I'd have said much the same about the socialists on the left. The right
wing folks I know respect the Constitution, and want to return to the strict
limits on government. The colonists fled opressive government, even to the
point of taking up arms. We're worse, now, than back then. In terms of
government regulation. It should be no surprise that the nation founded by
armed revolution against tyrants, is getting ready to have armed revolution
against tyratns like we now have. The right would like to restore the
Constituion. The left is busy ignoring the Constitution by things like
executive orders telling the various departments to issue work permits to
criminals who are here illegally.

Christopher A. Young
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"Egypt Calling" wrote in message
...
But first they shipped off to gitmo to be water boarded until they tell
us what they're hiding. We learned from Bush that torture is the
answer.
This is beyond the pale - a columnist at Newsmax advocates a military
coup to overthrow the government of the United States. Of course, he
says he's merely "describing" what could happen, not advocating it. But
the language he uses suggests otherwise:

Will the day come when patriotic general and flag officers sit down
with the president, or with those who control him, and work out the
national equivalent of a "family intervention," with some form of
limited, shared responsibility?

Despite the warped view of patriotism one must have to consider the
military overthrow of our Constitution as "patriotic", describing it
this way sure makes it sound like he thinks it would be good for the
country. And the Democrats and liberals are the ones who are supposedly
fascists and dictators?

It's incredible how quickly attitudes on the right have changed. During
the Bush administration, the President's detractors were met with
right-wing howls of "un-American!" and "treason!" for mere criticism.
Yet now it's apparently ok to publish fantasies about the military
overthrow of our democratically-elected President.

For those on the right who claim that this is a fringe voice, that this
isn't the way your side really feels: If that's true, you need to start
speaking out against this sort of talk. Liberals can speak out against
it all day, but we'll be ignored - after all, we're the fascists,
right?

If this doesn't represent how you feel - if you disagree that a
military coup is "patriotic" - then you need to start taking your side
to task over it. Muster up some of that outrage you had on display
during the Bush administration.

This sort of dangerous rhetoric has been heating up, not dying down.
Eventually, some unhinged, right-wing lunatic is going to take these
sorts of paranoid ravings to heart and take a shot at the President. At
that point, mainstream Republicans will wring their hands and say "Oh
that's taking it too far, no one ever meant for that to happen." Well,
it's obvious that some on your side do mean for it to happen, and if
you answer their rantings with a mere eye-roll and a pat on the head,
your hand-wringing will have no credibility.

On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:45:19 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

I'd have said much the same about the socialists on the left. The right
wing folks I know respect the Constitution...

....those few who know what's in it....

...., and want to return to the strict
limits on government....

....that we never really had...half of them would be imprisoned today
under the Sediction Act, anyway...

The colonists fled opressive government, even to the
point of taking up arms.

They were loyal subjects of the King until Parliament got a little
frisky.

We're worse, now, than back then.

Quite a few are worse, IMO.

In terms of
government regulation. It should be no surprise that the nation founded by
armed revolution against tyrants, is getting ready to have armed revolution
against tyratns like we now have.

Only a handful of idiots, who would be quickly dispatched by those who
realize that what our ancestors fought for was a government of and by
the people, not a government by a minority armed mob of ignorant
idiots.

The right would like to restore the
Constituion.

Have you ever actually read it, Chris?

The left is busy ignoring the Constitution by things like
executive orders telling the various departments to issue work permits to
criminals who are here illegally.

Congress established the agencies and confirmed the functions of
administrative authority and decision-making. Now some of them are
****ed because they turned over some important details to the
Executive, and it's put them in a difficult political spot.

Too bad.

--
Ed Huntress


Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"Egypt Calling" wrote in message
...
But first they shipped off to gitmo to be water boarded until they tell
us what they're hiding. We learned from Bush that torture is the
answer.
This is beyond the pale - a columnist at Newsmax advocates a military
coup to overthrow the government of the United States. Of course, he
says he's merely "describing" what could happen, not advocating it. But
the language he uses suggests otherwise:

Will the day come when patriotic general and flag officers sit down
with the president, or with those who control him, and work out the
national equivalent of a "family intervention," with some form of
limited, shared responsibility?

Despite the warped view of patriotism one must have to consider the
military overthrow of our Constitution as "patriotic", describing it
this way sure makes it sound like he thinks it would be good for the
country. And the Democrats and liberals are the ones who are supposedly
fascists and dictators?

It's incredible how quickly attitudes on the right have changed. During
the Bush administration, the President's detractors were met with
right-wing howls of "un-American!" and "treason!" for mere criticism.
Yet now it's apparently ok to publish fantasies about the military
overthrow of our democratically-elected President.

For those on the right who claim that this is a fringe voice, that this
isn't the way your side really feels: If that's true, you need to start
speaking out against this sort of talk. Liberals can speak out against
it all day, but we'll be ignored - after all, we're the fascists,
right?

If this doesn't represent how you feel - if you disagree that a
military coup is "patriotic" - then you need to start taking your side
to task over it. Muster up some of that outrage you had on display
during the Bush administration.

This sort of dangerous rhetoric has been heating up, not dying down.
Eventually, some unhinged, right-wing lunatic is going to take these
sorts of paranoid ravings to heart and take a shot at the President. At
that point, mainstream Republicans will wring their hands and say "Oh
that's taking it too far, no one ever meant for that to happen." Well,
it's obvious that some on your side do mean for it to happen, and if
you answer their rantings with a mere eye-roll and a pat on the head,
your hand-wringing will have no credibility.