The kind and thoughtful people who seek to relieve us of the burden of planning and managing our own lives are preparing to seize our children, and any of us who happen to be within the targeted age range (most likely between 18 and 26). [More]If something is worth fighting for, free people will fight for it.
The best way to assure that is to assure freedom.
[Via Ron W]
"The List" is getting loooong.
ReplyDeleteI own myself. My children and grandchildren own themselves. I will put myself and my weapons between them and any bureaucratic entity and individual that demands "involuntary volunteerism."
My granddaughter was all for going into the Marines straight out of high school. hearing about three Iraq rotations in 16 months, delaying discharges for up to a year past the contract date in "stop-loss" actions, convinced her that Uncle doesn't really care once you sign and leave the recruiter's office. You're government property. Hell, you might be deployed in Idaho against someone just like your dad or grandpa.
GOA alert just received warns of provisions hidden in the now $900-billion stimulus/bailout bill:
ReplyDelete"sections 13101 through 13434 of
HR 1, which would set up the infrastructure to computerize the medical records of ALL AMERICANS in a government-coordinated database.
True, the bill doesn't mandate that the data will be in a giant computer under the Oval Office. But it does mandate that your medical records be reduced to a computerized form which is available to it in a second.
This it would do by establishing a National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology -- tasked with, among other hings, "providing
information to help guide medical decisions at the time and place of
care."
ADHD, PTSD, Rx for mild depression or anxiety... What will be the disqualifiers for gun ownership? The federal department of Pre-Crime, like in "Minority Report."
It is my understanding that by reducing standards, the U.S. military has been able to enlist recruits to the level of funding authorized by Congress. Like everything else, if they want more recruits, Congress must authorize more money, both in total and per recruit.
ReplyDeleteI served four years active duty and two years inactive duty in the United States Army. I served with pride and many has been the day when I wish I'd stay a full 20 or 30 years.
ReplyDeleteIf people oppose conscription because they oppose the foreign policy of the United States, then I have no quarrel with them.
If people oppose conscription because they feel entitled to a life of freedom and prosperity while someone else sacrifices life, limb, and sanity in order to preserve that freedom, then I have no patience for them.
Call it "slavery" if you like, but nobody is asking you to plant crops, wait tables, or build fortifications. If we enjoy the freedoms of this land then we must also be willing to defend them.
"I am the militia!" is meaningless if when Uncle Sam comes to call you refuse to serve.