Patriotic Resistance -- Thomas Sowell

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Patriotic Resistance -- Thomas Sowell

Posted October 19, 2009 04:58:21
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I have noted that many elected officials, both Democrats and Republicans, called upon America to unite behind Obama.

Well, I want to make it clear to all who will listen that I "AM NOT" uniting behind Obama. However, I promise to give our country the devoted loyalty of a patriot.

I will respect the Office which he holds, and I will acknowledge his abilities as an orator and wordsmith and pray for him, BUT that is it.

I have begun today to see what I can do to make sure he is a one-term President!

Why am I doing this? It is because I do not share Obama's vision or value system for America;

I do not share his Abortion beliefs;

I do not share his radical Marxist's concept of re-distributing wealth;

I do not share his stated views on raising taxes on those who make $150,000+ (the ceiling has been changed three times since August);

I do not share his view that America is arrogrant;

I do not share his view that America is not a Christian Nation;

I do not share his view that the military should be reduced by 25%;

I do not share his view of amnesty and giving more to illegals than American Citizens who need help;

I do not share his views on homosexuality and his definition of marriage;

I do not share his views that Radical Islam is our friend and Israel is our enemy who should give up any land;

I do not share his spiritual beliefs (at least the ones he has made public);

I do not share his beliefs on how to re-work the healthcare system in America ;

I do not share his Strategic views of the Middle East, and certainly do not share his plan to sit down with terrorist regimes such as Iran .

Bottom line, my America is vastly different from Obama's, and I have a higher obligation to my Country and my God to do what is right!

For eight (8) years, the Liberals in our Society, led by numerous entertainers who would have no platform and no real credibility, but for their celebrity status, have attacked President Bush, his family, and his spiritual beliefs!

They have not moved toward the center in their beliefs and their philosophies, and they never came together nor compromised their personal beliefs for the betterment of our Country! They have portrayed my America as a land where everything is tolerated except being intolerant!

They have been a vocal and irreverent minority for years;

They have mocked and attacked the very core values so important to the founding and growth of our Country;

They have made every effort to remove the name of God or Jesus Christ from our Society;

They have challenged capital punishment, the right to bear firearms, and the most basic principles of our criminal code;

They have attacked one of the most fundamental of all Freedoms, the right of free speech!

Unite behind Obama? Never!

I am sure many of you who read this think that I am going overboard, but I refuse to retreat one more inch in favor of those whom I believe are the embodiment of Evil!

PRESIDENT BUSH made many mistakes during his Presidency, and I am not sure how history will judge him. However, I believe he weighed his decisions in light of the long established Judeo-Christian principles of our Founding Fathers!!!

Majority rules in America , and I will honor the concept; however, I will fight with all of my power to be a voice in opposition to Obama and "his goals for America ."

I am going to be a thorn in the side of those who, if left unchecked, will destroy our country! Any more compromise is more defeat!

I pray that the results of this election will wake up many who have sat on the sidelines and allowed the Socialist-Marxist anti-God crowd to slowly change so much of what has been good in America !

"Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." (Thomas Jefferson)

God bless you and God bless our Country!!!

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+3 raves Average American October 20, 2009 06:53:29

But is he a racist? lol.
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Old Sailor November 08, 2009 02:08:25

God bless you. I agree with you 100%. I can't believe that so many good American citizens can quietly stand by while we let this administration destroy what we and our forefathers have fought and died for.I am scared to death and mad as hell about it.
Tom from kentucky
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HH November 05, 2009 14:13:53

Thomas Sowell echos the sentiment of my family. I know very few people in agreement with any one of the current administrations efforts to "change" our nation into a 3rd world country. As I understand Pres. Obama's reasons, it is so we can be like other nations? This madness has got to stop and we must stand up and be proactive. Now is the time to make a "change" beginning with local state and congressional elections. The power of the vote has not been eliminated (yet). Let's not be all talk.
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Peyton Myers November 02, 2009 21:28:09

Very well put Mr. Sowell. Your right on track with what obama has said and done. I would like to help you be a thorn in his side until the man is out of office and no longer a threat to this great country! I also feel that what he is doing is making our country weak, bringing it to an all time low. If he is left unchecked, he will ruin this country. Your also right about him being evil. He is evil in every fashion only the devil could imagine.

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Earl Williams November 02, 2009 18:29:41 (edited)

Mr. Sowell "Our Founding Fathers" believed your ancestors and progeny were less than human. Thomas Jefferson believed the same. As I perused the litany of your diatribe it just appears to be the same "conservative" arguments rehashed with no justification of your beliefs. It appears you are angry because you believe your Harvard degree has been sullied by affirmative action. If so please don't allow that to stymy your ability to be logical and reasonable.
Ken "Do... to Earl Wi... November 02, 2009 18:36:55

How wrong you are! Here is what "Our Founding Fathers," including Thomas Jefferson, believed about slavery:

"It were doubtless to be wished, that the power of prohibiting the importation of slaves had not been postponed until the year 1808, or rather that it had been suffered to have immediate operation. But it is not difficult to account, either for this restriction on the general government, or for the manner in which the whole clause is expressed. It ought to be considered as a great point gained in favor of humanity, that a period of twenty years may terminate forever, within these States, a traffic which has so long and so loudly upbraided the barbarism of modern policy; that within that period, it will receive a considerable discouragement from the federal government, and may be totally abolished, by a concurrence of the few States which continue the unnatural traffic, in the prohibitory example which has been given by so great a majority of the Union. Happy would it be for the unfortunate Africans, if an equal prospect lay before them of being redeemed from the oppressions of their European brethren!"
-- James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 42

"Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, or morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are...

How wrong you are! Here is what "Our Founding Fathers," including Thomas Jefferson, believed about slavery:

"It were doubtless to be wished, that the power of prohibiting the importation of slaves had not been postponed until the year 1808, or rather that it had been suffered to have immediate operation. But it is not difficult to account, either for this restriction on the general government, or for the manner in which the whole clause is expressed. It ought to be considered as a great point gained in favor of humanity, that a period of twenty years may terminate forever, within these States, a traffic which has so long and so loudly upbraided the barbarism of modern policy; that within that period, it will receive a considerable discouragement from the federal government, and may be totally abolished, by a concurrence of the few States which continue the unnatural traffic, in the prohibitory example which has been given by so great a majority of the Union. Happy would it be for the unfortunate Africans, if an equal prospect lay before them of being redeemed from the oppressions of their European brethren!"
-- James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 42

"Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, or morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, 1816

"I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil."
-- Patrick Henry, letter to Robert Pleasants, January 18, 1773

"Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography, 1821

"[The Convention] thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men."
-- James Madison, Records of the Convention, August 25, 1787

"There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it."
-- George Washington, letter to Robert Morris, April 12, 1786

"We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man."
-- James Madison, speech at the Constitutional Convention, June 6, 1787

I have more, many, many more, if these aren't enought to convince you of your error.
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Rich November 02, 2009 18:13:08

More known people such as yourself needs to be saying this.
Freeranger November 01, 2009 22:48:26

As dead on as a Marine sniper.
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Mary Gillum November 01, 2009 14:49:52

I totally agree with everything you have said. Prayer is so powerful and I hope all Christians will unite in praying for our country. God Bless You.
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Alex Cote October 31, 2009 19:17:39

I fully agree and am truly disheartened by the "Hollywood' atmosphere surrounding this administration. Bye the way, you do not salute withou being in uniform or wearing your "lid". It's called military courtesy and is taught the first week of basic training.
Alex C
Ken "Do... to Alex Cote October 31, 2009 21:08:20

True, we never saluted in the Navy or Marines unless we were "covered" and we were never "covered" indoors unless we were "under arms," which included wearing a duty belt when you were on watch.
rocketscntst October 31, 2009 04:53:43

As a long-time fan of Thomas Sowell, this does not sound like him, although I agree with what's said. How do you verify authenticity?
Ken "Do... to rockets... October 31, 2009 05:29:52

I'm a long-time fan too, and I usually get his columns off TownHall.com but I don't recall where I got this, and no, I didn't authenticate it. I tried to check it out but found nothing on it .
Ken "Do... to rockets... October 31, 2009 21:19:39

After your question I went back and again attempted to authenticate the quote. I found it on several websites attributed to Thomas Sowell, but always in the form of an email. I again checked snopes and, while they do address a number of quotes attributed to Sowell (finding some of them falsely so) they do not address this particular quote. However, looking back at the quote, I believe that a large part of it does sound like Sowell's style:

"I have noted that many elected officials, both Democrats and Republicans, called upon America to unite behind Obama.

Well, I want to make it clear to all who will listen that I "AM NOT" uniting behind Obama. However, I promise to give our country the devoted loyalty of a patriot.

I will respect the Office which he holds, and I will acknowledge his abilities as an orator and wordsmith and pray for him, BUT that is it."

To me this passage, especially the first sentence, sounds just like Thomas Sowell's style, though I suspect that the "all caps" may have been added by someone for emphasis.
me October 22, 2009 16:00:54 (edited)

Don't know who this man is but he has pretty much summed up our current government. I, like him, can't unite behind a person who thinks when he managed to worm his way into office somehow that it wasn't a presidency but a dictatorship. We the people ..............better unite but not behind this man (BO). Against him.
Ken "Do... to me October 22, 2009 16:22:44

Thomas Sowell is an economist, a Resident Scholar at the Hoover Institute of Stanford University. His columns are published regularly onlin at TownHall.com.
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jscusmc69 October 21, 2009 15:51:30

We can do several things----In 2010 GET rid of ALL those in DC that we can AND give a mandate to those we send AND LEAVE in place--CONGRESS to INVESTIGATE OBAMA and his ANTI-AMERICAN ties.
IT should be MADE clear if the NEW CONGRESS doesn't do this then WE the PEOPLE would assume the reins of OUR Government--with or without them!
Ken "Do... to jscusmc69 October 21, 2009 18:39:17

At a bare minimum there should be public hearings on each and every radical, Marxis "czar" Obama has appointed and their anti-American, anti-Constitution advocacy in the past and present. The statements of his current crop of "czars" who will control our medial and limit the right to freedom of the press and freedom of speech border on the treasonous.
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you betcha October 21, 2009 13:59:48

Another insightful piece by Sowell. Thanks, Ken!
Ken "Do... to you betcha October 21, 2009 18:40:02

You Betcha!
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Cher October 21, 2009 13:18:28

Not only don't I share Obama's views, but I don't share Saul Alinsky's views or George Soro's views, Obama's puppeteers.
Great post!