Posted on 05/30/2009 3:17:27 PM PDT by fanfan
A TIPPING POINT is best described by the old proverb: “THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK”.
When I was a high school student way back when in the early 1960’s, two guys I knew got into a hallway fight.
One of the combatants was Max, a very happy-go-lucky and EXTREMELY gentle person who by choice never stood out. Max was built like a medium sized Bull Dozer, and strong like one too.
Then there was Grant, the High School Football Quarterback who excelled at everything, who purposely stood out like a shiny new penny.
He was also one very tough guy who backed down from no one. NOT EVER!
Other than remembering that the fight was just outside the boys’ bathroom, I don’t recall exactly how it started, other than it was Max who really didn’t want to fight and tried several times to walk away with dignity.
Until that very moment, Max had NEVER been physically confronted by anyone, let alone involved in a fight of any kind.
Like most high school fights, before the blows started to fly, the belligerents did their tough-talk (mostly Grant) with fists at the ready, while they sized each other up, each waiting for the other guy to make the first move.
And like everyone else who was there, I figured poor Max was going to take a pounding. But, knowing that Grant was really a decent guy at heart, he’d stop beating-up on Max the moment Max would submit.
Then it happened. WHAM!
Max clocked Grant with such a tremendous right punch to the eye, that it ended the fight almost as soon as it began with blood gushing down Grants face from a huge gash over his eyebrow.
And because of his gentle nature, Max didn’t throw another punch on his bloodied and weakened foe. It was over. And everyone including me was stunned by the outcome.
What surprised me most was not that Max was able to hit Grant with such force, since we all knew how strong he was: IT WAS THAT MAX HIT HIM AT ALL.
The skirmish outside the boys’ bathroom started over nothing, and ended when Max reached his TIPPING POINT.
I’m telling you this story, because when Anne (my wife) mentioned to me the other day that in her opinion, our society is reaching a TIPPING POINT, my thoughts went all the way back to that high school fight.
I guess that one-punch-fight left an incredible impression on me.
The fact that such a gentle person as Max could be pushed to the point that he struck first, almost out of the clear blue, and with a ferocity no one had ever expected he was capable of, was in itself stunning.
How many times have we heard about that “quiet family guy” who keeps a nice house on the street where he lives, and is quick to offer a helping hand to his neighbors, who all of a sudden goes ballistic and murders his boss and coworkers?
I don’t care who you are, at one point; just about EVERYONE is capable of reaching his or her TIPPING POINT.
How much more do you think the working, law abiding and taxpaying class will take before we reach that TIPPING POINT?
How many more government intrusions that tell us how we should live our lives will we tolerate?
How much more sky-high taxes will we be willing to pay caused by IDIOT bureaucrats and politicians who spend OUR MONEY as if they won it in a lottery?
How many more bailouts and government takeovers of private businesses will we stand for?
How long will we accept a court system that is so far out of the reach of the common person because of obscene costs, yearlong delays, and ACTIVIST judges, that there is in fact no real justice?
How much longer will we in Canada tolerate a group of bureaucrats in the guise of Human Rights Commissions whose bloated salaries we pay, who tell us how much FREEDOM we should be entitled to have in order to express ourselves?
And how much longer will average Americans accept Supreme Court Appointments of someone like Sonia Sotomayor, who is a self admitted pro-feminist racist, anti-White in terms of equal opportunity, and a judicial activist who thinks her instincts can replace the Constitution?
When do you think the average small business owner will no longer be willing to pay exorbitant salaries AND PENSIONS to union and government workers that are greater than most of their own salaries, especially since MOST entrepreneurs will NEVER have a pension they could really live on?
How much longer do you think the silent taxpayers of our society will be willing to pay for every ENTITLEMENT the government can conceive?
How much more complaining and DEMANDS from the Something-For-Nothing Group will the real contributors of our society endure before we all SCREAM enough is enough?
How much longer will the average taxpayer be willing to listen to the “wisdom” of the Elitists, Academics, Entertainer types and all other non-creators of jobs and wealth before we all yell SHUT THE F*** UP?
How much longer will the majority be willing to twist itself into a pretzel to accommodate every minority?
In Canada, we’re turning ourselves inside-out while denying Constitutional RIGHTS and jobs to the English speaking majority, while trying to accommodate less than 3% of our French speaking population (excluding the nation of Quebec) just so politicians can get elected, and keep the Ethnocentric Separatist Nation of Quebec within Confederation.
In the USA, no Party or person could be elected if they don’t bend their knees to the Black and Hispanic communities who contribute the least to the American Dream, even if this acquiescence is harmful to the USA.
Sometimes, the TIPPING POINT is as sudden as it was with Max. But, most of the time it is more like the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. One straw at a time until that last straw becomes a burden too heavy to bear.
Or that nice neighbor who seems to have all of sudden snapped, when in fact, his or her explosion was probably years in the making.
Either way, when we finally reach that TIPPING POINT, the world as we know it will explode with a fury unlike anything any of us in this modern age have ever experienced.
Just like Max who stepped so far out of character to harm another human being when he was pushed too far, we too will step out of character and unleash our fury upon those who have pushed and are still pushing us too far.
History repeats itself - THAT’S A FACT.
The best example of a society that reached its TIPPING POINT to the great detriment of the elitists, was the French Revolution between 1789 and 1799 when monsieur Guillotine delivered quick and satisfying justice on behalf of the masses who had simply had enough.
And that’s not the only time the people have risen in violent defiance to those who pushed too far. The politicians, bureaucrats and all others will do well to pay attention to history.
Best Regards . . . Howard Galganov
One word.
ACORN.
“Absolutely, and we let them. :-(”
Only so far and only for so long. Like all things elastic, energy gets stored up by the stretch. The longer it goes on, the more violent and brutal the lash-back.
Regardless of motivation or personal desire, those who constantly preach patience are only serving to deepen the nastiness in the end. Pushing the give until a true rage break occurs is the bestest way possible to ensure total destruction and obliteration of the opposition.
Agreed.
Not that it isn't a good idea to be prepared if the time ever comes, though.
I don’t want the world that they want to create for us.
How? Every army in the world could not subjugate 300 million armed civilians. Even allowing for Obots, peacecreeps, hippies, fence sitters, sheeple, etc. you'd have 25-50 million armed individuals, many of them military veterans, NRA members, etc. Even if one could ship the entire Chinese People's Liberation Army magically to America, they wouldn't stand a chance! The United States Army numbers under half a million, even including the Army National Guard and Army Reserves. The only reason Tienanmen Square turned out that way is due to gun control. Can you imagine millions of armed citizens on the Washington Mall?
BTTT
So how long do we keep on letting them? Are they absolutely undefeatable?
Only until we defeat them. Unless Atlas Shrugged is true.
Reading your post after reading this link in another post just makes me want to cry!. You are so right in every way. This “O” and the current Democrat Congress is to be feared. A revolution is coming and I don’t know how peaceful it will be. The corruption in the government is disgusting - many of them should be in jail or up on charges of treason.
Thanks.
I’m sorry to make you sad, but if we don’t stop this now, we won’t be able to.
*HUG*
Let’s explain the situation to everyone we know.
“Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It
is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” (William
Pitt, 1759 1806)
Back in the early 80s, I attended a speech by the late Arkady Shevchenko, then the highest ranking Soviet official to defect to the West. He had been their top guy at the UN.
He spoke, interestingly, at KENNESAW COLLEGE — and we all know what Kennesaw is famous for! I’m proud to have played a a small role in helping Mayor Darvin Purdy get that legislation through the Kennesaw City Council.
His talk dealt with the clear intent of the leadership of the old Soviet Union to somehow take America. He mentioned their ICBMs and the nuclear blackmail threat they posed.
Then he broke from his prepared remarks and offered the audience this wisdom:
“The leaders of my country are as AFRAID OF YOUR 200 MILLION PRIVATE FIREARMS as they are of your ICBMs. NEVER GIVE UP YOUR GUNS.”
Frankly — and, while he had to be careful as he was under FBI protection at the time, Shevchenko alluded to this in his remarks — I’m as concerned about some domestic tyrant (say, a Hillary, Nancy Pelosi, Barack HUSSEIN Obama or Chuck Schumer) as I am about some foreign enemy.
And it is THAT threat about which the Founding Fathers were concerned that prompted them to leave us the Second Amendment.
The BIG question is: WILL WE KEEP IT?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73SsNFgBO4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg9q9sxJFnA
I’m sad and mad at the same time. Simply cannot believe this is happening in my lifetime. I dont’ know how we stop it, but it must be stopped. (Thanks for the hug!)
If the narcissist now occupying the White House remains on the present course, we face actions in this country that could easily make the War Between the States look tame.
For a relatively young nation, we have had several very bloody wars here already.
Here’s the simple fact: We are now being pushed to a level of control and servitude many, many Americans cannot abide. The Founding Fathers left us four methods — represented by FOUR BOXES — for halting that process:
1. The SOAP BOX. We can freely speak out AGAINST that process in hopes we can educate enough of those around us of the dangers of the end point and they will come to their senses and use the second box. The move to silence certain voices here via the ludicrously named “Fairness Doctrine” seems to be gaining some momentum. If it succeeds, we will be far less informed and more MISinformed by an increasingly lapdog media. If we are denied the SOAP BOX, we still have – so far, at least — the
2. JURY BOX. Most judges will not tell jurors that they have the right to NULLIFY bad laws by judging the facts of the case AND THE LAW under which the case was brought. It’s called “JURY NULLIFICATION” and, despite the successful efforts of the statists and elitists to remove it from most state charters, it is STILL embodied in the constitutions of several states (GEORGIA IS ONE OF THEM!). But judges WILL NOT TELL YOU THAT. You must bring that information to the courthouse with you. And, remembering that it is NOT a sin to lie to a tyrant, if asked if you have ever even heard the phrase, say “no.” And DO NOT EVEN MENTION JURY NULLIFICATION to your fellow jurors! Simply hold out for what your common sense and love of liberty tell you is the correct verdict. AND IF YOU ARE ONE WHO LOVES – AND FULLY GRASPS — THE NOW THREATENED IDEA OF AMERICA, NEVER AVOID JURY DUTY.
3. We can also resist non-violently at the BALLOT BOX. However, given the century long trend to universal suffrage (where even the least informed, most ignorant, most easily manipulated among us can be hauled to the polls and – for a pack of smokes and a pint of Ripple – instructed to vote for the socialist-du-jour. Such massive interference with the election process by ACORN and others will probably make our effective use of this box more difficult if not impossible. Should that happen – or the denial by the state of our God-given rights under the Second Amendment becomes fact – we may be forced to pick up the
4. CARTRIDGE BOX. Pray with me that we never again reach that day. If we do get there, GOD HELP US ALL!
Let me close this with some words from the past.
“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate
agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.
They want rain without thunder and lightening. They want the
ocean without the awful roar of its waters.
“This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical
one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a
struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never
did, and it never will. Find out just what a people will submit
to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and
wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue
until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both.
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those
whom they oppress.”
Frederick Douglass August 4, 1857
Mr. Douglass was, of course, speaking of the slavery then extant here.
So, too, are we.
Bump!
We’ll only stop it by standing up for each other, and having each other’s backs.
That’s the only way it’s ever worked.
Heh, more hugs to you. We can all use them!
I’m with you Howard
Of those armed citizens, how many do you think would actually resist gun confiscation with violence? How many would just roll over and convince themselves that they’ll live to fight another day?
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