Posted on 10/07/2012 9:05:16 AM PDT by Snuph
Santorum also noted that the revolution that closely followed America’s, the French Revolution, also has parallel sand lessons for today.
“The French Revolution was anti-clerical, anti-God, secular, atheistic revolution,” he said. “Rights didn’t come from God. Yes they were for liberty, they were for equality but the government was the one who was going to order liberty not the individual. Government was going to order liberty; government was going to guarantee equality of result.
“That’s where you get into this model of the government giving you rights, government telling you how to exercise those rights so government can arrange things. This is the Obama model so when you hear him say European socialism think French Revolution, think American Revolution. That was the debate at the time of our founders. It is the current debate today.”
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As they say: “Our ancestors would have been shooting by now.”
Except, I’m unaware of a big parasite class 1776.
Today, in the “Land of the Free”, freeloaders are in charge.
Americans have been purchasing firearms in ever-increasing numbers per year, well over 10M each year since 2009.
Preparing.
For now that is.
That is what is happening now.
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