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To: TheBrit who wrote (126111)	11/1/2012 11:00:26 PM
From: mel221	1 Recommendation Respond to of 149317

>> Holding this country (world) with a gun to our heads through the debt ceiling scenario was an act of treason The laws are written specifically to allow this kind of activity to occur. Tip O'Neil applied this tactic against Reagan in the 1980s routinely. >> Meeting with the upper members of your party the night a new President is sworn in to agree to make him fail is an act of treason. It was an act of politics. If their behavior is undesirable, the electorate can replace them at election time. That is how this democracy works.

To: TheBrit who wrote (126111)	11/1/2012 11:22:54 PM
From: Des-cartes	Respond to of 149317

It feels like treason but those actions you described are protected by the United States Constitution. Buying chocolate formed guns complete with carrying cases and shipping them to each member of Congress might get their attention for a little while, but even that first amendment sign could be legislated illegal. I suspect that members of Congress are not losing sleep at night as the debt service grows. Obama wins the election and Congress continues to spend. China continues to purchase debt. And the U.S. balanced budget constitutional amendment proposals continue to go nowhere!