It’s been very interesting to read Townhall and Fox Forum to see how Mr. Obama and his fellow Democrats are trying so hard to remake the US (and the rest of the world as well) into their utopian fantasy world where everyone cares about and helps everyone else without counting the cost (supposedly). They are so transparent—and so clueless. Sheesh! If Mr. Soros (and possibly several other socialist billionaires) really is behind this, how can he possibly expect us to roll over without protest and let him rule the world from behind the scenes? For more about this, particularly the GIVE Act just passed by the House, click here.

I’ll be very interested to see where the military comes down in all of this. Unlike other countries, our military doesn’t hold political power, either behind the scenes or as a ruling junta. There’s no tradition of doing so, even though we have had presidents who have served at various levels of the military, with Eisenhower being the highest ranked. It would appear, however, that there is a small but growing movement by active duty and reserve/retired military demanding proof of Mr. Obama’s legitimacy to serve (i.e. show a valid birth certificate proving he is a natural born citizen). After all, they have to prove their citizenship. Several commenters on TH who have military connections indicate that if this movement grows to include 10% or more of the military (not clear whether they mean just active duty or all military), Mr. Obama will be forced to take notice.

There is definitely a ground swell of anger growing into fury among the usually silent majority. This administration is so unbelievably clumsy—worse than Mr. Carter ever was (and he was bad enough)—in its efforts to force us into its vision of what we’re supposed to be. Mr. Obama, et al, may think he is tech and internet savvy, but he’s not. Or more accurately, he’s not aware of the fact that the conservatives are also internet savvy and finding more and more creative ways to counteract his delusional demands.

This isn’t the age of Hitler, Stalin, and FDR, when communications was still limited. Communications is wide open, and there’s almost no way the government can really track down everyone in opposition to it. Oh, sure, they can, and probably will, try by using IP addresses, mailing addresses (e-mail and snail mail), etc. They may even try to set up the “blue shirts,” aka the Civilian Security Force, using gangsters (i.e. bloods, crips, et al), mostly black and latino in the large urban areas (as a way to provide them with a living, of course), and trying to encourage everyone to become snitches on their neighbors. I expect this will fail because a.) the minute the Feds try to circumvent the 2nd Amendment, they will be toast, and b.) the effort to “encourage” everyone to snitch on his or her neighbors will instead encourage neighbors to band together (think Neighborhood Watch) to protect their neighborhoods from the CSF and/or the Alphabets (ATF, et al). Most neighborhoods have retired military, and many of them have firearms and a conservative and self-reliant worldview.

Oh, snitching will happen, especially in the urbanized areas, simply because it’s human nature, but our culture, especially in flyover country, doesn’t encourage it. In fact, given the rise of the “tea party” movement, coupled with the growing demand for Mr. Obama to prove he is a natural born citizen, suggests that Mr. Obama may be removed as president within the year. Mr. Biden won’t be much better, but he would still be a legitimate president.

We may hope for a “peaceful” resolution of the growing anger among the populace in flyover country, but wannabe dictators tend to react to anger with more anger, and especially they try to silence their opposition. If Mr. Obama decides he must do so using violence (even if it is set up as an act of random violence, especially against a major conservative voice such as Rush Limbaugh), that might well be a flash point to revolution.

It was suggested on one of the columns on TH yesterday (3/7) that a general might declare martial law. The only way that would happen would be if a terrorist attack decapitated government by basically wiping out the Mall while Congress is in session and listening to a major speech from Mr. O. Usually this would be for things like the SOTU speech, where everyone, including the Supreme Court and nearly all of the cabinet are present. (There’s always one cabinet member absent for just such situations—hopefully it would be Mr. Gates, current SecDef).

I could see something happening next year at the SOTU, as nothing happened this year. It could be something as simple as a sea-launched nuke targeting the Capitol (or even another jet liner out of Newark or some other nearby airport).

(Note: these are musings I write between troubleshooting calls at work. They are not to be construed as calls to action.)