They got caught by Twitter! The new media prevents a midnight coup. Like our roaches in Washington, if people find out how they are selling us out soon enough to turn on the lights, they scurry for the dark corners.
Lets remember this and turn on the lights in the legislative houses across the country.
That there was an instant pushback against government seizure of property (aka taxes) is very significant. It is because of the nakedness of Cyprus’ action.
Imagine what would happen here in the US if all taxpayers had to write a check monthly payable to the IRS, instead of having the payment hidden in the withholding portion of their paychecks.