# This is it! Tomorrow, 5/16/2014, patriots are taking back our government! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561 "2014-05-16T00:32:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/1 "2014-05-16T00:32:53Z")
[http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/13/operation-american-spring-promises-to-drive-obama-from-office-this-friday/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/13/operation-american-spring-promises-to-drive-obama-from-office-this-friday/) > [@](#): > > Self-styled revolutionary patriots plan to converge on Washington, D.C., this week to drive President Barack Obama and disloyal lawmakers out of office. > > “We are calling for the removal of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, and Eric Holder as a start toward constitutional restoration,” said retired Army Col. Harry Riley, leader of the Operation American Spring protest group. “They have all abandoned the US Constitution, are unworthy to be retained in a position that calls for servant status.” > > Operation American Spring aims to pressure those lawmakers who remain – or are replaced by officials of their own choosing – “to sponsor and pass very Constitutionally crafted State legislation to dissolve the size, powers, scope and spending of the U.S. Government by 2/3rds.” > > The activists say they expect 10 million to 30 million like-minded Americans to join them Friday in the nation’s capital for a rally patterned after Occupy Wall Street and “Arab Spring” protests. :rolleyes: They expect 10 to 30 million? I think they’re going to be disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/2 "2014-05-16T00:41:17Z")
What are the odds that they can count past fifty? They’re not going to have any idea how many people show or don’t show. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/3 "2014-05-16T00:44:00Z")
I think they’ll be outnumbered by tourists 500-1. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/4 "2014-05-16T00:49:02Z")
Fox News will have some very tight camera shots, or maybe they’ll show an aerial view from Obama’s inauguration. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/5 "2014-05-16T00:52:28Z")
Seeing how a lot of these people are retired or 55+, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are a lot who show up since they do not have to miss work. But are a bunch of ignorant elderly people going to violently overthrow the government? no. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/6 "2014-05-16T00:53:36Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Fox News will have some very tight camera shots, or maybe they’ll show an aerial view from Obama’s inauguration. Nah, clearly this is just a plot by the Obama administration to get Fox News to stop covering Benghazi. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/7 "2014-05-16T01:11:11Z")
Usually they lie about how many people and other sources just reprint it unquestioned so it always seemed better than it was. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/8 "2014-05-16T01:17:39Z")
Rain and flooding in DC tomorrow. > **[Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions | Weather Underground](https://www.wunderground.com/?cm_ven=cgi)** > > Weather Underground provides local & long-range weather forecasts, weather reports, maps & tropical weather conditions for locations worldwide ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/9 "2014-05-16T01:30:52Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Rain and flooding in DC tomorrow. > [Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions | Weather Underground](http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:20001.1.99999) That’ll put a damper on things. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/10 "2014-05-16T01:45:34Z")
So, they should be converging on DC already. Lots of buses on the roads? Hotels booked? Hostel beds unavailable? Money machines running low? Subway crowded? Restaurants doing brisk business? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/11 "2014-05-16T01:58:38Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Rain and flooding in DC tomorrow. > [Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions | Weather Underground](http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:20001.1.99999) > [@Sunspace](#): > > So, they should be converging on DC already. Lots of buses on the roads? Hotels booked? Hostel beds unavailable? Money machines running low? Subway crowded? Restaurants doing brisk business? 🙂 Woohoo! Rain and mud. Highways shut down. The National Guard flying in supplies. It’s going to be another Woodstock! ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/12 "2014-05-16T02:30:43Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Woohoo! Rain and mud. Highways shut down. The National Guard flying in supplies. It’s going to be another Woodstock! A slightly less sexy Woodstock ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/13 "2014-05-16T02:57:12Z")
Before the internet, there was **The Intercom Conspiracy** written by Eric Ambler, at the tail end of the Cold War, dealing with the publishing of newsletters originally founded by a crazy old American ex-military retailing paranoid fantasies and wild conspiracy theories regarding the enemies _du jour_. It is good to see the maintenance of old tradition. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/14 "2014-05-16T11:15:20Z")
Nice to see them upholding the ideals of the US Constitution by calling for the removal by force of the legitimate elected government. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/15 "2014-05-16T11:40:27Z")
The weather here is terrible this morning. I have a feeling the revolution will be postponed. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/16 "2014-05-16T11:46:53Z")
Interesting that with 10-30 million converging on DC today, I haven’t heard a thing about traffic jams… Maybe they can put it off till next week and combine it with [Rolling Thunder](http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/RollingThunder.htm). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/17 "2014-05-16T11:59:07Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > The weather here is terrible this morning. I have a feeling the revolution will be postponed. Obviously the cabal’s doing. They’re not only traitors, they’re . . . _Satanic!_ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/18 "2014-05-16T12:02:31Z")
Over under on the official press statement’s use of the “the media”? As in “our numbers weren’t as high as they should have been, because the media suppressed our message”. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/19 "2014-05-16T12:38:04Z")
Has it started yet? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561/20 "2014-05-16T12:42:03Z")
So far, the only shitstorm here is the rain. I’ll keep you posted. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-tomorrow-5-16-2014-patriots-are-taking-back-our-government/688561.md?page=2)