In a series of tweets today, Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie provides an excellent example of why and how government always grows.
The Overton Window is basically a catchphrase to explain a narrow spectrum of acceptable government policies at any given moment. As the nation evolves the window of what would be considered currently “acceptable’ moves. In the example of the government continue to grow, the Overton Window constantly shifts toward leftist totalitarian objectives, bigger government.
The movement happens slowly – over time – but is never reversed. Regardless of who controls power, the big government Overton Window always goes one way, one nudge at a time in one direction, toward bigger government. People often ask, why does this continue to happen even after Republicans are elected? Today, Thomas Massie accidentally gives us a perfect example of how and why.
When Democrats are in power, they do everything to maximize their power and minimize the influence of their Republican opposition. However, when Republicans are in power, they do everything to minimize their power and maximize the power of their Democrat opposition, now in the minority. Democrats in control, they maximize the Overton Window shift. When Republicans are in power, they do nothing to pull it back – they actually do everything possible to maintain the shift. LOOK:
Saul Alinsky wrote the rulebook for radical leftists saying, “force the opposition to play by their own rules.” A seemingly abhorrent concept when the powered wig crowd of honorable constitutional republicans take control.
Sitting atop the high horse Massie explains how it is a matter of principle that Republicans should not use power.
We are in an abusive relationship with government.
Representatives like Thomas Massie likely have the best intention in mind, but the result is a constant loss of freedom in one direction.
The constitution was written as a document to be affirmed, executed and defended by honorable people. The progressive movement uses the morality within the affirmation as a weapon.
In a similar way a kidnapper tells one of two victims, they will harm the other if they try to flee, radical leftists slowly kill us by manipulating our love of country and constitution.
We should no longer accept the baseline premise; instead, we should change the dynamic by killing the kidnapper.
Get off the high horse and fight Mr Massie.
There comes a time to ‘Fix Bayonets’!
Fight dirty.
Fight ruthlessly.
Fight to survive.
Fight like the third monkey on the ramp to Noah’s ark.
Fight to win.
Give your grandchildren the opportunity to remount the high horse and wax philosophically about the value of the constitution.
Then again, all of that only applies if you really believe the message…
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Corrupt billionaires running the government says it all. Now what do we do?
Stop buying their sorry assed products and defund the bastids for one.
I hear defunding as a solution all the time. How exactly do we defund a gubmint without defunding ourselves?
They don’t ask for our tax dollars, they preemptively take them.
They don’t even do that. They just “print” digital dollars and indebt the population, even generations into the future, for their crime spree.
take pitchforks and gasoline to their bunkers.
I just read something a few days ago on the massive amount of $ the billionaires have spent on the fortresses when (not if) things get real. They feel quite safe I guess.
You got that right. There’s a property owner who works in the energy industry and has huge compound (mega mansion). He has a very large bank of solar panels he parked out on his property that completely pissed off his neighbor mega mansions, because those panels blighted their beautiful view of the landscaped properties… huge eyesore.
He “somehow” got it passed the building code officials and, I guess, for the adjacent property owners… it was easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. With enough $$$ not even HOA’s matter. He just offered to pay off the neighbors with some sight blocking trees.
I knew something was extra special when about 8 months ago, he started building a huge, very expensive, gate and fence. Not the cheap kind. Healthy reinforcements including a little guard shack. Yes, very nice and cozy behind that facade. I bet it was $250K in construction… easy.
They can hide behind the barriers, but it doesn’t change the human being’s soul within.
We can be upset about all this, or pop some popcorn and watch the show, because at the end of the day, they will eat their own after they’ve used us for appetizers, of course.
The French Monarchy had guard shacks, too.
Expensive gates and fences do very little when stuff gets real. A starving mob will get what they came for when it is time.
Very true JustMe.
600,000 starving peasants in Paris marching on the Bastille changed things quickly in Paris.
The Kings own guards joined in with the peasants, unlocked the Bastille and handed out the weapons to the people.
Then on they went to take over the rest of the city.
The gates and fences were so easy to take out, and the starving peasants who had nothing to lose became a force to reckon with.
The once rich and powerful lost their castles and their heads and the rest is history.
Solar panels make mighty big targets.
And they only work when they are in good condition.
Easy to break and very fragile are those solar panels.
And once enough of them are damaged, require one of those hiding in the bunker to come outside to fix it, or freeze in the dark…
Good; fences like that can be welded shut, from the outside; let them continue to be safe in their fortress while the rest of the world gets things back to work.
it’s nothing a little well-placed c4 can’t handle.
How safe they feel and how safe they really are can be two different things Liqueda.
Over two hundred years ago our government at the time felt very safe in pushing the American colonies and pushing them and pushing them.
Until “the shot heard round the world” was fired and then things changed.
A bunch of farmers and shopkeepers brought the great and powerful British Monarchy to its knees and the whole wide world changed.
Things change when we stope depending on others and make the changes ourselves.
God Bless America.
How right you are
This is a novel concept, how would you proceed to achieve this?
Just thinking out loud, because I would love to see this response also.
As an 81 year old lady with a cane my fight back is in being weak and obnoxious. At school board meetings and other meetings I ask why. If the speaker suggests America is not good I speak as a proud Daughter of the American Revolution and recite their deeds. The sheriff arrives to escort me out and I refuse to go. If he wants to drag out a feeble old helpless woman with all the phone cameras going it’s his choice. Another in the audience tells me to sit down and shut up I ask why and await an answer.
I love you, Merry! There is nothing “weak” in you.
Absolutely brilliant strategy. Thank you!
That’s it exactly Merry. Simply withdraw your consent to be governed.
I applaud you.
I love your “sand in the machine!”
another way I throw sand in the machine is by waiting until the last day to pay property tax and extimated taxes. Used to pay when bill came in. No longer. I take it to post office for a date stamp, photo it and government gets it several days later. bastards!
Thank you Merry! I am adding this to my resistance list
Liqueda, what else do you have on your resistance list? Merry
Well, we sold our Las Vegas home when market was hot, took the profit to buy a roof with 4 walls on 5 acres on the coast of northern WA to make ourselves debt free. No mortgage.
We have worked to rebuild water lines and drain lines, so we have independent water and septic.
Moved what was left of our savings into a credit union.
Cook from scratch without processed food. Built garden beds and raised veggies, we were told tomatoes won’t grow here but we were blessed with many. Gave lots to my neighbors and still canning more.
We go fishing and clamming and put a lot in the freezer.
I refuse to buy name brand clothing etc. that others see as status.
I refuse to have any social media accounts, Facebook, Pinterest, twitter. None.
And most importantly I resist the negative hatefulness of the left’s hive mind and find JOY in every day I am blessed to be on earth.
I aspire to be you at 81 if I’m lucky. 🙂
Well, we are in the failed state of Oregon at the end of a gravel road next to a river if we need to get to the ocean quickly and sail off into the blue beyond. We have a gravity spring 1/4 mile up the hill with great pressure and a well for the cattle tanks. I envy your no income tax and death tax twice Oregon’s exemption. We shop at ARC for books. furniture (just got a marvelous computer chair for $10.) Wear our old Pendleton clothes. No tv, no social media except Treehouse. Four deer in the orchard if we need meat after we eat the steers.
Sounds like we are both on the same wavelength for what we want in daily living. A simple life. So glad to have met you.
I admire your spunk!
GOD BLESS YOU, young lady!
Let’em have it, ma’am.
If only we knew where they were. Wonder if Hillary killed her crewmen.
You are talking about playing their game EXACTLY the way they would like you too.
Marshal law will make any resistance much more difficult and deadly.
I will not comply, but violence is what they’re begging for.
Be wise.
Use discernment.
Pray.
What do we do?
Stop Plying the Swamp Game & go to the States.
The whole deal in Washington is structural & won’t be solved by throwing out some crooked politicians
Work to have the SCOTUS review Citizens United vs FEC. The big money coming in from tech billionaires, CCP, Arabia and laundered Ukrainian War funding is corrupt beyond measure, destroying fair election processes and clearly violates the spirit of “We the people” of the Constitution. The vast majority of the obscene funding comes from “entities” not possessing a Human Soul; hence not part of We the People.
I do not believe for a second that the marxists give one rat’s pattooty about what SCOTUS says or does, because marxists do not believe in or follow our beloved Constitution.
First off, pray.
Get right with God.
Ask Him for His guidance.
Find a Bible based church.
Then, spit yourself out of the system.
Store food and water, have means to cook and means to purify water. Also be able to stay warm in the winter. Wool works well and enabled millions of folks to survive before the era of central heating.
Have stuff and skills to barter.
Find trustworthy folks to band together with. Be cautious here. Don’t share all your info about your views or your preps too quickly.
Raise as much of your food as you can. Support your local farmers and craftsmen.
Politically, get involved locally. Think as if you are living during the collapse of the Roman empire.
Little pockets of people survived. Life was hard, but they made it.
Make Christ your compass.
If you follow Him you will never go wrong.
You are right. We moved out into the rural with our own well and septic and are networking with other God lovers.
Nice to see SD’s tone on clearing the trench.
If your pizza leaves in one piece and arrives with half missing who do you blame? Next question… who delivers the MAIL – IN BALLOTS ?
Exactly why they HATE President Trump.
#1. The only way to close the border is for Republican to support amnesty (and ballots) for every illegal in America. They’re then free to vote GOP, who supported their citizenship. Democrats lose that block of voters – guess who closes the border? Or if they don’t, then, well, the GOP just gets more voters the longer they keep it open. Make them choose.
#2. The Democrats & media say ballot harvesting is wonderful. GOP uses it to win the Presidency in 2024 and the left and media cry the fraud of Ballot harvesting. Oh, darn, guess we have to all vote in person on same day. If they don’t decry it, then fine, we’ll just keep harvesting. If just 10% of churches in drop-box allowing states, engage in GOP ballot harvesting, then we win 2024 with ease.
The unequal media treatment of Democrats requires Republicans to get their hands dirty in Machiavellian ways which will make them uncomfortable. So be it. Relish the name-calling. Relish the evil snicker. We are what they created.
You fundamentally misunderstand the left. The left sees fraud and crime as their exclusive domain. By whatever power they have (which is a lot) they will ensure their fraud and crimes go unaddressed while the rest are punished ruthlessly.
You advocate for “beating them at their own game” which under the current circumstances will result in a lot more of the left’s enemies being punished and destroyed.
But let’s imagine we do “beat them at their own game.” What does that do? #1 it justifies everything they did and #2 increases the what they will do in retaliation.
But you forget the most serious and fundamental flaw in your thinking. THE LEFT RUNS THE ELECTIONS. There is no “beating them at their own games” while the left runs elections. And they run them at every level. Overwhelmingly every government employee is fundamentally on the left and in agreement with their having more and more power. If we try to counter their ballot harvesting and forgery and fraudulent counting with our own? Those same corrupt police who blocked access to the counting centers will be deployed against anyone trying to “out compete” them.
Sundance’s observations on how the “ratchet” to the left works are spot on. But I doubt these RINOs are sincere in trying to “reverse things.” The left must be punished first by using the legislative and executive weapons they created to attack us in order to DESTROY them. And only THEN do we destroy the weapons.
The left also has a corrupt fblie and dept of injustice which would vigorously persecute any who dared to try their ballot game.
It is not always that drastic when it comes to winning for the Repubs.
Sometimes it just comes down to using common sense and having good, smart leadership. (on every level, especially towns)
Example: this past election campaign I and fellow MAGA Repubs worked our butts off for Lee Zeldin and his team in NY. Zeldin ran what I considered to be an excellent campaign and apparently he had minimal support from the state and national GOP.
However, the voting strategy was to tell everyone to vote IN PERSON on ELECTION DAY. We foolishly did not encourage people to vote early as did the very smart DemonRats.
This strategy was pushed from the top to the bottom of the party and many of us felt it made no sense! Why leave people such a narrow window of opportunity to vote? What if they couldn’t make it on election day? What if the weather was bad? This was just plain STUPID.
So we lost the governor’s race and many others. This was just one example. Don’t get me started on the other mistakes.
Bannon led that charge and quite outspokenly. The left knew exactly what to do thanks to his ego.
Do you have evidence that voting on election day cost Zeldin the election?
Agree, Daniel, but its more fundamental than that.
If you adopt the methods of Satan, to beat Satan, Satan wins.
The foundation for ALL is the Uniparty; unless and until we take control, at State and National party level, AWAY from the GOPe, we can not make significant progress on the MAGA agenda.
We have had this one party rule, with two wings since at LEAST 1964, when it became obvious to any who looked.
The Conmunist agenda has been moving steadily forward since around 1915.
And WE won’t succeed in unwinding all the damage done, like a two-hour movie; its gonna take TIME, energy and sustained EFFORT, and we have and will continue to take casualties.
When most say, write, read or think “the left” they imagine Pelosi, or AOC.
How many visualise Mitch, Kevin, Mitt, Liz, or Lindsey?
Do you see, in your minds eye THEM, when you think “Conmunist”?
“You got to get yer MIND RIGHT, Luke” as Struther Martin famously said.
EXACTLY. But even more, people have to understand that these people are NOT legitimate “government”. They are installed lackeys of oligarchs. We are occupied by an illegitimate gang, and all their actions have been illegal, all their spending and warring, illegal. No one will ever be on a ballot who is not part of their system.
Well, the RINOs are Democrats, so why would they try to do anything against the Democrats?
There is one huge problem with the right ballot harvesting. The second the left gets wind of it, watch their street orcs show up en masse to beat those right wing harvesters into guava jelly for daring to attempt it. After the left “wins” that election, all charges against said street orcs will be dropped (See 2020 election).
The real out-of-the-box solution for the Southern border is one thing and one thing only. Declare war on Mexico and invade the country, annexing it as a territory like Puerto Rico.
There are no political solutions to the border crisis. None. The DC Swamp loves the current arrangement, including the RINO leadership.
Agree with the declaration of war, but not with annexing. That gives them license to come here legally.
Better to install a government, take the Baha Peninsula, and invite any European that wants to go there, a subsidy of some amount.
I agree Shezboday.
No annexing.
But we will need for quite a few years a no go zone on the Mexican side of the border after we clean out the cartels.
A clean strip of land a few miles wide where there are no residents, nothing.
This is impossible I know and a pie in the sky idea.
The idea of clearing out the Mexican side of the border and salting the earth will never ever happen but needs to.
The drug cartels are poison and will control our border forever if we do not burn them clean out.
I know that sounds harsh but it is the reality.
We did that once but the people in charge of DC at that time would not allow it to be annexed.
We are not suffering enough. Too many people are still repeating the left’s asserted narratives. Other just say “there’s nothing we can do about it.”
I think by the time the people have suffered enough, the situation will become irreversible. I agree we must fight back hard.
But I’m a Navy wartime veteran. The Navy has a unique view point when it comes to fighting. It comes mostly from the fact that “there’s no place to run!” when it comes to being on a ship. We defend our ship because the ship is our life and our survival.
I say this because we in the USA have precisely the same situation. In our situation, “there’s no place to run!” No other country can host us as refugees. Every place is worse than the USA already. And the people in other countries are rooting for the USA to bring freedom back to the world.
But will enough people understand the truly dire situation that we’re in? It doesn’t feel that way yet. The people running elections are certainly not regretting what they are doing to the country… and they will NOT be “rewarded” because their roles are not being recorded. They will starve and suffer worse than many because they just aren’t looking ahead enough.
We aren’t suffering enough and we have no place to run.
“We are not suffering enough.”
This is it. The only explanation how anyone could vote for democratics or GOPe.
The idea has been expressed that it is a blessing the red wave did not occur (maybe it did, maybe it didn’t).
Things need to get much worse before the pitchforks will be unsheathed to kill the swamp.
I suggest reading the article on Todays AmericanThinker, on Eric Hoffer.
Short version, he wrote a paper theorising that its NOT the traditionally poor that engage in uprisings and revolts; they are USED to “owning nothing and being happy”.
He says it is the NEWLY poor; the middle class, that have become used to at least the trappings of wealth, or at least comfort.
When, in a fairly short period of time, they see it all ‘slipping away’, they are confused, disorganised and disheartened.
And then, happening “very slowly, then all at once” they get PISSED.
So yes, we “haven’t suffered enough” not YET.
But we get closer, every single minute.
“I think by the time the people have suffered enough, the situation will become irreversible. I agree we must fight back hard.”
It already has become irreversible say in CA and NY. MI, CO, NM and maybe AZ soon will prove democrat perpetuity.
The ONLY Constant in life, is GOD.
Everything else is constantly in a state of change.
Bottom line, its NEVER “too late”; NEVER TOO LATE for the populace, IN UNITY to throw off the shackles of a tyranical regime by withdrawing their consent.
THEY can NEVER aquire ENOUGH power and control, to withstand the POPULACE in Unity; its any tyrannys achilles heel.
To understand why, imagine them trying to arrest ALL the protesters in attendance, on J6.
Now imagine those protesters peacefully refusing to be arrested.
Now imagine 80-100 million people, men, women and children, stopping whatever they were doing, and joining hands in the streets, and marching towards D.C. in “solidarity”, perhaps upon hearing LE/Military have shot and killed some of the protesters.
Now imagine the tyranical regime is not the U.S. Govt., but the Soviet Government, that has been occupying our country, for 40+ years.
Thing is, you don’t HAVE to imagine it, you can READ about it, and see pictures of highways, from gutter to gutter, for 25 MILES, covered with people, arms linked and marching towards their Capitals, and read about how the USSR withdrew.
Cause you CAN slaughter or imprison SOME, as ‘an example’ but you simply can’t imprison or kill the entire populace, without their consent.
READ up on “the singing revolution” in the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
I fully empathise with “we must address this now!” but suggesting there is a point at which its “too late” is a false narrative we should avoid.
It MAY well take us GENERATIONS to conquer this latest iteration of an enemy that has been around as long as civilisation.
I have a friend in Japan who is a Professor at a University there. The Japanese think we are committing suicide. The people are waiting for Americans to rise up and do away with the corruption. Please, Lord, sooner rather than later.
We’ve turned into the whimpy Hulk in the Avengers movies. When are we going to get angry?
Lawmakers—especially GOPe poseurs—make speeches and issue brave tweets but confine their struggle inside the wire…while swaddling themselves in the Stars and Stripes.
What happened to patriots who are willing to imperil their blood, their treasure, their “sacred honor”?
I’ve been wondering that too. By the time we are “suffering enough” it will be too late.
Big government will always be captured by whomever has the most money. This is the left’s blind spot. They don’t oppose the accumulation and abuse of power. They just want it for themselves.
Reminded me of his post from last Christmas. The left went nuts.
Thomas Massey should put that M-60 to good use.
It’s just a prop to gain your confidence
Cons like to do that so it’s easier to screw you over
I dunno, OJF. That’s a lotta “props” to have around the house.
But that Thompson might be a prop because what’s supposed to be the bolt looks like a round ended, milled slot in the receiver. WWII bolts were all in the white. Refinishing, however, by private owners, saw some bolts parkerized, some blued, some black oxided.
I think you can barely see the bolt lugs through the open dust cover of the AR15/M16. So that might be live.
The UZI shows what looks like a genuine bolt. So it might be live.
The 60 is awfully complete.
The FAL barrel is under 16″, making it an NFA weapon.
No G3 should ever have a collapsible AR stock!
Today, a Saco or Maremont manufactured ’60 is $60-$75,000. An all original WWII era TSMG, even in poor condition, starting at $30,000. A Colt TSMG gets $50,000 and more, depending on several factors. In 1990 you could buy a registered receiver, Model A, IMI manufactured UZI for $1,500. Today? Around $15-$18,000.
Anyone who wisely invested in NFA up till about the mid 2000’s when prices shot through the roof, is sitting on some big, big cash.
It’s like 2010 deja vu all over again…
Sad…
These people don’t represent us … they don’t even pretend anymore. The illusion of our republic continues, but for how long?
The problem in history is people don’t fight back while they are strong enough. They wait until they are unable to.
So True. Something needs to be done right now to wake up Americans to their peril. Conservatives in Arizona (and the rest of the nation, for that matter) should be on the streets already … protesting the fraud of the last two elections. Demanding that those who cheated go to jail. Demanding the bogus election results be tossed out and a redo done … one without one of the candidates being in charge of counting the votes.
What are we waiting for? The courts aren’t going to save us. The RINOs aren’t going to save us. The media’s not going to save us. Congress isn’t going to save us. The military is not going to save us. And time is not on our side. It’s up to us. We have the strength now but that may not be true much longer. They are coming for our guns because they know that’s our only recourse. So right now we should be on the streets exercising our 2nd Amendment rights to send a message and wake America up. Make them believe that we have to be able to trust the election results or we will fight. But that only works if our numbers are in the millions across the country. Protest in the thousands and they will destroy us piecemeal.
Transpublicans at it again.
Massie is a good guy
Is he? I don’t know him personally. I do know pretending to the public is bad.
He may sound good, but then so do DeSanctimonious and NotMe.
KY Proud:
Paul
Comer
Massie
Not proud of McConnell?
Not proud of any name from that list of losers!
Republican RINOs have to go.
Don’t fund RINOs.
That would be the vast majority of them.
Mistake is on focusing on the CANDIDATES first, instead of focusing on who runs the State party, that allows them to run AS Republican candidates, does or doesn’t allow /encourage “splitter” candidates to bump them out in the primary, puts GOTV resources into certain areas, and not others, directs funds, and participates fully in the election fraud.
RINOs have their own funding. They don’t need you and would prefer you drop out and don’t vote in the primaries or general elections.
They don’t care if you do vote either!
Ballots produced on demand covers both sides.
They would rather have you vote
Then they know you are still fooled!
The American government will keep on growing until it kills its host and then it will die.
That’s the bad news and the good news.
It will be telling when the parasite class starts bailing, to find a healthier host.
Which parasite class? The ones that get aide or the others who also get aide?
Both, the taxpayer is the host in each case.
The same corrupt billionaires that bribe the democrats also bribe the republicans. Now that the election process has been corrupted, what little say the people had has been stolen by the corrupted process.
If you complain unethical judges will say you have no standing and dismiss the case. IF it is a civil case they will dismiss it with prejudice.
Look at what the Commie judges in Brazil are doing. Kinda like a judicial dictatorship.
The judicial process is equally corrupted.
Always thought he was a phony. He plays the Libertarian card instead of maverick card or bipartisan card but always seems to find a way to support the uniparty over his voters.
There are different roles they fill.
He is a very smart engineer and sees the world from that vantage point.
It is hard people like him to comprehend how evil the left can be.
Then he doesn’t belong in office – full stop. We are in an existential war, and an Engineering degree is no excuse for ignorance.
There are only Thomas Massies on my block. How about yours? It’s disgusting.
I wonder how many will read what is actually in “The Respect for Marriage Act”, an odious bill dripping with threats with the force of law for all individuals and any Christian entities which adhere to the one man/one woman definition of ” marriage”. The headlines everywhere say it is about codifying “gay marriage”. But that has already been settled in the Supreme Court.
In fact this abomination of a bill is about much, much worse…
Within this bill is a provision that allows the definition of marriage to be whatever individual states decide it to be…including ” marriage” between any number of people, relatives…and minors. There shall be no limiting of the definition according to this foul, unholy, depraved bill.”
We can thank Justice Kennedy for this perversion. He opened the door to a paedophile’s “it’s who you love” sickening debauchery, and Christian persecution.
Have the 12 Republican Senators who support this godless legislation read that bill…already passed in Pelosi’s House (of satanic Evil)? I’d like to doubt they have, and that they don’t know exactly what is in it.
But in fact, I believe they know exactly what is in it and are in perfect agreement with it.
This will pass, guaranteed. What comes after will be the targeting of Christians no matter where they are hunted, as surely they will be…including Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cake Shop, and others like him.
I wish Mr Massie had introduced his proposal when President Trump was in office, and I pray this of his has a chance of passing.
I suspect it will not.
The citizens of Masshole had gay marriage jammed down their throats. After gathering the necessary signatures to put on the ballot the legislators refused to allow a vote on it. Another beauty was Romney care. But who’s counting all the republicans bs.
They’ve been truly exposed for what they are, Patrick. Or should I say they’ve exposed themselves for the feckless liars and posture that they really are.
The phrase “talking out of both sides of their mouths” particularly applies to Republicans.
Todd Young of Indiana knows exactly what he’s voting for. He plays the Marine card like a race card. Can’t believe he was re-elected.
Add Crenshaw to Todd, JWoo. Birds of a feather.
Its not JUST the twelve.
If twelve Democrats “crossed the aisle” to vote for a MAGA type bill, they would be eviscerated, by the party leadership.
But these 12 vote for this odious construct, and crickets from the R leadership.
This means the R leadership fully support this crap, and instructed the 12 to vote to pass.
Just like when “the squishies” murkowski, collins and mitt vote with the Dems, the rest are free to vote no, and even campaign on having voted no, BECAUSE their vote didn’t effect the outrcome, BECAUSE of the squishy vote.
A good point, Dutchman
Let me put it this way in view of your apt observation….12 designated hitters.
And this is yet another way to describe how frogs are boiled. But I will add that a frog who jumps out often finds a place to run. We have no place to run.
“We are in an abusive relationship with government.”
And the beatings will continue, and increase, until morale improves.
Just as Democrat election fraud will continue, and increase, until everyone admits that the is no such thing as Democrat voter fraud and never has been.
Siege warfare on D.C. Do it when all the usual suspects are there.
They say that was tried J6. Have you noticed what happened?
J6 was no siege….it was a trap for the gullible who thought they were having a picnic.
Exactly.
Board up and cement over the current window and build a new one where it belongs!
Excellent, thanks Sundance.
“The Overton Window is basically a catchphrase to explain a narrow spectrum of acceptable government policies at any given moment.”
Actually, the Overton Window is applicaple to much more than government policy. It also applies to acceptable behavior and attitudes generally.
Just as in Sundance’s example, the left does everything it can to move public behavior and attitudes toward its own ideals. Speech norms are a good example.
Every time a person accommodates the left in an effort to “be nice,” he gives the lefties another win.
(It used to be that male pronouns served a generic, non-gendered function when referring to people in general. I’m not saying “he or she” any more. One small effort to push the Overton Window back, or at least give it a Mickey salute.)
6 million firearms in the hands of private citizens and we cannot get our elected officials to comply with the Constitution?
What is the real issue? Apathy.
?????6M??????…..are you living in the 1770s?………..we have over 400M weapons in the hands of the citizens of the US
Watch this. Massie is the smartest guy in government. “Off the grid with Thomas Massie”
Is this the proverbial coin toss, heads they win tails we lose?
Love the saying ‘fix bayonets’…now a question to ask is this…do we wait to see the whites of their eyes?
We fired our cannon til the barrel melted down,
So we found an alligator and we fought another round,
We filled his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind,
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind…
I really like Johnny Hortons songs, all his music is great.
I was 10 years old when that song came out in 1959
Bayonet use is up close and personal. Unless you’re sneaking up behind someone, not only will you see the whites of their eyes – you’ll see the terror and fear in them.
Holding fire, “till you see the whites of their eyes” has a SPECIFIC MEANING, lost on many.
If you fire as soon as you see them, they are out of range, and you are WASTING your ammunition.
Frankly, if you armed and a rampaging grizzly is charging you, from 30 yds away, and you start firing, you will probably just piss it off more, and be dinner.
You WAIT, until it gets REALLY close, and either aim for its eyes (second choice) or aim and shoot right in its mouth, and out the back of its head, right at the base.
2 young native girls, picking berries, with a single shot .22, killed the largest grizzly in the area, when after staulking them for awile, it charged them.
Cause Dad taught them well. HOLD your fire, don’t waste your ammo.
Great comment!
“There comes a time to ‘Fix Bayonets’!
Fight dirty.
Fight ruthlessly.
Fight to survive.
Fight like the third monkey on the ramp to Noah’s ark.
Fight to win.”
And then be killed by America’s standing army.
Read This:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/11/some_will_run_and_some_will_stay.html
It is the reality check for those who think through their choices…
It says “ And you must find a way to live beyond this material world by finding sustained meaning in the pursuit of reason, virtue, and truth — three blessings often granted when you simply listen to what God has to say. If you do these four things each day, if you pursue them with full hearts and determination, I promise you that you will not lose.”
Sounds like some would be new age spirit guru to me.
And then be killed by America’s standing army.
You can die a free man fighting tyranny. Or you can submit to tyranny and live to serve your masters.
Not sure how much you are familiar with Neoreactionary thinking like from Curtis Yarvin (Moldbug) – but there is a saying – Cthulu swims slowly, but he always swims left. It’s a ratchet effect, the ratchet only moves left.
https://contra.substack.com/p/cthulhu-swims-left
https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2009/01/gentle-introduction-to-unqualified/
Republicans just cannot wield power effectively. End of story.
Unless that power is being wielded against the Republican rank-and-file.
Republican lawmakers wield power when they as a person, are threatened.
When they, AS A GROUP are threatened.
The lie that “Republicans fight by Marquis of Queensbury rules, while the Democrats are streetfighters” is flat out LIE.
Ask anyone, like KL that has fought to win a primary.
The Republican leadership fight DIRTY, and the Dems will help them, every step of the way.
When the Tea Party openly declared their intent to PRIMARY Republican leadership, it was OBAMAS WH, and IRS that broke laws to protect the Republican leadership fro the Tea Party assault, stalling the Tea party long enough for Republicans to send in agent provacatuers.
We see the Media WILL support this “Trumps washed up, DeSantis is the new savior” b.s. even the MSM will push this.
The Constitution provides a fix for our current problems with the leftward shift in the Federal Government and it can be found in Article 5’s last clause, which states: “~That no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.” This clause has never been amended or nullified and stands valid. What this means is that the 17th Amendment, which stripped the states of their equal suffrage by stripping them of their selected senators, is only valid because the states consent to it. It is time for the states to exercise their Constitutionally guaranteed, Article 5 right to withdraw their consent to the 17th Amendment and seat their selection of senators. A senate controlled by and beholden to the states with no campaigns, no campaign contributions, and no excuses. This is the paradigm shift needed if we are intent on salvaging our Constitutional Republic. Let’s make it a Republic again.
NEVER legally ratified
Haven’t run the #’s, since the midterms, but,…
Senate WAS split 50/50, R vs D.
Meanwhile 30 State legislatures, both Houses R majority.
17 State legislatures, both houses D.
2 States, split one house D, one house R, and one oddball.
Assuming R’s would appoint R’s, and D’s ,…D’s you end up around 63 R’s, 37 D’s.
Yeah, abolish the 17th, and the 22nd.
Its NOT “3Co-equal branches” when only ONE is term limited.
All predictable. Been saying it here for months if not longer. If the GOP doesn’t play in the same sandbox with the same rules as the democrats they are finished. They are weak and spineless and have no fight. There are NUMEROUS examples of this and Massie’s tweets are the most recent.
I just had about 30 people over yesterday and politics talks started in my tavern and we almost all agree that we just want to see some fight in Republicans.
I’m afraid that fight is long gone in most Republican politicians and we find ourselves today a people without a party.
NO, NO, NO Treaper.
I have been saying it here, for years, and Sundance for much longer than that!
The Republicans are NOT “weak”, “timid” “spineless” “have no fight” “don’t know HOW to fight” “fight by Marquis of Queensbury rules” or any other LAME, deny reality when its right in front of you EXCUSE, they are COMPLICIT.
If you see, in your minds eye Pelosi or AOC, when you think, hear or read “Leftist”; STOP it.
Instead, see Mitch, Kevin, Liz, Mitt, Ronna, Lindsey.
Try this for 1 month, and perhaps it will clarify things.
Ask KL or other MAGA Candidates that had to slug it out in primaries, with GOPe approved opponents if “Republicans are WEAK, and Don’t know how to fight dirty!”
I agree that they are complicit but if you don’t think that these people are spineless cowards who don’t know how to fight you need to open your eyes.
First, why all this vague talk about “The Government”? If conservatives or MAGA voters want to win they have punish their enemies and reward their friends. That’s politics 101.
Massie is just another fake Republican. A McCain/Romney. Remember how every election year, McCain would talk about “wanting Scalia like Judges?” Yet what did McCain actually do? After the D’s borked bork and gave a Thomas a “high tech lynching” McCain proudly voted for Two extremely leftwing judges. And congradulated the R’s for letting “The president have his pick”.
The Democrats then rewarded the R’s by doing something unheard of, filibustering Appeals court nominees. When R’s tried to get rid of the filibuster for Judges, (the nuclear option), McCain rushed to save the D’s with his gang of eight. Several fine upstanding Conservatives judges got thrown in the trash, and the D’s preserved their right to filibuster anyone too conservative.
How did the D’s repay McCain? Well, when the R’s started to filibuster Obama extreme judge picks, there was no Democrat Gang of Eight, instead harry reid pushed the nuclear option button. Poof, now the D’s could ram through their picks with 50 votes.
Now, fast forward to Jan 2017, for the “cherry on cake”. When McConnell wanted to repay the D’s and get rid of the filibuster for Judges (the nuclear option), what did McCain do? HE VOTED AGAINST IT. And he called all the R’s who passed it, Dumb Beeps. In a loud voice. IOW, he fought twice to let the D’s fiilbuster Republican judge nominees. His objective “Principled” position in reality meant the D’s Could filibuster Republican judges but not the other way round!
You can take two views. One, McCain was dishonest and didn’t care about conservative judges and was really a liberal on social issues. Or, he was so Principled he was willing for the Republicans to lose and the Democrats win on this issue. Given McCain’s “Flexible” views on so many other issues, I’ll take door No. 1
Is Massie principled or a secret Democrat? You make the call.
5 years as a POW under the thumb of the NVA. McShame was the perfect Manchurian candidate.
Yep.
Having watched Massie’s former colleague, Justin Amish, I no longer trust the “principled” moniker.
I’ve noticed Massie’s silence on a lot of issues that should have had him screaming from the steps of the capitol, and yet he was AWOL.
He votes correctly most of the time, but then he pulls crap like Sundance outlined above…
We should no longer accept the baseline premise; instead, we should change the dynamic by killing the kidnapper.
> because it’s now kill or be killed, and so far they’re winning, time to even the score.
Get off the high horse and fight Mr Massie
> get out the brass knuckles and pound their faces.
There comes a time to ‘Fix Bayonets’!
> a blade is up close, personal, and the last word.
Fight dirty
> because that’s how they’re fighting, and so should you.
Fight ruthlessly
> everything goes when your life’s on the line.
Fight to survive
> because their goal is to kill you, so you must kill them first.
Fight like the third monkey on the ramp to Noah’s ark
> and it’s startin’ to rain.
Fight to win
> not to break even
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Effin’ A, Sundance, to all the above. Especially #1.
Government is exactly like a tumor that keeps growing until the cancer sets in and it is at the point of complete country destruction
It’s Bizarre…..A married couple will divorce over money, infidelity/cheating, constant lying, fraud, verbal abuse, physical abuse etc….But, when their Politician (supposed) Representative commits these same acts on them they won’t divorce the Politician….
Although, with the amount of election fraud maybe Voters have filed for divorce and we just don’t know it……
“Fighting dirty” is not the correct route if one want to reestablish the peoples’ house. One needs to be firm and consistent, one needs to act fairly if one want to maintain reciprocity which is the goal. But, one must enforce the theme of reciprocity that all must be responsible throughout to the level of voters at the local level. This means a much smaller government int the vein of Bastiat’s “The Law”.
It is more about articulating loudly and clearly the basics and voting to minimize one’s own power, returning that power to local control. Begin with elimination of the Dept of Education, Health and Human Services and so on down the line but for minimal cross-border rules where it matters as in inter-state transport, protection of national borders and etc.
If one wants fairness, one must only work thro riles that are fair. Dirty-fighting cannot be the Hallmark of a constitutional society.
I’ll bet you think it was wrong of Spain to kick out Muslims and their Jewish collaborators.
Yep. His was a a long justification for effemmanacy.
Abortion is now “women’s health”.
when 98% are used as an elective measure of birth control after the fact……even in the case of rape or incest the fetus and then growing embryo is an innocent human being that is guilty of no crime….name one other civil or criminal offense where we intentionally punish the innocent
Its even worse than that, they have morphed it, again into “reproductive health”.
Several initatives/referendums passed during the midterms, making a State Constitutional Amendment, to protect “Reproductive health rights”.
Many thought they were voting to protect abortions, not knowing they were also protecting a minor childs “right” to puberty blockers and trans surgeries, without parental consent, as well.
REPRODUCTIVE, means MORE than just babies, it means making yourself unproductive, as well.
Before your old enough to know better.
Yes, they are KILLING us, with WORDS.
Father of lies,…
As I said, break the machine.
I have been saying vote
on a dominion machine with a Paul Pelosi sex toy
Since 2020
They can’t give me a fair election, so I should take their so called election away from them!
Remember, absolutely no violence!
What would happen, if trucks can not make their way to Washington, DC. Break the machine, in any way you can, seems to be the message?
Remember, absolutely no violence!
I don’t understand your objection to Massie’s proposal. The House leadership will not be using their powers to fight the left, and even if they did, the three day rule will not affect this.
The only purpose of waiving the rule for Republican House leaders is so they can force through bills they have agreed with Democrat leadership.
I, too, am not clear on the objection to Massie’s proposal. The 2/3 requirement suggests that the 3-day “pretend to read it” period will be suspended only when there is strong bipartisan support for a bill. I suppose the objection is that if the Republicans propose a bill that has the Democrats’ support, then that bill is likely an expansion of government and certainly not a reduction in government.
I agree with Massie’s preference for a mandatory one-month digestion period with suspension only by something greater than a 2/3 majority and only in the case of an emergency which I suggest should be only a grave natural disaster or war.
Democrats win even when democrats lose. Been saying that for years.
Mark Stein famously remarked that when Democrats are in the majority, they hold power while when Republicans are in power, they hold seats.
2/3rds majority to pass bills?
I can see his point if the repubs were in the majority, and just lost the house.
…..but I could also see that any bills coming out of congress would have a tough uphill battle, and with crossover RINOs in the majority, this could be a good thing. Massie was the one who pointed out that no one in congress writes bills anymore, lobbyists do. Most of the bills that come out of congress suck for we the hoi polloi, but are good for the lobbyists.
Im not ready to throw rocks at Massie yet, and in my opinion, the fewer bills loaded with BS that come out of congress, the better. Lets see which R’s vote for, or against these rules changes for a better perspective. With the number of RINOs, and a slim majority, I doubt that any MAGA bills restricting govt largess will even make it out of committees under the current rules thanks to the 3 McFailures.
“Give your grandchildren the opportunity to remount the high horse and wax philosophically about the value of the constitution.”
Nothing motives me more than teaching my grandchildren how to be strong, independent, self-reliant people. It is what I live for.
Republicans are actors playing a role, reading from a script written by others, for the benefit of others, They can no more change the script than adjust the plot. But, we all have an idea how the story ends: things will get worse before they get better. The questions are how bad and for how long?
Contact Thomas Massie – he’ll hear your position.
He already knows our position!
Bent Over!
We can’t let it go on much longer!
Bravo- well said – excellent Point Sundance
Returning to regular order should be the goal. If the cycle of continuing resolutions and Omnibus bills isn’t broken, there is no hope.