After reading all of the other FR patriots in this thread, I have to agree that I disagree with the great Dr Sowell.
We are in a war for the soul of this country. Doing nothing is a decision that is worse than attempting the near impossible. One reason I say that is we absolutely must shove a big hot poker up the rectums of all the Republicans. They have to fear us more than they fear the Dems or the Dem controlled press. They don’t now.
In all honesty though, I can’t conceive of any serious brakes on the despotic US government than serious, large scale civil disobedience. (Bite me NSA). The type of widespread stuff that grinds the daily economy of the US to a very painful halt. Like what broke up the USSR. Because frankly, we are only a few degrees from that level of despotism. After a couple of years of ObamaCare we will have our own Stasi knocking on our doors and hauling us off while our neighbors cower in their homes peeking through the curtains in terror. Soon a lot of your neighbors are going to be informants in order to buy themselves a little protection. You know, that little prick down the street that doesn’t like you or your kids? He’s gonna “SWAT” you.
I don’t believe that Dr Sowell truly realizes how close this country is to real civil disorder on a large scale. One or two of a whole lot of seemingly small things could ignite a firestorm.
Too many of our elected "betters" apparently fail to comprehend the potential. They seem to ignore that government operated health care has always been a key element of socialism and totalitarian forms of government.
There is a good chance this blog will be brought to the attention of Dr. Sowell. It will be very interesting if we have a chance to learn what he thinks of Jim Robinson's #11. Sowell is a former Marine and should recognize a call to arms.