Beer, Banter, and Organizing — Come to Atlanta


Pretty much every one on this site decries the general apathy and lack of activism on our side of the aisle.

As online activists go, I do believe there is no finer place to get stuff done than RedState.

In the past year, my personal motto in what I write at RedState is “blow s**t up” We should not give the establishment Republicans an easy time. We should not give the Democrats a pass.

Sometimes the fighting wears us out.

I had intended to invite a few folks to Atlanta to have a few beers, relax, and finally meet face to face on August 1st. A lot of us have known each other for a long time online. To be more effective, we need to meet offline.

We’re going to have an exciting even in Atlanta. What was to be a couple dozen people passing a hat and drinking a beer has become an all day affair at a fine hotel with minimal costs other than lodging and travel.

But to pull it off, we need eighty people staying at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta. If we get 80 people, we can get a rate as cheap as $99.00, with two free breakfasts.

But we need you there. We’re working on getting some pretty big names, though locking them in is, like the hotel deal, dependent on the number of people who show up.

Go register here. I can’t wait to see you all in person. And you, like me, can get inspired and united to blow s**t up.

I’d say let’s put our money where our mouth is. But what I really want is for us to put our bodies in Atlanta — a grand gathering of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.

And did I mention the beer and free breakfasts?


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be there

George Neitz (Diary) Wednesday, May 13th at 8:36PM EST (link)

I will be there it sounds like fun and I can’t wait to meet the posters I have been reading for years

“Socialism only works
in two places:
Heaven where they don’t
need it and hell where they already have it.”
-Ronald Reagan

 

So how many have signed up thus far Erick?....

JadedByPolitics (Diary) Wednesday, May 13th at 8:45PM EST (link)

because I thought there was going to be quite a few BUT I don’t care cause I am a coming whether that hotel room is 99 or 199 because I am so thrilled to meet all of the Redstaters that I have enjoyed for the last 2 years of my life and really who wouldn’t want to meet the people that you have laughed, cried, beyotched with for the 2,3,4 years of your life? So COME ON PEOPLE get on board and have a couple of day of fun!

We're halfway there.

Erick Erickson (Diary) Wednesday, May 13th at 9:26PM EST (link)

40 are signed up in 24 hours.

Who will stand on either hand and keep this bridge with me?

 
 

I can't come.

Steph C (Diary) Wednesday, May 13th at 8:50PM EST (link)

And am quite envious of those who can. However, I can reco so that as many as possible see it until you get the 80 you need for the “perks”.

“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
Hillbilly Politics

 

if this were in the summer I would come.

kyle8 (Diary) Wednesday, May 13th at 9:29PM EST (link)

teacher

“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle

It's August 1st Kyle isn't that the summer?......nt

JadedByPolitics (Diary) Wednesday, May 13th at 9:36PM EST (link)

Summer

Skanderbeg (Diary) Wednesday, May 13th at 9:45PM EST (link)

Kyle is in the southern hemisphere. :)

Houston? nt

Steve Maley (Diary) Wednesday, May 13th at 9:47PM EST (link)

The blogger formerly known as ‘Vladimir’.

worse than that, katy

kyle8 (Diary) Wednesday, May 13th at 9:49PM EST (link)

nt

“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle

 
 
 

sorry I thought it was at the end of May for some reason

kyle8 (Diary) Wednesday, May 13th at 9:49PM EST (link)

Im going to seriously see if I can come.

“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle

There you go come on out to Atlanta and join...

JadedByPolitics (Diary) Wednesday, May 13th at 10:01PM EST (link)

that would be great the more the merrier!

 
 
 
 

I'd love to come.

SE-779 (Diary) Thursday, May 14th at 10:02AM EST (link)

Sadly, I can’t. I’m busy that day.

“Earnesty is stupidity sent to College”-PJ O’Rourke
“If you vote based on who has more election signs, you’re an idiot.”-Glenn Beck
“Stupid is what stupid writes.”-Yogi Berra
“It ain’t over til’ the sodaholic passes a gall-stone.”
“If I am going to stick a knife in you I am going to do it up front in your chest, I am never going to do it in your back. You will always see it coming.”-John Oxendine
“If wishes were horses, we’d be knee deep in crap.”-Dr. Robert “Rocket” Romano
“Yeah, try to hide your wild enthusiasm at my return. I find overt displays of emotion embarrassing.”-Dr. Robert “Rocket” Romano
“If you want something cuddly to keep you company, buy a hamster, don’t have a child.”-Jesse Ventura

 

I am registered...so any of you who have wanted to take a shot at me better be there...

Aaron Gardner (Diary) Thursday, May 14th at 10:11AM EST (link)

not that you are gonna get to take that shot at me….but you are welcome to try….;^)

conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!

“We’d be much better off if We The People had desired small government enough to keep it.” acat


Barfight at the Onyx!

blooch Thursday, May 14th at 10:43AM EST (link)

I’m a Brookhaven boy, born and bred. Now, if I can get permission from the boss lady, I’m riding MARTA just to watch you in action.

:cues Batman music:

BAM!!

OOF!!

POW!!

“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”

All I know is...

E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Thursday, May 14th at 12:48PM EST (link)

I’m on whatever side Caleb, Aaron, and Jeff Emanuel are.

Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO

Aaron knows my barfight SOP,

blooch Thursday, May 14th at 2:29PM EST (link)

but for this one, I’m willing to pool cue the piano player and throw down some barfight honky tonk.

“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”

Lol...it's always good to have theme music playing...

Aaron Gardner (Diary) Thursday, May 14th at 2:32PM EST (link)

Lessens’ the sound’s of flesh beating flesh…;^)

conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!

“We’d be much better off if We The People had desired small government enough to keep it.” acat


LOL This fight is liable to get LOUD

blooch Thursday, May 14th at 3:00PM EST (link)

I’ll have to pound the keys like that guy in Reefer Madness, or Jerry Lee Lewis on meth.

“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”

 
 
 
 

You forgot the best one!

Amy Miller (Diary) Thursday, May 14th at 12:55PM EST (link)

::BIFF::

“I’m a conservative, I’m a textualist, I’m an originalist, but I’m not a nut.”
~Scalia, J.

LOL upon further recollection....

blooch Thursday, May 14th at 2:10PM EST (link)

SOCKO!!

“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”

 
 
 
 

'Fraid the airfare is too rich for my blood

Achance (Diary) Thursday, May 14th at 10:32AM EST (link)

this year. But maybe I’ll win the lottery or something between now and then.

This was the year that the boat’s bottom HAD to be repainted and the going price for bottom paint is around $240/gallon, so SWMBO has me on a very, very short economic leash.

In Vino Veritas

Got to ask

djemi (Diary) Thursday, May 14th at 11:06AM EST (link)

SWMBO?

“If I can’t shoot rabbits,then I can’t shoot fascist”
“With age, comes Wisdom, but only if you are paying Attention, son” my ‘Old Man’
RS Help files (h/t JLenardDetroit) Grassroots in Michigan
Moes Strategy

SWMBO = She Who Must Be Obeyed.

Achance (Diary) Thursday, May 14th at 11:35AM EST (link)

It’s from an old PBS mystery series the name of which escapes me.

In Vino Veritas

Rumpole of the Baily

Brian Hibbert (Diary) Friday, May 15th at 10:05AM EST (link)

Best lawyer TV show of all time.

That was also one of my favorite lines, though She Who Must Be Obeyed doesn’t like it much.

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Socialism doesn’t work. It looks nice on paper, but it’s been tried and it’s failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
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Take back our party!
Check out Unified Patriots

ROTB was a great show

WarEagle01 (Diary) Saturday, May 16th at 8:54PM EST (link)

In fact I’m putting on my netflix list. Thanks for reminding me of it. Another outstanding BBC mystery series is Foyle’s War.

“A wise, doughy leg with rich tingly experiences will always reach better conclusions than will a more tanned, muscular leg that hasn’t felt those thrills.” –Chris Matthews’ Leg

“The alternative to the awful extremity of abortion is the indispensable joy of introducing this flawed world to someone who might make it better.”–John Hayward (AKA Dr. Zero)

 
 
 
 
 

Would love to come

djemi (Diary) Thursday, May 14th at 11:06AM EST (link)

but I would be sleeing in the car.

“If I can’t shoot rabbits,then I can’t shoot fascist”
“With age, comes Wisdom, but only if you are paying Attention, son” my ‘Old Man’
RS Help files (h/t JLenardDetroit) Grassroots in Michigan
Moes Strategy

 

And so it begins

The_Gadfly (Diary) Thursday, May 14th at 11:53AM EST (link)

I’m in.

 

Put me down as a maybe

gwynsmom Thursday, May 14th at 2:42PM EST (link)

I’ll scope out cheaptickets.com, and find out if my friend Mimi is interested in attending too.

 

Put me down as a maybe

gwynsmom Thursday, May 14th at 2:45PM EST (link)

hmm…I can get a RT ticket for $278…

 

Count me in.

PGDeFreese (Diary) Thursday, May 14th at 6:21PM EST (link)

I’ll be there.

_________________

Thou art the Great Cat, the avenger of the Gods, and the judge of words…-Inscription on the Royal Tombs at Thebes

 

Beer and Politics

paulkfw Friday, May 15th at 9:48AM EST (link)

with like-minded sensible people sounds enticing. I can’t come, but it sounds like a great time. I am a redstate newbie (1 week ago) and I am lovin’ everything I read on this site. Keep up the great work!!!

 

Beer and Politics

paulkfw Friday, May 15th at 9:53AM EST (link)

with like-minded sensible people sound enticing. I can’t come, but it sounds like a great time. I am a redstate newbie (1 week ago), and I am lovin’ everything I read on this site. Keep up the good work!!!

Just don't serve this

6eorge Jetson (Diary) Friday, May 15th at 9:57AM EST (link)
 

Do Southerners Drink Sam Adams

Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Friday, May 15th at 10:31AM EST (link)

…. or is that too yankee. If it were free beer and breakfast and not beer and free brekafast, you’d have to rent out the Georgia Dome.

If you initiate a discussion about beers...

Bill S (Diary) Friday, May 15th at 5:39PM EST (link)

… at the RS get-together, you will have many of us engaged in “lively disagreement” for an extended period. Let’s just say there’s not a consensus on such things in our midst.

“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins

 
 

A question about the hotel stay

Danielle Davis (ocleverone) (Diary) Saturday, May 16th at 10:03AM EST (link)

Is the stay Friday night or Saturday? IOW, are most people coming in Friday night and staying through Saturday night and leaving Sunday? Or just one day.

To me, “consensus” seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects … There are still people in my party who believe in “consensus” politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors … I mean it. — Margaret Thatcher

 

Details soon would be good...

Cheryl (Diary) Saturday, May 16th at 4:03PM EST (link)

I have a reunion of sorts on 7/31, but found a redeye out of SF that would get me there for 8/1 activities. So what’s there to do in Atlanta besides sweat and drink beer?

“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America, than the whole force of the common enemy.” –Samuel Adams

“The administrative state has inserted its big paws into our houses, from the toilet bowl to the light socket. Now if it would just stretch those paws from the one to the other at the same time, we might begin to recapture the spirit of ’76.” –Scott Johnson, Powerlineblog.com

 

Should know Monday

WarEagle01 (Diary) Saturday, May 16th at 8:58PM EST (link)

I have a trip to NAS Pensacola that day, but I’m going to try to push it back so I can make the Redstate meetup.

“A wise, doughy leg with rich tingly experiences will always reach better conclusions than will a more tanned, muscular leg that hasn’t felt those thrills.” –Chris Matthews’ Leg

“The alternative to the awful extremity of abortion is the indispensable joy of introducing this flawed world to someone who might make it better.”–John Hayward (AKA Dr. Zero)

 

Do you have the details on the 8/1 event yet?...

JadedByPolitics (Diary) Sunday, May 17th at 10:39AM EST (link)

I didn’t see you post anything about mentioning Redstate when calling the hotel etc. I believe we have until June 1 to get the good rate but other than that I don’t have any details….thx for any updates!

 

I'd love to come

Karina (Diary) Sunday, May 17th at 10:53AM EST (link)

but we’ll still be out of the country then. Have a beer for me too! Can’t drink here and I really need one after watching the mess in DC.