Doug and to the entire BTP:

I want to make a second point of clarification if I may.

Point One: I did not say that Jason was dropping out of politics. I said that he was dropping out of LP & BTP politics, which is exactly what he told me. He may continue to be political independently or perhaps in the two-party system (honestly, I shouldn't be saying that, because I don't know what he's going to do, and I can't read his mind and don't know what his plans are).

Point Two: I don't know if he plans to stay in the Party or intends to be active. I haven't discussed this with him, but I'd rather not because it's none of my business.

Point Three: I don't know if he plans to stay in the LP, but again that's none of my business. It's his choice. I can't tell him what to do anymore than I can tell the sky not to rain.

And finally, I'm done with this clarification. Take it as you will.

Thanks Douglas. I'll speak on a few things real quick.

1. The NLP of Michigan/BTP of Michigan merger was something I was hoping to work on in private (which just became public, which I'm not thrilled about), but the NLP group as a whole didn't want to go in that direction. That is their right, my personal opinion aside. It was an idea I had that didn't work out. Not sure that needed to be mentioned here, but it was. I'm a forgiving person, so I won't dwell on it.

2. Although I do not plan to be involved with the BTP (I haven't been involved in nearly 2 years now), I do wish everyone the best of luck & I hope the Michigan group can obtain ballot status, because that's very important to me & I would always volunteer to gain signatures for this or any liberty minded group.

3. I've had my share of disagreements with Todd, but he is very passionate about liberty, which is something I respect. If you are from Michigan, please contact him. This would be the year to get organized, that's for sure. Many frustrated Americans are looking for a place to turn.

Take Care Everyone.

Jason Gatties

Neil:

Even though I am an At-large officer on the National Committee and THE founder of the Boston Tea Party of Michigan affiliate, I will be speaking to you and ONLY to you ONLY in my capacity as a member of the BTP and not as an officer of the organization.

I need NOT justify my actions and my decisions to you. The reason I mentioned your name in my blog post is that I have ZERO interest in reviving the Party with YOUR help but ONLY with the help of good people like Mike Saliba and possibly Mike Christenson II. It is my prerogative and my right to do so; therefore, you have NO right to tell me what I can and cannot do. (Once again, you have proven to me what a vile sophist you really are.)

I'm the "idiot" here, Neil? The REAL idiot here is you. If you want to be a member of the Boston Tea Party of Michigan, you are free to do so. I won't deny you membership in my party. But I'm not going to be your best friend either. Just because you think you can act like a complete jerk and a jackass, not to mention an ungrateful prick, to me and to the people here in Michigan does NOT mean you have the right to tell me what I can and cannot do with MY party. It's MY party, Neil. Not only is it MY party, it's the Party of those who wish to be in it. What they choose to do with it is ENTIRELY up to them.

Who the hell do YOU think you are? Hmmmm? You think you're better than me? You think you're better than anyone in this Party? You think you're always right? Well, think again, Neil, because you're not. I NEVER, EVER claimed to be a saint, Neil, but NEITHER are you. You're not exactly as clean as a frakking whistle yourself, Mister.

As for my election to the Secretary seat, I need not to rehash it. I made my case, and I stated it countless number of times. (Here are two examples, case in point: http://bostontea.us/node/866#comment-11 and http://bostontea.us/node/866#comment-13.)

You keep making bullshit lies about me, posting comments I made that indicate nothing that would indicate that I lied. You keep making the claims, yet you post my comments and take my words out of context and spin them to suit your own political needs and agenda.

The only reason Neil has an axe to grind with me, people, is because Neil told me in private (in a Gmail private chat under his Gmail addy at leveer@gmail.com) that he wanted to punch Jim in the face. He advocated the initiation of force against Jim, and I told Jim about this. I thought Neil was crazy to do that. That's when Neil turned on me, and began to attack me because I "betrayed" him. Jim needed to know what Neil said, and that's what started this entire vitriol against me.

Neil is like an ape. He reminds me one of the apes from the opening scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey (the old Stanley Kubrick movie). In that scene, you see a bunch of apes arguing over who and what to kill and what to eat, and if an ape jumped on another ape's territory, they'd "go apeshit."

Doesn't that remind you of Neil in any way? It does to me.

Oh, and Neil is also a prejudiced bigot against immigrants. Considering he was against Program Point 5 (which I co-authored at this year's convention that just wrapped up) because of the missing welfare point in it, he's against illegal immigration. Thus, he holds racial animus towards independent migrants.

Yup, Neil is a xenophobe, a nationalist, and a jingoist. How about that?

I realize I'm making an accusation against Neil, but there's a difference here: he has said this:

"You had me till the last one. We cannot ask the citizens of the united states to pay for welfare for foreigners. I do not hate any race or people, however if they do not pay into the system they should not be able to take out of it." (URL: http://bostontea.us/user/53)

Sure, he says he does not "hate any race or people," but that's just a lie, and we all know it. If he weren't a bigot, he wouldn't have brought it up. However, he doesn't have a problem with the current welfare system that ONLY applies to Americans yet he's against welfare for "illegals" who can't get welfare if they have fake Social Security numbers. Not that I'm for welfare for anyone, but this mentality that we must protect the welfare state from the "illegals" because it's their fault suggests that we must scapegoat the illegals and not the state and the system that it protects.

I bet you don't have a problem with Joe the Plumber, who at a Tea Party rally in Cincinnati, Ohio on Tax Day this year, telling a crowd full of 10,000 white angry Republicans to mow down a bunch of them "illegals" as a solution to the "problem" of "illegal immigration." Hmmmmm?

I suppose not.

Well, Neil is an idiot. He's like a progressive version of Eric Dondero, only stupider than Dondero. And, as much as I hate to say, that's a sad commentary right there, because I can't stand Dondero because he's an idiot and because he's a Republican.

Well, I can't stand Neil because he's a progressive Democrat and he's more of an idiot than Dondero.

As Doug correctly notes, I have my faults, but I'm not the corrupt, vile person that Neil paints me to be. He has written libels against me and has has made personal insults and attacks on my character. As someone who is suffering from diabetes and hypertension, I should sue the hell out of this dude for his b.s. But considering I don't have the money, I will ignore his crap, as he's not worth the time, energy, and spit to lose any sleep over him and his bullshit, baseless allegations against me.

Isn't it interesting that it's ONLY Neil making these allegations and not other members of the Party? I find that VERY interesting.

That's all there is to it. And that's all I have to say to Neil and about Neil.

Todd did not say he would deny party membership to you. He said he wanted people other than you to talk to him about rebuilding the BTPMI.

As the chair who administered the election which resulted in Todd's position as secretary on the national committee, I am offended at your suggestion that he acquired the position fraudulently. If you had evidence of the sort, you should have brought it forth in an appeal to the national committee, as Tom did regarding the recent convention election for nat-com at-large. You did not appeal Todd's election, so you must not have had evidence of fraud. I would appreciate that you not attack my reputation with these false allegations.