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That depends upon who/whom one is. But in the end it doesn't matter.
We all know the chains that bind us. But what are they binding us to? Is "it" really important to us ? Of course "it" is important but why?
These questions are personal and deep - interpersonal and complicated - but regardless of our efforts to maintain them, ignore them, excuse them - none of it matters - that facts remain - and the conclusions are always the same - out of our control.
Fighting for freedom is a thankless and unprofitable venture - we all know that - none of us care or ever did care - but that fact must be reckoned with in the end - or somewhere in the middle of the battle - I'm there.
It will soon be time to surrender the last of my properties I fought my entire prime years for - and.....although the wall I helped to build outside the house, and the driveway I compliment myself with inventing and designing on this miserable hill - the same one the county f'd up and couldn't ever grade right that my Dad came up with a solution for that I paid for the construction of - the end is - nobody gives a fuck. I know all of that and welcome the acknowledgement that nobody cares - after all - I never cared if anybody cared in the first place.
But there are those counting on me as a breadwinner - those still not aware of the seriousness of the wreckage-yard amerika will becokome - and I mean in addition to the shit-heap it is now.....
Slowly - they are all getting on board as they feel the grip of the lynch-noose of the slavemasters they and I work for. The management - wow - in more hostile times - probably would have been killed by now - but not in 2012 - we are civilized now - and cowed - to where these sick fucks in middle management can make the most dangerous and absurd demands upon professionals like me - and when I reply: "Hey - somebody might get hurt or killed" I am rewarded with a poorly written reprimand written by illiterates that don't know the difference between "except" and "accept" - well - we are certainly in a world of hurt. But - it looks like the neighbors like it that way - so let's keep doing it.
And let's invade Iran - for nothing other than some sick conquest - let's ignore the slaughter of innocents - and write it all off to "them" praying to another God - one different from the one I could never understand at the Holy Rosary Roman Catholic church when I was a kid - scared out of my mind by the statues and shadows and the cross and the Latin blah blah blah. I shit you not - my brother used to carry me out from falling asleep or feignting in church during these mind-fucking masses in Latin - Father Ko*&*^ or whatever his name was - my mother hated the guy. I don't know any more than that. The nuns were nice to me. I hated the place and once old enough to hide behind the church, keep the collection money, and lie effectively enough to make it seem like I went to church with money left over for tootsie-rolls on the way home - I'd perfected my experience with the Church.
But I wonder what the heck happened? All those God-fearing people- well=versed in the teachings of the prophets and the Bible and all this "Good" stuff - how could they all send their sons and daughters to war against people we'd never been harmed by?
I just don't understand how anyone will go to Church - this coming Sunday - preach what has become, to me at least, BULLSHIT, and go to sleep at night feeling that they left their kids brighter.
What kind of a monster teaches "thou shalt not commit murder" then allows their kid to "commit murder" against the children of a nation that never meant out nation harm? Shouldn't those kids actually be spending time together talking about the great world ahead of them - rather than methods of collecting body parts from a bomb scene to put 'em back together?
Shouldn't these young folks be sharing the histories of their ancestors - debating the origins of mankind - the theories out there - the mysteries of our beginnings - the vastness of it all?
Or should they practice their marksmanship - so they can put a bullet in the chest of a possible classmate ?
The person/s responsible for these "meaningless" decisions - are/is YOU>
You can either have these young folks murder each other - by force - enforced by coercion by YOU and the filthy lying corrupt government YOU allowed and participated in OR...
YOU can understand that there are times in life to "let IT GO" WHATEVER that means to you - and just let it all go -move on - life will catch up with you quickly to reward you and yours beyond your wildest dreams.
The secret is out - the first to recognize that the pendulum is swinging back 'the other way' will be the first t feel the golden age......
"The US, Britain and France are long practitioners of assassination, mass murder, sabotage and subversion. Some notorious examples include: the US-British coup in Iran in 1953; the Anglo-French attack on Egypt during the 1956 Suez Crisis; the plot to assassinate Syrian political and army leaders in 1957, sanctioned by US president Dwight Eisenhower and British prime minister Harold Macmillan; and the suspected CIA involvement in the assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba in 1961 and of US puppet dictators Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic in 1961 and South Vietnam’s Ngo Dinh Diem in November 1963 - the same month that JFK was shot dead in Texas. Today, this mongrel breed for covert murder and coups is at once on display doing its tricks in Syria.
RJO: COMMENTERI credit a cherished commenter to this blog (and author) with helping me to identify a key energy source powering my writing: Anger.
I'll admit that I can be an angry person. Maybe it goes back to my childhood - maybe I'm over-sensitive - maybe it's my fault. I don't care. I don't want it to go away - in fact - as I look around at my fellow "citizens'" reactions to the abuses of power by their out-of-control government I progress from angry to furious - very fast.ANGER AS A FLAW
I am aware that anger is viewed as a character flaw - a state of mind demonstrative of a person not in control of their emotions. An angry person, according to many experts, can easily be portrayed as "crazy" - "out of control" or "unpredictable." Angry guys like me are tagged by the propagandists as "dangerous" and "threatening" or in extreme examples "terrorists."CALM IS GOOD IN MOST CASES
You, my cherished reader, may not be a naturally angry person as am I. I admire that - a little - but with each passing day I become more and more concerned that maybe something isn't wrong with me - but maybe something is wrong with you. Where is your anger?ANGER MANAGEMENT MEANS USING YOUR ANGER AS A MOTIVATOR FOR PEACEFUL REVOLUTION
Have you heard the term "Anger Management? I'll take a crack at the meaning of this buzz-phrase: Anger management is the self-imposed ability to ignore murder, tyranny, government lies, war for profit, pollution or dulling of children's minds, out-of-control corporate propaganda machines, traitorous politicians, predatory corporations, crooked bankers, Israeli-firsters posing as American political leaders, gun-grabbers, TSA gropers, thug police - the list goes on and on and on. I'm sure you can add many to the list.HAVE YOU GRADUATED FROM SLAVE-SCHOOL?
Do you practice anger management with each passing day as the criminals burrowed into our government release the next BOHICA moment? Do you feel that boiling face-reddening pressure build as you prepare to eat the next sh#t sandwich from the government leeches that you must pay more taxes for the privilege to arm more military and police officials so they can turn their guns on you. Do you pride yourself in your ability to stand still without flinching as the next knife-in-the-back stab from our "representatives" plunges in the form of another war we don't need, staged terror attack we must surrender our rights for - manufactured crisis we must sacrifice for - idiotic law we must obey - abuse we must endure - WHY ARE SO MANY AMERICANS BRAIN-DEAD?
I have to ask - why aren't more of you angry? And if you are angry - why aren't more of you using that anger as a hint from nature - a clue - a motivator - to speak up, stand up - whatever?
Apologies are in order for those reading this already involved in our new enlightenment - but what about the rest? Who am I talking about?US COPS PROTECT AND SERVE THE PUPPETMASTERS NOT WE THE PEOPLE
I am talking about cops. If you are a cop - I am talking to you. But before we begin - take off your uniform and put on some street clothes, put the gun down - now look in the mirror. What do you see? Are you looking at a superior being or a human being? If you answered the former it would not surprise me - if you answered the latter I ask on what basis you wish to be considered human.
Without cops willing to ignore the obvious assault on the rights of citizens - it would be impossible for the crooked leeches occupying powerful positions in "our" government to get away with crime. Yet the crime goes on, the cops make their pot-busts, puff out their chests with the shiny metal objects pinned to it, carry off the protesters, shoot another unarmed citizen, kill another dog - and the rest of you serve and protect by doing NOTHING. Talk about a bunch of cowards. If you can't police yourselves - how the heck do you police anybody? Hypocrisy is bad for credibility - but maybe we can blame the hypocrisy of our cowardly police on the incentive system in which they exist - INCENTIVE SYSTEMS WORK - BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR...
Incentive systems are very effective. Behaviours rewarded by the incentive system will be repeated while those behaviours not rewarded cease. Presently the incentive system in place rewards murderous police with get-out-of-jail-free cards. Training, weapons and propaganda are used effectively on cops as their personality types long for a feeling to belong, identify with "leaders" and make great followers. Without bad leadership - bad police would be rare. But bad police are not rare - they are the rule. Why?WHO'S TO BLAME?
To answer why we must look to those keeping the incentive system alive for cops to abuse citizens. First on the list are YOU and ME. We allow the police to abuse us. Why? Because we know that if we do anything about it - if we talk back we go to jail. If we shoot back we get executed. If we are in the right the corporate-controlled propaganda teevee can be counted on to portray us as a "cop-killer" or "terrorist" or "lone nut." US COURTS ARE AGENTS OF POWER OVER WE THE PEOPLE
Then we come to the courts. Talk about merchants of misery. These high-browed and silver-tongued snake-oil salesmen expertly inject themselves into any imaginable situation that offers them an opportunity to redirect money from anywhere into their bank accounts. The best part is that they, like war profiteers, find opportunities for plunder on both sides of conflict. Although it is theoretically important for them to offer their services to accuser and accused, reality unmasks any attachment these holy-ones proffer toward justice for all. We've all heard the phrase "legal but not ethical" right? Remember always that only a lawyer has the connections to make something unethical legal - thanks to their mastery of our convoluted "justice" system and the stacked deck of marked cards that only they can read.AMERICAN MILITARY LEADERSHIP OCCUPIED BY PSYCHOPATHS?
Another group of cowards sharing in the destruction of America from within are our heroic military "leaders." These order-takers have found a niche market in the arms industry - and the mercenary-industrial-complex. As our republic and its taxpaying citizens are raped yet again for ever more money for these bloodthirsty buccaneers - as nations are robbed of their resources, as our military leaders execute orders to subjugate people and nations that have never meant us harm - these uniformed over-payed boy-scouts reward We The People with their participation in the traitorous actions to transform our once-great-Republic into a police state - turning the very guns WE the People bought them - back on us! MILITARY IS FOR DESTRUCTION NOT CONSTRUCTION
And we can thank our military for the brainwashing of our troops to the extent that graduates of their schools and veterans of their wars have no qualms about becoming paid mercenaries later - many of which will have no problem killing American citizens when the need arises. Oh that's right - it had to be active-duty military people that participated in the killing of Anwar-al Alwaki and his son with drone attacks. No trial - just an execution ordered by the dictator. Maybe the mercenaries aren't so bad after all? USELESSVERSITIES
Then we have the universities and their superior intellectuals - people so smart that those of us with only common sense to rely on cannot figure out how they make so much money - go to work every day as professors of law while we no longer have the rule of law in this country. What exactly do they teach in law school these days? They cannot possibly have a conversation about Constitutional Law - after all - the commander in chief is allegedly a so-called "Constitutional Scholar" - and he's undoubtedly involved in targeted killing. CORRUPTION A GIVEN IN LAW - BUT WHAT ABOUT LOGIC? OK - I'll admit that we know that the law is only meant to suppress We the People, to cow those exercising their right to freedom of speech etc... - but what about simple logical exercises? How do these overpayed slobs go to work pretending the Constitution matters anymore to the youth of America - c'mon - even the kids know it's bullshit. BAD EGGS
I think it was Corax (the Crow) - famous law teacher - who taught one of his students law in the Ancient world. The student made an agreement with Corax that he'd pay the bill for his training in law with the profits from the first case he won. The student never practiced law so never had to pay Corax. Corax sued with the judge saying something about the student being a "bad egg from a bad Crow." Some things never change - except perhaps the judges.JUDGES TODAY VS YESTERDAY
The judge in that case saw the corruption and ....ready for this...acknowledged it. What's up with our judges today? They must be, for the most part with a few exceptions, "bad eggs from bad Crows" because if they were not there would be more murderous cops going to jail. But these robed rulers act as ultimate protectors for the crooks with badges - passing the final judgement - the reward if you will in our failed incentive system of law.ARTICLE ON FAST AND FURIOUS
Enough of angry ranting - please consider THIS article - see if it makes you a little angry - if so will you act if you can - if not - why? I will admit that the information presented angered me at least enough to rant:
"A forthcoming congressional report names five senior officials from the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as being ultimately responsible for Operation Fast and Furious.
The 211-page draft report — obtained by The Daily Caller and prepared by staff for House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Chuck Grassley — delves into the actual government wrongdoing that occurred when guns were allowed to “walk” into the hands of Mexican drug cartel operatives.
The five ATF officials Grassley and Issa point to as responsible for Fast and Furious are:
William Newell, the special agent in charge of the phoenix field division
William McMahon, Newell’s boss who was ATF’s deputy assistant director for field operations
Mark Chait, McMahon’s boss who was ATF’s assistant director for field operations
William Hoover, ATF’s former deputy director
Kenneth Melson, former acting ATF director
Since Fast and Furious broke out as a major national scandal, all five of those ATF leaders have since been reassigned within ATF and the Justice Department.
Two more reports that Issa’s and Grassley’s staffs are working on will detail how political figures in President Obama’s administration were involved in and covered up the scandal."
So We The People will wait and watch, but no longer hope for change. The names are there - the evidence is there - the structure and mechanism to put these criminals behind bars exists - but WILL YOU ACT?
YOU know who YOU are - it's high noon - your country needs you.
These, too, are times that try our souls* - but first one must have a soul, second one must have courage - and finally - one must act.
I am an American. I am NOT a flag-waver, blind-patriot, war-monger, international banker, apologist for murderous cops, my country-right-or-wronger, a republicrat, demopublican or any other canned variety of "great" American - on the contrary - I am of a different breed. Are you?
1991 was a turning point for me - until then -for my entire life - I'd been a "true American." Ya' know - a member of this elite club of rugged individualists - free citizens - with a government of the people, by the people and for the people. It was that simple. As I lectured some friends of mine - even as late as September 1, 2001: "We Americans, and America....are the "good guys." Was I wrong?
I still know in my heart - yes that's a weak endorsement - but the flame is still alive - I know that we Americans - all of us - YOU and ME - I don't care if you swam over the Rio Grande yesterday or can prove family history back to the Mayflower - we Americans ARE STILL the "good guys." But there are problems with such statements because there's a bigger picture out there - people in other countries want liberty too - so for the moment I will dispose of my usual Amero-centric (thank you commenter) viewpoint - and suppose for the moment that we are ALL AMERICANS.
But what is an American? Why would anyone want to join a club that presently serves as bully-of-the-world? Give me a chance....
Whoever you are, wherever you are, dear reader - is it safe to say that we all want the same things? Liberty - freedom of speech - all of the high standards explicated in the American Bill of Rights and Constitution? Can we agree that we all want a trial if accused of a crime? Can we all agree that "sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me?" Can we all agree that freedom of speech is essential for a free society - and that individual critical thought as expressed via the spoken or written word must be protected from mob rule so that contrarian opinions, ideas, and facts can have a chance to enlighten the world? If so - for the moment - can we all pretend for a moment to be "Americans?"
Folks who are recent arrivals to America may find some of our "freedoms" extreme at first - such as the right to bear arms - especially if our recently welcomed citizens haven't yet had enough time to grasp the heritage upon which such seemingly extreme citizens' rights are founded. It may seem, at first glance, that guns in the hands of the public are a menace. AFter all - if one relies on corporate-controlled propaganda for their information - a steady bleat of orchestrated events validate that "average Americans" are at the heart of gun violence, mass murder and sundry mayhem. But the opposite is true - if one takes the time to seek out the answers from the new mainstream media - internet blogs - independent reporters - whistleblowers - writers - the information is available to those seeking answers that our own government is at the heart of the bloodshed and so-called "terrorism" we are supposed to react to mindlessly. The problem: A human mind in many cases can only absorb answers to questions it has itself formulated - if one is not asking questions - one may not be seeking answers - so remains trapped in the fake-reality bubble created for them and spoon-fed to them by a criminal-syndicate-run fascist media.
It is up to YOU, my fellow revolutionary, to dig deep inside - to challenge that well-entrenched belief in authority - to take that first and most difficult step - considering the potential that your own government is run by a criminal gang - just like Al Capone - wearing suits and smiling for the cameras - while their Tommy-gun operatives riddle any and all opposition with a hail of lead - literally killing off the competition - or any wise-ass tax-paying citizen like YOU or ME - with the temerity to challenge their grip on power.
LIBERTY IS LIFE
Yes - back in 1991 I had an awakening - thrust upon me by total immersion in another culture - surrounded by people who were not "Americans" as I was then - but were really more "American" than I was. Debates and conversations with these Euros and especially a particular Canadian - left me with more questions than I had answers for. Yes - what a gift - to visit Europe - to be challenged not only in my work - but with questions regarding the actions of my country - very good questions that deserved answers - I got right to work when I returned home - only not to find the answers.
I went back to school - I remember during a certain project - I tried to trace the roots of an organization I was working for - a transnational organization - only to find an abyss that became muddled somewhere in New York - the dividing point for certain corporations that spanned the "pond."
I asked professors about the Federal Reserve - about where the money that financed WW2 on both sides came from - things that were only discussed in underground books that had been given to me - only to be rebuffed by professors with doctorates in economics - who dismissed me as if I were not capable of understanding this difficult topic of money - but never convinced me - since I worked on some rather complicated stuff myself in another discipline. I didn't get my answers - my questions led to ever more questions...the New World Order etc...
Friends gave me books to read - some claimed that there existed super-governments that really ran everything - I watched the George HW Bush, Clinton, Perot etc... theater - grasping little bits here and there - with each passing year - realizing that so much of what was to come had already been planned. Some of the old-timers I knew - some of the Vietnam-era vets - told me things that I tried to dismiss - but couldn't - many of these guys had looked out for me as a wet-behind-the-ears "true believer" - never wrecking my love of the liberty American law was supposed to stand for - always encouraging me to stay in the fight and keep the faith - but easing me in a little bit at a time to the nasty undercurrents that existed - giving me peek here and there to the rotten core - a rotten core of corruption, greed, deceit and skullduggery corroborated by too many independent sources. I wish I could go back and thank those sonofabitches - some of it is just now sinking in...
LIVING LIBERTY -
Once one tastes freedom - there is simply no other way.
Being free - is a "one-way street." There is no turning back.
Accepting reality is a difficult thing. Acceptance of the true nature of things - understanding - realizing - concluding - awakening - all find their genesis in asking questions - accepting answers - accepting facts - examining evidence - letting the "chips fall where they may" - admitting we've been duped - these are the roadblocks along Liberty Lane.
These hurdles are monstrous - frightening at first - sometimes depressing - but that first step - the moment when one says to oneself: "I'm done with the lies - I cannot live this way - I WILL NOT live this way - I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO GO ON - I WANT MY KIDS TO LIVE IN A BETTER WORLD..." - that is the most difficult hurdle. Immediately the light of Liberty shines - that feeling of LIBERATION from the servitude of the controlled slave to the empowerment of CITIZEN with RIGHTS - is a feeling that breathes new life into the previously dead. Will you accept the challenge? Have you already?
WELCOME
My dear reader - if you are reading this - it is possible, maybe likely that you have been on the fence regarding picking a side in this new Age of Enlightenment - this Awakening - this grand Revolution that will bring peace and prosperity on a scale unimaginable to the war-mongering psychopaths smugly planning their next false-flag, their next economic mess, their next land-grab-for-resources, their next attempt to dupe you into paying for their misadventures that end in poverty, war, disease, destruction and dispair. None of us "good guys/gals" want that - so all of us must join together to stop it.
It has been my experience that being on the side of what is good and right and just brings meaning to my life. I encourage you to join the enlightenment - in your own way - the war-mongers and crooks must be brought down.
If you are scared - that's a good thing. It's a natural feeling - being scared - of the unknown - wondering if one's actions may bring bad "luck" - after all - those presently holding power admit in public that they have murder-lists - right? Isn't that something to be afraid of?
Yes - and No. You may already be ON the murder-list. If not - maybe you'll be put on it tomorrow - for whatever reason. But what if one of your kids or parents or brothers or sisters or cousins or friends are on it? Shouldn't you be on the side of the opposition to put an end to such obscene and Kingly assertions of power?
To hell with it - there is only one way out of this mess - the truth - a return to the rule of law for EVERYONE - not just petty thieves but for scam-banksters, war-mongers, liars spreading hate and war - TOP-LEVEL usurpers of power that belongs to WE THE PEOPLE.
Patrick Henry said: "Give me Liberty or Give Me Death."
Both are better alternatives than servitude - only death is inevitable- the Liberty you'll have to fight for - if not for yourself - do it for your kids.
Natural law cares not what the TSA says or does - facts remain. Although the TSA presently exercises the power to fondle your wife and kids at the airport and irradiate them with "harmless" naked body scanners - the TSA does NOT have the power to alter the laws of physics or erase documented medical fact.
Before watching the video below on this serious topic - please consider this recent article regarding the disregard the TSA shows for other laws:
"On August 1, 2012 a federal appeals court ordered the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to clarify why they have yet to comply with a now year-old court decision mandating public hearings on the use of the so-called naked body scanners in airports across the nation.
Indeed, earlier this year a blogger exposed how easy it is to bypass these scanners while in 2010 an Israeli security expert said, “I don’t know why everybody is running to buy these expensive and useless machines. I can overcome the body scanners with enough explosives to bring down a Boeing 747.”
In response to the third request from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit finally stepped up.
In a short order, the court asked why the TSA has yet to follow through with being ordered “to act promptly” and hold public hearings with public adoption of rules and regulations of the use of scanners."
The best protection available from the dangers of ionizing radiation is DISTANCE. This FACT is (was?) one of the first rules taught to X-ray technologists and other medical professionals in their training for their career using X-ray equipment to produce images of internal structures of their patient's bodies. Workers learn techniques and proper procedures intended to minimize their exposure to the ionizing radiation necessarily present in their profession. It should be noted that radiation dose received is cumulative - so every little bit counts when minimizing one's exposure - lead vests, lead thyroid shields, lead gloves and leaded glasses are used when exposure is absolutely unavoidable - such as during fluoroscopic procedures requiring personnel to remain in the lead-lined room while X-ray radiation is being produced. In the end - your best bet to avoid the dangers of ionizing radiation is to not be around it.
Medical professionals wear radiation-monitoring badges, rings and other devices which serve as radiation-recorders. These devices are issued to X-ray professionals and worn during work. Each month a new badge is issued to the worker and the old badge or ring is shipped in a special envelope to a company that extracts the radiation dose accumulated information for analysis. The X-ray energy and dose absorbed is monitored over time so that a worker exposed to higher than usual doses can be contacted and warned - to find out what happened - how they may have received a higher than normal dose. Perhaps the X-ray equipment they are working with has missing shielding?.....perhaps the equipment has been calibrated incorrectly?.....perhaps something is wrong with the equipment? Corrections can be made - action can be taken - the radiation professional can never un-do the dose - but preventative measures can be taken to prevent re-occurence.
Have you ever wondered why you can't buy your own CT scanner (which uses X-rays to produce the image)? How about your own X-ray room so you can take your own radiographs? Why do you think a dentist will use a lead apron to cover your body when taking a radiograph of your teeth? Did you ever wonder why everyone leaves the room to press the exposure button on an X-ray unit you were positioned on to find out if you broke your arm? Ionizing radiation is harmful, but the risks are weighed vs. the benefits hoped for when the medical circumstances require. Regardless - questions still remain regarding the risk/reward ratio in some cases.
I find it appalling that the TSA has escaped the legal system in their present use of devices (useless) to irradiate the public - especially kids. The eyes and thyroid are most vulnerable to ionizing radiation - but don't forget the reproductive organs.
Are you surprised that the medical community hasn't sounded more of an outcry given their extensive knowledge and training in the dangers of exposure to ionizing radiation? Hmmmm - what does that say about the medical community as a whole regarding their interest in public safety?
So the questions remain: Are TSA scanners safe? What type of radiation are they using? How are the systems calibrated? Are TSA workers wearing monitoring badges or other equipment to ensure their safety? Should medical professionals that wear a radiation monitoring device at work also wear one at the airport? Who is responsible for calibrating the scanners, with what equipment, following what procedure - and where are the calibration documents for their calibration equipment? How much dose have you, reader, received already if you have been through these scanners? Why are these scanners still in use when they have been proven useless? Finally - If "our" big-brother/nanny government cares so much about our safety, Why don't they care about radiation safety? It's absurd!
There are reports that mobile vans are presently in use that surreptitiously see through vehicles in the relentless search for the ghost of bin Laden and his accomplices - who with each passing day - morph into a new profile - a profile resembling YOU and ME - as we ask ourselves why we are going along with this madness.
I hope you find this video useful as you seek your own answers...
"Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the Supreme Court's most vocal and conservative justices, said on Sunday that the Second Amendment leaves room for U.S. legislatures to regulate guns, including menacing hand-held weapons.
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Scalia, a septuagenarian, said he had given no thought to retiring. "My wife doesn't want me hanging around the house," he joked. But he did say he would try to time his retirement from the court so that a justice of similar conservative sentiments would take his place, presumably as the appointee of a Republican president. "Of course I would not like to be replaced by somebody who sets out immediately to undo" what he has spent decades trying to achieve, the justice said."
We've heard the term "activist" judge before, and are treated to an example to drive the point home.
I find it a bit biased when the article calls hand-held weapons "menacing" - but never explains WHY they are menacing - or to who/whom they are menacing.
Let me tell you what I find menacing - a judge who thinks he knows better than our founding fathers - a judge who has such a high opinion of himself - that he will manipulate his retirement to maintain the anti-gun bias of the supreme court beyond the day he finally kicks the bucket or retires. Thanks judge!
Another notion I find "menacing" is being faced with a situation where I'm watching a movie and a crazed gunman opens fire - I have no weapon. Now THAT'S MENACING! Take a look at this billboard:
I don't want anybody to get the impression that ALL guns will eventually be eliminated by society if activist judges, short-sighted believers and garden-variety-nitwits have their way - on the contrary. Guns and Ammo will be plentiful - just not for YOU or ME.
The right to bear arms will be maintained by those who have the power of arms to excercise their right. That means those guarding Scalia's courtroom etc... - he won't take their guns - oh no. Just yours so during the next home invasion by police because they came to the wrong pot-smoker's house - the kids can watch the pigs kill the dogs and bust a coupla' caps in granny if they feel like it.
The right to bear arms will be alive and well - with better guns and better ammo available to criminals who have the dough the pay off the right people and purchase the goods. It's always been about the money - and the power.
My friends - the best way to fight back against this grab for power and ultimate domination of a public is for everyone with the means to arm now, don't forget the ammo - and practice, practice practice.
It has been, is, and always will be a FACT of LIFE that ultimately YOU are responsible for your own safety. If a firearm is necessary it is your duty to arm yourself accordingly and know how to use that firearm effectively.
It may be a sad testament to the progress of mankind, that YOU or I must arm ourselves. That we must consider the possibility that someday - we might face a moment where our firearm is the only way to bring an end to the opening scenes of a horror show - and everyone will be depending on YOU or ME because they were too stupid to arm themselves in THEIR shortsightedness. People like gun-grabber Schumer - oh that's right - I read that he has a special permit to arm himself up there in NYC. People like Scalia - hmmmmm - I dunno - maybe he's armed too? People like Barbara Boxer or that other crazy beeICEETEEH Senator out there in California that have the security of firearms protection - yet have devoted decades to hanging the rest of us out to dry - leaving YOU and ME to face the crime wave their mismanagement of this nation has predictably set upon us. Yes - it's sad but true - a firearm is a pretty good start if you don't want to live in servitude.
The ONLY reason for the disarmament of ANY population is in preparation for TYRANNY.
Forewarned is forearmed? Not quite - not until you buy the guns and ammo and learn how to use them.