Ah, back to Prof Weber’s classroom to cover a topic that is very pertinent today, the nature of government and governments relation to the citizens / subjects.
38. The American Republic
A new republic, the compromise of radicals and conservatives, was founded on universal freedoms.
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@ Mike C.:
Obama’s working on getting rid of it. Part of his “Fundamental Transformation” of America. We now live in a Monarchy where the King can decide who lives and who dies. All he has to do is call you a “terrorist”, and he can execute you without trial. Lovely. Obama would never misuse this power to target Class Enemies, now would he?
@ Iron Fist:
We Have morons like Bill O’Reilly proposing that all firearms regulations as well as all crimes committed with firearms be the responsibility of the federal government.
@ Iron Fist:
By any reasonable assesment Obama is a threat to the Constitution and
the Republic in general.
If the MSM was not in the tank there might be a way to put some brakes on him.
@ Mike C.:
I’ve never liked Bill O’Reilly. I’ve always thought his “conservatism” ws an act, and things like that are the reason why. We need less Federal Regulation, not more.
@ RIX:
Yeah, the MFM being so in the tank for him is what gets him through. It is what makes him so powerful, and so dangerous. Can you imagine the outcry if George Bush had promulgated Obama’s decree on assassinations? Obama does it, crickets.
@ Iron Fist:
Actually the keystone of his “Fundamental Transformation” is to transfor America from a Republic to a “Pure Democracy”!
Right after you have a pure democracy you are set up to have a “One Man, One Vote, One Time” scenario.
That I believe is his actual end game!
Make that transform. PIMF I know!
There is another name for “pure democracy” -- mob rule. The founders feared it as much or more than the rule of kings.
The MSM traded its soul in 2008 for Obamas approval.
They seem cool with it and just get worse.
If you haven’t checked out the DoD, you might want to take a look.
there is an exchange between Staby & Curious Lurker about Islam.
Curious Lurker has the reasoning power of banana spider.
@ RIX:
The Stupid is strong in that one.
New Special Report. Dr. Benjamin Carson delivers the keynote speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. Obama, and his policies, are totally smoked and Dear Leader has no choice but to sit there and take it.
A whole new level.
This is good news:
While any accidental death is tragic (and I don’t really see that an accidental death with a gun is any different than any other accidental death), gun accidents are used to push for more gun control. It is interesting: both homicide and accidental deaths with guns are down, but they still push for more gun control. Shows you that saving lives isn’t what their agenda is about.
@ Iron Fist:
And the reason gun accidents are down is because of safety training.
And who is the main organization conducting it?
The NRA, which they’re trying to label as a terrorist organization.
@ lobo91:
Yeah, gun safety training in schools would save lives. Guess who opposes such a thing?
When did firefighting become a federal responsibility?
Iron Fist wrote:
And they hate the Eddie Eagle program most of all.
If the “if we can save one child’s life” crowd were really interested in doing just that, they’d ban swimming pools, bathtubs and toilets.
Mike C. wrote:
And fire.
@ Iron Fist:
Another interesting thing about gun safety training in schools is that they oppose it on the grounds that teaching kids how to safely use guns will lead them to be more interested in them.
When we try to make the same point about their efforts to teach 6 year olds about anal sex, though, they call us crazy.
No hypocrisy here, none at all.
One of the guys at GCP stopped by a country store near his house yesterday and spied 5 50-round boxes of 9 mm on the shelf for $ 12 a pop. Bought ‘em all, of course. Lucky bastard…
@ Mike C.:
I don’t even own a 9mm and I probably would have bought those.
lobo91 wrote:
They would replace it with Edward The Effeminate!
He oesn’t seem to care too much about the 60%.
Just a bunch of crarackahs!
This is the mentality we are fighting!
By MATTHEW JAFFE (@matthewbjaffe), ABC News
Feb. 8, 2013
CHICAGO — Former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has reached a plea agreement in connection to a federal probe into whether or not the troubled lawmaker misused campaign funds.
Read more: http://nation.foxnews.com/jesse-jackson-jr/2013/02/08/jesse-jackson-jr-reaches-plea-deal-could-face-five-years-prison#ixzz2KQOg7chF
This is what you learn when you are raised by Jesse Sr.
It’s amazing that Sr skated jail all of these years.
AZOlddog wrote:
“Democracy” Zimbabwe style..it’s such a wondrous thing!
lobo91 wrote:
For that price, I’d go buy a 9 mm if I didn’t have one.
@ The Osprey:
Mugabe strategy, “Run all of the White farmers off of their land killing
as many as possible. Then we will all starve”
@ RIX:
Can you describe any difference between Mugabe and Zero(as he wants to be)?
Any discrimination would be interesting!
Because they so totally have the gangs under control.
No I really can’t. Obama lusts after that kind of power.
At his core like Mugabe , Obama is a racist.
Remember our “Scott Madson” and his mantra: buy more ammo
@ RIX:
Actually that what I thought your reply would be! I can see little difference between the two other than Zero cannot yet let it show publicly.
Guggi wrote:
If you haven’t noticed, that’s kinda hard these days…
Exacty, BHO has constraints. That’s the only real difference.
Hey, I have been meaning to ask you, is your avatar you in Viet Nam?
Mike C. wrote:
he was clever enough to know it then…
lobo91 wrote:
There are too many interesting pistols chambered for that round not to have one.
@ Guggi:
Oh, it’s been many people’s mantra for years, but what looked like a goodly supply 6 months ago now looks woefully inadequate. If we ever get out of this mess, I’ll never buy certerfire ammo in less than 1000 round lots again. 3-5000 for rimfire.
@ lobo91:
Not only firefighting, but I’d also say that food inspection, energy research & education are local, not federal, issues.
Later Gators.
@ RIX:
Nope, that was a staged shot in the windscreen for our pool outback. The Wooland Camos are from the 1980s that I had left over when I retired.
The Uniform during the Nam era was either the green fatigues or Jungle staright greens.
Yep, I am old enough I was around back then! 1970-1992.
@ RIX:
Обамаград police are not police. They are PIGS!
I don’t know…it sounds to me like Menendez knows quite a bit about “foreign relations”…
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