How the hell is it a "coup d'etat" if the Porkulus bill passes with a majority of votes from Senator and Representatives elected by a majority of their constituents?
The term is used metaphorically. The normal process of passing a spending bill, any spending bill, has been circumvented. The tagging of this as an "emergency" bill has given license to ram this bill, complete with ACORN, Planned Parenthood and Union quid pro quo payback, down the throat of the public without their knowledge of its contents nor its consequences. The bill is a changing forever what is left of the constitutional government that facilitated liberty and prosperity such as the world has never seen. It is nothing less than the forcible usurpation of the economy - which means the end of the American way of life. Liberty was languishing in a slow death, but Barrak O'Marx dealt the final blow! Just watch how bold they become with control: euthanasia, censorship,UN treaty on the rights of the child- the nightmare has just begun. This is a coup over the graves of the founders and framers.