Blue, let's think about this

A great rant from over at Blue's Blog. Go read it all. It's a bit long, but he hits on a lot of points of what is wrong with this country. Including placing the blame firmly where it belongs, on our so called education system. 

"Nope, they can't take a joke. Yep, they have all the neat toys." 
I was responding to a comment from my friend Old Bob this morning when my old tired mind started to run away with itself.  Maybe it is being caused by the coffee and jelly toast?  This is an extension, if you will, of my thoughts to Old Bob.  This is my mind running away with itself...


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The one thing that you have to remember is that the force that they will ultimately have to use against us is made up of our sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, our grandchildren...  It is made up of our neighbors and friends, their sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, their grandchildren...  These are the people who played games in our yards when they were themselves children.  The kids who had milk and cookies in the kitchen with our kids after school.  The kids who participated in Friday night sleepovers and watched Saturday morning cartoons in our living rooms.
When push comes to shove, when the shit finally hits the fan, when "real world ugly" is at our doorstep in a big and meaningful way, the force they intend to use against us won't have the stomach to do what the gubbmint will want them to do.   Let me give these people who will have to "take us out of the picture" a little more credit...  There aren't enough of them who are depraved enough to do what the gubbmint will need them to do.
And the gubbmint knows that.