Good morning PraireLady, I don’t think I’ve seen you for some time although admittedly, I have missed much of these threads lately. Good to see you.
Ransomnote, thank you for the new thread.
...[And finally, I guess there is a LOT going on behind the scenes that we aren’t hearing much about.]…
There is so very much happening all at once it’s mindboggling. It’s frightening and soul crushing while at the same time, hopeful in that perhaps everything is coming to a head.
I am convinced that there were/are very serious and credible threats to POTUS right now. Witness his avoidance of the cemetery visit in Europe and not going to Arlington.
The “caravan” on it’s way, part of it here. An invasion of our country being facilitated by our own citizens.
The Democrats very clearly and in your face stealing elections across the country. My own state government suddenly went blue and we elected real crazies.
The horrendous fires in Northern California caused by PG&E (who Jerry Brown fortuitously signed legislation last year?? to allow them to pass on all causes of lawsuits to their customers) which have killed so many people, thousands of animals and destroyed towns.
The left and the media who have lost their frigging minds, screaming insults and lies at the top of their lungs. The deep state in the rest of the world piling on.
The list goes on and on. Only God’s help can get us through this.
Q is so right, the enemy is at the gate. We are surrounded.
Never in my life have I wished for martial law, for the military to step up and take over but things have reached a point where I see no other option.
I'm on record here stating that we need a Pinochet at this point in our history to clean things up.
Our date with destiny was set long ago, when statesmen like Adams declared a republican form of government was suitable only for those who possessed high moral standards.
What the founders alluded to, yet really did quite state clearly, was that it was inevitable that such an obvious target would attract constant and persistent attacks. If the crux of a democratic representative republic was the franchise, then it was an easy process to dilute. Universal suffrage was the objective, and once achieved, the die was cast.
So here we are, reaping the rewards of a system so corrupt that it hardly bears any resemblance to an actual, working government. This is what the royalists objected to: that eventually, rule of man would subsume all rationality in the name of such rubrics as equality & fairness, which in turn would overwhelm all attempts at maintaining the rule of law.
In actuality, this isn't exactly rocket science. Educated persons who have studied history, government & philosophy know the story has repeated many, many times before. It's just the conceit of every generation that they believe their experiences to be somehow unique. Too bad we will all find out the hard way.