tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post6308292492931373614..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: What Is The Proper Role of a Patriot?SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-83744002259441373302011-05-24T16:04:06.380-04:002011-05-24T16:04:06.380-04:00@Xenocles:
Thanks for clarifying. I thought that&...@Xenocles:<br /><br />Thanks for clarifying. I <i>thought</i> that's what you meant, but wasn't sure. Anyway, I apologize if I offended, wasn't my intention.<br /><br />I get very worried when we start talking about the whole 'personal loyalty' thing, too many 'ominous parallels' if we go down that road. The <a href="http://bsfootprint.com/category/classification/cult-personality" rel="nofollow">Cult of Personality</a> surrounding our politicians, the President in particular, is worrisome, IMO.BS Footprinthttp://bsfootprint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-31439440778670336712011-05-24T06:54:18.548-04:002011-05-24T06:54:18.548-04:00@BS Footprint-
That's exactly what I meant.@BS Footprint-<br /><br />That's exactly what I meant.Xenoclesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-46223527484350683462011-05-23T19:02:38.493-04:002011-05-23T19:02:38.493-04:00BS Footprint - to extend the analogy of POTUS as t...BS Footprint - to extend the analogy of POTUS as the CEO of the USA, Inc., a share of stock in the US is one greenback. <br /><br />You can see how well the stock is doing as they keep issuing more shares and no one wants to buy.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-83908898786056772912011-05-23T16:50:32.600-04:002011-05-23T16:50:32.600-04:00To belabor the point: Our government is supposed t...To belabor the point: Our government is <i>supposed</i> to be subordinate to the citizens, not the other way around. <br /><br />How did we ever get to the point where people never learned it, or, upon a moment's reflection, can't figure it out from the clear and ample evidence available to anyone who cares enough to read a few pages from the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution... ?BS Footprinthttp://bsfootprint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-31465907166982892272011-05-23T16:43:42.676-04:002011-05-23T16:43:42.676-04:00To do less makes one a traitor!
The President is ...<b><i>To do less makes one a traitor!</i></b><br /><br />The President is not an omnipotent ruler (at least not yet). He is the chief executive officer of USA, Inc. (No, I'm not being funny -- the United States of America is no less a legal fiction than any corporation.)<br /><br />Disagreeing with him, refusing to support him whether right or wrong, is <i>not</i> treason. Quite the contrary; supporting the President when he's wrong (or violating the Constitution or his oath) is the greater act of treason.<br /><br />@Xenocles: Those in the Executive Branch (and the others) swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution; you are bound to follow <i>lawful</i> orders and directives made thereunder. There is no mandate of loyalty to any government officer, and certainly not the President... is there? If I'm wrong, I'd love to know how and why. Please cite facts and not opinion.BS Footprinthttp://bsfootprint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-51299626757272926482011-05-21T07:28:00.954-04:002011-05-21T07:28:00.954-04:00Only those of us in the Executive Branch have any ...Only those of us in the Executive Branch have any sort of requirement of loyalty to the President (and of course that loyalty is supposed to be subordinate to the one we have to the Constitution). The rest of you all are under no such obligation, and in fact it is dead wrong for a normal citizen to exhibit such blind loyalty to any politician. You guys are supposed to be the bosses, dammit!Xenoclesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-28574671269900057932011-05-21T03:01:33.520-04:002011-05-21T03:01:33.520-04:00Would this person continue to cling to his rigid w...Would this person continue to cling to his rigid worldview if Hitler were his President? What if this President we currently suffer under were to insist upon a policy of arresting every evil capitalist who has an income over $250,000 a year, as well as confiscating all of that person's property and other assets, to use said assets to fund forced abortions for every women who has already had one child?<br /><br />Blanket assertions that anything a President does is acceptable are demonstrably false, are prima facie invalid. This is often true of statements that include "any" or "all" but it especially applies to blanket acceptance of any behavior or any demands from a political figure, President notwithstanding. <br /><br />When applied to such a lying, Marxist, arrogant, narcissistic excuse for a human being, such an assertion is obscene. It is beyond ignorant, beyond tasteless, beyond foolhardy. It is criminal not to resist the planned destruction of the America we inherited from our Founding Fathers, the mutilation of our representative republic into a socialist state. The only choice a thinking, rational, patriotic individual has is in how to resist, what manner of action is proper considering the circumstances.<br /><br />This individual is certainly allowed his opinion, but thankfully, the First Amendment clarifies my right to state that it is an ignorant and irrational opinion that I would not have even graced with a reply had not our gracious host, SiGraybeard, posed the question.Reg Tnoreply@blogger.com