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- jfej004, on 11/14/2008, -4/+121"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."
-Thomas Jefferson - emazur, on 11/14/2008, -0/+83"When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear the government, you have tyranny." ~ Thomas Jefferson
- voicce, on 11/14/2008, -2/+83Excellent suggestion, Senator. American people, your move.
- libertygal76, on 11/14/2008, -0/+77Glad someone knows who he is working for!
- StingingNettle, on 11/14/2008, -1/+76Its in the constitution.
- henri3, on 11/14/2008, -0/+57I'm glad to see that some! of our Rep's realize that the american people are waking up ! mad as h#ll and were NOT! gonna take it any more.
- Rothbardosaurus, on 11/14/2008, -1/+53Record gun sales.
- Rothbardosaurus, on 11/14/2008, -1/+53This guy is proof that Republican does not equal Neocon
- sphira, on 11/14/2008, -0/+43Jefferson is
Hands down my favorite -
What an accomplishment his life was -
His work is worth fighting for
and dying for - mycutepetpics, on 11/14/2008, -0/+41It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
— Samuel Adams
Rights don't defend themselves. People have only those rights they are willing and able to unite to defend, with armed force if necessary. If you don't defend others when their rights are violated, don't expect anyone to defend yours , and those rights will be violated if they are not defended.
— Jon Roland, 1994
Just found these and had to share! - robot999, on 11/14/2008, -2/+39Get your guns NOW!
- lazerus9, on 11/14/2008, -2/+38Senator!.....That train has already left the station and it is gaining momentum. You politicians sold the American people out a long time ago and the option to "lead, follow or get out of the way" are no longer choices available to you.
- marcabminion, on 11/14/2008, -3/+35Wake up little Susie.
- pdubya, on 11/14/2008, -0/+31challenge the Fed, drastically cut spending...apply most of that towards the deficit and some of it towards infrastructure jobs....then get the hell out of the way.....we know how to work, want to work. allow us to do it and we will recover. keep bailing out crooks with no punishment and the New World Order will have you by the throat.
- wariscrime, on 11/14/2008, -1/+32Do you believe him? By saying that he is "afraid the People might rise up and stop them" he admits that they (Congressmen!!), are not at all working FOR the people. But if they understand and recognize it, why don't they just stop it themselves, by their own will, and without waiting for the people to rise up? Or is it exactly what he and his gang mates want - that people rise up and give them the reason to use force?
- silentboom, on 11/14/2008, -1/+31Now that the Republican party has been humiliated on the world stage and their Neocon ideas soundly rejected (The straight talk express) they are going to be all aboard the Liberty Express. Someone had said that in 4 years the Republicans would be an anti-war party and I think this may happen. When the Democrats realize they have been had, we may have a real shot at this in 2012.
- muckemuck, on 11/14/2008, -0/+30wait... wait... you're suggesting that the voters who reelected these crooks (over 90% were reelected) are going to DO something? Ha. Not likely.
If you're suggesting that the small minority who were smart enough to NOT vote for the incumbent crooks who voted for the bailout are going to do something.... well... consider how quickly the media will point to them and call them domestic terrorists... and how quickly the masses will accept that.
Just face it - the US is a nation that will tolerate tyranny.
"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."
-- Thomas Jefferson - inactive, on 11/14/2008, -1/+31Well, there was also that other guy with the initials "RP." ;-)
- emjwriter, on 11/14/2008, -2/+31"People should not be afraid of the government. Government should be afraid of the people."
--V for Vendetta - roho76, on 11/14/2008, -0/+29It's nice to hear other politicians talking about this.
- Rothbardosaurus, on 11/14/2008, -0/+28It's in the Declaration, but I think your intended point is sound.
- inactive, on 11/14/2008, -0/+28I'm behind you guys 100%.
-A Canadian - mycutepetpics, on 11/14/2008, -1/+28If we let them continue without standing together in opposition, we will be slaves before you know it.
Our forefathers fought so bravely and died for our country, just for the freedoms that we have today.( some that we had & have already lost).
It's time to truly pay respect & do our civilian duty!
If we wait any longer then America as we know & love so much, will be sadly lost forever.
Once it's gone there will be no chance of getting it back. - le0pardess, on 11/14/2008, -1/+27Check Mate! Dirty, dubious crooks... the rise in gun sales is making them nervous. As well it should be...
- Archos, on 11/14/2008, -1/+22"It is well that the people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."
- Henry Ford
"Countless people ... will hate the new world order ... and will die protesting against it."
- H.G. Wells, 1939 - JKap, on 11/14/2008, -2/+22Goddamn right. And don't you forget it.
- sheeplescareme, on 11/14/2008, -0/+19this one always makes me smile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ju4Gla2odw - BallsyBalls, on 11/14/2008, -2/+21Unfortunately, it's already too late. The corporate-government that we currently have has already done more than enough to rape the American people six ways from Sunday. Our country is f***'d economically and morally. It's too late - the train has left the station and as soon as the pain of excessive spending on waste/corruption catches up by means of inflation and taxes, the government will see the fruits of their labor. It's too late to start wondering if you're going too far - you have gone too far and people are buying guns in droves. It's just a matter of time ... sorry douche-bag, you reap what you sow.
- inactive, on 11/15/2008, -0/+19My fellow Americans, our forefathers founded this country with the intent of seeking liberty, escaping 'taxation without representation', escaping autonomus control over the individual, and the crippling effects of such power on the preternatural desire to succeed. So I beseech you, please read this words and try to parallel this moment in history with July 4, 1776. What we were escaping then is where we are headed now. God Bless
'When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. 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. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.'
BTW- this is something I have already posted, but I looked for it in order to post it again. It is befitting for this very moment. - randyinwa, on 11/14/2008, -2/+21re: muckemuck's statement;
If OUR congress has a 14% approval rating, wouldn't you think that only 14% would be reelected! But in turn we have >90% reelected. Talk about an uninformed, television brain washed, INSANE electorate. What a joke!!! - korvan504521, on 11/14/2008, -0/+18I hope this wake up call realaigns the GOP to what should be their true political philosophies. Maybe then I can support them again.
- Rothbardosaurus, on 11/14/2008, -1/+19Shhh, don't say his name around here.
- Rothbardosaurus, on 11/14/2008, -1/+18http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs37NSLy3z4
- Rothbardosaurus, on 11/14/2008, -0/+16The NRA is an access-based lobby. It has traded its political influence for cushy access to politicians, so now it mostly exists to help make compromises of our rights more palatable. The GOA and the JPFO are the real pro-gun lobbies.
Still a cool speech though. - muckemuck, on 11/14/2008, -0/+16....... but not because people are planning some violent rebellion - most are buying guns because of the fear that Obama will introduce stricter gun laws and make it harder and more expensive to buy guns and ammo.
- ConcernedCanuck, on 11/15/2008, -2/+18Will this be yet another great video, to add to the list of great videos which don't make it to the front page?
- lanesharon, on 11/15/2008, -0/+16Front Page - Here We Come !!
- sheeplescareme, on 11/14/2008, -0/+15actually, i am a member of goa. i just love that clip.
- sheeplescareme, on 11/14/2008, -0/+15or:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dib2-HBsF08 - Nnater, on 11/14/2008, -0/+14That's the current spin. But that is not the case. The second amendment has nothing to do with duck hunting.
- inactive, on 11/14/2008, -0/+14Suffice is to say, labels have proven to be merely a political tool to be abused. Each ought to be judged on his/her own merits.
- stienster, on 11/14/2008, -0/+13http://votestrike.ning.com
http://endthefedusa.ning.com - digitronix, on 11/15/2008, -0/+13That's what happens when you go into the polls uneducated. You should never vote for somebody you haven't done a little research about. We got to this situation because people go into the polls voting ONLY for Democrats or ONLY for Republicans. It's a horrible system, and what we have in reality are two dictators competing for our vote. We don't have representative government! What's all this garbage about our country being a Democracy?
- korvan504521, on 11/14/2008, -0/+13Successful revolutions are rarely "popular" (as in mass people). The great revolutions of the past have been conducted by small groups or organized, intelligent, and powerful people. The later larger scale aspect of the revolution is a smokescreen.
Right now, the people who would organize an effective revolution are better served by the existing system. Don't expect any significant change. - jb1965, on 11/15/2008, -0/+13This is why politicians don't like the second amendment! Why do you think a "well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state" is necessary?! For the sovereign citizens of the sovereign states that make up the United States, to protect the individual states from an over-reaching federals government!!! Why do you think that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed"? For the sovereign citizens to protect themselves from the states!!!
These clowns know it too!!! - radiofriendly, on 11/15/2008, -1/+13This just struck me today, true conservatives (a rare breed), libertarians and progressives should all be against these Bailouts--especially the auto bailout. It's called "creative destruction." As painful as it will be, the auto ind. failing is the BEST thing that could happen. It will allow other innovations to rise to the surface in the vacuum created. New forms of energy---new ways of getting around. *We actually had trains in this country that would take you EVERYWHERE back in the day before the Highway projects that were actually military in nature when you think about it. Sorry for the ramble...but think about this stuff.
- MrFunStuff, on 11/14/2008, -0/+12I think it was less than 2% of the American population at that time that fought off the British Empire.In the American Revolution.
- flip2trip, on 11/15/2008, -0/+11I hope that with all these talks of revolution on this thread that each and every one of you have voiced your displeasure to YOUR Congressman and Senators and are not merely ranting on digg.
Call them, email them and write them a letter letting them know, NO MORE BAILOUTS!
If you want, we can all meet in Boston and throw a bunch of Chevy's into the harbor. - inactive, on 11/15/2008, -0/+10Become active and well informed. We can't sit idly by while our future is sold away. Spread the word.
Go watch Addendum, while you're at it: http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com
Get active and stay active. -
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