Posted on Jun 26, 2017
Marc Thiessen: America is on its way to divorce court
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I think it would be very helpful to the strength of America itself, for both "sides" to recognize we are not one-dimensional creatures. We may disagree on 37 things and agree on 22. Let's move away from violent rhetoric before the divorce becomes final.
Marc Thiessen: America is on its way to divorce court
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I don't know about you but one thing I learned in the military (over and over and over again) was "Don't sweat the small shit". Well, what divides us today isn't small. It's fundamental. No, it's not our political affiliation or our ideology. I'm talking about responsibility. Free people take responsibility for their words, choices, and actions. Subjects surrender their personal liberty in exchange for freedom from responsibility. If we are to live with each other, one must surrender their personal liberty or the other must surrender their"sugar daddy" form of government. Sadly, I don't foresee either happening without a great struggle such as the one in which we are now engaged and violence is already breaking out...
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MSG Stan Hutchison - How many new gun laws have been enacted, contrary to the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. COnstitution? Eminent Domain laws ignore the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Civil Forfeiture allows law enforcement to confiscate (steal) cash or other monetary instruments that they only believe/claim was gained from some type of crime (no probable cause, just one person's feeling) again in contravention of the 4th Amendment, Political Correctness has stifled the 1st Amendment, political "Activists" (aka Domestic Terrorists) have been allowed to destroy property, injure and kill people, and block roads with impunity. The Patriot Act (and its successors) and the NDAAs since 2001 have severely curtailed and infringed American freedoms and liberties. "Stop and frisk" laws in certain states have also infringed on the 4th Amendment. I can go on, but I think the point has been made.
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MSG Stan Hutchison - We the People who value liberty (true "liberals") have been acceding to the wishes of those who want a sugar daddy form of government. We've been doing this for several decades now "just to keep the peace", and we've been pushed to the wall. America is no longer recognizable. That's crap...
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Stanley, if you can't read the laws being passed today within context of Article I Section VIII, you have failed to understand your oath. Every law they pass not constrained by those limitations, ultimately limit our freedoms and true intent of self-governance. I don't need some busybody politician telling me that I can't say certain words or I have to buy/sell my property using some stupid regulatory form that has nothing to do with private property, but is taxed to pay a bureaucrat to make sure every box is filled out in black ink. If that's the way you wish to live, so be it, but I'm not you and your feelings don't give you the right to tell the rest of the country how to behave, period.
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I agree with the article. The problem I see with America is there are no more "Americans". We identify with our belief versus identifying with each other. We don't identify as Americans until we are viciously attacked and then we ban together for a very small amount of time and then we begin worrying about who shot john versus fixing the reason John got shot. The author states "When anger transforms into contempt, permanent damage takes place." This is a huge problem. These days I blame technology for contempt when it comes to politics. Someone just wants to stir up trouble, all they have to do is to post a fake news story or a partial truth and it spreads worse than a California wildfire. Before we know it, it breeds anger among both sides and then violence breaks out. Too many Americans these days have the mentality that I am right and you are wrong and if you continue to disagree I will destroy you and then take my toys and go home. The pure hatred that is in people now is appalling and it has to stop and we have to work together or we will fail. Ben Franklin (paraphrase as best I can remember) stated it best, "we must hang together or we will certainly hang separately." I am afraid our nation is headed for an implosion if we don't turn around and learn to agree to disagree without hatred.
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I certainly hope not, but there seems to be no spirit of compromise on ANY issue anymore, Col Joseph Lenertz.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
Yes, that's the worry. And I see some defining themselves by a single issue, and responding to EVERY policy proposal through that single dimension.
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