On March 30, 1981, only 69 days into the new administration, Reagan, his press secretary James Brady, Washington police officer Thomas Delahanty, and Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy were struck by gunfire from would-be assassin John Hinckley, Jr. outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Although "close to death" during surgery, Reagan recovered and was released from the hospital on April 11, becoming the first serving U.S. President to survive being shot in an assassination attempt. The attempt had great influence on Reagan's popularity; polls indicated his approval rating to be around 73%.
Reagan believed that God had spared his life so that he might go on to fulfill a greater purpose.."
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116 posted on 01/28/2014 12:06:02 PM PST by trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
"Our wannabe dictator is making great strides in fundamentally transforming America from a free Republic to a communist police state. ObamaCare alone has nullified our constitution, killed our economy and crippled our nation. Now he wants to step up his campaign of spying on we the people. Not satisfied with simply politicizing the IRS, EPA, NSA, etc, he's now weaponizing them to use against us. The Marxist usurper stated early on that he wanted to build a civilian army more powerful than the military--and he's doing it. He's building his own personal police force to enforce HIS rule while actively purging our military of any high ranking officers who disagree with him. He's openly bragging about ignoring the congress. The congress has ceded all power to Obama and he owns the courts. Obama is busily building a statist/fascist regime that only a dictator could love.
Now, ironically, he invokes the American Revolution, patriotism and the constitution to step up his power grabs and his fascist domestic spying programs. Obama has now issued a directive telling the congress what HE'S going to do. If the congress does not act, he promises to bypass the constitutional legislative process and move his leftist agenda on his own, unconstitutionally, by executive decree and through the unelected, unaccountable "rule-making" federal bureaucracy.
The Marxist usurper and his godless democrat party have effectively declared war against the constitution, the states, and the citizens of the U.S. And the congress tucks tail and does nothing. The courts look the other way and do nothing. It's up to we the people.
No surrender, no retreat!!
We are the resistance. Do not submit to tyranny. Do not meekly give up your Liberty!!
~Jim Robinson January 19, 2014
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119 posted on 01/28/2014 12:14:48 PM PST by trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)