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I think Glenn, unfortunately, is onto something. There are two big issues:

1) At what point do people actually take their guns out of the closet or case and say, "enough," and 2) what does the military do when that happens? A couple of years ago, the Tennessee legislature tried to sneak through some health-care tax (I think) and it took the radio shows just a few minutes to get hundreds of motorists to surround the legislature building with their horns blaring.

But is there a point where instead of cars, people actually show up with firearms?

The dark secret is that the amendment allowing private citizens to own guns is intended to protect Americans from the American government, not the Soviet Union or the muslims. Few people are willing to accept that, because they are convinced that America is immune from every problem that every other world leader has faced over hundreds of years.

I think Claire Wolfe put it best: “Walk outside your front door carrying a firearm. Look left. Does you next door neighbor have a gun in his hand? Repeat the process; look to the right. Does you next door neighbor have a gun in his hand? If the answer to both of your questions is “Yes”, proceed with what you were planning or wanting to do. If not, return inside quickly, put away your firearm and wait. Its still too soon.”

Tennessee legislature tried to sneak through some health-care tax (I think)

No, that was a state income tax the 'Rats were trying to push through. According to the Tennessee State Constitution, a state income tax is unconstitutional. The then 'Rat controlled Legislature, fully supported by our then RINO Gooberner Don Sundquist (aka Taxquist), tried virtually every means at their disposal to push this unconstitutional tax through. They closed parks, cut school bus services, etc. All the things that would make the average Joe mad. Trouble is, it didn't work quite as planned. Protesters, including me, surrounded the Capital building daily for about three weeks. The Legislators were truly scared. Fast forward nine years and guess what? We don't have a state income tax and all the doom and gloom talk the Legislature and the Gooberner said was coming our way never materialized. What did happen is they were forced to rein in TennCare, which was the state's version of Hillarycare. TennCare is/was a boondoggle of epic proportions from top to bottom....

Perhaps a million or so cars, trucks, tractors, etc. descending on Washington DC and totally stopping all activity there for a few days would send them the message that we're not fooling. We are serious and if it comes to us or them I am going to do my dead-level best to make it them.

Wouldn't you love to see total gridlock, so much that not a single federal employee or elected official could get to work? Better still, do it when they are all there. Not being able to get to work is the last thing that would bother them. Now, not being able to get home, that's a different story.

There has simply got to be a way short of violence to let people express their dissatisfaction with what we've come to in this country.

But the solution is so simple, just vote the bastards out of office, and we won't even to that.

1) millions of guns and rounds are flying off the shelf as soon as they arrive or are back-ordered for months;

2) A lot of commentary has said this is because of fear of new gun control laws, which is in part correct. But fom the people I know, many of whom are veterans, they're not just buying them just because they're afraid they soon won't be able to: they're buying them because they think they might have to use them. And not against hungry hordes of homeless but against the Federal government.

If we get an attempt at or passage of i) the 'Fairness' Doctrine or ii) a renewal of the AWB, look for a campaign of targeted assassination and civil disobedience.

"I think Glenn, unfortunately, is onto something. "

It's not just Glenn anymore.

Soros Sees No Bottom For World Financial "Collapse"

Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:19pm EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Renowned investor George Soros said on Friday the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, adding that there is yet no prospect of a near-term resolution to the crisis.

Soros said the turbulence is actually more severe than during the Great Depression, comparing the current situation to the demise of the Soviet Union.

He said the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September marked a turning point in the functioning of the market system.

"We witnessed the collapse of the financial system," Soros said at a Columbia University dinner. "It was placed on life support, and it's still on life support. There's no sign that we are anywhere near a bottom."

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As a professor in the agriculture field at a major land grant institution, I have given alot of thought to the current situation our country is experiencing with respect to food production, transportation and distribution.

My intent with this post is not to alarm people but it wouldn’t take very much to significantly disrupt the production and distribution of food. In fact, it already has occurred to a minor extent. Case in point, the use of corn/feedstocks for alternative (ethanol) fuel production. What would happen if there is a significant drought in the corn belt?

So many people take our nation’s food production capacity for granted and have no appreciation or understanding for agriculture in general.

Starvation and hunger has been contributing ingredients in many insurrections/revolutions that have occurred throughout history.

I hope and pray that our country is able to ride this one out without any complications from the lack of food.

My two cents,

MFO