Posted on 03/26/2010 5:50:50 AM PDT by Patriot1259
The proper terms to describe those misguided few who are now threatening members of the U.S. House are “cowards” and “terrorists”.
"We've had some very serious incidents that have occurred in the last 48 to 72 hours," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, said during a press conference on Wednesday. A spokesman for Representative Russ Carnahan told politico.com that a coffin was left in front of the congressman's home in St. Louis. Additional incidents have included threatening phone calls, vandalism of offices and threatening profanity-laced voice mails.
These are not patriots exercising their right to free speech. These are cowards terrorizing and bullying from the safety of anonymity those who, like it or not, have been entrusted as our representatives by the people of their respective Congressional Districts.
I despise the behavior of this current Congress. I believe in passing health care reform legislation this Congress has violated all of its duties and has spat upon the Constitution. I have no use for any of the people who voted for and passed “Obamacare.” However, they have been elected by the people. They are the leaders the people have chosen.
These threats, and profane voice mails, vandalizing offices, are not the acts of patriotic resistance nor are they acts of rebellion. They are acts of stupidity. They are crimes. It is a crime to threaten a member of Congress for performing the duties of their office no matter how much you might disagree with the decisions, politics or ideology of members of Congress.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecypresstimes.com ...
(Found this fiction on the internet.)
INT. UNDERGROUND DC PARKING GARAGE. BOTTOM LEVEL. NIGHT.
Libra’s footsteps echo off the walls. The buzz of a flickering neon light is heard. In the corner of the garage a whole sector of lights has gone dark. Shadows thicken. A lighter flickers in the darkness as a cigar is lit.
LIBRA: Carthago. Countersign?
CENTURION: Delenda est. Sort of overly dramatic don’t you think?
LIBRA: Not paid to think. What is the assignment?
CENTURION: The Wing thinks it’s time to lay a little blue smoke between the mirrors. Take the heat off our team and torch the other side. That’s your job.
LIBRA: Fine. How wet does the Wing want it to get?
CENTURION: We project that if three team members are sent down it should put a stop to any attrition in November.
LIBRA: Wouldn’t taking out just one serve the same purpose?
CENTURION: No. It has to look like a pattern.
LIBRA: Fine. Any particular team members you need erased?
CENTURION: Nobody from Chicago or San Francisco. And from safe seats only. We need to preserve the count. Renegade’s very keen on that.
LIBRA: Level of obfuscation?
CENTURION: None. Public and messy. “Accidents” would be counter productive. But no families. Renaissance would be upset.
LIBRA: Timing?
CENTURION: Within the next 10 days. It would be best if all three were within the same day.
LIBRA: You want target clearance and notification?
CENTURION: No. This will be the last contact for this contract.
LIBRA: Half to the Bahamas account by noon tomorrow and the half on completion to our friend in Costa Rica.
CENTURION: Done.
LIBRA: Anything else?
CENTURION: No. If we need you again we can always find you.
LIBRA: That’s what you people always think. Oh, by the way, was that stuff about you being naked in the showers the real deal?
CENTURION: Just get it done.
FADE TO BLACK
I wonder if the leftist hacks have considered that if they slander conservatives with the presumption of violence long enough, they take away a lot of the reason to eschew it - if you’re going to get blamed anyway, you may as well participate.
Some probably look forward to this, but I think the run-of-the-ill rat parrot is in for a surprise if they continue to fan these flames. They may not like what ends up burning.
So now someone gets to frame the description of what is or is not patriotic?
Then I guess the people who started the American Revolution were Cowards and Terrorists too. They should have sent King George a strongly worded letter, then bent over and taken it in that @ss like a real patriot.
People on are side need to stop writing columns to support the Dems lie. The only people threatened are Repubs.
Further evidence that dissent is no longer patriotic.
...running the country into the ground to satisfy narcissistic attributes is not patriotic either, to stand around and watch them do it, is too feed those tendencies and hasten the result.
IF it is happening on the scale they are talking about, it is happening because Congress is instigating. It is stupid to vandalize a Congressman/woman’s property. Death threats, IF they are occurring, are likewise stupid and illegal. Nevertheless, when you march through a crowd of angry protesters thumbing your nose at their complaints you shouldn’t whine. You take the trip, you pay for the ticket. Not defending violence - I think it is the worst thing that we could do, and while it may come to that I don’t wish it because it will not end well for the republic.
Yes. They started killing Redcoats over considerably less than we now endure.
If’n I were y’all I’d let them blow off some steam and be glad for it. It ain’t the guys callin’ and postin’ and emailin’ ya gotta worry about. As long as they’re ventin’, you’re okay.
Its the ones who are very, very quiet ya need to be afraid of.
There are people who threaten suicide, over and over again and never commit the act.
Those who mean to die are found dead.
The same goes for people who issue threats. Vry litle danger in them
The ones who really mean to commit murder do it, they dont send warnings.
99% of these threats are just people running off at the mouth and they pose no danger. In fact the Media and the democrats crying and moaning about threats are a greater danger of stirring up a real killer.
Just like this so-called threats to the democraps now.
These incidents have nothing to do with the Tea Party, the person(s) making this connection have to offer proof.
So it’s not necessary to apologize, defend or excuse this behavior.
They might as well be accussing the Tea Party of causing the earthquake in Haiti, complete non-sequitor.
Ya.... a real patriot would have tyranny shoved down his throat and be thankful. Just like our founding fathers.
...I think.
Yep.
Them there bad guys of 1776 wer pure Eeeeevil!
Blame it on patriots and conservatives. Gee How original. /sarc
I wonder how many times the founders threatened the British progressives/marxists back in the 1700’s...
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