[Man50D]

I don't see how we get out of this.

Our founding fathers foresaw how we could rid ourselves of a tyrannical, runaway government. To quote a passage from the Declaration of Independence:

"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

They understood the people are the government, not SCOTUS, not Congress and not the White House. The three branches operate only at the consent of the governed. The people will have the final say as to how they are governed.

[sickoflibs]

Chris Matthews is doing a special on that theme tonight 7pm EST called “Tea Parties : Rise of the new Right “where he will tell his small audience that we (those not liberal) want to overthrow the Obama government which we consider illegitimate . I presume this is to work up the liberal base to vote in November.