Posted on 05/20/2013 7:48:30 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Our democracy is endangered. Not by the Russians, North Korea, the Iran regime, or even terrorists. To quote Pogo: "We have met the enemy and he is us."
Inside the beltway, the fingers point and the media tuts and struts in glee, and we, the American public, respond by becoming more rigid and divided ourselves. No more "truth springing from argument amongst friends," as David Hume said. A recent nonpartisan Pew Research Poll finds our knee-jerk partisanship has increased dramatically.
This road we're on will lead us step-by-step to an extreme: either an autocratic government that functions, or a dysfunctional anarchy. The petty squabbles, bilge in the name of party or principle, will dissolve our self-government.
Abraham Lincoln felt no foreign power could ever defeat the United States. He said, "From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never...No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide."
We're pointing a pistol at our heads. A government of, by, and for the people requires that people talk to people, that we can agree to disagree but do so in civility. If we let the politicians and those who report dictate our discourse, then our course will be dictated.
Why am I alarmed? Because two "scandals" -- the IRS tax-exempt inquiries and the Department of Justice's tapping of reporters' phones -- have become lynch parties. And the congressional investigation of Benghazi may become a scandal in itself.
The IRS scandal has sparked bipartisan outrage that should require a bipartisan solution. The director who oversaw this was a Bush appointee who was confirmed by a Democratic Congress.....
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Except if you happen to be left to die defending a burning embassy facility, that is, but then that's just a bump in the road, right? Or you're a reporter silly enough to think that your phone records are private, but that's only a few people, right?
And then there is the difficulty that if you happen to be a member of the political opposition facing IRS harassment and potential prison at the hands of a hostile and corrupt government, you might not be in quite such a forgiving mood. Yes, Donna, there's a gun pointed at us and your government is holding it.
it is uncertain how much the director oversaw. It looks like the directive was pushed down by Obama via the IRS union chief, bypassing the official managerial structure.
Thanks.
Donna, we are a republic. We have never been a democracy. By your statement, you reveal yourself to be an enemy of the republic.
So no, there will be no "reasoned discourse" between us. You are not my friend. You are my enemy.
I think you have in backwards there, Donna.
Yes donna... you and obama certainly do have a gun to our heads.
LLS
Thats right. We only live buy mob rule when our goverment chooses to ignore its laws.
Never forget that the kenyan told illegals and mexicans that he and donna were going to take out their enemies... which were “We the People”.
LLS
Why is little Timmy getting the pass?
It’s a win-win.
Liberals don’t like us - we don’t like them. I can’t think of one reason why liberals would object splitting the country into two countries...
Really, they can have it ALL their way in their country - just like in Detroit where ONLY democrats made the calls. Just like Chicago... and LA... too.
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