divided loyalty ??? since when is the individuals right to do as they please and believe as they please while breaking no law "un- American" ?? It is the very definition of "American".
On Nov 9, 8:51 am, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > a citizen of the USA w/o divided loyalties > > On Nov 9, 8:30 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Define "American". > > > On Nov 2, 8:46 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an > > > American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. > > > > On Nov 2, 8:30 pm, Pradeep Sharma <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > "The Patriot Post > > > > > "There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the > > > > people by > > > > gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and > > > > sudden usurpations." --James Madison > > > > > "Just one year ago, would you have believed that an unelected government > > > > official, not even a Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate but simply > > > > one > > > > of the many 'czars' appointed by the President, could arbitrarily cut > > > > the > > > > pay of executives in private businesses by 50 percent or 90 percent? > > > > Did you > > > > think that another 'czar' would be talking about restricting talk radio? > > > > That there would be plans afloat to subsidize newspapers -- that is, to > > > > create a situation where some newspapers' survival would depend on the > > > > government liking what they publish? Did you imagine that anyone would > > > > even > > > > be talking about having a panel of so-called 'experts' deciding who > > > > could > > > > and could not get life-saving medical treatments? Scary as that is from > > > > a > > > > medical standpoint, it is also chilling from the standpoint of freedom. > > > > If > > > > you have a mother who needs a heart operation or a child with some dire > > > > medical condition, how free would you feel to speak out against an > > > > administration that has the power to make life and death decisions about > > > > your loved ones? Does any of this sound like America? How about a > > > > federal > > > > agency giving school children material to enlist them on the side of the > > > > president? Merely being assigned to sing his praises in class is > > > > apparently > > > > not enough. How much of America would be left if the federal government > > > > continued on this path? ... How far the President will go depends of > > > > course > > > > on how much resistance he meets. But the direction in which he is > > > > trying to > > > > go tells us more than all his rhetoric or media spin. Barack Obama has > > > > not > > > > only said that he is out to 'change the United States of America,' the > > > > people he has been associated with for years have expressed in words and > > > > deeds their hostility to the values, the principles and the people of > > > > this > > > > country. ... Nothing so epitomizes President Obama's own contempt for > > > > American values and traditions like trying to ram two bills through > > > > Congress > > > > in his first year -- each bill more than a thousand pages long -- too > > > > fast > > > > for either of them to be read, much less discussed. That he succeeded > > > > only > > > > the first time says that some people are starting to wake up. Whether > > > > enough > > > > people will wake up in time to keep America from being dismantled, > > > > piece by > > > > piece, is another question -- and the biggest question for this > > > > generation." > > > > --economist Thomas > > > > Sowell<http://link.patriotpost.us/?136-1134-1134-128819-12347> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
