I just never want to be accused of not having a sense of humor
Consider yourself accused. Humor means funny. You are not funny.
RHunter don't worry about it graham does this in just about every thread with any philosophical bent. He likes to argue, and sometimes even makes good points.
I agree.. I will give him credit where credit is due.
If we could just get that chip off his shoulder, he might actually be a bit more credible or at least tolerable.
See Graham, that is funny. It is called banter... Wait for it.. one, two.. get out of the way folks I hear branches breaking..
By the way, I was impressed and encouraged by your thoughts in this thread on the duties of a citizen and your views on the Constitution. I think you are very much in line with original intent. Well done, enjoyed reading your posts.
Thanks, I do appreciate that. I hope it helps open a few eyes and changes a few hearts. I don't like what I see on the horizon.
I agree with Jerry, the nation will right itself. But we do have a problem with systemic corruption that is hidden behind a veil of ideology. Our leaders honestly do like to see the country divided the same way Al Sharpton likes to use the race card. The reason for it is financial. If Americans were not pissed off, they would not send money to political candidates. Division and strife between parties is very good for business.
Then you have the control bent weaved in there and that is the really scary part, that is where we see legislation that circumvents the Constitution. They want to take the corruption to a whole new level.
When you boil it all down, it is about money and control. Absolutely nothing else. Good men in politics are a very very rare breed because a good man can not live in that environment. If his heart is in the right place his heart will be constantly frustrated with the system and the fact he can not do more to fix the system because the rest of the men around him, do not want it fixed.
I firmly believe at some point we do need to hit the reset button and instil a little fear into those who claim to be our representatives. I do believe the natives need to be a bit restless. Talk will make them leery, civil unrest will scare the hell out of them.
I am by no means an anarchist, I do not condone the use of violence, but sometimes violence IS what is needed. If the government continues to try to squash our Constitutional rights we need to suit up.
When my kids were small I could scream at them and it would go in one ear and out the other. But I tell you, when I paddled me some ass, those little monsters cooled their shit. About once every 3 months or so a swat or two was needed to keep their ass in-line. I got it when I was a kid and I am glad the old fella knocked the shit out of me. It got me to THINK. It was a lesson between right and wrong. That swat on my ass was good to make sure I didn't soon forget the lesson.
Look, the concept of civil unrest is not a pleasant one. It makes my stomach turn. But I want you to really consider this, that second amendment is the paddle we have when the democratic process gets out of line. Our founders were very very reasonable men. Despite their arguments and disagreements they formed the greatest country this world has ever known and they knew the final check and balance had to consist of a bit of violence to set the country straight and keep it free if it started to come off the rails.
So I don't think that civil unrest is solely a bad thing, like them, I see it as something that could be necessary.
They did not give us the right to capture and hang the tyrants, they gave us the constitutional right to shoot them. Seriously. That is the black and white of the second amendment.
One thing about our founders, when it came right down to it, those men did not fuck around. They had purpose and they had vision. I would hold those truths to be self evident.