Circus Circus

"Quite impressive for a farmer with a pitchfork, wouldn't you say?"
--Colonel William Tavington (The Patriot)

In the early 1770s, as momentum grew behind the idea of independence from England, so did Colonial satire against the Crown.

Satire and politics go hand in hand, of course. Here's an amusing example of the current batch that rails against our increasingly intrusive Federal government. Satire is one method of pushback.

In years prior to the American Revolution, various modes of pushback escalated in their intensity. But in its early phases, pushback is downplayed and ridiculed by incumbents.

I was reminded of such today, when I heard a commentator on NPR label the recent town hall protests against the administration's health care plan a 'circus.'

However, even administration partisans are noting the damage that this circus has done to the health care plan on the table.

Should this type of pushback continue to escalate, then chances for big change increase.