tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16084741723001916.post8102375822876345489..comments2021-10-31T01:07:04.409-07:00Comments on Woman at a Crossroads: Father Knows BestSteelerFanMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17301622415031642154noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16084741723001916.post-32465960743856797652013-02-11T05:30:21.959-08:002013-02-11T05:30:21.959-08:00I accept your argument that the government has don...I accept your argument that the government has done despicable things over our history because it is irrefutable - the list certainly could have gone on, but I don't go so far as to say that the actions of the last administration rose to the level of warranting armed insurrection, because that is a very serious, last resort issue to take. Rather, we have to use due process and the political process, like we did as a country in 2008 and reaffirmed it again this election cycle, and replace those individuals with men and women with a different moral compass. The fact of the matter is that the majority of the citizenry is not armed to the teeth and ready to take down a corrupt government, it is the extremists on both sides of the fence that are, and I'm not sure I sleep well at night knowing that. SteelerFanMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301622415031642154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16084741723001916.post-73761232973806757732013-02-05T18:45:11.018-08:002013-02-05T18:45:11.018-08:00I agree with your sentiment, but I will take issue...I agree with your sentiment, but I will take issue with the government being no threat to it's citizens - Kent State, the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, McCarthy - and these are just the one's we know about. I don't know about black helicopters - but the government is made up of (mostly) men, and men abuse power. Look what Bush did in eight years - he dismantled the EPA, made the SEC toothless, and gave FEMA to some idiot with zero emergency expertise, and a war - with not one senator or rep's son or daughter serving. We got the BP Horizon Oil spill, an economic meltdown, New Orleans drowning, and Haliburton making a gazillion dollars while some 18 year old is getting his leg blown off. Yeah, not really sure about the whole benevolent government thing. I remember when Vice President Cheney was talking about postponing the presidential elections because of the possibility of a "terrorist attack" - they didn't, but they could have. Do you remember: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-07-12-postpone-elections_x.htm<br />Mind you, I am not saying Ted Nugent is right, I am just saying that considering that there are politicians who feel perfectly comfortable with saying that rapist's have a right to make a woman carry their baby to term, and that they don't have to worry about 47% of Americans, I am not so sure that the black helicopter spotters are completely without a point of view.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05636054510930918830noreply@blogger.com