Obama on Nukes
I’m not sure what’s worse — that this empty suit keeps making these false claims, or that so many people blindly follow him and actually believe the words he reads.
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I’m not sure what’s worse — that this empty suit keeps making these false claims, or that so many people blindly follow him and actually believe the words he reads.
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So, word is that Dr. Dobson “might” endorse John McCain for president. Nice. Dr. Dobson, perhaps your own behavior may help explain why so many people don’t trust Christians today. Behavior like this is what causes people to say, “What’s so good about Christians?” Meanwhile, many people will follow Dr. Dobson — and his lies. I’m sorry, I like Dr. Dobson, but he’s just plain lying when he says:
Barack Obama contradicts and threatens everything I believe about the institution of the family and what is best for the nation. His radical positions on life, marriage and national security force me to reevaluate the candidacy of our only other choice, John McCain.
Dr. Dobson — there ARE more than two choices. And this is exactly the time when an influential leader such as yourself could propel this country into a much better place. This is the time when another candidate, one who matches your values, has the best chance of winning — especially if you would consider the endorsement of a good candidate. If Dr. Dobson endorses McCain, that will be a long-lasting statement saying, “Well, Christians want good things, but we’re perfectly willing to compromise if it means we get to say ‘We Win.’ If we vote for evil people, well that’s just fine because we don’t really have any principles that we won’t compromise on.” Nice job, Dr. Dobson.
Let’s look at the words of Dr. Dobson from just a few months ago:
I’m deeply disappointed the Republican Party seems poised to select a nominee who did not support a Constitutional amendment to protect the institution of marriage, who voted for embryonic stem cell research to kill nascent human beings, who opposed tax cuts that ended the marriage penalty, and who has little regard for freedom of speech, who organized the Gang of 14 to preserve filibusters, and has a legendary temper and often uses foul and obscene language.
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I cannot, and I will not vote for Sen. John McCain, as a matter of conscience.
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Should John McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for president in my lifetime. I certainly can’t vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama based on their virulently anti-family policy positions. If these are the nominees in November, I simply will not cast a ballot for president for the first time in my life.
And he dares to call any politician a “flip-flopper.” Dr. Dobson? Pot meet kettle.
A quick side note — Dr. Dobson had as a guest on his show who is a Southern Baptist. I wonder, as does Laurence M. Vass, What Happened to Southern Baptists — especially as far as peaceful resolutions to conflict?
But Dr. Dobson claims that there’s no other choice. Perhaps I should send along to Dr. Dobson a few links: Bob Barr is running for president. Why won’t Dr. Dobson support him? His views on liberty and freedom are close to Dr. Dobson’s than McCain’s. Do you suppose Dr. Dobson knows that Chuck Baldwin is running as well? While he’s not on the ticket in a lot of states because of the two evils, you can be sure that Mr. Baldwin is a MUCH better match for Dr. Dobson than anyone else.
So why is Dr. Dobson continuing to imply support for McCain? I suspect it’s because Dr. Dobson is more interested in power and influence than in principles. I would guess that Dr. Dobson doesn’t want to be known for picking someone who didn’t win the election. If Dr. Dobson will accept all that he says is bad about McCain so he can be on the “winning team,” I wonder if he won’t switch over and endorse Obama if it looks like Obama will win. Are there any principles that Dr. Dobson actually holds that aren’t subject to the political winds? It sure doesn’t seem like it.
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Why? Remember that 9% approval rating? It’s not throwing away your vote, especially in North Carolina. If 90% of the people don’t like the current government and just half of them vote Libertarian, freedom will have a chance. Want to know why? Just watch this video:
That’s Mike Munger. He’s running for North Carolina governor. I’m voting for him.
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Hey, did you know that Libertarians are allowed to run for election in North Carolina again? Yes, despite some of the most difficult ballot access laws in the country, they’re permitted again to run. And that’s despite a superior court judge who actually said, “there is no fundamental right for a voter to vote for the party of their choice.”
And yes, of course, libertarians candidates will be excluded from the election process as much as possible by the media, the Democrats, and the Republicans. But it sure is refreshing to see that in some elections people will actually have a choice. Keep in mind, this is the same North Carolina where as many as 80% or more of the state legislature only changes hands when those in power want them to (there’s zero competition).
So this year, why not join ‘em? If you live in an uncontested district, get your name on the ballot. It’s not too expensive and people will actually have a choice. You know, I think I’ll see if they want me on the ballot — I know in my districts, there’s zero opposition for either the state house or the state senate…
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I’m sure by now that you’ve read the latest “breaking news” from Obama: that the only reason Osama Bin Laden is “free” is George Bush and the Republicans. I guess Barry Hussein was too young to know what was going on in 1996 when Bill Clinton was offered bin Laden’s head on a platter, but he refused.
But get used to it — this is what an Obama presidency will look like: total lies and fabrication, attacking anyone he doesn’t like.
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So, what do you think about Hillary as Vice President? No, I don’t mean for Obama, I mean for McCain. Seriously.
Look, McCain’s election strategy is crystal clear. He doesn’t care one bit about Republicans, conservatives, or even those in the middle. Instead, he’s already completely written off all those people. He figures going against Obama, all those people are not voting for Obama. So instead of trying to get a large number of votes, his strategy is to ensure that Obama gets as few votes as possible — so he’s going after the left. I think he believes that those on the right will either not vote or hold their noses and vote for him. Either way, he doesn’t really care — they’re not voting for Obama. Therefore, he just wants to get as many Democrat votes as he can. I think he’s counting on the number of Democrat votes he gets plus whatever he grabs from Republicans will be more than what Obama can put together. So why not choose Hillary for VP?
And yes, I realize that Hillary would never accept the post. Well, I suppose she may actually consider it because she knows that she would be one weak heartbeat away from the presidency. And the way people keep turning up dead around the Clintons, McCain would be completely nuts to select her. But what does McCain have to lose? He makes this grand speech about “new times” and “change.” He talks about total unity of the country and then makes a huge public spectacle and publicly asks Clinton to be his running mate so they can “work together across party lines” to make the country better.
Then Clinton can consider, get her time in the limelight, and then refuse. McCain’s gained piles of Hillary supporters — taking away votes from Obama. He hasn’t lost anything because those few Republicans left who actually support him won’t stop supporting him because of that sort of stunt. And those who are sitting around, praying he will select a conservative for VP aren’t going to get one anyway, so he won’t lose anything there. In fact, if McCain plays his cards right, he could offer Clinton the job and when she refuses it, then he can ask Romney — gaining votes for both actions!
McCain - Clinton 08!
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On my way in to work today, as my mind was wandering, I was thinking about the government in America. It was formed as a representative republic (not a democracy as some have been taught). But we have moved so far from that that we really are socialist. Seriously, I cannot find any evidence that we’re NOT a completely and totally socialist state. We can, quite literally, do nothing without government permission — which means that government truly does control all the means of production in the country.
This morning I got an email from my pal Big Dog where he provided a link to a recent column by Alan Stang. I don’t know anything about this Mr. Stang, but I read his article. At first, as Kat pointed out, it seemed entertaining. After all, it starts with
Now that Senator Hussein appears to have clinched the Democrud nomination, and the campaign between him and Senator McChurian Candidate unofficially begins, let’s ruminate together about what all this means for America.
But then the next paragraph moved very quickly away from the comedic to the ultimate terrifying truth:
The inconceivable, utterly unthinkable fact – as I write I am telling myself it can’t be – is that on Tuesday, November 4th, unless God decides He has had enough and intervenes by giving us Ron Paul, the American people will elect a Communist President of the United States. The only thing we don’t know as I write is which Communist they will elect.
And that is honestly true. Both of these candidates are communists, through and through. They do not believe in freedom. They do not believe in hard work. They do not believe that people should be able to keep things that they work for and own. And they will not allow Americans to be free while they rule. Know what would be really funny? If it were determined (and it sure looks like it’s true) that neither Hussein or Juan were eligible to be president? I think there are honestly legitimate question about whether either one was born in the United States, and I would truly love to see a do-over.
But now that we’re going to be communists, what will be different? Actually, not a whole lot from the government end of things. You see, communism is a system that says it’s simply not fair for some people to have more than others. So one of the primary purposes of communism is to make people free — from freedom. Yes, under a communist government you will be free from having other people have more than you — and you will be free from working and earning more than someone else. It’s total egalitarianism. And of course, to get there, instead of raising some people up (because many will not want to work and move up), the government will work to bring everyone else down. That’s how the system works — everyone is the same, and no one has more — everyone has less.
With health care and other issues, under our new communist government, no one will be allowed to have more than anyone else, because everyone will be free to have a little tiny bit. With sales and capitalism, everyone will be free to own some of the industry — and will be free from having to work hard to earn a portion. Some Democrat members of Congress have already jumped the gun and proclaimed that they want to have government take over ownership and operation of all natural resources — and under our new communist leaders, they will do so.
Elections will continue much as they are — you will be free to pick any members of the communist party (but they won’t call it that, they’ll call them “Republicans” and “Democrats”) that you want. No, you will not be able to pick anyone outside of the party. So elections will be much as they are in over 90% of all elections in North Carolina now: pick one of the following one people to represent you. And no, your write-in will not count (just like now).
However, an interesting side effect of this shift to communism will be religion. You see, under a communist system, government is god. Government says they will create jobs, and there will be jobs (like Obama says). Government says that the sea levels will fall, and they will fall (like Juan says). And if government IS god, then there is no room in such a place for God Himself — which is how it has been in every communist government in the history of the world. People end up having to put their faith into government to save them, instead of God. And government hates competition, so they are forced to outlaw religions like Christianity, that teaches about freedom. And they will.
So, you’re thinking that won’t happen here? Maybe you think we have a Constitution to protect us from government? And you think I’m living in a dream world. Wake up, people! The Constitution only applies when government wants it to. And in regards to religion, we can already see that Christians are not welcome in America — and are in isolated cases, already being arrested for being Christian. How about a few stories just from this week?
In CA, we have a judge who is actually supposed to rule whether having sex with an animal is obscene — while that very same judge has pictures of his own of having sex with animals. In other words, the judge has already made it clear that he likes sex with animals — and he’s supposed to rule on the law about that. If you think that the Bible says that having sex with animals is wrong, you are not welcome in California — and at least one judge there will rule against you.
In Colorado, it’s illegal to say that you don’t like homosexuals. And if a man tries to walk into the bathroom with your 8-year old girl and you stop him, you go to jail. If you believe the Bible says homosexuality is wrong, you are not welcome in Colorado.
In Massachusetts, the governor is openly violating the MA constitution in appointing a gay woman (and proven, open liar) to a family court. So if you believe the Bible says that homosexuality is wrong, at least one judge there will rule against you — and in the most dangerous of all places, the family court.
In Washington state, if you think that gay “marriage” is wrong, and you pass a state law against it, judges will ignore you and allow mayors to make new laws that are more important and more powerful than state laws. If you think gay marriage is wrong because of the Bible, you’re not welcome in Washington state and a mayor may have you jailed if he doesn’t like you.
And if you’re in Ohio and want to read the Bible in a library, that’s against the law as proclaimed by the bureaucrats who run the library. So if you want to read the Bible, you’re not welcome in Ohio, either.
That’s just in the last week — 5 states have made it clear that they have no desire to have Christians in their states, and they are using the force of government to punish those who believe the Bible. Now if you break one of their laws or rules proclaimed by the bureaucrats, what happens? The same thing that happens any time you do anything the government doesn’t like — you go to jail or get killed.
So yes, realize the next four years are going to be bad and get worse. Under communism, everyone suffers except the leaders. I will honestly be surprised if I make it through the next administration without being arrested and jailed for doing nothing more than exercising my own freedoms. I have always had faith that America would conquer and overcome everything. I always had faith that the hard-working would overcome the insanity of political posturing. But the more I read about history, the more I realize that no civilization is endless, and it sure looks like America, land of the free and home of the brace, truly is ended. I guess I shall by one of the last to die with that great refrain on my lips, “Live Free or Die.”
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I hate to say it, but I’m pretty sure that Harvey is right. Obama is likely going to be the next president. It’s not because he agrees with the positions of Americans. It’s not because he’s right on any issue. It’s because he’s more plastic than McCain. Like Bill Clinton, he can tap into people’s emotions easily — and facts, rights, and right and wrong simply cannot compete. And it really doesn’t matter who he picks for VP. He will simply look and sound slicker, and then he’ll win. As for me? I’m still hoping for a miracle.
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I mentioned last week how Senator Biden is working very hard to absolutely destroy families and severely punish fathers at all costs. Jack Stone stopped by and provided a nice link to The Joe Biden Quiz. If you want to know more accurate information about someone who honestly hates freedom and America as Land of the Free and the capitalist leader of the world, go check that page out.
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I know posting this automatically makes me a racist, but not posting it would make me a racist too, I’m sure.
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Well it’s likely that the next president will be either Juan McCain or Hate = Hope Obama. I know a large number of people that simply cannot vote for McCain. I know a bunch of people that will “throw away” their vote on Chuck Baldwin or Bob Barr. I know very few who will vote FOR McCain. I know even fewer that can rationally explain a reason for vote for Obama (but who will vote for him anyway).
There’s also the rather vocal crowd that says let Obama win so the Democrats can screw the country and we can re-start the Republican Party. Now, I’m not advocating for Juan, but be sure you know what you’re getting with Obama. The man is evil and absolutely full of hatred. And he is part of the Democrat Party that does not believe in rules — or that rules are for “the other guy.”
He is a member of the Democrat Party that thinks sex with animals is perfectly okay. This is the Democrat Party that believes not on was the Kelo decision right in determining that NO subjects citizens have ANY property rights; but also that cities should be able to take property away from people who don’t even live in their city. This is the Democrat Party that thrives on creating victims out of, well, anyone except white, heterosexual, Christian males.
And this is Obama who has as advisors hate-filled hate mongering liars like Louis Farrakhan. This is the Obama who, when faced with the current economic crisis in America has “hope” for a number of solutions — ALL which involve people paying more for oil, gas, food, electronics, and paying more money to government for everything. All “change” is not good — and Obama’s “change” will only be for the worse. Obama won’t bring real change. He won’t bring real hope — but there is one way to see and have REAL hope and REAL change — without punishing everyone who works and is productive.
So brace yourself now — under President Hateful Obama, things will get a lot worse. Unfortunately, under Juan McCain, they won’t be much better — but at least they won’t be as racist and hateful.
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From Kender:
Ken Sherman is a piano teacher, which while being a noble and decent profession, in no way qualifies him for a political office.
You can see the first post I did on Sherman here. I explain in that post why he shouldn’t even be consider by anyone that considers themselves a conservative, but I want to recap that and tell you why I am posting about this again.
Ken Sherman has posted (and taken down when it was pointed out what he did) anti-semitic videos on his only website, a myspace page. Any candidate for an office higher than Student Council at a high school should have an actual website. I have no idea if Ken is running a campaign on the cheap, he doesn’t know any better or he is simply thinking that only a myspace page is good enough, because Ken won’t return calls.
Ken has also promoted events sponsored by Move On Dot Org, an extremely far left group. The event he promoted on his myspace page was a candle light vigil against the war, which by default means he is against the troops.
Ken’s campaign manager has posted lies about Ken’s opponent, Armineh Chelebian, while at the same time failing to divulge his position in the campaign. While it may not be illegal to post comments without divulging your position in a campaign, it is extremely unethical to do so, especially when you are posting comments in favor of your employer and posting lies about your employers opponent.
Theer has been some speculation amongst some activists here that Ken Sherman is a mole from the Democrat party, and is only running to secure the nomination so he can drop out and leave the seat uncontested for the Democrats. If Ken Sherman does win next Tuesday, and drops out of the race I’d like to see the Attorney General of California open an investigation into Ken’s finances and those close to him. I’d be willing to bet that if he is a mole, he has a handshake deal with the Dems to get paid for securing the seat for them. But that’s just a theory of mine.
I tried several times to speak with Ken, and after reaching him on his cell he said he’d call me later. His steadfast refusal to get together for a one on one so he could present his side of the issues is proof positive to me that he is hoping to ride this out until Tuesday.
So spread the word. Don’t vote for Ken Sherman if you live in the 40th district in California. If you do and by some stretch of the imagination he wins you will be getting what you voted for. An unresponsive person of questionable character.
*DISCLAIMER; These are my thoughts only. I am not connected in any official capacity with any campaign for any office.
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Robert Pittenger is running for Lt. Governor in North Carolina on the Republican ticket. He won the recent Republican primary election. He’s also a sitting NC Senator. However, unlike most politicians (and more than a few current politicians, including all the presidential candidates); Robert Pittenger yesterday announced that he would step down from his Senate seat while campaigning. That’s a pretty good move and shows class — instead of the usual politician who misses votes and discussions on current legislation to run for another political office.
Yes, Bob Rucho will likely be his successor. But this move was not timed to take choice away from the people. In fact, Bob Rucho had already won election to this seat — because this Senate seat is in a Republicans-only district (the Democrats in the NC Senate, who have been in control of the Senate for over 100 years without a break, draw the districts to elect the senators they want, so there is no election in the fall for Senate seats). In other words, there is no opposition to run against Rucho in the fall, so the election has already been decided (as are 90+% of all state legislature elections already).
So I say, nicely done Mr. Pittenger. And I shall be pulling for you in the fall. I live in a strong Republican district, so you’ve already won my district. Maybe you can win a few more for small government.
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Now I am fully aware that Obama thinks that he is smarter than me. I also realize that the vast, vast majority of Obama supporters also believe he is smarter than they. But most of his ideas have not only been tried before, but they have been absolutely catastrophic to freedom and capitalism — which, I believe, is his entire point. But, for those who might want to direct the Obama supporters to a little reality-based math, here’s a quick bit about how economics works. I’ll try and keep the math simple.
Company A sells Widgets. It costs company A money to make widgets. In a typical week, they pay their 10 employees $5.85 an hour for 40 hours of work. That’s $2,340 is direct labor costs (I know there’s more, but I’m trying to keep it simple). They also have to pay $1,660 to buy supplies to make their widgets (and other expenses). In a typical week, their company produces 200 widgets. That means it costs them $20 for each widget they make. Since there is a lot of competition for widgets, they sell their widgets for just $20.50. That gives the company a total “profit” of $100 each week.
Have I lost anyone yet? It’s the price they sell the widget minus the cost it takes to make the width that equals profit.
Now Obama wants to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour. What will happen at our widget company?
The costs to create the widgets now rises. Their 10 employees now cost $3,800 to pay (instead of $2,340). Their suppliers also have to pay increased wages, so the supplies now cost more too — $2,695 instead of $1,600 (an increase at the same rate as wages). So under Obama’s plan, it now costs $6,495 to make the exact same 200 widgets. If they continue selling widgets for $20.50, they only collect $4,100 — losing over two thousand dollars a week. So they cannot do that. What do they do?
Each company will have a few options. If they want to continue making money, they must adjust. They can raise the price of widgets. If they raise the price of widgets to $33.00 (up from $20.50), they will earn $105 a week. And in economic circles, that’s less than before because the profit on the investment has lowered percentage-wise. And of course, if you had been paying $20.50 for widgets and the price jumped to $33, you likely wouldn’t buy the widgets (meaning they’d have to raise the price even more to make up for lost sales).
The next option the company has is to attempt to reduce costs. They cannot reduce how much the employees are paid, but they can reduce the number of employees. If the company fires 5 employees (half their workforce) and somehow makes the remaining employees (who are now fearful for their job) work 50% harder, here’s the numbers:
Employee costs: $1900; Supplies: $2695; Net Widgets: 150 Widgets; Cost to manufacture each: $30.60. They still need to charge $31 to continue to make money.
Another option the company has is to reduce the widgets. They can make them smaller. They can make them cheaper. They can make them from a plastic that breaks more easily. In that way they can cut their supplier cost (ensuring other people are unemployed). Let’s say they cut those costs by 50%. Now we’re to $1347 in supplier costs. That still leaves the cost of making widgets at $21.64. They now charge $22.50 for a net profit each week of around $100. But keep in mind that they have less employees and are making an inferior (or smaller) product. And those that are still employed are now scared to death that they will be fired next.
So by raising the minimum wage, Obama will increase unemployment and he will ensure prices of everything will rise. He will also increase fear in the working class. Then again, I honestly believe that is what he desires — because then he can make more people dependent on government. That’s “change” all right.
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A press release from a guy with class:
WILMINGTON – Thom Goolsby, a well-known Wilmington attorney, withdrew from the race for the 18th District seat in North Carolina House of Representatives today. Goolsby, a Republican, stated that he was “satisfied that integrity has been restored to the representation of New Hanover and Pender Counties”.
Goolsby’s announcement comes in the wake of the defeat of an imprisoned Thomas Wright in the May 6th Democratic primary for the 18th House District. Representative Sandra Spaulding Hughes was victorious with 75% of the vote, followed by Hollis Briggs’ 15% and Wright’s 10%.
“My entry into this race was never about me,” Goolsby said. “I was the only Republican willing to file for this office. As a result, had Thomas Wright won the Democratic primary, he would have still faced me in the general election. I would have been all that separated the people of our district from being represented by him. Now that he has been expelled from the Legislature, tried and convicted of multiple felonies, imprisoned and defeated in the Democratic primary, my service is no longer necessary,” Goolsby stated.
Goolsby signaled that he would likely run for elective office at some point in the future. He remarked that he will keep a close watch on the redistricting process’s impact on heavily Democratic House District 18, which has recently been the subject of a landmark case involving gerrymandering and the Voting Rights Act.
After contacting Representative Hughes and Mr. Briggs to convey his intentions and to thank them for having the courage to oppose Thomas Wright, Goolsby formally withdrew his candidacy at the New Hanover County Board of Elections.
Very nicely done.
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Now last week I mentioned the vast political advice being given to the failing, floundering National Republican Party. Today I read about the governator’s advice to the party. And it appears I had nearly the same thoughts as Vox Day on this one. The big-government liberals in the Republican Party are why the party is such a mess — so they shouldn’t be relied upon to fix the party.
More and more people (like Schwarzenegger) are telling the Republican Party that they need to move leftward (euphemistically “towards the center”) in order to win elections. Now the Republican Party is already left of center (on a freedom-based scale where right is free, left is total government, and the middle is the mid-point between the two). The Democrat Party, under it’s current leadership of Obama, is FAR to the left. But many people, seem to think the Republican Party needs to move further left to get more votes. And it looks like the majority of Republican Primary voters agree — which is why McCain is on the top of that ticket.
What I wonder about, more than anything related to these events is if these people are right. Now I don’t think for a minute that the Republican Party can out-liberal the Democrats. But these self-styled “moderates” appear to be saying that the Democrat Party has gone too far left — and the only way to get the votes is to go really far left, but not quite as far left as the Democrats. They’re implying that the Democrats are too radical for voters, but people would prefer a huge, oppressive, tax-heavy government — just a tiny bit smaller and less oppressive than what Democrats want. Are they right?
It is certainly hard to know what a large number of voters want. The tyranny of the majority will prevail, however. The more I read and talk with people, the more I see that it certainly does appear that the majority of the voting population does want an oppressive government. It appears that the majority is completely happy with not having any freedom if they feel good about it. It looks to me like the majority is fine with bloated, useless government regulations because it’s “For The Children.”
I just wonder if it’s the majority of people, or just the majority of the voting people.
I know a lot of people who simply want to be left alone (like myself). I know a lot of people who will just ignore the government when push comes to shove (make owning guns illegal? Go ahead, I don’t care, I’m keeping mine). I know a lot of people who want freedom, but who are just taking it, no matter what government does (and being violently punished by government when they’re caught). I just wonder if there’s a point where this large number (or at least what I think is a large number) of people will finally just get pushed over the edge and will start fighting back for their freedoms. It’s not going to be this election cycle, and it may be never. Then again, the fewer people that vote, the larger this group appears to grow.
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