The Coming Unrest In The Dis-United States of America

This society moves slowly. There will be many "wake-up calls" and horrible reminders of our New World War. All will be ignored by the masses who want only to go to productive work, make their homes comfortable and attractive, nurture and educate their children, and experience the joy of a new car every few years.

These people, the backbone of America, Britain, and other civilized countries, are slow to recognize danger, and, even when they have done so, look mostly to their elected and appointed leaders to work through the problems. If they don't like the current crop, they "vote the rascals out" and elect some new rascals.

America has gone soft. So has England. Canada, too. Europe is mostly a lost cause, although the Eastern European countries recently liberated from the workers paradise of communism still remember tyranny and the personal constraints that were so debilitating that the air in those countries seemed thicker than everywhere else. Those people remember.

Nazi Germany was a long time in the making. Some Jews fled. Many waited too long, even though the threat was evident. Many, many more walked to their deaths under their own power, HOPING that something would happen to spare them, something beyond their own control. Masons, evangelical Christians, and the mentally retarded never saw it coming. They died too.

When Hitler came to power, it was legal for citizens to own firearms. Guns were freely available. But not for long. Hitler required registration. And then, only a few weeks before Krystalnacht, Germany started confiscation. This was a "law and order" issue. You know, public safety. Hitler was a big advocate of law and order. Everything was done legally. When the German insurance companies were faced with huge liabilities on the arson losses and the insured plateglass destroyed on Krystalnacht, the government declared the events a civil insurrection which was excluded in the insurance policies.

The Rule of Law failed in Nazi Germany, and the LAWYERS AND JUDGES HELPED IT FAIL. It can happen here. I hate to say that, because I am a lawyer. But I have to point out that there was nothing unusual about the LEGAL MECHANICS of that tyranny. It was gradual, incremental, and "legal." But it lacked a resolute moral compass that valued human life and individual freedom.

I see the same thing happening today, here. And it is not the political "right" that is pushing the agenda. The tyranny is coming, and will come, from the "left" just as it did in Germany, with the National Socialists. Everyone here is equal, but some people are more equal than others. The stage is being set, right now, for the enshrinement of sharia law. Free speech has been curtailed so much, through political correctness, that we even police ourselves. For example, there are half a dozen racial slurs that would get this post immediately deleted from this site.

Everybody's "feelings" are too important. No standard is secure from deviation based on claims of bad parenting, childhood poverty, discrimination, racial entitlements, sexual perversion, or some other social favoritism.

No, most Americans will not take this war seriously until their relatives are maimed in a bombing, and their own lives are impacted on a day to day basis. Right now only airline passengers are bothered. Illegal aliens aren't even inconvenienced unless they arrive by plane.

I truly believe you are right Mr. Barrett and Carole! It appears that our rights, especially freedom of speech, are being used as political weapons as well as manipulated sources for any anti-American protest or information gathering to counteract measures to secure our countty and the citizens that call it home.

We are in a declared war because we were attacked. I fail to see why some are blind to the fact that not only thousands of people were killed but a main source of our economical structure was also destroyed. In these times of turmoil, I find it absolutely obsurd that there are some who disapprove of NSA and our government's ability to track down potential terrorists. If monitoring communication is such an invasion of privacy then what do they consider the total destruction of our twin towers and the killing of those within? It's time we "pull up the boot straps" and start securing our borders and being concerned about the security of our country. It seems that many are too concerned with being the nice guy. There have been battles fought within our own country in it's growing stages. There will be more battles to keep it secure and free. It's time to forget about hurting someone's feelings and keep our country secure. If that means not allowing a former dignitary of a terroristic country to speak at a university then so be it. If they do not like our means of freedom it baffles me as to why they would want to be here in the first place!

I certainly hope that political rivalry is set aside and the borders are secured and those living here without applications for citizenship are asked to leave. It's been done twice before in our country's history...it can be done again.

In the meantime, we are at war. I'm hoping the masses can soon understand that and act and think accordingly.