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To: Mouton
"We owe a debt of gratitude to Rick Santelli who came up with the idea of going down to the Chicago river and dumping tea in on the 4th of July."

Yes. Since 0 "wasn't aware" of the Tea Party protests that involved at least tens of thousands of Americans, it strikes me more is needed.

I was listening to a radio show last night where a caller bemoaned the lack of civil disobedience these days, pointing out how effective it was for MLK.

That got me to thinking that the next Tea Party march on DC should involve exercising God-given Second Amendment rights, with most if not all of the hundreds of thousands of marchers carrying firearms. Since that's not allowed in DC, it would be civil disobedience on a grand scale, while remaining completely peaceful. One hopes, at least. ;-)

I'm quite sure 0 would notice that. Just a hypothetical idea, of course. :-)

17 posted on 12/13/2009 4:45:57 AM PST by PreciousLiberty (In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.)
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To: PreciousLiberty
To my knowledge, talk show host, Jason Lewis, held the first ever "Teabagger" protest back before Y2K on the Minnesota Capitol steps.

He has since gone nationwide. Please catch his show! He is a brilliant economist that understands what Obama is really up to.

20 posted on 12/13/2009 5:11:16 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (Been collecting pitchforks for years - now I know why!)
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To: PreciousLiberty

I was watching the movie “Streets of New York” last evening and part of it dealt with the anti draft riots in NYC circa 1863. The Army fired on the rioters with both rifles and cannon. I wonder what today’s army would do if given an order to disburse a riotous crowd seeking justice and representation before our legislators who seem deaf to the idea of representative democracy. IMO, there is a greater than 90% chance they would not follow such orders today.

Vince


21 posted on 12/13/2009 5:23:01 AM PST by Mouton
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