It's Not Time Yet, But . . .

self | February 23, 2009 | LS

[LS]

In the last few weeks, there have been a number of suggestions as to how to regain control of the government and our nation's direction. Some, such as Ron Paul's minions, are planning an April run on banks to try to "bring the system down." (Abbie Hoffman, is that you?) Others have suggsted various other plans, some good, some long-term, some organizational in nature.

I think I have the plan. It's not time yet. We'll know when. But I take my lead from our fellow Tennessee patriots who stopped that state's income tax from passing by basically tying up the capitol with a traffic jam and "human jam" of enormous proportions. (The French truckers did this a few years ago, too, to protest something).

Here's my suggestion: WHEN IT'S TIME, millions need to descend peacefully on D.C. in cars (the more the better), but planes, trains, and surreys will work too. Bring your sleeping bags. Stage the largest sit-down strike in American history, a strike that will make the inaguration crowd look like a bar mitzvah. Once again, PEACEFUL is the word.

The idea would be to so completely tie up D.C. that absolutely nothing could move. No staffers could get in, no media could get in or out except by helo. Some people might have to sacrifice cars---so some people might want to bring "beaters," and just walk away. What would happen if suddenly D.C. looked like one of those scenes from a horror movie, with hundreds of abandoned cars? It could take weeks to move anything. People would not be "PROTESTING" per se, but just "visiting" to express their concern, milling about, blocking up the nation's sick heart like a giant blood clot.

Imagine if no one can get in or out of airports? What would "they" do? Call the army? To do what? Herd people out? (How would THEY get in?)

I haven't fully fleshed this out, but it strikes me that it would be absolutely unbeatable. Read Jean Rapail's "The Camp of the Saints" and see how effective non-violent "showing up" can be!

[reasonisfaith]

Of course this would work. With enough people.

Count me in.

[reasonisfaith]

Your comments are very weak and all wrong.

The most significant requirement for success here is to have enough people with enough motive. This describes a threshold.

Understand the concept. The threshold is very near if not surpassed at this point.

[dforest]

Gettin’ militant now? I love it, besides we might have a chance to kill all that new sod we are supposed to be paying for!

Can we bring tar and feathers and do it in a peaceful way?

[WVKayaker]

[Paige]

Plan ahead and let us know so us working people can plan in advance to attend. Some of us work and do have to make plans....therefore, advanced notice would be most excellent.

Most of all, I would love to meet the Freepers! ;)

[CRBDeuce]

Hmmmm....let me think:

Bring down banks.........Stop Pork Barrell spending in Congress
Bring down banks.........Stop Pork Barrell spending in Congress
Bring down banks.........Stop Pork Barrell spending in Congress

Nope...Sorry, gotta go with “Stop Pork Barrell spending in Congress”

[LS]

Someone on the thread earlier had a great, great test for "when it's time": when you take your gun outside your house and you look to your left and your neighbor is outside with his gun, and you look to your right and your neighbor is outside with his gun, it's time. Until then, go back inside.

History is littered with "premature revolutiations." The Decembrist Revolt. Shays' Rebellion. Bacon's Rebellion. When the time comes, you won't need me or Rush or anyone to say, "Time ta meet!" We'll all be on our way.

[LS]

LOL. But this is part of the problem that we need to get real about---and why I said it isn't time YET: no one will get agitated enough about "pork barrell spending in Congress" to take time to go to DC or do anything.

But mark my words: these guys are so full of themselves now, and the Republicans so incredibly gullible and unwilling to fight, that Congress and Obama WILL do something dramatically terrifying and stupid very, very soon.

[ICCtheWay]

Solid Idea LS... I have been advocating this idea for several years on the subject of forced Amnesty - failure to secure the Mexican Border...

We now have several major issues with which to AROUSE citizens to take action... The action I strongly urge is to occupy D.C. with one - two - even three million citizens.

Obama and the DEMS have provided the motivation for a MASSIVE protest ... We have threats by the Obama Regime to control guns, we have Obama staffing his Cadre to force Amnesty of 20M Illegals upon us (while not securing the Mexican Border)... we have Obama (Reid and Pelosi) moving to force Socialism down the throats of Capitalistic America, we have the banks being nationalized, we have an outrageous - beyond belief Democrat imposed ‘Stimulus’ Edict, we have Obama and the DEMS proposing - imposing a Gargantuan Budget that will bury our children and grandchildren in debt ...

We have ALL THESE EXCESSES by OBAMA-REID-PELOSI — the “OPR” condemning generations to Socialist Servitude and SECOND CLASS citizenship upon AMERICANS....

I say - MASS millions in D.C. - Summer would be best... localized protest will be ignored and will not work... MASS in D.C. by the millions and SHUT the Government down...

Our future is not dependent upon the convenience of an available set of vacation days... OUR FOREFATHERS did not take a vacation to REVOLT against KING GEORGE... TAKE A RISK to SAVE THIS NATION !!!!

Anything less than MASSIVE will be totally ignored...