This is what happens when they have nothing to fear
Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 5 months ago to Education
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Thomas Jefferson
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty.... And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance?
We must get the populace out of their lethargy. They are so lulled into apathy by the larger media outlets. Are they so afraid of the gov't and losing their jobs they don't rock the boat. We must gather together the citizens who believe in the America of our founding fathers that they will have to take up the Tools to remove the fascist gov't.
seek to gain total control of the private sector by
way of regulations, and of the public sector by way
of power assimilation within the executive branch.
under the banner of "fairness" or "social justice",
the fascists unite. they use healthcare and all
attendant factors to control our lives. Somehow,
peacefully we do surely hope, they must be
Stopped. They Are Raping My Lover, the U.S.A. -- j
It's past time for the lights to go out.
Our problems are that a good number of us can make excellent talk about what should be done... But I have often experienced that when it comes down to "brass tacks" well, there you get the compromise. A leader who would not placate, even somewhat, the Washington cronies would most likely scare the hell out of everyone. Even among my friends whom many could be said to speak and to act on Randian principles- when there is something to lose, when it hits too close to home- well the exception is made.
Even with my idealistic nature "not to accept things the way they are but the way they ought to be" is a daily fight often leaving one ostracized as too eccentric, etc.
I am not happy to see America in the position it is. I have seen it from the outside looking in since I lived almost 30 years in Italy. Americans do not realize how much it means to other countries that America survive and prosper because it remains the biggest hope for freedom in all that word implies, because America has to be the experiment that works, because the individual must triumph above and beyond historical heritage and prejudice, because America is not just a country it is a dream, a hope in the spirit that must never die. That is why Americans have a grave responsibility to themselves to maintain and foster the hollowed freedom of their lives. Unfortunately, unless you do not have it, have not lived without it then you do not recognize and cannot fully appreciate what this means.
America is a symbol in the hearts of all people, even it's enemies. Hail to America, may it survive and return to its rightful place as the greatest adventure of mankind.
I will close with this comment: I have had many a discussion in Europe on the "imperialistic" and "aggressive" ways of the United States and Inevitably I pose the question, " Who then would you want as the leader of nations." Russia? China? France? Great Britain? Turkey? Well, whom? Who better can fill this position? And it inevitably stops the discussion in its tracks.
JC
that there is still hope. the tea party folks and 2010
make me think this, as does the raw popularity of
AS. further, the relatively widespread awareness
of the "phony scandals" -- even to the extent
that wicked witch 2 Feinstein (Pelosi is 1) is saying
that things are bad -- this awareness may well
turn this country around.
and, Jim, I fell in love with the U.S. a long time
back. I can't let go. -- j
Perhaps that was what he meant when he said, "Well, we know what to do now."
I believe that SW's policies would work for the nation, but I'm not sure that he would be capable of getting them enacted. The US congress is a tougher animal than the WI legislature.
And even with the success that SW's policies have had, the current polls show him and the lefty Dem in a tie.
I think that there are other mechanisms to achieve a proper balance. I've advocated a 2 tier type citizenship system. Anyone born here would be a resident, but to achieve Citizen status, you would have to contribute to the nation - my preference would be 2 yrs service, military or medical service corps. You would only earn the right to vote after completing service, which could be done at any age after 18.
I know that the hardcore O's reject religion out of hand, but I posit that the elimination of that cultural force has lead to these sorts of actions. When you have no concern for accountability for your actions - like this teacher at the end of her career - then there's nothing to hold you back from conducting yourself in such a manner. At least religion (most of them, anyway) had a final judgment which served to help people self control.