Posted on 11/21/2009 8:06:16 PM PST by LTC.Ret
It's time.
No, I am not some crazy fringe lunatic. I am one of the most law abiding citizens around. I don't even have any moving traffic violations ever, in 40 years of driving, only a ticket once in college for an unnoticed (by me) expired inspection sticker. Never drank, never smoked, never tried drugs. I am the LAST person anyone would expect to say NO, NO MORE, NO WAY!!!
But it's time.
I served my country voluntarily for 31 years, and did my level best to give back to the Army and my soldiers more than they gave me. I have been awarded and decorated. I have served under Democrats and Republicans alike, with never a single disciplinary strike against me.
But it's time.
I started my small business from scratch and have provided jobs for lots of people along the way. I serve on the Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations, and spent 18 years working with a nonprofit. I have dedicated myself to improving my community and making a positive impact, NOT making waves.
But it's time, and I CHOOSE LIBERTY.
If the powers that be in Washington can make law-and-order ME so uncomfortable with the direction they are taking that I am thinking of civil disobedience, then they don't know how close they are to a civil upheaval of the masses.
I will be the next "Rosa Parks", if that's what it takes. I will say NO, NO MORE, NO WAY!!! The government has NO RIGHT to MAKE me buy health insurance. The government has NO RIGHT to FINE me or JAIL me for NOT BUYING health insurance. Perhaps if people see government injustice happening to me so undeservedly, while standing up for my Constitutional rights, then they will be rallied to rise up and reclaim our government with freedom and liberty guaranteed once again.
It is time for me to ask my state to give serious consideration to SECESSION if the unconstitutional Washington power grab can not be stopped NOW. I will be on the phone Monday talking to everyone who will listen to try to get that started.
It is time to TAKE AWAY the voting rights of anyone who is not directly paying income/property taxes, so that all voters will have "skin in the game" as they say.
If you are a PRODUCER who WORKS for a living, move here to this state and WELCOME. If you are a TAKER --- GO AWAY!!! It's time to CULL THE HERD!!! Too many have taken advantage of this nation's largess for far too long.
We need to do away with WELFARE and other entitlements in this state and others, so that it will be a good place once again for PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY to grow and flourish. If someone isn't working and is in need, they had better hope they are attending a CHURCH or have FAMILY/friends that are willing to help them out, because it is NOT government's job to do it and we need to STOP it NOW!!!
It's time we stop government by bribery and prostitution:
Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., asked Madam Mary Landrieu of Louisiana if she would do IT for a 100 MILLION dollars.
Madam Landrieu of Louisiana replied "YES", she would do IT for a 100 MILLION dollars.
So Reid asked Madam Landrieu if she would do IT for one MILLION dollars.
Madam Landrieu replied, "What kind of a woman do you think I am?"
Reid answered, "We've already established that, now we're just negotiating the price!"
Madam Landrieu, you were bought and paid for, so don't quibble and blame others for the label you earned! And she wasn't the only one. But it wasn't even Majority Leader Harry Reid's money --- it was MY money and YOUR money that Harry Reid bought her with, and WE didn't get anything for that cash!!!
It needs to STOP here and now. We get LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT of HAPPINESS --- and NOTHING ELSE. No More FREE RIDES!!!
Speak the TRUTH. No more political correctness. If you can't handle the TRUTH --- TOUGH. Find some other country to ruin, but I want my USA back!!!
"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country" --- NEVER TRUER!!!
Ditto!
I can’t blame you.
And I think you’re right, there are millions out there just about at the edge. Obammie the Commie thinks he pulled us back from the brink, but what he’s doing is intentionally driving half the country to the brink.
You’re a military man (I am not). But I know from other experience that you must be patient and wait for the correct time, for the right opening.
Thanks for you service to our country. I do appreciate it. And, as I said, I never served, but I will do what is necessary to defend the United States Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic.
Starve the beast, you will find a way.
Great rant.
Lets see if any others are so motivated.
I agree with you.
We must continue the fight.
Can I borrow 20 bucks?
F-in’ A! You took the words out of my mouth, and did more with them than I could.
Expect this thread to be PC pulled any moment now.
Great rant! Thank you for your service...then and now!
Read “Unintended Consequences”. It’s coming.
It’s time *ping*
1. The stolen Senate election in Minnesota.
2. The bogus charges against the incumbent Republican senator in Alaska that brought a Rat to victory.
3. The changing of the rules for electing a senator in Mass. that replaced Kennedy after he did us a favor by dying.
4.The stolen NY23 election.
I’m with you and if the damn machine can’t read the vote it goes in file 13 bin!
I had thought I was alone in feeling this way about the "Individual Mandate," and I was wrong.
You won't be the only one unwilling to sit at the back of the bus, brother. Not by a long shot.
First thanks for the rant and thank you for your service to our nation.
I am somewhat at the other end of the spectrum from you in how I have lived my life. I did not serve.
I am mostly law-biding, honest and respect and am grateful for those who serve in either the military or in law enforcement, etc... I have always been responsible and have worked and raised my daughter well, but…
I have also had many vices (drinking, smoking, etc..) and have not been a great role model in many respects. Though I am very conservative in my viewpoints, I also have lived my live somewhat as a hippie. I still do in many ways have that appearance and lifestyle today though I am 100% conservative in my viewpoints on politics.
I will say that it encourages me that there are people like you out there who are possibly willing to take the lead in so far as trying to put our country back on the right track and to stand up for our liberty. God Bless You.
Hopefully there are people also like me who will be willing to give you and others all of the support that we can. I know that I will also make a stand when the time is right. I do not have the best of health but I am seriously considering waiving my health care at work if the government passes legislation to dictate that I purchase it. I will also then not pay the fine and I will fight these fascist, socialist tyrants.
I very much appreciate your rant and just wanted to let you know that there are people of all stripes who feel the same way as you right now. Hopefully more and more people are waking up and realizing the slope to tyranny that we are on.
I like your rant, LTC.
And thank you for your service.
Oh, not sure there is enough bandwidth to post all the abuses.
I was just suggesting that starving the beast might make a dent, but of course, only if enough sheepele stop watching game shows, sports, dancing with..., etc... (that is a long shot), because most of those around us can’t think for themselves unless they get their news from the alphabet channels.
This is very frustrating; many years ago I left a cesspool just like what these scum are trying to create here, and it hurts.
Time to feed the hogs
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