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George Carlin had a great joke about speeding. He noted that those driving slower than you are idiots and those driving faster are maniacs. Or something to that effect.
I notice the same thing with regard to lines in the sand. To some, I'm an extremist and to others, a coward. Since I only answer to my own conscience, F'em all.
Ultimately, that is true of all of us. But there are those who have none, or who have never thought about it before.
This is not to prejudge anyone on where theirs should be, because I think for many it will end up being an "I'll know it when I see it" experience. Still, with the potentials out there, I think serious contemplation and soul-searching, that is, mental and emotional preparation and resolve, are just as necessary as the stocking of ammo and the honing of skills. I don't get how you could even be motivated to do the latter without it, but then I never have been much into sporting purposes with anything.
As to the questions......
#1 Not just NO, but HELL NO!!
#2 Yes and yes
#3 Give him the finger and ask my question.
#4 Yup
#5 Nope. I'd tell him to F**k Off.
#6 Well, uh, yeah.
#7 No
#8 Yup
#9 There are and I do.
#10 Yes. Whatever I deem necessary.
#11 Not just NO, but HELL NO!!
David, you should really make this poll.
Bob
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Talk about being on the same wave length. I just got done posting about my sidebar poll and then read your comment.
Let me look and see if I think I can put one together that won't be too unwieldy.
Seems we've all probably been through the line drawing process many times.
I left home when I was 17 to get married. Mother had forbidden me to see him, and I was no longer willing to live by her rules - much as I loved her.
In 2005, I left nursing and retired early because I could no longer live with the insanity of Medicare rules and bureaucracy that destroyed my ability to give patients what they wanted and truly needed.
I left California at the same time because I could no longer pretend that real life - let alone freedom - was possible under the insanity posing as "law" there.
But we must pick our battles.
Some of us pay the immoral property tax because it is cheaper than rent and the kids have to live somewhere.
We pay the immoral and obscene income, sales, fuel and other taxes because it is tough living under a bridge in a cardboard box... and that's usually not an option for wives and kids.
We pay the immoral car and DL taxes and submit to the tracking because we can't get a job without them and the kids have to eat...
And it's a slippery slope from there to an awful lot of things - a lot of compromise and fooling ourselves too, of course.
Choose wisely. Our defiance and resistance can be a powerful tool for liberty - or wasted on the evening news as one more "nutjob" who went postal.
Some choose the box and bridge, jail or the hail of bullets. Right now we can still choose.
If our oppressors persist until those are the ONLY options, the choice will become much easier for many. And there may well be some real surprises waiting for all of us.
1. n
2. already have much
3. same
4. same
5. n
6. n
7. n
8. y
9. y, and d0
10. y, all the way, if necessary
11. n
12. n
13. that on the "rest of us"
Just put "A Nation of Cowards" on my to-buy list, but can't find "A Line in the Sand" as a book or article.
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Jed, Mr. Snyder's byline in the article I linked to opens an email to him.
Suggest asking him...
I have always (well, since I've been paying attention, at least) thought it best to decide exactly what you will not allow to happen beforehand. Otherwise it is easier to rationalize after the fact and "suffer while evils are sufferable," leading towards one more usurpation. One more abuse. One more crime. One more body. War to me is not about guns or swords or soldiers, but rather, the projection of will. We are at war right now with a domestic enemy who is opposed fundamentally to our system of self-governance. To not be mentally and physically prepared to escalate from political projection of will to martial violence when necessary is, I think, irresponsible.
I find it dangerous (and incredibly stupid) to divulge where your lines lay in a public forum, as when the time comes, you've left a trail to your door, and as stated before: if you're caught, the news reports will not exactly paint you as a hero.
"If you want peace, prepare for war."
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