How about coming up with BETTER ideas and winning at the voting booth? --- no
the USA is not a democracy we cannot leave allow the socialists to "purchase" our nation On Oct 22, 9:31 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > Plain, > > Here's a crazy idea BOB (Buckets Of Blood). How about coming up with > BETTER ideas and winning at the voting booth? > > On Oct 22, 7:39 am, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Barack Obama is anti-American because he wants to change this > > American > > essence. His domestic policy is directed at increasing government > > control > > in every area, which decreases individual liberty > > --- > > spot on! > > > it just may take buckets of blood to remove these socialists from our > > nation > > > On Oct 21, 3:49 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > « Obama and Ahmadinejad — the Love > > > Song<http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/18/obama-and-ahmadinehad-the-love...> > > > > The gay agenda <http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/18/the-gay-agenda/> » > > > > Is Barack Obama anti-American? > > > *UPDATED*<http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/18/is-barack-obama-anti-american/> > > > > Bookworm <http://www.bookwormroom.com/author/bookworm/> on Oct 18 2009 at > > > 12:48 pm | Filed under: > > > Anti-Americanism<http://www.bookwormroom.com/category/anti-americanism/>, > > > Barack Obama <http://www.bookwormroom.com/category/barack-obama/>, > > > Freedom<http://www.bookwormroom.com/category/freedom/> > > > > 23 <http://tweetmeme.com/story/219069223/> > > > > tweets <http://tweetmeme.com/story/219069223/> > > > > retweet > > > > A couple of weeks ago, I included in a post the statement that Barack > > > Obama > > > is anti-American. A dear and respected friend suggested that I was > > > exaggerating. Obama may have a different vision of or goal for America, > > > he > > > said, but that’s scarcely the same as being anti-American. I’ve been > > > thinking that over for a while and, after a lot of mental give and take > > > about what it means to be “anti-” anything, have now decided that Barack > > > Obama is indeed anti-American. > > > > Everything has a fundamental essence, a quality that makes it uniquely > > > itself. Take an orange, for example. It’s not only citrus fruit, *it’s > > > an > > > orange colored *citrus fruit. Horticulturists can alter its size, its > > > texture, it’s sweetness, and the purity of its orange color, but it still > > > remains an orange because that color is its definition. Change the color, > > > however, and suddenly, you have the un-orange, the anti-orange. You have > > > something completely different that no longer contains within it the > > > essence > > > of the original fruit. Lose the essence and you lose the orange. > > > > America has an essence too, and that essence is liberty. America since > > > its > > > inception has been defined by liberty, both the liberty of the individual > > > and the liberty of the nation. Individual liberty means that Americans > > > should be subject to minimal government constraints. The state exists to > > > serve the individual (commerce, transportation, security), not to control > > > the individual. That’s why the Bill of Rights focuses so closely on > > > individual freedoms: the freedom to speak, the freedom to write, the > > > freedom to worship, the freedom to defend oneself with arms, the freedom > > > from searches and seizures, etc. Liberty also extends to the nation. > > > Both > > > the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are replete with > > > examples of the Founders’ absolute obsession with national sovereignty. > > > Just recently, we’ve been reminded of the fact that the Founders didn’t > > > even > > > want the appearance of impropriety and the risk of influence, since they > > > specifically prohibited foreign emoluments for our presidents. > > > > Despite blunders of enormous magnitude (slavery, the treatment of Native > > > Americans, and the imprisonment of American Japanese), Americans have, for > > > the most part, taken these freedoms with the utmost seriousness. We are a > > > nation “of the people, by the people and for the people.” We have not > > > allowed ourselves to be ruled by tyrannies, dictators or bureaucracies. > > > We > > > like our taxes low and our freedoms high. In the past 100 years, when we > > > fight wars, we do not fight wars to conquer other people, we fight wars to > > > free other people from tyrannies. Those on the Left who sneer at our > > > “imperialist ventures” implicitly side with Hitler, with the North > > > Koreans, > > > with the Communist North Vietnamese, and with Saddam Hussein (mass > > > murderer > > > of his own people). While ordinary Americans shed blood so that others on > > > foreign shores can live free, the Left cheers on those who would deny > > > their > > > own citizens (or the citizens of conquered nations) the same freedoms we > > > unthinkingly enjoy. > > > > All the freedoms I’ve discussed can very quickly be distilled into a > > > single > > > essence, *an American essence*: American individuals are free from > > > control > > > by and fear of their own government, and the American nation is free from > > > control by other nations. > > > > Barack Obama is anti-American because he wants to change this American > > > essence. His domestic policy is directed at increasing government control > > > in every area, which decreases individual liberty. Here’s an incomplete > > > bullet-point list of his anti-liberty goals on the home front: > > > > - He wants to remove any last vestiges of the marketplace from > > > individuals’ control over their own health care, and put the government > > > entirely in charge. > > > - He’s willing to give government control over American businesses > > > (i.e., > > > Bank takeover ands Government Motors). > > > - His administration, while on record as opposing the Fairness > > > Doctrine, > > > is aggressively exploring a backdoor regulatory > > > scheme<http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1484968/obama_and_the_fairne...>that > > > would have precisely the same practical effect as the Fairness > > > Doctrine: it would impose government restrictions on content, rather > > > than > > > allowing the market (that means us, the consumers) to control content. > > > - His FCC wants to control the > > > internet<http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/09/new_fcc_chairman_targets_inter...>, > > > which is a humming beehive of free speech, much of it critical of > > > Obama. > > > - Although he’s mostly erased the record, his dream is to create a > > > civilian national security > > > force<http://forthardknox.com/2008/07/16/say-what-a-400b-national-security-...>, > > > subordinate to the administration, which would be larger than the > > > American > > > military. The military, please note, is controlled by the > > > Constitution and > > > has traditionally existed as a separate entity from any government. > > > - He wants to take away the right to bear arms. He’ll pay lip service > > > to > > > supporting the Second Amendment, but his fundamental goal is to use > > > government to remove arms from > > > individuals<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/06/AR200...>. > > > I’ve never held a gun in my life, but I know that the Founders > > > understood > > > that, for individuals, their single biggest defense against an > > > overreaching > > > government, is the right to arm themselves. Statists never allow their > > > citizens to bear arms. Indeed, the first thing the Nazis did was ban > > > guns > > > in citizen’s hands. > > > - He wants to redistribute > > > wealth<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRPbCSSXyp0>. > > > Without money, people have no choices. The more money the government > > > siphons to itself, the fewer choices we, as individuals have, which > > > makes us > > > increasingly subordinate to the government. > > > > Of course, not all these Obama dreams will become reality. As I noted > > > above, Obama has been trying to delete evidence that he ever dreamt about > > > a > > > huge civilian security force at his beck and call. And with other dreams > > > (for example, the Second Amendment) he’s doing a fancy dance by which he > > > tries to hide his authoritarian impulses. But it doesn’t matter. This > > > post > > > isn’t about what Obama will actually do. It’s about what he wants to do, > > > what his desires are *vis a vis* the American people — and it’s very clear > > > that his desire is antithetical to the American essence. He wants to > > > limit > > > or destroy individual liberties. > > > > Politically, too, Obama’s impulses are all antithetical to liberty. > > > Again, > > > some examples: > > > > - He has turned against the only democratic nation in the Middle East > > > (that would be Israel), in favor of the bloodied tyrannical > > > theocracies on > > > her borders. > > > - By reversing his pledge to keep a missile defense system in place in > > > Poland and the Czech Republic, he has favored Iran’s Muslim tyranny > > > over > > > these democratic nations only so recently freed from Communism. > > > - Figuratively and literally, he bows to dictators (Saudis, > > > Venezuelans, > > > Russians, Iranians, Cubans). They ask, he gives. In other words, > > > contrary > > > to America’s hundred year history of siding with the people against > > > their > > > tyrants, he sides with the tyrants against their people. > > > - In Honduras, he sided with the delusional Zelaya against the people > > > and > > > the Constitution. > > > - In Iran, when the people took to the streets, he sided with the > > > megalomaniac theocracy, against the people. > > > - In his much-heralded speech to the Muslim world, in addition to > > > grounding Israel’s right to exist solely on a Holocaust the Muslim > > > world > > > denies, he repeatedly and noisily > > > trumpeted<http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/09/01/obama-again-celebrates-putting...>the > > > right of Muslim men to control Muslim women, a > > > trope he > > > reiterated<http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/09/01/obama-again-celebrates-putting...>in > > > subsequent- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -... > > read more » --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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