re: America will be the next Nazi Germany

I think people are equating nazi germany to the holocaust, and that isn't the main point of this post. It's about how a government, and in turn, a country can become so unrecognizable right under your noses if you don't pay close attention. It isn't a matter of republican vs democrat anymore, even though that's all you hear about. Both parties have completely lost their way. But there's a strange phenomena going on right now where we are actually becoming ok with our government taking liberties that it shouldn't be. Everyone thinks their party is right. Both parties are dipping into our personal lives and our pockets at a rate never before seen. Our generation will basically stand behind any democratic platform because they think they're liberals. Wake up, folks. Expanding the size of the federal government and limiting the way we eat are not liberal ideas. Robin hooding the country is not a liberal ideas. I could go on and on but it's not just about Obama.

It's so easy for someone to swoop in and completely wreck things when we are as oblivious as we are.

I'm thinking this wasn't really an Austrian woman who loved through the War that wrote this but more a very Conservitive American Christian. They might have gotten away with it had they not decided at the end that America was pretty much the only country left in the World without a dictator, that might just have given it away  

I remember when Bush beat gore, I was one of those people that were furious because I thought it was a complete injustice to the people that voted and the electoral college made it seem completely pointless. I went through the Bush bashing phase, through the I hate religious war phase, and all that Jazz. I was told I was anti-american and anti-patriotic. Then, the same thing happened this year, except it was on the opposite side of the spectrum. I realized what a douche bag I probably sounded like. I understand all the people that complained, and how a lot of people like me(back when it was Bush), complained and complained about it all. This year I realized it's ok to be pissed off, but before I go pointing fingers(and bashing) at every person with the opposite viewpoint, I should remember how I felt back then. When it seemed like the world was falling apart. I can say now, that I'm no longer a liberal, but also no longer a conservative. I'm comfortably a middle man, I can understand all sides of the spectrum.

I think we are divided even more now than we were back when this all happened to Bush. Between guns, religions, freedoms, we've all got something to say, and we don't have to go along with everything, but I think tolerance is the answer. I'm not saying we have to agree with the politicians in office now, but I do think we need to stand up and fight for new ones. The problem I had with the last election was that I didn't like any of the options(except Ron Paul).

The government has gotten too big, and they forget we are more powerful than they are.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Energy:</b>" I remember when Bush beat gore, I was one of those people that were furious because I thought it was ... [snip!] ... any of the options(except Ron Paul). The government has gotten too big, and they forget we are more powerful than they are. "</blockquote>



Absolutely agreed. I think people need to stop being ok with small liberties being taken away under the veil of hope and change (or whatever it was Romney was promoting. His campaign was so awful I can't even remember). While they are passing laws for "the greater good," they're taking other away that disarm and belittle us. We need to remind the government who they work for.

Quoting Ailey+Lennon+Renner's Mom:" least you have a banjo..."

And spears. Every savage has spears  

<blockquote><b>Quoting Lucas'Mama:</b>" And spears. Every savage has spears  "</blockquote>
What? Not a plain ol' sharpened stick?
You're one of them sophisticated barbarians, aren't you?

Quoting Minion:" I wanted to know what you guys think. People are saying that America is going to end up like Nazi Germany, ... [snip!] ... is truly is the greatest country in the world. “Don’t let freedom slip away. “After America, there is no place to go.”"

I am sorry, but I don't buy it. I think someone pulled this out of their butt so they could create more hysteria and slide in a lack of god in there as well.
I'm surprised they didn't add something about homosexuals corrupting everyone while they were at it! JMO

<blockquote><b>Quoting Destinite:</b>" I am sorry, but I don't buy it. I think someone pulled this out of their butt so they could create ... [snip!] ... there as well. I'm surprised they didn't add something about homosexuals corrupting everyone while they were at it! JMO "</blockquote>




I agree. It sounds like propaganda to me.

Quoting Minion:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Lucas'Mama:</b>" And spears. Every savage has spears  "</blockquote> ... [snip!] ...  "</blockquote> What? Not a plain ol' sharpened stick? You're one of them sophisticated barbarians, aren't you?"

Like a sir.
 

Quoting Minion:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Destinite:</b>" I am sorry, but I don't buy it. I think someone ... [snip!] ... corrupting everyone while they were at it! JMO "</blockquote> I agree. It sounds like propaganda to me."

It really does. I guess I get some of the hidden messages in it & that rubs me the wrong way. The only thing it lacked was aborted fetuses and homosexuality! lol

I think the OP is a little over-the-top. Having said that, I do believe the USA will eventually fall (whether it be by the hands of a dictator, economic collapse, war or whatever), but I don't necessarily think it's going to happen soon and/or because of Obama.

Our government is corrupt as hell and people are too busy fighting about non-issues that they ignore all the smurf that Washington is doing to screw us all over.

People get the government they deserve. If Americans are too apathetic to care, then we'll continue to vote for smurffy politicians.

<blockquote><b>Quoting SpaceCowgirl:</b>" I think the OP is a little over-the-top. Having said that, I do believe the USA will eventually fall ... [snip!] ... get the government they deserve. If Americans are too apathetic to care, then we'll continue to vote for smurffy politicians."</blockquote>


Exactly this.

You can pick apart each word, not believe it's authenticity...whatever. But many things written here are parallel to what is going on right under our noses. Obama and company are constitution trampling government types. Yet, people on this very thread GLEEFULLY tout him as the president they chose.

Big government has been swallowing us for decades, under both political parties, but Obama is the biggest offender thus far. People LOVE the idea of a nanny government as an answer for all that ails us. What a mistake.

Space Cowgirl is right. We got the government we deserve. We need a nanny.

<blockquote><b>Quoting SpaceCowgirl:</b>" I think the OP is a little over-the-top. Having said that, I do believe the USA will eventually fall ... [snip!] ... get the government they deserve. If Americans are too apathetic to care, then we'll continue to vote for smurffy politicians."</blockquote>



I've been saying since high school that America is going to fall like Rome did, but no one believed me. And that was way before Obama.

America is smurfed at this point and is going to fall no matter what. However plenty of countries have fallen in the past and come back better than before in a reasonably short period of time. If Germany, Japan, and South Korea can do it then so can America.

Quoting Minion:" I wanted to know what you guys think. People are saying that America is going to end up like Nazi Germany, ... [snip!] ... is truly is the greatest country in the world. “Don’t let freedom slip away. “After America, there is no place to go.”"

This is utter garbage.

She conveniently forgot to mention that Hitler was quasi-theocratic and despised secular government, as well as secular education.

"Secular schools can never be tolerated because such schools have no religious instruction, and a general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from faith ...we need believing people."

"We were convinced that the people need and require this faith. We have therefore undertaken the fight against the atheistic movement, and that not merely with a few theoretical declarations: we have stamped it out."

No, these are not the words of our homegrown cryptotheocrats in the GOP.