Posted by
VBushmills on Saturday, July 25, 2009 1:29:10 PM
It's a remarkable sight, and no, you won't read about it in the paper or see it on television.
For the longest time, Vassar Bushmills and I have been talking about how conservatism has been "stealing" the old songs of protest from the 1960s. Bob Dylan's "Blowing in the Wind" is a liberty song, all about constitutional rights.
Now, the times they are a'changing and they are quickening.
No one can recall the last time people had public meetings, marches, protests that far in front of an election. This weekend, four weekends after the 4th of July, as many as half a million Americans, 100 here, 75 there, 500 over there, will hit the streets and public parks, or take a bus ride, to protest the Health Care "reform" bill, Cap and Trade. For the first time ever..repeat, ever...in our nation''s history, the people know more and respond more to the Bill of Rights and the Constitution than do their elected representatives.
Memo to Congress: This is the bandwagon. Get on it, or get out. And get a lawyer.
This is a march that isn't going to end. It's only going to get bigger and bigger.
One note of caution, both to you patriots and to the military: Several talk show hosts worry that maybe you will get a little too rambunctious, and give the government cause to send in the riot police, or worse, suspend posse comitatus (the prohibition of using federal troops to carry out civilian police functions, such as riot control).
Backed against the wall, look for a staged event by the Obamailis, to make it look like you went over the edge.
Worse, while having your version of the Boston Tea Party, keep one eye out for trigger fingered cops and hired thugs, keeping in mind there was also a Boston Massacre.
Keep your cool, but watch yer topknot. It will be hot summer. 2010 will be hotter.
Bernard Chumm