The outdated 2nd amendment.
It is interesting to see all of the chickens coming home to roost. The progeny of the Americans who participated in the murder, theft, and slavery that paved the way for millions of illegal European immigrants to pursue the "American Dream", now begins to self destruct from within, while they circle the wagons, and speak of protecting themselves from the most powerful army in the world with the use of personal firearms. It is like a pathetic scene from a Shakespearean Tragedy. The Second Amendment is a placebo that cannot protect the American people from the Karma already set into motion, nor a tyrannical U.S. government.
Well, it's quite obvious where your "Superior Understanding" & "Command of the English" language permeates from ---->
I can show you exactly where the Amendment Grants a "Well Regulated Miiltia" , and ONLY a Well Regulated Militia the Explicit Authority to Bear ARMS ~ Where within the same document does it say you as an individual, can bear arms and use them against the United States of America if you feel Tyranny is in the Air? ~
"Tyranny" is an easy word to spell, a word which could have been easily INSERTED within the Amendment if this was the INTENT of our founders ~ But it wasn't and it's NOT ~
And Common Core is a great world-wide educational system too. The world is in a wonderful state. No need for improvement, concern or protection. The Globalists are not set out to implement Agenda 21 and borders will not become obsolete in their plan to rule the world.
Thank Goodness!
Now we can all go back to contemplating our navels.
(Not to mention our bare arms.)
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago
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Of course, why use positive energy, prayer, or any alternative means of protection that might take a little effort, when we can simply buy a gun and blow someones head off. Besides, it is the manly thing to do; isn't it? I am forever reminded why the series "All In The Family" was such a big hit. A great majority of Americans still subscribe to what I have labeled: Archie Logic & Edith Acquiescence.Do you know how to emanate the kind of love it would take to ward off really bad guys?
Until we all have that kind of love in our hearts …
of course we can practice, but mean while
polish up a sword!
Both prayer and positive energy have a basis in human science. But the science is not advanced enough to explain this phenomena. Science could not explain,nor was even aware of cell phone technology 500 years ago. Nevertheless, anyone who might have possessed such technology in the 15th century could have still used cell phones, just as we do today. I have witnessed many miracles in my lifetime that were a direct result of prayer, and positive energy. You obviously know nothing of either. My belief is not based on faith, but on my own experience. Perhaps you feel cheated. In that case, you should talk to God.
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
In the ideal situation a gun may help your sister, but except for in the movies, these ideal moments rarely occur. She would literally have to carry the gun upon her person at all times, since she could not possibly know when and where a confrontation may occur. Furthermore. if he also has a weapon, since he is the aggressor, there is a greater likelihood that he will kill your sister before she has time to react.
A much more effective solution is prayer. But I am not speaking of the way that many so-called Christians pray. Look at it this way: When we are studying to learn a particular trade, language, or discipline, we do not devote 5 or ten minutes to our studies once or twice a week! On the contrary,we will devote many hours of study in order to achieve our goal. Along with time spent, their are certain techniques, and methods of learning that we employ to facilitate, and to expedite the process. This is how we must approach prayer. The technique that you must learn to employ is the art of visualization. There are many resources on line and books that can teach you how to do this. Visualization is an important aspect of prayer. You are not only reaching out to God, but you are actively participating in the process.
And what can be the possible outcome of such prayer? There are many possibilities. This man may have a sudden change of heart , and give up his evil ways. He may be motivated to move to another city, or even leave the state, or the country. He may also suffer a brain aneurysm, or his heart may suddenly, and unexpectedly stop beating. At any rate, you will be able to neutralize the problem with prayer. A gun is a dangerous and very primitive form of self-defense. Do not be deceived by mindless donkeys and baboons who will tell you otherwise!
You claim that prayer is foolishness. You have also often stated in the past that you do not believe in God. But now you comment:
" After all, if God's plan is for you to be beaten or killed, you will be beaten or killed. If it isn't, you won't. And all the prayer in the world isn't going to change God's plan for you."
So now you are claiming to be an authority on God; a God you don't even believe in! Furthermore, if you truly believe your own words, then you will have to admit that if God's plan is for you to be beaten or killed, then a gun isn't going to save you either. This is according to your own words, and once again I will leave you standing in the corner.
Anyone can see that the responses to my original comment are indicative of what is wrong with the world. None of you have read, or understood my original comment. Your responses provide evidence of this. I was very clear in stating that prayer involved work, study, and an understanding of the art of visualization. All of you who have responded obviously perceive prayer from a simplistic, Judeo- Christian perspective. Prayer is not a matter of taking 5 minutes to ask Santa Claus for help when you find yourself in a bad situation.
Prayer is a weapon that can be used and directed at a target, just as any other weapon. The United States government has taken the power of mind over matter seriously for a number of years. During the last 20 years, the U.S. government has spent well over 20 million dollars on psychic research. Material weapons have no will of their own. When you control the will of the man holding the gun, then the gun becomes useless. If the general public should ever understand the true power that each individual possesses, world governments would no longer be able to subjugate and control the masses.
This is why the government does not acknowledge a great amount of their research to the public.There is a scientific basis for this phenomena. There is an electrical field that surrounds the brain, as well as the entire human body. Brain waves can be transmitted just like radio waves over great distances. The mind and the body of a receiver can be affected through the transmission of brain waves. When such a transmission is combined with the power of God through prayer, there is no weapon known to man that can stand against it.
There is no need for a second amendment, or even a Constitution. We only need to learn how to pray.
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
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As I said, there are there are resources online that can help you learn this.However,here is an example of the method I started using when I was 9 years old to make people call me on the telephone:
Find a quite place. Close your eyes and visualize the person's home. Visualize their address. Don't say the words in your mind but instead "see" the address like you might look from the street and see the house number on the house, or their name or address on the mailbox. See as much detail as you can. Visualize yourself walking into their house. Imagine they are sitting in a chair, or standing by a window. Now, visualize the person picking up their phone . Visualize them dialing each number,or using the keypad. See the numbers, and even hear them say the numbers out loud as they dial. Now see them put the phone to their ear. Hear the sound of your phone ringing. Remember, paint the picture in your minds eye with as much detail as possible. Repeat this process with intervals of several minutes in between until the person calls. It is important to remember that you must send the receiver images, or pictures instead of words. You are showing them exactly what to do, but they will think it was their idea.
Once you master this you can get more creative. After a while you won't have to worry about using a gun for protection. It's the predator who will need protection from you!
P.S. It is important that you "believe". A skeptic will never make this work. Belief that you can do this is a key component. It even says in the Bible: "The faith of a mustard seed can move a mountain." This should be taken literally.
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
This BAD A$$ GUN was Banned in US! But, I would like this gun in MY purse! How come i cannot have it?
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http://www.zdnet.com/article/worlds-sma … ers-fears/
Archie Bunker insulted a lot of people simply because he lived in a state of fear and self-loathing. The world was just too big for Archie; simply to complex, and too hard to understand.
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
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I want to share this meme here.
Yes, it is!- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
No Doug, you've got your figures wrong. I have been studying American racist rhetoric for years. You can slip that by a lot of people but I simply know better. Bartolome de las Casas estimated in the mid 16th century that his countrymen had killed 40 million of my people. And that was just in the beginning!
And I implied nothing. If the shoe doesn't fit then you don't have to wear it. Why so defensive? You also bring up the classic "stop living in the past" rhetoric. That is quite interesting since most Americans are still living in the past. When they visit the monument at Mt. Rushmore ,they are living in the past. When they celebrate Columbus Day, they are living in the past. When they celebrate the 4th of July they are living in the past. When they put the faces of dead presidents on coin and currency, they are living in the past. And when they sing a national anthem that was written in 1814, they are most certainly living in the past.
I live today, but I will always honor those who came before; those brave warriors who fought to prevent an abomination like Los Angeles,or New York City, from ever rising up out of the Earth. There are many like me, and we are working to create a better world. And that world will not be a continuation of this one, but a continuation of the world that was so rudely interrupted in 1492. It is a very strange thing: the man who glorifies industrial pollution,asphalt, poverty, and war, and then justifies it all with a Constitution. In the world that is coming such a man will not exist. In fact, he will not even be remembered. Hafa Adai!
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
The fiction that you have produced here is legendary, and is as American as apple pie. If you want to learn American History, it is available to you, and anyone else who seeks the truth. But my experience tells me that you and others here are not interested in a truth that could solve the problems your nation faces today. It is sad that the average American will cling to the foolishness of violence, and the Second Amendment, and consequently continue on a path to destruction.
They would rather destroy themselves and the world around them, than admit that for 500 years they have been following the wrong path, and that their only progress is the progression of a terminal disease. It is ironic that you have suggested I am filled with hate, when in truth I am one of the few who have taken the time to show you the way out of a burning building. The American people have nothing to fear from the North Koreans, or the Muslims. The only terrorist threat they need be concerned about is the one that began in 1452, with the issuance of the Papal Bull "Dum Diversas". I have seen what is coming, and if this country does not change it's course, the very Earth itself will spit her out like a rotten Cheeseburger.
The picture that accompanies my succinct, and timely reply ,exemplifies the futility of materialism, or any imagined protection from the inevitable natural conclusion of corruptible flesh. In a day, a week, a month, and a year from now, there will be more killing,death,mayhem, and destruction. "Same As It Ever Was", in a world full of "reasonable" people just like yourself. Yes, I am very disappointed.
Your comments and assessments are based on a limited understanding of History. It is the Catholic Church under Pope Nicholas the V that laid the foundation for racism, sanctioned the atrocities against the Indigenous, and gave it's blessing to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. It is all written and well documented by European scholars.
The world was not then , nor is it now controlled by peasants. The world is controlled by the rich and the powerful. A majority of the settlers who came to this continent were peasants who had no power whatsoever. It does not matter what they thought of the Catholic Church, or the nobility, just like it does not matter today. If the Catholic Church had wanted to stop the genocide, they could have used their power and influence to do so at anytime during the last 500 years, but they did not. Through the Papal Bull, Dum Diversas, they planted the seed that laid the foundation for white supremacy and racism in America, and throughout the world; a racism that was eagerly embraced by the colonialist peasantry. Manifest Destiny, and the racism that followed helped to assuage the guilt of Christians, and gave them a justification for the cruelties inflicted upon the African and the Indigenous people. Manifest Destiny is rooted in Zionism, and the Catholic Church. The genocide continues all across this continent today, yet many are not even aware.
P.S.
Let's not kid ourselves. You say the settlers came for freedom. On this point we can agree. Many came for the freedom to steal land, and to freely satisfy their sexual desires. With impunity, the Colonialists could freely rape and enslave young girls and women of African and Indigenous heritage. God Bless America.
This forum is expected to accept this distorted segment of history as evidence that George Washington harbored anti-Indian sentiments during the American Revolution. However, after adding the historical details conveniently omitted from the narrative, a totally different picture emerges.
The American Revolution literally splintered the Iroquois Federation and ruptured the unity of the Six Nations. Most Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga, and Cayuga sided with the British while most of the Tuscarora and the Oneida Nations supported the American patriots fighting for independence from the crown.
In 1779, following the Cobleskill, Wyoming Valley, and Cherry Valley massacres, George Washington issued an order to Major General John Sullivan to eliminate the joint Iroquois and British attacks bring death and destruction to the American settlements in the Finger Lakes Region of Western New York. Major General Sullivan fulfilled his mission to overrun that part of the country and to totally destroy the Iroquois-British alliance. {1}
In less than four months, the Sullivan Expedition fought only one major battle. The Iroquois, on the other hand, fled to the North just ahead of the advancing Continental Army. Sullivan met little resistance as he destroyed crops, decimated the Iroquois economic infrastructure, and leveled about 40 abandoned villages. Many of the indigenous people sought the protection of the British forces at Fort Niagara, but most perished during that same winter because the British lacked the resources to provide enough food and shelter. {2}
So, after adding the parts of the narrative omitted from the article mentioned in the post above, George Washington’s instructions to Major General John Sullivan were not an expression of anti-Indian sentiment at all. Rather, his command to General Sullivan was a military directive aimed at eliminating a formidable native force that was killing patriots on behalf of the Crown. Iroquois that supported the American cause were not destroyed by Washington’s military strategy but the Iroquois that chose to attack American settlements and to fight alongside America’s enemies did endure a significant amount of carnage and annihilation.
{1} https://web.archive.org/web/20061012154 … bc3882c0c6
See The American Revolution
{2} http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/ent … th_century
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
Like many other times in the past, you started out a winner, but you should have quit while you were ahead! Like I have already stated ad nauseum, if the cruelties here before the arrival of Columbus had equaled all the cruelties that came after, there would have been no one here left for Columbus to kill. I will continue to pray for all of you who seek the protection of a gun and a useless document, instead of the loving kindness that remains captive ... and hidden in your hearts.Wrench Biscuit wrote, "Guns have only lead to more guns and more death. The intelligent path is through prayer, and an outpouring of love upon humanity. A Weapon of Prayer is the only thing strong enough to destroy the ruling class, and to free ourselves from the cesspool of their evil empire."
This statement has crossed my mind several times since I first read it. I believe that you are sounding the alarm for God's people to pray.
I just read an article by Dutch Sheets and was reminded of your statement and wanted to let you know that it did not go unnoticed.
http://www.dutchsheets.org/im-sounding- … c99cf85f60
Appeal to Heaven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tree_Flag
Thank you. I followed the link. I can relate to his frustration, and I applaud him for his continued efforts and belief in prayer. The 5 human senses are very limited. Too many people define reality with these limited senses, and dismiss things unheard, and things not seen. It is only human arrogance that leads men to believe that they simply "materialized" along with the universe, without the influence of a superior being, or force. I have wondered if God has created two types of human: The soulless who only serve a particular function in the material world, and men who possess a soul with the potential to transcend this animal nature. Of course a soulless man would not believe in God, since he is only going back into the dust. I am reminded of the "replicants" in the 1982 movie "Blade Runner". It was quite pitiful.
Okay, I hope you will indeed try and come back to explain yourself here.
Can't wait.
Meanwhile, I hope your DNA molecules enjoy themselves.
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
Is but an image of a REAL assault weapon . TOTALLY fake !, Why ? Because it can only fire one round of ammo with one pull of the trigger ! As legally defined for civilian ownership . Granted --------,there is little visual difference -----between the military version and the civilian version except for it's internal operation .
However , and to my point ! Anti-gun advocates group BOTH types of guns[ in fact all types of guns ] as assault weapons for the ease of their war against ALL gun ownership AND a the second amendment as well ! That is the sad part of our two cultures EVER reaching any serious compromises in the legal and ethical , moral or comprehensive ADDITIONAL limitations in gun control legislation !
Anti's have no care nor any concern for separating any groups or categories of gun ownership, one from another,, Nor do they separate Legal and Law abiding owners from those who legally or Illegally acquire , use in the commission of a crime , or otherwise commit crimes with guns.
TO ANTI GUN ADVOCATES ,THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ELMER FUDD IN HIS PLAID HUNTING HAT AND JACKET CHASING BUGGS BUNNY AROUND A HOLE IN THE GROUND - THE THE JOHN HINKLEY'S , THE LEE HARVEY OSWALDS', OR THE ISIS TERRORIST'S .
It is this deliberately manufactured political misconception , that anti -gun advocates use to keep any common sense approaches to ANY further gun control , even practical controls , from happening .
Any that proves intent as to what they really want - An ALL OUT ban on ALL guns , and a re-peal of the ENTIRE second amendment ! - ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
A little something that would mean little to anyone but myself and my own family history . BUT I do love it when the reality of our colonial past's is ignored by TODAY"S forums ! LOL
~ Too Bad for Republicans living in "Pretend Land" that one continuous sentence BEGINS with 4 easy to understand ENGLISH WORDS ~
"A Well Regulated Militia" ~
NOT only is affiliation with a Militia a requirement to Keep & Bear Arms, but our founders insisted that it must be "A Well Regulated Militia" with Leaders, and Rules, and Regulations, and Restrictions, and Comprehensive Training, and Protocol, and Supervision, and Monitoring, and Structure etc etc ~ ALL those little inconvenient Organizational, Safety & Protective Measures which republicans Despise ~
Simple Concept with Crystal Clear Language ~So Doug, you are asking ALL of us to believe your STORIES, FAIRYTALES & FABLES depicting what you imagine life was like WAY back in the EARLY 1800's versus the VERBATIM words actually written into the 2cnd Amendment by the FOUNDERS ~ We don't even have an ACCURATE Real Life Portrait of George Washington, he could have been African American
or Apache for all we know, but you can describe exactly what happened over 2 Centuries AGO?? ~
If it's not incorporated into the Amendment, it means NOTHING ~
Thanks for the EFFORT Doug, but I'll take the FOUNDERS Words instead While those individuals wallowing in "Republican Pretend Land" have tried MIGHTILY to make "A Well Regulated Militia" miraculously DISAPPEAR from the passage in question, I have NEVER attempted to Add or Subtract text, Alter or Modify the 2cnd Amendment in any way ~ I don't need to because I interpret it the ONLY way it can be ~ Once Again, Read it and WEEP ~
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
As it CLEARLY States, a Pre-Condition to Keep & Bear Arms is AFFILIATION with the Military ~
If you HONESTLY Believe our Founders would ALLOW a bunch of Drunk Pilgrims to run around the Countryside with Loaded Guns in Hand, I have a nice big shiny "Liberty Bell" for sale ~
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
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Liberals won't be happy until all our kids are jacked up on some image of a utopian society , where there are no evil doer's like gun owners , knives or baseball bats , mean angry republicans and wild and crazy sports-shooters at gun ranges , Let's turn "our swords to plowshares" , our gun ranges to soccer fields or parade grounds -where the trophy for each white pajama'ed child awaits her or him or whatever child , at the sidelines .
Anyone ever consider the following , pot use has grown like three times in the last fifteen years ! Combine that with the fact that every "problem child " in America has his own medicine cabinet ? Heroin use is growing through the roof faster than the pot in your basement stash . Even prescription drug addictions from pill friendly doctors is on a major increase ?
Face fact's people American youth and young "adult " minds are probably , permanently chemically altered .
Add that with the fact that every pair of hands under twenty five has an electronic device permanently attached to their forearms where there used to be actual hands ! Yea , I can't figure why we don't all just love each other to pieces either .
I believe one of the largest issues in America is how at a certain age these same socially altered minds have to face the reality of advancing into adulthood , Where if they go to the theater and they don't play the movie YOU want ; you can open up on them like a video warrior !
Control your mis-fitting kids - I'll control my guns . - ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
Written in 8th GRADE Language? Really? I would take issue with that assertion but if you are indeed correct, perhaps that explains why so MANY republicans Mis-Interpret and Mis-Understand the 2cnd Amendment which in REALITY, is a BAN on ARMS unless in the Military ~
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I mean after all, remotely situated rural republicans who live FAR FAR away from civilization are typically the Human Breed which advocates “Home Schooling” ~ Just look at the PALIN Clan, if they are NOT Home Schooled I don't know what went WRONG there ~
For the BENEFIT of republicans who seem to have difficulty in comprehension, maybe we should RE-TRANSLATE a few copies of the Constitution to 2cnd GRADE English, a little less SOPHISTICATED, so they too can DISCOVER the TRUE meaning ~ ~While Republicans WASTE time "PRETENDING" to Decipher "INTENT", or SECRET Hidden Codes, I'll simply READ the CLEAR & Concise WORDS ~
There really is NO Mystery if you Understand English ~ ~
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"
It's really easy to figure out. It's called "reading comprehension". Of course "the people" is referring to the militia. If we follow your logic, then " all of the people" necessarily must also mean 5 year old kids, people who are legally insane, and citizens who are enemies of the state! The amendment doesn't clarify one way or another in these cases since it assumes the reader would have at least a little common sense.
LOL! That's my favorite thing about Obama. All of the racists have had to live in a country ruled by a black man with a Muslim name for 8 years! I would have never dreamed it could get this good in 1977. This even tops "Custers Last Stand". Face it Doug: We are already living under the oppression of tyranny. Have been since 1913. Nobody's done a damn thing about it. That kills your theory of solidarity.
I was simply stating facts Doug. Furthermore, the world is not as black and white as many would like to believe.Turning the other cheek is the movement of a superior intellect. My own personal shortcomings have no affect on the truth. And in spite of my carnal nature, I do recognize the truth. God knows I have a weakness for full figured women who like to talk dirty. God also knows I celebrate the underdog when he is victorious over his oppressor. It is absurd to think that God would expect to just add water and then voila; we ourselves become instant gods! We are only expected to grow. Look at me Doug, I am growing, and soon I will tower above them all!
You just identified the problem. Everybody wants to go with the flow. That's why Doug got put in the penalty box recently. Obviously someone was offended by an honest opinion. That's not to say that I would invite him over for dinner, but if I expect to have freedom of speech then others must have it as well. The censorship that goes on in these forums is proof of how the Constitution is more and more becoming a worthless document; nothing but a paper tiger. We are not supposed to upset the flow with harsh words, or a differing opinion .
The Second Amendment is truly outdated. I understand completely the concerns expressed on all sides about self-defense. Of course I do. I'm sitting here with a toothache that I've had for 3 days. How could I not empathize with anyone who seeks protection from pain and suffering? But those days are gone. A tyrannical government won't necessarily come after the citizenry with guns. Most likely they would come with chemical, or biological agents. Just look how successful they were with smallpox, and that was 500 years ago! An armed militia would be defenseless against such measures.
- ahorsebackposted 9 years ago0
The original citizen soldier , he wasn't army , navy, marine , there was no distinction between man and soldier , they were all soldiers . Important ,THERE WAS NO MALITIA , what there were was farmers , shoe makers , sail -makers, saw mill workers , pig farmers and loggers . Stevedores and freight haulers .
The idea that there was a distinction between militia and a farmer is ludicrous ! That is exactly where "WE THE PEOPLE " actually came from . We were not loaded down with career politicians either ! They were citizen leaders and cow farmers , congressmen and news paper men .
There was only ONE , " We the people" , unlike todays masses of ingrates .
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