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.
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