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America's Last Straw
American Thinker ^ | May 10, 2014 | Cindy Simpson

Posted on 05/10/2014 8:49:17 AM PDT by MtnClimber

What might this potential last straw represent, and when and where will it land? Will it spur citizens to become more actively engaged in our political community, or perhaps even further, to the point of outright defiance?

“Come and get me if you must, Mr. President. I will not bow before your wicked regulation!” Those were the words spoken by Focus on the Family founder James Dobson at this year’s National Day of Prayer. With this statement, Dobson identified his last straw -- an Obamacare mandate -- and vowed his defiance:

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: bho44; dobson; natldayofprayer; tea; tyranny
Send in the IRS, BLM and EPA.
1 posted on 05/10/2014 8:49:17 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

the last straw will be MANDATORY homosexulaity!


2 posted on 05/10/2014 9:03:10 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: MtnClimber

The last straw, like Egypt, will be when we cant get food because of price or supply.


3 posted on 05/10/2014 9:19:57 AM PDT by drunknsage
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To: MtnClimber

The last straw?

Hmmm, EBT cards... When they don’t have nay money anymore.


4 posted on 05/10/2014 9:42:36 AM PDT by The Working Man
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To: MeshugeMikey

That would be mandated for the greater good of course, because overpopulation is causing global warming!


5 posted on 05/10/2014 9:44:36 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: MeshugeMikey

PC has killed comedy, news, drama, art, and outdoor pursuits.

It now has sports at all levels squarely in its sights.


6 posted on 05/10/2014 9:48:56 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The End)
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To: MtnClimber

I am very, very curious about this thread question....I get more and more enraged each day...


7 posted on 05/10/2014 10:14:48 AM PDT by pallmallman (Q)
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To: relictele
soon.....America will return to near normal...


8 posted on 05/10/2014 10:17:45 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: pallmallman
Lets hope we can change things at the ballot box. With the numbers of people that the government has hooked on entitlements I am not optimistic.
9 posted on 05/10/2014 10:24:36 AM PDT by MtnClimber (Just doing laps around the sun and shaking my head that progressives can believe what they do!)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Yeah, good luck with that.


10 posted on 05/10/2014 11:07:31 AM PDT by RoadGumby (This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
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To: relictele
> PC has killed comedy, news, drama, art, and outdoor pursuits.

I can see all the rest as obvious... but outdoor pursuits?
Could you elaborate on the 'how' of that?
(I would consider overbearing rules/regulations as a statist thing rather than a PC thing; they're related but not the same.)

11 posted on 05/10/2014 3:08:23 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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