"Freedom is messy. If you want to control the outcome, then it really
isn't freedom."
Entirely true.
"All this anti-American (and anti-Trump) banter is about
this fact."
Couldn't be more out-in-left-field,
not-what-the-majority-of-Americans-are-all-about, absof--kinglutely wrong.
"Same with voting. Those suffering from TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome),
are actually more upset that they couldn't dictate the
outcome for us."
You've been in Iowa way too long.
On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 10:03 AM Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It is said that Alexander Solzenitsen said, after a human rights
> conference is Geneva, that he couldn’t wait to get back to the Soviet
> Union, where he felt he had some freedom.
>
> Freedom is messy. If you want to control the outcome, then it really
> isn't freedom. All this anti-American (and anti-Trump) banter is about
> this fact. When you give your population freedom, you don't always get
> a population that looks or does what you really want them to do.
>
> A good case in point is where your local municipality has enforced
> ordinances over things like lawn care, abandoned vehicles, or zoning
> requirements. Compare those neighborhoods to the ones right next to
> them without such requirements.
>
> Same with voting. Those suffering from TDS (Trump Derangement
> Syndrome), are actually more upset that they couldn't dictate the
> outcome for us. I'm sorry, but that's not how freedom works. Go ahead
> and be deranged, but I'm mighty glad that we have a system that allows
> for us to do what we did. Fortunately, we have a bureaucracy that
> prevents anything serious from happening as a result. It's a lot like
> pushing against a wall. We elect presidents to push against the wall
> one way or the other, but the wall really isn't going to budge. We
> just feel better for trying.
>
> AG (I gotta be me*) Schnozz
>
>
> *I've got to be Me
> Performed by Sammy Davis Jr.
>
>
> Whether I'm right or whether I'm wrong
> Whether I find a place in this world or never belong
> I gotta be me, I've gotta be me
> What else can I be but what I am
>
> I want to live, not merely survive
> And I won't give up this dream
> Of life that keeps me alive
> I gotta be me, I gotta be me
> The dream that I see makes me what I am
>
> That far away prize, a world of success
> Is waiting for me if I heed the call
> I won't settle down, won't settle for less
> As long as there's a chance that I can have it all
>
> I'll go it alone, that's how it must be
> I can't be right for somebody else
> If I'm not right for me
> I gotta be free, I've gotta be free
> Daring to try, to do it or die
> I've gotta be me
>
> I'll go it alone, that's how it must be
> I can't be right for somebody else
> If I'm not right for me
> I gotta be free, I just gotta be free
> Daring to try, to do it or die
> I gotta be me
>
> Written by Walter Marks • Copyright © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
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