He serves us ... not the other way around. In the military it's different, but this isn't the military. As was said before, he has to prove himself before respect is garnered, but on the same token it's asinine to wish failure on someone with so much control over the country.
Just when I think it's safe to start paying my debt down quicker, stuff like this just reassures me that all my extra money is better spent buying guns and ammo.
Maybe we need to brush up on our history... There have been several amazing presidents since andrew Jackson (although this is just a matter of opinion) in fact some of our greatest Lincoln certainly fits the mold by bringing a torn country back together if Booth wasn't a moron and had to shoot him the reconstruction would have been succesfull and we would not have had to deal with nearly the civil rights issues as we have in the last 140 years to include Plessy V. Fergussen and Brown V Board of education. How about Harry S. Truman not only did he have to make the biggest and one of the hardest single decisions of all time but after WWII he saw out the succesfull reconstruction of all of Europe to include the industrial powerhouse West Germany and he saw out the creation of the Japan as we know it today... The last i will point out is Ronald Wilson Reagan. I really shouldn't have to go into this but i will... Every Piece of gear I use today in the Marine Corps i can attribute to Big Ron all of our advanced weapon systems are from his Star Wars system... He was a huge supporter of the 2nd ammendment... He crushed the Soviet Union... and The flourishing economic boom we saw in the 80's and 90's can be attributed to Reaganomics. Please don't tell me there have not been good Presidents since Jackson if thats the case move to Canada.+1
I agree with that. I wish him the best because his success is my success. If he fails, then it sux for all of us.
But I'll respect him when he proves his merit.
So far I haven't had a President in my life that I think did a good job. Or earned my respect.
Last good one I remember from my history books was Jackson.
Grog
Respect for someone that merely has a title is the same mindset behind tyrannical monarchies. Obama is a paid employee of this country, he should respect us for allowing him the position, and he should act on the will of the country.
He serves us ... not the other way around. In the military it's different, but this isn't the military. As was said before, he has to prove himself before respect is garnered, but on the same token it's asinine to wish failure on someone with so much control over the country.
How do you figureLincoln was one of the worst presidents.
How do you figure
The fact remains although the North was extremly opressive Slavery needed to come to an end for this country to continue and Although yes it resulted in severe bloodshed preserving the Union was more importtant.
Yeah, secession became necessary because the northern states were so oppressively waging an economical "war" against the southern states that they were destroying the economy down here. I mean it quite literally amounted to federal extortion, basically as in "side with us or we will destroy your economy". Keep in mind, the whole conflict at the time was NOT over slavery, but rather was a conflict over various economical matters and increasing centralization and power/oversight by the federal government. Honestly it was mainly a battle over states rights basically. The topic of doing it to abolish slavery is simply an excuse used to make the whole thing more palatable to the American public. I mean think about the concept. Killing over half a million Americans, working to destroy the southern economy? All for what? Just because the southern states had some different intentions with their economy? Some northern bankers, business men and other people saw a possibility of manipulating the southern states into doing certain things that would financially benefit them (much to do with rail roads, transport, interstate commerce, etc), however the southern states wouldn't have any of it and wanted to control their own economy? So the federal government steps in to try and force the southern states into falling inline, and when the southern states try to resolve it by any other means (bureaucratic, petitioning, etc, secession) then the government decides to wage war upon them? Yeah, there is a lot more to the story there buddy as opposed to the "story book" version commonly recited that Lincoln was some white knight that rode in, fought evil, abolished slavery, and all was well with the land.Also know that the atrocities went both ways and although the North pushed politicly and econimcly it was the South who Seceeded.
This is a common apologists excuse for tyrants and other men responsible for despicable acts. So Lincoln was responsible for attacking his own country, the death of over 600,000 Americans, and the answer is "hey, what politician hasn't made a mistake?" Sorry but, that just doesn't cut it.Furthermore what politician is not corrupt or a scoundrel in some way if they weren't they would not be politicians!
First let me tell you that you make a great arguement and secondly let me remind you that the North did not seceed nor did they fire the first shot Jeff Davis and the rest of the confederacies is just as much at fault for the death of those lives as Lincoln is you act as if the South was completly innocent and they were just lawabiding citizens that got raped and plundered bi the blue coat...If Lincoln just invaded the South without just cause I would agree 100 percent but if you really go back and look he avoided the bloodshed as much as possible... Furthermore the South used states rights as an arguement but only as an excuse to rebel not as a reason for diplomacy... The Souths disdain for government and complete disregard for the constitution was very evident.
Back to the topic at hand, one of the things that really irks me is how the media constantly says things like "high powered" or "designed to kill". It's laughable when they even say that about .22lr firearms. Not so laughable though that ignorant people actually believe it. We need to help people understand in this country that guns actually are designed to do absolutely nothing except KILL, and that killing is necessary for survival in many cases. It just amazes me the multitude of ways that people are able to be influenced in such a manner that they aren't even willing to fight for their own life. People like that are nothing except second class (maybe third class or lower ) human beings as far as I'm concerned.
Finally we come come to agreement I live right outside of D.C. right now and the antigun liberals just drive me crazy I've seen gun protest and demonstrations and even anti-gun t-shirts it really makes me sick when you observe the ignorance of the masses.
If you think for one moment that the Dem-O-Craps give a rats behind about saving cops lives, you are an ignorant fool.