Here's another example...
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Posted on 09/03/2009 6:00:31 AM PDT by Mustang Driver
IF a Union soldier had entered a time warp in the Battle of Scary Creek and arrived in 21st century West Virginia, he would ask himself what all the fuss is about.
We have prospered after that long-ago Civil War.
People today enjoy longer lives, greater comforts, and not only have the slaves been freed, but a man who would not have been allowed to vote is now president.
And yet, the nation is divided again, this time over perhaps a larger question: Are we citizens or are we subjects?
It's a civil war of sorts.
The British people are subjects under a constitutional monarchy that provides a titular head of state, who reinforces the relationship between the government and the governed.
The state must take care of its subjects. The British like this.
Citizenship is messier. People have more personal responsibility.
Everyone is equal. People shout down congressmen. How rude.
I can see why Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco thinks such behavior is "un-American."
She sees the American people as subjects, not citizens.
So does the president.
"The Constitution is a charter of negative liberties," President Obama said in 2001. "Says what states can't do to you. Says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf."
Obama proposes that Ivy League-educated experts will give the people an economy, universal health care, bailouts and even help them trade in those old clunkers for shiny, new cars.
Subjects are not individuals. Subjects are simply members of a group.
Any time a member of any group acts like an individual - Clarence Thomas is a fine example - he is singled out for ridicule.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.com ...
Far too many Americans became useful idiots this past fall.
Here's another example...
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If BO and his Rats in congress keep you their BS it is going to be worse than a civil war. There will not be a damn thing civil about it.
They value their place in the ruling politburo more than anything else.
Yep, O’bammy is the man with the plan, and the plan is subjugation. Keep your powder dry...
I’d say it’s a toss-up....
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