Posted on 04/17/2008 3:00:40 PM PDT by neverdem
Root causes From NY to Obama, this is right on the money.
Like Lemmings to the Sea - Will President Bush join in the chorus of dead-end energy proposals?
You might be surprised to learn that there has never been a single scientific paper published which has ruled out natural climate variability for most of our current global-mean warmth. Not one.
From time to time, Ill ping on noteworthy articles about politics, foreign and military affairs. FReepmail me if you want on or off my list.
Thanks for the ping!
Barrack and Hillary both have cards that they are not aren't showing. One of those cards is about having the ability to appoint anti-gun Federal court judges who would interpret the law to suit themselves. Once the courts have their way, the only way to enforce gun control would be tyranny by the government.
Exactly. Obama knows he won’t be able to drag us into his Marxist utopia as long as we have firearms.
Dam scary words....and the Dems have two candinuts who want to take them.....
And McLame ain’t much better on it. He’s got round heels for the ‘rats.
Buy ammo!!!
The Gun is Civilization
by Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret)
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, thats it.
In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.
The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger, and a single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.
There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that wed be more civilized if all guns were removed from society, because a firearm makes it easier for a [armed] mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the muggers potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiatit has no validity when most of a muggers potential marks are armed.
People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and thats the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.
Then theres the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser.
People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones dont constitute lethal force watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level.
The gun is the only weapon thats as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldnt work as well as a force equalizer if it wasnt both lethal and easily employable.
When I carry a gun, I dont do so because I am looking for a fight, but because Im looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I dont carry it because Im afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesnt limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation...and thats why carrying a gun is a civilized act.
By Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret)
So the greatest civilization is one where all citizens are equally armed and can only be persuaded, never forced.
If it allows the democrats to gain the majority, thereby setting the agenda, appointing committee chairmen, deciding which bills get advanced, etc, then Zell Miller needs to change parties in order to get my vote.
He could end it with the help of folks like these:
The resistance to any encroachment on their power by the capitalist elite has radicalised Venezuelas poor, who have come to realise that it is impossible to achieve change simply by electing a government and getting it to enact reforms. The Venezuelan people have been forced to take the road of revolution and fight for popular power on the streets. In the process, many have drawn the conclusion that capitalism cannot be reformed.
With a guy like O'bammy at the top, our own domestic 'revolutionaries' would be encouraged to 'fight for popular power on the streets'.
Given the changes in demographics over the years, coupled with recent economic woes, we may be at a tipping point where the Second Ammendment may soon play it's most vital role in our history.
Hillary (tired,old,white-woman,socialist) doesn't have the appeal that a young, black, articulate, Marxist/socialist, hate-America church-goer offers to those seeking 'change'.
Lucky for us we have the pre-bate checks coming soon to buy things that make loud noises.
First time I’ve seen that (your post #29). A keeper, for sure. Thanks.
I have a few suggestions for it;
Mail it to every female legislator in your immediate area.
Post it at work on the bulletin board
Make a few copies and drop them off at your favorite gunsmiths shop.
Just get it out where others can read it.
Post it on the Internet when you can.
I dont carry a gun
to kill people. I carry a gun to keep from being killed.
I dont carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun
because sometimes this world can be a scary place.
I dont carry a gun because Im paranoid. I carry a gun
because there are real threats in the world.
I dont carry a gun because Im evil. I carry a gun
because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.
I dont carry a gun because I hate the government. I carry a gun
because I understand the limitations of government.
I dont carry a gun because Im angry. I carry a gun so that I dont have to
spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.
I dont carry a gun because I want to shoot someone. I carry a gun because I want to
die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.
I dont carry a gun because Im a cowboy. I carry a gun
because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy.
I dont carry a gun to make me feel like a man. I carry a gun
because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.
I dont carry a gun because I feel inadequate. I carry a gun
because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.
I dont carry a gun because I love it. I carry a gun
because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.
Police Protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect themselves.
Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate
the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.
_____________________________________________
Personally, I carry a gun because Im too young to die and too old to take an ass kickin.
John Steinbeck issued a warning that all should remember:
"Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
In reply to your tagline; Neither could we!
All three are socialists, all three lean so far left they could easily be taken as Communists, all three make me sick!
What struck me was the author's succinctness on the subject of being armed. Common sense on such a level doesn't prevail anywhere that I know of.
These days common sense doesn’t prevail anywhere that I know of.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.