Just Say NO! to the Federal Government

Back Woods Home Magazine via KeepAndBearArms.com ^ | June 20, 2002 | Oliver Del Signore

[Pern]

...they finally get the message that Americans want to be free, that we want to be left alone to live our lives as we see fit, as long as we do not harm others.

My thoughts exactly.

[Kerberos]

"Which is why it is time we American citizens got together, individually and on the local and state level, and Just Say NO! "

OK, so how do we start doing that?

[Grut]

...that Americans want to be free, that we want to be left alone to live our lives as we see fit...

Unfortunately, the evidence is that most Americans want to be 'safe', and supervised so they don't have to take responsibility for their own actions.

[davidosborne]

With all due respect I disagree with the notion that the War on Drugs is an infringement on our liberties. Government has an obligation to protect those who are VICTIMS of drug abuse, and I don't mean the users themselves but society as a whole suffers tremendously!! If you were in my proffession you would understand, but just trust me the REAL victims are NOT the drug users but everyone around them.. if we could lock up the drug users and protect society from them they I am in favor of giving them all the dope they want..

Respectfully,

David

[Pern]

I'd have to say it starts with family and friends. In my rantings during family functions, I've been discussing current events (The Patriot Act, etc...)and their possible implications in our daily lives. IOW, I'm trying to get their heads out of the sand and make them take a good look at their world.

I also asked that they do not vote for the incumbent in the next election. (that didn't go over too well!)

[davidosborne]

[Pern]

What, exactly, is your profession? I checked your profile, maybe I'm overlooking it.

[davidosborne]

My "TITLES" in order of priority are.. Christian, Husband, Father, Citizen of Tallahassee/Leon County/Florida/USA, Soldier(USAR), Deputy Sheriff

[Pern]

...just trust me the REAL victims are NOT the drug users but everyone around them.. if we could lock up the drug users and protect society from them they I am in favor of giving them all the dope they want...

David, please reread my original comment. If I'm in MY house smoking a joint, and not infringing on anyone's rights whatsoever (I have no young children), why should I be jailed for it?

I am in a professional position, with a great paying job. It seems counter productive for me to be jailed, becoming a ward of the state, when I could be out in the world, making money and having the government squeeze every dime they can out of me in taxes.

I'm not out to start an arguement, too early in the morning. Going get a fresh cup o' joe.

[Joe Brower]

[Common Tator]

NO government can control citizens that do not want to be controlled. If you doubt that ask Mikhail Gorbachev, he can describe how that super power named the Soviet Union was taken down by its unarmed citizens.No dictator, no democracy, no republic can surive without the consent of the governed.

Your one tiny little problem is that 98 plus percent of Amercians like their government. They want it to do more not less.

But you are right in one respect. Most people would be glad to just say no to governemnt if it didn't mean endng Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Medicare, Interstate highways system, the Post Office, the military, the pure food and drug law, the FCC, the FAA, the FTC, the FBI and CIA just to name a few. Did I mention the agriculture department? Can't leave out farm subsidies... now can we.

Most people would be glad to Just Say NO to government as long as it taxed the rich to pay for the things they want. Certainly they would NOT like goverment to say no to education or protecting the rights of minorites. The people will supprt government as long as is is "for the children". Hillary could tell you how that works.

Most people would scream NO to governemt as long as the government didn't stop enforcing clean air and clean water, and continued to jail terrorists. Most people would say no to govenment is they could be assured that it would infiltrate terrorist organization and put the members of such organizations away for life. Most people just hate government and would gladly say no as long as the government still privided Police and Fire Protection, Water, Garbage pickup and Street cleaning. Did I mention filling Pot Holes? As long as government provided courts and judges so they can sue people they think have harmed them, nearly everyone would just say no.

As long as government can be counted on perform these few tiny tasks and one or 70 thousand more, nearly every one will join you in your attempt to just say no to government.

[steve50]

I become very nervous when somebody says "just trust me", that seems to be how we got in this mess to start with. No thanks, I'll trust myself

[Pern]

As long as government can be counted on perform these few tiny tasks and one or 70 thousand more, nearly every one will join you in your attempt to just say no to government.

And that just ain't gonna happen, is it? Too many people are on the government gravy train.

[hedgetrimmer]

We’ve got to say NO!, NO!, NO! over and over again, until they finally get the message that Americans want to be free, that we want to be left alone to live our lives as we see fit, as long as we do not harm others. We’ve got to start now, today, this very minute to take back the rights and the freedoms we have been letting slip away. For if we do not, if we continue to allow elected and unelected officials to castrate us, to neuter our rights, to dissolve our freedoms, it is our children and our grandchildren who will, in the end, pay the ultimate price. It is they who will live as slaves to the state. It is they who will look back, with tears in their eyes, and ask why we let it happen.

Hear Hear!!

[Jennifer in Florida]

The REAL victims are NOT the drug users but everyone around them.. if we could lock up the drug users and protect society from them they I am in favor of giving them all the dope they want..

I agree with you. Drug users have no respect for themselves, how can we expect them to have any respect at all for those around them. Although, I don't think we should give them all the dope they want once we get them out of society. I don't think WE should be giving them anything.

[MissAmericanPie]

When the War on Drugs becomes a 2 billion dollar a year cover name for a private property confiscation scam by the Fed, when a private individual has to explain his deposits and withdrawals, then it's not a war on drugs anymore it is a war on private property, privacy, and individual liberty.

If the War on Drugs demands that all are guilty until proven innocent, then it becomes unconstitutional and needs to be ammended or terminated. There is no evidence what so ever that it is working in the smallest way other than to seperate innocent people from their goods and cash.

[William Terrell]

I'm not clear on how people using anything in their bodies impacts society, except using the terms of socialism. How so, without using socialistic reasons?

[Kerberos]

"Government has an obligation to protect those who are VICTIMS of drug abuse"

Then if government has an obligation to protect use from being a victim of drug abuse, why do they not have the same obligation to protect us from becoming a victim of alcohol abuse.

You would agree, in your capacity as sheriff, that alcohol abuse exists in our society, wouldn't you?

[KDD]

please remove me from your bump list.

[Dick Bachert]

Here's what SOME folks saw on their front lawn after saying "No" to the federales: