"Wilko" wrote in message
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Of course, there just aren't enough fat men with arms to take on a
professional army, and there's not a snowball's chance in hell to have 50
million of them stand up and fight their own troops. That would be
probably every ablebodied man between age 18 and 40 in the continental
U.S., and we're not talking about ablebodied men, are we? :-)

They might cause more of an uproar if they all jumped at the same time.
;-)

Cute imagery. ka-WHUMP!

However, IF (and I stress the 'IF' part, in case any of the Secret Police
are reading this) there ever was an overthrow of the US government by some
sort of armed cililian militia, it would not be through conventional
warfare, as the militants wouldn't stand a chance in an head-to-head. I
suspect there would be much more unconventional methods: a bomb in the
senate chamber, another in the House, and an assassination of the Executive
Branch. This would probably be done simulataneously with the assassination
of several governors, which might put the management of the US, especially
the part with guns, into total disarray, followed by some high-ranking
military officer taking charge 'to keep the peace'. Basically, a military
coup supported by a grassroots militia on site in several sensitive places.

Currently, the worst that these backwoods military types can do is become a
serious burden to the local Criminal Justice system, as well as running up a
line at the local K-Mart when they are buying beer and cigarettes for their
retreats. They ain't taking on the US army, or the National Guard, nohow,
noway.

--riverman

Now, lets revisit this question in 20 years, when the US economy has caved
in, the dollar is trading 1:1 against the Yen, debt holders have called in
their chits, OPEC has decided to sell oil in Euros, and the EU and China are
the world's economic giants. By then, a well aimed spitball might do the
trick. And Americans will probably be a LOT less fat....