Tea Party hatches quiet-but-insane plot against democracy: Meet the “12 Percent Solution”

Salon ^ | January 16, 2014 | Paul Rosenberg

[2ndDivisionVet]

What if there were a fourth branch of government that would allow the fans of

[SeminoleCounty]

Sounds like the Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable is funding Salon

[svcw]

That is just silly the TP has never been quite about their intentions.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Does this guy really believe that the government Obama and his ‘RATS have given us is a democracy? If he does he must be living in Washington state or Colorado or making a lot of trips there.

[SaxxonWoods]

The question we all need to be asking of abortion lovers at every opportunity:

When are liberals going to admit that their goal is to decimate the birth rates of minorities?

[jeffc]

What if there were a fourth branch of government...

Oh, c'mon, Mr. Rosenberg, even liberals believe the media (at least the large portion that is liberal) are the fourth part of government, helping to elect Dems and push the liberal agenda.

Please don't insult us by pretending otherwise.

[Rodamala]

It's for the best... The Slate and Salon have nothing of any value to bring to your life. They may as well mirror to this.

[txrefugee]

When Obumbles claims he has the right to make laws by himself, where is Salon then? No wringing of hands and wetting of panties when the Left tells us how we are to live, is there? From what time we get up (government time zones), to the amount of water in our toilets, to how much of our paychecks we can keep for our families’ needs, everything is regulated by the power grabbers in Washington. And we are supposed to fear the grannies in the TEA Party???

[central_va]

The Tea Party is taking a lot of flak. This is good news; must be over the target.

[Paine in the Neck]

Laws that are unconstitutional or that contravene constitutional rights are not the supreme law of the land so therefore they can be nullified by the States.

Military personnel are bound to ignore unlawful orders. Nullification is the same principle writ large. States are morally bound not to follow unconstitutional laws.

[andyk]

Thank God we are a constitutional republic. Salon’s idea of “democracy” is mob rule by “Occupy” buttholes.

My first thought as well. I'm far more interested in preserving individual liberty than some quaint, nebulous notion of democracy.

[MeshugeMikey]

WOW that was SPECIAL!

[Noumenon]

Here's a little something for your Sunday morning enjoyment. And a warning to the butt-pluggers over at Salon:

Life During Wartime

Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons,
Packed up and ready to go
Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway,
A place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance,
I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstore, lived in the ghetto,
I've lived all over this town
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
This ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey,
I ain't got time for that now

[Repeal The 17th]

Or this one ... it is more relaxing...:
ZOMBO COM

[RobbyS]

If the President, who is sworn to execute the laws faithfully, can nullify a law, at least conditionally, so can a state. The States are, by the way, the actual fourth branch of the federal government.

[Dead Corpse]

Consider the source. Salon=Soviet era Pravda.

[Vaquero]

“There is water at the bottom of the ocean”
“Same as it ever was”

Which side do you think David Byrne is on? Seems lefty to me.

[Viennacon]

Salon is a communist news source. The fact that they’re worried is a good sign.

[pepsi_junkie]

...and pretty much nullify any federal law or Supreme Court decision they don’t like, based on the support of as little as 12 percent of the nation’s population?

It's outrageous to think that 12% of the population (i.e millions of people) could dare to think their wishes and needs outweigh the arbitrary rulings of 9 individuals.

[alcatrash]

you and i seem to be cut from the same bolt of cloth... and it's red, white and blue. great article for FReeper fodder.

if you think about it, what else would you expect from "Salon?" what an immoral pile of oxygen-wasters.

[Noumenon]

Nothing says we can’t use their own memes and themes against them.