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America now beyond point of no return

FROM MARK POTTS WEAVERVILLE

Is America headed for another revolution? With the federal government larger and more oppressive than ever and growing faster than rabbits reproduce, sadly I think it is ultimately inevitable. The federal government is rapidly becoming the very tyrannical entity that "we the people" threw off in the 18th century.

Things started going down hill fast for the nation with FDR's "raw deal." It not only painfully lengthened the great depression, but more importantly initiated the beginning of the end of our Federal Republic by transferring too much power from the people to a centralized federal government in violation of constitutional authority.

President Obama is now oneupping FDR's catastrophic political miscalculations with his own enormous pork bill that will stimulate nothing but a huge deficit and a yet more powerful centralized federal government.

This does not bode well for a government that is already so big and unconstitutionally out of control our Founding Fathers would not recognize it.

You would think an educated man like President Obama would be smart enough to look at the historic failure of FDR's economic philosophy and go another way. Why does he think implementing the same failed economical tactics of the past will have a different outcome now? Aren't we supposed to learn from our mistakes? It has to be a premeditated acquisition of governmental power.

I believe that we have traveled so far down the road away from constitutional government and those in Washington have sequestered so much power they will have to be forcibly removed to transfer the power back to "we the people" where it rightfully belongs.

In military special ops we used an acronym when infiltrating behind enemy lines. That acronym is "PONR". It means the point of no return. Sadly, I think this nation is now beyond the point that the matter can be resolved politically. Armed revolution may be necessary to save the ship.


Readers Comments

Submitted by rhjimenez@sudde... on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 04:36.
Besides have any of you pro marijuana, just tax it and we will be flush with money goof-balls, ever thought that once you allow this marijuana to be out right legal with inclusion of a tax, what do you think will happen down the road when, again, we are in economic distress and the liberals want to tax everyone who grows their own fruit or vegetables? Cant you see it now. The Grocers are made because they need money, to many people growing their own food so low and behold a new tax initiative. Those who grow their own food must pay a tax.

Well you may think it cant happen but just look at all the stupid things that have already occurred. Do I recall something about light switch taxes as of late. Can you say ridiculous! As allows, subsequent to a new tax there is a grant gleaned from the tax to pay for those who cant pay. This whole economic crisis was self induced- It does not have to be this way- No to marijuana out and out legalization. And since we are on the subject, no to child abuse, drunk driving and murder.

Currently the state is allowing people to grow marijuana for medicine, of course this is greatly abused, I don't think taxing it will solve any problem whatsoever. Not appropriate- This is just another little web of BS- A snake oil approach to make problems bigger.
Submitted by rhjimenez@sudde... on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 03:52.
Wow are you talking lawfully or unlawfully? You sound a bit intense in an unlawfull way. Agreed there is a whole lot of wrong things occuring but, going sideways will not help anything. You are sounding like some kind of hyper hippie liberal marijuana mafia physco. Check yourself and get a grip. Work towards making things better just don't get all rambo about it. Passion good / sideways is not good. I am sure they taught you that in the special ops...
Submitted by robbirobison@att.net on Sun, 04/26/2009 - 04:45.
Hey Jimmy, didn' mean to get you all riled up. My remarks about legalizing pot was meant to be sarcastic. The cost and permiting process that one goes thru to be in business nowadays discourages most people.

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