rum pum pum pum
They said get the fuck out, pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for Ron, pa rum pum pum pum
I played crappy beats for Him, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
Then they kicked me out, pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum.
brilliant!
Oh, I get it! Ron is the father, Rand is the son of a dog, and the teabagger nation is the holy spirit.
I don't think "holy" is really the word…
What do you call guys who hang around musicians? Drummers.
What do you call guys who hang around Paultards? Bad Drummers.
What's the difference between a libertarian drummer and a pizza?
A pizza can feed a family of four.
How many drummers does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, they have a machine that can do it now.
How many conservative wingnuts does it take to screw in a light bulb? All of them, Katie.
You'll take my maracas from my COLD DEAD HANDS.
ns: Maracas or mancacas?
Macaccas
DZ: Thank you! It's correct to be nice – much more nice to be correct.
Don't worry: Gloria Estefan's secret police will find you.
Just a conspiracy by the man to keep us from smoking pot. END THE PROHIBITION!!!
Alan Greenspan, Ayn Rand, Ron Paul, Rand Paul,
Hare Krishna, Hare Hare Krishna.
All we are saying is shut the fuck up.
All we are saying is shut the fuck up.
he was just confused, is all. Ron Bushy played the drum solo on In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. simple mistake.
Didn't they recently find his skeletal remains in a van off a cliff? Too bad this asshole wasn't with him.
actually, i think Ron Bushy is still alive but can we be sure that Ron Paul is not a walking, re-animated skeleton?
He must not play very well. I can play a bucket downtown and people will give me money.
Motherfucker needs to put his shit in check or have it done so for him. Being annoying with musical instruments is particularly egregious.
People playing drums poorly at drum circles probably doesn't help our cause. Either.
"I have to sign a contract
This was very upsetting news for a libertarian."
You fail at libertarianism!
Just wait until he gets to that clause in his apartment rental lease that forbids him from making noise that causes nuisance or stress to neighbors.
What does Minnesota have against Lord Krishna? He doesn't make it cold there just because sometimes he is blue…
He was just trying to direct people to the booth, so they could discuss important issues, like GOOOOOOLLLLLLD! and why the Fed is fascism and Freedom! but doesn't apply to women or gays or non-Christians and how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is unconstitutional and how the Constitution is really the Articles of Confederation.
Wait, it's a drum solo, in a tricorn hat nonetheless, I've got to pee.
Pee on him, cuz I'm gonna set the little fuck ablaze.
Just like the lemonade kids at the U.S. Open.. Pay up–this is fucking capitalism !
"… and near the KARE-11 booth and the reptile barn. "
lizard people !!!!
See what happens when you shit on the Krishnas? Karma fucking gets you, every time.
I think the lead was buried; "reptile barn at the Minnesota State Fair", ummm Lizard People?
Good catch. I wouldn't think they'd be so brazen as to apply for a booth license. Doesn't that undermine their whole stratagem, to be on display in public?
They are slowly working their way into the mainstream psyche … next thing you know your daughter brings one home to dinner!
WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!1!1!!
I am going to have to go with Hare Krishnas being less annoying than Paultards as at least they do not troll any internet boards that I am aware of.
I mean, at least they give you a pretty flower!
Also, funny how once again, a Paultard cries because someone calls them on their disrespect of the private property of others. Also.
Every time a Paultard cries a(n)__________ get's his(her) _______________!
I would say someone goes to see "Atlas Shrugged, Part One", but the ticket numbers disprove that theory.
In a market economy, the drummer would stop drumming after the booth lost visitors because of all the obnoxious noise he was making.
Exactly, and in Paypalwaterworld he would get tossed over board.
Colin's lucky I wasn't there, I'd have gone all "Bluto-with-the-folk-singer's-guitar" on his stupid drum.
"Sorry."
“Ron Paul vs. The World.”
Isn't that the movie/comic books where Ron Paul faces off against seven, progressively douchier, Republican candidates in order to win the right to date the entire Republican Party, only it ends up that the big revelation is that Ron Paul is actually just as big a douchebag as the rest of them, if not moreso?
With music by Beck (not the good one either)
Volume 1: Ron Paul's Precious Little Life
Enough already with the candy-ass libertarianism. I say we get serious.
I call upon President Paul to give an entirely new mission to the ATF, along with a new name. No longer will windbreaker-wearing thugs enforce regulatory, freedom-restricting "laws."
The new agency will be a partnership with the private sector to ensure a free marketplace for the important products in a Free Democracy.
The new name will be the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Motorcycles, Pornography, Tattoos, and Snack Foods.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Snacks, Horseshit, Insanity, and Teabaggery.
Those are the products of the teatard economy – and the acronym works out nicely.
You have a promising future in politics.
Looks like they're just going to have to pull the Ron Paul supporters into the booth by their bootstraps.
Today is "Palinism Day." Invent your own words. Like "Doucheberg," defined as being a douchebag the size of a moderate iceberg (a few square miles). Used by the Reptiles in the Reptile Barn (VIP tent) as follows: "That Paultard drummer is so dang annoying. What a doucheberg."
Palin is whining for an icing call by the refs.
I have a funny feeling that "near the reptile barn" is going to come in as a very handy euphemism during the 2012 election season.
"Why? What happens when the drums stop?"
"Bass solo."
No wonder the economy is in the tank – it's now illegal to drum up some business.
It's a State Fair in the Midwest. You don't lure people with drumming, you lure them with battered, deep-fried butter.
As I learned in marching band, lo, those many years ago, there's nothing dumber than a drummer.
Colin returned to his hotel room and proceeded to smash the bejeezus out of everything that wasn't nailed down, after which he passed out and drowned in a puddle of his own vomit.
Was he wearing a rabbit head and calling himself a chicken?
Ron Paul has explained Why Austrian economics works to the satisfaction of millions or registered voters – so well I have personally spent thousands of dollars helping bring his dream to fruition. What has been touched upon less frequently is WHY we should give it a chance instead of continuing down the Keynesian road to serfdom. You may be unaware that one earner could support quite a large family when we were on the gold standard – it is only the 'progress' we've experienced that makes it so a home with two wage earners can still be below the poverty line. You may also be unaware that since the FED was established in 1913, the dollar (formerly 1/20 ounce of gold) is now 1/1800 ounce of gold. That's right, the value of a dollar has decreased 90 TIMES. There are more people on food stamps now than there were wage earners in 1913. The number of unemployed is over 22% (shadowstats.com). Where in these numbers do you see a shining ray of hope that we are doing the correct thing? These numbers could hardly be worse, even given some national disaster. They're the result of us applying the Keynesian methodology (stimulus and deficit spending) – we've been doing it since 1971. That's when we went off the gold standard, which made this spending possible. Trillions of dollars in stimuli have NOT worked. Now it's time to try something different so we can verify experimentally which course of action is the correct one. You can't know until you compare.
You've got the tone down but I'm having trouble finding the joke. Probably just me.
lolwut
The Invisible Hand should tell him his shoe is untied.
Bang the drum dumbly.
Especially where mis-statements were made.
What goes on in Bethlehem stays in Bethlehem!
It looks like they settled on "liberals did it", so as to make them look stupid. (Like they need the help.)
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