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America’s only remaining choices – civil disobedience or collapse
The American Report ^ | June 27, 2015 | Lawrence Sellin, PHD

Posted on 06/27/2015 1:24:46 PM PDT by Randall_S

The United States no longer has, as the Constitution designed, a government composed of executive, legislative and judicial branches, separate, but equal in power.

The federal government is now an alliance of branches, devoted to the preservation of government itself, separate, not from each other, but from the American people and dedicated to tyranny.

The policies pursued by the Obama Administration and facilitated by cowardly politicians and a compliant media are not simply the intersection of radical ideology and incompetence, but a dangerous subversive element of an anti-American and anti-Western strategy.

Cultural Marxism and its many variants, such as political correctness and multiculturalism, is now firmly ensconced in the White House and the Democrat Party, while the Republican Party, dominated by eunuchs and the avaricious, continuously accommodates its “principles” to match an ever-shifting leftward movement of the “conventional wisdom.” It does so solely in to maintain its place as the token opposition and grifter at the federal tax-revenue trough for the personal financial benefits that it provides.

After the successful 1917 communist revolution in Russia, it was widely believed that a proletarian revolt would sweep across Europe and, ultimately, North America. It did not.

As a result, the Communist International began to investigate other ways to create the state of societal hopelessness and alienation necessary as a prerequisite for socialist revolution – in essence, to destroy western democracy from within.

The single, most important organizational component of this conspiracy was a Communist think tank called the Institute for Social Research, popularly known as the Frankfurt School. The task of the Frankfurt School was first, to undermine the Judeo-Christian foundation of Western civilization that emphasized the uniqueness and sacredness of the individual and, second, to determine new cultural forms which would increase the disaffection of and division among the population.

Just as in classical economic Marxism, certain groups, i.e. workers and peasants, are a priori good, and other groups, i.e., the bourgeoisie and capital owners, are evil; in Cultural Marxism feminist women, racial and ethnic minorities and those who define themselves according to sexual orientation are deemed good and “victims” of societal injustice. Similarly, white males and “privilege” and, by extension, Western civilization, are automatically and irredeemably malevolent.

Sound familiar? It has been the playbook of the American left for over sixty years. The aim is not to solve social injustice or protect “rights, “of which the left can concoct an endless supply, but to undermine and topple Western democracy.

The new element in this formula, using the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” paradigm, is what David Horowitz described as an unholy alliance between leftists and radical Islam. They have been brought together by the traits they share – their hatred of Western civilization and their belief that the United States is the embodiment of evil on earth. While Islamic radicals seek to purge the world of heresies and of the infidels who practice them, leftist radicals seek to purge society’s collective “soul” of the vices allegedly spawned by capitalism — those being racism, sexism, imperialism, and greed.

That combination of these ultimately mutually exclusive, but temporarily useful, ideologies is arguably the modus operandi of Barack Hussein Obama and his inner circle with a larger cast of fellow travelers and useful idiots.

It is no surprise, then, that lying and secrecy have become the hallmarks of an administration immune both to facts and reason, plagued by contradictions and led by an individual with the impatience and petulance of an insecure adolescent from a political party with the emotional stability of a disgruntled postal worker.

Obama’s transformation is fundamentally the degradation and humbling of a great nation he considers venal and corrupt, but is, in reality, merely a description of the content of his own character.

He and his present anointed successor and Mini Me, Hillary Clinton, are manifestations of modern-day, totalitarian Liberalism, in its insatiable thirst for power, where persuasion is replaced by coercion to implement policies that are inherently damaging to liberty and the national interest.

Unfortunately, the federal government, as an institution, has largely come to reflect those same characteristics, the tyranny that led the Founding Fathers to declare independence.

In their effort to make the central government “too big to fail,” the political-media complex has made it too corrupt to reform.

It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government – Thomas Paine

Lawrence Sellin, Ph.D. is a retired colonel with 29 years of service in the US Army Reserve and a veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq. Colonel Sellin is the author of “Restoring the Republic: Arguments for a Second American Revolution “. He receives email at lawrence.sellin@gmail.com.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: civildisobedience; constitution; islam; theleft
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To: TonyM

FReepers have demonstrated over and over in recent years they might hear the call but will ignore it.

FReepers are lazy and no longer capable of action. They will talk an issue to death but will not act


41 posted on 06/27/2015 2:57:38 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: All

For believing Christians we must accept this is the beginning of the tribulation. There will be some horrible times ahead. But that just means we’re that much closer to His return. Then things will turn around very quickly. And that’s the thinking that will keep me sane.


42 posted on 06/27/2015 2:58:49 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (I'll vote for a democrat before I'll vote for a rino.)
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To: expat2

We already had a huge march on DC. It was ignored. Unless we are ready to use those pitchforks we will not get their attention.


43 posted on 06/27/2015 2:58:59 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: Logical me

The gop is in on this. They have the exact same dirt on Roberts that Obama has. Why don’t they use it against him? It’s obvious why they don’t.


44 posted on 06/27/2015 3:02:06 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (I'll vote for a democrat before I'll vote for a rino.)
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To: bert

Then why are you still here ?


45 posted on 06/27/2015 3:05:07 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Randall_S

There is still a lack of understanding on FR of how completely cultural conservatives have lost the under-35 demographic. Support for this decision among them is nearly universal. It’s going to be difficult to organize any sort of effective civil disobedience when your most effective foot soldiers are all on the other side.


46 posted on 06/27/2015 3:18:22 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (Heteropatriarchal Capitalist)
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To: justa-hairyape

well newbie...... I remember when FReepers acted and got real results


47 posted on 06/27/2015 4:39:14 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: Mr. Jeeves
Support for this decision among them is nearly universal

Acceptance is not the same thing as support. They also know that in the early careers they have to toe the line of political correctness.

OTOH many 20-somethings will not fight for a traditional definition of marriage. They won't fight for freedom of religion. But it is fair to say that many will vote for a Ted Cruz with traditional marriage as part of a package deal. There are a lot of conservative 20-somethings but they are not complete conservatives yet.

48 posted on 06/27/2015 4:42:49 PM PDT by palmer (Net "neutrality" = Obama turning the internet into FlixNet)
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To: Randall_S

Civil disobedience or collapse? Totally agree. CWII is on the way.


49 posted on 06/27/2015 5:00:51 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: gwjack

If the Feds run short on cash, the Federal Reserve just prints them more.

Literally (well, digitally “prints”).

I jest not.


50 posted on 06/27/2015 5:08:13 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Randall_S

Excellent article.


51 posted on 06/27/2015 5:12:15 PM PDT by savedbygrace (But God!)
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To: DuncanWaring
"If the Feds run short on cash, the Federal Reserve just prints them more. Literally (well, digitally “prints”)."

Actually most money is created without the FED doing anything.

Anytime a loan is issued (bank loan, Mastercard charge, auto loan etc.) digital money is created. Any time a government bond is issued money is created. And so on.

52 posted on 06/27/2015 5:12:54 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Randall_S

This is why the fall of America is a done deal. There will be no armed rebellion, voter rebellion, or civil disobedience.

We are done. America is done, stick a fork in her. It was a good ride. I have long been despondent in tears seeing this coming. These rulings were not even the worst damage. The passage of Obamacare was the final nail in our coffin. You could see all this coming.

But the commies have been destroying America for many decades now. They had no opposition so they were guaranteed to eventually win.

There is nothing to do now but watch the slow decline and ultimate fall of America.

Pray to God and apologize to your great grand children for losing the nation on your watch.


53 posted on 06/27/2015 5:47:20 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (I demand a Constitutional Amendment establishing Marriage as one man and one woman.)
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To: bert
FReepers are lazy and no longer capable of action.

Not lazy, too old.

54 posted on 06/27/2015 5:48:55 PM PDT by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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To: Randall_S

Article V.


55 posted on 06/27/2015 5:50:59 PM PDT by OKSooner (Chamberlain at least loved his country, please don't insult his memory by comparing him to 0.)
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To: TalBlack

“Colonel Sellin is the author of “Restoring the Republic: Arguments for a Second American Revolution “. “

Does this book exist in hard copy? Amazon only has the Kindle edition and I’m not that technologically sophisticated yet.


56 posted on 06/27/2015 5:54:04 PM PDT by PLMerite ("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
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To: Randall_S

At some point the Pentagon will step in and take control of Fedgov™. After about 10 years of reorganization and closing loopholes in the Constitution elections will be held and the military will abdicate.


57 posted on 06/27/2015 5:55:20 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Yes....I work with a lot of people under 35. they are almost totally lost to this sick culture.


58 posted on 06/27/2015 6:04:27 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Mad Dawgg
Any time a government bond is issued money is created.

Yes, but someone has to buy the bond.

Frequently, that "someone" is the Fed.

59 posted on 06/27/2015 6:11:09 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
when compared to all the other bond buyers and all the loans issued it is very infrequent.

Fractional Reserve Banking creates far more money than the FED does.

60 posted on 06/27/2015 6:20:42 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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