When did the American people forget how to use this small, two letter, one syllable word?
I hear about governmental regulations telling people they can't grow a garden. There are all sorts of reasons given, mostly pulled from thin air under the guise of "save the planet."
We have states where farmers are told they can not water their crops. The same ridiculous reasons are given for this stupidity.
And then there are the continuing efforts to disarm us all. What part of "shall not be infringed" do they not understand.
This stomping all over our rights is nothing new. A friend told me about when he was a kid, some 50 years ago. There was a small tree growing in the yard of the family house. The roots were causing problems. The city said the family could not cut down the tree. So in the middle of the night, the kid and a hand saw took care of the problem. Fines were levied. Citations were written. There was a judge involved. All over a very small tree in a yard the homeowner had paid for.
The stupidity has grown by leaps and bounds since that time.
We now have rules and regulations covering every aspect of our lives. And what I find astounding is that so many are OK with that. Have we become so lazy that we no longer care that we are living under the thumbs of politicians?
Should a bureaucrat have had the audacity to tell my ancestors how they should be growing the crops in their fields or even hinted that they weren't allowed to grow food to feed their families, I'm thinking that unfortunate soul would have been frog-marched off my ancestor's land with the promise of what would happen should that person be stupid enough to try that again.
Spines need to be grown. And we need to remember not only how to say "No," but how to say "Hell, No" and mean it.
During the PLANdemic, the company I worked for demanded we be vaccinated or be fired. SO MANY EMPLOYEES said "NO!" that the owner relented. Did he do this out of conscience? NO. He did it because SO MANY PEOPLE SAID "NO!" that he realized the company would fold if he didn't relent.
ReplyDeleteThis is how it works, Vicki. Hit 'em in the wallet. That's their only pain point!!!
...There are more of us than there are of "them..."
God bless!
Well, Pete...Looks to me like there is another PLANdemic on the way. Chickens being slaughtered because of "bird flu." Claims of cattle being infected. Same with deer. And now humans. I hear the "vaccine" is ready and waiting.
DeleteIf more folks don't wake up, we will be right back where we were. Only worse this time. It is to the credit of you and your fellow employees that the word "NO" was heard loud and clear.
You are spot on about hitting them in the wallet. Sad, isn't it, that common decency isn't enough.
There are more of us. Or there will be if more finally wake up!
I find more people feel cornered not lazy. We have NO VOICE not because we aren't noticing but we have no advocate. Protesting only gets you in the clinker unless your anti-semitic, or occupy wall street or a white supremessit (sp) They say write you congressman, your senator. Done that for more than 8 years. Don't forget to vote! Really if anyone still believes that one they should be ashamed. Oh, I'll vote, but unless the Lord steps in with fire and brimstone, on His terms and in His time.... Thanks for blogging again!
ReplyDeleteAnon...You are spot on in that we have no voice. Unless, of course, we are in a position to stuff cash into the pockets of politicians. It has been my experience that they - from small town mayor to the resident of the White House - care only about what will increase their bank accounts. Sigh.
DeleteThose in power have successfully divided us rather than bringing us together the way we should be. As much as I would love to see us tell those people in power to go pound sand, we have to be on the same page as our neighbors and that just isn't happening. Frustrating.
I am back blogging again because my son was right when he told me that if I didn't have a place to rant once in a while, my head was in danger of exploding. :)