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Comment on: Richard Larsen Journal Columns

Obama Would Be New Hoover

3 Comments

tryranny about to engulf us from within

remember bill clinton's luxury tax on yachts? It put 8000 boat builders out of work, and the tax revenues wer far exceeded by the unemployment benefits paid out..

the obamunnists wil ruin our country if they are not checked by a senate filibuster of 40 republicans.

the senate seats are just as crucial as the presidency

The tyranny of the presidency-





Thomas Jefferson once said: "Information is the currency of democracy". So what would be the consequences of an election where media disinformation had distorted the First Amendment?...where the freedom of the press was employed to suppress the truth; and had abrogated their duty to report fairly on both sides.



How would our nation survive a president who was elected on a platform of voter fraud, media disinformation, lying by omission, and thuggish tactics of intimidation? Does this sound like democracy to anyone? Does this sound like the United States of America?....or more like some BBC news story about an African dictator's election, or a bolshevik takeover of a previously free country.



We are in an era of low voter information. Through every fault of our own, we have slowly allowed our cultural mainstream to sink to the lowest common denominator. People are simply just too busy to be bothered with newspapers, or reading a book, or actually paying attention to anything other than themselves. Out-of-context TV sound bites are the weapons of choice in this war of disinformation. The war is about to be won. People now staunchly refuse to be confused by facts.



What's happened to America in the last two generations? What does this portend for our future? It's an ironic twist on the heritage of our American Revolution, and a shameful travesty of John F. Kennedy's inaugural call to action: "ASK not what I can do for my country..but DEMAND everything my country should do for me". Are we still the land of the free? Or is it now more like " the land of the dependents, and the home of the entitled". "Giveth me an inch, and I shall taketh a mile."

tyranny from within

Wasn't this country founded because of the tyranny of taxation? Our Constitution was drafted so that there would never be another King George the V...that there would never be another tyrant to seize our property, demand our money, or restrict our free speech.


"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without liberty being lost"... "Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government."- Thomas Jefferson- 1789.



Today, people know the name Thomas Jefferson, but they perceive little of the significance of his innate understanding-- how democracy is won, and more ominously, how easily it can be lost. There is evidence everywhere that our democracy is in peril; that our freedom of speech, and fair electoral process is about to be curtailed.



Unbelievably, in the swing state of Missouri, democratic local sheriffs and county prosecutors are threatening arrest and prosecution to the purveyors of any outspoken "untrue" criticism of Barack Obama. They plan to respond immediately to any ads and statements that might violate Missouri "ethics" laws. What if these people prosecuted were to appear in front of some liberal Missouri judge?


Obama's campaign has taken a hard stance against all criticism. Other truth squads are forming in other swing states with democratic governors (i.e. Rendell in Pennsylvania). And in the swing state of Ohio, democratic secretary of state Jennifer Brunner, is aiding and abetting the leftist group ACORN, by refusing to allow the vetting of their 600,000 "new" registrations, all of which were accepted without any showing of a valid I D. Yes-- 600,000-- in a state that has lost 400,000 residents in the last four years. The mainstream media reveals nothing about this. Yes America, this is all happening right now.