Tea Party Members Conspiring Armed Overthrow of Government

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137. Hopefully they are being closely watched ...

One truth about the internet is that you can find a number of people who agree with your views no matter how far out they might be. Consequently you may falsely feel that a large number of people agree with you.

We are living through tough economic times.The middle class is becoming endangered and the rich are growing even more wealthy. The War on Drugs was lost decades ago but we continue to fight a losing battle against criminal drug organizations that are growing more powerful and dangerous. We send our young men and women all over the world to fight in questionable wars that largely lack public support. Our healthcare system is the most expensive in the world but far from the best and the recent passage of "ObamaCare" might conceivably make it even more expensive and possibly less effective. Our educational system at the high school level is hardly world class and while our colleges are excellent they are extremely expensive. We have an irrational immigration policy and our companies often treat illegal immigrants as a modern slave class to be abused.

The war on terror has led our government to take measures that many view as a loss of our rights to privacy and the destruction of many of the rights the founding fathers gave us.

The people we elect to office often appear to be bought and owned by the big corporations and both parties bicker and fight with each other like children in an unsupervised playground. Political campaigns begin early, are extremely expensive and fill the airwaves with negative political advertisements that while effective turn off many viewers. Compromising is a lost art between the two major political parties especially since the Tea Party became a powerful voice in the Republican Party. Currently Congress has only a 22% approval rating.

It's extremely difficult to find work if you are young or have lost your job. College graduates are returning to their parent's homes and often are lucky to find a job flipping hamburgers. The rate of new job creation is not matching even the number of new people entering the work force.

House prices have collapsed and many home owners find their mortgage underwater with the amount they owe far exceeding the value of their home. Many homeowners have lost their homes to foreclosure. Consumer confidence is low and not improving, consequently businesses faced with this factor and uncertainty about the cost of healthcare are reluctant to hire.

Obviously we are going through a tough stage of our history and it is not surprising that a few loons will decide to something extremely foolish. Fortunately the idea of taking control of our government has little support from the majority of our citizens.

What I fear is that if these idiots are armed and actually try to take over the government their efforts will cause a push for draconian gun control. If so, this might well lead to a much more dangerous level of dissatisfaction with our government and might enable the Republicans to gain control of the Presidency and both houses of Congress.

A study of our history will show many times in the past we have faced and overcame extremely difficult situations without violence. There have been some armed rebellions before and they all failed and our form of representative democracy survived.

I have faith in our system of government and I feel we have better days in our future. It's a fond belief of gun owners that their weapons might aid in an overthrow of a real dictatorship and while possible this is debatable. One thing that is certain is that for any rebellion to be successful, unless launched by a nation's military, a large percentage or a majority of the population has to be involved. In such cases, often a non-violent unarmed uprising will prevail.

I personally feel that this fool and any of his friends will be carefully watched and any threat they pose will be nipped in the bud.