Wolves, Lambs, Tyranny, Liberty and Elections

[Land Shark]

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what's for lunch.

Liberty is a well-armed Lamb contesting the vote!"

--Ben Franklin

And, Benjamin Franklin's "wolves and lambs" quote, updated to circa 2006:

"And where (as is true today) the Courts routinely tell the well-armed Lamb
that he has no standing to bring his claims in Court, and further tells the
well-armed Lamb that the majority is presumed to act Constitutionally and
it's not the Court's job to insure fair elections, then Tyranny occurs
outside of Court when the Wolves are victorious over the well-armed Lamb,
and Anarchy occurs outside of Court when the well-armed Lamb gets the
occasional miracle."

---Paul R. Lehto, [e-mail]

See, March 13, 2006 Comments of Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day
O'Connor Re: Attacks on the American Judiciary
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1729656,00.html#article_continue

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. Great post!

Very funny!

[Land Shark]

2. Thanks Vinny, Humor's a vehicle for truth sometimes

[EFerrari]

4. Humor is the mint jelly.

Great post.

:kick: and recommend.

[GuvWurld]

3. are we angry yet?

LandShark, it sounds like you are agitated. Like me.

[EFerrari]

5. I think that's a big Yes!

And I think we're not going away.

[Land Shark]

6. Already in court, Guv, writing a brief tonight on standing, LMFAO

better laughing than crying, better a bit angry and riled than bitter and resigned

[Land Shark]

7. Guv, "agitated"? Sounds like agitator, & rousing the rabble ain't good

don'tcha know.

Imagine the frame of mind in which being a "rabble rouser" or willing to "rouse the rabble" (as it were) is a real term of aspersion. I don't really get it, does anyone else?

[autorank]

8. We are a tyranny. Start there and the rest makes sense.

The sad part is, most people don't even know it. They keep thinking that there
are three branches of government, balancing each other out and that our congress
and courts have not ceded ultimate and ongoing authority to the boy king. Well
sorry to say, we have "unitary rule" already and the main "unit" makes up all
the rules.

Boy king wants to be sElected...he gets it.

Wants to go to war...he gets it.

Wans to screw the budget up for his pals...he gets it.

Wants to let a bunch of people die and suffer in NOLA...he gets it.

Whatever he wants, he gets. Where's Congress? Where's the court?

The summation of our current troubles is found in a Waxman letter to the WH.
Seems Congress passed a bill then the WH modified it and had the boy king
sign it. Seriously folks, that's outrageous. Did you see anything on the
news? No. Is the opposition rising in unity and pointing out the total
violation of the oath of office...he cheated massively and got caught.

This is fraud!

But it's all a rigged game. Congress and the courts gave up long ago.

Many miles to travel...

[Land Shark]

10. And the Lambs shall sit placidly with the Wolves

at the table of democracy?

[NVMojo]

9. Lambs can win! Kick!

[understandinglife]

11. Just finishing my second wolf for the evening, along with a bottle of ....

... Betz "Clos du Betz" WA State red, and am already thinking about a bbq'd wolf steak and fried egg breakfast early tomorrow am ...

In_deed, I'm not a "politically correct" vegan ... :evilgrin:


Be The Bu$h Opposition - 24/7

[Land Shark]

12. You are what you eat? Or, in ULs case he ain't what he's eatin'

[understandinglife]

13. ROFL

:rofl:


Be The Bu$h Opposition - 24/7

[Land Shark]

14. You don't want to ROFLMAO because the wolf might eat it for dinner

[mopinko]

15. ben knew

if he could have imagined bbv, it would have been outlawed right there in the constitution.

[glitch]

16. K & R for Paul and Ben. nt

[Land Shark]

20. We both need it I suppose, ben always looks a little PO'd on the C-Note

not that I carry a lot of those around

[Amaryllis]

17. K and R!

[The Doctor.]

18. That lamb is less well-armed all the time...

this needs something more.

[Land Shark]

19. well, what does the Dr. order then?

[The Doctor.]

21. I could write a prescription...

It would be 'schedule 2'... just barely.

[Land Shark]

22. Clever response, would it be psychoactive, stimulating, or what?