Posted on 10/26/2015 8:20:47 PM PDT by lyby
I totally and absolutely resent every intrusion into my life from taxes to healthcare to what I eat and drink. We may as well be living in the era of serfs or sharecroppers, for that is all we are: beholden to the powers that are in control.
I dunno, he seems moral enough to burn women, kids, houses and villages to me
Anybody remember Yakov Smirnov.....”America....what a country...”
Don’t get that feeling anymore.
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
C.S. Lewis
Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose.
Smoke pork, not pot!
Last time I saw a correct power pyramid in a schoolbook I was in Jr. High. It had The People at the top.
That isn't taught any more (unless you happen to be of a special interest group, where you are considered a victim).
Those of us who worked hard to build something are being deprived of the fruits of our labors because we trusted those we chose to run the farm.
I’m only 51 and it astonishes me how much freedom has been lost in this country during my lifetime.
Used to live next door to a 96 y/o man who was really mad about how much things have changed.
He must have felt like he was in another dimension sometimes.
Don't watch teevee.
It's demoralizing and shows America through a funhouse lens.
If you must watch it, realize the things presented as "fact" seldom are, they are just indicators of the things you should do some digging into.
Understand that all possible will be done to present that which is good as somehow evil, that the message is that you are helpless, even when you are not.
I call it the 'bolshevik mentality' where those proclaiming they are the majority constitute a small fraction, but rely on getting the rest to believe they are the majority.
I see polls every day which tell me Obama has XX% approval, but NO ONE I speak with has so much as a kind word for the Government. Certainly none approves of Obama's actions nor policies.
While I understand my circle of people may be a limited sample, I hear little different from people all over the country.
That tells me the polls lie: they do not represent the views of the population.
This permits voter fraud on an enormous scale because it sets the expected outcome of any election.
It permits the justification of insane policy because it alleges the American People approve, when in fact they do not.
And those of us who know something is wrong, whether because of a somewhat scientific canvassing of opinions or a more visceral level of understanding have difficulty reconciling what we hear and see with what we are being told for a reason.
We are being lied to.
Nothin ain't worth nothin, but it's free.
“Give a bunch of braindead zombies “smart” phones and this is what you get. To those maggots, FREEDOM is taking a selfie.”
And they do it while they’re driving under the influence of liquor, drugs and affluence.
I love my smart phone. My grocery list is always at my fingertips.
To be governed is to be watched over, inspected, spied on, directed, legislated at, regulated, docketed, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, assessed, weighed, censored, ordered about, by men who have neither the right, nor the knowledge, nor the virtue. … To be governed is to be at every operation, at every transaction, noted, registered, enrolled, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under the pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be placed under contribution, trained, ransomed, exploited, monopolized, extorted, squeezed, mystified, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, despised, harassed, tracked, abused, clubbed, disarmed, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and, to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, outraged, dishonoured. That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality.Proudhon
Yep.
Think the analogy of "wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which fills up first"...
Note my long-serving tagline.
Now for a short public service announcement to all on FR:
I prefer Cruz and my money goes to his campaign, hence the Cruz link. If you like someone else, donate to him/her (find your own link to do it) and if you use FR and don't donate, then please don't complain about the welfare leeches or those who have Obama Phones because, functionally, you are no different than any other FReeloader.....
GO CRUZ!! Keep it up Trump!!
The government isn’t telling you that you can’t eat something. Just saying it increases your chances of bad health. What is there to be upset about?
It's how you define the beginning that concerns me. What will turn the future tense into the present tense? What, that hasn't already happened.
just go away and leave me alone while I buy my 5 dollar light bulbs that last 6 months
Some of us have been sounding the alarm on the CFR for over 30 years ...We warned of the Republican party 20 years ago (on FR)...How bad did it have to get before you realized you were screwed???
It's just the Nanny State nonsense that irritates me.
What's next, a warning label on bacon packages, like on tobacco products?
Warning: The Surgeon General has determined that consuming BACON can cause increased risk of stroke, heart attack and DEATH.
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