Blogdaughter Tammi of Tammi's World worries that America may be verging on civil war between the haves & have-nots producers and produce-nots.

Will we EVER get back to the point of wanting to take care of ourselves? Will we EVER stand up and tell the government ENOUGH!?

Because 1 or 2 voices are not enough. And right now the majority of folks are enjoying having someone take care of them.

And I just hope it doesn't come to a "blowout" (on a grander scale) like the one Mama and I had all those years ago. That......would NOT be a good way to see this end.

Well, the bad news is - yes, there will be a revolution.

The good news is - it will happen at the ballot box.

Historically, entrenched government power always becomes corrupt and oppressive. And it never just goes away on its own. It has to be forcibly removed. Usually by bloody revolution every 20 years or so.

America is a little different, because its citizens have options besides killing the bastards. We can move to another city or state that's less oppressive, or we can forcibly remove political dirtbags merely by voting. In America, NO politician has ever ignored the results of the ballot box. The winner wins, the loser goes home, and everybody tries again later. The game is fair, and nobody screws with the rules. It's sorta like football. Everybody might cheat a little - a hold here, a late hit there - but no one tries to shoot the refs and declare the scoreboard results invalid.

And personally, I don't think it's actually the MAJORITY of the folks looking for a handout. I think it's just that the usual suspects are making more noise than normal.

Fortunately, they've stopped being polite about it. They no longer say "please" or "thank you". Now they're just grabbing & saying "GIMME!".

Big mistake. Americans don't like rude, greedy, grabby people. Our mommas raised us better.

Which means the time is right for the responsible adults to ACT like responsible adults and start punishing the spoiled children who are misbehaving. That means saying "No! Bad! Don't!" out loud, with feeling, and as often as it takes to correct the unacceptable behavior.

Hopefully a lecture and a time out will be sufficient.

But still, I admit that there's a part of me that wouldn't mind carving a hickory switch.

Wouldn't mind a bit.

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