Absolutely correct. For what little it is worth, I was the originator of this, way back a year or more:
Silence, America!:
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...tried to warn people; not enough were paying attention.
Now we'll all pay...
I must tell you, backhoe, I had a father and a mother who comitted suicide, 16 years apart.
If I didn't know better, this Court decision would really make me want to follow them. I can't describe my feelings, maybe utter impotence would be a start! I really feel that the country I knew back in the late 40's and 50's is gone, but I am sure that this has been a gradual process.
Silence, America!:
Silence, America!: for Silence, America!.
Other Bump Lists at: Free Republic Bump List Register
...tried to warn people; not enough were paying attention
I recall that. Thanks, Backhoe; at least you tried.
Well, it looks like the constitutional authority for their political authority and power is just as moot and meaningless as any *rights* we might once have had. It's now just a countdown to however long it takes us to drift toward a Soviet Union-style breakup at best and flat-out bloodshed and a widespread realization that the laws are as meaningless for us as they are for them.
I wonder what will come along to replace that which once was the United States of America. I suspect it will not stand as long as that noble but flawed experiment in a constitutional contract between governed and governance did, and it was a swell ride while it lasted. Better to have loved and lost it, I guess, than not to have ever had such an entity shine out for the world to see. A run of 217 years, counting this as the final punctuation mark, or 187 if you use the JFK assassination and coup as the beginning of the end, was not too shabby. The false facade might remain propped up for a couple of years yet, but the party's over, folks.
Unfortunately it's too easy any more to be right about these sorts of things. I'm sure you hate being right when the topics are as unpleasant as this; and us "curmudgeons" find ourselves being right all the damned time.
Stay well,
