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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #25 on: September 21, 2010, 10:36:34 AM »
Revolution, I came across this excellent and inspiring thread today.  I'd like to hear your story!
Thanks to 5412 for sharing such wonderful advice for all of us.  And thanks for making me feel not quite so old this morning, sir.  I was resting in my Mama's womb while you were "playing" at PI. :tongue:

My son came back from Marine boot camp talking about how much FUN he had. :doh:  And he did mention how everyone picked on him because he was barely 17.  The senior DI asked him if his parents knew he was there, well, yes Drill Sergeant, then they must not love you, to which my son said, guess not.  He said the other 17-year old that got razzed that way cried.  Hmm.  I told him to thank me for all the years he got to listen to me yelling at him. :lmao:

Thank you, and everyone else reading this who served/serves for your committment to this nation.  My deepest sympathies for those on active duty with Zer0 as CiC.



Hi,

Thanks to all for the nice words.  I must confess my wife and I have looked at Costa Rica and Panama as a possible alternative because we are worrying about health care being rationed for seniors.  Then it finally dawned on us.  If we need health care we can always travel down to central America and get it......plus what kind of message would we send to our children and grandchildren.  I will be damned if I am going to let these idiots get me down.  We are in the majority, and the tea party movement has made that pretty clear. 

I am thrilled that the tea party is not doing any comprising at this point.  Time to get this country where it belongs once again, we all just need to pull together.

regards,
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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #26 on: March 31, 2011, 11:26:06 AM »
Awesome story!  I totally agree!

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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #27 on: April 09, 2012, 06:24:08 PM »
I've been close to giving up. The left has been beating me down for so long that its hard to take much more of it. I have even contemplated moving to New Zealand to get away from it all. What is worse is that the Republican party makes it so damn hard to support them when they give us McCain who intentionally laid down for Obama, and the Romney. I am forced to vote for this puke because he isn't Obama. This next election presents the absolute worst choices for POTUS I have seen in my lifetime. I will vote for Romney because I have no choice in that matter. Obama is just too dangerous to be given another term.

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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #28 on: April 10, 2012, 09:27:16 AM »
I've been close to giving up. The left has been beating me down for so long that its hard to take much more of it. I have even contemplated moving to New Zealand to get away from it all. What is worse is that the Republican party makes it so damn hard to support them when they give us McCain who intentionally laid down for Obama, and the Romney. I am forced to vote for this puke because he isn't Obama. This next election presents the absolute worst choices for POTUS I have seen in my lifetime. I will vote for Romney because I have no choice in that matter. Obama is just too dangerous to be given another term.

Well, as we recently discovered here on another thread, New Zealand definitely has their share of moonbats. And they're just as loony as American moonbats.
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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #29 on: April 11, 2012, 12:26:48 AM »
5412...Thanks for that inspiring story. I too was considering hanging it up and moving to Belize. After doing the research, I came to the conclusion that there is no other country in the world that is better than the USA. So, instead of buying a condo there, I bought a vacation beach condo in Perdido Key FL last month. This old fart will never cave in to the bastards that are trying to tear this country down.   

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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #30 on: April 12, 2012, 10:15:18 PM »
5412...Thanks for that inspiring story. I too was considering hanging it up and moving to Belize. After doing the research, I came to the conclusion that there is no other country in the world that is better than the USA. So, instead of buying a condo there, I bought a vacation beach condo in Perdido Key FL last month. This old fart will never cave in to the bastards that are trying to tear this country down.  

Hi,

Very familiar with Perdido Key.  My wife and I built a home in Parasol West about ten years ago and figured we would live there for the rest of our lives.  While our house survived very well, three hurricanes later we decide it might not be what we had hoped and we sold it.....mercifully before Ivan hit.

I know you and I talked about exiting some time back and we came to the same conclusion you did.  We have a "back door" if we need it.  If Obamacare gets overturned, which legally it should, then our primary reason for leaving is removed.

We lived almost directly across the street from that pyramid shaped condo building with our back yard on "Old river".  We had a three story, white house with a green metal roof right by the road and boat dock.    We looked across the road at the gulf at the time because it was not built out, and our back yard (stilt home) porch had a wonderful view of Ono Island.  Kinda funny looking north into Alabama.

If Lillian's Pizza is still on the Island, please tell her Dennis and Jo Miller send their regards.  Used to be the best pizza around.

regards,
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PS:  Now my wife and I both own a 2006 SSR, hers is black, mine is silver.  They came equipped with Corvette engines and we love them.

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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #31 on: April 12, 2012, 10:43:25 PM »
A few nights ago, my wife wanted to know why I was lying awake at 0-dark-30.  I told her that I was worried that our daughter might not be able to enjoy the same things we could, because of the socialism creep brought on by the current idiots in power.  I said, "Freedom and liberty are worth fighting and dying for."  To my utter amazement, she agreed with me. 

I work in a city (Albany NY) filled with lefties.

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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #32 on: September 11, 2016, 12:57:32 AM »
Hello Everyone,

I must admit I am flattered that something I wrote 7 years ago has managed to stay on top.  If anything the message is even more relevant today than it was when I wrote it.

I'm now 76 years old, living in AZ and still very concerned about the direction of our country.  Never, ever give up.  I told some folks tonight that the government is governing against the will of the majority.  That will come back to haunt them.

Intuitively I believe Donald Trump has picked up on the mood and the will of the majority.  If you look at his immigration policy, 90% of Americans would support it.

If you are in this country illegally and get apprehended for a crime, your ass is gone!
If you are in this country illegally and show up at the welfare office, your ass is gone!
If you are in this country illegally and show up for free medical care, your ass is gone!
If you are in this country illegally and are working, your ass is gone and your employer will be punished.

Most of the illegals will go home on their own if they can't find work.

I can go on with more examples but I'm preaching to the choir.  When a government goes against the will of the majority, they will rebel.  If anything, the last 8 years, and the behavior of the Republican Party, has united us even more.  We have had it with all the establishment politicians.  I'm sure I wasn't the only one that noticed in the early days of the primaries that the non-establishment candidates got the bulk of the votes; particularly in the Republican party.

I spent three months this summer in rural America.  I saw thousands of Trump signs, two Sanders bumper stickers on cars by a local college and one Hillary sticker on a rusted out car.  I drove farm and country roads and saw thousands of farms with huge flag poles and flags flying well above the roof line of their house.  I sat in cafes and talked and listened to conversations and they are all engaged and damn concerned about the country. 

I went to DC with around 500,000 of my new best friends when Glenn Beck held the rally.  It was peaceful.  If there is another spontaneous rally it will be ten times larger and people will be angry because the politicos are not listening. 

Thomas Jefferson said, "When a government fears the people, there is liberty.  When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." 

It is indeed time to transform America back to a true Constitutional Republic.

Keep pushing, we will prevail!

Regards,
5412

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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #34 on: September 11, 2016, 07:59:19 AM »
I'm watching the reading of the names of those who died in the Twin Towers.  The Left in this country is, ideologically, indistinguishable from al Qaeda and ISIS.

Always be vigilant.  Carry if you can.
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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #35 on: September 20, 2016, 10:51:48 PM »
Hi,

The previous poster gave some good advice here:

Carry if you can.

I want to add one tip.  When I decided to start carrying our concealed weapons instructor said my wife also needed a permit.  His reasoning was simple.  Suppose we went to a sporting event where we could not bring a weapon inside, and instead locked it in the glove compartment, and then forgot it.  Then my wife gets pulled over for a traffic violation and they find a weapon in the glove compartment.  She could be prosecuted.  His reasoning is, whether they carry or not, it just makes sense to avoid any problems.

As a funny aside, when I thought about carrying, we were having dinner with friends and I asked them about it.  I never realized how safe I was with my friends.  One dinner, with six couples, 10 of the 12 people had permits and were carrying.  These are what young people would call old farts with grey hair!

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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #36 on: October 21, 2016, 10:55:54 PM »
Hi,

This just appeared on the Limbaugh site:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/10/21/robert_creamer_s_jailhouse_manual_for_democrats_to_demoralize_conservatives

This is exactly why we must never, ever give up.  Now matter how much crap they throw, never let the bastards get the best of you.

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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #37 on: June 21, 2017, 06:33:28 PM »
Hi,

This just appeared on the Limbaugh site:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/10/21/robert_creamer_s_jailhouse_manual_for_democrats_to_demoralize_conservatives

This is exactly why we must never, ever give up.  Now matter how much crap they throw, never let the bastards get the best of you.

Regards,
5412

Check the date at the top of the article.  It's from October 23rd of last year.
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"Those that trust God with their safety must yet use proper means for their safety, otherwise they tempt Him, and do not trust Him.  God will provide, but so must we also." - Matthew Henry, Commentary on 2 Chronicles 32, from Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible

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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #38 on: June 21, 2017, 09:00:40 PM »
Check the date at the top of the article.  It's from October 23rd of last year.

Um, 5412 posted this in October last year. However, much of the original article is valid.

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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #39 on: June 22, 2017, 10:17:48 AM »
Um, 5412 posted this in October last year. However, much of the original article is valid.

I sit corrected, then. :o :banghead: :thatsright:
"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty." - Thomas Jefferson

"All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk!" -Ayn Rand
 
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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #40 on: January 28, 2021, 11:42:45 PM »
With all the current garbage going on, what I want to know is:

What about revolt?

Is a revolt on the table?  If so, when?

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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #41 on: January 29, 2021, 08:15:42 AM »
With all the current garbage going on, what I want to know is:

What about revolt?

Is a revolt on the table?  If so, when?

Texas Rep. Biedermann announced last month he'd be filing a resolution in the Texas legislature for Texas to secede. I suspect that will go nowhere. Nice thought, but ain't gonna happen.

Lots of internet badasses out there who preen and strut. Remains to be seen how far that strutting will go when the bullets start flying.

Conservatives are frustrated, angry, and fuming at an election that had more than the usual fraud and cheating going on. There is no doubt that the Dem apparatus took advantage of Covid to stack the deck in their favor. Surprising to see, really, given that most state legislatures and governors are red. Asleep at the wheel? In Georgia, most definitely. In Michigan and Pennsylvania, the governors and secretaries of state are Dem, so they knew full well what they were doing.

All that said, a "revolt" is what was attempted on Jan. 6. Evidence indicates that the actions were pre-planned, indicating conspiracy. Ask yourself a question - how did that "revolt" work? What did it accomplish? If anything, that "revolt" blew up in their faces or, if the leaders of that revolt had fully intended for it to happen that way, the Republican party and in particular those who support DJT took it in the shorts.

Best way to fight this isn't through violence. It's getting involved in local politics. Personally, I abhor the Republican party almost as much (but not quite) as I abhor the Democrat party. They are, in my view, two birds of a feather. They both spend, spend, spend and they both lust for power. But I'm sure that splitting the Repub party would play right into the Dems' hands and effectively seal their power.

The best thing about all this is, the DJT faction isn't going away. So far, at least, the populist movement within the Repub party is well-positioned to begin the slow, laborious process of ousting the elite class Repubs like McConnell and Graham. Word on the street is McConnell isn't going to run for another term when his expires in 2026 -- that's good, though there's no doubt he's a masterful tactician within the Senate. But his buddy-buddy shit with Schumer does not sit well with me, but that's the way they roll and that's why I abhor both R and D. They both steal from the taxpayer, then go to lunch together afterwards.
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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #42 on: January 29, 2021, 10:47:38 AM »
In Michigan and Pennsylvania, the governors and secretaries of state are Dem, so they knew full well what they were doing.

Soros funded groups have been targeting SOS and various prosecutor offices for quite a while just for this purpose. Typically SOS offices act impartially, but in the case of voting matters, their partisanship shines.

https://ballotpedia.org/Secretary_of_State_Project


They didn't stop, they just went more secretive because of long term planning.

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Re: We must prevail, we can never allow ourselves to give up
« Reply #43 on: July 31, 2021, 10:51:55 AM »
First and most importantly, God bless, Marine.  I think if things ever truly go sideways in our country, our Marines will be our saving grace.

Secondly, I am with all of you, no matter what.
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