we have met the enemy and he is us

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) urged a smaller-than-expected crowd of Tea Party protesters on Tuesday to launch a Velvet Revolution-style uprising against the federal government, saying the parallels are striking between America's current government and Eastern European communist rule.

but i thought the beauty of america was it doesn't have revolutions, it has elections (which have consequences) --- but of course these people are not much into that sort of nuance