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Title: The last straw? Or has the camel already been crushed?
Post by: fifth_column on October 08, 2013, 04:40:30 PM

Park Service OKs immigration reform rally on ‘closed’ National Mall (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/7/park-service-oks-immigration-reform-rally-closed-n/)

Title: Re: The last straw? Or has the camel already been crushed?
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on October 08, 2013, 05:49:48 PM

No, it's not.

America is 20 years away from a last straw, from a tolerance perspective.

The only thing that will kick off the watering of the tree of liberty is dramatic financial insolvency.

Title: Re: The last straw? Or has the camel already been crushed?
Post by: Hutch on October 08, 2013, 08:46:03 PM

Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on October 08, 2013, 05:49:48 PM

No, it's not.

America is 20 years away from a last straw, from a tolerance perspective.

The only thing that will kick off the watering of the tree of liberty is dramatic financial insolvency.

Pucker up, buttercup.  We are living in Interesting Times.

Title: Re: The last straw? Or has the camel already been crushed?
Post by: dogmush on October 09, 2013, 12:01:58 AM

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/08/multiple-members-of-congress-reportedly-arrested-for-blocking-rush-hour-traffic-during-d-c-immigration-rally/

 [popcorn]

Title: Re: The last straw? Or has the camel already been crushed?
Post by: vaskidmark on October 09, 2013, 05:28:10 AM

I'd have wanted them arrested, selective partial shutdown or no.

Too bad DC does not have the same view of jaywalking as VA does.  (Jaywalkers have no right of way and may be civilly liable for damages and trauma they cause when struck by an automobile.)

stay safe.

Title: Re: The last straw? Or has the camel already been crushed?
Post by: Scout26 on October 09, 2013, 01:13:41 PM

I love that picture of Rangel in cuffs.  Shame he was out of jail in under an hour.  Had you or I committed the financial improprieties that he did, we'd be sharing a cell with Bernie Madoff.

Title: Re: The last straw? Or has the camel already been crushed?
Post by: vaskidmark on October 09, 2013, 04:17:56 PM

I'd love to see SCOTUS deal with this.  Congresscritters are immune from arrest/prosecution for what they do while Congress is in session.  What most folks, including congresscritters, do not understand is that it applies to acts committed on the floor of Congress - not out on the streets.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Congressional+immunity

stay safe.