tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post6310572091407880430..comments2023-08-21T04:11:25.436-04:00Comments on Get the Big Idea: Prelude to a RevolutionSusannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-79664057389862316062010-04-09T14:15:10.883-04:002010-04-09T14:15:10.883-04:00I am glad to hear that you don't mean armed re...I am glad to hear that you don't mean armed rebellion as some on your side seem to be suggesting. And so, I return to my initial comments...<br /><br /><i>I am glad to hear that most (if not all) here appear to be wanting to protest legally - that you want to seek change through the ballot box, I fully support your quest to seek change this way.</i><br /><br />Peace.Dan Trabuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-31913920129902416702010-04-08T21:35:50.406-04:002010-04-08T21:35:50.406-04:00Dan~
I am calling for American people to WAKE UP ...Dan~ <br />I am calling for American people to WAKE UP from their fat, happy, lazy, selfish slumber & realize what's at stake. <br /><br />I speak in euphemism & metaphor when I say Revolution. I call upon our collective memory of the place from whence we come - those people's drive, their independence, their willingness to FIGHT (i.e., NOT GIVE UP or give in). We have forgotten Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-82048629246313321092010-04-08T19:48:50.098-04:002010-04-08T19:48:50.098-04:00So, when you reference the Revolution in which peo...So, when you reference the Revolution in which people took up arms against their gov't and say, "thank God we have their same fighting spirit within us," what are you suggesting you need a fighting spirit for? What are you calling for?<br /><br />Legal, logical and American dissent?<br /><br />God bless you, go for it. I fully support that.<br /><br />However, back when I was Dan Trabuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-3679043633511198842010-04-07T16:03:13.537-04:002010-04-07T16:03:13.537-04:00Dan~
As I said @ your blog post "Lord Have M...Dan~ <br />As I said @ your blog post "Lord Have Mercy":<br /><br /><i>"Thank God in heaven for the fighting spirit of our forefathers. Without them, we would all still be paying taxes to the motherland. Instead, they FOUGHT a controversial, horrible, bloody war - because they believed there were some things worth fighting for: our God given right to freedom being the most Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-67512240592255917362010-04-07T11:16:30.337-04:002010-04-07T11:16:30.337-04:00Susannah, I would point to your own words...
And ...Susannah, I would point to your own words...<br /><br /><i>And it can be fought. And it can be defeated. Will we cower & fall into despair, as some colonists did? Thank God they didn't. And thank God we have their same fighting spirit within us.</i><br /><br />Your post "PRELUDE TO A REVOLUTION" references the colonists WHO TOOK ARMS against their gov't with a "fightingDan Trabuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-24959487645229384132010-04-07T08:07:22.936-04:002010-04-07T08:07:22.936-04:00Dan, if you'll take the time to read Daniel He...Dan, if you'll take the time to read Daniel Henninger's column entitled <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304252704575156031760261858.html" rel="nofollow">"Would the Founders Love Obamacare?"</a> (& I believe you will), you'll find that he describes in broad strokes many of the threats to our Republic quite nicely. Dismiss him if you must, in orderSusannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-76561156564772914462010-04-06T01:26:41.185-04:002010-04-06T01:26:41.185-04:00Susannah said...
Just know this: Our country IS a...Susannah said...<br /><br /><i>Just know this: Our country IS at stake. The Republic that we've enjoyed our whole lives IS at issue here -- and I don't get people whose attitude is so blase, nonchalant, vapid about a Federal gov't that's dictating the minutia of our lives.</i><br /><br />I believe that YOU and some others FEEL LIKE our country is at stake. The problem is, I see noDan Trabuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-7041062831680364812010-04-05T08:17:56.837-04:002010-04-05T08:17:56.837-04:00Dan, friend, we've just met. There's no re...Dan, friend, we've just met. There's no reason to think you'd have felt compelled to read archives here. But if you did, you'd see - over time - the <i>great</i> effort I put into remaining as reasonable as I can, even with hostile, angry, bitter visitors (present company excluded). <br /><br />You're correct. There are those whose approach to discussion takes on a wildness, Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-41498880332734926442010-04-04T13:25:11.217-04:002010-04-04T13:25:11.217-04:00Glad to stick around, thanks for the invitation.
...Glad to stick around, thanks for the invitation.<br /><br />I'm sorry if my opinion seems vapid to you. I am a reasonably intelligent fella who does not hold strong opinions on every possible notion. In general, I think there are problems with our current system of health care and I think there are problems with this new law of the land. <br /><br />I hope that does not seem too vapid ("Dan Trabuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-91659615303962920142010-04-03T23:27:22.978-04:002010-04-03T23:27:22.978-04:00Hi Dan & welcome. Glad you found us, if even b...Hi Dan & welcome. Glad you found us, if even by accident.<br /><br />Frustration & anger interesting? How so? <br /><br />I assume your unspoken, veiled reference to the MSM moniker of tea party 'violence': <i>"will you continue to legally and peacefully seek change through the ballot box and through writing letters, etc if you lose?"</i> is tongue-in-cheek. <br /><br /Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-82151103345463989722010-04-03T21:46:19.458-04:002010-04-03T21:46:19.458-04:00Someone said...
I have never seen a greater examp...Someone said...<br /><br /><i>I have never seen a greater example of taxation without representation in my life. This cannot stand.</i><br /><br />Do you really think this? Did you not have an elected representative in DC this year? Of course, you did.<br /><br />As did I all during the Bush years when vote after vote and policy after policy went the "wrong way" (in my opinion). I Dan Trabuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-44217047048277066062010-04-03T21:39:51.602-04:002010-04-03T21:39:51.602-04:00Interesting. I've happened upon here by accide...Interesting. I've happened upon here by accident and I find the frustration and anger interesting.<br /><br />I am glad to hear that most (if not all) here appear to be wanting to protest legally - that you want to seek change through the ballot box, I fully support your quest to seek change this way.<br /><br />I certainly did during the Bush years.<br /><br />I'm wondering, will you Dan Trabuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-56656504326568847682010-03-23T10:26:55.271-04:002010-03-23T10:26:55.271-04:00WRITING ON THESE BLOGS DOESN'T HELP. WE NEED C...WRITING ON THESE BLOGS DOESN'T HELP. WE NEED CONVENTIONS TO MEET IN. THIS COUNTRY IS GOING TO COMMUNIST. <br />Meet me at the polls in November. Vote each and every one of these sob's out, including the wafflers on both sides. Install a filibuster proof majority in both houses, defend and dismantle this crap and begin impeachment preceding the day after the election. That is what we do.It Just Doesn't Make Any Sensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14676758084465415563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-29041182864311211392010-03-23T02:01:41.772-04:002010-03-23T02:01:41.772-04:00I was thinking of that adage about those not remem...I was thinking of that adage about those not remembering history are doomed to repeat it or something?<br /><br />..and how our young people don't KNOW their history, for the most part...I guess the coming revolution will be all new to them, huh :-)<br />Too bad they weren't taught FREEDOM by leftwing teachers, we might have avoided all of this...? xxx<br /><br />I like BetteJo's ideaZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-28278552570697524982010-03-22T23:28:04.698-04:002010-03-22T23:28:04.698-04:00Oh - and one of the other blog ladies says she is ...Oh - and one of the other blog ladies says she is going to start a writing campaign to every legislator who voted NO - a thank you campaign! I sent my first thank you to John Boehner tonight. I want them to know people out here appreciate their support - and to let them know we don't want the fight to stop.BetteJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11650981249204116251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-84468167543590953222010-03-22T21:13:29.625-04:002010-03-22T21:13:29.625-04:00Bluepit & RWL~ Held my head up, squared my sho...Bluepit & RWL~ Held my head up, squared my shoulders today. Thought of you; you & RWL. Man, o man are you guys cool!<br /><br />Matt~ I'll admit, I hadn't thought of it that way, but in the Chicago inner city...it's not out of the realm of possibility.<br /><br />BettJo!! Atta girl! I like your style. I'm with you - not going down without a fight. And certainly not quietlySusannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706229786132028791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-28232584865688026582010-03-22T20:29:40.905-04:002010-03-22T20:29:40.905-04:00Oh I am not giving up. Not by a long shot. There...Oh I am not giving up. Not by a long shot. There are too many good people out there who have worked too hard to give up now. For some reason those silly politicians think we won't remember in November but I can guarantee you I will. Today I donated money to HuckPac - Mike Huckabee is supporting conservative candidates across the country. In the end - we will work for a repeal if need be.BetteJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11650981249204116251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-61539851514180686042010-03-22T15:19:56.890-04:002010-03-22T15:19:56.890-04:00I can say this in my experience, Expat; the police...I can say this in my experience, Expat; the police on the east side of San Antonio were riot ready in case Obama lost the election. So I don't consider it a far cry that there would have been rioting among the uninformed and shills for the president. I'm sure the SEIU and ACORN could have drummed up trouble.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014273634505096181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-32419074280523917082010-03-22T14:27:21.340-04:002010-03-22T14:27:21.340-04:00Right-Wing Libertarian,
Are you suggesting that p...Right-Wing Libertarian,<br /><br />Are you suggesting that people would have burnt cities down if the bill hadn't been voted in?<br /><br />Any evidence that that would have been the case?<br /><br />Cheers,ExPatMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666078524214384329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-5770791970907377352010-03-22T12:02:10.550-04:002010-03-22T12:02:10.550-04:00I stand with Pitbull. There is a huge revolt brew...I stand with Pitbull. There is a huge revolt brewing and it ain't quite the urban-thuggery slam-dunk oblama thought it was gonna be. The difference between our revolt and, say, the city-burning riots that would have ensued had the bill been voted down, is that our moves going forward will be legal, logical and American. Freedom, as long as we are willing to fight for it, is forever. ObamaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7448323251140313084.post-19807223026096986752010-03-22T11:00:02.694-04:002010-03-22T11:00:02.694-04:00Like I said, it ain't over dude. 37+ states A...Like I said, it ain't over dude. 37+ states AG's man. We gots this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014273634505096181noreply@blogger.com