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    Quote Originally Posted by asmo View Post
    Its interesting to see the number of people saying things along the lines of "the Republic is DEAD", who are also saying that your vote will fix things (or at least not make it worse). If the Republic is truly dead, then your vote doesn't really matter.
    The only value it holds for me is framing the particulars of how we decline. Keeping firearm rights and free speech (including religious freedom) are important to me. They're important to Libs too which is why they keep attacking them. What's that saying about paying attention to what your enemy does?

    If you want to go into decline disarmed, with a divided US on identity politics (people that want to murder your family/you because of your skin color and laws that only protect some), absent the economic resources to take care of yours, and the gov taking over private institutions that could help (churches), then it doesn't matter.

    And Trump's plan will include hardship too. The moment he disconnects the central bank(ers) from the public economy all hell will break lose. This is why Fed rates are stuck at 0% for seven years. There's even been talk of reinstating Glass-Steagall (banks currently failing stress tests would have to close unless they're given significant public funding). The trade policies (eliminate trade deficits) will cause immediate pain as well. Longer term benefits are there for all of this, sure, but a lot of temporary pain and adjustment to get there.


    Quote Originally Posted by foxtrot View Post
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    ... the cold dead hands molon labe bullshit is just that, bullshit) every single person here would be no different than the california residents.

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    The reason it has been bullshit to date is because people have yet to see what comes after disarmament and lack the historical perspective to understand why Libs push gun control. It has jack shit to do with safety.

    If people see or begin to understand how the Second Amendment is the only check against Libs I think hearts and minds would change because I doubt even useful idiot Dem voters want to live in that world. Of course, the trick is making sure most don't catch on until it's too late.

    Fortunately for us, the more Libs play identity politics and pick winners and losers after creating conflict (whites vs blacks, Muslims vs gays, etc...) the more transparent they become.

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    Quote Originally Posted by asmo View Post
    Its interesting to see the number of people saying things along the lines of "the Republic is DEAD", who are also saying that your vote will fix things (or at least not make it worse). If the Republic is truly dead, then your vote doesn't really matter.
    That's true, it doesn't matter in all likelihood. Just like it doesn't matter if you do CPR on a dead person, or point an empty weapon at an attacker, or any other things which we do anyway despite not actually mattering. However, you still should attempt. If it doesn't matter, vote Trump. If it matters, vote Trump.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fmedges View Post
    Fact. I believe the collective judges have more power than anyone in this country by far.
    It is because when the progressives fail at the ballot box, fail at the legislative level they fall back to the judiciary . It is unfortunate this branch was to uphold the constitution and protect us against the other two branches of the Gov and to uphold the laws EQUALLY. We need to understand this or the progressives will continue their drum beat towards effectively replacing the constitution without having to remove the document.

    It is the ONLY reason I vote for Trump in this swing state. If I lived in a solidly red or blue state then I could protest vote all day long.

    Remember even if you are turned off by the POTUS picks please vote for the down ticket. It would be our only hope if Hillary wins to hold both houses of Congress to keep her in check hopefully better than they did with Obama. Well....we can only hope.
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    Quote Originally Posted by foxtrot View Post
    The reason it's BS is because the gov't has total control over all forms of communication. Disarmament is here (California) but it isn't door to door, they will never be that stupid.

    So... you going to be the next lone wolf "active shooter" resulting in them passing even more truckloads of legislation, or you just going to keep what you have quietly until you get bit with some other criminal violation and you're on the news when they collaterally find "an arsenal of two guns and three boxes of ammunition found at Skip's house".

    He's the secret about you that progressives already know. You're not crazy. You, and the majority of firearm owners, are... *gasp* logical. This is a weakness as far as they are concerned.

    Step 1) Maintain complete control and interception over communications.

    Step 2) Use intelligence assets to "defunct" any movement that could threaten the gov't before it can go anywhere.


    Step 3) Thus brings any risk down to "lone wolf" operators. You can't have any organized peaceful or non-peaceful opposition without the gov't being so far up your ass they can count the polyps. Even if you thought yourself secretive.

    Step 4) Now there is 0.00% chance of any successful use of the 2A.

    Fast forward, after a couple decades under the 7:2 Progressive Court created by HRC.

    You, as a logical person, as each piece of incremental legislation passes, will come to realize this. At no point will police ever come at your door. There isn't a scenario where you're holding an American flag screaming "Get some bitches" as the UN surrounds your house. Legislation will pass requiring you to turn in illegal weapons and items incrementally. You probably won't do it. Parts, ammunition, etc. will dry up as the black market flourishes quite expensively but with many high level raids which make the average person apprehensive to make use of it. You will cease to discuss firearms with anyone, and cease to shoot them (including with your own family members) because of the progressives that will rabidly be waiting to report you. Once again, there is never door to door confiscation.

    So, nobody comes knocking on your door. However, after a generation, when you pass, your children, or if not them, your children children, will be so indoctrinated they will willingly hand over your baby killing tools of mass destruction.

    When do you stand, the lone wolf, and fight it out to the death? They aren't coming to you. So you can either be the terrorist - killing innocent people who have no actual responsibility for the underlying problem, or you can die trying to go after those that do have responsibility with no effect because their security is advanced so far it renders anything you may attempt moot (while still branding yourself a terrorist). Do you waste your life, leave your family struggling to make ends meet surviving your infamy when they limit magazines to 5 rounds? Maybe when they ban 1/2 of all semi autos? Maybe when they ban magazine fed weapons? All pistols? All semi autos? Which line is it, exactly? Because there's never going to be a "ban gunz" bill that suddenly rips your underoos off your bottom.

    The "Molon Labe/Cold Dead Hands" is total bullshit, pure and simple, and always will be, in any circumstance that happen while the bolded blue portions above are true. Those that foster their vivid imaginations of a last stand are either hedonistic or don't understand how the progressive engine works.

    Your enemy is not stupid.

    This has already happened in California. The latest legislation requires turnover of all magazines (no grandfathering) by July 2017 without compensation. Virtually all semi autos are banned now including bullet buttons. If we have a conservative SCOTUS, it will get shot down. If Hillary becomes president, SCOTUS will shift so hard they will validate the CA law however they can, making it precidential. The language of the 2A means nothing once this happens. It doesn't matter if the 2A says the sky is blue, if the progressive SCOTUS calls it green, you have no defense and no position to argue the contrary.
    Foxtrot wins the Internets. Done. Mike drop. This should be a sticky that everyone should be forced to read and agree about before they are allowed to post on the board.

    also: Apologies for adding a clarifier to Foxtrot's statement (the stuff in red above), but I felt it needed to be there.
    What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if even the fools can dictate to me? What is my freedom, if all creatures, even the botched and impotent, are my masters? What is my life, if I am but to bow, to agree and to obey?
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    Quote Originally Posted by foxtrot View Post
    The reason it's BS is because the gov't has total control over all forms of communication. Disarmament is here (California) but it isn't door to door, they will never be that stupid.

    So... you going to be the next lone wolf "active shooter" resulting in them passing even more truckloads of legislation, or you just going to keep what you have quietly until you get bit with some other criminal violation and you're on the news when they collaterally find "an arsenal of two guns and three boxes of ammunition found at Skip's house".

    He's the secret about you that progressives already know. You're not crazy. You, and the majority of firearm owners, are... *gasp* logical. This is a weakness as far as they are concerned.

    Step 1) Maintain complete control and interception over communications.

    Step 2) Use intelligence assets to "defunct" any movement that could threaten the gov't before it can go anywhere.

    Step 3) Thus brings any risk down to "lone wolf" operators. You can't have any organized peaceful or non-peaceful opposition without the gov't being so far up your ass they can count the polyps. Even if you thought yourself secretive.

    Step 4) Now there is 0.00% chance of any successful use of the 2A.

    Fast forward, after a couple decades under the 7:2 Progressive Court created by HRC.

    You, as a logical person, as each piece of incremental legislation passes, will come to realize this. At no point will police ever come at your door. There isn't a scenario where you're holding an American flag screaming "Get some bitches" as the UN surrounds your house. Legislation will pass requiring you to turn in illegal weapons and items incrementally. You probably won't do it. Parts, ammunition, etc. will dry up as the black market flourishes quite expensively but with many high level raids which make the average person apprehensive to make use of it. You will cease to discuss firearms with anyone, and cease to shoot them (including with your own family members) because of the progressives that will rabidly be waiting to report you. Once again, there is never door to door confiscation.

    So, nobody comes knocking on your door. However, after a generation, when you pass, your children, or if not them, your children children, will be so indoctrinated they will willingly hand over your baby killing tools of mass destruction.

    When do you stand, the lone wolf, and fight it out to the death? They aren't coming to you. So you can either be the terrorist - killing innocent people who have no actual responsibility for the underlying problem, or you can die trying to go after those that do have responsibility with no effect because their security is advanced so far it renders anything you may attempt moot (while still branding yourself a terrorist). Do you waste your life, leave your family struggling to make ends meet surviving your infamy when they limit magazines to 5 rounds? Maybe when they ban 1/2 of all semi autos? Maybe when they ban magazine fed weapons? All pistols? All semi autos? Which line is it, exactly? Because there's never going to be a "ban gunz" bill that suddenly rips your underoos off your bottom.

    The "Molon Labe/Cold Dead Hands" is total bullshit, pure and simple, and always will be, in any circumstance. Those that foster their vivid imaginations of a last stand are either hedonistic or don't understand how the progressive engine works.

    Your enemy is not stupid.

    This has already happened in California. The latest legislation requires turnover of all magazines (no grandfathering) by July 2017 without compensation. Virtually all semi autos are banned now including bullet buttons. If we have a conservative SCOTUS, it will get shot down. If Hillary becomes president, SCOTUS will shift so hard they will validate the CA law however they can, making it precidential. The language of the 2A means nothing once this happens. It doesn't matter if the 2A says the sky is blue, if the progressive SCOTUS calls it green, you have no defense and no position to argue the contrary.

    Read the 11th amendment for instance.



    Pretty clear what the plain text, “human readable” meaning is:
    If you are not a citizen of a given state, you can't sue that state in the US Federal Court. It’s a right to keep States from meddling in other States business, e.g. residents of CO trying to sue WY because CO residents can buy WO magazines. That is what it was intended to protect.

    It took no time at all in our countries history for SCOTUS to rewrite the clear meaning of the 11th to mean (their interpretation) : You can never sue any State in the Federal Court system. (sovereign immunity) Even if you are a resident. So your state officials, agencies, employees etc. entertain absolute immunity in the federal system.

    So... the eleventh amendment has been construed not to provide a right of the people, but to provide a protection to the state.
    So, to, will go the way of the 2A “dodo”, quietly, after HRC gets her SCOTUS nominations.

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    Didn't Trump win the most primaries, garner the most primary votes and have the most delegates of any Republican candidate in US history? That has to mean that Trump is going garner an extremely large section of any conservative vote in the general election right? I mean you can't be the most popular Republican candidate of all time and completely shit the bed a couple months later in the election, ESPECIALLY with Hillary as the opponent...can you?

    I think the MSM doesn't want a Trump presidency, so they are underreporting his actual numbers. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to see Trump win in a landslide come November. I think this is exactly like the Brexit deal, nobody thought there was any way that the leave side would win, and it won handily.

    I dunno, I think there's an awful lot of worrying that's being done prematurely. There's still PLENTY of time for things to change, especially once Trump and Hillary start going head to head in the debates.
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    Originally Posted by foxtrot [snip]

    ... the cold dead hands molon labe bullshit is just that, bullshit) every single person here would be no different than the california residents.

    [snip]

    It still serves one purpose... see my sig.
    It REALLY strikes a nerve with some of them... they get insistent that "nobody is coming after your guns".... to which the answer is "not yet, not all at once"
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    I probably missed it (I've been working nights and haven't been able to follow it much), but why exactly did Cruz get booed off the stage after he was invited by Trump to speak at the RNC? Was it because he said “Don’t stay home in November. Stand, and speak, and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution.” ? If those words alone are the reason he was booed, maybe we should pause for a moment and consider which of those words we disagree with and why.
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