tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16811369.post656627135102100324..comments2023-10-24T01:23:36.470-07:00Comments on Thin Places: OK... one moreroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00508828835908673347noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16811369.post-37388651354935913732011-03-04T07:08:07.110-08:002011-03-04T07:08:07.110-08:00also another president, John Adams said: "W...also another president, John Adams said: "We shall, by and by, want a world of hemp more for our own consumption"marijuana quoteshttp://weedquotes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16811369.post-65168712876805984092011-03-04T07:06:32.329-08:002011-03-04T07:06:32.329-08:00did you knew that president Obama said he used to ...did you knew that president Obama said he used to smoke weed as a kid ? "When I was a kid I inhaled frequently. That was the point"weed quoteshttp://weedquotes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16811369.post-37072876095300360112011-01-15T00:11:00.405-08:002011-01-15T00:11:00.405-08:00Michael, I can't think of anyplace else I'...Michael, I can't think of anyplace else I'd rather call home either... but that does not mean that improvements are warranted and that part of my call is to work bring them about.<br /><br />As to the blood part, one of the reasons that I am glad to be here is precisely because we can disagree and transfer power without violence - a rare thing in the world. It seems to me that the recent rhetoric from the right wing, more and more stands against that tradition. That frightens me.royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00508828835908673347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16811369.post-20511583373876939402011-01-13T14:43:47.102-08:002011-01-13T14:43:47.102-08:00I mean tyranny in the most basic meaning: an unres...I mean tyranny in the most basic meaning: an unrestrained or arbitrary exercise of power. By definition, anyone who rules in such a government is a despot, and exactly who Jefferson was talking about. A government need not be abusive to be tyrannical. <br /><br />What Angle (and some of the others mentioned) said was plain stupid. But, as you pointed out, martial rhetoric is part of the political landscape, and has been since the beginning. America was a nation founded in blood - the blood of patriots and tyrants, as the saying goes. Perhaps it's not ideal, but I can't think of anywhere I'd rather call home.Michael J Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239057043899114566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16811369.post-10822873698459588172011-01-12T20:20:33.933-08:002011-01-12T20:20:33.933-08:00Michael,
do I think Angle was seriously advocatin...Michael,<br /><br />do I think Angle was seriously advocating walking up Capital Hill and shooting members of congress? No... <i>but that is precisely what she said</i> and it would not be unreasonable to expect that somebody took it literally, especially when mixed in with the constellation of comments made by Bachman, Palin, Kaufman, plus the radio talk show folk. Seriously, what else is a 2nd amendment solution except armed revolt? Add in Kaufman's bullets quote and Bachman's armed and dangerous and to expect that nobody takes it seriously is just plain stupid.<br /><br />I'm not displeased that the last government was "thrown off" either and I don't disagree that they seriously went against the will of the governed... but I think we would interpret the meaning of what happened and what exactly was the will of the governed very differently. And to call any US government "tyranny" or "despotism" strikes me as hyperbole at the least. Think about what true tyranny looks like.<br /><br />I heard a retired Republican lawmaker comment that the right wing thinks 2008 was an aberration and the left thinks 2010 was an aberration... it remains to be seen who is correct, if either.royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00508828835908673347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16811369.post-86642074273378348482011-01-12T18:20:52.518-08:002011-01-12T18:20:52.518-08:00If anyone thinks Sharron Angle was seriously talki...If anyone thinks Sharron Angle was seriously talking about marching up Capitol Hill with guns to shoot Congress, then the left <i>really </i> doesn't get it. <br /><br />The spirit of the second amendment (and Jefferson's remark) is that Americans, as individuals, have a right and an obligation to stand up to tyranny. And there is not really a better word for a government that so clearly goes against the will of the governed as the last Congress did. <br /><br />Jefferson also said " <i> But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.</i>. He said that in a little document called the Declaration of Independence. <br /><br />I for one, am glad that America took what steps it could to "throw off" the old government in the last election. I can only hope the President has learned something from it.Michael J Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239057043899114566noreply@blogger.com