Posted by
The Hermit Crab on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 2:02:51 PM
In February of 1933, just after Adolf Hitler had been installed as Chancellor of Germany, a mysterious fire gutted the Reichstg (the German Parliament building). Supposedly set by a simple-minded Dutch Communist named Marinus von der Lubbe, the fire gave Hitler and his Nazis the opportunity they needed to demand that Hitler be given the right to rule by decree during the "emergency". When Nazi Germany fell over twelve years later, the Emergency Decree was still in place.
Now, a mass shooting by a deranged man named Jared Loughner has given Democrats like Louise Slaughter of New York and scribblers like Paul Krugman the opportunity to demand the muzzling of their opponents in the public square, claiming that they must forfeit their right to speak out during this emergency.
It's nice to know that the Dems know some history.