Cowboy Confessional

One well plagiarized line is that there are three forms of homicide: felonious, justifiable and meritorious.

I fear the latter will be enacted upon one of more congress critters in the coming months.

Poll after poll shows that better than 50% of Americans oppose the insurance castration proposal being voted upon tonight.  Somewhere south of 35% want it passed.  Anything remotely resembling a democracy, or the higher form of government known as a constitutional republic, requires the government to obey The People.  On this issue, The People have been vocal, coming close to blows with their elected servants during summer town hall meetings.

The next step, regrettably, will be the real thing.

I may not be the best student of history, but on the mechanics of free men, and that specific species known as American Roughneck, one thing is perfectly clear: when pushed into a corner by an arrogant government, bullets start flying.

Several of my ancestors shot Red Coats, mainly for the fun of it, but also to liberate themselves (shamefully, a few of them went on to own slaves, making their initiative incomplete).  One need not read much history to see that their primary problem was that promises of self governance were broken, and the king’s soldiers in the colonies were indifferent to protests.  In the  modern context, the promise of a free society are being broken and Obama plans on employing hundreds of new IRS agents to force people to buy or provide products they otherwise would choose not to.

Free men are again being pushed into a corner.

Being a peaceable man, I know I won’t throw a punch, though my congressman richly deserves it.  I have no idea who will, or if they will opt for something more permanent than a clinched fist.  But the unequal and opposite public reaction is as predictable as a bronc bucking.  Some congressman, somewhere, will be leaking.  Let’s pray that the incidents are few and isolated, and that the government relents to the express will of The People, for only revolution lay in the other direction.

UPDATE: Boy, can I call ‘em or what?  Less than two days after my prediction, the Hill is buzzing over a number of acts of vandalism and a passel of death threats.

Things will get much uglier when the congress critters return to their home districts.

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