What we would do to stave off a coup? I have worried about this more than ever, especially after seeing the repub pres. contenders. All of them are lightweights. All of them would stand aside for a Cheney or a Bush.
Firedoglake has an essay A “Presidential Coup,” The Continuity Of Government, And Blackwater Watching Midtown Manhattan from which they take a number of sources that are beginning to understand a coup is possible. Would you be willing to get out of your comfort zone to do something about this?
More on flip:
I’ve tried writing and calling Senators and Congresscritters but nothing has changed. Repubs still stonewall and have their talking points and dems cave seemingly needlessly. I’ve marched but there never seems to be that magic number in the marchers that tips the body politic. What can make the difference?
I postulate that we only have the time between now and next November to make a difference. I figure that Bush will call into place his artificial crisis and put off elections “for our national security”. A coup may come less dramatically with Blackwater recruits checkpointing any meaningful election. But I figure Cheney will not want Ghouliani to take over for HIM.
But even if we do not worry about that, what about the environment closing down around us. That timeline is shortened as well.
My questions:
- What are your guesses about the timeline of a possible coup? Environmental catastrope?
- What are you willing to sacrifice in order to stave off a possible coup? Environmental catastrope?
- How many people will it take to break through the DC indifference?
- We don’t have time, so what do you see is quality in the “money/time/quality” meme?
Crossposted at the Orange Place: What to do to abort a coup? w/Poll