Why we're not voting our way out of this

part 479,327,081...

What this basically means, is that both the left AND the right are trying to consolidate power for their own ends. The Republicans use it to line their own pockets and have an empire (based on military exploits) while the Democrats are using government to line their own pockets while mouthing the utopian platitudes.

We’ve delved into the no-mans’ land of total government control (remember George W. Bush signing the PATRIOT-USA act?), and whether you vote for the right or the left, you will NOT get your freedom back by merely voting on election day, because all of the “acceptable” candidates are pushing further and further left… on the above graph.

THIS is why nothing ever changes in Washington D.C., and only continues to get worse.

RTWT, long but worthwhile.  Still think 2014/2016/whatever matters a damn?

Don't read this.

Seriously...just don't.  If you ignore this warning, I'm not responsible for your nightmares.

Credit where it's due

You're going to be blown away by this, but...Barack Obama actually said something I agree with!!

Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination. And moreover, you have to remember that whatever you’ve gone through, it pales in comparison to the hardships previous generations endured — and they overcame them. And if they overcame them, you can overcome them, too.

You now hail from a lineage and legacy of immeasurably strong men — men who bore tremendous burdens and still laid the stones for the path on which we now walk. You wear the mantle of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, and Ralph Bunche and Langston Hughes, and George Washington Carver and Ralph Abernathy and Thurgood Marshall, and, yes, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

These men were many things to many people. And they knew full well the role that racism played in their lives. But when it came to their own accomplishments and sense of purpose, they had no time for excuses.

Well said, Mr. Obama.  Well said, indeed.  This is exactly what young Black folks need to hear.

I just wish I could believe you really meant it.

About those "reasonable restrictions..."

...those who decide who's subject to them, have the upper hand.

Remember that if your little darlin's are in public school, any teacher and any school nurse has the power to label your child as mentally defective, simply by saying little Johnny stares out the window instead of reading his textbook.

Also, any physician your child visits, under ObamaCare, will be able to make the same label with nothing more than a note in the margins.

Yes, labeling kids as defective is a multi-billion dollar industry for Big Pharma.

RTWT.  Do you really think they won't try something like this...?

Get up, stand up!

Denninger gets to the core of the matter:

The bottom line is the same; your right to life only exists so long as you are willing and able to defend it.

The same bottom line exists for liberty and the offense against it that is delineated in most of the above list; you have such a right only so long as you are willing to defend it. The minute you cede that right you have consented to what you are experiencing and you lose the right to bitch about it until and unless you stand and take back that which God gave you.

This is basic logic and as soon as you cede basic logic you inevitably lose every other point of argument. In this case when you lose those arguments you risk losing your life and/or liberty; you are literally risking death or enslavement.

RTWT.  Ain't nobody coming to save us, people.  So what now?

Now we play some reggae!

More on Publik Skool

From a guy I only agree with about 70% of the time, but when Captain Capitalism is on, he's ON:

If there is an example of how we abuse, enslave, and take advantage of our children, the United States' (and most other western nations') educational system is it. From the age of 5, we have our country's WORST people act like they're educating them, when in reality they are doing far worse.

At best they are baby sitting the tykes (thankfully taking those crying, liability-brats much-loved-children off of our hands, which is why very few parents ever complain). But worse they are typically (though not always) our most incompetent and lazy citizens looking for an easy "career." Too lazy to learn a skill or a trade, millions of worthless and lazy people declare "education" as a major not because they nobly care about the children, but like the idea of 3 months off, avoiding math at all costs, and being practically unfireable. But the absolute worst is the brainwashing that occurs by these despicable people. Indifferent about providing a genuine education to these children and preparing them for the real world, members of the education industry are first and foremost interested in brainwashing the little tykes into voting for future socialist causes, namely, more money for education, thereby guaranteeing their own financial futures.

However, the slavery is not merely relegated to K-12. Not by a long shot. There's still blood in those bodies that need to be sucked out and by god, we're going to get every drop.

Yep, that's exactly how it is.  RTWT, and if you see yourself in this post, it is your responsibility to correct the situation post haste.

The Death Penalty and Christianity

From the comments on this post at 4gfc:

But there are things more important than life. Justice is only one of them. Love is another. And if we loved like God loves, I suspect that we would value life less and value justice more.

RTWT from initial post through the comments.  As much as I admire and respect The Anchoress, I'm thinking she's mistaken on the subject.

A debate between these two would be an awesome thing to behold, as it would be respectful, intelligent and no one's mother would be dragged into it.  And it might just result in putting the whole question to rest.

Why aren't you reading this?

Required reading here.  Dude has it going on.

Nothing to see here, move along.

I'm certain that this was an innocent mistake by low-level employees and is a total aberration and will totally never happen again and it never even happened in the first place and SHUT UP YOU TEABAGGER NAZI.

The video below describes an experience that would be expected in a police state.

When national security expert Julia Davis informed the FBI that 23 people from Islamic terrorist countries had crossed the U.S. border with Mexico without undergoing routine checks, she was labeled a “domestic terrorist” and subjected to harassment and imprisonment. Prior to her discovery, Davis had actually read a DHS alert cautioning that members of Al Qaeda were planning to penetrate the U.S. Understandably, she was greatly alarmed that a potential terrorist attack would be perpetrated as a result.

Following her report on the breach of U.S. security, Ms. Davis’ home was raided with a Black Hawk helicopter and a 27-man SWAT team and she became the subject of 54 government investigations.

Yeah.  But there's no agenda here or anything.  Just go back to your football game or reality TV and put your trust in Big SSister.  Ignorance is Strength!!*



(The irony of her name being 'Julia' has not gone unnoticed.  Those who haven't read 1984, should.)

You are not alone

(I suspect this contribution from Free North Carolina will be going viral pretty quick)