Posted on 10/02/2013 9:14:15 AM PDT by chessplayer
On Tuesday, Julia Ioffe, senior editor for the liberal New Republic publication, all but suggested that President Obama needed to use military force against Tea Party conservatives in Congress. Ioffe likened the current federal government shutdown to the 1993 constitutional crisis in Russia, where then-President Boris Yeltsin ultimately ended the impasse by dissolving the parliament, and had tanks shell the legislative body's "White House".
The writer asserted that both the "old Soviet conservatives" in Russia 20 years ago and the Tea Party representatives in the House were "intransigent, bull-headed faction[s]".
I’m sure that little Julia twit would be happy to see gulags in America.
Go ahead. Call out the military. Surround congress. Then look behind you.
That would be a really bad idea!
If that happened Ms Julia will be one of those found “decorating” a lamp post
Somebody posted on another thread that essentially, only military on active duty are funded now and that states have no National Guard units or anything else at the moment.
Freedom of speech? Freedom of assembly?
"Shut up", they explained.
This is disgraceful. Why do the people in the media and DC hate average Americans so much?
Somebody posted on another thread that essentially, only military on active duty are funded now and that states have no National Guard units or anything else at the moment.
I’m sure they could drum some up quick enough...
There’s still the militia; the whole of the population in Madison’s words
Hey- it worked at Waco.
It becomes more difficult during these times to NOT attempt to match the hysteria of the ‘Progressives’.
True. I think we saw that at the WWII memorial today.
“”Julia Ioffe, senior editor for the liberal New Republic publication, all but suggested that President Obama needed to use military force against Tea Party conservatives in Congress. “”
Really?
Why?
The TEA Party “is faiding fast!”
According to this it has been for years now...
11 December 2012
Out of Step with America, Tea Party Power Fading
http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/21482-out-of-step-with-america-tea-party-power-fading.html
November 29, 2011
Buyer’s remorse? Poll shows tea party support fading
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/29/news/la-pn-tea-party-poll-20111129
August 12, 2011
Tea party fortunes are fading even as its star Michele Bachmann shines
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0812/Tea-party-fortunes-are-fading-even-as-its-star-Michele-Bachmann-shines
April 17, 2012
The once formidable Tea party is fading fast
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/americas-political-pulse/2012/apr/17/once-formidable-tea-party-fading-fast/
June 21, 2013
Tea party influence on immigration reform is ‘weaker than ever’
http://www.voxxi.com/tea-party-weaker-immigration-reform/
April 22, 2012
Is the tea party still relevant?
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-04-22/politics/35452164_1_tea-party-express-signs-tea-sal-russo
January 23, 2013
Did A Fading Tea Party Lead Boehner To Abandon Spending Cuts For Debt Ceiling Increase?
http://www.ibtimes.com/did-fading-tea-party-lead-boehner-abandon-spending-cuts-debt-ceiling-increase-1034004
August 14, 2011
DNC: ‘Terrorist’ Tea Party Clout Fading Fast
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/dnc-terrorist-tea-party-clout-fading-fast#.UkxKq721b1s
Humm... the only thing I see faiding is the ink in the older headlines.
300,000,000+ guns in private hands.
Make my day.
I can confirm that my nephew's NG drill this coming weekend was cancelled w/ reason being due to the shutdown.
Tiananmen Square, American style. How tolerant of the left.
BS
Fifty-five veterans were injured and 135 arrested.
On a humorous note
During the military operation, Major Dwight D. Eisenhower, later the 34th President of the United States, served as one of MacArthur's junior aides. Believing it wrong for the Army's highest-ranking officer to lead an action against fellow American war veterans, he strongly advised MacArthur against taking any public role: "I told that dumb son-of-a-bitch not to go down there," he said later. "I told him it was no place for the Chief of Staff." Despite his misgivings, Eisenhower later wrote the Army's official incident report which endorsed MacArthur's conduct.
From wiki.
AMEN!!!!
If “OBAMACARE SUBSIDY HEALTH INSURANCE TAX,” aka OSHIT, is so popular, then why isn’t Mr. Michelle Obama enrolled?
This is enrollment day number two, Barry: tick-tock - - -
What’s with the BS? You quote from wikipedia. So do I. Link is below, table on the right hand side lists casualties.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_army
DC police got into a brawl with the marchers, not the federal government. It was in response to that brawl that the feds got involved.
That would be wrong. The state national guard only belongs to the fed when it’s activated for that purpose. Otherwise, it’s at the direction of the governor of the state, who can call it out, but who also has to pay for it.
The writer asserted that both the “old Soviet conservatives” in Russia 20 years ago and the Tea Party representatives in the House were “intransigent, bull-headed faction[s]”.
The Dumbass writer should have gone back another 80 years in Soviet History...
The Tea Party is Anti-Leninists....
Sit back and noodle on this comment and others like it.
When sycophants email, tweet, call out their beloved gods what tends to happen?
Let’s say I’m a huge LeBron James fan, or a Jimmie Johnson fan or whatever - it doesn’t matter which example - and I write something for public consumption regarding or to them - typically I’m writing what my idol wants to hear in some way shape or form. LeBron you are the greatest, you’re better than Michael, you’re better than Kobe. I’m not a racing fan so I can’t come up with an on target Jimmie Johnson example but you see where I’m going.
Sycophants tend to echo what they think their gods and idols want to hear. The thoughts and impulse don’t arise out of a vacuum. Nobody told George Bush or even Clinton to do this.
I think this speaks volumes and the message is not pretty.
He3y, it’s what banana-republic dictators and wannabes do...seems totally appropriate.
Happened before with the Bonus Army march of 1932. Four dead, over 1000 injured.
Freedom of speech? Freedom of assembly?
“Shut up”, they explained.
Difference between now and then... It sometimes took days for the news to reach the rest of the country...
Thank You Al Gore for the internet! :P
I think she thinks she would be protected. LOL
Bring it!!
Perhaps some governors need to make sure that the commanders of the NG units of their state understand they answer to the governor not the feds and if and when they are called out to put the boot of the feds on that states citizens throat their boss is in the governors mansion not in the White House.
I like the citizen soldiers in the national guard.
And I do think they’d be far less likely to disobey an illegal order to fire on Americans. They are us....living and working with us every day.
Prior to the pink swastika, I had lots of faith in the active duty soldiers.
But when an ignorant battalion commander in the famed 101st Airborne division emails his troops and tells them to be alarmed with anti-gay groups like the Family Research Council, American Family Association, and, believe it or not, Focus on the Family was in that email, then I don’t know who to trust on the active duty side.
far less likely to OBEY an illegal order:
Sorry, Correction
This is quite different from the Bonus Army. The Bonus Army were WWI veterans asking for a post-service pay ‘bonus’ from the Fed. government during economic hardship. A post service pay bonus was not legal or authorized. It was a thinly veiled sit-in-for-pay guised in the cloak of patriotism. They wanted to get paid above their pensions or severance.
These nitwits are getting closer and closer to being in charge—we all need to be fully prepared. And by these nitwits, I mean those who are willing and want to actually use force, not legislation.
Replace obama, Reid and Boehner would be a better idea.
During the military operation, Major Dwight D. Eisenhower, later the 34th President of the United States, served as one of MacArthur’s junior aides. Believing it wrong for the Army’s highest-ranking officer to lead an action against fellow American war veterans, he strongly advised MacArthur against taking any public role: “I told that dumb son-of-a-bitch not to go down there,” he said later. “I told him it was no place for the Chief of Staff.” Despite his misgivings, Eisenhower later wrote the Army’s official incident report which endorsed MacArthur’s conduct.
Yup. Screw Eisenhower, too.
I really feel it necessary to point out that the name of the building that Yeltsin’s tanks fired on is.... The White House.
I thought that the WWI vets had been promised a bonus by fedgov.
They're hiding it less and less these days.
Can a decent person alwo be a Democrat? Democrats are either dupes or con men. If you know a Democrat, ask them if they believe the Democrat line? If yes, they're a dupe. If no and they profit from the lies, they're con men.
The state/national guard aren’t what you need to worry about. The cops manning the speed traps and keeping the dunkin’ donuts safe for democracy will be the ones doing the raids, roundups and blockades.
I had to read up on it. Their bonus was a bond, with compound interest (!!) to be paid in 1945. They wanted redemption in 1932. That bond was a pretty sweet deal, never to be repeated, but one can’t live on promises.
Congress eventually gave them their early redemptions for the ‘it’s my money and I want it NOW’ crowd which lost out on over a decade of compound interest. But yeah, they were asking for something extraordinary when most everyone was broke. Quite different situation here. The WWII vets PAID for the memorial in addition to their service!
Exactly what Uncle Joe Stalin would have done.
Time to contact every soldier you know. Ask them one simple question: “Will you shoot your own mother if Obama orders you to?”
Obama’s Communist minions might be quite surprised to find out which way those rifles are pointing.
When Obama makes his last gasp totalitarian grab, he will first take every military base in America with his Secret Police Forces (DHS police, etc.). He cannot trust loyal Americans in the military and their bases are setup to be easily overrun. Just take over the base armories by executive order. IMHO.
Yep, that was my first thought -
let’s get this out in the open instead of letting them destroy our country under the cover of legitimacy.
Ever heard of Volunteer Regiments? The Stonewall Brigade would like to add the capture of Washington to it’s battle flag and they are just a short drive away.
20 years ago that might have worked, now there are millions of AR-15, AK-47, SKS and Mosin Nagants out there in public hands. Also, those same people who bought them also bought a crap load of cheap surplus ammo to go with them.
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