Guilty of Sedition? Tea Party Threatens America’s Economic and Political Systems | Alternet

Guilty of Sedition? Tea Party Threatens America’s Economic and Political Systems | Alternet
"The behavior of the GOP’s extremist faction is looking increasingly outlandish and unprecedented, like the machinations of some lunatic fringe in a country far, far away. But they're right here. They want to destroy the U.S. government and they will plainly thwart laws they don’t like in the name of foolhardy austerity and unregulated markets. Hindering a law by using threats or force, by the way, is sedition, and some have argued that the Tea Party members are guilty of this crime."