{"id":437319,"date":"2010-03-17T04:30:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T08:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=73402"},"modified":"2010-03-17T04:30:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T08:30:48","slug":"the-shame-of-the-corn-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/437319","title":{"rendered":"The Shame of the Corn Belt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last week there was a pro-health care rally in Washington, D.C. that had a rather large attendance. Not that you heard much about it from the media. On FoxNews they briefly proclaimed the peaceful protests as a mob<\/a>, ready to storm the gates of the Ritz Carlton to get their point across. But as shown here<\/a>, this group included a women in a wheelchair, never a great accessory for storming.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there was another round of teabagging yesterday and it had the usual assortment of grammarians<\/a> and amateur literacy<\/a> buffs — oh, and some nice irrational threats like accusing Pelosi of treason.<\/a><\/p>\n

But with Michelle Bachman physically in attendance<\/a> (if not mentally), Iowa Congressman Steve King knew he had to up the crazy to “11″ (ah, who am I kidding it’s always at 11 for that guy) in order to impress George Will<\/a>. And what did this sworn upholder of the Constitution preach?<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nRep. Steve King (R-Iowa) urged a smaller-than-expected crowd of Tea Party protesters on Tuesday to launch a Velvet Revolution-style uprising<\/strong> against the federal government, saying the parallels are striking<\/strong> between America’s current government and Eastern European communist rule.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yes, the striking parallels\u2026which explains all those tanks and soldiers the Obama Administration has rolling in the streets.<\/p>\n

Oh, and who can forget Joe Biden claiming Dick Cheney’s fall from the top floor<\/a> of the Executive Office Building being an unfortunate suicide?<\/p>\n

Or the millions of American’s sneaking into the Canada to get a taste of freedom…from health insurance?<\/p>\n

Although if a Velvet Revolution gets Slovakia<\/s> the South to leave… (I kid).<\/p>\n

(pic from here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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