Remember those old 1940's prison movies? The prisoners would riot,take hostages, and make demands. Sound familiar? Today's prison riot movie stars President Obama as the warden,members of his staff as the prison guards and the rioting prisoners are perfectly played by the Republican House majority. To them the election didn't matter, authority doesn't matter, they are now in charge. Now how, in the old movies did the warden end the riot and reclaim the prison? At first the warden would try negotiation. The prisoners, not trusting the warden or the guards, would reject negotiation and threaten to burn down the prison. What was the only option left to the warden? Force. Today's hostage riot has to end. It is time to make the rioters and their supporters feel the pain the hostages feel. The warden and the guards need to make their power felt. Surely supporters sympathizers and collaborators in red states can be made to see the folly of their support. There must be a way to demonstrate that hostage taking is unacceptable. In the movies the warden might cut off food or electricity to the rioters. There has to be a way to structure the coming cuts in services to fall mostly on those professing a deep hatred of the service providing government.
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