Posted on 06/26/2013 12:13:06 PM PDT by golux
Attack me if you will.
Yes, yes - check my profile - I am indeed presently living abroad for work but I have always been a flag-waving American.
At the moment some members of this august forum - which I have adored for many years, long before I was "golux" - believe Sarah can beat Hillary... Believe America will come to its senses on homosexual everything... Believe there will be some "push back," believe that for the first time in history (well, sine Appomatox) the Federal government will stop expending exponentially... Believe that Career Congresscritters will once again deign to "represent" their constituents... Believe that our Moslem president and his minions at the Church of Anthropogenic Global Warming can somehow use their out-of-control, unaccountable spy agencies to audit conservatives into regaining, for America, some miniscule thread of respect in this world... Believe that if we try - if we really try - hard enough to teach our kids how to F each other up the A in grade school and on Sesame Street, then Americans might have jobs and hope again.
But I'm just not seeing it. I really do believe that our country is sick. Mortally sick.
Yep, I've read Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. You should too. It'll take you many months, but it's worth doing. The similarities are uncanny. Shockingly so.
I guess I still love America and that for which she "stood." I have sacrificed much for my patriotism as so many of us have - and I have been blessed by our wonderful society. I love America. I LOVE America.
But the Founders' message is real. Ayn Rand's message is real. The LORD and His Commandments are real. I am not a Christian, but if America were a Church (in my case a synagogue,) I'd leave it.
If the RNC were a Church I would leave it.
I have a family. I am afraid for my children's brains, their sexuality, their knowledge of good and evil, their morality. I have lived in many places and can assure you ours is no longer the land of the free.
I am tired of arguing with European (Jews, mainly) about how America isn't crime-ridden, filled with bums and fags and pedophiles and drug addicts and perverted teachers and communists and obese, immoral, undereducated welfare zombies.
America is. We are. After 9/11 we elected a freakin' guy named (probably) Barack Hussein Obama, about whom we know less than nothing. We did this. Is Satan in charge of America?
Tonight I told the Aesop fable about the dog and the wolf to my kids. I love to draw these stories out with details, sounds, et cetera.
For the first time I realized I was being a hypocrite comparing Americans to the wild, free wolf rather than the enslaved, fat, stupid dog, and it choked me up.
My hope is dead. Even a revolution seems impossible. We have traded all of our liberties for safety, and delight in the process, sucking on Soma and flocking to Wal Mart for more American flag decals stamped by Chinese preteens.
But what to do? Where to go?
I love Free Republic. Would there were one.
'tis a desperate time in America, when moving to Russia looks like a viable option.
When I learned Mandarin Chinese some years ago, my teacher was able to tailor my lessons to go along with the Pimsleur program... this was the fastest way to ever pick up a language...
:)
Here is a sample of Pimsleur's Polish language I found on the Internet using SearchSongs.org.
Whatever you do, Good luck, or "Powodzenia!"
See, I told you it was horrible.
Yep, plus you got to pony up $2M to invest in their country.
I understand Ecuador is popular lately.
A good question and I think very well reasoned. I was content to just read the reply’s as I usually do - but as you put a good effort Into it - I thought I would tell you of what I have found.
I’ve been searching for about 6 years now for a place to escape to, to raise my family as I see fit - and to live free - and last year I believe I have found that place right here in America. I was so intrigued about this location that last summer I took a job there for 12 weeks just to really be sure.
It’s hard enough to get to that most would pass it by - if they even know its there. And in a full blown collapse would be completely isolated.
Firearms freedom is intact - shall issue, open carry, and kids with guns walking down the road to shoot squirrels is normal. There is 1 law enforcement officer - part time - when he’s not manning the pizza station. Seat belts, and being of driving age is something he doesn’t concern himself with, and cruising around with friends and some beers are ok as long as your not being dangerous.
There is a lot more on the positive side - and some negatives (my 14 year old social diva daughter will tell you). But my point is - there are places, and you do not have to be a foreigner in another country to find them.
Good luck to you FRiend
It seems to me that if you don’t want to be an American anymore, you somehow get elected as President under the false pretense of being an American and live at the White Crib. Best example I can think of.
Dziekuje bardzo.
Belize. Costa Rica. New Zealand. Switzerland. Some of these you will need significant cash in order to become a resident.
Fred Reed (fredoneverything.net) is fond of Mexico, despite its current state.
Which station?
I listen to two rock stations - Eska Rock and AntyRadio. :)
Correct, they are both generally FURTHER along the progressive decline than we are and way worse in terms of political correctness. When I last visited them years ago that wasn't yet the case.
I hear those coon-asses to the East still have beer. Put on your waders and go to Louisiana.
red-dawg and I will be along shortly... don’t wait up.
I just read "What I saw at the Coup", written by FR's own Travis McGee. Excellent piece of short fiction, I recommend it.
In it, he presents what you suggest, precisely.
And FWIW, I don't think that there will be some overarching Conservative Plot to kick the current WH occupant out. When have Conservatives ever agreed on anything? They're like herding cats. Jeez, just post something on FR, you'll get 30 posters replying with 50 different opinions. :-)
Nope, I think that "What I saw at the Coup" is on to something. Revolution happening, but via people acting singly or in pairs, all independently.
well with Obama in charge it’s kind of like Islam ,once in there is only one way out ,Good Luck
Great post. It’s a big country & there’s a lot of room in it to find a place away from a lot of this madness, but of course not all of it. I told my kids that they can do what they see fit in the future which is why I got this second passport & access for them to bug-out.
Polskastacja.pl
They have a ton of different stations to choose from.
Unfortunately, I cannot retire for at least 10 years. I doubt there will ever be a Civil War. If there is, it will end up being something like the the Jacobite Rebellion in 1745.
I do know I'm finished with politics. Any money I would have sent to Republican RINO candidates will be spent on my wife and dog and myself to make life bearable. I'll spend my political contributions on cigars or bottles of fine wine before I'll send another dollar to those RINO Judases.
And I'll have no liberal/statist friends.
I uncovered them with Search Songs
Despite the many and obvious hardships the life of the Lykovs has a certain appeal. Thank you for sharing that with us.
“There are NO jobs, No women, No water, No air, the people are rude and we ran out of food years ago.”
You forgot to mention all the crawling and slithering things with a poisous bite.
Don’t go to Texas, ever. :)
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