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The Broad Perspective on the Growing Outrage in America
Columbia Conservative Examiner ^ | June 11, 2009 | Anthony G. Martin

Posted on 06/11/2009 11:33:11 AM PDT by Welshman007

An ill wind is blowing in America. Ordinary citizens from coast to coast are feeling a growing sense of outrage over what they are witnessing in Washington. At least one talk radio host states that the rage he is hearing from his listeners indicates that trouble is brewing beneath the surface that could erupt into the streets, not in violence, but in peaceful protest that sends a signal to Washington.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
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To: glorgau
With this post it is time to invoke Godwin’s Law.

There are exceptions, and most any post about The Messiah, The One We Have (not!) Been Waiting For, comes under those exceptions.

Godwin has argued, that overuse of Nazi and Hitler comparisons should be avoided, precisely because such a comparison or reference may sometimes be appropriate, and overuse robs the valid comparisons of their impact.

In this case, the comparisons are valid, IMHO.

221 posted on 06/13/2009 10:22:37 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: GeronL

Have at it. There’s no copyright on common sense.


222 posted on 06/13/2009 10:28:31 AM PDT by Noumenon (As long as I have a rifle, I STILL have a vote...)
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To: El Gato

Yep - if the shoe fits...

Things are what they are.


223 posted on 06/13/2009 10:29:18 AM PDT by Noumenon (As long as I have a rifle, I STILL have a vote...)
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To: PapaBear3625
You are not a student of history. It's been tried before with the Bonus Army in 1932.

Guess I'm not either. Never read about this before. I. Am. Blown. Away!

McAuthur and Patton even!!!

224 posted on 06/13/2009 10:30:16 AM PDT by houeto (Defang the FEDGOV. Repeal the 17th!)
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To: Noumenon

thanks


225 posted on 06/13/2009 10:31:09 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <----go there now,----> tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: Neil E. Wright
The link does not work. I searched the archive for "A military assessment of the problem in the US", with no hits.

Want to try that link again?

226 posted on 06/13/2009 10:32:00 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: paulycy
As a constitutional conservative I feel very comfortable relying on the philosophy ensrined by the founding fathers.

Amen, brother.

Overcoming the nieve sentimentalism of the left involves the same discipline that a parent requires dealing with an adolescent.

We teach our children that it is easy to be manipulated by high sounding ideas. Discerning the man behind the words, however, requires thoughtful consideration and study.

Anyone who took the time to learn about 0 understood very quickly that this man is not who he claims to be. It is remarkable to consider the truth that any one who opposes 0 knows more about him than anyone who supports him.

O supporters are suffering from a diabetes of the mind. Their craving for sweet, sugary bromides is so intense they do not want to see beyond the words. They earnestly believe that the words will satisfy them, will fill them up, will change, provide hope. They say, "Yes we can" with no idea about what it is that they "can" do. They have been manipulated by their own lustful cravings into supporting "the one who must be obeyed."

This is the terrible challenge of adulthood when dealing with a mushy brained adolescent. It is the same challenge faced by the patriot trying to teach cultural slaves to become independent. Government slaves do not want to accept personal responsibility for their thoughts and actions. They prefer to follow blindly the shining knight who promises them fulfillment in return for their absolute obedience.

The philosophy embodied in the Constitution is precisely a document that requires people of independent thought, moral courage and personal responsibility. It is not for the faint hearted or the weak willed.

The great tragedy of our age is that so many have been seduced into believing that a great leader will save them from all personal effort, all challenge and all difficulty. They have been taught that personal achievement is selfish, success occurs at the expense of the weak and downtrodden, and wealth is only possible for the criminally minded. The foundational principles of our Constitution and our culture are, by this mind set, evil and must be destroyed.

Those who have been duped into believing these obscenities must be won over with tough love. Those who have promulgated these lies are enemies.

We are, in fact, engaged in a war for the minds and hearts of our fellow citizens. We have been losing this war for nearly a century. We will either win these final battles or be cursed by a darkness that will last 1000 years.

227 posted on 06/13/2009 10:34:10 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (0 is the son of soulless slavers, not the son of soulful slaves.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead
The Fuhrer is hoping for this so he can use his FEMA camps to lock up the American people.

Now, ask yourself who built and maintained those FEMA camps over the course of all these years, in the dark of night, and it really gets scary.

228 posted on 06/13/2009 10:39:12 AM PDT by houeto (Defang the FEDGOV. Repeal the 17th!)
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To: Noumenon; Jim Robinson
Just wondering if you've seen this post (#15). It is phenomenal!
229 posted on 06/13/2009 10:48:02 AM PDT by houeto (Defang the FEDGOV. Repeal the 17th!)
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To: snippy_about_it

Bonehead and his gangster disciples are reactionaries. He’s waiting for the next crisis to push through more sweeping gov’t control, or perhaps nullify the Constitution either completely or in piece meal form....if he can’t find a crisis, then one will be created. All of this supposedly legally. He’s using the weaknesses of an open and democratic society to destroy itself. Isn’t that what the 9/11 terrorists did/wanted? Now, I’m not calling Bonehead a terrorist, I think he’s much worse than that.


230 posted on 06/13/2009 10:48:54 AM PDT by virgil
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To: El Gato
I just tried the link and it came up for me .... you might have to hit the "reload" button on your browser a time or two to get it to load.

I did repost the original article HERE back in February this year, which did not get much discussion.

Regards.

231 posted on 06/13/2009 10:48:59 AM PDT by Neil E. Wright (An OATH is FOREVER (NRA member))
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To: US_MilitaryRules
Not when the gov supplies them.

Just the increase in firearms purchases since The One was elected, over the same period a year earlier, would supply the US military several times over. Alternately it would supply the Indian, Russian, and US armies. By this November you could probably add the Chinese People's Liberation Army to that total. And that is just the excess over the already high rates of that earlier period.

232 posted on 06/13/2009 10:51:01 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: PapaBear3625
I'm not naive. Read INTO what I wrote. I'm trying to write this so that it's not quite as easy to spot what I'm actually talking about.

To write that "Nobody would have to fire a shot" implies that they'd have to armed. Do you think that to bring arms for mere show would be wise?...because we all know what the outcome would be...which would certainly dictate the actions of those bringing the arms. Therefore, to show up armed, would imply a prior plan and course of action. To do anything else would simply be suicidal. I didn't actually mean to make the scenario seem passive.

C'mon dude.... soccer moms and suburbanites fed a steady diet of CNN and cable T.V. simply aren't ready for what's really being discussed here...which at this point is definitely bordering on things that should NOT BE.
233 posted on 06/13/2009 11:00:44 AM PDT by hiredhand (Understand the CRA and why we're facing economic collapse - see my about page.)
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To: houeto
Now, ask yourself who built and maintained those FEMA camps over the course of all these years, in the dark of night, and it really gets scary.

Assuming they exist, the people who built and maintained them probably believed the "cover story" of them being for disaster relocation. Of course they might wonder why they weren't extensively used after Katrina, and other such events. I'm still skeptical about them myself. Oh I don't doubt there are various facilities out there, but how extensive they are, how defensible, and so forth I sort of doubt they are are real "camps", not that they could not be pressed into such service, as could the many closed or semi-closed military bases left over from the Cold War.

234 posted on 06/13/2009 11:02:32 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: Neil E. Wright
Thanks, that link worked. Strange that the search function didn't find that version either. But the "article link" there brought up the original version. For others, I'll put those links here as well

A military assesment of the problem in the US (09/25/97 version) (Old FR format)

A military assesment of the problem in the US (February 23, 2009 version)

(Yes I know "assessment" is misspelled in the titles, but that how it the originals have it.).

However, I think the threads were mistitled, they were not about "Military Assessment". If they had been, the experience of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, or our own in Vietnam, would have be brought up. Are we not as strong a people as the Vietnamese and Afghans? I think we are.

Certainly the way guns and ammunition have flown off the shelves and kept those selves pretty bare, is testimony to how at lest *some* of us feel about the near future.

What we do not need, and might very well get, is a "French Revolution" rather than an "American Revolution" type of affair.

In option two, the comparison to the US Civil War was also not properly explored. In the 1860s it was the north that had the industry, and much of the military hailed from there, not all of course, many of the best officers of the US Army were Southerners. But the key is the industry. Most of the arms industry is no longer in the "blue states". Nor are most of the military bases of much size/population. Plus the blue states would starve, other than California, and even there the agricultural areas are mostly "red", it's just that more people live in the "blue" cities, and thus control the state legislature and executive. Illinois is in a similar pickle.

Also in the 1860s, pure numbers counted for a lot more than they do in the first decades of the 21st century.

235 posted on 06/13/2009 11:57:07 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: houeto
You are not a student of history. It's been tried before with the Bonus Army in 1932. Guess I'm not either. Never read about this before. I. Am. Blown. Away! McAuthur and Patton even!!!

I was introduced to this piece of history several months ago, and I was just as stunned. To rise up will surely mean blood will flow, which reminds me of the Jefferson quote:

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson

236 posted on 06/13/2009 12:28:54 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: Welshman007

BTTT


237 posted on 06/13/2009 1:03:21 PM PDT by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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To: Republic
Banned as a 'hate site'

Before I started posting, or even becoming a member last November, I lurked here on good ol' Free Republic because I just liked reading people that I agreed with for a change.

Once the Fairness Doctrine looked like it could be a real threat I joined up, lurked some more, then finally started posting because I believe that Free Republic is an absolutely essential forum for conservative thought and it fried my b*tt to think the university marxists might win and shut down free speech in this country.

My wife and I (like so many) don't have much money but we give at the FReepathons.

"And now we are involved in a great civil war..."

Sarah said "rise up" and I think that is one heck of a great idea. This is war. Pick a side and fight or die a coward.

The double-standard must die and we need to take our govt back from the leftists. We win, they lose.

238 posted on 06/13/2009 2:45:21 PM PDT by paulycy (Liberal DOUBLE-STANDARDS are HATE speech.)
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To: paulycy
WOW! Interesting post. SO glad you did join. And I agree, we must no longer fence sit, ever! We must rise up and take a strong stand for what we believe in...we must become the owners of more media, put GENUINE conservatives in office and let our neighbors and friends and everyone we are able to approach know that we will NOT STAND for the obliteration of the precious, precious constitution uhbama is trampling over and over.

THIS IS OUR HOME. OUR COUNTRY. .And with all of its faults, it is STILL the most beautiful, embracing, forward looking, adventurous, intellectual and inspirational country in the world, imo.

Uhbama is not going to take that away.

For as long as we fight, we fight to defend our democratic republic. We know it is ours as long as we do not lay down and roll over, shutting our eyes against the onslaught of secularism and totalitarianism democrats crave.

My husband and myself will never, NEVER sacrifice this country to a bunch of leftist children. We want our own children and their children and so on to taste the goodness of freedom and the power of love of country.

239 posted on 06/13/2009 3:04:01 PM PDT by Republic (Jedem das Seine)
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To: Republic
My husband and myself will never, NEVER sacrifice this country to a bunch of leftist children. We want our own children and their children and so on to taste the goodness of freedom and the power of love of country.

Bless you... you and me both and, I think, many others who will follow Sarah's advice and "rise up" for this country. Our kids deserve to have a great country again. :0)

240 posted on 06/13/2009 3:10:49 PM PDT by paulycy (Liberal DOUBLE-STANDARDS are HATE speech.)
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