Politics and anger

Max Boot has commentary over at Pajamas Media. He defends political anger, so long as it doesn't turn into violence. He also takes a look at where political violence is more likely to come from:

At the G-20 summit held in Steel Town, Time reported, leftist protesters who refused to apply for an assembly permit pushed dumpsters into the street, pelted police with rocks and macadam, and smashed windows of banks and even a Boston Market and a Mini car dealership. (These guys even hate cute little fuel-efficient Euro-cars? Sheesh.) Dozens of arrests were made. Meanwhile the number of projectiles hurled at law enforcement figures by banned-in-the-UK radio talker Michael Savage remained stuck at zero. The 9/12 protests that drew tens of thousands of marchers to D.C. were consistently painted as threatening because of signs that said things like, “Joe Wilson was right.” But if there were any arrests for violent acts, they weren’t mentioned in the Washington Post’s coverage.

And this is a telling point...

The MSM aren’t too curious about protesters like the ones in Pittsburgh (Do they watch Rachel Maddow? Do they read Paul Krugman?) because they believe radical leftists kinda have a point. Bankers get huge bonuses. Shouldn’t we all lob rocks at police to express our outrage?

And a particularly sharp closing point:

The thing they’re nervous about is not being assassinated but being tossed out of office. They should be nervous about us. Because we are their bosses and we can fire them.

Can America stay angry?

It seems 53% of independents disapprove of Obama. People on both sides of the political fence are getting tired of government spending, government waste, government bickering, and government taxes. We're tired of hypocrisy and duplicity by our elected officials. We're tired of those who keep promising to clean up Washington yet don't even lift a finger to do so once elected.

All well and good.

But can we hold on to our anger for another year? This is why the administration is trying to push everything through now. They're counting on the "American Amnesia" to kick in before the next election. Will we forget by then how upset we are with things now?

This is not the time to go all "Yoda". We do not want to let go of our anger. America needs to turn to the dark side for awhile and take back our country.

Can we do it? Yes we can!