tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post1392010640768224945..comments2024-03-21T01:01:49.406-04:00Comments on The Phantom Soapbox: IRS is very well armed.The Phantomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-32682497920137623202019-01-02T15:28:33.716-05:002019-01-02T15:28:33.716-05:00Yeah, DOE is armed, along with the IRS, Dept. of E...Yeah, DOE is armed, along with the IRS, Dept. of Energy, HUD, HHS, etc.<br /><br />Because people are stupid. They must be controlled. <br /><br />When that's your bedrock belief about human nature, then every government official becomes a spear carrier in your national police force.The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-58638458910134497852019-01-01T22:31:52.805-05:002019-01-01T22:31:52.805-05:00What is scary is that Trump hasn't shut this G...What is scary is that Trump hasn't shut this Government thuggery. None of those branches of Government need to be armed. That is what the Police and FBI are for. Dept. of Education is armed? WTF????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-84320310328585772762018-12-30T12:55:51.402-05:002018-12-30T12:55:51.402-05:00That's a great story, Robin.
The USA politic...That's a great story, Robin. <br /><br />The USA politically seems to be skating pretty close to open water these days, but only in comparison to times past. Overall, things are pretty good.<br /><br />Canada, by contrast, we're firmly in the grip of a socialist faction that counts human life lower than rattlesnakes and polar bears. And they're bad at arithmetic, so they do things like shitting down the "Dirty Oil Industry" out West in Alberta without realizing what's going to happen to the Canadian economy. They really think everybody will be able to make a living at McDonalds and Starbucks.<br /><br />Next election promises to be ... a huge nothingburger. The Conservatives will win, they will not roll-back any of the Liberal insanity, they will bore us all to death for eight years, and then the Liberals will win again and fuck us up more.<br /><br />Kind of like Europe but with better snowmen.The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-66003012628881110492018-12-29T17:11:58.987-05:002018-12-29T17:11:58.987-05:00The plot of Tom Kratman's A State of Disobedie...The plot of Tom Kratman's <a href="https://www.baen.com/a-state-of-disobedience.html" rel="nofollow">A State of Disobedience</a> (available free in the Baen Free Library) revolves around a U.S. President ordering those armed executive agencies to go do some un-Constitutional things. Texas takes issue with that and secedes, and that kicks off the plot. Quite a fun book; I read it years ago and don't remember too many other details of the plot, but I do remember having a blast reading it.Robin Munnnoreply@blogger.com