Seattle is Dying?

[Barth]

We must teach our children and grandchildren the true meaning of Freedom.

[jeepster09]

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[wyntrout]

There's the problem... the Progressives/Liberals have had control of the schools through the teachers' unions for a long time and most of the teachers are indoctrinating the children, not teaching them about liberty, freedom, their rights, and the protection from the government that was written into our U.S. Constitution. The Constitution was written to LIMIT the GOVERNMENT, not the CITIZENS, and to protect our RIGHTS, not grant them.

Our country was a place to come to be free to prosper and enjoy the fruits of our labor without a tyrannical government acting as our lord and master. Much has changed... mostly due to the schools indoctrinating the children to be subjects... sheeple... dependent on the government for EVERYTHING.

Anyone with at least half a brain can see that everyone can't have everything for free, for who would work... when they can get the same as anyone sitting on their behinds.

We are definitely getting to the point where over half the people are not working and the ones who are working are starting to see where things are headed... with more and more "rights" being demanded or offered by a "political class" that deems itself elite and our betters, and more able to decided what's best for us... as they grow their own little empires and keep increasing taxes and regulations on the remaining working class.

We've seen this many times all over the world with Socialism, Communism, and Progressive One-World type movements and takeovers.

Trump saved us from Hillary or we would have had another civil war, but I think it's just a respite. Most kids are taught that the government can provide everything and knows best. No having been taught real history and government... OUR government and history, not the revised crap.

All of our income is from the government... retired USAF and Social Security. I thought we were really doomed because Obummer was trying to fail our government. I don't think that Trump can save us from the entrenched Progressives with their cadre of indoctrinated youth.

I live in a bad place for defense, but moving back to Texas is sounding iffier all of the time... O'Rourke almost beat Cruz for Senator and there are more and more immigrants coming into Texas, along with the Liberals flocking to Austin, San Francisco East.

We almost moved to the Tacoma area 22 years ago because wifey liked it up there. She changed her mind, fortunately, and I was happy to come here to NE Florida, but would love to get somewhere with a little land and be able to shoot a gun off the back porch... without anyone complaining or being arrested!

Dang... need to get on the treadmill and get my day going! It's afternoon and I have a lot to do!

Sorry to be so pessimistic. I try not to think of all that negativity, but drift to those thoughts now and again... too often!

[Bobshouse]

I really wish this board had a like button.

[Bawanna]

"We almost moved to the Tacoma"

Tacoma is the septic tank for Seattle, your sooooooo lucky you didn't move there even 22 years ago.

I wouldn't even go there after dusk.

[wyntrout]

Like, cry, laugh... even the "hate" button from Facebook. We don't really need a lot more posts to just like something.

Wifey thought better of "her plans" to go to the NW and we decided the SE was cheaper and I wanted to be near the Ocean, not the Gulf.

Now I wish we could have stayed in Texas, but away from the big cities. I don't know how long that will last. I keep thinking about some apocalypse and the all of the unprepared needy ones pouring out of the urban areas to share everyone else's stuff.

I would have to win the lottery to afford the out-of-the-way bunker that I would want for an off-grid retreat.

I guess I'm saving a lot of guns and ammo for someone... in the end.

Well, hopefully the future will get better with the Donald's intervention. He sure saved us from Hillary and the complete demise of everything that we know and cherish... but there's still a long uphill battle against the Left and all of the brain-washed youth supporting them.

At least I got me a .308 and when I get through with these danged radiation treatments 5 days a week, maybe I can get to the range and sight in my latest upper and accessories. I'm through 9 weeks on the 11th of April. Then I can start seeing all of the other specialists that I've been ignoring... even the dentist.

I'm very lucky and SEEM to have good health after 13+ months of sessions on my treadmill every other day and doing exercise and stretches. I can walk nearly forever and run for a few minutes. All of those "minor" aches and pains sure add up though. But I hope to be good for another 30 years or so... want to see 100 and maybe 60 years or more with my wife of 33 years now, as of the 22nd.

I hope that the new Attorney General cleans house and gets after the last administration. All of them are corrupt and ought to be in prison... some for real treason, including Obummer and Hitlery.

[wyntrout]

Dang! I guess that I hijacked another thread!

[Bobshouse]

What were we talking about?

Well no matter, looks like I'm stuck here in California, holding down the fort.

Bawanna, I would take Tacoma over staying here. A small house on the cliff above the papermill where you get the sounds from I-5 and the smells of whatever they are cooking down there. Maybe even South Lakewood, where the streets are lined with beauties who make you feel like your the best looking guy they have ever seen....even if your wife is in the car with you.

[Planedude]

Dang! I guess that I hijacked another thread!

Thats okay sir, if things keep going the way they have we may all WANT to go to Cuba... Those folks already know how to enjoy a good revoloution!

[JohnR]

I wonder how the Cuba Commies would withstand having a couple million gun-totin' red blooded Americans immigrate to their island. The "migrant crisis" can work both ways!

[gale155]

Russia has nothing to do with the decline of America...it's all the result of internal leftists, IMO. It all goes back to Saul Alinsky, author of "Rules for Radicals", which reads like a playbook for leftists in the U.S. today. Former Columbia University professors Richard Cloward and Francis Piven authored the "Cloward-Piven Strategy", drawing heavily on Alinsky's theories. All three hated the U.S. as founded, and were devout anti-capitalists. They suggested that the way to topple the U.S. and capitalism was to bankrupt the system from within...primarily by overloading the welfare and social programs. Sound familiar? That's exactly what we're seeing today.

Although you won't hear it reported in the lamestream media, several years ago Hillary Clinton publicly stated that Saul Alinsky was her mentor. It's well known that the two met on several occasions, so there's no big surprise there.

Leftist organizations funded by George Soros are at play here...Acorn is just one of many.

[Bawanna]

Probably had a 3 some with Bernie Sanders and Pelosi probably filmed it.

[gale155]

Probably had a 3 some with Bernie Sanders and Pelosi probably filmed it.

That conjures up a rather disgusting image.

[getsome]

One of the long time members here DowntownV sends stuff to my email from time to time and I noticed a footnote at the bottom of the last one I hadn't noticed before:

"There is no difference between communism and socialism except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end. Communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide"......... Ayn Rand

Something to think about.....

[wyntrout]

That's one of my favorite quotes by Ayn Rand.