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What Happens To A Country That Loses Its Mind
Issues & Insights ^ | 11 Apr, 2023 | I & I Editorial Board

Posted on 04/11/2023 5:04:05 AM PDT by MtnClimber

To see biological males win “woman of the year” awards and others compete against women in sports, and at least one paid to promote sports bras, it’s obvious the American mind has slipped a few gears. But our current troubles are about more than celebrating what is clearly a mental illness that needs to be treated. We have lost our way almost entirely across the board.

The locus of our insanity, one could argue, is Washington, D.C. The federal government developed a habit long ago of spending beyond its means. But the foolishness has reached new levels.

The federal debt is heading to $31.7 trillion like a freight train at full throttle with no brakes. Spending is outpacing revenue by more than $1.5 trillion. Social Security is headed for collapse sooner than its appointed guardians had expected, but the collective vision among our “leaders” on the Potomac doesn’t go beyond the next election. So nothing is done.

Despite the obvious problems, the Democrats want to tax higher and spend more. The supply of vacuity seems endless.

Washington is also at the axis of weaponized government. Free speech is being crushed, dissent from the left’s political agenda is considered an imprisonable offense, and court rulings are to be ignored if they offend progressive sensibilities (yes, we know, two words that don’t belong together). The Democrats see the IRS not as just a revenue collector but also as a truncheon with which to discipline those who refuse to live under their boots. Parents who grouse at school board meetings? They are of course terrorists who must be watched.

It’s no coincidence that we’re living in riotous times. The damage seems to build with every news cycle. But to listen to the Democrats and their communications department, also known as the mainstream media, the only riot in U.S. history was on Jan. 6, 2021. In their twisted minds, rampaging, killing, burning, and looting in the name of George Floyd, or some imagined resistance to fascism, are just benign elements of mostly peaceful protests. Democrats have even contributed money to bail out the “protesters.”....


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Sports
KEYWORDS: kabar; transgender; usa
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1 posted on 04/11/2023 5:04:05 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Maybe we can have a transgender, illegal immigrant for president too.


2 posted on 04/11/2023 5:04:22 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
I always wondered how old civilizations collapsed, now we see it happening.

3 posted on 04/11/2023 5:07:52 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: MtnClimber
The country is fine. It's that small minority of freaks who have taken over the government, the media, and the schools who have gone bat guano crazy.

We have to get riled up and do whatever is required to take the country back. Like march on city hall and school board meetings. Remain peaceful until trouble-makers mess with us. And boycott all products sold by Woke companies.

BTW, many in the military rank and file and the police are with us.

4 posted on 04/11/2023 5:09:53 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Bonhoeffer: “Silence in the face of evil is evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”)
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To: RoosterRedux
We have to get riled up and do whatever is required to take the country back.

Like, take away cell phones?

5 posted on 04/11/2023 5:21:35 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: MtnClimber

When Obama said he intended to “fundamentally change America,” he wasn’t kidding.


6 posted on 04/11/2023 5:26:06 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: A_perfect_lady
When Obama said he intended to “fundamentally change America,”

He didn't say it would change for the better.

7 posted on 04/11/2023 5:28:09 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: RoosterRedux
"BTW, many in the military rank and file and the police are with us."

Yeah, like on J6?

8 posted on 04/11/2023 5:28:57 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: MtnClimber

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9 posted on 04/11/2023 5:34:52 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: RoosterRedux

The country isn’t fine. Our schools have become indoctrination centers. Children are our future and the future is bleak.


10 posted on 04/11/2023 5:41:41 AM PDT by kabar
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To: MtnClimber

11 posted on 04/11/2023 5:42:19 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: kabar
Related to Bragg and Biden

Here is the thread that helped me find the Asian American Foundation (TAAF). This then led me to find the continuation of the unofficial DHS Disinformation Governance Board.

You will find discussions on the TAAF and the hiring of Sonal Shah etc in this thread. 👇🏻 https://t.co/CvzB09fbGL— Bad Kitty Unleashed 🦁💪🏻 (@pepesgrandma) April 11, 2023


12 posted on 04/11/2023 5:44:05 AM PDT by combat_boots
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To: Sicon

AGREE. I have ZERO trust in the military and police. THEY need to earn our trust. We have seen it squandered time and time again. The day I saw State Police and City Police let BLM mostly peacefully riot, break windows at state house and a bit of spray paint and DO NOTHING was last straw. The few, very few LEOs who tried to do anything were fired.

Military and LEOs, you want my trust and respect EARN IT!


13 posted on 04/11/2023 5:46:14 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: MtnClimber

“We have lost our way almost entirely across the board.”

who is this wandering “we”?

Me and mine have not lost our way-
The folks I voluntarily associate with have not lost their way.
The businesses I patronize have not lost etheir way.
The employees, clients, and customers I engage with every day have not lost their way.
We are just fine, in my neck of the woods.

If you mean “America” more broadly and politically,
well that loss happened long ago-

Maybe the writer needs to move to a more appealing clime?


14 posted on 04/11/2023 5:49:42 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: RoosterRedux
The country is not fine. It's dying. Millions of unwashed, illiterate criminal invaders swarming across our border having their filthy children will ensure America will collapse into third world status.

The commie fag liberals/libertarians control public education, govt, DOJ, the entire entertainment complex, military.......

America is not fine. Dunno what you're smoking, but it must be some strong ganja.

15 posted on 04/11/2023 6:11:19 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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To: MtnClimber

It is not the lose of insanity but the lose of God and morality in the US.

It all started when we removed God from schools and now teach things that are immoral in the eyes of God, hence why more of our youngsters are identifying as transgender.

People who have not accepted Lord Jesus Christ should and do it soon. We will need His glory to get us through the rough times ahead.


16 posted on 04/11/2023 6:11:59 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
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To: Travis McGee

That one is brilliant.

L


17 posted on 04/11/2023 6:19:29 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

(”The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)

Said the great reset guy...Klaus Schwab, WEF.
(In the future the people will own nothing and be happy)

Your history on FR suggests that you would be up in arms at and against the moral and spiritual revolution it will take in the hearts of Americans to turn this country around!


18 posted on 04/11/2023 6:27:02 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (A horrible historic indictment: Biden Democrats plunging the world into war to hide their crimes!)
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To: MtnClimber

This is the sort of thing that follows war, believe it or not.

We’ve been at war (in some form or other) since 1990 - 33 years.

This acceptance of endless war is part and parcel of a society that has foregone it’s duty to preserve a sustainable culture. Economic viability is certainly a casualty of this endless drain of warfare.


19 posted on 04/11/2023 6:28:11 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: BitWielder1

This is exactly how they collapse. We are indeed watching the fall of our Republic.


20 posted on 04/11/2023 6:30:00 AM PDT by GingisK
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