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2024-02-18 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-02-18 03:39|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [32 views ] Top

#1 What does America's overclass think of the rest of us? The short answer is "not much." They think ordinary people's splurging on natural resources is destroying the planet and needs to be cut back forcefully. And that the government needs to stamp down on ordinary people enjoying luxuries that, in their view, should be reserved for the top elites.

Americans, IMO, don't appreciate to what extent American "Elites" worldview is shaped by their EUropean counterparts.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-02-18 10:25|| 2024-02-18 10:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Pretty much the point of the Founder's vision is that your rights to everything up to and including existing comes from God. It's not up to anyone, elected, appointed, anointed or self-deluded to interfere in that.

Oh, unless we need to hang you for murder. Then, I would still point out the execution scene from In Cold Blood:

Reporter, witnessing the hangings: "Does the executioner have a name?"

Another witness, presumably a prison, court or law enforcement official: "Yeah. 'We the People..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-18 10:32|| 2024-02-18 10:32|| Front Page Top

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