Remember:
Nobody at the reins of power will stop doing what they’re doing unless they are a little frightened of what we’ll do.
Now: What do we do that causes them to fear us without all ending up at Gitmo? Tea parties don’t seem to work. What is the breakover point?
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Perhaps if we each sent some rope, a small packet of tar and one of feathers, and 2 or three cartridges…
No note, no signature, nothing.
I’m just sayin’
it’s an interesting thought, Mr B.
Iran- not enough to stop them
US – Not enough to stop them
Honduras – Stopped the Coup
signs make for pretty signs, but no changes.
stopping something, actual stops that something.
Yep, Sofa, a criminal who is put to death commits no more crimes, right?
I think the 2nd Amendment is a pretty potent check, Og. As long as our rights are not eroded in that area, I will continue to be content – for now.
I recall that Madam Pelosi was rather shaken by the protests on September 12th, 2009.
The end of a good rope will stop them.
Whiskey, not Tea. That’s the ticket!
There is a book, “The Tipping Point” in which the author talks about what it takes for businesses, governments, cultures or individuals to reach that point where everything changes. Look at the previous century.
WWI it was the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. The last vestiges of Euro-royalism was being challenged by socialist thinking, and communist action.
WWII was a point wherein the impact of the world wide economic depression created a fertile ground for the German culture, still stinging from their defeat by the Brits and these upstart Americans, set, to listen to a mad Austrian who believed he was the chosen to create a Fascist/socialist empire.
The Communist Soviet expansionism after the bloody October massacre in 1917 which led to the takeover of China by the Maoist communists which led to the so called “Cold War”.
The fire-fight between the Viet Cong and the U.S. Air-Cav rangers in the Ia Drang Valley in 1965.
Og spoke of the weight being shifted to our shoulders…Atlas Shrugged.
That creates the tipping point for this young century.
The second decade begins with one of the worst Presidential administrations ever put into power, a congress run by rubes and sycophants, and a populace caught up in economic and social turmoil that rivals the Great Depression.
What will beOUR tipping point?
Joan……Whiskey indeed! I’ll take three fingers of Jack to start.
Hmmm … If the normal stuff’s not having any effect, hows about we:
Tamper with our catalytic converters?
Leave the lights on during the day?
Flush the low volume toilets multiple times? … and leave the toilet seat up?
Put the thermostat above 72 in winter and below 72 in summer?
Use our wood-burning fireplaces?
Stop recycling?
Feed the bears in national parks?
Remove the tags from our mattresses?
Refuse to accept that ‘Objects in Mirror are closer than they appear’?
Stop buying newspapers?
Keep buying ammo.
That should do it.
USC, I never know if you’re being serious or sarcastic, but if I hear the shitstorm coming, I’m gonna stand close to you, and hand you mags if need be.
“Perhaps if we each sent some rope, a small packet of tar and one of feathers, and 2 or three cartridges…
No note, no signature, nothing.
I’m just sayin’ ”
Oh no… can’t do that…
http://smallestminority.blogspot.com/2009/04/heres-your-1st-rightwing-extremist.html
Long-form your tax return and don’t e-file it. If it’s feasible, file for an extension, just to keep the paperwork mounting up.
We should be flooding ACORN offices with folks asking for help with mortgages. nevermind that you don’t qualify, just keep the morons busy. The Russian dissidents knew this tactic well: keep the bureaucrats busy with their own obligatory paperwork and review process.
I’m with Joan. Long file taxes, add lots of blank additional schedules just to slow them down, and ALWAYS file the extension. Just remember if you owe, the extension doesn’t wave the interest, just the penalty.We need to stopper the fucking cash flow.
But, hey! Obama’s closing Gitmo. I ain’t afeered of taking my chances with a jury of my peers, alhtough I don’t think I’d mind a few years on a Caribbean island, either. Even if I was in a dog pen.
64 Allowances on your Form W4 Federal Withholding form will starve the .Gov of your payroll tax deductions.
“Use our wood-burning fireplaces?”
Shit, mine’s going everyday of late.
Og, the question you pose is one that at times seems like it is consuming me. Letters to the editor, calling my senators, harrassing Al Gore’s office, It feels like rowing about 30 yards upstream from Niagara Falls. My plan; start a blog, seek out like minded people on blogs. It has caused me to go waaaaaaaay outside my comfort zone, but it’s also invigorating. If I can tie some Mommy bloggers to some gun bloggers, to some military bloggers, to some farmers, to some contractors, etc., then the whole WILL become greater than the sum of the parts. The first order of business is to connect with diverse, yet like minded people. We need to sacrifice our time to facilitate making these connections. An example, I don’t know you, but I became aware of you through Brigid. Came and checked you out. Your voice resonnated with me. That’s a connection. One day I just left a comment, then a couple more. These types of connections need to be exploited. This “new media” is the answer. Backed up just as strongly by a horde of pissed She-Bear mommy bloggers who hate guns, love jesus, but would kill for their children, just like finger on the trigger gun toters like myself. The tide can be turned. Read other blogs, go outside your comfort zone, make connections, establish relationships, seek common ground, BE HONEST. Avenues will present themselves and when they do the more people you can point them out to, so much the better. Leaders will emerge, soldiers will fall in, things will get done, but for now, FIND THE RECRUITS. Build your traffic, study this “new media” and become proficient in it’s use. Example, despite being a cyber-doofus, I did some HTML stuff for the first time in the last few days. Wasn’t that hard, just had to not be skeerd. :) I’m not Einstein, but I see power in these blogs. You throw a party and 5 people show, I throw a party and 5 people show, If we throw the party together, 10 people show and you and I skate on buying beer. Simple concept. Just sayin’ Stephen
Want those in power to sit up and take notice? Over the next three election cycles, don’t re-elect a single incumbent.
I’m with deadcenter. This November can be our tipping point. If I lived in Florida, this guy would get my vote: http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/sherm/If_this_doesnt_get_you_charged_nothing_will.html
Clark, even here I’ll bet you few people remember who LTC West is.
I remember because in 2003 I published a guest editorial that was inspired in defense of him.
Do not fail to read (at the bottom) the author’s short bio and discretely pass along what is implied in his next to last sentence. We need more Wests.
All good suggestions.
Still keeping the tar up to working temp though.
Like Dick, I think a good rope is sadly underused on political necks.
Tar is hell to get out of my clothes.
I had the idea a while back of mailing small boxes to every congresscritter. Each would contain a piece of tar, some feathers and a stick to represent the rail.
Either that, or just a few million people go to DC and start dragging fat asses out of offices.