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Are you willing to do what it takes to protect America? The Declaration of Independence states "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." Our instruction is simple "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
Our founding fathers knew this day would come and spelled out what what we must do when it does.
by Rinky Dinky Do on March 16th, 2010
No, I don't - thank god for that! I can't live in denial. I can't kill for oil. I can't believe in invisible things. I can't be brainwashed. I don't believe that I am better and superior to the rest of the world and, therefore, entitled to tell them what to do at the point of a nuke. I'm not a fanatic. I'm not a warmonger.
by Moongrim on March 17th, 2010
Sure.
You first cupcake.
by -O-uknow on March 16th, 2010
All that is needed is a pair of running shoes for crossing the border.
by rabid on March 16th, 2010
I'm already signed up with the American Freedom Fighters ,American Patriots, Forever Free and the American Liberation Army. Did I miss any?
Not really I made that up to mess with Big Brother's head. If these organizations do exist sign me up.
Just tell me when and where and I'll be there. Big Brother if you're reading this I'm just kidding, otherwise I really mean it.
Shouldn't we have some sort of code, you know just incase Big Brother is really watching? Just kidding there is no code so Big brother if you're reading this you don't need to look for hidden messages in the misspelled war ds and phrases. I guess I'm going to have to bite the bullet and move on to another question but I won't be gun for long.
by Desiderata on March 17th, 2010
Yup, I'm a hard working Midwesterner! Nothing in life is free (except dumb looks)!
But seriously, I don't think our government has reached the point of needing to be demolished or overthrown(not that it can be anyways); that would just result in chaos and leave a great opportunity for our enemies to take advantage of us, whether its economically or physically.
by LarryH54 on March 21st, 2010
I have exactly what it takes to be an American! ... An American Birth Certificate!
by Brian I on March 16th, 2010
Nope.
by scotty on March 16th, 2010
an extreme dislike of the rest of the human race,then yes i would think so
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You are referring to a long list of foreign policy that also has nothing to do with the heart of being America. This question was aimed specifically at domestic affairs.
by Anonymous on March 16th, 2010
Ha funny poster, I have heard something else along those lines as well. "Travel to exotic places, meet new people, then kill them." That really doesn't represent the people of America, but it does show a lot of what others have been seeing, our government and military...
by Desiderata on March 17th, 2010
If it doesn't represent the people of America, who exactly are the soldiers who wage the wars again?
As for defending the country & blah blah blah..yeah, it's all Right Wing rhetoric to make themselves sound less nuts.
by Rinky Dinky Do on March 17th, 2010
It doesn't represent the american people, I have a little brother in the military and most of them just see it as a job rather than actually supporting foreign policies and decisions.
by Desiderata on March 17th, 2010
I don't agree with all of our foreign policies, at times it seems like the Us is trying to police the world. I don't believe in that either. But I think the US should focus on domestic issues. The world is a big place and we aren't the only ones that have a brain. Let the rest of the world figure out their own problems. We need to do the same thing. We need to concentrate on fixing our own country internally before we can do a single thing to help other countries. And I don't mean that as in "we should try to run them" Quite the contrary. Every country should be self reliant.
by Anonymous on March 17th, 2010
Don't let the door hit you on your way out.
by LarryH54 on March 21st, 2010
Ah come on, have a heart! I just got back from Spring Break! I wasn't ignoring the conversation. I do agree with you up to a point, but the U.S, has other responsibilities as well to the outside world besides working on its own problems. It decided to take a unipolar stance, instead of a multipolar one, these are the consequences of taking that role. The U.S. can't just drop everything its been doing and plans to do just because somethings have gone wrong. Any path that would be taken (that's known to us so far) has these kind of problems. The world is a messed up place and this is just the way that the U.S. has chosen to deal with it. I'm sure with all the brains they have running around, they looked at every possibility and they chose this one for a reason. What those reasons are, I don't know, but I have some confidence in my government, even if I don't understand everything. That's all I can really say on the subject matter. You might not agree with me (actually I'm expecting you not to), but this is just the way I interpret the world and what people (and governments) do.
by Desiderata on March 24th, 2010
Great response Desiderata. It's true that the US has started a lot of programs that have effected other countries. Some of them are good for the US with little or no negative impact on other countries, some of them have good outcomes for the US with horrible impact on foreign countries, and some that have no benefit to the US in any way, but help other countries.
I personally believe that these programs be slowly phased out. We once knew how to support ourselves as a country, and we should return to that. As do other countries.
It is one thing to give a man a fish while you teach him how to catch it him self. It is quite another to keep giving him fish because he doesn't want to learn how to catch it himself.
by Anonymous on March 25th, 2010