[quote]Loose Tool wrote:
Gambit_Lost wrote:
usmccds423 wrote:
I voted for Bush and McCain…I hope Obama turns out to be the best president since Lincoln.
Good man. Every patriotic American should feel this way.
One of the other forums I follow (Warrior Talk) is sponsored by one of the most hard core, Christian, gun trainers out there (Gabe Suarez). Before the election there were dozens of screeching anti-Obama, tin-foil hat, conspiracy posts. Warrior Talk didn’t do much to moderate them. After the election, he clamped down and noted:
"One Source Tactical and Suarez International are patriots and loyal Americans. We will not condone, in any way shape or form, any anti-american or anti-government discussion here, nor will we engage in any.
We know the elections have created some turmoil in the industry, but that does not justify any of the things we mentioned above. As I said, we support our government and its officials, as all good americans should, and that is that."
I’ve got great respect for their position and I’m going to try to apply that to my own postings on T-Nation. Having said that, the Constitution and its application is fertile ground for rational discussion.
Oh yeah, Robert Rubin, Clinton’s Treasury secretary and a major player in the current Citibank debacle, is now a key player on Obama’s transition team. Hopefully he makes some better decisions in his new role.
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I have no respect for that position, whatsoever because it equates the government with America, even though people like Jefferson went to great lengths to protect America from its government.
Pretending as if there was no difference between America, the ideal, its people and its government is dangerously short-sighted.