Hmmm… CNN, eh?
Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government’s become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens. Forty-four percent of those polled disagree.
Well, with Obama’s approval rating below 50%, and Congress’ rating at 18%, is it any wonder that even CNN is beginning to find a majority of citizens who are more than just a little wary of their government? After all, a supermajority of Americans wants Congress to either scrap the current “healthcare” bill and do nothing (or at least start over), yet the leadership of the majority party is planning to pass it anyway using cheater’s rules and a one vote majority. That’s kinda threatening.
Most Americans are being negatively affected by the economy, yet the government is spending money it doesn’t have, on credit, so recklessly that even the Chinese recognize there is a problem. Yeah, that’s rather threatening as well.
Adding a new dimension to the term “talking points”, the same Administration that castigated Republicans for their “talking points” has set up a “how to call talk radio” webpage. Not even Richard Nixon at his most paranoid thought of using the gullible elements of the American public in such a way. Do you find that threatening?
In perusing some of the left side blogs I find some head scratching going on, and many people questioning “what has the government done to threaten anyone? I don’t understand where this poll is coming from, the Bush administration was threatening but not this one” blah blah blah. People, read what the poll was about. Has the government gotten so large and powerful as to be an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of its citizens? It didn’t ask what rights you’ve lost, or when your guns were taken away, or anything else. It simply asked if the government has gotten big enough to be a threat.
Is the government big enough to try to mandate what a citizen must buy? Is it big and powerful enough to mandate that you participate in its retirement ponzi scheme, which, by the way, would land a non-governmental schemer a long prison sentence? Is it big enough to punish you for saying or doing “the wrong thing”? Is it big enough to take away your property and give it to someone else? Is it powerful enough to demand that sports figures or the CEO of a foreign company go before a kangaroo court to testify and apologize? Is it powerful enough for an unelected agency to mandate rules and regulations for businesses and citizens alike? Is it so large now that few even talk about trying make it smaller anymore, they just argue over who gets to steer?
Only 56 percent of the folks answered yes. That may seem like progress, until you think about it. But if only 56% recognize the size and power of Leviathan, well, I find THAT threatening.


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