Thursday, January 1, 2015

Pulitzer Prize Winning Professor Identifies Militias as "The Enemy Within"

And that's another problem for your side, Diamond--the principles on which our republic (as opposed to your "democracy") was founded are indeed worth dying for, in the eyes of many of us, and perhaps an even bigger problem for you, worth killing for. So if you and your "decent Americans" decide to appeal to "authoritarian government" to deal with us, bring it.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Universities used to be built upon knowlege and learning - then now rest on foundations of a steaming Pile [of] horse Dung!

III

Anonymous said...

Oh, well; He's won a Pulitzer Prize! Big fuc$&^@ deal! Maybe we 3-pers should start giving ourselves "Prizes" and have lofty dinners in our names. After all, we've done more free-thinking than this lackey ever has...And we're supposed to have gridlock in gov't, not a new liberty killing statute written every 20 seconds or so. The first amendment should actually say "Congress shall make no law, PERIOD"!

Anonymous said...

you'd think an old ucls professor would know that the basic design of congress leads it into gridlock on any subject matter that people can't agree upon. their mission is not to pass as many laws as possible but to consider what's in the peoples best interest. lacking a clear "best interest", they should just drop it and move on to something else. never accept the government infringing on your freedom as necessary or justified. "accepting a more authoritarian government..... that has to be tolerated", i think not.

Anonymous said...

"The Enemy Within"

Enemy of what? His enemy, the enemy of the type of perfect society he envisions, the enemy of all those whom Mark Levin calls "Statists"?

Guilty on all counts!

Phelps said...

It's funny that EVERY one of his examples was the result of a politician with narrow and weak support from the People still decided to go ahead with radical and extreme policies.

Maybe we should be looking more at radical politicians than militias.

Anonymous said...

From the article comments-


Dianna2
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What a terrific op-ed. I've been thinking in those terms myself. However, I think the Constitution needs revision but there is no way to get there. Abolish the Senate. It gives way too much power to states with small populations. Get rid of the electoral college. Have publicly financed elections and remove big money from the equation. Allow all citizens to vote, perhaps even make voting an obligation. One 6 year term for Pres. 10 year terms for Supremes. My list goes on and on but I agree with Mr. Diamond. Chile could happen here. After all, we had a Civil War. And finally, reign in guns. Our policies on guns is insane and most people want controls in place

Phelps said...

Keep the Senate. We don't have federalism if the states themselves aren't represented. What needs abolishing is the "Progressive" 17th Amendment.

Keep the Electoral College. Otherwise, the cities elect the president directly.

Do not publicly finance elections. That's just an incumbent protection scheme. If you aren't willing to put your OWN money where your mouth is, you should shut your mouth.

Allow all citizens to vote, do NOT require them to vote. Someone who can't be motivated to get off the couch should NOT be running the country. We need fewer, more informed people in the electorate.

Dianna2 is a pure-bred communist. Don't listen to her rantings.