Showing posts with label freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freedom. Show all posts

Monday, August 29, 2016

America the Divided

Forgive me for not posting in awhile. I've been a little busy. I'll post an update about personal stuff a little later but for now I want to comment on other things. Part of the reason I haven't been posting, besides just being busy, is that I get so furious with the current state of affairs in our nation. So I would like to state my feelings/opinions on some of the current issues. Agree, disagree. Upvote, downvote. Share or unfollow. I don't care. I just need to get this off my chest. Feel free to comment below.

1) I don't like Hillary Clinton. She's a crook and a liar and I don't trust her. She should be in prison. 
2) I don't like Donald Trump either. He is too unpredictable and crude. He is too easily swayed. 
3) I am supremely disappointed that this is the best we could come up with. Our voters are ignorant. 
4) Bernie Sanders and/or Gary Johnson would not have been any better options. They are both kooky.
5) Yes, All Lives Matter. 
6) Yes, some Black Lives Matter people are pieces of garbage. 
7) Yes, some Black Lives Matter people have a legitimate complaint. Sometimes white people have made them feel less important or inferior. Some white people (KKK, neo-Nazis) are racist. 
8) Some black people can be racist also. (Black Panthers)
9) Despite the media hype and the propaganda from our (black) President, this is largely exaggerated and not a systematic problem.
10) Listening to the media and propaganda is making this become a problem (again) and I am concerned about our nation's future. 
11) I respect the police and can't imagine what they must be feeling right now. 
12) I respect our military. 
13) I have a deep distrust of our government and a seething hatred for D.C. politics/bureaucracy. 
14) I'm not an anarchist/extremist and I realize that a civilized society needs governance. 
15) I believe people should have the right to refuse to make a cake for a gay person if it conflicts with their religion and they own the business that makes said cakes. 
16) I think gays should have the right to get married if they want. Is it a free country or not? 
17) I think a person who works in a public office has the right to refuse to issue a marriage license to a gay person if it conflicts with their religious beliefs. 
18) I think the same office should still issue the marriage license albeit by another staff member. 
19) I don't think the person who refused should lose their job. 
20) I think there should be some supervisory discussions about how to handle this issue without a media circus. It's not that difficult. I can think of dozens of ways to handle this and I am certain most rational people could have done the same. 
21) Mainstream media is not about telling the truth and is about dividing us. That's the only reason this got so much attention. 
22) We need to stop falling for it. We are better than this. 
23) The bathroom law story is proof of media distortion. Do your homework. We were lied to. 
24) I believe that most people know what bathroom they should use and even if they are transitioning genders, they know. 
25) I think this debacle is more about the federal government seizing control over the states than it is about the rights of transgender. They were pawns in this mess, and have been used. 
26) Now that the hole has been dug, the only solution is going to be a third bathroom for transgender.
27) Even this would not make everyone happen. 
28) Sensible solutions won't happen and laws will be passed that will create more division and chaos. 
29) Federalism would squash these types of issues entirely but most people have no idea what that is. 
30) Our education system is failing us and we are becoming dumber as a nation.
31) This is either on purpose or coincidental depending on what conspiracy theory you believe. 
32) Regardless, we are able to change course and we don't have to fall into this pit. It's our choice.
33) I support your right to trash talk my country and not stand during the national anthem.
34) I'm going to call you a piece of shit and refuse to support you in every way I possibly can. 
35) Both are examples of freedom. 
36) I believe that people have done terrible things in the name of religion.
37) I believe that people have done some incredibly kind things in the name of religion.
38) I don't believe all Muslims are terrorists. 
39) I believe (most) terrorists are Muslim. 
40) I don't think it's unreasonable to halt immigration until a better vetting process is established.
41) Despite propaganda, this isn't "anti-American" and in fact has historical precedent. 
42) I don't believe there is a job in existence that an American "won't do." 
43) We don't need immigration anyway, unless we need to fill jobs. Skilled workers. Doctors. Scientists. Engineers. Teachers. Etc. Immigration is supposed to enrich our culture, not import one. 
44) There's a job shortage. We have an immigrant surplus. Time to shut off the supply. 
45) Nothing about this position is racist or unkind. It's pro-American. 
46) I care about my fellow citizens first and foremost. If you don't love America, then leave. At the very least shut up and enjoy the bounty of tremendous opportunity you have here and be respectful of the rest of us that love our country.
47) It's insanity to bring in massive numbers of refugees from countries where terrorists have embedded themselves and declared they will exploit this process.
48) I believe we can still provide humanitarian support to the refugees, albeit in their own countries by creating "safe zones" protected by our military forces along with coalition support. 
49) If you are in college and think you need a "safe zone" because your feelings are hurt or you are "triggered" by something someone said, you should be sent to Syria for a few days to see what the need for a safe place really looks like. For crying out loud, grow a set.
50) I support the second amendment. Yes, I am angry at the senseless shootings. Know how to stop them? Arm yourselves. The bad guys are always going to get guns. Learn to shoot back. Gun free zones don't work. Police can't be everywhere. To the kids at UT protesting campus carry with sex toys, which would you rather have if a shooter came to your classroom? A dildo or a handgun? 

God help us. 




Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Patriots and Tyrants

"What country before ever existed a century & a half without a rebellion? & what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon & pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants."

-- Thomas Jefferson

Though I rarely comment at length on politics on this blog, I feel today, I must. I have as of this moment lost all hope in our current government of restoring the republic as established by our founders, and cemented in our constitution. For a brief moment I had faith that the few remaining patriots in our congress would manage to hold the line and refute the tyrannical leadership that has passed this act known as "Obamacare" by defunding it. Sadly, they were outnumbered and our leadership has relinquished what little grip of control it had protecting American freedoms.

It is a miserable state that we the people have allowed ourselves to drift into. We are completely ignorant of our own political system and our rights. The majority do not understand that we have witnessed a coup. We have a president who swore an oath to uphold the constitution, but who has through executive fiat, stolen the purse of the entire wealth of America.

Those that have supported this movement are traitors and have acted against the good, if not direct will, of the American people. If you do not understand how this was an act of treason, then you are part of the problem. Educate yourselves. Know this, war is coming. We who are aware of what has transpired will not sit idle as we watch the future of our children erode into poverty, if not slavery. We have been oppressed long enough. We have been taxed and regulated to the point of choking out the very lifeblood which funds the government's exorbitant and wasteful spending. Now they are demanding we purchase "healthcare" through law. This is unconstitutional and unconscionable. The government has no right to demand I purchase ANY product, let alone something as important as healthcare. We have over the last few weeks, watched the police state at work abusing our veterans and war heroes. Normal everyday hardworking people were harassed and coerced out of their homes, business, and public recreational areas. This will not stand!

We are Americans. We will live as free men, or die fighting against this tyranny.

Who stands with me? If I must be a martyr, then so be it. If I can raise an army, then I will.

The legacy I leave for my children will not be one of cowardice.

Give me liberty, or give me death!