drunkle: A coup d’etat is much more exciting, and will only add to your legend.
Buy a beret, a pearl handled .45, some mirrored sunglasses and a riding crop. You will also have to design and fashion an outrageous uniform replete with epaulets, medals and festooned with brightly colored piping.
I think that you and a handful of dedicated volunteers could seize (for starters) downtown Escondido, or Chula Vista, or even Del Mar (where they’re so soused in the evenings, they wouldn’t even notice). From there, you can build your revolution and head to Sacramento and thence to Washington, DC.
You would need someone to help with the propaganda posters and sloganeering, as well a media person for CNN and MTV. I think this country is ripe for revolution; why not you?