Posted on 09/04/2021 5:29:50 AM PDT by NOBO2012
Today’s post is an excerpt from #TransformationTuesday: Tadpole Edition, Originally posted 4-10-18
Ever wonder what made America great? I think it was the fact the country was founded by people who possessed the three defining characteristics of the Age of Enlightenment.
Three characteristics that are pure anathema to oppressive authoritarian regimes.
Sadly, I note, these are three characteristics growing rarer and hence more valuable with each subsequent generation of frogs.
How to boil a frog:
Place in cool water and gradually turn up the heat.
If you don’t believe me, ask the Australians.
Posted from: MOTUS A.D.
Reason:
One can only NATURALLY be a citizen when one CANNOT be anything else.
Natural born citizen = born here of citizen parents.
Endangered perhaps but still armed and dangerous.
Yup.
Endangered perhaps but still armed and dangerous.
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More like distracted and disinterested. We have become a very passive and submissive country that is content to allow government to run their lives.
If there was a Tea Party rally today it would have trouble attracting a decent sized crowd. Most people have other “more important” things to do than defending their freedom.
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