…by stealth:
The editorial hints that these sorts of provisions have been inserted because the bill’s authors are counting on fellow members of Congress not to read what they’re voting on. They undoubtedly remember how easy it was to get Congress to ban incandescent light bulbs by sneaking a provision into the Bush-era energy bill.
Tar. Feathers.
You left out one item:
Tar. Feathers. Rail gun.
(I may have taken a small liberty with my correction.)
Hmph. We are many, they are few.
Therefore, they can’t actually control, and their commands are those of King Canute.
Of course, the struggle to test my propositions likely involves a lot of heme in a lot of gutters.
Command and control now. Ultimately, destruction.