Revolutions are never going to happen until–surprise–they do. They do not happen the way people expect, and they do not always produce the results intended. People forget that Louis was king for three years after the Revolution–until 1792. A great many revolutionaries expected to have a constitutional monarchy with lots of built-in protection for the status quo. But a diverse group of angry backbenchers, fringe politicians, and angry Parisian citizens–the Montagnards or Jacobins–came together to overthrow the Crown and execute the royal family.

It is always too easy to say it cannot happen here. After Bushism, Gang Banking, and, now, Depression, anything becomes possible, from military coups to general insurrection. And somehow I think that, like their Parisian counterparts, the citizens of the District feel the boot of our aristocratic Congress more sharply and are thus more amenable to revolutionary excess than most.

Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite!

mf hypocrite is the fear

to trust the geitnerds or the new dude who helped deregulate the financial giants (what an oxymoron) to a federal post is just nonsense.

state your case a bit more articulately. I may be dum but ya’ll ain’t convinced me…
peace

Oh, wait. We’re talking BB trash talk now. You’d think Obama would be a mover rather than a stander. But Eric Holder plays BB, too, and he seems to be a stander. In fact, he seems to excel at setting picks, rather than driving to the basket.

Bob in HI