Posted on 06/17/2011 5:41:55 AM PDT by marktwain
But I'd become really comfortable with state Rep. Scott Perry, R-Dillsburg. He's not my legislator. I've never had a chance to vote for him. But he does represent fellow York countians, and I'd come to respect the way he thought.
I saw him as a hard worker. I saw him as a man with character. And I saw him as someone who had his priorities in order.
Oh, and one more thing -- I saw him as a solid patriot. He was a man who not only cared about Pennsylvania, but the United States, as well.
In case you have forgotten -- I haven't -- Perry served a one-year tour of duty in Iraq with the Pennsylvania National Guard a couple of years ago, while he was an elected legislator in the state General Assembly.
He continued to serve his constituents from Iraq, by computer and whatever other forms of communication he could manage, the best he could.
I admired that.
And I said so.
But now I'm wondering if some of the bricks in Perry's load haven't fallen off the wagon.
Because Perry said something a couple weeks ago that has brought me up short. I've spent two weeks pondering his comment, trying to figure out a way to give him the benefit of the doubt.
But the more I think about it, the more I hear or read Perry's explanation of what he really meant to say, the more second thoughts I'm having.
This is what Perry was reported as having said for a May 30 story in the Allentown Morning Call: "We must be able not only to hunt but to protect ourselves from an overbearing government that does not do the will of the people."
(Excerpt) Read more at yorkdispatch.com ...
We only had 10% actually take up arms against the King. It was closer to 3% at the outset.
10% take up arms? OK. But a significant portion of the rest of society still has to support the cause or at least take no action against it. No offense, but I think you’re delusional if you think 30 million Americans (or even 10 million = 3%) are ready to take up arms against the government at this moment.
And yes... I do think we have at least 3% who are willing to stand up and restore our Republic.
Depends on how it's done.
Do what the Weather Underground tried doing in the 60’s/70’s with a little tweaking and they wouldn't.
Orchestrate massive race riots throughout the country, then start carrying out terrorist attacks, except instead of domestic terrorist carrying out the attacks like in the 60’s, use foreign terrorist. You then have an act of war against the US.
Military will be on their side.
This is called 'Classic Cognitive Dissonance'.
Did you omit the first part of the article, or is this guy such a mental giant that he begins the first sentence in an article with “But”? (Technically, you’re never supposed to begin ANY sentence with “But”, but...)
Not really cognitive dissonance, because we still have other tools short of armed revolt for fixing the listed problems. Armed revolt is the last resort of a population with no other hope of retaining (or restoring) freedom. I again submit we’re nowhere near even 3% who are ready to take up arms. That’s pretty much self evident, because there’s no armed revolt going on.
I don't disagree.
Apparently you haven't been paying attention to current events, but let's catch you up with the 40 years of government expansion and the concomitant reduction in our freedom and personal liberty.
For every battle we win, they seem to win three. Look at the rampant ballot irregularities across the Country, look at the idiotic rulings by activist judges, look at the MSM's complete abdication of their impartial status converting instead to little more than a Socialist mouthpeice.
Soap, Ballot, and Jury boxes are checked. Whether you are willing to recognize it or not...
I think I can say, with confidence, that Larry Hicks sits down to pee.
You don’t have to shoot all of them, just the right ones. Why can’t they get that?
Yes, it is an excerpt.
Libs hate this idea because they inherently envision THEMSELVES as the ones governing against the will of the people (because they know better).
Oh, OK, then I revise my estimate of the guy’s IQ from 80 to 85.
They get that. They also understand that their ilk ARE “the right ones” to shoot.
Both. The OP cut off a few lines at the beginning, and the writer can't put a clear sentence together.
domeika: “I can only speak for myself, in which case you would need to revise that to 29,999,999 and 9,999,999 respectively.”
Yeah, that’s why I read every day about the armed struggle. It’s not happening. Things would have to get a whole lot worse, like millions of Americans starving. You think a number of people are ready to take up arms over Obamacare, gay marriage, EPA greenhouse gas regulation, judicial activism, abortion, etc? Not bloody likely.
BTW, I reiterate my earlier point that the left is far more likely to engage in violence based on history and current events.
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