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In reply to the discussion: Apparently this is the breaking point, [View all]librabear
(85 posts)This stuff has been going on for the last 30 years, republican and democrat. If you aren't outraged you aren't paying attention!
This is what the constitution is for, and checks and balances on the office. It's to limit the power of government and protect OUR rights. That still applies when we are discussing unpolular rights such as gun rights. The thing is that I don't see the militia guys with AR15's as the silly ones!
Who cried when the seventeenth amendment took the state's right to appoint senators?
Who complained when we started a "war" on terror, poverty, drugs, etc. and allowed unprecedented special powers reserved for war to be granted to the "current" tenant of the white house? I say current because I am not talking about Obama here.
Who commented when they created the Fed and subcontracted control of our currency to a private bank?
Who weeped when they confiscated gold in the 1930's, devalued it, and distributed it again afterwards? Was this not one of he biggest siezures of private wealth in the history of the US?
Where was the outcry when they took us off the gold standard, created a fiat money system, and began borrowing money and creating crazy inflation in the 1970's? Then they took our homes, farms, and businesses and charged us capital gains taxes on those things because they are now worth five or ten times what we paid for them, even if they just kept up with inflation.
Who will be around to notice when that happens again?
Where is the outcry for the current spending levels?
Why aren't the other "liberals" who are supposed to be looking out for individual rights (right?) saying anything about this?
I wasn't around then, but where are all these people?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie
Surele most of those hippes are still alive!
These things aren't about Republican vs Democrat. It's not a liberal vs conservative issue. We need to get away from those monikers if we are going to have any real progress. We need to be able to discuss issues based on the merit of the actual issues and not just agree or disagree because of what our favorite politicis says or does.