tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post5109034774392113322..comments2023-10-23T17:44:39.517-07:00Comments on Paratus Familia Blog: Point of No ReturnEnola Gayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719123975236426938noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-90139896686320454332014-03-06T15:39:28.091-08:002014-03-06T15:39:28.091-08:00Excellent post, thank you for sharing your thought...Excellent post, thank you for sharing your thoughts. Very thought provoking & echos our own position here in Australia.<br />Regards, Keith.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562001301604097606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-83739653186366437292014-02-28T19:26:44.478-08:002014-02-28T19:26:44.478-08:00Thank You.Thank You.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997346226779891808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-14545066403900296952014-02-21T12:10:54.665-08:002014-02-21T12:10:54.665-08:00I totally agree with all you say -- and you said i...I totally agree with all you say -- and you said it most eloquently.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00337693304549137625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-52811639525680955152014-02-21T12:10:12.026-08:002014-02-21T12:10:12.026-08:00I totally agree with all you say -- and you said i...I totally agree with all you say -- and you said it most eloquently.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00337693304549137625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-30400969842733974272014-02-16T15:53:34.183-08:002014-02-16T15:53:34.183-08:00I am more optimistic regarding the spirit of our a...I am more optimistic regarding the spirit of our ancestors. I'm less optimistic about our belief that technology will save us beyond the Blessed endowment of oil.<br /><br />Look at Connecticut - they passed tyrannical laws to register firearms and magazines. Optimistically there was 25% compliance. Mind you, NOT complying with BIG government tyrannical overreach IS a felony.<br /><br />In the revolution that freed us from the tyranny of England less than 3% actually participated in overt resistance. A greater percentage were in support and took less active rolls. <br /><br />Today we can look the numbers of folks participating in Obamacare - mostly those that are sick and truly have no other option. The rest of the participants are already in the system through their employers. How many of those healthy Obama voters are going to pony up the cash to get "covered" when they expected to get free stuff when they voted from him? I know a few and none are.<br /><br />Those officially in charge are scrambling. They don't have the funds, they don't have the man power, they don't have the resources, they don't have the support, needed to clamp down and really control America. They have taken over the press but few pay attention and those that do realize it is a total sham.<br /><br />I doubt the house of cards will survive long as is. It won't be a tidy affair but I suspect those (the majority) who are of a higher moral standard will endure and those that have sold out will find themselves in a circumstance far less than they anticipated. Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383840888620905503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-54608066738184004192014-02-12T18:42:16.868-08:002014-02-12T18:42:16.868-08:00Excellent Enola, just plain excellent. My wife and...Excellent Enola, just plain excellent. My wife and I just finished watching "The Pacific" and I've often thought about our forefathers sacrifices. They paid a most expensive down payment and we seem to be too lazy to make the necessary installments. God help us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-35175369787505092942014-02-12T11:37:24.457-08:002014-02-12T11:37:24.457-08:00@Anonymous 11:47: If you like free stuff from the ...@Anonymous 11:47: If you like free stuff from the government, you'll love the free FEMA bus rides. Send us a postcard.<br />Montana GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-6745939816056149822014-02-11T18:20:57.338-08:002014-02-11T18:20:57.338-08:00A big AMEN to this. Hope to see you sometime afte...A big AMEN to this. Hope to see you sometime after the smoke clears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-33007084141920384162014-02-11T16:04:01.026-08:002014-02-11T16:04:01.026-08:00The government isn't giving you anything but w...The government isn't giving you anything but what it takes away from other people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-51075782476559129992014-02-11T14:14:58.583-08:002014-02-11T14:14:58.583-08:00Stand strong in the knowledge that your ancestors ...Stand strong in the knowledge that your ancestors survived the Tribulations of history and you have passed on the skills of self determination to your children . You may never know how many people have been inspired by your blog . Land of Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13476091801974728838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-37352221095581651862014-02-11T11:47:11.340-08:002014-02-11T11:47:11.340-08:00I like when the govment gives me stuffI like when the govment gives me stuffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-13426515033501451262014-02-11T11:45:37.401-08:002014-02-11T11:45:37.401-08:00American abandoned GOD with its UNGODLY constituti...American abandoned GOD with its UNGODLY constitution way before 1962..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-20858842703180000092014-02-11T10:32:17.294-08:002014-02-11T10:32:17.294-08:00"we have squandered our legacy." Yes Eno..."we have squandered our legacy." Yes Enola, 'squandered' is the word. Our family is 100% in agreement with yours.<br /><br />America abandoned God in 1962 and is now bleeding out. We truly believe He lead us to where He wants us. Why? We don't know nor need to know. We have faith. Looking at all our homeschooled children every Sunday gives us so much encouragement. Job #1 right now is keeping them safe and preparing them to mold their future. Like our Pastor reminds us, God does His best work with His 'remnants'<br />Montana Guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-3590708361931524552014-02-11T09:29:02.496-08:002014-02-11T09:29:02.496-08:00I don't think we're past the point of no r... I don't think we're past the point of no return, though I can see how it may seem that way. Predicting the future, is at very best, a iffy sort of thing. Way too many variables. A lot of the people I work with are Millenials, and the generation before-and they're hard-working, polite types. I work near a college campus, and the same thing-I have yet to meet a rude person.<br /> From what I've observed, the worst freeloaders/entitlement types are the 1970s models-thirty and forty somethings.<br /> The Internet may turn out to be one of the greatest aids to freedom ever invented. Many things that could be easily kept hidden by so-called public servants(of any country) in the past can be dragged out into the open for all the world to see. Want to know how to do something? Find something? The Internet, is at least, a great starting point.<br /> Could I live without it? Sure-I did until 1997. Without a cell phone? Sure-I did until 2002. Could I live without a lot of conveniences? Sure-I have at various times in my life. I'm easily amused, so I can always find something to do. Books just require a light source to operate.<br /> I did without a car for three years (you'd be surprised where you can go, how far, and how much you can haul on a bicycle).<br /> One thing I find sort of scary is the number of adults who don't know where things come from. I had to explain to a educated woman(who had seen a local power plant and the huge pile of coal beside it) that the power plant burns the coal to boil water to run the steam turbine that turns the generators (well, alternators) that provides electricity for a large chunk of our area. She had no idea...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-32645591047431707592014-02-11T08:33:06.751-08:002014-02-11T08:33:06.751-08:00In some of my discussions with my peers we have ag...In some of my discussions with my peers we have agreed that we are the first generation that are leaving our children worse off than our parents. I am very sad for that but am also glad that I will probably not live long enough to see it all implode. That is if I am lucky!stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-40639736723872338782014-02-11T08:02:03.902-08:002014-02-11T08:02:03.902-08:00I enjoy this type of dialogue, it is opening up in...I enjoy this type of dialogue, it is opening up in America in response to the Government nearing/reaching the line drawn in the sand. I do be the question: What does a future modeled after these Freedom loving fore-bearers look like? If I take your words at face value I see nothing but a dream to return to a world from the past. This is short sighted in my opinion. Our fore-bearers didn't leave their countries and homelands to swear off modernity and the advances of an ever evolving collective human advancement. If this is what you are eschewing then we need not look further that the middle east and the ideologies that value a primitive culture.<br />I agree with much of your general assessment of the problems. Many people have and many more are arriving at that understanding. What is lacking is a modern template to overlay on our society that doesn't just sound like reminiscing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-23667715052313433842014-02-11T07:55:56.229-08:002014-02-11T07:55:56.229-08:00I applaud your optimism and unwillingness to admit...I applaud your optimism and unwillingness to admit to such a depressing conclusion about what once was the finest, best, most freedom loving nation of its time and perhaps of all time. I came to the same sad conclusion not that long ago myself. Now all my efforts are on preparing to survive the inevitable collapse of our society into chaos and despotism. I pray God's strength and protection for all who seek His face and seek to see the promise of the Constitution realized. Long live the Republic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-59022721077669648852014-02-11T07:28:01.947-08:002014-02-11T07:28:01.947-08:00Well, I like the Internet and my telephone; I plan...Well, I like the Internet and my telephone; I plan to enjoy them for as long as I have access to them. But I CAN imagine a life without them-- I didn't even see the Internet until 1998, and though I enjoy it, I regularly imagine (rather rosily) unplugging it. I'd miss the phone a bit more-- but not so much that I'll EVER ask dear old Nanny State to pay for it.<br /><br />I'm pretty fond of indoor plumbing and electricity, too-- but I've got plans in place to do without them.<br /><br />I really, really, really hope I don't have to go to war against a tyrannical government-- you're right, I have no stomach for killing a bunch of kids that were either idealistic or desperate enough to join the military. Consider me a conscientious objector in the culture wars; I won't go for them unless I have no moral alternative. <br /><br />I wouldn't be quite so hard on antidepressants. Used properly (too bad far too much of our medical establishment doesn't use them properly), I've seen them keep good people functioning well through bad times-- and then go away, just like any other medical treatment. The problem isn't the medication, or that people use them. It's that people ABUSE them to silence the legitimate discontentment they (or others) feel at the current state of affairs, or to further the illusion that everything should be polite and smooth and happy all the time. <br /><br />Decry the social ill that gives people no choice but to use medication to facilitate the suppression of their every negative feeling. NOT the people who are just trying to survive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-17313736498313265592014-02-11T07:18:16.599-08:002014-02-11T07:18:16.599-08:00I agree with you. I am on a limited income but wor...I agree with you. I am on a limited income but working hard to get my baby house paid off an more off grid. Thank you for your blog, I have learned slot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-13375041588143389432014-02-11T06:45:47.096-08:002014-02-11T06:45:47.096-08:00Very eloquent. We have become soft and I agree wi...Very eloquent. We have become soft and I agree with your conclusion that as a Country, we are past the point of no return. As you state, we must focus on our families and also do what we can to educate those friends, family, and neighbors around us that by being dependent upon a Government that is all too willing to micromanage our lives, we are losing the very Freedom that our forefathers sacrificed so much to give us.<br /><br />All that being said, our Hope and Future is bright if it is built on the Solid Rock!Kyle Sonnierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038162463413083306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-32949996288322522812014-02-11T06:16:18.559-08:002014-02-11T06:16:18.559-08:00Thank you....very searching for one's own hear...Thank you....very searching for one's own heart. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-62933138867376493402014-02-11T06:15:40.565-08:002014-02-11T06:15:40.565-08:00All the more reason to move the heck outta here!!All the more reason to move the heck outta here!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-67827253067561782342014-02-10T22:02:45.931-08:002014-02-10T22:02:45.931-08:00Enola,
We must choose to own!Enola,<br /><br />We must choose to own!Sandy Livesayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183449816586125720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294304458677955232.post-84721982401415662492014-02-10T20:34:12.731-08:002014-02-10T20:34:12.731-08:00Well said, my sister, echoing thoughts I've he...Well said, my sister, echoing thoughts I've held for a very long time.Diananoreply@blogger.com