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By Travis Gettys
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Self-styled revolutionary patriots plan to converge on Washington, D.C., this week to drive President Barack Obama and disloyal lawmakers out of office.
We are calling for the removal of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, and Eric Holder as a start toward constitutional restoration, said retired Army Col. Harry Riley, leader of the Operation American Spring protest group. They have all abandoned the US Constitution, are unworthy to be retained in a position that calls for servant status.
Operation American Spring aims to pressure those lawmakers who remain or are replaced by officials of their own choosing to sponsor and pass very Constitutionally crafted State legislation to dissolve the size, powers, scope and spending of the U.S. Government by 2/3rds.
The activists say they expect 10 million to 30 million like-minded Americans to join them Friday in the nations capital for a rally patterned after Occupy Wall Street and Arab Spring protests. (emphasis added - Don)
more
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/13/operation-american-spring-promises-to-drive-obama-from-office-this-friday/
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10 million to 30 million?
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)That wouldn't just shut down the government, it'd shut down pretty much goddamned everything.
I'm gonna say fifty. 75, if it's not too sunny and the honey buckets are lined up.
Dale Neiburg
(696 posts)Heavy rain, especially in the morning. About 2 inches expected.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)there's the rationale, "too much rain." Of course, that can be countered; "God vetoed your coup, sending the rain to wash it out."
Corporate media will be all over it claiming V I C T O R Y.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)That explains their need to overcompensate.
Marthe48
(16,904 posts)n/t
riqster
(13,986 posts)mountain grammy
(26,598 posts)The old ones better bundle up, they'll catch their death.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)gholtron
(376 posts)30 Million in one day. On President Obama's inaugural ceremony there were about 2 million people there. People were there days before the ceremony. With that size crowd, I wonder why there aren't anyone showing up early?
mazzarro
(3,450 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Make7
(8,543 posts)It was only a week or so ago that I was reading about it. I wonder if I'll remember about it after it occurs. Surely it will be memorable.
KatyaR
(3,445 posts)I'd really like the day off to sleep in....
hatrack
(59,578 posts)Unless you're within fifty feet walking along the Mall, I'd say "no".
Marthe48
(16,904 posts)even if Col. Riley is the only moran (on purpose) who shows up....
central scrutinizer
(11,637 posts)[link:
|justhanginon
(3,289 posts)better get out to my car tomorrow and scrape off my somewhat faded Obama/Biden sticker out of my back window. Can't be too careful with the that there revolooshun acoming! They may want revenge.
Bigmack
(8,020 posts)If some asshole says he wants to remove elected leaders of this country, and he's carrying a weapon.... isn't that illegal?
Those assholes will certainly be armed.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Anyone armed can be arrested; all tens of them won't overwhelm the system.
mbperrin
(7,672 posts)Article III, Section 3:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
Guns? Check. Acting to remove government officials at the highest level? Check.
Nice article on treason with relevant court cases:
http://www.nytimes.com/1861/01/25/news/treason-against-the-united-states.html
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)its political protest not treason. We dont want to go down the road of criminalizing dissent. .....
mbperrin
(7,672 posts)Right in the body of the OP from their Dear Leader:
For more than five years, we the people have been writing, calling, faxing Congress, the media, screaming in Town Halls, marching, rallying, demonstrating, petitioning, all to no avail, Riley said. Every branch of government looks at we the people whom they have taken an oath to serve, as pests, interfering with their political agenda, cramping their self-serving, greedy agendas. We have no faith in the ballot box any longer, as many believe this sacred secret box has been compromised. - See more at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/13/operation-american-spring-promises-to-drive-obama-from-office-this-friday/#sthash.KHfwLQdQ.dpuf
No faith in the ballot box any longer.
Bigmack
(8,020 posts)Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)I really doubt that they would show up at DC armed....... Obama isnt the first pres to be protested this way.
mbperrin
(7,672 posts)And that's being generous.
As usual, right-wing mouth overloads their asses.
jmowreader
(50,528 posts)Sedition is conduct leading to insurrection against the government.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)Fixed.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)quarbis
(314 posts)Because clowns make you laugh
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)bill.sharma
(1 post)Does any body in this group even knows what the term " Patriot " even means, If it was up to the immigrants like me we would pick these idiot and put them on a boat and cast them out to sea. These are the same people who prosecuted a leader of the sovereign nation that the politician had propped these leader up when it was in our favor. These People appear to be uneducated at best and in all likelihood live on federal government help. If they have the guts to be a real patriot they only want the very best person to be their president and not what is the color of the President of these United States. This person Mr. Riely brings shame to all people who have served this blessed country . Shame on you Mr. Riely
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)and welcome to DU.
crim son
(27,464 posts)and nice post.
treestar
(82,383 posts)niyad
(113,074 posts)reACTIONary
(5,768 posts)Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)In the streets of Washington DC?
Some sort of armed Occupy Washington?
Try googleing "Bonus Army 1932"; the last time the US Calvary used sabers militarily.
Initech
(100,040 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Erose999
(5,624 posts)it would suffice.
niyad
(113,074 posts)Erose999
(5,624 posts)than vice versa. LOL
2naSalit
(86,330 posts)where are they gonna get the gas $$ to get to DC?
FSogol
(45,448 posts)There's a few bucks the government could save.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)I had people in my family and know a number of other veterans. They would never do this kind of stuff.
I think this is the result of an entire generation of military who listened to hate radio (Rush) on the AFN.
It's not allowing diversity of views when the pundits call for the silencing of all other views. No, it's not.
As far as older vets going this route, they were taken in by the John Birch Society when they left and started drawing their pensions. And are against anyone else getting anything, they truly think they are superior to the American people and deserve more than anyone else. How many vets are hanging out with Bundy?
A number of them, or so they claim. May this one be another big flop like these:
First:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110217108
Second:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022809391
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022920311
Third:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023368038
Fourth:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/26/tea-party-supporter-has-set-a-date-for-the-armed-overthrow-of-the-government/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023734965
Fifth:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024059191
And we can't forget:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017151778
Actually this thread is LOL:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023854728
I feel much better now.
FSogol
(45,448 posts)They should have stuck with 10-30 Hate-triots.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Made it through Vietnam, and cruised on up through the Cold War era. He was ex-enlisted, but couldn't break that magical glass ceiling between senior officer and flag/general rank....and that's pretty telling, given his time in service and, most significantly, his decorations. You'd think a guy with a silver star would be considered, but apparently, he was NOT.
Part of the Fake 'Em Till We Break 'Em Reagan military. Star Wars, yeah!
This mentally ill idiot needs to stop using his rank to foment sedition...he's dumber than that Boykin asshole who misused his rank and preached from the pulpit stuffed like a sausage into his uniform. A pox on the bozo! He's a disgrace to his branch of service!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Turbineguy
(37,291 posts)should be taken into protective custody before he gets himself hurt. Perhaps a 90 day observation period would be helpful.
Cha
(296,848 posts)sheshe2
(83,654 posts)Cha
(296,848 posts)she~
treestar
(82,383 posts)Dumb as right wingers can be, there aren't 10 million of them that dumb. Oh yeah and I thought they have to work. Big protests of Democrats exist only because none of us have jobs.
tanyev
(42,520 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Their facebook page has just over 5000 likes and you know not one in ten of those will be showing up.
There will be more porta potties than activists.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)like they did for the TB movement. I'm pretty sure the Bundy crew will show up y'know the ones that are on some sort of Gubbmint assistance.
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)neverforget
(9,436 posts)Aristus
(66,293 posts)nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)But seriously, it is amazing just how much a black man in the White House brings out some people's nutty side.
Rex
(65,616 posts)If that! People get behind real crisis like OWS. OTOH, nobody gets behind a few wackadoodles, except for fellow wackadoodles. Or about 10 to 30 people.
No doubt Alex Jones will be there spit flying all over the crowd in fanatical reactionary mode.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)spanone
(135,795 posts)one_voice
(20,043 posts)notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)for the 6 protesters that actually show up.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)waddirum
(979 posts)... before the ATMs shut down and revolution commences.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)Like everybody else, I don't think they'll get the numbers they think they will get. The USA is in no way close to a revolutionary or pre-revolutionary situation at this point. And what they're expecting as a turnout WOULD be a revolutionary situation.
Now, a coup attempt is possible. Probably not this weekend, but at some time in the future. A coup doesn't take the kind of numbers that a revolution would. It just needs the right type of people and some involvement or non-involvement by the active military. Kind of like Ukraine.
As a matter of fact the Ukrainian model would be the best that these plotters could hope for and I don't think they've got the numbers for even that situation. But I guess we'll see this weekend.
chrisa
(4,524 posts)More than half of them will see no one there and slink away, embarrassed. They'll blame the weather, or start giving excuses.
spanone
(135,795 posts)well, i hope veep biden is ready to kick some fucking ass on saturday.
packman
(16,296 posts)to be there doing on-the-spot interviews.
raccoon
(31,105 posts)Where was all this fervor when the Bush-Cheney gang lied us into the Iraq Invasion?
toddwv
(2,830 posts)the VA check and SS he's getting?
I'm going to go out on a limb and put participation at around 15,000. Sounds like a lot unless you remember there are almost 350,000,000 people in the US. I'm sure Fox "News" will "accidentally" cut in some shots of larger rallies and try to peg the numbers in the hundreds of thousands...
Vogon_Glory
(9,109 posts)I'm looking for signs of Colonel Riley and his Bonehead Marchers from afar. So far, I don't think there's much sign of them in DC, at least if traffic reports are anything to go by. I'd think that if Colonel Riley expected his ten million sooper-dooper patriots to show up, they'd already be converging on the Nation's Capital.
Traffic still normal? Colonel Riley's Bonehead Marchers must have one heck of a stealth transportation package!
Enrique
(27,461 posts)oh wait yes you will
treestar
(82,383 posts)overcrowded restaurants on the night before the big do?
Yeah, thought not.
Botany
(70,447 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Yes, I remember that one!
OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)I'm in DC, visiting my daughter in her Capitol Hill apartment.
I'm betting the 10-30 million turns out to be 500 at most.
1. I was on the Mall a few minutes ago . . . no preparations for 10 million visitors. Not even preps for anything more than the usual tourists.
2. The driver of this clown car is Harry Riley, Colonel, US Army (Retired). I knew Harry - - - I'm a retired colonel also. He was a bit of a flake back then and I see he's gone around the bend.
3. I was reading comments on the "Patriots For America" Facebook page. A group in Florida was crowing about hiring a 59-passenger luxury coach to attend the rally. Turned out, they cancelled the bus because only 7 signed up and 4 of those dropped out for medical reasons.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)And don't get too close to those porta-potties....you know how much gas those groups emit
I have a child living in DC as well, and other family members. Can't wait to get updates on this rebbolushunn!
Stay safe, OldRedneck!
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Col Riley, thanks but no thanks. We don't need yet another crackpot in the news. Haven't we suffered enough with Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling? Go back to the padded room and don't come out until you're sane.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)That's a pretty good indicator right there.
Your intel is a lot more solid than boxcar girl's. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024958163
OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)Weather forecast for DC for Friday, 16 May, calls for heavy rain all day long, local flooding, thunderstorms -- starting late Thursday night.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)Today there is a wall of water about to be passing over the region. Upriver regions are already drenched and beginning to overflow. By tomorrow the Potomac at Georgetown will be at six feet and nearing flood stage by Saturday night.
At this point I'm actually hoping for a pretty decent turnout, because they'll quickly churn their little pig-sty section of the mall into a muddy quagmire, which will be the most miserable for those most deserving people who actually make the trip. Then they'll get to sit there and listen to blaring loudspeakers in the cold rain without any beer, because Saint Ronnie made drinking beer on the Mall illegal.
Some of them, no doubt, will be soaking, shivering and blocking the left side of the Metro escalators with their plus-sized butts as real Americans try to work around them. I am so glad I won't be there to see it!
ChazInAz
(2,559 posts)LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)My office will be closed and I'll have a long weekend.
DesertDiamond
(1,616 posts)Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)Our spare bedroom is empty. I can put the President and Michelle up for the night.
The girls would have to sleep down in the family room.
Just give us a little warning, so I can head out to the Piggly Wiggly for snacks.
No Vested Interest
(5,164 posts)for a simple meal?
(And never got a response?)
He might need to fire up the grill Friday night.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)spooky3
(34,406 posts)(DC area resident here)
libodem
(19,288 posts)Out behind the dumpsters and declares them "Free Speech Zones". That is how The Cheney administration handled protesters. Right?
cvoogt
(949 posts)Hmm, OK. 10 million huh? Let's see about that. "10 to 30 million" = delusional.
Ohio Joe
(21,727 posts)Teabaggers are such stupid fucks... the mind boggles.
louis-t
(23,273 posts)And these phony patriots are going to decide how much money the government spends and on what? Sounds like a plan.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Sounds like the GOP Koch crew at work, like last year:
Rand Paul says default can be 'framed as a reasonable idea' and Tom Coburn wants to default to face a 'managed catastrophe.'
Thank Gawd we had a POTUS who wouldn't let them do this stunt. Although they are kicking and yelling right now about the owner of the GOP, the Kochs, not getting their Keystone after being promised by BushCo in 2007.
They are pissed and I'm wondering if the Duh Kernel is getting some green from one of the Koch front groups to organize this. Media will love this, I bet.
Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)10-30 million? Oh well, it's Friday, so there should be space to accommodate that many.
rafeh1
(385 posts)Get a random crowd of few thousand in tahrir square. declare crowd to be 30 million and have Army general do coup to save the country.
underpants
(182,624 posts)They would choose
KaryninMiami
(3,073 posts)No idea if it will be covered on the TV- guess if 10 million show up (ha) they will get some media coverage. Few hundred? Probaby not so much. But the photos would be great fun to see!
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)karynnj
(59,498 posts)lolly
(3,248 posts)Some are complaining about a "media blackout" that has kept them from finding out about the great uprising.
Others are worried that the Communists will take advantage of the chaos that might result.
karynnj
(59,498 posts)It should give many pause as to who exactly the posters there really are.
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)Might as well advertise it
classykaren
(769 posts)rpannier
(24,328 posts)The laugh factor has to be worth something
But... I'm afraid I might get counted as being among their supporters because I was in the general area
drm604
(16,230 posts)it might nearly double the headcount!
KansDem
(28,498 posts)Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)That means the Teabaggers are going to attract at least ten times as many people as the biggest protest ever, I imagine traffic is heavy in the DC area tonight.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)I wish they would all pack up and go to the Russia they seem to love and admire.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)LongTomH
(8,636 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)It is funny how desperate the right wing loons are. I'm sure they'll be packing their huge guns to make up for the small size of their....
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)there hasn't even been a million person protest yet let alone a 10,000,000 person protest
treestar
(82,383 posts)No matter how many of them show up, there is no way he's going to resign. What idiots.
They are not getting past the Secret Service either.
They must think the POTUS is King, like deposing him and putting a new one on the throne is going to make a huge difference.
Mkap
(223 posts)to the 19th century
dey tuk yer jobs
and yer country...
[video]
IrishAle
(62 posts)200+ unkempt guys with a fat roll on the back of their head, carrying signs with wildly creative spelling. All huffing and puffing to reach their rascals once the TV cameras are turned off.
LOL!
lunasun
(21,646 posts)and are they just planning to..yell at the WH "Obama Obama come out come out wherever you are and let red rover take over " or some shit ?
or is this some kinda of retired Army junta since they talk of removing elected officials and replacing them with officials of their own choosing ?
They also plan a sister event the same day in Bunkerville, Nevada, where militia groups have gathered to support scofflaw rancher Cliven Bundy in his dispute with the federal government.
Organizers also anticipate incremental nullification by state legislatures of all withholding taxes, employment taxes, employer taxes, and income taxes.
This will effectively DOUBLE the size of ALL American Middle Class family weekly paychecks and cause our local city and town economies to boom, the group promises on its Facebook page.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Both are powers of a zillion for sure !
AndyTiedye
(23,500 posts)...the guys who write this stuff are really in.
chillfactor
(7,573 posts)are they going to get as many people out as they did with the truckers? Five semis if I remember correctly.....
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)However, given Riley's rhetoric... forcing elected officials out of office (including POTUS), taking back "their" country, appointing their own new officials ... this sounds a lot like an attempted coup d'etat. IMO, anyone carrying a weapon should be charged with treason, and anyone showing up should be charged with conspiracy to commit treason.
Skittles
(153,113 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)Operation America's Brain Dead
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)1. Its on a Friday
2. Its going to raining
3. Its a bunch right wingers (They are not known for creating critical mass type events)
They will never EVER ...EVER get more than 75 people.
I'm going to say 7 people show up.
byronius
(7,391 posts)300, and the Sunday shows are going to be abuzz.
And that's the ridiculous part. Crazy sells. It can't govern, and it can't do anything but be crazy, but it means viewers in a fading market.
I can't even imagine what it's like to watch that swill. I stopped long ago.
Sheesh, if you want to know what's really going on, read Barbara Tuchman's 'The March Of Folly', the section about the Renaissance popes -- 1) Wealthy power circles use fear and superstition to collect all the wealth, 2) Everything collapses, and 3) Humanity stumbles forward (some don't) sort of, in some sort of direction, learning all the lessons, oh wait 4) it happens again.
Ah, Primates. 122 of them. Tellin' it like it is. Inside their heads. Which are really fucked up. Badly fucked up. Smelly bad in there. Yechh.
The Wizard
(12,536 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)Got my supplies ready to watch it all go down!
dotymed
(5,610 posts)The MSM will be there in force. The protester numbers will be exaggerated and the cameras will be set at angles to "prove"
their story.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Skeeter get ur guns, we going to D.C.!
Erose999
(5,624 posts)bullshit is that. Its not even rhythmic, which figures for a crowd composed entirely of White people.