I was originally going to suggest: Really Bad Cop / Satan. But yours works like a charm.

And I’ve it work in the Marine Corps turning an obnoxious airhead into a thoughtful, order following, polite young man.

Go plot terrorism elsewhere.

Achance appears to be concerned about this per his reference to the Wilmot Proviso. I hope to God he is wrong, but I am beginning to sense something is about to explode. It could be the sheer emotional investment many of us have had during this fight just spilling out, but I am reading words like this all over the internet and it is a little disconcerting. So what happens if ObamaCare passes? Obviously the states will find themselves in dire financial waters, not to mention the country as a whole.

Its a dirty word, and I won’t debate it further after mentioning it if the moderator tells me to shut up.

If this bill passes, the entire grassroots populace needs to pivot to their state legislators and governors, particularly if they are exposed to recalls, and demand full and unconditional nullification of ObamaCare. If 20-30 states do this and the courts strike it down, the next step will probably be the feds withholding funds from the states. That can be addressed with language in the nullification bill (some of it has already been written so boilerplates do exist) to create state income tax escrow accounts to withhold tax dollars from the federal government so the states have access to funds and then pay the federal government what they believe the feds “deserve” for lack of a better word. ObamaCare will bankrupt them anyway.

Get enough states to do this and Obama will not have the manpower to enforce the law. Get 40 states or more and he definitely does not have the manpower. They are being unreasonable, so we need to return the favor, although what the states would be doing would be asserting their rights under the 10th amendment to be free from tyranny, something not unreasonable at all.

If only a few states do it, then the NG and military could be used against the states. Obama has to count on or we have to be fearful they would follow orders that violated their oath to uphold and protect the constitution. His reaction to the recent Honduras incident is telling. However, with a large enough number of states, even this issue is mitigated if not removed completely.

The alternative is what you write. When I argue the above approach I am attempting to avoid violence – particularly of the asymmetrical kind which is the form I fear it will take. This country won’t be the same.

Obama is bankrupting us at an insane pace, Washington is no longer just out of control, they are obviously outright tyrannical. I don’t know of any other solution unless somehow, someway the SCOTUS steps in immediately and allows nullification or allows the lawsuits on the mandate. But then my question is, if the mandate is struck down, what are we left with? More insane spending to pay for the shell that is left. So to me the SCOTUS has to back nullification or people are going to go apesh*t and demand nullification regardless of the SCOTUS ruling. In other words, any lawsuit or nullification must strike down the entire bill. If the mandate is the only entity open to a lawsuit, then I don’t see that approach as viable. The money pit is still there.

As there are excellent arguments why the final arbiters of the constitution are the states and not the SCOTUS, we will find ourselves in a constitutional crisis. I have a feeling this is what Obama wants, but I believe he underestimates our will. If our will is great enough, he will lose.

I can’t see a way around any of this. If all the powers are against you at the federal level then you either roll over and accept the fall of this country – probably economic, or you do something. The train is off the tracks here. The NHS in Britain is not called the “60 year failure” for nothing. And we are going to try this with 300 million people to their 60 million. We either take back this country now or we lose it forever. Most of the founders were pessimistic about the Republic holding. It comes down to us, right here, right now.

I can only point folks to www.tenthamendmentcenter.com. I have also written a diary on this site and on my off-site blog.

Some here think this idea is stupid. I disagree.

The majority thinks you were kidding.

I hope you’ll be more careful about such dark humor in the future.

thank you,

Its a Wikipedia thing. I knew of the Proviso, but never thought it had anything but a tenuous connection with the CW. Wikipedia makes it appear to have a strong correlation. Your description makes more sense due to the time lag involved. It was not the precipitating event, but possibly an agitator to subsequent events.

Appreciate the perspective.

Roll call had it at 40,000 the last two days but said in a story this afternoon its been bumped up to 50,000 AN HOUR on the capital switchboard.
Ah hahahahahah… I can’t stand it. And, I can’t imagine what in the world happened today that might have caused the little spike in calls.