Posted on 04/11/2010 2:55:28 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
Caller: I'm very frustrated about what happened they didn't listen to the people at all.
I don't know if you happened to hear what Michelle Bachmann said about peacefully not complying with obamacare? I think that's going to be me.
I have read the bill and I know about the provisions that will throw me in prison and really I don't care. I'll be more than happy to go to prison to fight for my freedom.
Host: How do you see your freedom on the line here?
Caller: They are taking our money by fiat. They are taking our money and giving it to somebody else. I cannot pay my bills and I cannot feed myself and the people I need to take care of if it's taken from me by force.
Host: Do you mean in the mandate that everybody have health insurance?
Caller: Yes, that's the primary aspect of it as it sits right now, but that's not all the only aspect. This bill has hundreds of tax increases in it and it creates hundreds of new bureaucracies. It spends money that we don't frankly have and it's a threat to me and my family.
Host: Do you think you would have thought the same way about social security if you were on the whitehouse lawn in 1935?
Caller: I think I would have and given where social security is now with the.... what's the debt of social security? Isn't it like 25 trillion now? The people that said the things that they said about social security given the huge debt that it's in were correct. I saw a piece in USA Today about the combined debt of social security and medicare together is 60 trillion dollars.
Freedom of speech is a precious right, don’t you think?
What does freedom of speech have to do with anything?
We know where you stand.
Let the Keyboard Kommandos talk their bravado. If it makes them feel good in a bad situation, what harm does that do you or FR? This is a bad thing (Obamacare) that people have to contend with. The consequences are appalling. Seizure, confiscation and prison. Who knows if they are willing to go to prison for their beliefs? You??? People have had enough of encroaching government. Let them blow off steam.
Yes. I stand in the Real World.
My concern is the microchip. I’m not going to let anyone ever do that to me.
I see what you’re saying, but you’ve got to realize that there are a lot of morons on FR who actually think that they are somehow going to make a romantic one-man stand against the Federal government, and that their sacrifice will lead to some kind of bullshit Hollywood happy ending. By allowing them to live in such a fantasy world, we increase the chances of one of them actually doing something stupid, and ending up like those poor bastards in Waco did.
Only someone who has never experienced Uncle Sam’s nasty side could fantasize about being a “freedum fahter”. Having been on the receiving end of just a tiny fraction of the hurt that Uncle can put on you, it’s my duty to call “enough” when faced with such adolescent nonsense. Folks, the federal government will RUIN YOUR LIFE if you give them an excuse. That’s “ruin” as in “you will never have a happy day ever again”. If you cause the Feds any real trouble they will crush you without batting an eyelash, and anyone who tells you anything different is selling something.
Being a partisan in real life isn’t like the movies. In real life, you don’t get to be a jut-jawed, good-smellin’ Patrick Swayze picking off Rooskies with Jennifer Grey at you side. In real life, they come for your kids in the night, and the next thing you know you’re bald, jumpsuited, and in a concrete cell. And if you do manage to escape, you’ll be a terrorist, and sooner or later they’ll be chopping you to pieces with 30mm cannon fire from a helicopter you can’t even see.
We have exactly the government we deserve in this country. The current situation is the inevitable end result of a society that is based on the idea that Man, not God, is the source of legitimate authority. The only thing left to do now is shut up, hunker down, and survive until the whole corrupt mess falls apart.
Silly rabbit. Your betters know you feel this way. Don't you think they have thought this through? Training takes time. That's why there won't be a direct "go to jail" showdown. At least not in the beginning. The government has rigged the banking system and the IRS to be able to just confiscate money from your account, or from your paycheck. Putting people in jail costs money and our creditors grow weary. Besides, jail just takes producers out of the earning loop. Why bother with that when they can just make a direct withdraw?
What happened to you?
The details are unimportant.
You are wise, FRiend. Uncle Sam is not some comic book villain. First he comes for your money, then your stuff, then your kids. He only brings in the Gun Boys when someone is being annoying.
.....................and FREE Health Care ;-)
Yep! So we should all just get down on our knees and BEG for the corrupt government to take ANYTHING they deem valuable of ours to feed the beast.
At least that is how I read you.
We should all just give up. Don't fight back.
I don't intend to be pushed around by the government I pay for with MY taxes. These people work for US!!!
I don't ever want a confrontation with my own government but the "government" increasingly is pushing honest people into corners where they feel they may have no choice other than to act out with civil disobedience.
This country was founded on the shoulders of great men that were tired of the government pushing its citizens around and remember that the FIRST American Revolution was fought for FAR LESS reasons.
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I don’t see that happening - the going to prison thing.
“They” may try a few cases to instill fear in the sheeple - however I believe “they” will run out of willing thugs in short order who would seize us against our will. I don’t believe “they” are stupid enough to pull another Waco type operation on any Americans again.
A bad ruler/despot can only carry out his plans if he has willing thugs to do his bidding. Target the thugs and see how desperately they really need those nice pensions and benefits.. They will learn very quickly that it pays to stay home and protect their own.
Pay heed to Alexander Solzhenitsyn - he said that if the people only had the nerve to resist in the the beginning, Stalin would have gotten nowhere.
I for one, will never submit.
Following your advice is a sure thing for defeat.
Aren’t you just a ray of sunshine...................
They are going to take what they like to you whether you beg or not, FRiend They've been doing it since February 3, 1913. Why would they stop now?
We should all just give up. Don't fight back.
Unless you want to die for nothing, yeah, pretty much.
I don't intend to be pushed around by the government I pay for with MY taxes. These people work for US!!!
I am laughing so hard right now.
I don't ever want a confrontation with my own government but the "government" increasingly is pushing honest people into corners where they feel they may have no choice other than to act out with civil disobedience.
Big talk. No one is going to do squat.
This country was founded on the shoulders of great men that were tired of... BLAH BLAH BLAH KATE SMITH SINGING GOD BLESS AMERICA...the FIRST American Revolution was fought for FAR LESS reasons.
Whatever, my Friend. It doesn't mean a thing.
Most appropriate, thank you.
Just send in your return with no check. If thay complain send them an IOU.
Believe what you like, FRiend. I’m not trying to convert anyone to my way of thinking. If living in a fantasy land suits you, by all means keep at it.
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