Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Politicians Threatened By Death: Temporary or New Normal?

Today the F.B.I. reported the arrest of a person who threatened murder to Senator Patty Murray of Washington. Also today the F.B.I. announced the arrest of a man who threatened to kill both House Speker Nancy Pelosi  and her husband, Paul. Last week Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, who is also the Republican minority whip, got a death threat and a bullet hole in his office window. The man who threatened Cantor was arrested. It's not clear whether he 's also the one that fired the gun. All arrested people used the passage of the unpopular healthcare bill as the reason. While Cantor was opposed to the passage of the bill, the F.B.I. maintained that the healthcare bill was the reason for he being targeted. It should be noted that Cantor is an active Zionist. He supports Israel and preaches that America should support it at all costs against all countries and all peoples. No matter what the cost to the U.S. I suspect his allegiance to Israel upsets more than a few people.

Trouble in paridise. Is this the end of the salad days for low talented, no moral compass reps in Congress? Is there a price for lies, wars without end and binge spending by this criminal class ? I hope so. Congress does crimes in a legal way. Therefore, by definition, to oppose Congress with the same kind of brute force they use is termed illegal. The laws of the lands didn't protect the French nobility when they lost their heads or the British Empire when the colonials seized America from King George II.

The three people who were involved in the Murray, Pelosi and Cantor episodes don't appear to be related or commomly organized. They just had the same idea at the same time. That's the most dynamic kind of movement- instant recognition and plans by everyday people happening in a spontaneous way. Lookout if they get organized.

P.S. My new book of fiction predicts revolution in the U.S. It's titled " Contempt of Congress: Bay Boomers Talk, Sex, Race, Politics, Environment & Revolution" . Fiction today, fact tomorrow.

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