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When Were You Free in America?
This morning I woke up on my mattress that has a tag on it that says removal of said tag is unlawful. (Yes, I know that tag isn’t meant for the consumer, but it started my post off so nicely.)
I threw off my non-flammable cover and turned off the clock-radio that was inexplicably tuned to National Public Radio, a station I loathe but I fund.
I looked out my double-paned UVC blocking windows that-I-was -urged-to-buy -in-order-to-get-a -tax-credit to see what kind of day it was. I noticed that it rained last night so I don’t have to sneak the sprinklers on in order to keep my landscaping alive, avoiding a fine.
I also noticed that my city-issued recycling bin had blown partly way down the street. It was just beyond my shed, the shed that can be no closer than 60 feet from the city street. The city street starts just beyond my mailbox which cannot be less than 3 feet high and no more than 4 feet high.
After the morning constitutional (heh) I flushed the federally mandated 1 gallon toilet – twice, and hopped into my lo-flo shower and while throwing the towel over the shower stall I broke one of those federally mandated light bulbs.
After I cleaned the mercury up, per federal law, I deposited it my garbage can which cannot be put curbside until the morning of garbage pick-up. I hid the light bulb contents inside a bag of potato peels to avoid the illegal disposal fine.
My errand today was to go to Home Depot to buy a sawzall so I can cut the pipe sticking up out of the ground that shows where my buried oil tank is – the tank that was once legal, illegal, then legal, and now illegal again. I have to do it today because no power tools are allowed to be used outside on Sunday, and tomorrow I have to get my brand new car, that has 6 miles on it, inspected to see if it is roadworthy. I’ll be doing the speed limit, not talking on my phone, eating, my dog will be restrained in the back seat and I’ll make sure I don’t call the guy who cuts me off a faggot.
Coming home I took a different route to avoid the police roadblock that was checking reggies, inspections, seat belt compliance and offensive political bumper stickers. I don’t like going the alternate way because it’s where the illegals live and they play in the street, and if I accidentally hit one my life is over, especially if I once rented a Cheech and Chong movie from Netflix.
The stress of this is so great I usully have to take a prescription pill when I get home, and then hope it works because my health care plan, by law, only allows generics.
I have to run. I want to barbecue in order to drown my sorrows in this sudden loss of liberty with the latest SCOTUS ruling. I’m going to smoke the meat with some nice Madagascar Ebony and have a 32.oz coke. What?????
Cruisin' Cat
June 29th, 2012
It’s become relative freedom, as compared to other societies.
But isn’t that why we battle the left and the RINO?
muddjuice
June 29th, 2012
Great points. All the more reason to stop the gov’t from slurping up more of our freedoms…..
super toe
June 29th, 2012
Enjoy your BBQ
Boobie the Rocket Dog
June 29th, 2012
Madagascar ebony? Hey, Fur, jes’ ’cause the WOOD is black don’ mean da ‘Q has dat good cullud BBQ flava.
Stick wit’ hickory fo’ po’k and mesquite fo’ beef.
Das da bes’.
Stirrin the B.S.
June 29th, 2012
Gibson Guitars will pay you handsomly for that Madagascar ebony – plus, it will be one less law that you will have broken today!
Tim
June 29th, 2012
Freedom is always tenuous, at best.
We started to give up our freedoms right after the Continental Congress and the rate at which we became less free started to accelerate after the Civil War and really took off during the Wilson Administration.
BO’s grotesque power grab and concomitant reliance on racism to facilitate that power grab has just been a wake up claxon for a lot of people.
BigFurHat
June 29th, 2012
I think my point is, in a roundabout convoluted way, speaks to the most depressing part of Roberts’ comment after his depressing ruling.
The constitution cannot save us.
The constitution doesn’t protect us from America’s poor election decisions.
Did I wish Roberts struck down all of Obamacare? Of course.
Would that have made me exuberant?
No.
Not at all.
There is nothing in the constitution that can save us from ignorance and then destruction.
Nothing.
We have to vote in the proper people, and if we don’t have the votes to do it, we are frigged.
In the meantime we have choices to make. Do we resign ourselves to the reality that we are either a nation of laws, or a nation of laws we have to break.
You either comply, or you don’t.
If our politicians have turned us into a nation of angry scofflaws, not a nation of laws, are you ready to go there?
Stirrin the B.S.
June 29th, 2012
There was a book written several years ago called “The Death of Common Sense”, which chronicles the many inane, overbearing and burdensome rules and regulations, which literally have the effect of outlawing good judgement and common sense.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Death-Common-Sense-Suffocating/dp/0812982746
Menderman
June 29th, 2012
The liberals have been eroding our rights one by one for decades. I usually sneaks in very quietly. This new loss of freedom is an “in your face” deal. This WILL embolden the liberals. Once this progresses the the next step of single payer, prepare for the flood of new regulations controling even more of your life.
Menderman
June 29th, 2012
and like I said yesterday Big Fur Hat, this is a small step for liberals, but a giant leap for socialism.
AbigailAdams
June 29th, 2012
Mr. Hat: You asked, “You either comply, or you don’t. If our politicians have turned us into a nation of angry scofflaws, not a nation of laws, are you ready to go there?”
Yes, I am.
You said the Constitution won’t save us. ‘Tis true. Someone yesterday said (paraphrasing): “Looks like the Constitution didn’t work, time to go to the Declaration.” Yes, the Declaration of Independence does save us. The guns are bigger now, the force of gov’t isn’t, it’s just not located across the Atlantic this time.
muddjuice
June 29th, 2012
Fur,
I’m not all doom and gloom about this, but I don’t think a “vote” can change our course anymore. I think this erosion was bound to happen, there was nothing we could do to avoid it. It’s what has happened to every empire in history.
I believe God is still in control. But we (the nation, not we individuals) turned our collective backs on God shortly after WWII. That was the beginning of the end for us and the US.
I cannot overstate the importance of God and Christianity in the foundation and prosperity of this nation.
Without God at the center of our nation’s focus (“In God we trust”), our country’s economic decline has mirrored our country’s spiritual decline….
Buzz D.
June 29th, 2012
BFH, That was so well written. Now I have to take my anti-depression pils and double up on them.
Buzz D.
Stirrin the B.S.
June 29th, 2012
There was a man born over two-thousand years ago, who took on the legalistic constraints that ruled every aspect of human behavior for the citizens of his country.
He proved that human behavior can guided by just ten laws, with the first two being the most important of all.
It was the point of Ann B’s piece yesterday.
“….Which circles us back to the root problem of personal integrity in this nation. We are a nation of godless cowards and self-worshiping trash, and we will have the government we deserve as such…..”
RickeyG
June 29th, 2012
Remember Star Trek II, when Khan put the parasitic creature in the good guys’ ears? It grew around the brain stems of the victims until they had no will to resist and it made them crazy.
Hate to be a pessimist, BUT…the progressives’ parasite is far too enveloped around America’s brain stem. It may already be too late.
Or maybe I’m just reading too much Ann Barnhardt? No, I don’t think that’s it, either…
MN Patriot
June 29th, 2012
Frederic Bastiat’s ” The Law ” is a good read on this very subject.
It can be downloaded here for free.
http://www.fee.org/library/books/the-law-by-frederic-bastiat-free-download/
muddjuice
June 29th, 2012
And you’re right, the Constitution, without any Biblical, moral foundation, is a worthless piece of parchment, so it will not save us….
Tim
June 29th, 2012
Mr. Hat,
You are absolutely correct. The Constitution cannot save us – it is so much paper and ink. But the concept of America – the spirit and drive and optimism and faith in God and humanity – that concept which drove our founders to draft the Declaration and forge the Constitution – can be revived from the remnants of America which remain.
Just as the socialists turn everything they touch to Shit, we can turn back to Shine!
Course, building is much more difficult than destroying.
muddjuice
June 29th, 2012
@ Stirrin
Man, I like the way you think brother….
Troy
June 29th, 2012
My favorite part, and sadly, it is all true:
“tomorrow I have to get my brand new car, that has 6 miles on it, inspected to see if it is roadworthy. I’ll be doing the speed limit, not talking on my phone, eating, my dog will be restrained in the back seat and I’ll make sure I don’t call the guy who cuts me off a faggot.”
Scotty
June 29th, 2012
Big Fur, Speaking of faggot, don’t shop the home depot!!!
http://action.afa.net/item.aspx?id=2147496231
MaryfromMarin
June 29th, 2012
@muddjuice–
Without any Biblical or moral foundation, there is no Constitution at all. It exists because of those foundations. Our society and our political/cultural leaders have eviscerated it by eliminating those foundations.
I, too, think it might be time to go back to the Declaration of Independence. Our country is behaving like the people of the earth did, pre-Flood.
Stirrin the B.S.
June 29th, 2012
Back at ya Muddjuice – dittos to you.
It really is very simple. It’s man’s ego that fucks it up!
muddjuice
June 29th, 2012
@ Mary
Could not agree more. It’s tough to say it because I love this country, but, revolution or spiritual revival or the only things that can save it at this point. I’m hoping for revival, but I am a cautious planner too……….
muddjuice
June 29th, 2012
@ Stirrin
The Bible says pretty much the same thing, except it’s worded a little differently….
Bob M.
June 29th, 2012
I was born in 1967 – I’ve NEVER been “free.”
The LAST time my Tarheel ancestors were free, was April 8, 1865 – the day BEFORE Lee surrendered. It’s been an inexorable death by Bureaucratitis ever since…
Tim
June 29th, 2012
“… remnants of America which remain.”
That’s pretty crappy English –
how ’bout: “… remnants of America.”
MaryfromMarin
June 29th, 2012
@Tim–
Don’t be so hard on yourself. It’s not crappy, it’s perhaps just redundant (although I could make a case that it’s not, depending on your overall context). Compared to working for any of the intellectual giants in Congress–which might drive me to seppuku–I’d gladly copyedit for you any day.
And it’s better to say something important imprecisely than not to say it at all. So there!!
berlet98
June 29th, 2012
Considering Islam, Obamacare Ruling Is the Least of Our Problems
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ defection to the dark side on the issue of Obamacare was startling and incredibly disappointing.
Nevertheless, there are noteworthy positives associated with his decision to join the ranks of extreme Leftists on SCOTUS, one of whom should have recused herself had she possessed a shred of integrity, and opt to support a law that was foisted on the American people by the Democrat Party.
For one, Roberts’ vote demonstrated that an ardent conservative can sometimes stray from the consevative path, unlike liberals on the Court and elsewhere who would rather swallow their shoes than voice disagreements with leftist ideology.
For another, declaring Obamacare constitutional offered Mitt Romney the opportunity to gain millions of votes from the majority of Americans who believe the concept of British-style socialized medicine stinks.
For yet another, mandating Obamacare once again outed President Barack Hussein Obama as a liar since the 5-4 split decesion essentially imposes a huge tax increase, a tax the president has repeatedly and emphatically vowed would never happen.
In any event, when Obama is thrown out of office in November and Republicans sweep House and Senate races, Obamacare will be methodically dismantled. Only the good features of the Unaffordable Care Act, such as elimination of lifetime dollar limits on policies and elimination of co-pays for preventive care, will be retained.
More importantly, the entire brouhaha over Obamacare and unduly stressing over a SCOTUS ruling may be moot and a foolish disregard for geopolitical realities–the dire threat to the nation posed by Islam and Muslim extremists intent not on merely destroying America’s health care system but on destroying America itself.
Among the president’s many other flaws is his ignorant obliviousness of the fundamental evil that is Islam. And that evil is not confined to Muslim countries. It is speading rapidly to the West, to America’s shores, and even to our military.
Read the story of British journalist Natasha Smith who, last year, was ecstatic over the glorious, popular upheaval of the Arab Spring. This spring Ms. Smith came face to face with the true nature of Islam in Cairo’s Tahir Square.
She described her not unprecedented experience (remember CBS New’s Lara Logan?) after the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Corsi’s visit to Obama’s White House and his victory in Egypt’s presidential election.
Smith graphically wrote on her blog: “Men began to rip off my clothes. I was stripped naked. Their insatiable appetite to hurt me heightened. These men, hundreds of them, had turned from humans to animals.
“Hundreds of men pulled my limbs apart and threw me around. They were scratching and clenching my breasts and forcing their fingers inside me in every possible way. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=26055.)
Tim
June 29th, 2012
Mary,
Thank you.
MaryfromMarin
June 29th, 2012
@Berlet–
Excellent point about the danger of Islam.
Although I would argue with your statement, “Among the president’s many other flaws is his ignorant obliviousness of the fundamental evil that is Islam.”
I don’t think he’s oblivious OR ignorant at all about the fundamental evil of Islam.
On the contrary.
the old dude
June 29th, 2012
welcome to 1984
Unneutral
June 29th, 2012
I’m always full of freedom whenever I’m away from the prying eyes of control freaks.
Aaron
June 29th, 2012
I can’t really put my finger on it, but something about this piece causes me to feel that you probably aren’t going to enjoy your time at the Fema Re-education Camp. Enjoy the BBQ.
Wraith
June 29th, 2012
@ Bertlet:
In any event, when Obama is thrown out of office in November and Republicans sweep House and Senate races, Obamacare will be methodically dismantled. Only the good features of the Unaffordable Care Act, such as elimination of lifetime dollar limits on policies and elimination of co-pays for preventive care, will be retained.
That you actually believe this, is the very definition of ‘tragicomic.’
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Lanie
July 1st, 2012
Freedom is a joke. None of us are free. Tell me one thing you can do or purchase that isn’t controlled in some way by the federal, state, or local government. There isn’t a single thing that isn’t government controlled in some way and every year, that control is increased.