Via Michelle Malkin comes this frightening story from Chicago:

Last week the Chicago Tax Day Tea Party held a Christmas Party at Dugan’s Irish Pub, and there was a bomb threat. Here’s their Facebook statement.

…Last Friday we held our downtown Christmas Party at Dugan’s Irish Pub.

We had a great crowd and the bar was filled with Christmas cheer until smoke began to fill the entire venue.

At approximately 8 p.m. the Chicago Fire Department were called to the bar to put out what was a very smoked filled bar.

After waiting outside for nearly an hour, we were told that the bar was closed for the night and we were asked to gather our belongings.

There were four small dynamite looking devices found in the men’s bathroom, smoldering in the trash can.

The following evening I received a phone call from Chicago Police Department Bomb and Arson officials.

Written on the lid of one of the toliets were: F*CK THE TEA PARTY

Bomb and arson officials have deemed this incident an arson.

Luckily, nobody was hurt, however, the good people of Dugan’s lost an awful lot of money.

Police are investigating and we are not going away.

There hasn’t been any coverage of this incident in the traditional .... That suggests at least, that the Chicago Police Department hasn’t disputed the facts as reported here. If that’s correct, where is the media? Where are the nation’s defenders of free speech? Why haven’t we heard outrage from those who usually condemn violence and threats of violence against those who may think differently from us?

So far, this case is reminiscent of the Wasilla church fire – a threat to the lives of dozens of people, targeted because of their views. The media never cared about that case, and no one was ever prosecuted. Will this be the same, or will public figures stand up for Americans who are unpopular because they express the ‘radical’ idea that government ought to be smaller and more effective?

What other cases are there of violence targeted against tea party activists and conservatives, which have been ignored?