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Forenos
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Wake Up America!

Postby Forenos » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:20 pm

Our country is falling into a sad state. Its becomng farther and farther left as the years go on. What does this mean? You may ask, it means that we are slowly losing our freedoms and giving them to the government in hopes the government will lead us to safety.


I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson


A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty.
Benjamin Franklin


Our founding fathers knew our great republic would soon fall victim to what some may call idiocy. Many in our nation feel that its ok to put your full trust and faith into your government, I assure a good American would never fully trust the government. Our government has fallen from God and the Constitution, our nation is falling into a dark state where the government are wolves and we are sheep. They sell these ideas that corperations are the real bad guys. The Federal government makes more money on a gallon of gasoline then the comapany that drilled it, refined, and sold it.

When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.
Benjamin Franklin

And this is whats going on in our country now. The Federal Reserve is a privatley owned company that prints our money and controls our government. they decide how much our dollar is worth. They have more power in this nation then the government. Essentialy for lack of a better expression they have this country by the balls.

Our government has drasticaly changed in a very short period of time. Our history books of today are not the same ones our parents read out of. There is a conflict of intrest having the state decide the curriculum. While in the 11th grade i was given an essay question, the question was "Why is Laissez-faire a failing system?" this question is biased from the get go, it allows no room for ones own opinion on the matter. This kind of brain washing is going on in schools across the country. Colleges are no longer institutions to gain knowledge and free your mind rather they have become breeding grounds for liberals. They have pumped colleges with bias questions and one sided facts in an attempt to convince our youth that the system our country was founded upon, the system that has ran our nation for hundereds of years, is curropt wrong and failing. That these "new thinkers" are better for our nation than the old conservatives. Well i've got news for you, these so called "new thinkers" aren't new at all. There idealogies have existed for many years only changing there name. A hundered years ago they were progressives, then communists, now socialist.

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Mike the Progressive
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Postby Mike the Progressive » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:21 pm

Yeah, let's take our country back.

Impeach Obama!

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Postby Nazis in Space » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:21 pm

But my bed is so cozy and soft and it's another hour until I've to get up for work...

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Forenos
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Postby Forenos » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:22 pm

I apologize for the complete scatter of ideas displayed in this post, I guess you could say I was ranting a little bit. My next post will be much more formally constructed.

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Postby Zweite Alaje » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:25 pm

:rofl:

The ignorance with this one is strong!!!

Socialism came before Communism (which is just a variant of socialism itself), and Communism came before Amercian Progressivism. :palm:
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Postby Laerod » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:27 pm

Forenos wrote:I apologize for the complete scatter of ideas displayed in this post,...

About time.

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Postby Khadgar » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:29 pm

Meh, snooze.

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Postby Farnhamia » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:29 pm

Forenos wrote:I apologize for the complete scatter of ideas displayed in this post, I guess you could say I was ranting a little bit. My next post will be much more formally constructed.

Save yourself some bother and just link us to the site you copied this from.

Oh, and Dr. Franklin did not say that thing about people voting themselves money. Not unless he lived until the end of 1951, that is, and was calling himself Alexander Fraser Tytler.
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Postby The Joseon Dynasty » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:29 pm

I'm willing to bet you wouldn't give an ounce of shit if the question were: "Why is communism a failing system?", which is a much more common refrain.
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Postby Magnusia » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:29 pm

Because the Gilded Age was the greatest time in American history, and no government intervention totally saved us during the Great Depression.
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Postby Olthar » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:30 pm

Oh, I woke up a few hours ago. In fact, I think most Americans are probably awake at this time. I dunno, I guess there are probably some people who work third shift that are still asleep, but that's beside the point.
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:30 pm

Not really even very entertaining so if being wrong was a superpower, you'd be Aquaman.
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Postby Allie Youngblood » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:30 pm

*yawn* When did NationStates General become WordPress?
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Postby Conserative Morality » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:30 pm

Yes! The old way of doing things is best! Bring back slavery!
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Postby Norcroft » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:33 pm

Im not American, but America's for-a-lack-of-a-better-word, Hissy-fits are a great concern to the country I live in. Please dont try to destroy yourselves through over-idealizations of political parties.
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Postby Farnhamia » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:33 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:Yes! The old way of doing things is best! Bring back slavery!

Yes, the old ways. What's funny is, everyone who starts these threads calling for the good old days always assumes they would be among the elite, among the job-creators, instead of toiling at a crap job for subsistence wages and living in a fifth-floor walk-up with a shared toilet.
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And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water ...
"Make yourself at home, Frank. Hit somebody." RIP Don Rickles
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. ~ Carl Schurz
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:34 pm

Allie Youngblood wrote:*yawn* When did NationStates General become WordPress?


At least it ain't Tumblr...
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Postby Laerod » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:35 pm

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Allie Youngblood wrote:*yawn* When did NationStates General become WordPress?


At least it ain't Tumblr...

Tumblr doesn't make me angry as often.

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Postby Ruridova » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:35 pm

Not this crap again... I live in Texas, I get enough of this crap offline.
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:36 pm

Laerod wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:
At least it ain't Tumblr...

Tumblr doesn't make me angry as often.


You and me obviously get linked to different bits of Tumblr ;)
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Postby Strykla » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:37 pm

Forenos wrote:snip

If you don't have any better ways to run America, then don't bitch about it. We've lasted for over two centuries now; that's a lot more than many a country can say.
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Postby Conserative Morality » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:37 pm

Farnhamia wrote:Yes, the old ways. What's funny is, everyone who starts these threads calling for the good old days always assumes they would be among the elite, among the job-creators, instead of toiling at a crap job for subsistence wages and living in a fifth-floor walk-up with a shared toilet.

Well, of course. They're the ones who are smart enough to see through the illusions of the FASCISTS WHO RUN OUR LIVES, so obviously they'd be amongst the top 1% of Intelligent and Hard-Working Individuals who are Always Rewarded for their Qualities in a FREE SYSTEM.
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Postby Oneracon » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:38 pm

So... wait a second...

First you're complaining that people are giving all their freedom to the government, and then you're complaining the government doesn't have enough power?

This is quite confusing.
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Postby Farnhamia » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:38 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:
Farnhamia wrote:Yes, the old ways. What's funny is, everyone who starts these threads calling for the good old days always assumes they would be among the elite, among the job-creators, instead of toiling at a crap job for subsistence wages and living in a fifth-floor walk-up with a shared toilet.

Well, of course. They're the ones who are smart enough to see through the illusions of the FASCISTS WHO RUN OUR LIVES, so obviously they'd be amongst the top 1% of Intelligent and Hard-Working Individuals who are Always Rewarded for their Qualities in a FREE SYSTEM.

Absolutely. *smiles* If they only knew.

So, our plan to take over the US military begins when?
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Postby Olthar » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:38 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Conserative Morality wrote:Yes! The old way of doing things is best! Bring back slavery!

Yes, the old ways. What's funny is, everyone who starts these threads calling for the good old days always assumes they would be among the elite, among the job-creators, instead of toiling at a crap job for subsistence wages and living in a fifth-floor walk-up with a shared toilet.

Well, obviously. They're internet posters. That's better than royalty. They'd be degrading themselves by being rich CEOs. We should feel lucky that they're willing to make such a sacrifice.

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At least it ain't Tumblr...

That's why I only follow Tumblrs that post pony pictures. *nods*
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