Posted on 03/05/2003 9:14:28 AM PST by Redcloak
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:41:57 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
W seems to have learned from his father's mistakes regarding Iraq...I hope that Rove et. al are advising him straight on this one, too.
Also note Feinswine's nose under the tent approach. She doesn't want just an extension, she wants an expansion. In short, she wants them all. And if she's not careful, she'll trigger something she hasn't the foggiest notion is possible. Someone needs to get that woman a copy of Unintended Consqeunces.
RINO's don't care about rights.
RINO's care only for power, and advancing themselves. Instead of fighting for what's right, and possibly suffering (political) injuries, Bush and Rove will stick their fingers in the air to feel which way the wind blows. And so they will decide YOUR rights, as mere bargaining chips in the poker game of power.
And those of you who swear you'll again never vote for Bush if he signs this, please stop kidding yourselves. Faced with the alternative of a Democrat, most of you will get right back up and vote for those who smack you around and kick dirt in your face.
You're much like abused wives, who keep coming back for more. You have no control over your leaders, they control you. They tell you what you want, not the other way around. Think not? I predict the day after Bush renews the ban, FR will be filled with people saying it's a good thing, and attacking anyone who says otherwise. It's the personality, the party you adhere to, and liberty is way down the list.
Does my coming right out and saying this anger you? I hope so. Maybe it will upset you enough to PROVE ME WRONG.
Let it all drag on until September, then tell the Dems: so sorry, there's no time left in the legislative calendar to consider the AW Ban -- we're mandated to work on the budget now.
Bingo.
Is she admitting something here?
Actually ... she is admitting something. She is one of the few people in California who has a concealed carry permit. She has bodyguards and a concealed carry permit, but doesn't was the "little people" to have the same.
The Second Amendment is about more than just hunting. It is also about more than just "Assault Rifles".
It is not the only mistake Bush could make that would lose my vote, but it is a big one. And I am still stuck in Kalifornia where state law makes it almost irrelevant.
At the very least, I will stock up on normal-capacity magazines in Nevada during what might be a lull in anti-gun government terror. They ought to cost about fifty cents a piece in moderate quantities.
Now this.
I'm a law abiding citizen. Honorably Discharged from six years in the Marines. I've never had so much as a parking ticket. I've worked very hard, to get where I am by playing by the rules.
I am sick and tired of my government treating me like a g#dd@mn criminal.
Nope. I will register as a Libertarian on that day.
Actually this is strong enough to make me go hit the lever for Hillary and Co. JUST TO PRECIPITATE the crisis and get it over with.
I have been very carefully warning my state representatives, and I even had the opportunity to make the same kind of statement to a FL Supreme Court justice.
They think citizens literally fighting back will never happen, even at the point of door to door confiscation. They think that we are children who are in need of constant direction to just live our lives.
The gun-grabbers are dead wrong. There are thousands of them, but there are millions of us, and we have the guns.
I am sick and tired of my government treating me like a g#dd@mn criminal.
Any ideas or plans to change that? The status quo doesn't seem to be working.
I would suggest a bitter fight in the primaries, but the outcomes of those are determined behind closed doors well in advance. The primaries are now just an infomercial.
That leaves withholding your vote, and letting a Rat win. I fear a loss at the polls may be the only language RINO's speak. Can you stomach that?
Sorry, but it IS true. I personally heard him promise to extend the clearly unconstitutional AW ban in a speech he made during the primary campaign. It was made somewhere in the midwest, possibly Iowa, but can't remember for sure. My heart sank into my boots when I heard him say it because I knew he had already been annointed for the job. Until then I had been mislead to believe he was a 2nd amendment supporter. Wrong.
The only hope for sunsetting the ban is to put pressure on our congresscritters to let it die. Bush will sign the extension bill if it gets to his desk, no doubt about it.
Personally, I'm not at all hopeful.
Better to fight in the primary (for what that's worth) and withhold campaign work/money donations. Maybe fund the Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) instead and try to reform the GOP from the inside.
I'll come right out and admit I'm a Libertarian, and if you'd rather vote for us, that's fine with me. But I don't really care if you do, please just don't vote for anyone who renews the ban. Voting Constitution Party or Natural Law Party, or not voting at all are all viable ways to make your objections not just known but felt.
The worst thing you could do is give your support to Bush if he renews the ban. Basically, he will learn the lesson that he can sell you out and still get what he needs from you. At that point your influence over him will be non-existant.
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