OK International travellers, I think America is headed down the turlet, as Archie Bunker would say. We've lost any concept of limited government (do you hear ANY of the front runners for Prez talking about cutting gubmint spending?) and I don't know if we can get it back. I used to believe that it was Pinko infiltration of gubmint and institutions that was undermining the country. That certainly didn't help, but "we the people" (collectively) either don't care or we actually like being serfs (by the way, serfs in Medieval Europe gave about 25% of what they produced to the land owner. I'd settle for that deal, how about you?).
Now we have Clinton about to be declared above the law (you don't think his cronies in Arkansas are going to disbar him, do you?) and that makes ME and YOU peasants in a very real and serious way. Think about it.
Well, I can't stand to be a peasant and I want off this crazy ride. There's about 1/8 of the population (maybe not even that much) that even gives damn a about the current situation. Lots will talk about Revolution and restoring the Constitution, but they fail to realize they've already been trumped. You're not going to see blue helmets on main street and nobody is going to kick in your door for Grandpa's shotgun. It's actually more insidious than that. You'll just grit your teeth and register any new gun you want to buy and in 30 years your grandkids will think nothing of going to the gubmint approved range to shoot thier .22 where it will be stored for thier own good. You'll pay a UN "environmental tax" on your new car (won't be called that, but it will show up in the sticker price, sure as sh%&) and you'll feel pretty good about it all because you can still sound off on the internet. BFD.
The kicker is that Gore is probably going to win the next election. The "entitled class" and "soon-to-be-entitled class" (boomers) are just about the majority of voters now and they know that Dems are much more favorable to the cause of entitlement spending. Add to that the fact that Gore will probably get at least partial credit for the economy and the reality of President Gore is actually at least a 50-50 shot, probably better. I'm willing to bet that when most of the Boomers get into that voting booth, nobody will mind the little "problems" of Gore being associated with Clinton so long as they get a prescription drug entitlement by the time they qualify for a Social Security check. Free dope is a really easy sell. (no offense intended to Boomers who truly care about Liberty and Truth)
This really didn't start out to as a rant (got sort of carried away) I just wanted to know if anyone knows of a country where there's some hope of living even moderately free.
Anyone?
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"Put a rifle in the hands of a Subject, and he immediately becomes a Citizen." -- Jeff Cooper
"The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. He is not actually happy when free; he is uncomfortable, a bit alarmed, and intolerably lonely. Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty - and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies." -- H.L. Mencken, February 12, 1923, Baltimore Evening Sun
"If God had not wanted them to be sheared, he would not have made them sheep." -- Bad guy from the Magnificent Seven.
Now we have Clinton about to be declared above the law (you don't think his cronies in Arkansas are going to disbar him, do you?) and that makes ME and YOU peasants in a very real and serious way. Think about it.
Well, I can't stand to be a peasant and I want off this crazy ride. There's about 1/8 of the population (maybe not even that much) that even gives damn a about the current situation. Lots will talk about Revolution and restoring the Constitution, but they fail to realize they've already been trumped. You're not going to see blue helmets on main street and nobody is going to kick in your door for Grandpa's shotgun. It's actually more insidious than that. You'll just grit your teeth and register any new gun you want to buy and in 30 years your grandkids will think nothing of going to the gubmint approved range to shoot thier .22 where it will be stored for thier own good. You'll pay a UN "environmental tax" on your new car (won't be called that, but it will show up in the sticker price, sure as sh%&) and you'll feel pretty good about it all because you can still sound off on the internet. BFD.
The kicker is that Gore is probably going to win the next election. The "entitled class" and "soon-to-be-entitled class" (boomers) are just about the majority of voters now and they know that Dems are much more favorable to the cause of entitlement spending. Add to that the fact that Gore will probably get at least partial credit for the economy and the reality of President Gore is actually at least a 50-50 shot, probably better. I'm willing to bet that when most of the Boomers get into that voting booth, nobody will mind the little "problems" of Gore being associated with Clinton so long as they get a prescription drug entitlement by the time they qualify for a Social Security check. Free dope is a really easy sell. (no offense intended to Boomers who truly care about Liberty and Truth)
This really didn't start out to as a rant (got sort of carried away) I just wanted to know if anyone knows of a country where there's some hope of living even moderately free.
Anyone?
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"Put a rifle in the hands of a Subject, and he immediately becomes a Citizen." -- Jeff Cooper
"The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. He is not actually happy when free; he is uncomfortable, a bit alarmed, and intolerably lonely. Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty - and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies." -- H.L. Mencken, February 12, 1923, Baltimore Evening Sun
"If God had not wanted them to be sheared, he would not have made them sheep." -- Bad guy from the Magnificent Seven.