The media and needs to do it's job. Until then we're doomed by sheeple mentality.
. On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:47 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm 40. > > I've been a political junkie my whole life. > > All I've seen are lies, even the very opposite reactions promised. I don't > know what the answer is, but neither party has the answers and both have > some regular decent people in them. > > There hasn't been any advancement in philosophy or ideology since the > expansion of the social contract. At this point I cannot deny that trade > unionism, socialism and even communism made us think about things suddenly > for the positive, while at the same time doing immeasurable damage to > individual rights. > > If we are to be intellectuals, and if politics is to be looked at as the > science of the possible, then we need to look at things fully and from all > angles and stop making decisions in fear and ignorance. > > Guns drugs sex and privacy to me are huge, but we need to start talking > about election reform, apportionment, returning this nation to one that is > actually represented. > On Sep 9, 2014 10:37 AM, "Rick Faircloth" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I DIDN'T feel this way when I was younger, Scout. >> >> But I've watched as the America I've known has slowly >> been eroded and destroyed from within. >> >> It's time to fight for American values and virtue and not >> surrender this nation to those who would only destroy it. >> >> How old are you Scout? I'm 54 and I've given peaceful >> discussion all the chance I can. Radical liberals are insistent >> they their view prevail and will use whatever means they >> can, including physical violence, to achieve their goals. >> >> It's time to put a stop to it. >> >> >> On 9/9/2014 10:31 AM, LRS Scout wrote: >> > You know that's how I thought more when I was younger, the older I've >> > gotten I've come to realise that without at least discussing one >> another's >> > opinions we'll get no where. >> > >> > Ghandi said an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind. >> > >> > I've suffered legitimate torts, wrongs at the hands of this government, >> but >> > every day I get up and write and call and email. I may be chasing >> rabbits >> > down holes and telling at walks but it is our responsibility, especially >> as >> > oath takers, to bring reason and community back to these debates. >> > >> > After Bundy and Ferguson can't you see how close we are to tall violence. >> > The government is responding wrong, so far the civilian side hasn't >> screwed >> > up, but his long can that last and then we're in a shooting war. >> > On Sep 9, 2014 10:20 AM, "Rick Faircloth" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> I'm not talking about physical war. I mean social and political war-like >> >> attitude. >> >> Liberals have, for the most part, proven incapable or unwilling to >> >> discuss issues. >> >> They, like most terrorists, just want their way and will use any means >> >> to get it, >> >> including manipulating the federal government agencies as tools for >> >> their agenda, >> >> as Obama has been doing with the Justice Department, EPA, and IRS. >> >> >> >> They have sought war. Now that can get what they've asked for. >> >> >> >> I will not be a sheep led to slaughter, Scout. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 9/9/2014 12:08 AM, LRS Scout wrote: >> >>> That's a terrible atrocious idea. >> >>> >> >>> I have worked to hard to ensure neither of my children join to have >> them >> >>> see this place turn to shit. >> >>> >> >>> The initiation of violence for political means is immoral. >> >>> >> >>> There are legitimate causes did violent response, I've made it through >> a >> >>> couple without it so far. >> >>> >> >>> The men who founded this nation were if the renaissance. >> Intellectuals, >> >>> philosophers, inventors and scientists. >> >>> >> >>> They didn't fight until given no choice. >> >>> >> >>> We still have the ability to reason as men, the destruction a second >> >> civil >> >>> war would do to this country would likely be permanent and result in a >> >>> balkanization effect. Treating under the union for all time. >> >>> >> >>> Maybe that's what the next cycle of history requires but I'm not yet >> >> ready >> >>> to surrender to it. >> >>> On Sep 8, 2014 11:57 PM, "Rick Faircloth" <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372101 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
