[Paladin2b]

I’m sure it is funny but I’m unfamiliar with the reference... what’s the “Preakness Pool” ?

In both the 1964 film and the 1962 novel (IMHO better than even the Lancaster-Douglas movie) the Joint Chiefs of Staff who are plotting a coup d'etat against the President are using communiques among top brass stationed around the world on a betting pool on the Preakness Stakes as the coded cover for their scheme.

[FlyVet]

"When I see the worsening degeneracy in our politicians, our media, our educators, and our intelligentsia, I can’t help wondering if the day may yet come when the only thing that can save this country is a military coup."

-Thomas Sowell

Unfortunately, a military coup would only be a temporary fix. The real problem is that an increasingly corrupt populace provides and then votes for corrupt politicians.

[clamper1797]

Can you say ... military coup ... it may come to that ... think Cassius Chaerea