What's RIGHT with this country

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echo3mike

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I see alot of bashing going on: crime, liberals, (O.K., so they deserve it), society, the media, (they REALLY deserve it).

But take a moment:

-We CAN still buy just about any gun we want, and there are still plenty of them around for us to choose another christmas present,

-We can say just about anything...o.k., well maybe not wothout ramifications upto and including prison. Thank society and a liberal administration for that one. WE can still voice opinions.

-We have police forces that protect and serve...not loot and extort. And most of the time, their damn good at what they do.

-We have the United States Marine Corps...no explaination needed

-We have a general, peaceful society where you can walk the streets at night in safety...except for some areas where you really shouldn't go after dark. Most of us are intelligent enough to know where these places are located.

-We really can get ahead through hard work and determination to provide our families and loved ones with good, comfortable lives..

-WE CAN VOTE

Sure there are exceptions to these comments. As a general rule, however, I think that if given the choice between Outer Mongolia v. the U.S., I know where most of us would choose to live.

'nuff said.

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We deal in lead, friend.
 
Being in the US is #1 on the short list of blessings I count daily.

Being alive, intact and hale comes close second.

Most of us go to work with a briefcase or a tool kit, not an AKS.

We generally do not wonder if we'll live to see another day.

We have the luxury of planning for eventualities instead of being in the thick of the mess from birthday on.

Good country, America. I fly a flag at my desk.

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Oleg "peacemonger" Volk

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Thanks friend. Many times we look at what we don't have and want more. Seldom do we look at what others don't have and count our own blessings. Not to say we shouldn't fight to keep our rights, but we should be happy we have what we have. (It made sense at the time.)
 
We have FREEDOM!

Anybody want to disagree? Go to a third world country and stay there long enough to see what is really going on there and you will appreciate what this country has to offer.

Better yet, ask any military man who served overseas.

Enjoy.
 
My government, so far, lets me post all manner of crap on the internet.

My government doesn't care that, in a couple of minutes, when I light off the gas-pig motor in my rumbling Trans Am and chirp tires off to the convenience store for a weekend's worth of cigarettes and Bass Ale, I'll be throwing a loaded pistol on the passenger seat. Heck, they wouldn't care if I threw the AK in the back seat, too.

My government was founded on the principle that if I leave other folks alone, my government will leave me alone.

Let's all vote to keep it that way...

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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!

[This message has been edited by Tamara (edited October 27, 2000).]
 
my apologies, actually what I shoulda said was , this is what's wrong with the system....
it's not the availabiity of guns ,
it's the lax criminal laws
 
The INTERNET and its effectiveness for us to communicate across the globe without gov't filtering, yet.
 
The fact that William Jefferson Clinton, the worst president and worst human being to occupy the White House during my lifetime, will be out of work in 3 months.
 
There is SO much right with this country.

I can't ever recall going to bed hungry. The opportunities and economy ensured that my Father made a good living (with his hard work) and was well able to provide sustenance for my Mother and me.

When I arise in the morning to head off to my well paying job (also secured with hard work and an education my parents were able to provide) I take a nice HOT shower. I've taken cold showers... they aren't real pleasant, but better than none.

In the evening, I can listen to the rain pound on the roof over my head as I am warmed by central heating. Maybe go to the refrigerator and snag a snack.

Is this, maybe, a typical day for most of us?

When the belly is full and the body warm, our minds are free to focus on other things.

Things we don't like. Things we want. Things we have but are not happy with.

This, I think, is a Good Thing.

But there isn't a day that goes by that I don't take one or another firearm out, check it, hold it, and remember what makes this country different from all the rest.

Cliff
 
In the USA we have religious freedom. We in the USA have the most freedom of any people on earth. I praise God that I was blessed with the privilege of being born in America.

My America is not as free as my Great-Grandfather's America and his America is not as free as the America that my forefathers came to in the 1600's when there was no government. (Well there was a King back in England, but he didn't control much on the edge of the frontier.) America has fallen a long way but yet She is still the Greatest Nation on earth.
 
Great thread, and I agree. Thanks for reminding me.

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"Any world that I'm welcome to.....Is better than the one I come from"
 
Yes, on the balance sheet this is still the best country to live in and it is even better now that Clinton is leaving office. Now, if we can get a pro-Second Amendment President in office it would be better still.
 
Just something to remember, even though the US is #1. . .

I came here from somewhere else - a communist pit. You get used to being in a communist pit, and cannot really imagine anything better. "That's how it's always been" - you think - "if we weren't paying all our pay in tax society would fall apart and we would have no roads or schools".

I sometimes wonder if those communist countries would have had such dissent amongst the populations if they could not see people with a higher standard of living elsewhere.

But don't forget that with your freedom restored, America could be something better still. Unfortunately, as the USA is #1, you'll not get to see an example of this.

Battler.
 
You have only to look around the world to realize how well off we are compared to the Eastern European victims of "ethnic cleansing", members of Falun Gong, or any woman under the rule of the Taliban. We have the luxury of sitting at our computers and yakking about which caliber is best, while some people are wondering whether they can sneak down to the dump after dark to scavenge food, without drawing full-auto fire from the patrols of either faction.

There are a dozen countries where a person making the kind of comments seen in TFL's "Legal and Political" forum would be ripped from his bed in the dead of night, beaten with rubber hoses until he named his fellow conspirators, put up against a wall and shot, dying with the knowledge that his family would be tossed in the street after the secret police finished raping his wife and daughters (and sons, probably).

We got it pretty good by comparison.
 
As Lasur5r said you would have to live in a 3rd world country to appreciate USA.
I am from India, and I like your country very much, but I am patriotic and as much as I appreciate and envy your great country I do not wish to remain here permanently or become a citizen.
Its not because I dislike the USA, rather my loyalites lie else where, and if I did migrate here, I wouldnt be a very loyal citizen of the USA. I know I am among the very few who say this.
Regards,
Anand.
 
I have seen two great examples of hope in the last two weeks, one was a 17 year old young man who wrote a great letter to the editor commenting on County Zoning (by the way, he was home schooled) the second was a young man at an MMM rally who went to listen to his favorite band, when it left he (like others) did too. He then joined we protesters. I asked him why and he said that his family didn't have a gun in the house but that he had read the Federalist Papers and thought that a right given should not be taken away. I almost cried. Too bad that his parents who were probably my age and products of the 60's weren't there with him. I pray that some day my son grows up to realize that to keep this country free takes sacrifice. Yes, this is only 2 examples of Liberty in a sea of the mindless minion but I have hope because of it. The seed is planted. I have to agree with previous posts on this topic, I don't have to look at Police with Sub-machine guns here like I did in London and Paris. Let's just hope it stays this way. anand, I would hope that if you decided to become a citizen that you would take the time first to study the founding documents of this country. I hope that all immigrants want to be here to make this a better place to live. Our diversity can, and has given us strength. If nothing else maybe you will take something back that will make your country better.
 
We have more RELATIVE freedom than most other countries...for now. But let's not get complacent, or smug, about it. There's no guarantee that will last.

This is still, despite all of the efforts by local, state, and federal governments over the last century or so to screw it up, the best place to live for those who are willing to carry their own weight. May it always be so (and may all of those who don't believe in strict adherence to the Constitution get smart quickly or die off soon...of natural causes, of course).
DAL

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Reading "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal," by Ayn Rand, should be required of every politician and in every high school.

"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined."
--Patrick Henry, during Virginia's Convention to Ratify the Constitution (1788)

GOA, JPFO, PPFC, CSSA, LP, ARI, NRA
 
Dal makes a very good point:

"We have more RELATIVE freedom than most other countries...for now. But
let's not get complacent, or smug, about it. There's no guarantee that will
last."

"I know of no way to judge the future but by the past..."

The vast majority of Americans have less RELATIVE freedom than our parents;
MUCH less RELATIVE freedom than our grandparents;
MUCH, MUCH less RELATIVE freedom than our great grandparents, etc. etc.

The trend, my friends, is as clear as Clinton's bulbous nose....

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Either you believe in the Second Amendment or you don't.
Stick it to 'em! RKBA!
 
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