Well *duh*.
That's why I'm having fun.
I mean, I always have fun, but that's my reason for having fun in this particular thread.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 11/16/2010 3:49:55 PM PST by Amelia Foxwell
Welcome to FR, and I recommend you never shake hands with anyone here. Too many here insist on stuning their beeber, and they rarely wash their hands afterwards...
Well *duh*.
That's why I'm having fun.
I mean, I always have fun, but that's my reason for having fun in this particular thread.
Welcome, grab a chair and tell us a little more about yourself!
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The chair is against the door.
Oh, there definitely is a secret handshake. Trust me on this.
We're old. Really old.
/johnny
That doesn't mean us old guys can't defend the country, but that we don't have to muster, and can hang out on the front porch, waiting for the goblins to show up.
/johnny
Well, Amelia. For your first foray into the world of FREEPERS you have met some dolts, a few clods and a bag full of imps. There are thoughtful folks about who will not witlessly cast aspersions. Stay a while and look around.
BTW tricksters. This is my daughter you are offending. Tread lightly.
Hahahaha
Great laugh.
I needed that tonight.
Funny how the guys in my “neighborhood watch” group got all excited when they heard South Korea wanted to sell us a few thousand M-1 Garands and carbines. Why, I couldn’t get them to stick to the agenda topics of body armor pricing and the best brands of night vision gear!
Now it makes a little more sense ... lol
Then again, for several years now I’ve thinking about setting up a Colonial Minuteman Company for my Massachusetts town, to march in parades don’t ya know. Except I want everybody to carry an antique musket — and a modern sidearm. Just to make a statement.
You refuting that?
And if you don't want you daughter to get honest feedback, maybe you should control things a little closer. Since you seem to covet control.
I spoke honestly, without intent to offend.
Get over it.
/johnny
I'll second your snarl, Amos!
She does you proud.
Personally, I see a modern miltia organization as more of a civil defence organization. Just about every areaof the country is succeptable to some sort of natural or man-made disaster. Having a group of like-minded individuals who can, and more importantly, will protect an area could be extraordinarily useful. If we still lived in a free republic, such organizations would be encouraged at all levels.
As it is, people are demonized for even mentioning the "m" word. The fact that the vast majority of people you know are members of the militia as per federal law, and don't even know it, is another point entirely.
The Van Buren Boys!
“Just as mean as Martin was.”
You argue against anyone joining a Militia today. I think that you are correct.
While the Militia at one time was a key to our freedom, there’s no Militia today,
That’s because original Militia under local control morphed into the National Guard under state control, which morphed into just another federal armed force. Remember that the President can call the National Guard into federal service at his pleasure.
It would take a Constitutional ammendment to return a Militia to the US, which would be a very good thing!
A group of people meeting once a week is, sadly, not a Militia. It is a target for federal prosecution.
SnuffaBolshevik mentioned that the best thing a patriot cound do is become a Militia-of-one. IMHO, that’s an excellent and practical suggestion.
Oh, and let me add another reason for not joining a modern-day Militia. Suppose, Heaven forbid, a member of the group becomes unhinged does something horrible.
Well, I could see the fed’s applying the RICO statute and prosecuting each and every member of the group.
As SnuffaBolshevik said, it makes more sense to instead focus on keeping self and family prepared.
Maybe that’s a bit selfish, but until the Militia of old is legally restored, it’s the only why to go.
Stop the clowning! You know there's no FR handshake. Amelia will face the initiation. Afterwards she'll be issued a "Beeber" and Allegra will inspect her socks.
The “unorganized militia” you commend is in fact the community of citizens acknowledged by the founders as the basis of civil unity. Community has been all but lost in our statist society. The militia is not in any sense created by the Constitution. It is recognized as the fundamental organ of a community’s ability to protect itself and “shall not be abridged.”
Amelia has brilliantly pointed to the essential element of militia authority, the community. This precedes all forms of government activity. A police force and a National Guard are not militia nor has the meaning of militia been morphed into these organizations except as a corruption of community.
We have witnessed a wholesale destruction of community by government in the whole of the 20th century. The Tea Party, modern militia and other grass roots groups are springing up all across our country as a direct assault on the governmentalization of society.
Honest feedback is fine with me, johnny. Offensive tomfollery is not. If you knew my daughter you would know with certainty that parental control is not in her vocabulary. She is a mightily independent woman and has been since birth.
You do not offend but you do speak hastily. There is nothing for me to get over.
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