We literally had someone on the "highest court in the land" showing that this Country is doomed.
5months, 5years, 50years, not a matter of if but when.
When she spewed out that the 1st Amendment was bad because it could hamstring the Government from censoring info it deemed "harmful", I almost shit my pants. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT!!!
I can't think of a more perfect example of our downfall than that exchange from KBJ.
BUT, that's exactly why she was put there.
1/3 to 1/2 of this Country agrees with her, because they think they'll always be on the correct side of the Freedom Fence. Idiots, all of them. Little do they know, the Freedom Fence or Circle of Freedom only gets smaller, it only contracts. At some point, you are on the wrong side. It never fails, EVER.
Now what does "doomed" mean. Civil War? Divorce? States just ignoring Fed Law/Judiciary? Well that last one is already going on, Blue States have been doing that for years and years now.
The extremes in this Country have ZERO common ground anymore, and that's where our institutions stand at this point. It's FUBAR.
All Empires end, ours is no different or special.
The reality is, things could be so amazing around the World, BUT...
We have psychopaths and sociopaths running this Country, and the World for that matter.
They are drawn to Government, for obvious reasons. That is a HUGE problem.
That's why, even though elections are rigged, it doesn't matter. We aren't just an election or two away from fixing any of this. The rot is everywhere and unfixable. A full gut rehab is needed.
If your ideas are good, you don't need coercion or censorship or force to sell them, they just sell themselves. It's quite simple. You don't need to lie to people, you don't need to quash other viewpoints. When you tell someone to not run into traffic on a highway, they listen. The idea and suggestion is a clear winner. I don't need to silence some other clown telling you that cars crashing into you won't hurt you.
Lastly, I don't know how to comprehend any of this anymore. Maybe it's because so many have lost any type of religion or spiritual guidance. I look around and see so much chaos, it's mind-boggling. I just do not understand.
The whole "most people are good", I don't know about that. Prove it to me, because I don't see it. I see evil and selfishness everywhere.
I might be an asshole at times, but that isn't a reflection of my values. If anything, my asshole-ness comes because of all the evil I see. At times, I wish I was a NPC, ignorance is bliss must be an amazing stress-free way to live life. :/
Right there with you Jerky Boy. Sometimes I long for the happier days of having my head up my ass. But alas, I can’t unsee what I’ve witnessed in the last five years and that youthful notion of “greatest country ever” is so far in my rear view mirror I can no longer see it.
The Hawaii Supreme Court recently said (paraphrased) "the US Constitution doesn't apply in Hawaii" in a 2A case. Instead, "the scriptwriters for 'The Wire' are our guiding light."
"HONOLULU — A ruling by Hawaii's high court saying that a man can be prosecuted for carrying a gun in public without a permit cites crime-drama TV series "The Wire" and invokes the "spirit of Aloha" in an apparent rebuke of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights nationwide.
"The thing about the old days, they the old days," the unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court ruling issued Wednesday said, borrowing a quote from season four, episode three of the HBO series to express that the culture from the founding of the country shouldn't dictate contemporary life.
Authored by Justice Todd Eddins, the opinion goes on to say, "The spirit of Aloha clashes with a federally-mandated lifestyle that lets citizens walk around with deadly weapons during day-to-day activities.""
When Obama said the Constitution was a "document of negative liberties", I knew we were F#^ked. This asshat and his administration would just figure out "work-arounds" to the Bill of Rights, so they could do what they wanted. Screw the people and their freedom.
"We have psychopaths and sociopaths running this Country, and the World for that matter."
And unfortunately we can’t vote them out because we never voted them in. Congress doesn’t even write bills anymore. The lobbyists do and congress just votes on them without having time to read what’s in them. Massie explained that during the 1st year of Covid.
We literally had someone on the "highest court in the land" showing that this Country is doomed.
5months, 5years, 50years, not a matter of if but when.
When she spewed out that the 1st Amendment was bad because it could hamstring the Government from censoring info it deemed "harmful", I almost shit my pants. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT!!!
I can't think of a more perfect example of our downfall than that exchange from KBJ.
BUT, that's exactly why she was put there.
1/3 to 1/2 of this Country agrees with her, because they think they'll always be on the correct side of the Freedom Fence. Idiots, all of them. Little do they know, the Freedom Fence or Circle of Freedom only gets smaller, it only contracts. At some point, you are on the wrong side. It never fails, EVER.
Now what does "doomed" mean. Civil War? Divorce? States just ignoring Fed Law/Judiciary? Well that last one is already going on, Blue States have been doing that for years and years now.
The extremes in this Country have ZERO common ground anymore, and that's where our institutions stand at this point. It's FUBAR.
All Empires end, ours is no different or special.
The reality is, things could be so amazing around the World, BUT...
We have psychopaths and sociopaths running this Country, and the World for that matter.
They are drawn to Government, for obvious reasons. That is a HUGE problem.
That's why, even though elections are rigged, it doesn't matter. We aren't just an election or two away from fixing any of this. The rot is everywhere and unfixable. A full gut rehab is needed.
But hey, what's on Netflix???!!!
SMDH.
A couple more notes here.
If your ideas are good, you don't need coercion or censorship or force to sell them, they just sell themselves. It's quite simple. You don't need to lie to people, you don't need to quash other viewpoints. When you tell someone to not run into traffic on a highway, they listen. The idea and suggestion is a clear winner. I don't need to silence some other clown telling you that cars crashing into you won't hurt you.
Lastly, I don't know how to comprehend any of this anymore. Maybe it's because so many have lost any type of religion or spiritual guidance. I look around and see so much chaos, it's mind-boggling. I just do not understand.
The whole "most people are good", I don't know about that. Prove it to me, because I don't see it. I see evil and selfishness everywhere.
I might be an asshole at times, but that isn't a reflection of my values. If anything, my asshole-ness comes because of all the evil I see. At times, I wish I was a NPC, ignorance is bliss must be an amazing stress-free way to live life. :/
Right there with you Jerky Boy. Sometimes I long for the happier days of having my head up my ass. But alas, I can’t unsee what I’ve witnessed in the last five years and that youthful notion of “greatest country ever” is so far in my rear view mirror I can no longer see it.
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams
"States just ignoring Fed Law/Judiciary?"
The Hawaii Supreme Court recently said (paraphrased) "the US Constitution doesn't apply in Hawaii" in a 2A case. Instead, "the scriptwriters for 'The Wire' are our guiding light."
what? I totally missed that.
"HONOLULU — A ruling by Hawaii's high court saying that a man can be prosecuted for carrying a gun in public without a permit cites crime-drama TV series "The Wire" and invokes the "spirit of Aloha" in an apparent rebuke of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights nationwide.
"The thing about the old days, they the old days," the unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court ruling issued Wednesday said, borrowing a quote from season four, episode three of the HBO series to express that the culture from the founding of the country shouldn't dictate contemporary life.
Authored by Justice Todd Eddins, the opinion goes on to say, "The spirit of Aloha clashes with a federally-mandated lifestyle that lets citizens walk around with deadly weapons during day-to-day activities.""
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/09/1230580485/hawaii-high-court-the-wire-gun-rights
Buy guns and ammunition.
Thanks for that. oh my. Good thing we left my home state, it's not looking good these days. Not that the EU is much better, but....
When Obama said the Constitution was a "document of negative liberties", I knew we were F#^ked. This asshat and his administration would just figure out "work-arounds" to the Bill of Rights, so they could do what they wanted. Screw the people and their freedom.
Bush called it a GD piece of paper when he wanted to legalize torture. And spying.
Then congress voted to let him off and then Obama put the spying on steroids. And said that "we tortured some folks."
Well said.
"We have psychopaths and sociopaths running this Country, and the World for that matter."
And unfortunately we can’t vote them out because we never voted them in. Congress doesn’t even write bills anymore. The lobbyists do and congress just votes on them without having time to read what’s in them. Massie explained that during the 1st year of Covid.