Tyranical Chipotle Tramples Freedom

Tyranical Chipotle Tramples Freedom

I was going to write a post parodying wingut reaction to Chipotle's decision to ask its patrons to not menace other patrons by brandishing their firearms. But winguts these days defy parody. Here is the hysterical whine of the "Tea Party Nation" on the topic:
The Scam of Wilmington Property Tax Increases

The Scam of Wilmington Property Tax Increases

You may have heard that the Mayor's office and the City Council have reached a compromise on the city budget. I think that it is the Mayor and Council President Theo Gregory who have reached the compromise, since no Council votes have been taken yet. Forgetting that detail, the 9.9% Hair on Fire increase (this was the one that if they didn't get it, they wouldn't be able to maintain city services -- even though this tax increase would cover the current budget shortfall enough to produce an almost $3M budget surplus. Now, the "compromise" is a 5% property tax increase that leaves the city with a $1.4M surplus. The Water and Sewer rates are being reduced to 5% increases each (from 8% and 7% respectively), and the City will still not be paying its share of these bills.

Monday Open Thread [5.19.14]

Corporations are planning for Global Warming. Why can't Republicans?
Though major international corporations tend to be amoral machines for collecting revenue without regard to fairness or human life, they do have one thing going for them: when there's money on the line, they don't waste time fucking around. [...] Failing to plan for global warming due to some weird anti-science bias could potentially cost them billions of dollars. Therefore they will plan. (This will not stop them from making ample political donations to the Republican party, sadly.)
We got more good Obamacare news inside, as well as the latest polling data from around the country.
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Radical Right’s “Traitors Spring” Fails Miserably.

Radical Right’s “Traitors Spring” Fails Miserably.

So, if all had gone to their deluded plain, 10 to 30 million people who rush the White House and the Capitol Building and force the President, Vice President and the congressional leadership from office. How exactly is not said, but one can assume that they would not have gone willingly, since all were legitimately elected to their terms of office less than two years ago. So we are left to assume that they will be violently forced from office. But as the picture shows, only a few hundred, if that, showed up. Coup organizers said that the 10 to 30 million expected were scared off by the rain on Thursday and Friday. Which seems reasonable. Because if you are going to violently topple your government, it better be a sunny day.