The minister advocated noncompliance among his numbers and nonviolent resistance. Gandhi and MLK would be proud, as we should be. Occupy hasn't had much luck with these methods lately, but no one reminded him of the recent police abuse of this latest crop of nonviolent protesters.
"God save the United States!" he concluded.
Louie Gomert (not sure of spelling), a citizen from East Texas, said that he forgives our ignorance. The Supreme Court sees Obamacare as a tax. Obama may be lying. Congress should be vacuumed out and replaced with better people. Those who are there are liars.
I left after that, not needing to hear any more ranting and raving, wondering when the silent majority would break their mysterious silence today, not needing to cheer if they did, since I was so happy and still incredulous. And besides that, it was blisteringly hot out and I had run out of bottled water.
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Personally I expected the usual 5-4 conservative triumph. Shivers ran down my spine in the blazing heat as I heard someone near me, part of the silent majority, nearly whisper that the law had been upheld. Yee ha, stay up there, O-Care! (How's that for another chant for the right wing to mock?)
I also wonder, justifiably, whether SCOTUS politicization was evident in today's decision. Hadn't Citizens United just been upheld, along with the Arizona ruling that violated other human rights more than a penalty or a tax hike for those who can afford it?
Has SCOTUS always been politicized, even where surprising decisions are made? Probably. Like election corruption, it just seems more evident and blatant today.
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